Easter Critter Card for Spellbinders

Spellbinders has revealed their club memberships for February, and I'm sharing my card featuring the Stamp & Die of the Month Club Kit. "Spring Smiles" is the name of this months set and it's absolutely adorable! I was so smitten, I also carried some of my details to the inside of my A2 sized card. Scroll down for creative details, with my supply list at the end.

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I wanted to show you my photo below, before I assembled my card. My card panel was created by placing masking tape over the lower portion of my card, then stamping directly over the edge of the tape. One of the stamps included in this months set is a trio of blooms. I promptly chopped those blooms into 3 pieces. They'll be easy to stamp as a group next time, so no worries.

I did however, want to angle some of my blossoms, because sometimes I like to be a little extra, hehe. After stamping, I peeled off my tape and proceeded to color my images.

I also did some die cutting with my critter images and some of my blooms. This kit includes 8 dies to accommodate all the images in the stamp set.

I colored all my images with OLO Markers and Spellbinder offers OLO Marker sets on their site. If you're already a club member, you get 10% off other products on the Spellbinders site. If you wish to purchase individual markers, you can visit the OLO website, here. 

Here are the colors I used:

Birds: OR1.3 Papaya, OR1.6 Orangutan, YO2.3 Buttercup, YO2.2 Pudding, RV0.1 Cotton Candy, RVO.2 Bubble Gum, YG2.5 Avocado

Blooms: OR1.3 Papaya, YO2.3 Buttercup, RV0.1 Cotton Candy, YG2.5 Avocado

Bunnies: RV0.1 Cotton Candy, RVO.2 Bubble Gum, C-G1 Cool Gray 1

I also used a white gel pen to dot the inside of each floral bloom, to highlight the dots on the bunny and bird bow ties and add more embellishment to my birds bodies.

Although the Quick & Easy Card Club Membership did not make a comeback this year, I did use my papers from an older Spellbinders card kit that I had in my stash. The August 2023 Quick & Easy ard kit, The Fun Life, includes some of my favorite papers and I'm so glad I still had some left. The brown trim, however, was from some scraps in my stash.

There are still some of The Fun Life kits available on the site and if you're a current member of any of the Spellbinders Clubs, you'll get an additional 10% discount.

I still had some floral die cuts that I didn't use on the front of my card, so I decided to create a little scene on the inside. I actually trimmed the floral bottoms to be flush with the curvy hillside that I trimmed with my scissors. It was easier to do this and adhere everything flat, with no bumps from the die cuts. You can always do simple stamping and then cover the bottoms with paper, but I wanted to use up my die cuts.

 

My sentiments were stamped with Catherine Pooler Ink in Midnight for the inside of my card, and Succulent for the outside. Succulent is actually not available yet to the public until Feb. 5th, tomorrow!

Check out all the Spellbinders Clubs, here. If die cutting is not your thing and you prefer to put your pennies elsewhere, you can opt to join the Stamp of the Month Club to receive the stamp set only.

Keep in mind, current club members will automatically receive these club selections. New subscribers can join starting Feb. 6th-27th. Packages will ship after the end of the month. It is possible this club kit will sell out fast, so don't wait too long to join, if you really want this months selection. You can cancel at any time, and re-join again at any time!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Terri

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Thinking Of You Card With DCWV

Hello crafters. Today, I'm sharing a lovely card that I'm sending a friend who suffered an unexpected loss in her life.  I recently received the Color & Create stack, Butterflies and Birds, from DCWV and thought it was timely to create something pretty and delicate for my friend.  Life is a precious gift and in the blink of an eye, it can be taken from us.  Much like the butterfly, who flutters for a little while and then is gone; beautiful to behold for a season.      

 I'd like to share a few techniques on how I created this card, which I'm also sharing for the DCWV August Stackaholic Challenge, in particular, the sketch challenge.  

Below is trio of frames for this blossom, colored with my Tombow brown dual brush marker. 

-I started with choosing one part of each flower petal, keeping it uniform as I go.  

-Next, on the upper right frame, I colored with the same marker with only one swipe, for a lighter shade.  It's ok to leave a little white space.  It's all about saving time as you'll see in the next frame.  

-For the lower right frame, I grabbed my Tim Holtz waterbrush and distributed all the color.  What you don't see here, is that I also grabbed my Kaisercraft brown glitter pen and colored all the dark brown swirls for added sparkle.

Here's a close-up of one of the butterflies that I colored and fussy cut.  I used only two colors an orange and brown Tombow marker, and blotted with a wet paper towel to lighten the color in places.  Then, I added some white dots for added embellishment, using a white Gelly roll pen.

BONUS TIP!  Slightly wet paper towels are great for dabbing on your entire colored project for bringing a little light and added focus to your project.  Works best with watercolor pencils or water based markers.

The sentiment was part of the Color and Create stack, so I chopped it up a bit and added DCWV Kraft polka dot paper as a border, from the DCWV Garden Charm paper collection.  Sequins and button pearls from 28 Lilac Lane and Buttons Galore round out this pretty card.

If you'd like to join the challenge, get the details here.  There's also a layout sketch on the DCWV blog post.   The stack I'm using today can be found at Jo-Ann Craft & Hobby stores or online, here.

Thanks for popping in and letting me share with you today.  God Bless! 

Also linking to these challenges:

Southern Trading Company August Anything Goes challenge

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