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.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

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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Bunny Shaped Card

It's that time of year, Spring card making! It's also National Craft Month, so I whipped up this fun shaped card featuring nested dies from Scrapbook.com. Scroll down for a few tips. You'll also find products linked at the end of this post and a coupon code!

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

For this project, I pulled out my Nested Peep dies from Scrapbookcom.

Scrapbook.com - Decorative Die Set - Bunnies - Nested Peeps
from: Scrapbook.com

I used two different sizes, one that measures 5.8 inches tall and also 4.1 inches tall for this project.

To begin, I top folded and scored a 5.5" card from white cardstock, placing the top edge of my 5.8" die off the top scored edge, then ran this through my Platinum 6 die cut machine. 

I also cut a panel cover for my white card using the 5.8" die  and some pretty patterned paper from my stash. This paper I'm using is from the retired Mad For Plaid Happy collection from Photo Play Paper. I've linked a very similar collection of papers at the end of this post, but you can definitely use what you have.

I decided I wanted my bunny card to have feet, so, using my leftover die cut scraps, I placed my dies in such a way to just use a portion of the ears on white cardstock and the plaid as well. I chose white for the larger die, and plaid for the smaller die.

I used scissors to cut the off  the tips of the die cut ears, layering them as pictured below, and adhering them flat to the base of my card front. I think they look so cute, and the fact that I was able to use my dies to get this effect was a definitely a bonus!

For my bunny eyes/nose, I used small 3L black adhesive circles and applied some of my scrap pieces of Spellbinders black foil on top. If you have any small white adhesive foam circles, these will work with the black foil as well. 

If you have neither of the above, you can use a hole punch and simply punch some dots from black cardstock and adhere. I do prefer the look of dimension and symmetry that the adhesive foam offers though.

Lastly, I brought out my hot glue gun to adhere that pretty pink ribbon and white button to embellish. I hope you find time to get crafty this month. There are so many things you can do with this die set and there are lots of samples in the scrapbookcom gallery, here. You may need to create an account or be logged in to view the gallery.

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Thanks so much for "hopping" by today! Happy National Craft Month and see you next time!

Terri

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