A Banner Celebration

I made a set of four cards using the 'They Say it's Your Birthday' papers from Carta Bella, and the great 'A Banner Celebration' die set from Spellbinders.

The candle and balloon papers work so perfectly with this die set!  And their flip sides are the great green and blue patterns.  I mixed and matched them all along with a few dies from my stash.  First up, is a horizontal card where I wanted to show off the great candle paper:

Then I made a shaker!  There are a bunch of silver discs under the acetate, and I made it a shaped shaker using the Essential Arches die:

With the arched cut out, I used it as a base after fussy cutting out a bunch of the candle boxes:

And finally, I had to show off the pretty balloon paper.  I kept it fairly simple, just used my postage rectangle die to frame the sentiment, then added a few candles and balloons.

All supplies are available at The Papercrafter's Workshop.  They ship!

Awareness Ribbon

 My final card from the card set I made using the new We All Have Baggage collection designed by Sheri Ballantyne for Spellbinders, features the Awareness Ribbon and Sentiments set.  

The set includes 3 dies to cut the ribbon, allowing you to use different colours to create some depth, and two inserts with 'Hope' and 'Strength' pressed on the ribbons as options.

Look at all those sentiments!

I used some ancient CTMH paper as my card base, then die cut the citron colour and white cardstock arches using the Essential Arches dies.  The flowers are all from the Delicious Desserts die set.

The collection won't be available on the Spellbinders site until April/May, but it can be purchased immediately on the Papercrafter's Workshop website.

Rolling Craft Tote

My third card with the new We All Have Baggage collection designed by Sheri Ballantyne for Spellbinders, uses the fun Rolling Craft Tote die.

Such an amazing die set!  The details are wonderful, and it's ingeniously designed to make assembly really easy.

This is part of a card set, so I used the two greens from Concord & 9th to cut out the tote, along with black and Treasured Gold cardstock for the details.  The patterned paper is ancient CTMH.

I cut the Hemstitched Ovals die from white cardstock, and used the Delicious Desserts dies to cut out the flowers.  The sentiment is from the Retro Suitcase and Sentiments set.

The collection is not available from Spellbinders until April/May, but can be purchased immediately from the Papercrafter's Workshop website.

Friends Help Friends

My second card with the We All Have Baggage collection by Sheri Ballantyne for Spellbinders, features the Retro Suitcase and Sentiments set.

I think this little suitcase is my favourite of the collection.  The tiny details make this so much fun to assemble.  Since I chose a floral pattern for my case, I didn't add any of the cute sticker designs that are included in the stamp set (stay tuned for next time!).

I used the Hemstitched Rectangles dies to cut out some white cardstock, with the citron shade underneath.  The sentiment is one of five included in the set.  I used the Delicious Desserts dies to cut the flower.

The collection will be available from Spellbinders in April/May, but can be ordered immediately from the Papercrafter's Workshop website.

Life is Short, Buy the Purse.

Such a great sentiment!  This is my first card featuring the brand new "We All Have Baggage" collection designed by Sheri Ballantyne for Spellbinders.

This is the Designer Purse die set.  Check out the detail on this!  You can see below, that there are several different flaps, clasps and handles - so many possibilities.

The sentiment set is actually by Hero Arts, a sister company of Spellbinders - and is called "Keep Calm Sentiments".  Check out the wonderful phrases!

I created a Distress Oxide ink blended background using Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover.  I found cardstock from Concord & 9th that matched, along with some ancient Close To My Heart daisy paper.

The decorative frame is from the Hemstitched Rectangles dies, and the flower is from Delicious Desserts - both Spellbinders.

The collection will be introduced by Spellbinders in April/May - but is available now on the Papercrafter's Workshop website!

Introducing: We All Have Baggage!

I'm pretty excited to share with you a new crafting collection designed by my wonderful (& talented!) friend, Sheri Ballantyne in partnership with Spellbinders.  This is "We All Have Baggage", a selection of dies and stamps in support of our mental health, with some really beautiful sentiments, and an uplifting overall message.  

It's many months in the making, and no small accomplishment.  There are two stand alone dies, two stamp and die sets, and a sentiment stamp set.  Scroll down to see the group of cards that I made in honour of Sheri - which I will post individually later.  Meanwhile here are a few photos of her launch party!

Showing the collection in the Spellbinders catalogue!

And a selfie with yours truly :-)

Here's my card set!  This was a blast to make.  There's a bit of a green glow to my craft room right now...

Spellbinders won't be realeasing it until April/May, but the collection is available right now on the Papercrafter's Workshop website.

C is for Cozy Toes

I'm playing along with the Alphabet Soup challenge on the Papercrafter's Inner Circle Facebook group today... the Feb letters are C and D.  So this is C is for Cozy Toes and Concord & 9th.

I got this sweet Concord & 9th set a few months ago.  My kids, nieces and nephews are all at the age where they and their friends are having babies, so I think this will get a lot of use.

The set comes with a bunch of sweet stamped patterns to create the sock designs, and then the dies to cut them out.  I paired them with the Art Impressions Baby Boy paper pack.

You can find the stamp/die set at The Papercrafter's Workshop!

Glimmered Thought You Knew

Pulled out my favourite new press plate, "Thought You Knew" - an exclusive to Crafter's Home stores.  This time I tried it glimmered with gold foil on a cream square, and it turned out beautifully!

I matted it with some gold cardstock, and adhered it with some 3D adhesive to a teal square.  The base paper is ancient October Afternoon paper - one of my favourite companies.

I used a couple of die sets from my stash to create the flowers, pulling out colours from the background, then used two pink Copic markers to colour in the heart.

You can find this plate at the Papercrafter's Workshop.

Glam Flourish & Vine

My second project using the December Betterpress Society plate, 'Flourish & Vine' has a bit of a glam thing going on...

I pressed the plate onto some pale mossy green cardstock using Lisa Horton's metallic Solid Gold ink, then pressed it again on a couple of scraps of the same paper.

I used the included die to cut out the center of the heart, and fussy cut out a bunch of sprigs or individual leaves from the scrap pieces.

I adhered them onto my main panel, allowing the edges to curl up for a little texture.  

I used my new Glimmer machine to hot foil one of the sentiments onto a square of the same cardstock.  My main panel was cut down with a stitched edge rounded rectangle die that was just a little smaller than A2 size, and was attached to my brushed gold cardstock base with 3D foam adhesive.  I made sure that the sentiment was centered under where the heart opening would appear.

A few gold pearls finished things off nicely!  You can get a Betterpress Society subscription from The Papercrafter's Workshop.

Fleur Impressions

And more stamped images from my craft room!  These are the Fleur Impressions and Oopsie Daisy flower stamps from The Greetery, arranged in the cute Just Mason Around jar.

I again pulled out the Knit Wits stencil, and used it with some ink blending of Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide inks.  Sentiment is Perfect Sentiments from Pinkfresh Studio, gold embossed.