Retro Suitcase

I'm starting to feel like a luggage designer!  (A tiny little luggage designer...)  This is the Retro Suitcase and Sentiments set from the We All Have Baggage collection designed by Sheri Ballantyne for Spellbinders.

I started by picking out my patterned papers - this is the 5955 - Encouragement Paper Pack from Art Impressions.  So fun to mix and match the coordinating patterns, and I added some metallic silver accents.

The sentiment is from the Keep Calm Sentiments set, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.  I used a fern die from Memory Box to add some greenery behind the suitcase, then popped it up on 3D foam adhesive.

The collection will be available through Spellbinders later this spring, but is available right now on the Papercrafter's Workshop website.

Keep Calm and Craft On

Nothing like a little crafting to keep yourself calm!  I am using products from the 'We All Have Baggage' line by Sheri Ballantyne for Spellbinders.

This is the Rolling Craft Tote die, along with the Keep Calm Sentiments.  The patterned paper was from my stash - more than a few years old!  I love being able to use it up.  I grabbed some cardstock that matched it, and set about assembling it while I watched a crafting video.  Took less than an hour, including clean up time!

Spellbinders will be releasing the collection in April/May, but you can buy it right now on the Papercrafter's Workshop website (below).

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!