Floral embellished Spellbinder Design

I recently have been going crazy using my various Spellbinders dies using only several colors of papers, several dies and just a couple of sticker embellishments.  Here is one of the first ones I did. 

I started by doing a lot of die-cutting.  Using Nestabilities Labels Ten (starting with the next to the largest) I die-cut antique gold paper from The Paper Company. Then using the next die down I cut some metallic white paper (also from The Paper Company). Next I die-cut the two corner designs from the Shapeabilities Pendant Renaissance Hearts set from some more antique gold paper.  Next came one of the Shapeabilities Fancy Tags from pastel green paper as well as two sets of leaves from the Shapeabilities Assorted Leaves set.  The assembly went fast from there.  I started with a metallic pastel orange card from The Paper Cut and ran a 1/2" wide strip of antique gold paper horizontally across the card.  Then came the gold medallion overlaid with the white medallion.  I added the two corner pieces on either end of the gold medallion and embellished each with just a single ruby red faux gem from Stampendous.   The pastel green label came next and was attached at an angle across the white medallion, with one set of leaves on each side.  The final touch was the addition of two glittered vellum daisy stickers from Jolee's Boutique/E. K. Success.



Home made window card.

Window cards usually come with either a rectangular or round opening ... but with Spellbinders you can make the window almost any shape you want.  I decided to experiment and came up with this card.
The first step was to die cut the window in the card blank and the overlay to insure that they matched in size and location.  To do this it helps to do the die cutting from the back and actually draw in some reference lines.

The second step was to create the insert.  I did this by making a smaller card in a complimentary color which will serve as both the window opening background and the text insert.  For the window opening I created a design using rub-on green flourishes from Heidi Grace/Fiskars and some 3D glittered flowers and a rub-on text from K & Company/E. K. Success.  It is critical that the design is visible when the card is closed but yet adds interest when opened.

The final card is (I think) beautiful and goes to show that windows can come in all shapes and sizes.

4th of July (part 3)

The American flag figures in many of my 4th of July cards (see my Face Book album for OWH) but one image I also love is the Statue of Liberty.  Here are my last three cards for the 4th using the Statue of Liberty as the theme.

The first uses a layered paper sticker from Jolee's Boutique/E.K. Success with a few glittered fireworks from Mrs. Grossman's.  The stickers are mounted on a simple light blue card with a deckle edged white panel.  The text is computer generated and printed on an Avery clear address label.

The next card was made using a photograph sticker from Pebbles Inc. on a simple strip of white paper mounted on dark blue card.  Again the text is computer generated and printed on an Avery clear address label.

The final card uses another photograph sticker from Pebbles, Inc.  This time I added texted paper from one of the military K&Company/E.K. Success for the background edged with a double line of blue from the Mrs. Grossman's Design Line series.  Again the text is computer generated and printed on an Avery clear address label.  This card uses a legal size white card for the background to mimic the panoramic photograph of the Statue of liberty framed on a sunset.

4th of July (part 2)

My favorite image and card: the bald eagle.  This card is so easy and yet packs such an impact that many people have asked for all the details.

The card itself is a standard A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") white card.  The blue inset is cut  using either the Spellbinders deckle edge rectangle die or a deckle edge Fiskar scissors.  For my card I used the Spellbinder die and embossed the edges of the panel to add additional detail.  The eagle is a paper sticker from Jolee's Boutique/E. K. Success (yes all the work is done for you).  The fireworks are glittered stickers from Mrs. Grossman's.  The text was computer generated on the computer and printed on a clear Avery address label.

4th of July (part 1)

With this years 4th of July I wanted to honor some true american icons and as an architect I decided to start with buildings. I wanted to use the Mrs. Grossman's Laser cut stickers from years past but could not find them, so instead I used a sticker package from Jolee's Boutique/E.K. Success that had the buildings I wanted.

The first building: the Lincold Memorial. The background is some left over paper from one of the military packs from K&Company/E.K. Success with a flag theme. The tag uses ivory and gold paper die cut and embossed with the Small Labels Spellbinders dies.

The second building: the Capitol. For the background I used a simple white card and some metallic foiled paper from Sandylion to create a banner of flags and stars. The tag is cut from some light blue paper from DCVW using the deckle edge Spellbinders dies.

The last building: the White House. Again I used left over paper from one of the military packs from K&Company/E.K. Success, this time with a texted and star theme.

To complete the last two cards I added some glittered fireworks from Mrs. Grossman's and in all cases the text is computer generated and printed on clear Avery address labels.