Be Merry - Shopping Spree & A Christmas in July SALE

New Holiday Collections and a new Christmas in July SALE!

Spellbinders has a new Be Merry Collection that is now available and this adorable little die set is included in it.  It is called Shopping Spree and can be used for all gift giving occasions. I have a Christmas and a birthday card to show you.

This one is all stacked up for Christmas gift giving.  I've used the Plaid Company Embossing Folder in the background.

I love her sparkly mittens!

Shopping Spree Die Set

This die set is kinetic, so you can make the legs swing back adn forth.

This little gal has a lot of birthday gifts for someone!  The set could also be used for weddings, which would be fun.

I've used the Birthday Bash Embossing Folder on the background.

Enter HERE for the Christmas In July SALE

Up to 50% off select past Holiday products and extra savings on select clearance items.

 The sale is now live and available through Sunday, July 25th, 2021.

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Summer Of Stamping with Ellen Hutson

I'm super excited to be participating in week 2 of the Essentials by Ellen Summer of Stamping! 

What is the Summer of Stamping?  

Each week there will be new Essentials by Ellen release and bunches of cardmaking inspiration! Be sure you are following along on her blog and Instagram for all the details.

This week is all about tropical inspired sets.

For my first card, I used the Aloha stamps and dies and its Tilt 'N Rock die that makes her hula skirt swing back and forth. If you have a stamp set that need to move back and forth, the Tilt 'N Rock die is the one you need.

I started by ink blending  sky and sand colors with Distress Oxide inks,  I stamped and colored the images with Copic markers.  I cut a tag to put my hula girl on and the Tilt 'N Rock mechanism is underneath,

I sprinkled a little water on the Oxide ink before it dried to get a bit of 'sand looking' texture.  The sentiment is embossed in black.

Here's the hula girl in action!

You can see all the Summer of Stamping new releases right HERE.

My second card is using the new Mondo Anthurium stamp and die.  

I started by stamping Mahalo and Aloha all over the background.  I layered a piece of vellum over it and then the Anthurium which I colored with Copic markers.  I stamps and embossed Aloha and slid it under the leaves at the bottom of the card.  

Thanks for joining me to kick off Week 2 of Summer of Stamping!

There is one day left to get this gift with purchase.  It ends Monday, July 19 at 11:59 pm PST.

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Riding By To Say Hi

The Bicycle Builder Die Set is one of my favorites from the release last month at Honey Bee Stamps.  This and the Market Cart Builder Die Set. 😍 I love them both equally...oh wait, and the A2 Cookie Sheet Dies!

I used a piece of paper from the Summer Stems paper pack for the background.  I also cut the bicycle frame from one of the Summer Stems papers.

I stamped and colored the flowers with Copic markers, and then cut a few more to layer on top.

Both sentiments are embossed in black embossing powder and are from the coordinating set called Riding By Stamps and Dies.

Bicycle Builder Die Set and Riding By Stamps and Dies

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Cup of Happy

It's been a while since I created with this beautiful Cup of Happy Stamps and Dies from the Pigment Craft Company. 

 Have you checked out their store yet?  

They are a fairly new company in Canada and have a great shipping rate for the US.

The background is ink blended with Distress Oxide inks and then stenciled in white with a circle stencil.  

The florals and stems are stamped in colored ink and I added a little Copic Marker for definition.  

The cup is black and white cardstock and a touch of gray shading down both sides.

The bow is actually tucked back into the floral arrangement, but it sure doesn't look like it in this photo.

Cup of Happy Stamps and Dies

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Spellbinders Clubs Blog Hop and a SALE!

 Today is the Spellbinders monthly clubs blog hop.  I have another idea here using the Large Die of the Month for July.

This month the die is a Mini Slimline Envelope and Nested Card Dies and comes with a ton of dies.  See photo below.  The finished card size is 6-1/2" x 3-3/4".

I love the little flowers that come with this die set and all the mix and math edges on the rectangles!

Look at all the pieces in this die set. The Large Die of the Month club is always such a great value.

Giveaway

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments left on the Spellbinders blog. 

Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 18th, 11:59 pm MST. 

The winner will be announced on the Spellbinders blog hop post the following Tuesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

This set comes with the dies to create the envelope to match!

Who doesn't love a sale??

Take $25 off orders of $100 or more at Spellbinders. No code needed. 

Free shipping on orders $75 or more too! 

Ends 07/18/2021 11:59 PM MST.

Enter Spellbinders HERE.

Please join us in our monthly Spellbinders clubs blog hop!

Blog Hop of Inspiration

Spellbinders Blog
Becca Feeken
Tina Smith
Bibi Cameron
Annie Williams
Becky Roberts
Yasmin Diaz
Jennifer Snyder
Kathy Clement
Hussena Calcuttawala
Jill Hilliard
Laurie Willison
Ilina Crouse
Virginia Lu
Emily Midgett
Jean Manis
Sheri Holt
Sandra Nagel
Joy Baldwin
Rosemary Dennis
Henriëtte van Mierlo
Betty Wright
Melody Rupple
Jenny Colacicco
Emily Leiphart
Vera Yates
Tracy Ware
Gemma Campbell
Alanna Moses
Michelle Starcher
Deborah Jenkins
Erin Thompson
Birgit Norton
Michelle Sheler
Sandhya Iyer
Jennifer Kotas
Jessica Vasher
Olga Direktorenko
Karen Brown
Tanya Boser
Martha Lucia Gomez
Amy Kolling
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Opposites Attract Stamps and NEW Script Dies

The Greetery has beautiful new script dies to go with the Opposites Attract stamps and dies!!

 Opposites attract, and that's especially true in the world of fonts. This sentiment set consists of four different sentiments done in a pretty, bold font. The companion sentiments are done in a soft, flowing script, creating a lovely paradox.

I started with the pitcher from the Pitcher-esque Stamps and Dies and added flowers from the Oopsie Daisy stamps and dies, with a couple eucalyptus from Simple Things Stamps and Dies.  

I stamped and die cut the sentiment and popped it right on top of the pitcher with the new Opposites Attract stamps and Dies shown below.  

These sentiment font are so pretty together!

Opposites Attract Stamps Set

Opposites Attract Script Dies

Opposites Attract Dies

Oopsie Daisy Stamps and Dies

Pitcher-esque Stamps and Dies

So much pretty going on in one card!

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Oopsie Daisy, I Forgot Your Birthday!

Sweet Sentiment has fun products being released today.

I used the Oopsie Daisy Stamp Set for this card, colored the flowers with Copic Markers and gathered them into a bouquet.

If you look real close, you will see lightly stenciled in the background the new Stars Mandala Stencil.

Lookie this fun new item - I am in love with it!  It's a coffee cup style, even pressure tool, called the Es Press It to use with your MISTI to make sure you are using even, solid pressure over the image. 

 Have you ever ended up with one side of an image more black or stamped heavier than the other?  That's from pressure. This handy tool helps apply even pressure to the image.

Then there is this little dish for candy, I mean sequins or small embellishments.  It makes filling a shaker card pretty slick as you can just pour them on.

The spout on this is so thin and fine, I filled a bunch of little Ziploc bags lickity-split.  Great palm size design on this one!  I might have to spray paint one of these light pink.😆

Candy Cups

Be sure to head over to Sweet Sentiment to see what else is new this month.

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