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turquoise dot embossed hand made card with a white and black die cut arch and die cut Snowbell bouquet on top.
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Simon Says Stamp Snowbell Bouquet Die Cut Card

Tonight is the NEW release over at Simon Says Stamp, called RAIN or SHINE.  It’s full of spring and Easter goodness, lovely new stamp sets, and dies.  I pulled out my favorite from the release to create with today, the Simon Says Stamp Snowbell Bouquet Die Cut Card.

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March 19, 2025 11 Comments
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Spellbinders Mini Wax Seals

Hi, card-making friends. Yesterday, Spellbinders released a pile of new products, which you can view here. Today, I’m sharing four projects created with the NEW

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March 11, 2025 10 Comments
hand made white easter card with 6 colored and die cut chicks in eggs and a pink sentiment
CARDS | Copic colored cards

Simon Says Stamp Eggstra Special Easter Card

Today I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Eggstra’s Special Easter Card. This is a new Easter-themed 6 x 8 Stamp and Die set with an adorable selection of little round chicks. They are super easy to color and cut out, and there’s a fabulous selection of sentiments to go with them.

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March 9, 2025 5 Comments
pinky rust colored floral embossed hand made card with an overlay of die cut florals and a white and gold sentiment
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Spellbinders March 2025 3D Embossing Folder Card

Today I have a Spellbinders March 2025 3D Embossing Folder Card to share with you.  It’s the 6th of the month and that means all the clubs are open and ready for purchase and today’s card shares 3 of the new clubs.

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March 6, 2025 10 Comments
pink hand made Easter card with a white egg shaped frame and a brown bunny with a chick on his head and Easter eggs by his feet
CARDS | Copic colored cards

Simon Says Stamp Bunny Blessings

Hi again, card-making friends, and welcome back.  Today, I have two cards using the Simon Says Stamp Bunny Blessings. This beautiful new 6 x 8

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February 26, 2025 6 Comments
hand made easter card with a purple basket embossed front, and a die cut yellow chick sitting on top of rainbow easter eggs
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Introducing Pip

This adorable little chick is the Deluxe Caboodle of the Month Bonus Die.  So, if you subscribe to the Spellbinders Deluxe Caboodle to get all the clubs, you are going to meet Pip in person. 

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February 9, 2025 10 Comments
hand made mint colored valentine card with a gold frame, a white heart created from small white leaves, with gold berries, a gold sentiment in the center and a white wax seal with a gold rose in the center
CARDS | Die Cutting Cards

Spellbinders Stylized Lattice Valentine Card | BLOG HOP & Give Away

I wanted to do something entirely different for this hop.  This card is created entirely with the Deluxe Caboodle Club Kits for January.  The Stylized Lattice 3D Embossing Folder, the leaves that create the heart are from the Large Die of the Month Club, the hugs sentiment is from the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month and the Wax seal, is Floral Jewel, Wax Seal Club.

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January 23, 2025 44 Comments
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Spellbinders Friendship is Everything Cards

I’m back today with two Spellbinders Friendship is Everything Cards. The Glimmer Monthly Club for December is this beautiful floral cluster. It’s the perfect size to copic color, or if you’re time-deprived, a quick run through the foiling machine on some colored card stock results in an elegant overlay for your special card.

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December 18, 2024 10 Comments
teal colored card with a gold die cut H decorated with purple flowers and green leaves
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Spellbinders | My Favorite December 2024 Clubs

Today, I have Spellbinders | My Favorite December 2024 Clubs to share with you. Okay, there are only three cards, but they use a lot of the new products, LOL. It’s always fun to combine the clubs and see what you come up with. They all coordinate so well.

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December 10, 2024 12 Comments
His and Hers Birthday CaKe Cards
CARDS | Birthday Cards

His and Hers Birthday Cake Cards

For today’s card-making post, I thought I would create his and hers Birthday Cake Cards from the same products. I’m working with more of the Spellbinders November Club Kits, this time the Party Time Cake Die Set that you get as a bonus this month with your Deluxe Caboodle membership. It’s adorable, and so much fun and these cards are both quick and easy to create.

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November 10, 2024 10 Comments
Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique
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NEW Card Making Video – Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique

Today I have Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique to share with you.  The Nature’s Botanical Release from Spellbinders and Susan Tierney-Cockburn is beautiful, and I chose the Botanical Wreath and Nature’s Botanical Garden BetterPress Sentiments to create with today.  This is a super fast and easy inking technique and you are going to LOVE the results.

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October 30, 2024 9 Comments
hand made friendship card with blue and green flowers with purple leaves on a white embossed background
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Purple and Blue Grateful For You Card

Today, we have Purple and Blue Grateful For You Card using new products from Alex Syberia Designs.  This is the same stamp and die set as the last card, done with completely different colors and layered over an embossed background using a NEW Tiny Autumn Leaves Hot Foil Plate.

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October 24, 2024 13 Comments
Trying to Win the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest
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Trying to Win the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest

I had fun with this one, Trying to Win the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest.  It started with this month’s Embossing Folder Club, the lovely Checkered Argyle, which is quite conservative and lovely.  Then I decided our little Festive Friends needed to be included (Small Die of the Month Club), and after I got his sweater all argyled to match the background, I thought, “Ugly Christmas Sweater.” So I grabbed the reindeer dies from the Large Die of the Month Club, Cozy Toes Slippers. 

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October 17, 2024 8 Comments
Watercolor Orchid hand made card intro
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Watercolor Orchid hand made card

This die and embossing folder set are from Spellbinders and Susan Tierney Cockburn and are part of the Winter’s Grace release.  If you like making 3 dimensional flowers, you are going to love this release.

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September 25, 2024 10 Comments
CARDS | Die Cutting Cards

Simon Says Stamp Elegant Blossom Card

Today’s card uses the Elegant Blossoms Branch die set, the Lovely Stamp and Die Set and the Basket Weave Embossing Folder (LOVE THIS THING SO MUCH).  It’s a pretty simple card to put together but if you want to watch me do it, head over to my Instagram as I uploaded a reel this morning.

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September 20, 2024 12 Comments
Spellbinders Stitched Sunflowers on a turquoise card
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Spellbinders Stitched Sunflowers Card

Today I have Spellbinders Stitched Sunflowers Card to share with you from the September Stitched Die Club.  This set is AMAZING.  The flowers are super big making them so easy to stitch and layer. 

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September 13, 2024 8 Comments
New Falling Hearts Embossing Folder card Intro
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New Falling Hearts Embossing Folder

Today I have a New Falling Hearts Embossing Folder card to share with you.  The Falling Hearts Embossing Folder is new this month as part of the main Stamptember release from Simon Says Stamps.  It is a beautiful, deeply etched folder which allowed me to color all the individual hearts and then do the swiping technique to add ink to the background.  Keep reading to get all the details on how to create this card.

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September 12, 2024 8 Comments
Spellbinders Autumn Scarecrow and Pumpkin Cards
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Spellbinders Autumn Scarecrow and Pumpkin Cards

I have two Spellbinders Autumn Scarecrow and Pumpkin Cards to share with you today created with the September Small Die of the Month and the second pumpkin card showcases the lovely and very elegant Autumn Chevron Embossing Folder.  This embossing folder creates a beautiful backdrop for more pink and orange pumpkins with a bit of added bling from the Friendly Thanks Glimmer of the Month Club.

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September 9, 2024 14 Comments
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3D Pumpkin Embossing Folder Cards

It’s the 6th and that means that the Spellbinders September Clubs are live and you can subscribe.  Today I’m sharing 3D Pumpkin Embossing Folder Cards created with this month’s 3D Embossing Folder Club – Pumpkin Patch.  This embossing folder has DEEP embossing and I was able to get fabulous results with some Distress Oxide Ink blending on them.

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September 6, 2024 10 Comments
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