I’ve got a new video on my YouTube channel today showing how I made this pretty card with the latest Spellbinders release by Simon Hurley. I’ve used the Ceramic Vases and Floral Stems die sets, along with the Must-Have Sentiments glimmer foil plate.
You can view the video here:
I also made a couple more cards with some of the other flowers and vases in the die set –
You can find product links both below, and of course more details are in the video.
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Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC
Spellbinders Ceramic Vases by Simon Hurley Shop at: SSS | CS | SBC | SP
Spellbinders Floral Stems by Simon Hurley Shop at: SSS | CS | SBC | SP
Spellbinders Must Have sentiments foil plate Shop at: SSS | CS | SBC | SP
Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | AZ | CS | SBC | SP
I’m back at Create and Craft on Tuesday and Wednesday this week with some fabulous new floral dies by Sizzix designer Alexis Trimble. You know me and florals, so you can imagine how much I’m looking forward to the shows!
There’s a lovely mix of flowers in the collection, as well as a die set to give you all the pots and vases you need to create a lovely floral bouquet.
My shows on Tuesday are at 4pm and 8pm and Wednesday at 8am (and then a final show on Craft Extra at 10am). If you aren’t in the UK or are unable to catch the shows, I’ve added product links below for you to find the dies.
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Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC
Sizzix Hello Love die set by Lisa Jones Shop at: SSS | SZ | CS | SBC
Sizzix In the Meadow die set by Alexis Trimble Shop at: SZ | CS | SBC
Sizzix Floral Vessels die set by Alexis Trimble Shop at: SZ | CS | SBC
Sizzix Floral Alphabet die set by Alexis Trimble Shop at: SZ | CS | SBC
Following on from my post yesterday, here are the rest of my finished samples ahead of my Studio Light shows on Create and Craft this Friday/Saturday.
This sunflower stencil creates a really beautiful background, and by switching up the colours you can get very different looks with it.
I used Tim Holtz mica sprays to create these cards, and of course you can mop up the excess on the stencil to get a second card at the same time.
The sentiment stamps on the show are some of my favourites. As you know, I use a lot of floral dies and stamps and these all have a nice floral theme, so I know I will be using them a lot.
There are two lovely die sets in the collection – one featuring sunflowers, the other a pretty bicycle with flowers.
This heart shaped card works well with the patterned papers…
As does the little pillow box…
It’s a One Day Special, so my shows are Friday at 6pm and 9pm and Saturday at 10am and 2pm. Hope you can join me!
I’m back at Create and Craft this Friday and Saturday with a fabulous collection from Studio Light. The main theme for the collection is Sunflowers, and there are some lovely papers, dies, stamps and stencils with a Sunflower/French feel to them. There are also some really useful Essential dies to create some concept cards and boxes.
There are two stamp sets with a lovely collage feel, and these can certainly be given a different feel by switching up the colours. I think the sunflowers could very easily look like Gerberas if you change the colours.
The stamps also work really well with the Pillow Box die set and the Box card die set.
There’s also a fabulous Butterfly box die, that works so well with the papers.
This is just a small selection of my finished samples, I’ll be back tomorrow to share some more with the stencils and dies in the collection.
How fabulous is this little mason jar filled with lavender? I think it’s my favourite from this month’s new dies from Spellbinders. I’ve always loved a mason jar, and the design on this one is really pretty. I’ve used some white glossy Sizzix card as I thought that would give the look of a painted jar and be just a bit different. This would look really stunning cut from vellum, with some alcohol marker behind in blue to look like water. I really like the way the lavender sits in it too – it has a slot at the top so you can arrange it nicely inside.
There’s also some other really nice foliage in this collection, and for my next card I used it to create both the background and the focal point.
I die cut several of the foliage elements from the same colour green as the card front, then stuck them on top with PVA glue to give the look of an embossed background. I then used a sponge to drag some acrylic paint over (Dina Wakley acrylic in Lime and Turquoise).
I then die cut two of the foliage dies from rose gold card – one mirror and one matte. The sentiment strip is the same green as the background card and I added a foiled sentiment to finish it off.
For my last card, I kept it VERY simple. I used the Fern Glimmer plate, and once I’d added it to the card I couldn’t bear to cover any of it! My initial plan had been to add some foliage, but it looked so nice I kept it as it was (I can always add a small sentiment when I come to send it to someone).
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Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC
Bibi Cameron has a fabulous new collection for Spellbinders called Bibi’s Hummingbirds. I used the stencil and Pop up Hummingbird die set to create this card.
I put all the info in a video so you can see how I created that colourful background in detail…
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Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC
Spellbinders Bibi’s Hummingbirds Pop up Hummingbird Shop at: SP
Another stunning collection from Spellbinders. So many beautiful elements to this collection.
I’ve used 3 different sets from the collection – the Four Petal Floral embossing folder, the Thank You Floral die set, and the Making Me Smile Glimmer Foil plate.
For my first card, I kept it very simple. The embossing folder is so stunning I didn’t want to cover it at all. So I just highlighted it with some gold wax, and added a sentiment (from the Thank You Floral die set). It’s a big embossing folder (this card is 5×7), so you can easily just use parts of it if you like.
For my next card, I decided to use the florals from the Thank You floral set, then add just a strip from the embossing folder (and I kept it white so it didn’t distract from the flowers). I also used one of the foiled sentiments. I used some of the Spellbinders foil in a lovely pewter colour.
For my final card, I used the foliage from the Four Petal Thank you Floral, but I didn’t quite use it as intended – it’s intended that you’d place the flowers on the little round areas, but I thought they also looked like berries, so I went for a very simple look. Again I used the embossing folder in the background in white for a subtle look, and one of the foiled sentiments (this time in gold). This is a smaller 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card so illustrates how you can use a part of the embossing folder.
If you are in the UK, Spellbinders now have a UK website you can order from.
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Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC
Spellbinders Four Petal Thank you Floral die set Shop at: SSS | SBC | SP
Spellbinders Four Petal Make me Smile sentiments glimmer plate Shop at: SSS | SBC | SP
Aren’t these big, bold blooms beautiful? I’m really in love with this collection by Simon Hurley, you know me and floral dies, so these are just my thing.
I wanted a bit of variation to the petals so chose to watercolour them instead of using coloured cardstock and I’m really pleased with how they turned out. I thought the sentiments would look lovely with a touch of glitter so I used gold and silver glitter card, but used the same white card for the shadow/mat layer to keep it clean and simple.
Here’s a video on how I put these together….
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Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine Shop at: SSS | SZ | AZ | CS | SBC
Spellbinders In Bloom by Simon Hurley Shop at: SSS | SBC | SP
Spellbinders Everyday sentiments by Simon Hurley Shop at: SSS | SBC | SP
I’ve got a new video up on my YouTube channel today showing how I made this cute wreath card, along with the foiled sentiment.
Here’s the video – it gives a good look at the Spellbinders Glimmer Foil system too, which I know lots of you are curious about (and in my opinion it’s a fabulous foiling system)
Sharon Curtis 