Filigree Delight and Justrite Stamps

My Spellbinders experience just keeps getting more and more fun! Not only are the dies gorgeous, but recently I discovered the JustRite range of stamps, which complement the Spellbinders dies.

Woo Hoo!!!!

Here, the Filigree Delight die from Spellbinders is decorated with the rose stamp from  JustRite Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two. The roses and leaves have been highlighted with the Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral and Wild Wasabi Blendabilities.

The lacy panel behind the roses comes from the Spellbinders Tranquil Moments die set. The card and card front are pearlised cardstock, which is a dream to use for die cutting.

Heartfelt Sympathy

Sympathy cards are never easy to make, when someone has lost a loved one - but I believe a handmade card, and the thoughtfulness and love that goes into making it, becomes a part of the healing process for the person who receives it.

Here is a card made this week, for the family of a special person....and with it, went my prayer for God to comfort them in their grief. 

 

This is another card using the Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles dies. The card base is Stampin' Up! Wisteria Wonder and the sentiment is a retired set from SU, called Close as a Memory. The rose was made using SU Perfect Plum and Wisteria wonder cardstock. There is a tutorial on my blog in the January archives, for creating these roses. The leaves are in SU Pistachio Pudding and were die cut with the Spellbinders Foliage dies.

A Touch of Gold

Loving my new Spellbinders dies! Another one to showcase here, this time Tranquil Moments: love that filigree piece on the top layer - and plenty of space for a sentiment - this one is the retired Happy Birthday single stamp from Stampin' Up! I embossed the sentiment in gold, to tone in with the cardstock.

The gold-toned pearlised cardstock is from the local discount store, cuts like a dream, and the flower is made using one of the matching envelopes which came with the ready-made card pack. The flower is made using Spellbinders Rose Creations die, and the gold bling was originally a bead from the local op shop. 

Card making need not be expensive!!!!

Radiant Rectangles to the Rescue!

There have been a number of cards posted here recently, using the Spellbinders Locking Loops die; and I mentioned I was was just starting out with the Spellbinders dies and there was an order on the way. Woo hoo! It has arrived....so you will get to see something different..and hopefully, inspiring. They really are stunning dies....after four years of intensive card-making, feel like I've finally found my style.

Here is an example, using the Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles die set.These dies are really special, because they not only cut, but also emboss at the same time. Three of the dies were used, for the card below, and they were all cut and embossed at the same time, and nested on the card. This set is going to be a firm favourite, and for the sympathy card below, gives it understated elegance. The cardstock is Wisteria Wonder from Stampin' Up!, the sentiment is stamped using the retired SU hostess set, Simply Sketched, and their Elegant Eggplant ink. The punch is my favourite SU one, Scalloped Oval.

Blendabilities Enhance our Card Creating Experience.

One of my favourite activities as a child, was colouring in - back then we had Lakeland pencils, and not much else. Nowe we have  a whole range of colouring tools, and my new favourites are the Stampin' Up! Blendabilities markers. I have always enjoyed the watercolour markers produced by that company - have them all! - but these alcohol-based Blendabilities markers take my colouring-in experience to a whole new level.

The oval was cut using the oval die from Spellbinders Filigree Delight, stamped with Momento Tuxedo Black ink using the SU stamp set "Sweetbriar Rose" and coloured with Wild Wasabi and Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities. Cardstock is SU Wisteria Wonder. Here is a simple card, very quick to make and using - yet again, the Spellbinders Locking Loops die. Doesn't she have any other dies, you might be asking?  The standard crafter's answer to that is.....lots more ordered!!!! 

Watch this space.