Saturday, July 25, 2020

Christmas Wishes kit (almost) 10 more cards


Nine more cards from the Spellbinders' Christmas Wishes kit, which was the kit of the month last November.  You may remember that I bought this kit last spring because I was obsessed with the poinsettia die that comes with the kit. And you can only get it in this kit.



So, technically, I'm calling this one as part of the kit because it uses the designer paper and 2 of the ephemera pieces from the kit. It uses the truck from Spellbinders' "Truckin' through the seasons", and the tree from the "Merry Everything" kit.

The kit also had dies that created ornaments, so I made a few with metallic card stock and paired them up with some of the ephemera pieces.  I also used sequins on this one.

This one used more of the ephemera, one of the chipboard pieces, and gold Nuvo drops.

Yay, more of the poinsettias that I got the whole kit for.


What's a Spellbinders card kit collection without a collage card or two?  I used the banana creme card stock, and used a wood embossing plate over it and then grouped on the "stuff".

So, I'm officially tired of the kit and I still have a bunch of stuff left in it. Should I keep the stuff together in the box or distribute it around the craft room?  I have space for one more kit box on the shelf allotted  to them.

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Christmas Wishes - 10 cards from one kit, so far



These cards are from the Spellbinders' card kit of the month for November 2019, "Christmas Wishes".  I bought this kit on sale, but truth to be told I mainly got it for the die.  It's the only way to get them, and I've been wanting the little poinsettia die since I saw it last fall. The card above also used Spellbinders' scalloped circle dies and Gina Marie Designs' greenery sprigs dies.




Yes, this card features the dies from the set, the poinsettias that I had to have. The ornament dies are nice, too.

The above card is on a forest green background that has been embossed with a folder from Fun Stamper's Journey, of pine sprigs.


The "Merry Christmas" die is from Kat Scrappiness. The center bit of the "M" always sticks in the die and I've about a 50% chance of getting it out without ripping it or distorting it. Yay me.


This last card features a new frame die I got from Spellbinders, Candlewicking.  It's another tricky one that only works if  I pass it through the Big Shot multiple times in different configurations.  It does't show in the photograph, but there are circles embossed in the center of each little diamond shape. These require their own pass through the machine with the tan embossing mats. 

I have loads of products left in this kit so there will be more cards coming from it. 

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Handing you a bunch of flowers



It's become my goal to use Spellbinders' Small Die of the month card kit die set before the next month's installation comes. I got in just under the wire with this one.  Both the hand and the flowers were fun to assemble. The name of this die set is "Handing You a Smile".