10 cards, Spellbinders' Let Your Heart Soar

So, on the last day of February I'm posting the first 10 cards from the February Spellbinders' card kit of the month, titled "Let Your Heart Soar".

I took quite a few ideas from other card makers, but the most obvious is that I used a bunch of embossing folders (Thanks, Tina, at Cards and Coffee Time)

I pulled out my old sentiment dies and an edge die for this one. There are only so many ways I need to tell someone to let their heart soar, but I always could use some thank-you cards.

I also pulled out this old sentiment from Lawn Fawn, since it really seems appropriate.

I don't know about you, but I'm not sure who I'd send a "Dreaming, one of a kind" card to. But hey, they are already printed. I'm loving the little puffy stickers.

And, the star of the show is this hot-air balloon die, pieced and inlaid just as fine as you please.

I have already made 4 more from this kit, but they are not photographed yet. So, watch this space for some more flying themed cards.  I figure I'll keep going until the March kit is due to arrive. I haven't yet EVER run out of stuff in the kit to create with. This time I'm trying harder!

 

Whimsical Forest - an interim kit for me.

 I opened up the Spellbinders' Whimsical Forest kit to play with until my January kit arrived (which it did on Sunday evening).  I put together 6 cards before I realized I can't find the stamp set. Where could it be?

Here is where I gave up and looked for sentiments in other stamp sets. I love these kits but the included sentiments don't often make sense for the kinds of cards I send, or the kind my friends do, either. 

This little snail riding gnome is my favorite image in the die cut pack that's part of the kit.

Sometimes I think the only way to find something is to buy it again. But with something like a stamp set, that just bugs me. At least with tools or consumables it makes a little sense. 

Ten cards, one kit--Spellbinders Heart Hands

 

I'll confess, I was not very excited about this month's kit from Spellbinders. The colors are just too muted and subtle for me.  I do like the hand dies, and will be using them again. But I need some cards to give away as a set for a late Christmas present so I opened this one up and proceeded to copy the examples provided almost exactly.  Then I copied a couple of them from a user on YouTube (thanks, Stamping with Jill). Then I made a few "pile on" cards. 

I don't know if the person I am giving these to can use a bunch of note cards that say basically, "you are beautiful, great, etc." but that seems to be the theme of a lot of card kits these days.  If I want to make birthday, sympathy or thank you cards I need to look elsewhere for the sentiments.

Merry Wishes part 3

I think I'm done with Merry Wishes for a while.  I still have lots of stuff left in the kit but now I am tired of it. Plus, the December kit came today.

This card, below, features a silhouette die from Spellbinders called Hanging Stockings. I have no idea when it came out, but I'm certain I bought it on clearance a few weeks ago.  I used paper and puffy stickers from the kit, so it still counts, right?

 

Merry Wishes, part 2

 Here are a few more cards from the Spellbinders' Merry Wishes card kit. Just in the nick of time, too, since the next one is on the way.  I suspect there will be a few more with this kit because I've barely made a dent in it. Wow.

This card features the cute snowman from Spellbinders' November Small Die of the Month, Frankie Goes to the North Pole. The card below features the tree from the same set. Also, I think I really like the puffy sticker words. What fun! 

Officially subscribed to a card kit

Another card kit! I purchased so many Spellbinders' card kits in the last year that I figured it was time to break down and subscribe. Now I'll be making stuff that's current, instead of last year's.  This month's kit is called Merry Wishes, and the die is a street light. Who knew they could be so festive!

So, right off the bat I came out copying other people's designs. The above is from Tina Smith at Cards and Coffee Time.  Several of the other cards below are heavily inspired by other card makers, but sadly I didn't keep notes when I saw them. If I copied yours without crediting you, I apologize.

I apparently threw the kitchen sink at this one. 

The street light on this one is a chipboard sticker that was included in the kit. I think the ones made with the die set are better.

Another kitchen sink target. Sometimes I don't know when to stop.

The white "doily" in back of the wreath is from Spellbinders' Elegant Twist" circles.  The green Christmas word is from one of the previous kits from last year that I bought this year. 

This one was a lot of fun, so much gold foiling on the pattered paper!  The paper combination was inspired by Jennifer Snyder. There is also glitter inside the sequins on the wreath on the street light. The "sparkle" word is part of the puffy sticker set that came in the kit as well.

The tree is die cut with the tree in the Small Die of the Month from Spellbinders, called Frankie Goes to the North Pole. The die cut gifts are from other sets. 

There is a lot of stuff left in this kit, and I am not even tired of it yet, so there will be more cards from this one coming.