Christmas in July with Spellbinders Mini

 Merry Christmas in July! Today I'm sharing a card that's perfectly festive for today's occasion.

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I recently received my July 2024 Spellbinder Mini Die of the Month which is this beautiful ice skate and foliage. I've been using my new Spellbinders Platinum die cutting machine and I cannot say enough positive things about it! Cuts like buttah!

The background cover plate is from Simon Says Stamp and is cut with Hero Arts White Glitter Paper. The sentiment is from Mini Christmas Sentiments and is foiled with my Glimmer Hot Foil Machine. 

All of the colored cardstock is from this Concord and 9th variety pack. I keep this variety pack strictly for die cutting images like this so I don't feel guilty cutting little bits off for a small die.

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Collab and Giveaway with Altenew!

 I'm so honored that Altenew invited me to work with some of their goodies. Altenew is so well-known for their gorgeous floral products, so I was excited to work with those. The products used have been gifted by Altenew. Some links may be affiliates at no charge to you.

Each of these cards uses the same lovely items. I first started with the Soft Blossom 3D Embossing Folder from Altenew. TIP: Give your cardstock a very light mist of water before using a 3D folder... this helps prevent cracking in your paper fibers. 

The best part about the folder is the matching coloring stencils, Soft Blossom Stencil Set. Both of these cards are ink blended with the following Hero Arts colors: Dandelion, Peony, Soft Blossom, Azalea, Green Hills, and Moss. For this card pictures above, I also splattered some gold from Kuretake Starry Colors watercolor set.

Both cards also use these great bold dies from Altenew called Timeless Sentiments 2 Dies. I love an everyday sentiment set, especially one like this that includes the background die to match!

Thank you to Altenew for inviting me to use your goodies! I have a giveaway on my Instagram for two $15 gift cards. Please visit my instagram post to enter!

Ahoy! Fishy Shaker Card

 The summer vibes keep on vibing! Today I'm sharing a fun circle shaped shaker card featuring some of the new July releases from Hero Arts.

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The main portion of the card uses the fun Beach Ball Stencil. I struggled finding the perfect-for-me beachball color combination, but I love how happy these colors look together. The stencil comes with 3 separate layers so you can easily mix up your combinations. This card uses Hero Arts Reactive Inks in Pool Party, Berry Smoothie, and Key Lime Fizz.

I stamped the little clown fish from the new Tropical Fishes set and colored them with my Polychromos Colored Pencils. Unfortunately, I didn't snag the dies for this set, but they were very easy to fussy cut with my detail scissors. I cut the card into a circle shape to turn it into this fun shaker! The shaker beads are called Evergreen State from Pretty Pink Posh. Finally, the 'ahoy' sentiment is stamped from the Nautical Messages set.

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