Spellbinders Christmas in July Celebration

Spellbinders is celebrating Christmas in July with the release of their Celebrate the Season release! I had the great pleasure to play with some products from this beautiful collection. My holiday cards just upped their game with these amazing products.

My card today features the Stylish Merry Christmas Etched Dies. This is a two part die: the background and then the individual letters to create the greeting Merry Christmas in a very stylish, art deco font. I die cut letters only die from a textured green cardstock to create a see through effect. 

I then decorated the edges of the card front with beautiful blooms and bits die cut from white cardstock using the Holiday Blooms Etched Dies. There are so many pieces in this die set, you can create many different flower combinations, arrangements, wreaths, etc!

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Horn of Plenty

 

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I love the illustration style of this little set! I stamped the cornucopia out in black and then colored with Copics. Using the coordinating die that will be available for purchase separately, I die the main image and coordinating smaller images out. Onto a petite card base, I swiped Apricot Ink using the direct ink to paper technique, which provided a background for the images.

I finished the card with one of two stamped sentiments included with this set.

Spellbinders:: Winter Garden

Spellbinders is celebrating Christmas in July with so many new and beautiful products! I got to work with some of the Winter Garden by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. I've got to say, I'm really getting a great start on my holiday cards!

My card today features the Helleborus (Christmase Rose) Etched Dies and the Winter Evergreen Foliage and Ladybugs Etched Dies. 

What a beautiful pairing! After die cutting each element from the dies in colored cardstock I inked the edges with corresponding chalk ink. Then arranged the rose on top of the greens. I finished with a sentiment from my stash.

You can really showcase winter scenes with the beautiful products from the  I'm excited to showcase more creations that I made with products from Spellbinders Winter Garden 

 collection, and they pair so nicely with the Celebrate the Season release too!

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Spellbinders:: Celebrate the Season

Spellbinders is celebrating Christmas in July with the release of their Celebrate the Season release! I had the great pleasure to play with some products from this beautiful collection. My holiday cards just upped their game with these amazing products.

My card today features the Stylish Merry Christmas Etched Dies. This is a two part die: the background and then the individual letters to create the greeting Merry Christmas in a very stylish, art deco font. I die cut the die from flat black cardstock and the letters in cream glitter paper.

I then accentuated the greeting die with various floral and fauna die cut from the new Holiday Blooms Etched Dies in glitter paper as well. There are so many pieces in this die set, you can create many different flower combinations, arrangements, wreaths, etc!

I'm excited to showcase more creations that I made with products from Spellbinders  Celebrate the Season release-the products truly make for beautiful cards with minimal effort.

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Ellen Hutson and Catherine Pooler Designs Collaboration

There's a fun Instagram Hop going on with a new stamp set from Catherine Pooler Designs available at ellenhutson.com!

Today we’re setting sail on a creative journey with the release of “Float Your Boat” – a stamp set (and coordinating dies) by Catherine Pooler Designs, made especially for ellenhutson.com! Talented designers from both companies are hopping to show it off, but that’s not all - We’ll be giving away three $25 gift cards, two to ellenhutson.com and one to Catherine Pooler Designs! Entering is simple. Just leave some love for your fellow crafters by commenting on their IG Hop posts by July 10 at 11:59 PM PDT. We’ll pick three lucky winners at random (to be announced winners the following week). Don’t forget to check-in at ellenhutson.com for more Summer of Stamping goodness all month long!

You should have arrived here from @ellenhutsonllc!

Next stop on the hop is @carissawiley

In case you get lost along the way, here’s a complete list of hoppers:

Ellen Hutson @ellenhutsonllc

Karen Baker @kmskerve

Carissa Wiley @carissawiley

Carly Tee Minner @carlyteeminner

Amanda Fitterer @craftyandcreativevibes

Daniel West @delandartie

Therese Calvird @lostinpaper

Ilina Crouse @ilinacrouse

Angela Simpson @mycraftyperspective

Jen Carter @jenniferdcarter

Tiffany Pryce Russom @ink.therapy.designs

Emily Mydlowski @popsofpaper

Catherine Pooler @catherinepooler

Now let’s get hoppin!

This giveaway is not associated with or sponsored by Instagram or Facebook, and you must be 18 or older to be eligible to enter or win.

Here are a couple of close-ups of my design! The ship was colored with Copics, and the colored paper was created using the direct ink to paper technique in Cummerbund and Samba. The anchor and lifesaver were stamped in Twilight.

CPD Summer & Nautical Sale

You are my anchor in the waves and the wind...

Today's card features items that are on sale at Catherine Pooler Designs during their Sweet Summer Sale!

I started by stamping the Making Waves Background in Cummerbund Ink onto Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. I stamped the sentiment from Refuse to Sink and the bubbles from Ocean Chums.

I then die cut the anchor from Refuse to Sink Dies in various shades of blues and purples and black, then offset each of the dies slightly, I finished the card with a stamped and die cut rope from Refuse to Sink.

There are many fun items on sale now!

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Graduation Stars

 Catherine Pooler Designs Every Occasions Stamp Set  couldn't have arrived in a more perfect time...it is absolutely perfect for graduation season! 

As usual, my card started with an Ultra Smooth White Cardstock base. I then stamped "Congrats" in the lower right corner and complimented it with a black stamped graduation cap from the Peeking Pets Stamp Set, as well as a complimentary sentiment from One Liners.

Then I stamped in a series of orange-hued inks the star image from Every Occasions- matching the orange and black colors of the recipient's high school. I finished the card with some glittered covered glue dots. 

The card is being mailed, so the one layer design was a perfect choice.

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