Friendship Bracelets and Disco Balls Shine Bright With Spellbinders Foils

I just received new Spellbinders products from the Shine Bright by Carissa Wiley and Beads of Friendship collections and I had so much fun playing with them with all sorts of different papers for my newest video here. The card above is the one I make step by step in the video. The "world" in the center is actually a disco ball from the Disco Impressions BetterPress and die set  and I use it many times as you will see in the cards below. But I made it a globe or world for this card with loving hands of all colors sharing love, joy and peace. The background was made with  two impressions of the new Sparkle Background Hot Foil plate and I used it again and again the cards below. 

The new Heart Hands die set from Spellbinders and Bestie Alphabet Beads are so fun to design with and I said "Choose Joy - The World Needs More" as a perfect sentiment on this card.

In the new video I show many cards I made with the Shine Bright Collection and Spellbinders Gold and Silver Treasured Assortment Packs of glitter and mirror cards of all types. Here are two I made with glitter cardstock, mirror card and patterned paper:

And here is one I made with red velvet paper and more of the gold and silver metallic papers:

I had great fun trying hot foiling on many different surfaces with the new collections of BetterPress plates from Spellbinders (which can be letterpressed or hot foiled) for my new video! I hope my cards inspire you to give some of the ideas and products a try!

Crealies Never Ending Tree Cards In Minutes

Have you ever tried to make a never ending tree card following a scoring and cutting template and it wasn’t fun because it took a very long time to make? Or you saw one that just looked to intimidating to even try? In my new video I show how to make an interactive never  ending tree card in just minutes using a new Crealies die. Here is a couple looks at the card I made in the new video: 

 

 I have added a flap to write a message on the card above. Here is another never ending tree card I made so easily with this die set:

Both of these cards also feature the new Crealies Cozy Christmas two sided patterned paper which is perfect for holiday cards but has many papers that can be used all year. Sometimes the person receiving a never ending card have a hard time figuring out how to get the card folding and folding for the fun interactive movement. I added some arrows from the Paperclip Arrow die set to help get them started.

I wondered what else I could do with this die set and made this card with a scene on the front following Mandy’s instructions in the introductory video on the Crealies You-Tube channel:

 

The die set makes a pretty Christmas tree so I made this Christmas ornament by adding designer paper and gluing down some of the folds:

 

I am happy to share that Crealies dies shown can be purchased either on the Crealies website OR in the United States at the Frantic Stamper website.

Swiftie Friendship Bracelets with New Spellbinders Release

I admit I do not listen to today's music so I can not claim to be a Swiftie, but I do admire Taylor Swift and decided to make a card with Spellbinder's new Beads of Friendship release honoring her. I looked up on line what a Swiftie bracelet would look like and I found one that used the first letters of one of her songs - Never Ever Going Back. Here are some more pictures of the card I made:

I cut one inch off the sides of the card front and added the Heart Hands to that center. I hot foiled the Bestie Alphabet Beads with rainbow foil and then die cut the beads with the die that is part of that set. With the Bestie Alphabets Beads any word could be chosen for a friendship bracelet and that is what makes it so versatile and fun! 

Peace, Love and Belly Rubs

I am making Christmas cards for my stash with dies I purchased last year and didn't use enough before putting away. This adorable Holiday Corgi and sentiment are from Poppystamps and I used them on a card I made with a pop out window idea from Jennifer McGuire. The inside piece (cut with Essential Arches layering dies from Spellbinders) is popped up following her instructions here. Here is another view showing the pop out window: 

Amazing Cards with Hands That Move!

I love love love interactive cards so could not resist the new Tree Topper Dies from Concord and 9th but the pictures in this blog post do not show you why. You have to see the cards being opened to see the magic of the hand moving up and down to add a star or ornament on the tree. The best way to see that and all the cards I created with this amazing die set is to watch my new video here. Here is the first card I made: 

That hand moves up and down as the card is opened! I show how easy it is to do that when I created this card step by step in the video:

The perfect Grinch sentiment on the front is from a set by Gina Marie Designs. But the real magic happens when the card is opened:

That hand moves up and down with the love ornament! All the patterned paper on this card is from the Evergreen Season bundle from 49 and Market. I wondered what else the hand could hold as it moved up and down and created this birthday version:

I am adding some candles to the birthday cake! Note the fingernails even have red polish! Too fun! Of course I cannot capture the magic of the hands moving in still pictures. Too see that and all the cards, watch the video here.

I did film a mini reel showing that for Instagram and my Facebook page and so you can see that magical interactivity here:

(If you are a subscriber and getting this in your email- these mini videos do not usually show in that email. But you can click on the title to go to my actual blog to see it.) 

I had great fun playing with the Concord & 9th Tree Topper Dies and hope my cards encourage you to give some of the ideas and products a try!

Many More Cards from SCT Crop and Create Cardmaking Virtual Classes

In yesterday's blogpost I shared many many cards and details on the 4 day virtual classes I took last weekend and today I am sharing the rest. I am not done yet and can watch the videos over and over and make more anytime. I wanted to share now because NOW IS THE TIME to sign up for next spring's online event and here is a link for all the details. The box we receive of supplies and the classes taught by the nationally known instructors is worth every penny and much more than the cost!

Pink & Main taught us how to make 3 different shakers and gave us the plaid paper, 3 sets of dies, stamps and the shaker cover which I will be playing with some more soon!

Stamps of Life has so many awesome pop up die sets and we received the dies, paper and instructions to make these cards. I loved her cute worm paper so much that I created a 3rd card with a different way to use her die set. I even gave one of the worms googly eyes that make me smile.

Here is the card I made with the many supplies we received from Lawn Fawn.

I loved the fun fold we learned in Scrapbook.com's class with the huge die set we received and the two awesome paper packs. Here are the rest of the cards I made with some of the supplies from the rest of the classes:

The last two cards were not like those taught but that is OK- I have the supplies and can make cards with them in my style as many times as I want. 

Are you convinced yet? I highly recommend if you are a card maker, check out the details here and consider joining us next spring.

My Favorite Cards from Crop and Create - Cardmaking from Scrapbook & Cards Today AND YOU CAN SIGN UP NOW FOR THE NEXT ONE!!

Last weekend I was in the middle of FOUR days of classes and joy as part of the virtual Crop and Create Cardmaking event from Scrapbook & Cards Today. We had 16 full length classes where 3 cards were taught by nationally known instructors PLUS several other demonstrations and a long video from Jennifer McGuire with so many more ideas on how to mix up all the products. Above is the 120 page color manual with written instructions and pictures of all the cards we were taught.

I am sharing the cards I have finished so far and many of the products we received in our huge box of dies, stamps, stencils, inks, paper etc. The box alone is worth 3 times what we pay for everything and so are the classes, so these on line events are a bargain! I am not done with all the cards and learning, but am posting today and tomorrow so you  can see and maybe decide you would like to participate next year? IF SO- NOW IS THE TIME! Open registration is open today for the Spring 3 Day Cardmaking event March 21-23 2025 and here is the link where you can find out about it and sign up. I would encourage you to sign up fairly quickly- registration will  close on October 28- but if they fill up and they always do, it may close sooner. We had 3350 participants this time!! It gets bigger and bigger each time they do it. I highly recommend these classes and the box we get! If you  can't watch during the actual event or don't get all the cards done- AND YOU WON'T - you can watch again and again forever which is the beauty of on line cardmaking classes! OK- on to many many pictures of just some of the cards I have made so far:

In my pictures I am including some of the products we received but not all. These gorgeous cards were made with Brutus Monroe products including script and skeleton leaves rub-on transfers which I used completely up.

Omg- do you believe that Hoosier Cabinet card we made with Honeybee Stamps huge die set?? It takes a while to put together but is sooo worth it!! We also got the patterned paper and sentiment stamp set.

Spellbinders is one of my all time favorite companies and the embossing folder we received is just gorgeous! And we learned how to make this nature journal tri-fold card:

I love Concord & 9th's colors and we always get a sample of their inks with their classes. We also received a beautiful stitched cover die, a stencil and stamp set along with the instruction of course to make 3 cards.

I learned so so much in the Hero Arts class and the pictures of these cards just do not do them justice. One thing I love about these classes is that we don't need to make the cards exactly as the instructors show- we can make them out own. I used Hero Arts' copper spray instead of water spots on my cards and added more inking of the amazing stencil we received to my 3rd card. 

Taylored Expressions has the most innovative and unique layered stencils and we received the set of 4 stencils and matching dies that created the sentiments you see plus the fun background stencil. I used Simon Hurley's Astro Paste and that stencil on the last card. We also received two colors of that Astro Paste plus stamps and dies from Simon Hurley and Ranger to make these cards:

Gina K Designs taught us techniques with her beautiful silhouette stamps including kissing or double stamping. I did it too on the sentiment die on this card.

My Favorite Things gave us beautiful plaid cardstock, a die set and a gorgeous sentiment stamp set and these are the two cards I made with the instructor's help.

Come back tomorrow to see the rest of the cards I have made so far and remember if you would like to get a huge box of amazing cardmaking supplies and three days of inspiration next spring, you can read about it and sign up here. DON'T WAIT TOO LONG - it will probably fill up.