Spellbinders Wax Seals Not Just for Envelopes!

I had so much fun designing with Spellbinders new Must Have Wax Bead Mixes I made 10 cards with them for my new new video! I tried to find new ways to feature them on a card like the wheel in this Country Wheelbarrow die from Spellbinders. Or how about the center of an arch that is designed for stitching?

If the sentiment in the wax stamp is not that legible, you can highlight it with a metallic pen as I did here. I used Spellbinders Essential Arches to create this shaped card and the Stitched Kaleidoscope Arch as my "planter." I did the same on this card:

The wax seal on the planter was created with the gorgeous new Pink Must Have Wax Bead Mix and I even made the "flowers" with the wax beads. The sentiments you see on many of the cards are part of Simon Hurley's Everyday Sentiments die set from Spellbinders. 

I decided that the wax seals can be used as embellishments and also added Renfio Broken Crushed Glass for some added sparkle on these two cards:

Of course all the dies, embossing folders and stencils you see on these cards are from Spellbinders. I had so much fun creating all these cards with wax seals and hope my cards encourage you to give some of the ideas and products a try!

Easy Shaker Cards Three Ways with Frantic Stamper Dies

Recently I was checking out the Frantic Stamper website to see which Crealies dies she had in stock (many more to come and a USA website to buy them from!) and of course I couldn't leave without putting a bunch of the Frantic Stamper dies in my cart. As you know I am a die cut addict, and there are many amazing dies at this website and more coming in everyday! In my newest video here, I share 3 different ways to create shaker cards with the Frantic Stamper dies I received. Here is the see through shaker card I show step by step to make in the short video: 

I filled the shaker front with glass glitter from Renfio and attached Frantic Stamper's Adhesive Bandage and Sending Positive Vibes Words to the acetate front. Here are a couple more views of this card all shook up and the inside words:

Acetate and mirror card are both hard to photograph because of the glare, so these cards are seen best in the video here. Below is a masculine birthday shaker card I created with Frantic Stamper's Modern Happy, Plaid Stitched Background and Birthday Candles die sets:

Fold It Shaped Cards Made Easy with The Stamps Of Life Dies

I love unique fun fold cards and dies that make them so easy, and recently I discovered the Fold It line of dies at The Stamps of Life by Stephanie Barnard. These dies can be used to make shaped cards or not and on A2, mini-slimline and slimline cards as I show in my newest video here. Here is the first card I made so easily with the Drink Cup Fold-It Die Set and a matching stamp set both from The Stamps of Life: 

This card opens from the top and with the straw sticking up, fits into a mini-slimline envelope. I created a slimline shaker version in the new video and here are a couple pictures of that card:

I show how to create this drink cup shaker and also how to make the card front for just pennies in the new video. I put some gorgeous new Broken Crushed Glass from Renfio inside the shaker along with ice cubes that move created with the dies in the Drink Cup Fold It die set. Here is a look at the inside of this card:

The sentiment and lemon wedge die are from The Stamps of Life and the liquor bottle die is from Karen Burniston. 

I had great fun creating with these new Fold It dies from The Stamps of Life and hope you will watch the new video to see more of my fold it cards and how easy these are to make.