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Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three slimline cards showcasing the Birdhouses Through the Seasons Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. This whimsical and unique collection includes five die sets and a sentiment stamp set with which to create bird and/or birdhouse-themed cards. Let’s take a look at different ways to use the products, no matter what the season! Add sparkle to a summer-themed card with glitter Create background: Create sky background by blending Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on Snowdrift cardstock panel cut to 3 ½” x 8 ½”. Stamp Tweet Sentiments sentiment in black ink. Create foreground: For sand, apply clear glitter to Portobello cardstock with spray adhesive. For ocean, apply Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink to Snowdrift cardstock. Trim sand and ocean and add to stamped card panel. Create birdhouse: Cut the Build a Summer Birdhouse lighthouse from Snowdrift To create stripes, add double-sided tape and apply red microfine glitter. Cut lighthouse top from card stock to which double-sided adhesive has been applied, apply red glitter, and fussy cut. Cut lighthouse doors from cardstock to which double-sided adhesive has been applied, apply blue glitter, and fussy cut. Cut lighthouse light from silver foil. Add top and doors to lighthouse, add yellow cardstock to back, after adding the lighthouse light to the top. Cut life ring from Snowdrift cardstock, apply red microfine glitter with glue. Once dry, add to doors. Cut post with the Build a Summer Birdhouse set from brown cardstock and assemble. Birds/Embellishments: Cut fence (twice) from Snowdrift cardstock with die in the Build a Spring Birdhouse Cut Sweet Birds on a Branch bird from red and Onyx (legs) cardstock, assemble and add Onyx to back for the bird’s eye. Cut seagulls from Snowdrift cardstock and add to sky; cut shells from cardstock to which white microfine glitter has been applied; cut starfish from card stock to which copper microfine glitter has been applied. Add elements to scene. Other Supplies Microfine glitter; Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles Dry Glitter; colored cardstock; silver foil; spray adhesive; double-sided tape adhesive; foam adhesive; black ink Show your thanks with a fall-themed card incorporating mixed-media elements Create background: Create sky background by blending Broken China Distress Oxide ink on Snowdrift cardstock panel cut to 3 ½” x 8 ½”. Stamp Tweet Sentiments sentiment in black ink. Create foreground: Blend Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink on Snowdrift Trim top with grass die in the Besties Forever set and add to the stamped panel. Create birdhouse: Cut the Build a Fall Birdhouse house from orange cardstock with the hole die from the Build a Spring Birdhouse in place. Die cut birdhouse again from dark brown cardstock; fussy-cut roof and glue to birdhouse. Back with same dark brown cardstock. Cut shutters from watercolor paper to which watercolors have been applied and glue to top window. Cut post with the Build a Summer Birdhouse set from brown cardstock and assemble. Birds/Embellishments: Cut fence from Snowdrift cardstock with die in the Build a Spring Birdhouse Cut Sweet Birds on a Branch bird from watercolor paper, to which watercolors have been applied, and Onyx (legs) cardstock; add Onyx to back for the bird’s eye. Cut leaves from cardstock to which Distress Oxide inks have been applied. Cut small leaves with dies in the Sweet Birds on a Branch set. Cut white flowers from Snowdrift cardstock; cut centers from watercolor paper, to which watercolors have been applied. Cut small flowers and centers from watercolor paper, to which watercolors have been applied, using die in the Build a Spring Birdhouse set. Add elements to scene. Other Supplies Distress Oxide inks; watercolor paper; watercolors; colored cardstock; black ink Celebrate the winter holidays with a snowy birdhouse scene Create background: Create sky background by blending Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink on Snowdrift cardstock panel cut to 3 ½” x 8 ½”. Stamp Tweet Sentiments sentiment in black ink. Create foreground: With a die in the April 2020 Large Die of the Month set, cut snowbank from Snowdrift cardstock to which clear glitter has been applied with double-sided adhesive; trim and add to the stamped panel. Create birdhouse: Cut Build a Winter Birdhouse house from pink cardstock, applying Distress Oxide ink to edges. Cut birdhouse again from gray cardstock; fussy-cut roof and adhere to birdhouse. Trim gray cardstock for back of birdhouse, however, don’t add to back until bird is cut and assembled (see next section). Cut snow edges for roof from Snowdrift cardstock to which clear glitter has been applied with double-sided adhesive. Use the Build a Winter Birdhouse branch to cut the snow for the top of the post from Snowdrift cardstock, to which clear glitter has been applied with double-sided adhesive, and trim. Cut post with the Build a Summer Birdhouse set from brown cardstock and assemble with snow. Birds/Embellishments: Cut fence (twice) from Snowdrift cardstock with die in the Build a Spring Birdhouse Cut Sweet Birds on a Branch bird from red and Onyx (legs) cardstock, assemble and add Onyx to back for the bird’s eye. Cut Sweet Birds on a Branch bird from yellow, adding Onyx to back for the bird’s eye and orange for the nose. Cut poinsettia from cardstock which has been heat-embossed with red embossing powder. Cut leaves (green) and flower center (yellow) and add to poinsettia. Use flower center die to cut snow from Snowdrift cardstock to which clear glitter has been applied with double-sided adhesive. Add yellow bird to back of birdhouse and adhere back. Add elements to scene. Other Supplies Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles Dry Glitter; colored cardstock; double-sided adhesive; red embossing powder; black ink. Thank you for dropping by. I hope you are inspired to craft a bird and/or birdhouse-themed project with the Birdhouses Through the Seasons Collection!

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back today to share a couple of projects using the new Birdhouses Through The Seasons Collection by Vicky Papaioannou.  This collection really spoke to me as a nature-lover, so I wanted to use as many of the seasonal sets as I could together.  Since the birdhouses are large enough to fill a card front, I was inspired to create three fun cards in different sizes for a variety of occasions. I thought the tall birdhouse from the Build A Fall Birdhouse die set would be perfect for a slimline card, but I’m not quite ready to start my fall crafting.  Since the elements from each die set work together, I could easily turn that beautiful house into a spring home for this pretty card. Die cut white and Pink Sand cardstock with the birdhouse die from the Build A Fall Birdhouse die set, adding the oval die from the Build A Spring Birdhouse to the lower opening. Lightly blend Hickory Smoke Distress Ink around the edges of the white birdhouse with a sponge dauber. Trim the roof from the Pink Sand birdhouse and lightly blend a bit of Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink on the bottom before adhering it to the white birdhouse with liquid glue. Adhere a piece of Silver Fox Cardstock to the back of the house to cover the openings. Die cut brown and green cardstock with the branch die from the Build A Winter Birdhouse die set. Blend Mowed Lawn Distress Ink on the bottom of the leaves on the green die-cut and Ground Espresso Distress Ink on the bottom of the branch.  Trim the leaves off of the green die-cut and adhere to the branch with liquid glue. Die cut white and green cardstock with the flower and leaf dies from the Build A Spring Birdhouse die set. Blend Wilted Violet Distress Ink around the edges of the flowers and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink on the bottom of the leaves. Die cut teal and white cardstock with the bird dies from the Holly Frame Gala die set. Trim off the teal backs of the birds and adhere them to the white die-cuts with liquid glue. Apply Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using one of the sentiments from the Essential Glimmer Sentiments Hot Foil Plate Set and the Glimmer Hot Foil Machine. Trim a piece of Glacier Cardstock to 3” x 8” and emboss it using the Slimline Flora Embossing Folder.  Mat it with Mirror Gold Cardstock before adhering it a side-folding 3.5” x 8.5” white card base. Add the branch to the top of the card with foam adhesive. Wrap a small length of natural twine around the branch and secure it behind the birdhouse while adhering it down with foam adhesive. Add the birds to each opening of the house with foam adhesive and pop the sentiment up on the bottom of the card. Embellish the house and branch with the flowers and leaves. Add small gold crystals to the center of the flowers. Other Supplies Heavyweight white cardstock, Hickory Smoke, Kitsch Flamingo, Wilted Violet, Ground Espresso, and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks, sponge dauber, natural twine, tape runner, liquid glue, foam adhesive The lighthouse birdhouse from the Build A Summer Birdhouse die set is so beautiful and unique, I was had to build a cute summertime scene for it.  With some quick and easy sandy beach sketching and a bit of diecutting, this bright and cheery mini slimline card is perfect for sending a sunny hello. Trim white cardstock to 3.25” x 6.25”. Using Copic markers, add a line of tall grass just above the bottom of the panel with quick flicking motions in several different directions. Beneath the line of grass add a layer of tan ink with Copic markers before dotting two or three darkers shades of brown on top randomly to form the sand. Blend Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Inks around the edges of the rest of the panel to give the illusion of blue skies. Stamp a sentiment from the Tweet Sentiments Stamp Set onto the panel with black ink. Die cut white woodgrain and Cosmic Sky cardstock with the birdhouse die from the Build A Summer Birdhouse die set. Trim the roof and other details off of the blue die-cut and adhere them to the white woodgrain lighthouse with liquid glue. Die cut Mirror Gold and red cardstock with the anchor, light, and life preserver dies and adhere them to the lighthouse as shown. Die cut kraft woodgrain cardstock with the birdhouse stand dies, blend a little Ground Espresso Distress Ink onto them to shade, and adhere together with liquid glue. Die cut white cardstock with the shell and gull dies. Blend Hickory Smoke, Dried Marigold, and Shaded Lilac Distress Inks onto the shells to color. Die cut one of the cats from the Kitty Cats die set using dark grey cardstock and a few clouds using the Cozy Home Scene die set. Adhere the background panel to a 3.5” x 6.5” side-folding white card base with tape runner. Add the birdhouse stand, shell, cloud, and gull die-cuts directly to card front with liquid glue. Pop the lighthouse, cat, and starfish up on top using foam adhesive. Other supplies White cardstock, white and kraft woodgrain cardstock, Copic markers, Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, blending brushes, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Hickory Smoke, Dried Marigold, Shaded Lilac, and Ground Espresso Distress Inks, tape runner, liquid glue, foam adhesive With so many extra elements included in each die set in this collection, you can even make a card without using any of the birdhouses.  Here I’ve taken the nest and egg from the Build A Spring Birdhouse die set to create a simple and sweet baby card. Die cut white cardstock using the nest and egg dies from the Build A Spring Birdhouse die set and the branch die from the Build A Winter Birdhouse die set (three times). Color the branches using Copic markers, adding some simple shading to each die-cut. Blend Tea Dye Distress Ink onto the entire nest die-cut with a sponge dauber, then add Vintage Photo Distress Ink to just the edges and center. Blend Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink onto the egg die-cut. Trim white cardstock to 4.125” x 5.375”. Die cut the center out using the Large Oval Pattern and Large Oval Inner Rim dies from the Elegant Twist Ovals die set. Apply Pink Hot Foil to white cardstock using one of the sentiments from the Mini Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set and the Glimmer Hot Foil Machine. Cut it out using one of the coordinating dies in the set. Lightly blend Salty Ocean Distress Ink in the center of a top-folding A2-sized white card base with a blending brush. Adhere the die cut frame on top of the card base using foam adhesive. Add the branches inside of the frame with liquid glue, then pop the nest and egg up on top with foam adhesive. Adhere the sentiment to the front of the card with foam adhesive. White heavyweight cardstock, Copic markers, Salty Ocean, Kitsch Flamingo, Tea Dye, and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, blending brush, sponge daubers, liquid glue, tape runner, foam adhesive Annie-Williams-2021-Birdhouses-Through-The-Seasons-11 I hope you enjoyed this trio of nature-inspired cards and thanks so much for stopping by today.  You can find more inspiration over at my blog AnnieBWills.com.

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Hello my crafty friends, it’s Vicky Papaioannou here and I am super excited to introduce to you my latest collection with Spellbinders – Paint Your World! It’s a collection very close to my heart as it includes paintbrushes, paints, a palette and a lot of little elements to dress them up. A collection of whimsical paint brushes! I wanted to create a collection of dies that would help you put together creative paint brushes, that paint anything you can think of … from butterflies to flowers! The paint brushes on the sets are different both in terms of design and size. So if you get more than one set you will not get duplicates. Keep in mind that you get a die that cuts out bristles. The more of those you use on your paint brush the fluffier it gets! Painted Blooms Etched Dies Let’s start with the Painted Blooms etched dies. This was what inspired the whole collection. I wanted a big paintbrush, close to the real size with a flower bouquet growing from the handle. A paintbrush that is a great focal point on larger projects and really makes a statement. You can put it together as a normal paintbrush with the bristles but you can use the large leaves instead. Combine bristles with leaves and flowers for a really unique look. The size is big, about 6 ½ inches when you put it together making it perfect on top of a slimline card but also for other projects too. You can always trim off a part of the handle to fit it on a standard size too. If you want a smaller size of paint brushes the next 3 sets give you so many options. You can easily fit more than one on a card. Artful Brush Etched Dies You can’t have a paint brush without paint! In this set you will get along with your paint brush a really unique paint drip die. Use it to decorate your brush or use it on your own to create really colorful and unique projects! Butterfly Burst Etched Dies This die set gives you a paint brush with many different butterflies! There are so many different designs and sizes of the butterflies plus you get extra detail layers for the larger ones. Have your brush paint butterflies or decorate it with them! Artful Tulip Etched Dies This is the cutest of all the sets! How adorable are those little tulips? You get two layers for the tulips to make them easily dimensional and the leaves allow you to create a bouquet growing from the handle. It’s a smaller version of the first larger set but again you will get different designs on the leaves, the brush and the flowers. Painter’s Palette Etched Dies There are so many elements packed in this set! You get the big palette, this is designed to fit on top of an A2 card but you can also use it to create shaped cards. Then you get all the blobs of color as well as a paint brush and a paint tube. Paint Your World Sentiments Clear Stamp Set Last but not least a sentiment stamp set, to compliment the collection. It’s all about color, creativity and rainbows! You will find 10 sentiments all in a combination of a small typed font and a larger handwritten font for that extra something on your projects.

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Hi my name is Natasha Vacca and I am so excited to be on the Spellbinders blog today!  I have had an amazing time working with the new release Birdhouses Through the Seasons by Vicky Papaioannou. These houses are so sweet and I am excited to show you how I created a house for each season!  I wanted to create a house for each season and showcase different ways to use these dies using both colored cardstock and by water coloring the die cuts!  I hope you enjoy them!   You can also find me on my personal blog at natashascolorfulcreations.com I would love it if you stopped by there too! Build a Winter Bird House For my first card I am using the beautiful die set Build a Winter Bird House. To begin I started by die cutting the birdhouse, mistletoe, holly leaf, holly berries, as well as the poinsettia. I used the Assorted Pack Color Essential cardstock by Spellbinders. I used a combination of colors and I am in love with this card stock! It was so easy to work with and the colors are beautiful! I set my die cut images aside. I die cut the bird using the Sweet birds on a branch die set. I then die cut a background panel in white card stock and used the beautiful Sun Rays Embossing folder by Spellbinders. I ran the folder through my Spellbinders Platinum machine. I love the details in this new embossing folder!  I then trimmed down the panel using the Essential Rectangle die set from Spellbinders.  It was now time to assemble my winter birdhouse.  Once I decided on the layout I used foam tape to mount my birdhouse on my embossed background.  I continued to adhere all the elements together until my house was complete! I added a few embellishments in gold on the poinsettia, as well as the mistletoe.  I added a bit of sparkly glitter to my rooftop as well!  I then chose a sentiment from the Tweet Sentiments stamp set and heat embossed this in gold on white cardstock.  Finally I adhered a background panel (Pomegranate cardstock) to an A2 card base.  I then adhered the white embossed card panel and added the sentiment. Other Supplies 110 card stock, Gold Embossing Powder, Stickles – Golden Rod, Simon Says Stamp – Unicorn Confetti Build A Spring Bird House For my next card I am using the gorgeous spring birdhouse die set!  I love spring!  I love to hear the birds singing and see the flowers begin to grow!  It is such a happy time! To begin this card I started by taping down a piece of watercolor card onto a hard board.  I used a premium watercolor set to color the panel of paper using a variety of shades of brown.  I added color several times and allowed it to dry between layers.  Once it was dry, I then die cut the house using my Platinum machine.  I added a bit of distress ink to the house as well to give it more of a rustic feel.  I love the details within the birdhouse! Then I die cut the fence, as well as the floral images and leaves using the Assorted Pack Color Essential cardstock by Spellbinders.  I also used the Sweet Birds on a branch set to die cut the branch. I then started to work on the background for this card.  I used a stencil to create the background.  I placed the stencil onto watercolor cardstock and heat embossed this using a clear powder.  I taped down the panel and added a mix of color to create a setting behind the house. Finally it was time to adhere my card together.  I added a piece of pink cardstock to my A2 card panel.  I then glued down the stencil/watercolor background.  I glued down the branch and foam mounted the birdhouse.  I adhered the elements to the house.  Finally I added a glimmer Sentiment from Yana’s Sentiments. Other Supplies 110 card stock, Canson XL watercolor card, Mijello Mission Gold watercolor, Gansai Tambi Watercolor, Tumbling Leaves Stencil – Simon Says Stamp, Clear Embossing Powder Build A Summer Bird House It was time for my favorite season – summer!  I love this gorgeous lighthouse die!  I die cut the birdhouse, plus the various elements in this set using the Assorted Pack Color Essential cardstock by Spellbinders.  Once they were die cut, I set these aside. I started to work on the background.  I trimmed a panel of heavy weight cardstock to a mini slime line size.  I ink blended a cloud pattern on the cardstock using 2 shades of blue ink.  I then created sand by heat embossing a beige cardstock panel using a textured embossing powder. Finally I adhered the summer birdhouse together.  I foam mounted the lighthouse and added the various elements to my card (birds, shells, and more).  To complete the card I stamped a sentiment from the Tweet Sentiments stamp set onto the cloud panel.  Finally I adhered this to my card base. Other Supplies 110 card stock, Layering Rainbow Stencil– Simon Says Stamp, Distress Oxide – Tumbled Glass, Broken China, WOW Embossing Powder – Karin’s Dream. Build a Fall Bird House To complete the year of seasonal birdhouses, I created a fall birdhouse! To begin this card I started by taping down a piece of watercolor card onto a hard board.  The process of water coloring this house is the same as the spring house as shared above. I also taped down 2 pieces of watercolor cardstock onto a hard board.  I used powders on these panels to create a mix of colors for my fall leaves.  Once it was dry I die cut the leaves. I then created a bright orange background using a spray and die cut this using the Essential Rectangles die set.  Finally it was time to adhere my fall house together.  I foam mounted the house, as well as several of the leaves for added dimension.  I then chose a sentiment from the Tweet Sentiment Set and stamped this directly to my orange background.  Finally I adhered this to my card base. Other Supplies 110 card stock, Mijello Mission Gold, Distress Inks, Color Burst Powders, Distress Oxide Spray Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I love these sweet houses and be sure to stop by the Spellbinders blog for more beautiful inspiration!  I hope you’ll stop by my blog as well!  Thank you so much!

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If you like sentiments for your cards the new Birthday Messages Clear Stamp Set and the Sincere Sentiments Clear Stamp Set are a must have for your collection! First up is the Sincere Sentiments Clear Stamp… View Post