Paper crafting and wood crafting

Hello there! This is Lisa from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be a guest here on the Spellbinders blog. Today I am sharing some inspiration with the newly released Fresh Picked Collection. This is such a beautiful collection – modern, contemporary floral and berry designs along with a super sentiment set and a stylish versatile embossing folder.  I live in the southern part of England and this collection makes me want to skip the next few grey months and dive straight into Spring and Summer. So, let’s get started with my cards! Hello Whenever I see a leaf die, I am always tempted to make a wreath! So today I thought I would make a wreath with lots of foliage and some berries interspersed amongst all the greenery. The set I am working with for this card is Fresh Picked Berries Etched Dies. I started by picking out three green cardstocks for my foliage – Peridot, Rainforest and Fern Color Essentials Cardstock.  I cut the leaf die three times from each and then I thought that it would be good to break up the green foliage a little bit, so I also die cut the leaf die three times from 80lb white card. For the berries, I used two different color palettes. The purple berries were die cut from Lilac Blossom Color Essentials Cardstock and Royal Amethyst Color Essentials Cardstock. The pink berries were die cut from Fruit Punch Color Essentials Cardstock and a deeper pink cardstock from my stash. The little berry toppers were just cut from 80lb white. I assembled them using Bearly Art Glue and set everything to one side. To help me with the placement of all my elements, I took an Everlasting Circle Etched Die, and using a pencil I drew a very faint line around the circle onto some white card. I erased as much of it as I could without losing it altogether! This now serves as a guideline for my foliage placement. I adhered each die cut using a small bit of adhesive on the lower stem section and I worked in batches of Peridot, Rainforest, Fern and white each time. So, I knew that these four die cuts would need to take up about a third of the wreath. I then adhered the berries randomly around the wreath amongst the leaves. I took the Fresh Picked Sentiments Etched Dies and die cut “Hello” three times from a white card. I adhered them together in a little stack and added some thin foam tape in the center section at the back (so that the wreath would be level when placed down). To finish I added some glossy white pearls for embellishment. Hi My next card features the beautiful Fresh Picked Buttercups Etched Dies. This might be my favourite set but it’s hard to choose! The Fresh Picked Collection sets have been designed so that you can create a full A2 panel with the dies. They kind of fit together like a jigsaw puzzle so you do have the option to create with them in this way. This is really helpful if you struggle with design or just simply want to make a quick card. However, I thought I would use them in a spray design today. So, I began by die cutting all my pieces from Rainforest Color Essentials Cardstock, Peridot Color Essentials Cardstock and Beeswax Color Essentials Cardstock. I took a small round-headed blending brush and blended Fossilized Amber Distress Ink into the centers of the buttercups, and also onto the bottom of the unopened buttercup buds. Next, I die-cut the centers from gold glitter cardstock and adhered them to the middle of the flowers with Bearly Art Glue. I now had all my elements ready to place, so I played around with my design until I was happy with how the spray looked and I took a photo. To get my leaves exactly where I wanted them, and to fill a few gaps, I did trim out a couple of single leaves from the larger foliage pieces. For my background, I ran a panel of Glacier Cardstock Essentials Cardstock through my Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine with the Columns Embossing Folder. This was trimmed down a little and adhered onto a top folding A2 white notecard. This folder works really well for so many designs. I also think it would be a great folder for masculine cards. To give the flowers some dimension (and room for me to tuck the leaves behind), I added some thin foam tape onto the back of the three central flowers. I adhered them down and then added my foliage around them, just using tiny dabs of glue on the ends of the stems to keep them in place. I added the flower buds and smaller flowers where they were needed. I’m always in need of general “hello, hi” cards, so I took the Fresh Picked Sentiments Etched Dies and die-cut “hi” three times from white card. The die cuts were adhered into a little stack and then added onto my panel. For a bit of extra sparkle, I added some Gold Mix Color Essential Gems around the spray. Thinking Of You My final card uses the gorgeous Fresh Picked Anemones Etched Dies. I absolutely adore anemones and have lots in my garden, so this was also a favorite set! See, I told you it’s hard to pick a favorite – they are all fabulous in their own way! I used this set more in the way that it was intended. You can actually line up four anemones on a horizontal A2 card but I went with three for my card today. Again, I started off by doing all of my die-cutting. I used Pink Sand and Fruit Punch Color Essentials Cardstock for the petals of the flower; white card for the larger centerpiece, and a gold glitter card for the smaller center portion. The leaves and stems were die-cut from Rainforest Color Essentials Cardstock. You can make your own glitter cardstock really easily and I used some for the centres of the flowers. They were die-cut from a panel of Solaria Gold Art Glitter cardstock – it is super sparkly! I have a batch of small panels ready for when I need them. I did a step by step guest blog post recently on using Art Glitter, so you may want to check that out for ideas. I adhered the flower heads together using Bearly Art Glue and then I added them onto the stems, again with wet adhesive. The three completed flowers were adhered to a white panel that I had trimmed down a tiny bit at the bottom. This panel was then added onto a top folding white A2 notecard using adhesive. To ground the flowers a little, I added a very thin strip of Solaria Gold Art Glitter card along the bottom edge. My sentiment comes from Must-Have Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and Die Set. I foiled the hot foil plate using Champagne Glimmer Hot Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. The sentiments were cut out with the coordinating die set and I also cut some extra from plain white card so that I could make a small stack. This was then added across the leaves using Bearly Art Glue. To finish the card off, I added some Gold Mix Color Essential Gems for embellishment. I hope that this gives you some inspiration for these sets. They really were a joy to create with and I hope I can find some time to play with them a bit more in the next few weeks and months.  If you want to see more of my cards, I would love to have you as a follower over on my blog, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube. In the meantime, thank you so much for joining me here on the blog today, I hope that you have a great day! Other Supplies Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80lb and 110lb, Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Cardstock, Tweezers,  Embellishment Wand, Thin Foam Tape, Lucy’s Cards Glossy Porcelain Mix, Blending Brushes, Distress Ink Fossilized Amber, Hero Arts Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle, Nuvo Mist Spray, Double Sided Tape.

Send holiday cheer with a Christmas card crafted with the Spellbinders' Merry Mugs die set and Santa's Sippin' Sayings stamp set

Spellbinders Freshly Picked Anemone and Little Chickadee dies.

Happy Monday friends!  I’m excited to be back today to share several projects made with the new Sealed by Spellbinders Wax Seal Collection.  This beautiful collection is full of all the products you need to create gorgeous wax seal embellishments or even just the look of them!  I created three elegant holiday cards and two cheerful springtime cards with the collection and love how the wax seals can really take these kinds of projects to the next level. CHRISTMAS TREE MINI SLIMLINE CARD The Sealed Collection contains both holiday and everyday seals, dies, and glimmer plates, so I started with the beautiful holiday designs.  First I cut a piece of Waterfall Cardstock with the largest die from the Precision Layering Mini Slimline A Die Set and then I applied Prism Hot Foil to it using the Geometric Optical Background Glimmer Plate.  The design won't cover the whole length of the mini slimline panel, but I added a piece of white cardstock cut at an angle to mimic a basic snowy hill and matted it all with Mirror Silver Cardstock before adding it to a top-folding white card base measuring 3.5 x 8.5. Those quirky little trees were cut from white cardstock, Silver Glitter Foam, and Light Pink Glitter Foam using the Sealed Christmas Tree Squiggle Die Set.  I added them under a fun peppermint-inspired wax seal that I created by melting red and white wax beads together and pressing them with the Do Not Open Wax Seal Stamp before painting the seal design with a silver paint marker.  To finish off the card, I added a sentiment from the Glitter Wishes Glimmer Plate Set foiled with Moondust Hot Foil. CHRISTMAS HOLLY SEALED CARD I love all of the long-stemmed florals and sprigs that Spellbinders has created for the Sealed Collection, so I picked up the Sealed Holly Sprigs Die Set next.  After cutting them out of Fern, Forest, and Phone Booth Cardstock, I assembled them quickly with liquid glue.  I created a pretty matching seal by melting Red Wax Beads and pressing the Merry Christmas Wax Seal Stamp into it before applying some paint to the design with a gold paint marker. The simple background was created by applying Matte Gold Hot Foil to Dune Cardstock using the Woodgrain Background Glimmer Plate.  I matted this panel with gold cardstock and twisted a few lengths of gold twine around it before adding it to an A2-sized white card base covered with Phone Booth Cardstock.  The sprigs and wax seal were then adhered to the front of the card with liquid glue and glue dots, respectively. CHRISTMAS TRUCK WREATH CARD Another fun way to use seals on a card is with this beautiful wreath Glimmer plate.  I started by applying Gold Hot Foil to Phone Booth Cardstock using the Sealed Berry Wreath Glimmer Plate and then I die cut either side with the scalloped border from the Winter Borders Die Set.  I added this with foam adhesive on top of an A2-sized white card base that I embossed the front of with the Holly Flourish Embossing Folder. I added a sentiment to the bottom of the card foiled in Gold Hot Foil with the Joyful Christmas Sentiments Glimmer Plate.  For a fun embellishment, I melted Green Wax Beads and pressed the Christmas Truck Wax Seal Stamp into it before painting the design with a gold paint marker. SPRING FLORAL SEALED CARD There are tons of wax seals, dies, and background designs in the new collection that aren't holiday-themed as well.  I used the new Geometric Floral Background Glimmer Plate to apply Prism Hot Foil to white cardstock before adding Kitsch Flamingo, Salvaged Patina, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink with the fun Layered Geometric Flower Stencil Set.  I love this bright and cheery background! I used the Sealed Twine Die to cut white cardstock and wrap around the background panel for the appearance of real twine.  Then I cut some floral sprigs out of Mirror Silver, white, and Pink Sand Cardstock using the Sealed Blooms Die Set and added a pretty seal made with Teal Wax Beads and the wax seal stamp included in the Wax Seal Starter Kit. BIRTHDAY BIRD BRANCH CARD If you like the look of hot seals, but don't want to invest in a bunch of new tools, there are still fun ways to add the look to your projects!  Here I used the Faux Wax Seal Stamp & Die Set to stamp a greeting on white cardstock and layer it up with some Wild Berry Cardstock for a fun wax seal look. The background was created by embossing a piece of Pink Sand Cardstock with the Leafy 3D Embossing Folder and matting it with Mirror Gold Cardstock before adding it to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with tape runner.  Then I cut white, Mirror Gold, and Wild Berry Cardstock using the Sealed Birds Die Set and layered them up with liquid glue on the top of the card front.  To finish off the card, I added some Crystal Mix Gems. I hope you enjoyed these fun wax seal projects and thanks so much for stopping by today.  You can shop the Sealed by Spellbinders Wax Seal Collection now and create your own fun and unique embellishments on cards for any occasion!  And don't miss out on the Pre-Holiday Clearance Sale with up to 70% off some gorgeous products plus bonus deals from now until November 15th! 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