Do you love crafts? And surprises? And crafty surprises? Of course you do! It’s time to open the Spellbinders Crafty Advent Calendar for 2023 and take a peek at the treats and surprises that are waiting for us (even though this advent calendar is sold out we are still here to inspire you!). The advent calendar is packed with dies, stamps, stencils, embossing folders, and embellishments that you’ll love crafting with all year long. We can hardly wait to share inspiration with you for each of the 24 surprises you’ll find inside. Are you ready for Day 1? Day 1 Today is the day! Have you already peeked? We’re ZOOMING into this advent season with a festive set of wheels for Day 1. Check out that cute car, piled with presents. Between the car, the gifts, and the sentiment there are loads of opportunities for fun card making projects! Day 2 What a lovely stamp set, don’t you agree? “Sending good thoughts” is a sentiment that can be used for so many reasons. This beautiful floral spray will look gorgeous whether you color it or simply stamp it and go, letting the beautiful outline take center stage. Day 3 Border dies can be used as simple accents on a card, or to create a beautiful background or focal point. Use this die with or without the rim to really expand its possibilities. Paired with the stamped sentiment from yesterday’s surprise, Day 3 proves that it doesn’t take lots of product to create a bold, beautiful card. Day 4 Have you started creating with this year’s Crafty Advent Calendar yet? We can’t wait to see what you create using all of your goodies! Please tag us @teamspellbinders when you post your projects on social media! Also feel free to use the hashtag #neverstopmaking. Today’s crafty surprise includes some versatile word dies that say “from me to you”. You’ll also love using the “to” and “from” to create elegant gift tags! Day 5 Who doesn’t love a perfect polka dot embossing folder? The mini size folder for Day 5 is absolutely adorable and makes it simple to create the beautiful stripes of pattern that cover this sweet card. (Don’t you love seeing bonus ideas with the products from previous days?) Day 6 Who knew turtles would be so cute in party hats?! These three dudes are ready to party on our Day 6 card. Don’t you love the way the different shades of green come together to add personality to this turtle trio? Day 7 Use this set of three layered stencils to make multicolored geometric patterns. The numbered sheets with guide marks will help you simply line each stencil up to layer on colors like this bright and cheery card in shades of red and aquas. Day 8 Day 8 brings us another awesome die set; this one drawing its inspiration from nature. The mushrooms on today’s card are bold and bright, making for a cheery all-occasion card. Peep that sentiment! Recognize it from Day 1? Day 9 It’s time to scatter some bling on Day 9! Whether you load up a shaker card, or glue a few subtle sparkles to finish off a card, these beautiful pink sequins will add shimmer and shine to your cards. Day 10 Ooh friends, Day 10 holds a quintessential Spellbinders style die set. We know you love Spellbinders’ floral dies! This small and mighty set includes gorgeous florals that will be a perfect addition to so many projects, no matter the season. Day 11 A new day, a new surprise! Day 11 has the best sentiment banners. These four (yes four!) die cut banners are a fast and trendy way to add a simple sentiment to cards. Plus, did you notice another beautiful way to use the layered geometric stencils on today’s card? Day 12 Today is looking like a pretty SWEET day. Isn’t the Spellbinders Crafty Advent Calendar the BERRY best? With all this amazing inspiration, it’s hard to believe we’re only half way through the crafty goodness! Day 13 Birthday sentiments: we can never have enough of them, right? Thanks to Day 13, you have a few more cuties to add to your stash. Pair the “happy birthday” with one of three coordinating sayings to round out your sentiment, or use the coordinating sayings on the inside of your card. Plus, there’s no way to resist the stunning swag of flowers and foliage created with the dies from Day 10. Day 14 I scream, you scream, we all scream for Day 14! These ice cream cones are a crafty treat with an actual cherry on top! Fill your ice cream cone with your favorite flavors of ice cream and toppings, and however many scoops you choose! Day 15 Today’s goodie is another adorable mini embossing folder. The interlocking rings pattern is stylish and sophisticated and we love it paired with a simple gold sentiment on this Day 15 card. Day 16 HELLO to Day 16! This bold hello die is the very best of clean and simple sentiments. Pair it with just about any product for a sweet handmade card. Stripes of cardstock are always a great way to use up scraps while also creating a fantastic card layout. We just love this simple and striking idea to say HELLO! Day 17 Tag, you’re it! Day 17 brings another powerhouse die set. Tags are EVERYTHING, aren’t they? On today’s card we lined up tiny tags to create a background, but keep a lookout for more uses for these tags on cards during the rest of our Crafty Advent Calendar reveal! Day 18 It’s about time for some more sparkle and shine, wouldn’t you agree? We know you love Spellbinders Color Essentials Sequins with their faceted sides and smooth center. These blue beauties will add the perfect dimension and reflection to your cards, like this special shaker card. Day 19 Thank you Day 19, for some sweet sentiment stamps for thank you cards. I spy that tag die on today’s card, plus the stack of gifts from Day 1. Further proof that there are oh-so-many opportunities to mix and match our Crafty Advent Calendar prizes! Day 20 You guys, we’re nearing the end, but we’re not done yet! Look at the beautiful layered stencils for Day 20. Create gorgeous sprigs of greenery and berries that could be used for holiday cards – or not! Play with the colors and see how many ways you can change up this stencil set. Day 21 Look at this beauty! This die set has serious dimension. We love the repetition of squares on today’s card, and the added layers to give the flowers some serious POP! Have you been creating with your new goodies? Don’t forget to share your projects by tagging us @teamspellbinders when you post your projects on social media! Also feel free to use the hashtag #neverstopmaking. Day 22 This SWEET birthday card is the perfect combination of so many products, from the border die, sentiment, tag, ice cream cone and some more beautiful sparkle! Using the tag shape to create a shaker card is such a fun idea, and these sequins are the perfect finishing touch to sprinkle into the shaker! Day 23 Oh dear, we’re almost at the end of our creative peek at the 2023 Spellbinders Crafty Advent Calendar! Day 23 brings us one more sentiment to round out the goodies. We are thinking of you as you craft up a storm with all your new treasures! Day 24 Don’t be sad as we open the last door of our advent calendar! It’s time to DIVE in to some crafty fun, and we’re sure you’ll make a SPLASH with the cards and crafts you create with the last die in this year’s Crafty Advent Calendar. We love sharing and creating with you all year long and we wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year! We know the calendar sold out quickly this year, but the good news? We have already started design on a new Crafty Advent Calendar for 2024! In meantime, check out new product arriving daily on our website! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all your friends at Spellbinders Paper Arts! And we wish you a very happy, and crafty, 2024! 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Happy November friends! The November 2023 Club Kits from Spellbinders have been revealed and there are tons of beautiful everyday designs this month! Today I’m sharing eight card projects featuring the Large Die of the Month, Small Die of the Month, Glimmer Kit of the Month, Clear Stamp of the Month Kit, Embossing Folder of the Month, 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, Stitching Die of the Month, Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Kits, and BetterPress of the Month Kit (I haven't received the Wax Seal of the Month Kit yet, but will give you a peek now and come back later with inspiration!). Note: The new Subscription Sign-Up Window opens on the 6th of each month and closes on the 27th. After existing club members subscriptions have been processed, if there is additional inventory remaining, then they will be made available for new subscriptions and will have limited availability. Continuing Subscriptions will charge on the 5th of each month. This means existing Club Members will still be able to cancel subscriptions or make edits to payment or shipping info up until the 4th of each month. LARGE DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Large Die of the Month Kit, “Towering Blooms“, is a large set of 16 dies that can be used to build a fun and kinda funky floral bouquet that fills an entire card front. I used the set to make this bright and pretty bouquet for a hello card, but you can use the blooms for other arrangements as well! After cutting the flowers and leaves from Pink Sand, Dahlia, Persimmon, and Rainforest Cardstock, I added some shading with coordinating Distress Inks and assembled each piece with liquid glue. The background was created by debossing a pretty design into white cardstock using this month's Embossing Folder of the Month and the bouquet was added on top with foam adhesive. To finish the card off, I added a sentiment cut from Mirror Gold Cardstock and a few Gold Mix Gems as flower centers. SMALL DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Small Die of the Month Kit, “Build A Card Hello“, is a pretty and versatile set perfect for easy floral cards. The kit contains 9 cutting dies that allow you to cut a couple of different floral outline designs and their backers as well as a sentiment and label. You can add color to the backer piece behind the flowers, inlay colored cardstock to fill them in, or just use the outline designs like I did here. I cut the outline pieces and label shape in the kit out of Brushed White Cardstock and added some tiny flowers on top cut from Mirror Gold Cardstock. To assemble my background, I started by inking around the edges of a Pink Sand panel with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and then added the floral designs directly on top with liquid glue. I embossed a partial sentiment on the label in gold using this month's Clear Stamp of the Month and added the die-cut sentiment over top (Wild Berry Cardstock with Mirror Gold shadow). STITCHING DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Stitching Die of the Month is so gorgeous with multiple ways to build a stitched garden! “Grand Stitched Blossoms“, is a set of 8 dies that creates a two different styles of oversized stitch florals. I cut the smaller bud-like flowers out of Waterfall, Teal Topaz, Lagoon, and Rainforest Cardstock and added touches of shading with Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch, and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxides Inks before stitching them up with metallic gold thread for this simple and pretty congrats card. To asssemble the card, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with this month's 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, matted it with Mirror Gold Cardstock, and added it to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with foam adhesive. Then I popped the stitched flowers up on top with foam adhesive and added a sentiment embossed in gold using this month's Clear Stamp & Die of the Month. 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER OF THE MONTH And while we're talking about it, this month’s 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, “Criss Cross Motif”, is so beautifully detailed and perfect for cards all year long! I embossed a piece of Portobello Cardstock and matted it with Mirror Gold Cardstock for this background...the design is so intricate I didn't think it needed any fancy inking or embellishing! This is the larger floral design from the Grand Stitched Blossoms set and I cut it out of Velvet Rose, Peach Sorbet, and Sage Cardstock before inking and stitching with gold metallic thread again. The finishing touch on this pretty card is a sentiment from this month's Glimmer Kit of the Month. GLIMMER KIT OF THE MONTH This month’s Glimmer Kit of the Month, “All You Need Sentiments” contains 2 Glimmer plates that can be used to foil a wide variety of sentiments as well as a die to cut the sentiments out into a pretty fishtail banner shape. Since this kit really does have all of the sentiments you need, I applied Matte Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using both of the included plates and cut them out with the coordinating die for this simple and pretty holiday card. The background was created with some Crimson Cardstock that I embossed with the Poinsettia Bells & Border 3D Cut & Emboss Folder and matted with Mirror Gold Cardstock. After popping up two foiled sentiment strips in the center of the card front, I added some holly and flowers created with the American Holly and Glory of Snow Die Sets. Gold Mix Gems were added to embellish. CLEAR STAMP & DIE OF THE MONTH KIT This month’s Clear Stamp of the Month Kit, “Sending Sentiments” is a set of 17 sentiment stamps to mix and match to create greetings for nearly any occasion. If your subscription includes the coordinating dies, you’ll also get 6 dies to cut all of the large sentiments out as well as a strip die for the smaller sub-sentiments. I stamped the just a note sentiment repeatedly onto white cardstock with teal ink to create a simple background for this cute hello card. Once stamped, I blended Salvaged Patina Distress Ink around the edges, matted it with Lagoon Cardstock, and added it to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with tape runner. The hello sentiment was stamped and embossed onto Lagoon Cardstock with white embossing powder and cut out with the coordinating die. To create the flower, I cut Mirror Gold Cardstock with this month's Small Die of the Month and filled in the spaces with brightly colored cardstock. EMBOSSING FOLDER OF THE MONTH And here is this month’s beautiful Embossing Folder of the Month, “Meandering Floral“. It embosses a pretty floral outline pattern that’s subtle and sweet and works great for everyday cards. I inked the bottom of a piece of Purple Mist Cardstock with Wilted Violet Distress Ink for an ombre look, embossed it with the Meandering Floral embossing folder, and rubbed a white ink pad over the raised areas to create a background for this quick and simple love card. The sentiment was stamped onto white cardstock in purple ink and embossed onto Royal Amethyst Cardstock with white embossing powder using this month's Clear Stamp & Die of the Month. To finish off the card, I just added a few Crystal Mix Gems and thought the card was perfect as-is! BETTERPRESS OF THE MONTH Have you joined the BetterPress of the Month Club yet? This month’s kit, “Sentimental Mosaic“, contains 4 press plates that create an amazing and detailed background design as well as three sentiments. I pressed the background plate onto Porcelain Cotton Cardstock using Saffron BetterPress Ink and couldn't believe the gorgeous image I got on the first try! I matted the panel with Latte Cardstock and added it to a white card base before pressing one of the sentiments from the set onto Porcelain Cotton Cardstock using Bark BetterPress Ink and cutting it out with the Everlasting Circles Die Set. After popping the sentiment up in the center of the card, I added some orange and white blooms around it that I cut with my Garden Builder Die Set. WAX SEAL OF THE MONTH Lastly, here is a quick look at this month’s Wax Seal of the Month Kit. The “Bloomy For You” Wax Seal Kit contains one pretty circular wax seal stamp as well as a bag of coordinating waxbeads. I don't have this product on hand yet, but will post a project using it soon! I hope you enjoyed these fun everyday card projects and thanks so much for stopping by today. You can subscribe to any of the Spellbinders Clubs starting on the 6th of the month (including the newer BetterPress and Wax Seal Clubs!) and never miss a great kit like these again! And don’t miss the VIP Clearance Sale with up to 80% off some amazing products from now until Monday, November 13th! Supplies Used: Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission if you purchase a product through some of the links in this post or below at no additional cost to you. Thank you for helping to support this blog! 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Happy New Year friends! I hope 2023 is off to a great start for you! It’s reveal day for the January 2023 Club Kits from Spellbinders and there are some gorgeous floral designs this month! We are also introducing some new clubs with the new year, so today I’m sharing seven card projects featuring the Large Die of the Month, Small Die of the Month, Glimmer Kit of the Month, Clear Stamp of the Month Kit, Embossing Folder of the Month, 3D Embossing Folder of the Month (NEW!), Stitching Die of the Month (NEW!), and Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Kits. LARGE DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Large Die of the Month Kit, “Club Blooms“, is a massive set of 23 dies that can be used to create tons of different flowers, leaves, sprigs, and more perfect for building bouquets or accents. I created a bright and cheery birthday card with a large bouquet as the focal image and pretty gold accents. I cut the many different flowers and leaves from the kit out of shades of pink, orange, teal, and green and assembled them with liquid glue. Then I trimmd a piece of white cardstock to 4 x 5.25, embossed it using this month's Embossing Folder of the Month, and adhered it to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with foam adhesive. After adhering the bouquet to the front of the card, I added a pretty sentiment strip cut from Mirror Gold Cardstock using this month's Small Die of the Month. SMALL DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Small Die of the Month Kit, “Sentimental Ampersand“, is another beautiful set with tons of versatile sentiments and bitty floral accents. The kit contains a whopping 20 cutting dies that allow you to cut a gorgeous layered ampersand, pretty little flowers and leaves, and six beautiful sentiment banners. You can use the ampersand to join two of the sentiment banners like I did here, but how beautiful would this be for a wedding card too?! I started by trimming a piece of white cardstock to 4.125 x 5.375, embossed it with this month's Embossing Folder of the Month, and this time added the debossed side to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with foam adhesive. Then I cut the ampersand from the kit out of Mirror Gold Cardstock and added a layer of Cosmic Sky Cardstock behind it for a soft shadow. To finish the card off, I added the floral accents and sentiments cut from shades of pink, purple, and teal cardstocks. GLIMMER KIT OF THE MONTH This month’s Glimmer Kit of the Month, “Flower Delivery” contains 5 Glimmer plates along with 5 coordinating dies that can be used to foil a fun little car, pretty floral spray, and several gorgeous tiny sentiments and cut all of the elements out. I topped the little car with bouquet from the kit and added a couple of sentiments for this simple and sweet friendship card. I started by applying Moondust and Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using the car, flower, and sentiment dies from the kit as well as an extra sentiment from the Birthday Unboxing Glimmer Plate Set. After coloring the flowers in with Copic markers, I cut all of the elements out using the coordinating dies and arranged them on top of a card front made by embossing Purple Mist Cardstock with this month's 3D Embossing Folder of the Month (NEW!). CLEAR STAMP & DIE OF THE MONTH KIT This month’s Clear Stamp of the Month Kit is another gorgeous floral design! “Hydrangea Bouquet” is a set of 5 stamps that contains two different floral images and three beautiful sentiments. If your subscription includes the coordinating dies, you’ll also get 3 dies to cut the images and one of the sentiments out. I stamped the large bouquet image onto white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers before cutting it out with the coordinating die to create this pretty focal image. For the background, I trimmed a piece of Pink Sand Cardstock to 4.25 x 5.5 and embossed it with this month's 3D Embossing Folder of the Month before adhering it to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with tape runner. Then I popped the image and sentiment up on top of the card front and added a few Crystal Mix Gems to embellish. 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER OF THE MONTH (NEW KIT!) And how about the brand new 3D Embossing Folder of the Month that is debuting this month?! You've already seen the Floral Archway folder several times because it is such a gorgeous design with so much detail! I created a really simple friendship card with it because I thought the design really just spoke for itself. I started by trimming some Fruit Punch Cardstock to 4.125 x 5.375 and heat-embossing a sentiment from the Sentimental Greetings Stamp Set in white in the center. Then I dry-embossed the panel using the Floral Archway 3D Embossing Folder and rubbed a white pigment ink pad over the raised areas to bring out the design more. Once dry, I adhered the panel to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with foam adhesive and added a few Pink Opalescent Sequins to embellish. STITCHING DIE OF THE MONTH (NEW KIT!) Are you ready for another brand new kit this month? The Stitching Die of the Month was requested by many fans of the Spellbinders Club Kits and it is finally a reality! This month's kit, Nested Stitch Burst, is a set of 5 dies that creates a beautiful layered background for stitching (or not!). Spellbinders is also releasing an add-on stamp set this month, Sentimental Greetings, with tons of beautiful sentiments that fit perfectly in the center of one of the smallest dies in the kit. I cut Wild Berry Cardstock using the largest die in the kit, Pink Sand Cardstock using the next two largest dies in the kit, and stamped a sentiment from the Sentimental Greetings Stamp Set in pink ink before cutting it out with the second smallest die in the kit. Then I stitched the panels using variegated pink thread and gold metallic thread before layering them up on top of a white card base. To finish the card off, I added some Gold Mix Gems. EMBOSSING FOLDER OF THE MONTH Lastly, this month's Embossing Folder of the Month, Stylized Trellis, is the perfect subtle background for all of the pretty floral cards I've shown today (and I have used it for several already!). I embossed a panel of Waterfall Cardstock using the Stylized Trellis folder for this simple thank you card. I wanted the embossed background to be the star of this easy card, so I added a stitched star panel made with the Stitching Die of the Month and some teal thread and embossed a sentiment from the Sentimental Greetings Stamp Set in gold onto the smaller panel. To embellish, I added a few small flowers from this month's Large Die of the Month. I hope you enjoyed these pretty floral card projects and thanks so much for stopping by today. You can subscribe to any of the Spellbinders Clubs now and never miss a great kit like these again! Supplies Used: Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission if you purchase a product through some of the links in this post or below at no additional cost to you. Thank you for helping to support this blog! 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Happy Friday friends! The June 2023 Club Kits from Spellbinders have been revealed and there are some beautiful ocean-themed designs this month! Today I’m sharing seven card projects featuring the Large Die of the Month, Small Die of the Month, Glimmer Kit of the Month, Clear Stamp of the Month Kit, Embossing Folder of the Month, 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, Stitching Die of the Month, and Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Kits. Note: The new Subscription Sign-Up Window opens on the 6th of each month and closes on the 27th. After existing club members subscriptions have been processed, if there is additional inventory remaining, then they will be made available for new subscriptions and will have limited availability. Continuing Subscriptions will charge on the 5th of each month. This means existing Club Members will still be able to cancel subscriptions or make edits to payment or shipping info up until the 4th of each month. LARGE DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Large Die of the Month Kit, “Whale In A Bottle“, is a massive set of 20 dies that can be used to create a nearly A2-sized bottle with cork and fill it with an adorable whale and beautiful ocean scenery. I used the set to make this fun shaped card to send a sweet summery hello! I started by cutting a top-folding A2-sized white card base with the outer bottle die, running it through my diecutting machine a couple of times to create the shaped card base. After building my scene on top of the card base with tons of colorful cardstock (there are easy-to-follow instructions available from Spellbinders), I added Crystal Mix Gems to look like bubbles. I also added a little texture to the sandy hills in the bottle by embossing them with the Splatter Embossing Folder. I love this unique summery card! SMALL DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Small Die of the Month Kit, “Dancin' Octopus & Friends“, is another fun set perfect for interactive summertime cards. The kit contains 12 cutting dies that allow you to cut an adorable, layered octopus and jellyfish whose tentacles move when the project is shaken, plus a sign and some ocean scene-building designs. I created a bright mini slimline hello card with it, perfect for sending a summery hello. I started by applying Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink over a panel of white cardstock trimmed to 3.25 x 6.25, splattering water droplets on top to give the appearance of ocean bubbles. Then I cut a small sand bar out of Dune Cardstock using the Color Block Scenic Scape Dies and splattered brown and grey inks on top for more texture. Once my background was complete, I cut all of the elements out of colorful cardstock using the kit and assembled this cute scene. A sentiment from this month's Clear Stamp of the Month Kit completes the card. GLIMMER KIT OF THE MONTH This month’s Glimmer Kit of the Month, “Sending Waves” contains 3 Glimmer plates that can be used to foil two strips of waves and a fun sentiment as well as four dies to cut either the top or bottom edge of each wave design. An optional add-on set, “Ocean Wishes Sentiments“, gives you four more beautiful sentiments as well as dies to cut them out! I applied Prism Hot Foil to white cardstock and inked the bottom of each wave for this easy and cute birthday card. After adding the waves to the bottom of my card front with foam adhesive, I cut two of the whale tails from this month's Large Die of the Month out of some shimmery iridescent paper (Tessler Crafts) to create mermaid tails. Tucking them into the surf, I added a cute shimmery starfish from this month's Small Die of the Month and a pretty sentiment foiled using the add-on Ocean Wishes Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set. STITCHING DIE OF THE MONTH This month’s Stitching Die of the Month is another beautiful one with simple stitching perfect for beginners! This month’s kit, “Stitched Shell Card Front“, is a set of seven dies that create a beautiful seashell frame card front pattern with small seashells that you can easily stitch or leave as-is. I thought this kit would be perfect for creating a photo card, so I used the smallest frame die in the set to crop a cute beach photo of my daughter. I cut the shells from white cardstock and inked them with a pretty blend of Distress Oxide Inks before stitching them with gold metallic thread and adding a Bella Adhesive Pearl. The background design was cut from Dune Cardstock and adhered to a shaped card base I made out of some folded white cardstock. The final touch was a cute sentiment foiled in gold using the Ocean Wishes Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set. CLEAR STAMP & DIE OF THE MONTH KIT This month’s Clear Stamp of the Month Kit, “Water You Up To” is a set of 15 stamps that contains a bunch of cute ocean life images and tons of beautiful sentiments to stamp alongside any of the summery kits this month. If your subscription includes the coordinating dies, you’ll also get 12 dies to cut nearly all of the images and sentiments out. I stamped the images onto watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and watercolored them for this bright and fun hello card. To create the ocean background, I trimmed a piece of Glacier Cardstock to about 3.25 x 4.5, embossed it with this month's Embossing Folder of the Month, and added Salty Ocean and Tea Dye Distress Ink over the raised areas for a little more color. After adhering my ocean friends and a sentiment to the panel with foam adhesive, I added the whole thing to a top-folding A2-sized white card base that had been embossed with the same folder. 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER OF THE MONTH This month’s 3D Embossing Folder of the Month is so beautiful I wanted to keep it as the focal point! “Scattered Shells” is exactly what it sounds like and perfect for any summer or beach-themed card. I inked a panel of white cardstock with Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, and Tea Dye Distress Oxide Ink before embossing it with the Scattered Shells Embossing Folder, then rubbed a white pigment ink pad over the raised areas to bring out the design a bit more. To keep the focus on that gorgeous background design, I only added a sentiment to this card! After applying Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using the Sending Waves Glimmer Plate Set, I cut it out using the smallest oval in the Fluted Classics Ovals Die Set and popped it up on top with foam adhesive. This card just screams BEACH to me (and how beautiful would this pattern be on scrapbook pages too?)! EMBOSSING FOLDER OF THE MONTH Lastly, let me finally introduce you to this month’s Embossing Folder of the Month, “Splish Splash“. It is the perfect background for summer cards, but the subtle pattern makes it great for any kind of card. I trimmed a panel of white cardstock to 4 x 5.25 and embossed it with the Splish Splash embossing folder for this simple and pretty thank you card. I loved the little shells from this month's Stitching Die of the Month so much that I brought them out again for this project, this time inking them in pretty pastel colors and stitching them with Gold Metallic, Silver Metallic, and White Metallic thread. The sentiment was applied to white cardstock using Aura Hot Foil and the Seashorse Floral Glimmer Plate Set and added next to the grouping of shells. I finished the card off with a couple of Crystal Mix Gems. I hope you enjoyed these fun summertime card projects and thanks so much for stopping by today. You can subscribe to any of the Spellbinders Clubs now and never miss a great kit like these again! Have you heard all of the excitement about the new Spellbinders BetterPress system? You can pre-order this bundle now and be one of the first to try it out when it releases this month (I'm hoping to do an unboxing video with mine soon!). Supplies Used: Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission if you purchase a product through some of the links in this post or below at no additional cost to you. Thank you for helping to support this blog! 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