We all have that in our craft storage—crafting dies bought and kept unused (or minimally used). I was sieving through my dies over the last weekend, wondering what I could make, and I found this Cherish die set from Spellbinders 2019 club kits I previously subscribed to. Surprisingly, Spellbinders still have these dies in stock, currently running as clearance past kits sale.
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| Jan 2019 Club Kit - Large Die of the Month |
With the idea of getting back into crafting, I decided to put these dies to use. I crafted two cards out from these dies — a Cherish card for a dear friend of mine and a Mom's card. Well, Mother's Day had just passed, but I wanted to extend the joy of crafting by maximising my existing supplies. I created both backgrounds using a mix of pink mists and my old Prima floral petites 6 x6 stencil, which fits the overall theme pretty well.
To match the cards I've created, I chose a white A6 envelope for the Cherish card and a hot pink one for the Mom's card.
I made a video on how I created these cards. For a better experience, be sure to hop over to my YouTube to view it. I mounted the finished designs onto A6 notecards (4.5" x 6"), which I made using 110lb (~300 gsm) Neenah cardstock. I used various sentiments from Spellbinders' 'Just Wanted to Say Sentiments', which I embossed them over using ultra-fine silver embossing powder. Unfortunately, this stamp has run out of stock, however, the glimmer foil version is still very much available.
I tried stamping over the sentiments onto the inside of the card, but it ended up a mess! To cover up, I used the scraps I trimmed off from the backgrounds I created as matting to cover up the mistake I made. And it turned out pretty well. Sometimes, it's good to keep whatever scraps are left over; it might save your work!
Breaking away from my usual cardmaking style, these are fresh new perspectives that I tried exploring. I enjoyed creating the background myself instead of sieving through various pattern papers to match.
Cheers!
Below is the list of supplies I used for these cards. By clicking the links below will bring you to a new page.
- Spellbinders Cherish - Large Die of the Month (Jan 2019)
- Spellbinders Just Wanted to Say Sentiments acrylic stamps
- Lettering dies from own stash
- Prima floral petites 6x 6 stencil (retired)
- Versamark watermark ink (SB, AMZ, AMZSG)
- Versacraft small ink pad in bubblegum
- Ranger Ink ultra fine embossing powder in silver (SB, AMZ)
- Neenah heavy weight 110lb classic crest solar white cardstocks (AMZ, AMZSG)
- A6 heavy weight 110lb white envelopes (AMZ, AMZSG)
- A6 hot pink envelope (from mix coloured selections) (AMZ, AMZSG)
- Daler Rowney system 3 in white titanium acrylic paint
- Bearly Art precision craft glue (SB, AMZ, AMZSG)
- Tim Holtz Tonic Studio Glass Mixed Media Cutting Mat (SB, AMZ, AMZSG)
- Time Holtz Stampers Anonymous Acrylic Grid Block Set (SB, AMZ, AMZSG)
- Misting sprays (retired) - Lindy Stamp Gang cotton candy, Shimmerz cotton candy and sweet heart
