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Christmas Slimline Collection by Spellbinders

Posted by on July 26, 2021 in Cards, Christmas, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Christmas Slimline Collection by Spellbinders

Hello there! Have you seen all of the amazing holiday goodies in the latest release from Spellbinders?  OMG, There are soooo many fun new stamps, dies, and embossing folders in this release. Today I’m excited to share one card created with the brand new Christmas Slimline Collection.     The new Kaleidoscope Argyle Slimline Die Set is a set of six dies that creates an Argyle pattern perfectly for slimline or mini slimline cards.  After placing the Argyle Grid, you only need to stack each diamond shape, layer them, and or not the...

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Mini Slimline Christmas Cards

Posted by on July 23, 2021 in Cards, Christmas, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Gina Marie Designs, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Mini Slimline Christmas Cards

Hi there, today I have two Mini Slimline Christmas Cards featuring the Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. This time, I colored the images with Classique Markers and Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir.     My first card is featuring the recently released Lady with Holding Hand. I really like this rubber stamp and it is a perfect size for the Mini Slimline Cards. First, I stamped it onto White Smooth Card Stock and them colored with a combination of Illustrator Markers and TriBlend Markers. I used the TriBlend for the skin, the market...

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Mini Slimline Floral Card

Posted by on July 22, 2021 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir | 0 comments

Mini Slimline Floral Card

Hello there, I just pop up to share a Mini Slimline Floral Card featuring the Floral Joy Digital Stamps and Mini Slimline Dies from Joy Clair Designs. This time, I colored the flowers with TriBlend Markers and created the background with Sparkle Glimmer Pens both from Spectrum Noir.   The size of the Mini Slimline Cards is a perfect for sympathy cards, gift cards or simply notes. It is 3-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ closed and you can easily create from a regular size card stock. First, I printed some flowers from the Floral Joy Digital...

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Spellbinders July 2021 Clubs Blog Hop

Posted by on July 15, 2021 in 3D, Cards, Die Cutting, Hot Foil, Recent Works, Retarte Challenge, Spellbinders, Techniques | 29 comments

Spellbinders July 2021 Clubs Blog Hop

Hello there!  Today I’m so excited to be participating in my first blog hop celebrating the gorgeous July 2021 Club Kits from Spellbinders.   If you’re a new visitor to my blog, I’m Martha Lucia  and I love to make cards! You should have arrived here from Tanya Boser’s blog, but if this is your first stop, you can click here to start back at the beginning.  Don’t forget to leave a comment on the blog for a chance to win a $50 store credit for Spellbinders products!   Throughout the hop, you’ll see amazing projects created by many...

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Perfectly CAS Challenge of July

Posted by on July 14, 2021 in Cards, Perfectly CAS, Recent Works | 1 comment

Perfectly CAS Challenge of July

Hi friends, today I have the Perfectly CAS Challenge of July Card to share with you. This month the theme of the challenge is embossing. I made a mini slimline size card with the heat embossing on the center. On my card I am featuring the Jesus is my Jam stamp set from Joy Clair Designs .     To add more interest to the card, I used shimmer white card stock to make the card base. It create a beautiful contrast with the second layer. It is a white smooth piece of card stock that I die cut using the Lattice Mini Slimline Dies and...

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Modern Duets Textured card

Posted by on July 13, 2021 in Altenew, Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Rinea, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Modern Duets Textured card

Hi friends, I just pop up to share a Modern Duets Textured card. Dry embossing is one of my favorites techniques and I didn’t make it for long time. Take a look at my card:     This is a real simple card. First, I embossed a piece of green card stock with the Garden Harmony 3D Embossing Folder. Then, I add a few touched of color with white pigment ink. To make it, I just sweep the ink pad directly over the embossed surface and let the ink dry naturally.     When the embossed piece was totally dry, I pasted it over a...

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Stamped Card with Movement

Posted by on July 12, 2021 in Cards, Coloring, Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps, Die Cutting, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Stamped Card with Movement

Hi there, I just pop up to share a stamped card with movement. This is the Card Kit 10 of Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. One of the two released in July. These Card Kits are Z Fold Cards that include card base and stamps.     I cut a strip of basic black card stock  to paste behind of the three square panels. Then, I stamped each of the three caterpillars included on the Card Kit 10  with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Additionally, I colored  each image with Illustrator Markers from Spectrum Noir and fussy cut them with scissors.  ...

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Slimline Floral Card with digital stamps

Posted by on July 8, 2021 in Cards, Coloring, Die Cutting, Digital Art, Joy Clair Designs, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Techniques | 0 comments

Slimline Floral Card with digital stamps

Hi friends, today I have a slimline floral card with digital stamps. I am featuring the Forever Moments  Digital Stamps from Joy Clair Designs colored with ColourBlend pencils from Spectrum Noir.     Digital stamps are one of the most versatile products to card makers. They are easy to keep, manipulate and storage. I prefer to save them by categories in my computer and by brands and of course my favorite florals are from Joy Clair Designs.     This time, I am using one of the images included on the Forever Moments printed...

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Spellbinders July Glimmer of the Month Club Kit

Posted by on July 7, 2021 in Cards, Coloring, Hot Foil, Recent Works, Spectrum Noir, Spellbinders, Techniques | 0 comments

Spellbinders July Glimmer of the Month Club Kit

Hi there, I just pop up to share a fun project created with the Spellbinders July Glimmer of Month Club Kit. With this kit you receive 7 Mini Slimline Nested Glimmer Dots set and coordinating “Rose Gold Foil Roll”. Both perfect for creating foiled cards, favors, and more.       CARD DETAILS   I used three different sizes of the Mini Slimline Nested Glimmer Dots at the same time over shimmer white card stock. Additionally, I used the rose gold hot foil included on the kit. I love how it turned out. Definitely,...

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Spellbinders July Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month

Posted by on July 5, 2021 in 3D, Cards, Die Cutting, Recent Works, Spellbinders | 0 comments

Spellbinders July Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month

Happy Monday friends! I’m excited to be back today to share a project with the Spellbinders July Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month. This is one of the clubs that each month Spellbinders offer to us with different products and many options that you can find HERE.     Today I am featuring the “Pop Up 3D Vignette Home Sweet Home”. It’s perfect for making gorgeous cards and more. Many of the monthly die sets will include options to make 5 x 7 cards, while the inlays and accessories include options for smaller...

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