September 2023 – Page 2

It is time for the new challenge at Happy Little Stampers anything goes birthday. Here is my card:

All the dies used for this card are from the Spellbinders Advent Calendar last year.

I started by creating the background, by die cutting the wavy strip seven times in white card stock and adhering them to the card base.

I then die cut the heart background piece in white, then the inner piece in gold card stock. The inner pieces can be used with coloured card stock to create a rainbow heart, which I may try in the future. The heart was attached with 3D foam – a piece in the middle of the back – as I knew I wanted to tuck some florals around it.

I die cut the flowers and leaves, layering them all together and then played with the placement around the hear until I was happy.

The sentiment is from a previous foiling session.

I you can come and join us with your birthday creations. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps and More – birthday

Krafty Chicks – anything goes

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – flowers

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I have a card to share using some products from the June release at Spellbinders which I haven’t got around to using yet:

I started by ink blending my background panel using the two inks you see in the main picture. I splattered them with water and set it off to one side to dry.

This piece of card is an older Distress Heavystock – some of the batch which doesn’t take water well, so I had to be very careful with the amount of water I added – but the effect came out as I wanted.

Once dry, I die cut the bottle, and then used a Spellbinders embossing folder to create the bubble effect. Onto that embossed bottle I then rubbed – very gently – some of the Hero Arts white pigment ink so it would pick up some of the edges of the bubbles.

I then used a previously created ink smooshing panel of green – a lighter green panel and a darker green panel – to die cut the octopus layers and the seaweed.

I put the layers together, added some black for the eyes and mouth, and stuck them down onto the bottle.

The cork was from some brown cardstock, as was the board and sentiment, slotted into one of the arms of the octopus.

This was fun card to create, and I can see I’ll be playing with this die set again.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Color Throwdown – pink, green, magenta, white

Cut It Up – die cuts and under the sea

Shopping Our Stash – any wild animal

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Die Cut Divas – anything goes with die cuts