Simply Cardmaking with Laurel Beard

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Spellbinders Vintage Treasures Blog Hop with Giveaway

Welcome to the Spellbinders Vintage Treasures Blog hop! The Vintage Treasures release contains 14 different die sets that are amazing! I’m working with 2 of them today.  The Tiffany Lavaliere Etched dies and Adorned Notepad Etched dies.   First up, Stained Glass! The photo above shows it under a bright light so you can see all the details of this piece… I filled the opening of the dies with Jewel Drops to create the look.

The next two photos show it up in the window and I am absolutely in love. I used a few dies from the set to create this “butterfly” – it wasn’t intended to be used in that way but I saw the shape and couldn’t shake it! LOVE LOVE!

 

Next up, a fun memo pad Adorned Notepad Etched dies set. I added some details to the exterior and interior with the Starburst Lines Stencil and then used the remaining dies to add details and embellishments.

Here is what the inside looks like:

And complete with some memo paper!

 

Blog Hop Order:

Spellbinders
Hussena Calcuttawala
Jean Manis
Mallika Kejriwal
Jennifer Snyder
Laurel Beard – YOU ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!
Anita Kejriwal
Melody Rupple
Marie Heiderscheit
Brenda Noelke
Mindy Eggen
Varada Sharma

Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 14th 11:59 pm EDT.

 

I hope you enjoyed my projects and all the others in the hop! Be sure to comment. The more you comment, the better chances you have of winning!!!

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Hello Summer: Sparkly Uncontrolled Watercolor Background

For my card, I chose to go a sort of mixed media route! I create a watercolored background using a combination of the Liquid Color and Color Splash! I even stamped the stars with Color Splash by squirting the Color Splash onto my glass mat, pressing the star cluster into the color and then stamping! It resulted in a very cool, artsy uncontrolled watercolored background. But, let’s add some sparkle shall we? (All the supplies I used are linked at the end of this post).

I took a whole bunch of clear glitter and mixed it in with the modeling paste and then spread it over the entire background! It is so hard to capture the real sparkle of this card on camera so you will just have to trust me that this card sparkles like no tomorrow! So naturally, the sentiment choice was perfect. 🙂

 

Blog Hop Order:

Spellbinders
Bibi Cameron
Keeway Tsao
Mariana Grigsby
Nichol Spohr
Laura Williams
Desiree Kuemmerle
Marie Heiderscheit
Tina Smith
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Justine Hovey
Francine Vuilleme
Laura Volpes
Laurel Beard – YOU ARE HERE!

Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Monday, July 1st, 11:59 pm EDT. Winners will be announced on the Spellbinders blog.

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Are you familiar with the Spellbinders Monthly Clubs? The values on these monthly clubs is unbelievable. Today I have a very clean and simple card to share with you using a few of the dies from the Large Die of the Month Club. This monthly cost is only $25 and its worth every penny! This month’s dies features an interactive element. Although I chose not to use it for today’s card, there are loads of inspiration using that element here.

This card also features NO STAMPING! Can’t you believe it? I didn’t stamp on a card, lol. There are so many elements to this die set so I will be making tons of designs with it.  The wreath was die cut from some Specialty Pearled Paper in silver!

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New to me products that have amazing results

You may be familiar with the Jane Davenport line found at Spellbinders!  At first I thought it was all about mixed media and scrapbooking. But its not!  I created this fun and sparkly mermaid card using some goodies from the Jane Davenport and Fun Stampers Journey line, all from Spellbinders! New mediums were introduced to me and can I just say, woah! In a good way!

To create the water, I used the Modeling Paste tinted with three colors of the FSJ (Fun Stampers Journey) Liquid Color. Once dry, I sprayed the top of the card case with two colors of the FSJ Color Splash. All of these products are brand new to me and when I tried them out, I immediately ordered more of the Liquid Color and Color Splash! Oh, let’s talk about those drops of sparkle! That’s from another new to me product, silks! They look like little jars of nail polish! The one I’m using today is Sparkle Silk! So the sparkle is so concentrated and lovely. Video on these soon!

The texture and shine from the mediums used, oh my!  The mermaid die cut/stamp set can also be used as a swatch, but I cut off the top part of the mermaid and poof, a tale in the water was born!!!! The water scene… I don’t like the beach because of the critters that are beneath, but man oh man I might just jump into this water! The sentiment is a sneak from an upcoming set. More on that soon!!!! Get ready………

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