Thank You Card by Daniela Dobson

Hello, Daniela here with a Thank you card.

Samantha Walker products used:

Cool Summer paper collection

Cool Summer brads

Cool Summer 6x6 paper pad
Ornate Squares dies

Butterfly Corner dies

For All You Do Vintage Labels Three stamp set

1. Make card base from Cool Summer paper collection. Cut a smaller piece from polka dot paper and adhere to the front. 

2. Die cut ornate square from pink 6x6 paper pack and stamp a sentiment from For All You Do Vintage Labels Three stamp set. Adhere to the top of the card using 3D foam squares.

3. Die cut and emboss butterfly from Butterfly Corners dies in white cardstock. While the cardstock is still attached, color the exposed/embossed parts with chalk.

4. Adhere butterfly to the card with 3D foam square. Tie ribbon into a bow and add a brad.

Thank you for stopping by today and let me know if you have any questions.

Daniela Dobson

Spellbinders projects

Today I am working with my new Butterfly Corner and Ornate Square dies!

But first...

Shhhhh....I'm going to let you in on a dirty little secret...I take shortcuts! 

I do it all the time, because I am human...

and as such, I often get caught up in life. It creates the need to find ways to modify how I do things, so that I can fit in all the things that I want and need to do in a day. 

So here's one of my favorite quick crafty-tips that can save you a bundle of time when you are in need of a quick card, or crafty gift. 

On days when I do have a good slot of time to get my crafty on...I work double time with my Spellbinders Grand Calibur...

As I'm working on my project, I get out my paper scraps too--you know...the ones too small that you think you ought to throw them away...

but no...don't do that...

Instead, while you have all your crafty stuff out, run those scraps through your Grand Calibur with some of your favorite Spellbinders dies and then save them in a special place for a day when you don't have much time. 

I like to file my "pre-cuts" in a file labeled with the die set they were created with. That way I can find them on the fly when I really need to craft fast. This works great for Birthday cards, tags for gifts, or even holiday crafts that need a special shape. 

I have learned to craft this way, especially right now, as my craftroom is in serious limbo. We have been working to finish our basement for over a year. (My husband has been doing a fabulous job, but it is definitely a process.) I have a lot of my crafty stuff packed in boxes, or stashed here and there as it awaits a permanent home. So I find myself using my dining room table as my craft zone, which is not ideal, when you have to gather everything up, and then put it all away before dinner. 

This week has been crazy. Parent teacher conferences, school projects, swim team stuff, gymnastics, music lessons, deadlines, and more deadlines...it's all good stuff...but my week went by so quickly, that it left little time for crafting. 

This was the perfect week to get out my pre-cuts, and make some quick cards. It took me about 20 minutes to complete all three cards...and then I was off to my last parent teacher conference of the week. 

I went through my files and quickly found some colors I wanted to work with that had been cut with my newest dies from Spellbinders. 

Even though I did not have much time to craft this time...I wanted to make sure each project had something special, or a little twist in the design. I'll walk you through what I did in each project below:

For this first card, I took the tag die from my Ornate Square set and did what I call a "double take." That's where I use a die that is shaped one way, and make it appear another way by criss-cross stacking it with a duplicate cut. It's a great way to change up your die sets to get lots of looks from one set. So the original tag die is rectangular...by stacking it, I made it appear as a square. Then to add a little finishing touch to my card, I took some fabric and ran it through the center of the tag, like ribbon. I added a few knots for interest. In this case, I had also "pre-stamped" this with my coordinating stamps from JustRite, when I did my cutting session on a prior day. I just filed it away stamped and ready to go for a quick card. 

-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker, Ornate Squares Die

-Just Rite Clear Stamps Samantha Walker Botanical Swirls
-Carta Bella cardstock Traditions by Samantha Walker
-Riley Blake Fabric Serenata by Samantha Walker

Here's another pair of cards that I created on the fly...

Once again these were created with pre-stamped pre-cuts, that I created one day, and filed away for a day when time was short. 

I have two twists on this card...I first split my butterfly into two separate wings...to embellish the sides of my "happy" tag. Don't you feel like you have wings when you are happy? I thought it was a fun way to say "happy." The next twist on my dies, is that I took the smallest square from my Ornate Squares set, and just snipped off the ornate corners to use as a layered lace edge at the bottom of my tag. It was something simple, that really made for a nice way to "ground" my tag design...after all I had just given it wings...I didn't want it to fly away just yet. ;) 

-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker, Ornate Squares Die
-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker Butterfly Corner Die

-Just Rite Clear Stamps Samantha Walker Botanical Swirls
-Carta Bella cardstock Paris Girl by Samantha Walker

I did another "double take" on this card. I used my largest ornate square die, and criss-cross stacked it to make it go from a square shape to a lacey snowflake shape. I also double stacked two of my butterflies from my butterfly corner set to give it a little lift. 

-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker, Ornate Squares Die
-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker Butterfly Corner Die

-Just Rite Clear Stamps Samantha Walker Botanical Swirls
-Carta Bella cardstock Paris Girl by Samantha Walker

Since I made such quick projects for this blog frenzy, I wanted to make sure that I left you completely satisfied with some "knock your socks off" inspiration...so I asked my uber talented creative team to help show off my new dies with their interpretation.  

You'll LOVE what they did!

Project by Jamie Cripps:

Supplies:

Die Cuts: Butterfly Corner and Ornate Square by Samantha Walker (Spellbinders)

Patterned Papers: Traditions by Samantha Walker (Carta Bella)

Stamps: For All You Do Vintage Labels Three by Samantha Walker (JustRite Stamps)

Tools: Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Cardstock: Cream (Recollections and Bazzil)

Ribbon: Cream Crinkly (May Arts)

Twine: Buttercream (The Twinery)

Pearls: Cream (The Paper Studio)

Wood Chips: Hearts (Freckled Fawn)

 Projects below all by Aimee Maddern:

Supplies:

-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker Butterfly Corner Die

-LCI White Wood Grain Cardstock, Bazzill, 

Bo Bunny & American Crafts Cardstock

-Heidi Swapp Color Mist in Sweet Cherry & Primrose

-Dylusions ink spray in Cut Grass

-Mister Huey’s in Hot Dog, Lemonade & Bonny Blue

-Sequins, Misc

-3L adhesive squares, Glossy Accents

Supplies:

-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker, Ornate Squares Die and Butterfly Corner

-Just Rite Clear Samantha Walker For All You Do Vintage Labels Three Stamps

-LCI White Wood Grain Cardstock, Bazzill, Bo Bunny 

& American Crafts Cardstock

-Heidi Swapp Color Mist in Sweet Cherry & Primrose

-Mister Huey’s in Hot Dog,

-Charcoal Twine from the Twinery

-Hat Pin From My Minds Eye

-Sequins, Misc

-3L adhesive squares, Glossy Accents

Supplies:

-Spellbinders, Samantha Walker, Ornate Squares Die

-Just Rite Clear Samantha Walker For All You Do Vintage Labels Three Stamps

-Card Stock, Misc

-Stayton Ink in Timber Brown

-SEI ink in Tobacco

-Cantaloupe Twine from the Twinery

-3L adhesive squares, Glossy Accents

Spellbinders Sneak Peek

Today I am revealing my new licensed designs, the new Butterfly Corner set (S5-165) and Ornate Squares set (S5-166). The corner die will allow your creativity soar and the Ornate Squares work perfectly with Spellbinders basic square templates, allowing you to build off the core, expanding your collection's versatility!  

3-D Hanging Snowflake Decoration

Supplies:

Spellbinders dies: S5-166 Ornate Square

green card stock

ribbon

brad

Tombo Mono Adhesive

Instructions:

Using the Spellbinders S5-166 Ornate Square set, use the ornate square to cut 12 square shapes, repeat with an embossing pass, then snip off one corner of each of the 12 square shapes, as pictured. 

Fold in half, so that the cut end is mirrored, and the other end comes to a point.

Fold edge up at an angle as pictured.

Fold the opposing edge as pictured.

Very carefully match up the lace edge of the square with another lace edge of a different square. Continue combining the lace squares until you complete a set of six to form a star-like shape or snowflake. Then repeat this step to create another set of six.

When you have your lace squares combined into sets of six, then cut off most of the lacey edge. Start at about 1/2 inch from the outside, down to about 1/4 inch in the center. Continue all the way around the circle until all are trimmed, then trim the other set of six that you glued together.

Now we will combine the two snowflake shapes. Carefully line up the inside edge of one snowflake with the other, then glue each of the edges to combine both snowflakes.

Each point of the snowflake should look like this when combined.

Now you have your combined snowflake. Lets add a little embellishment.

With the Ornate Square set, cut two of the littlest square shapes by running the die through the Spellbinders Grand Calibur, then switch to the embossing plates and run it through to emboss.

Next combine the two squares by interweaving the corners. 

Cut and emboss the flower shape, then add that to the center of the interweaved squares.

Now add a brad to the center, and feed it through the snowflake.

Add a ribbon to hang it up, and enjoy!

Here is another card using the S5-166 Ornate Square that also features a coordinating stamp from my JustRite stamp collection:

Supplies:

Spellbinders dies: S5-166 Ornate Square

JustRite Happiness is...Ornate Square

blue card stock

Yellow card stock

grey card stock

white embossing powder

Tombo Mono Adhesive

This next card features the new S5-165 Butterfly Corner die set:

Supplies:

Spellbinders dies: S5-165 Butterfly Corner

Dark Pink card stock

Light Pink card stock

Green card stock

Tombo Mono Adhesive