Spellbinders Large Die of the Month: Botanical Atrium

Good morning!  I've had the pleasure of working with several Spellbinders Club Kits this month.  Today I'm sharing a card I made using Spellbinders January Large Die of the Month.

A few months ago I attended a field trip with my daughter to a farm that has been operating for a few hundred years. Outside of the farmhouse there was a beautiful old atrium covered in vines and plants.  I couldn't help but think of that when I saw the Large Die of the Month: Botanical Atrium.

Using that old farmhouse atrium and my childhood dream of discovering a secret garden as inspiration, this card was born. 

The Botanical Atrium comes with the delicate atrium die, a solid backing (so you can make a shaped card), as well as lots of foliage and and even some tiny butterflies. 

I added a sentiment die from from January's Stitching Die of the Month (Stitched Ladybug).

This card sure has me dreaming of spring. (We're in the middle of a winter storm right now.)

I hope that you've enjoyed your visit today!  You can see lots more inspiration using Spellbinders January Large Die of the Month on their website as well as find out all the details on how to pick up one of your own.  I have several more cards to share, so I'll be back soon. :) Have a lovely weekend, friends!

Waffle Flower January Release + Giveaway

Hello, friends!  Today is a happy day because Waffle Flower's newest release "Far Far Away" is officially live and ready for shopping here.  There are so many fabulous book and fairytale related products that I love, and one to not be overlooked is the Feather Pen Die-n-Stencil.  It's one of those things that takes very little effort to create something beautiful. 

I wanted to highlight that beauty, so I kept my card clean and simple. 

I started by stamping the Script Texture Stamp Set lightly in gold ink.  Though you can make out some of the text, it's purposely vague nature makes it perfect to add just enough but not compete with any other elements on your card. 

Next I die cut a gold sentiment using the previously released You & Me Dies.  Their scripty feel seemed the perfect pairing with the beautiful feather ink pens. 

Now for the fabulous Feather Pen Die-n-Stencil. After I die cut the pieces, I blended on coordinating pink and aqua inks for the feathers.  The layered stencils do all the guesswork for you.  I popped them up on my card, and ta-dah! The card was done in a snap. 

If you've made it this far, thank you!  Now for the giveaway details. 

*****GIVEAWAY*****

Okay, now for all of the giveaway details.  Simply leave a comment below by 11:59 pm EST December 7, 2025 and you will have a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Waffle Flower Crafts.  I am accepting comments on my instagram account, too, so make sure you head over there as well for an additional entry. :) Several other design team members are hosting giveaways, and you can use #WaffleFlowerGiveaway to quickly search for them. 

CARD SUPPLIES: (all Waffle Flower unless otherwise noted)

Feather Pen Die-n-Stencil

Script Texture Stamp Set

You & Me Dies

Tools: 

Shader Brush 1+ Rainbow Pack

Shader Brush 0+ -15 pack

Cardstock & Ink: (Concord & 9th)

Honeysuckle, Oceanside 

Delicata Golden Glitz Ink Pad

Swan and Only Interactive Card

Hello!  Waffle Flower is just about ready for a new release, and I realized that I have several projects I made with December's Better Together Release that I haven't shared yet.

The Intertwined Swans Die make a huge impact on a card and not just because of their large size.  I made an A7 card, so that I could nestle a sentiment from the Swanderful Stamp Set in the heart created by the two swans.

The interactive hinge element on the swans allows you to open the card to reveal a beautiful pond scene and heartfelt sentiment inside. 

I created the pond scene by using the Wavy Borders Die as a stencil and blending Concord and 9th's Sprout and Parsley inks for the grass and Tidepool and Oceanside for the pond water and sky. 

I stenciled on some fish using the Pond Stencil and added a bunch of ink blended cattails, lilies, and lily pads from the Pond with Lily Pads Dies.  After the scene was finished I flicked on a bunch of water. 

When lift the card open, you see a sentiment from Better Together inside.  And as you can see in the photo, you adhere the swan flap to the back of the card base, 

I had so much fun creating this pond scene and putting this card together.  Though simple, the interactive element really makes the card a lot more fun. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Wishing you all the best in the new year!

CARD SUPPLIES (with shoppable links)
Dies/Stamps/Stencil:

Intertwined Swans Die

Pond with Lily Pads Die

Wavy Borders Die

Better Together Stamp & Die Combo

Swanderful Stamp Set

Pond Stencil

Tools: 

Shader Brush 1+ Rainbow Pack

Shader Brush 0+ -15 pack

Inks: (Concord & 9th)

Sprout, Parsley, Buttercup, Pink Lemonade, Tidepool, Oceanside, Clementine, Nutmeg, Black

Crafty Meraki Floral New Year's Card.

Good morning!  This month has flown by shockingly fast, and today I'm sharing my final guest design post over on the Crafty Meraki Blog.  You can find an extra detailed post over there, but I'm super excited about this card, so I'm sharing it here as well.  

You may not automatically think of flowers when you think of New Year's cards, but any happy new year of mine will most definitely be filled with flowers, so I chose that for my theme. 

I really love that the Gilded Holiday Expressions Press-Tacular Plate has sentiments that carry you all the way through the new year, so I used them to hot foil a sentiment for my card. 

Next I pulled out the beautiful Peony Artisan Flora Dies, and die cut a bunch of flowers, buds, and leaves.  After blending ink on them, I followed the assembly guide included in the die packaging to put the pieces together.

I popped up the sentiment onto a cream colored A2 card base, and then I started arranging the flowers and leaves around it.

After everything was adhered to the card, I used scissors to trim off any over-hanging pieces.  

Finally I sprinkled gold pearls in various sizes throughout the card. 

I'm a firm believer that flowers are good any time of year, and I hope you've enjoyed seeing this card come together.  The Peony Artisan Flora Dies are pretty magical in my opinion and really do create the most beautiful flowers. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope that you had a blessed Christmas and hope that those blessings extend throughout the new year.  

Crafty Meraki GIFT Card

 

Good morning!  I have a post on the Crafty Meraki Blog today (you can find it here), and I'm sharing a GIFT card.  I designed the card to look like a wrapped package and tucked a gift card inside for one of my nieces.  

You can find all the details on the other blog post, but I did want to share something that I was so excited about.  I used the Jolly Holly Hot Meraki Shimmer Plate to not only hot foil the holly onto the "ribbon" on my card, but also to emboss the background.  The embossing is so deep and beautiful.  I love it!

PS I'm also still loving how their Blooming Noel Effortless Artistry Papers speed up the card making process because for me the most time consuming part is coloring images, and that is already done for you.

I hope you'll pop over to the Crafty Meraki Blog and take a look, and if I don't make it back here before the holidays, I hope you have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year to follow.