Spellbinders May 16th 2018 Blog Hop + Giveaway

***GIVEAWAY UPDATE***

The randomly selected winner is Becky Green. Becky, please email socialmedia@spellbinders.us by 05/27/2018 with the subject line Spellbinders May 2018 Blog Hop Winner from Enza’s Blog to claim your gift certificate!

Thank you all for hopping along! Have a great day!

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Hello, crafty friends!

I’m so excited to be joining the Spellbinders Blog Hop this month! You should have arrived from the amazing Nichol Spohr‘s blog.

Today we are showcasing the following collections:

Romancing the Swirl by Becca Feeken

Perfect Match by Debi Adams.

I have two cards to share with you featuring the Twisted Stamp and Die set from the Perfect Collection by Debi Adams. I love this collection! The adorable designs, paired with the funny, punny sentiments are just to die for! My idea for these cards was to keep the playful vibe going by using candy-like colors and fun patterns.

For the first card, I die cut all the pretzels three times, once from patterned paper and two from white cardstock; I glued the layers together before arranging them in a circular shape to form a wreath. I heat-embossed the sentiment in the center and then fussy-cut around the whole piece. This way I could create dimension by adhering it down on my card panel with foam adhesive.

To mimic the look of coarse salt, I used Clear Round Drops by Studio Katia all over the pretzels. I then foam mounted my card panel to a square 6”x6” card base. I love big cards, and this is definitely BIG!

I finished it off with some twine wrapped around the spine of the card.

For the next card, I went for a more layered look.

I first stamped and die cut the mustard bottle from smooth white cardstock before coloring it with alcohol markers. I used alcohol markers for the pretzel as well, while the little salt chunks were made with a Sakura Gelly Roll 0.8 White Pen.

I created a focal point for the two images by adhering white cardstock on top of several layers of patterned paper; I then foam mounted both pretzel and mustard bottle and placed them inside the white space.

To add interest and a fun twist, I used twine around the framed images and enamel dots in coordinating colors. I finished the card with the sentiment, which was heat-embossed on a strip of black cardstock with white embossing powder and adhered with foam tape.

SUPPLIES:

• Twisted Stamp and Die set – Perfect Collection by Debi Adams
• Patterned papers: Fancy Free by Pink Paislee, Little Moments by Elle’s Studio
• Altenew Artist Markers
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Clear Round Drops by Studio Katia

Now the fun part! To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner. Please leave a comment on the Spellbinders blog by Sunday, May 20th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post on the Spellbinders blog the following day. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

You can also win a $25 gift certificate to the Spellbinders store here on my blog! Just leave a comment by Sunday, May 20th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

Your next stop is the super talented Zsoka Marko. Here is the full list for your convenience:

Spellbinders

Bekka Feeken

Yana Smakula

Melissa Phillips

Elena Salo

Hussena Calcuttawala

Olga Direktorenko

Jacquie Dean

Nichol Spohr

Enza Gudor –You are here–

Zsoka Marko

Jennifer Gallacher

Keeway Tsao

Emily Midgett

Thank you for stopping by!