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Spellbinders Blog Hop – Birthday Bliss

Hey friends! Today, Spellbinders is having a HUGE Blog Hop with lots of amazing projects!!

You can start at the beginning of the Hop on the Spellbinders Blog. Keep scrolling to see my project featuring the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month for November!

I created this bright and cheery card using these products:
* Essential Envelope Die Set from the Not Your Ordinary Card Collection by Wendy Vecchi
* November’s Large Die of the Month
* November’s Clear Stamp and Die of the Month

To create the white pocket, I used the Essential Envelope Die Set. I also used this die set to cut the small flowers you see all over the card!


I also cut all the pieces (plus a few more!) from the Large Die of the Month with all different beautiful and bright colors. All the dies you see on the card are from this set (except the flowers and pocket)! Even the blue notecard is created from this die set!

The sentiment is from the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month for November called “Confetti Wishes”. I die cut the outline die 3 times to create this really cool retro shadow vibe!

Thank you for hopping along with us! I hope you get inspired and I hope you WIN one of the THREE $25 gift certificates that Spellbinders is giving away!

You’ll want to head to Tanya Boser’s Blog next!

Full Blog Hop Lineup:

Spellbinders Blog
DOM – Allison Frazier
DOML – Rachel Alvarado
DOMST – Nichol Spohr
GOM – Sheri Humes-Gilson
CDOM – Amanda Fitterer
EOM – Tanya Boser
3EOM – Mindy Eggen
BPOM – Meghann Andrew
WSOM – Yana Smakula
SOM – Tina Smith
BONUS – Jennifer Kotas

Here are some additional details about the giveaway:
Giveaway closes Sunday, November 24th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced ion the Spellbinders Blog the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

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You're the Sweetest Gift Card Holder

Hi friends!

This is just the sweetest little shaker card with a gift card holder on the inside!

See the tutorial below! (Scroll all the way to the bottom to see the Copic markers I used!)

Start with a piece of 10.25″ x 5.5″ white card stock. Score it at 4″, flip the card 180° and score again at 2″.

I used a super pointy tool to make a hole in my card front. I measure it with a ruler to make sure I centered it correctly.

Next, I rounded all the edges with corner punch. This amazing 3 Corner Punch is from Dress My Craft and has 3 different options. I used R7mm, but any corner punch will do.

For the gift card holder that goes inside the card, I cut a piece of card stock to 4.25″ x 2.5″. Then, I scored it at 1″ and 3.25″. Then, I turned it 180° and scored at the 2″ mark.

This adorable Mini Score Board is also from Dress My Craft. It is my go-to score board because it’s so tiny and doesn’t take up any space!

I cut a diagonal line and then a straight line to create a better fold.

Using some Stitched Circle dies, I created a shaker. These Angel Mix and Pearls shaker elements are from Dress My Craft. I blended everything with Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar distress oxides.

After figuring out where I wanted to place my shaker circle, I needed to cut out a circle from the flap so that the card would close properly. I held my die in place with some purple tape and then ran it through my die cut machine.

I used a Dotted Hearts background stamp from Simon Says Stamp along with Shaded Lilac distress oxide. I blended the entire card using Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar.

I made a smaller circle die cut for the top portion of the card. And then I made one tiny circle that will be used to wrap my twine around.

I blended all the circles with Distress Oxides.

I stamped, colored, and die cut my Avery Elle “Peek-a-Boo Pals”. Please see the end of the post for the colors used.

Next, I got my littlest circle ready for a brad and the twine.

Next, I stamped a few sentiments onto black card stock with Versamark watermark. I heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Next, I adhered all my components to the front of the card, using glue and 3D foam dots.

For the inside fo the card, I stamped a sentiment onto my gift card holder.

I used super sticky double sided tape to hold my gift card holder together and placed it in the center of the inside of the card.

Next I adhered my hippo, being sure that the gift card would be able to go BEHIND the hippo.

I cut a piece of white card stock and rounded the edges. I adhered it on the left flap.

All finished!! Here are some more photos! (Keep scrolling down for the Copic markers used.)

For the bunny: W00, W1, W2, W3, W4 and RV10.

For the Hippo: C00, C1, C3, C4, and RV10.

For the Monkey: E40, E41, E42, E43, E0000, E02, and RV10.

For the Party Hats: V12, V15, V17, BV000, BV02, and BV04.

I used a white Gelly pen for the highlights.