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I was very excited to see Spellbinders launch a new die kit in addition to their regular Die Of The Month Subscription. The Large Die Of The Month Subscription Kit is exactly that – a subscription kit featuring larger die designs.
For those of you who don’t know me, I work as an in-house creative designer at Spellbinders and part of my duties is creating samples using all of the Spellbinders kits including this one. In today’s post I’ll share a closer look at the two cards featured on the inspiration sheet:
CARD DETAILS – CONGRATULATIONS
I started working on this card by die cutting a number of borders using one of the border dies from my kit out of gold glitter cardstock. The cardstock I used comes from Hobby Lobby and it’s the kind the sheds a bit of glitter. Not all glitter papers can be die cut, especially those that do not shed any glitter at all, they are made out of vinyl and aren’t die cuttable with a detailed die like this one – so this is just something to keep in mind.
I was planning to make a square card so I estimated I needed to have 4 borders and cut 4. I didn’t emboss them, although you can if you cut this die out of other paper, as this glitter paper hides all of the embossed detail.
I created a white top folding card base measuring 5 3/4 ” square. Next, I cut a blue cardstock panel to 5 1/2″ square and foam mounted it onto the card. I used a sheet of fun foam and adhesive tape instead of foam adhesive to adhere the panel.
Using foam adhesive squares I adhered my die cut borders onto the card spacing them evenly. The die cuts go outside the card a tiny bit, I really liked this look so I didn’t trim them.
Next, I stamped a simple Congratulations sentiment in black ink onto a white cardstock strip and foam mounted onto the card. I was going for a Moroccan look here so I used Nuvo Drops in Gloss White and added a number of white enamel dots onto my project.
CARD DETAILS – WITH ALL MY HEART
My second project, With All My Heart, features a handmade card and a matching envelope. Once again I used gold glitter cardstock but this time went with a deeper blue, Navy, for my set.
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I started working on this project by adding a layer of Stick It onto the back of my glitter cardstock; since this is a very detailed die I had to run it through my die cutting machine a few times to make sure all of the details would be perfectly cut. I cut two pieces and set them aside.
To make the card I created a 5 1/2″ square top folding card base out of white cardstock. Next, I cut a blue cardstock panel to 5 1/4″ square and foam mounted it onto the card. I adhered one of my die cuts in place using the sticky I already had on the back from using Stick It.
To create a sentiment for this card I heat embossed “With All My Heart” in gold embossing powder onto same blue cardstock and trimmed into a 2 1/2″ square. I also cut a 2 5/8 ” glitter cardstock panel to mat under the sentiment and foam mounted onto my card.
To create the envelope I used my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board and made one for a 5 1/2″ card. I trimmed my gold die cut and adhered it onto the inside of the envelope as an envelope liner.
SPELLBINDERS SEPTEMBER LARGE DIE OF THE MONTH
Interested in getting this kit from Spellbinders? Subscribe to their Large Die Of The Month Club! Here’s a quote from Spellbinders website about their clubs:
The Spellbinders Monthly Membership Clubs (formerly known as Maker’s Mart) are designed for die cutting aficionados, handmade card makers, crafty DIY’ers, and beginners alike. Each month members will receive expertly designed dies or kits; used to create projects, cards, and more. We provide the inspiration, but you’re the maker/designer/creator.
You can also purchase past kit individually without subscribing to the club. You can look at past kits here. Since the Large Die Of The Month is a new Club there aren’t any past kits yet. This set, if if doesn’t sell out, will become available for individual purchase next month on October 1st.
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GIVEAWAY! (NOW CLOSED)
I have one Spellbinders September Large Die Of The Month kit (thank you, Spellbinders!) to giveaway as a prize to one blog reader.
Please leave a comment below for your chance to win! Please comment by end of the day Sept 16th and I’ll pick the winner on Sunday, Sept 17th. I will post winner’s name in this post and will contact the winner.
The winner is – Cindy Thick. Congratulations!
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Spellbinders Large Die Of The Month Subscription Shop at: SPEL |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 My Colors Cardstock – Deep Blue Shop at: SC |
 My Colors Cardstock – Navy Shop at: SC | AZ |
 We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board 71277-0 Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Thankful Heart Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Stick It Adhesive Handy Pack 5 Sheets Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
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Stunning work and dies. The blue and the gold are just prefect together.
Wow, what an awesome new die set, and your projects are fabulous, very classy, love them!
There is nothing more gorgeous than gold with any rich shade of blue! I love how these turned out. Just beautiful!
I love spellbinders dies good quality beautiful card!
What a stunning card and die! The gold glitter paper is beautiful.
Beautiful cards. I especially like how you added details to the inside of the envelope.
Stunning!!
Wow! That’s an awesome die set! And gorgeous cards! They are so rich in that gold!
It sounds like you have such a fun job!! I just love the rich regalness (is that a word??!!!) of the navy blue and gold together. Great looking color combo. And I appreciate the tip on paper and detailed dies. Beautiful card, Yana. Look forward to the rest of the blog hop!! Hopping off now ….
Stunning work! Thanks for being a part of the hop!
Love navy and gold combo, beautiful card! Thanks!
I really like your cards and I love my Spellbinders dies. I recently made my son’s wedding invitations (all 90 of them 🙂 ) and the Spellbinders 5×7 card dies made this task easier and the cards looked so nice with all the embossed detail.
So elegant and so versatile. You inspire me all the time:)
What beautiful work you do. Thanks for sharing.
The use of these dies with gold against the black is stunning. I love the using as an envelope liner. Thank you for sharing.
I am doing wedding invitations for my son’s upcoming wedding as well as my niece’s and was so excited to come upon this blog hop and these lovely dies. I have been scouring the internet for just the right look and I think these are perfect!! Thank you!! and Thank You for your continued inspiration!!
Wow! Just stunning work! Blue is my all time fave color and the addition of gold made it more classy, love them totally!
The gold glitter card stock on blue is gorgeous! I love Spellbinders ornate dies — they’re so classic. Your cards are always amazing.
Such gorgeous cards!
Hi Yana. This is one amazing set of creations. Gorgeous work.
God, these card are stunning, love the colors combination, and this kit seems amazing ! I want it 😀 !
These cards are all gorgeous! Your work is impecable!! I love them, they are very fancy yet simple to make.
Navy and gold is always so elegant! Beautiful cards!
Your work and creativity on these cards is just fabulous. Thanks for the tip about the vinyl glitter paper. I didn’t know you couldn’t die cut those.
All these are so very pretty!
I love all of the cards you made. Your choice of colors is perfect and inspires me to give it a try. I am 85 yrs. old and learning more every day from inspirational people like you. TFS
LOVE navy and gold together. Simply BEAUTIFUL!
Gorgeous!
Your cards look so elegant! The blue and gold are wonderful together.
Beautiful cards like always. I would love to win this die. As getting the full Spellbinders range/ releases is difficult in the U.K.
It’ s a beautiful die!
Oh elegant is right!
Love the die being
used as an envelope
liner. Beautiful cards.
Carla from Utah
I’m always anxious to get to your page to see what stunning creation you’ve made – and you never fail to impress! Gorgeous!!
Your work is beautiful. You are so talented.
Beautiful card Yana, so elegant! I love blue and gold together. TFS
These cards are gorgeous, Yana! You made the dies so versatile. Love all of your beautiful creations!
Love the blue and gold combo, so elegant. Also very clever envelope liner!
Yana, this is so beautiful. Thank you for the tip on the different glitter papers. (I found out the hard way ). I love the supply listing on your entries. Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous! There’s a special magic that happens when you add gold to dark blue. It’s beautiful!
…and thanks for the tip with the glitter paper. I’ve tried numerous types with no luck. That vinyl just won’t work. I’ll look for the other type. Thank you!
Such elegant cards! The blue and gold is outstanding!
Elegant projects. Beautifully done
A very elegant card – love the touch of gold!
Love this card and using the die cut to line the envelope is brilliant.
Elegant to the max!! I love these cards and hope I can get this set to CASE your terrific designs!!
I always look forward to your post using Spellbinders dies. I love your work – you always seem to get the most of the dies. These cards are gorgeous!
Your Spellbinders cards are always stunning. I don’t know how you keep coming up with so many beautiful ideas.
So elegant with the glittery gold.
I love that beautiful shiny paper. Your color choices are awesome. Great cards.
Your gold and deep blue cards are just exquisite and so very elegant. I always admire your projects and creative style.
Your designs are classy, clever & elegant, thanks for the inspiration