Spellbinders | Color Layering with Dies. Video. Blog Hop + Giveaway (Now Closed)

Hello there! Today I have a few cards to share showing how to do color layering with dies. I’m going to be using a few new stamp and die sets from Spellbinders Indie Line collection.

This collection is exclusive to independent retailers. In other words you will be able to get these dies at places like Simon Says Stamp and alike, you will not be able to buy these from Spellbinders online store or Micheals, Jo-Ann or Hobby Lobby. Check you local or online retail store to see if they have this collection.

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel. Spellbinders sent me the entire collection and I thought I’d give you a quick overview. If you don’t want to see it and would just like to see the cardmaking part of this video – please skip ahead.

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CARDS DETAILS

For my first card I used white cardstock and my ink pads to add color to the die-cut layers. You can always use this trick when you don’t have the right shade of cardstock in your stash.

I fist die-cut the layers out of white paper and next used my dye inks (most are from Simon Says Stamp) and mini round ink blending tools to add color. I went with: Green Apple, Willow and Jellybean for the leaves and Pixie (this is Avery Elle pigment ink), Hollyhock and Doll Pink. You can use any inks for this – dye, pigment, hybrid – it doesn’t matter (simply use what you have).

I used glue and adhered these together to create my roses and leaves. I decided to go with a very simple card layout and used one of the stamps from the Hugs Expressions stamp and die set and stamped a diagonal background that reads “You Give The Best (Hugs)”. I stamped this in Simon’s Stone ink.

I foam mounted roses and used glue to adhere the leaves. Next, I added a black die-cut Hugs and also stamped “& kisses”. I coated Hugs with some shimmer using my Tonic Aqua Shimmer pen and added several Morning Dew drops onto the background to finish this card.

I made a few more cards using layering dies – this time I used colored cardstock and specialty paper. I die cut all butterfly layers out of 3 colors of yellow cardstock and also gold glitter paper and this gave me enough layers to make 3 different butterflies for my cards. I also kept the negative die cuts for some inlay die cutting for future projects – I didn’t want to toss these as they looked like they can easily be used.

I used a Hello die from the Hello Expressions set to create a background for this card – I simply die-cut hello multiple times out of gray cardstock and adhered onto same gray panel creating some texture and illusion of dry embossing. I added a butterfly on top and stamped “How Are You” sentiment is Stone ink.

I also made another card using tulip dies and Enjoy Expressions stamp and die set – I once again used colored cardstock to add color and dimension to my images.

The colors of cardstock I used are: Sunshine, Banana and Lemon for the flowers, Green Apple and Green Leaf for the leaves. I also incorporated a bit of Gold glitter paper – I layered it under the die-cut Enjoy for some beautiful drop shadow look.

I stamped a black diagonal background for this card using a diagonal stipe background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, next I die-cut a rectangle panel using a scored and pierced rectangles die set from Spellbinders. I am really a fan of these simple shape dies – they are a must in my stash!

 I also stamped Your Birthday sentiment and embellished this card using Nuvo drops in Morning Dew.

I hope you enjoyed this cardmaking idea and will give it a try using these or other dies from your stash.

Find more ideas using these stamps and dies on the Spellbinders blog.

SPELLBINDERS EXCLUSIVE INDIE LINE

Spellbinders Layered Monarch Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Thanks Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Hello Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Wishing Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Happy Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Enjoy Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Hugs Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Friend Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Love Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Tulips Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Rabbits Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Oak Tree Dies Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Layered Palm Tree Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Foliage Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Rose Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Butterflies Dies Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Potted Cacti Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Happy Llama Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Fruit Salad Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Happy Narwhal Dies Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Out to Sea Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Tropical Pineapple Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Happy Octopus Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Happy Weather Dies Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Coffee Time Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Unicorn and Rainbow Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Fairy Door Dies Shop at: SSS

HOP ALONG WITH US!

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GIVEAWAY! (NOW CLOSED)

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, July 15th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

I also have one $25 gift certificate to Spellbinders store. Leave a comment below and let me know if you’ve ever done layering with dies. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, July 15th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. I’ll pick a winner, email and post winner’s name in this post on Monday the 16th. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

The winner is: Monika.buzsy. 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 Hello Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Enjoy Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Hugs Expressions Stamp and Die Set Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Tulips Dies Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Layered Rose Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Layered Butterflies Dies Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ	Spellbinders Scored and Pierced Rectangles Shop at: SC | SPEL | AZ
Spellbinders Main Attraction Magnetic Die Finder Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ	Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ	Spellbinders Magnetic Handy Mat Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ	Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Jellybean Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Stone Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ	Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Green Leaf Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Lemon Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Banana Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock Gold Glitter 6×6 Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Stencil Diagonal Stripe Shop at: SSS	Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ
Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Tonic English Mustard Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Avery Elle Pixie Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ
Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ

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