Ever Embroider a Card???

 I have always wanted to sew and/or embroider on a card, however, I have never had the opportunity - until now!  Spellbinders Large Die of the Month is perfect for stitching on cards.  The set comes with a boarder, tree, and snowflake dies.  I used two of the three for my card today.

This is a really hard card to photograph.  I chose to use mirror gold paper for the background.  The tree and border were embroidered using shiny green and red floss.  It was embellished with journey gold embellishments and I chose a sentiment from  FSJ's Merry Words stamp set which I embossed with gold embossing powder.  This card really sparkles and shines.

The large die of the month club is a monthly subscription where you get a new large die set every month delivered directly to your home.  Spellbinders has many different types of subscriptions that you may want to check out.  

I receive both the small and large dies of the month and just love them!  I look forward every month to seeing what will be coming next.  

Here is another look at today's card. 

I hope you enjoy seeing these cards and will try out a subscription yourself!  

Jeanne

Supplies:

Large Die of the Month

FSJ Merry Words Stamp Set (retired)

Mirror Gold Cardstock

Whip Cream Cardstock

Red Embroidery Floss

Green Embroidery Floss

Clear pigment ink

Gold Embossing Powder

Journey Gold Embellishments. 

Easy glide adhesive

Craft Glue 

Polar Bear Shaker Card

I recently came across a new website, StampsofLife.com    They have wonderful stamps and dies and also have 3 different monthly club memberships.  I decided to join the Die Hard Club.  This membership  provides a new stamp and die set each month.  There are also Extras available (Add-Ons) that you can purchase separately to enhance your monthly stamps and dies.  

Today I am featuring September's Die Hard Club kit and the extras.  I decided to create this cute shaker card.  I hope you like it.  

I decided to use a frosty blue and white color scheme for this card.  All the supplies I used will be listed below.  

Here is a closer look:

I wanted to create a shaker card, but thought it would be cute if the bear was in front of it.  I think it turned out perfectly as I imagined.  The stamps stamped beautifully and the dies cut perfectly.  I am very impressed with the quality of these products and the cards that can be created with them.  

There are also many extra benefits to joining these clubs.  Click here to see them all.  I am sure you will find something you like.  Please know that this is my personal opinion, and I am not getting any perks for writing about these products.  

Jeanne

Items Used

The Paper Studio snowflake embossing folder

Journey Blue Skies Sequins

Polar Bear 2

Polar Bear 2 Dies

Extras 4 Polar Bear Stamps

Extras 4 Polar Bear Dies

Snowglobe 2 Stamps

Stamp Simply Fishtail Sentiment Banners

Recollections Snowflake shaker bits (from Michaels)

Journey Sequins Special Celebration

FSJ Ornate Label Dies

Acetate

Foam Tape

Copic Markers:  BG000, BG01, BG05, C3, C1, C0, 0, R85, R83, R81

Pool Play Cardstock

Whip Cream Cardstock

VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne Ink

craft glue

die cutting machine 

 

Add-ons Are Awesome!!!

 What's an add-on, you ask?  Well an add-on is a stamp and/or die set that is created especially to coordinate, or "add-on" to another stamp and/or die set.  Today, I am going to feature the Sunday Drive Die set and the Sunday Drive with Santa add-on.  

Let's start first with the original Sunday Drive die set.   I created two different birthday cards from this set.  One more masculine and one more feminine.  

The pink car is more for girls while the white car for boys.  I used the included balloons with the white car and decided to use a fishtail banner on the pink one.  I think these would be great cards for those teens that are learning to drive.  On the girl card, I coordinated all my colors with the background paper. 

Now for the add-on, Sunday Drive with Santa.

Now as you can see we used the original die set for the car, but used the add-on for the greenery, lettering, Santa, and reindeer.  It adds a Christmas option for the original die set.  I had a little fun by making the reindeer drive on the red card .

Add-ons give your original dies so much versatility and so many different ways to use them.  This set also comes with three more add-ons Sunday Drive Hitched which would be perfect for wedding cards and  Sunday Sunset Drive which can be used for a lot of different occasions, and finally Sunday Drive Halloween which would make the cutest Halloween cards.  

I have listed the supplies used.  If you don't have the exact paper, select one of your own and work your design around it.  

I hope you will considering using add-ons with original die sets for your card creations.  I will be doing more add-on cards in the future, so stay tuned.  

Happy Crafting,

Jeanne

Products from my Stash:

FSJ Media Prints

FSJ Create and Bloom Prints 

Spellbinders Merry Everything Paper Pad

Tan cardstock

Copic markers

Simon Says Stamps, Christmas Cheer

Items Used:

• Spellbinders - Flourished Fretwork Collection - Etched Dies - Sunday Drive
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• Spellbinders - Sparkling Christmas Collection - D-Lites Die - Etched Dies - Sunday Drive with Santa
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• Spellbinders - Sparkling Christmas Collection - D-Lites Dies - Etched Dies - Sunday Drive - Santa Bundle
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• Ornate Label Die Set
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• Fun Stampers Journey - Christmas - Dies - Whimsy Woods
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• Sunny Studio Stamps - Craft Dies - Stitched Arch
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• Watermelon Fusion True Color Fusion Ink Pad
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• Whip Cream 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Black Licorice Paper 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Limeade Splash 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Lemon Drop 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Candy Apple 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Huckleberry Fusion 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Orange Creamsicle 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Journey Brush Silver Cardstock
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• Bubble Gum 8.5x11 Cardstock
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• Watermelon Fusion 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Lemongrass 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Pineapple Smoothie 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• River Stone 8.5x11 Cardstock
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• Kiwi Slice 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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• Journey Foam Squares - medium
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• Journey Craft Glue
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• Fashion Gold Embellishments
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• Spellbinders - Amaze - Die Cutting Machine
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• Hazelnut Blend 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
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Altenew Winter Essentials Collection

 Today I am featuring a card I created using the new Altenew Winter Essentials Collection.  This is a great collection and as soon as I saw the fireplace dies, I knew I had to have it!

I wanted to create a warm inviting look to the front of the card.  I used the Altenew Modern Fireplace Layering die and scraps of different colored papers to create the fireplace.  I used foam tape to raise up sections of the fireplace and give it more dimention.  

I then used the Mantel Decor-Winter Die Set to add the embellishments to the fireplace.  A striped background paper was chosen to give the look of wallpaper.  I love how this turned out.  Inside I may put a sentiment like "Wishing you a warm and cozy Holiday".

I hope you like this card and will give it a try yourself.  

Jeanne