Spellbinders Holiday Greetings: Intermediate project

Good morning! I am back today as promised to share with you the intermediate level project created for Spellbinders Feature Gallery using the beautiful Holiday Greetings die template.
Holiday Greetings: Advanced

Glittered Greetings

I creating this project, I used the entire die template. I backed each element using a different coloured glitter paper (Core'dinations) as well as matted the entire card front in a blue glitter paper. Then, to add some dimension, I die cut the snowflake layer again and popped up the snowflakes. Pearls were added to the flakes and the tree tops. A beautiful ribbon and floss from May Arts grace the front and is finished off with a Flower center from Zva Creative.

For full instructions see the official post HERE.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S4-434 Holiday Greetings
• Junior Metal Shim
• GC-001 Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Other Supplies:

• Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock®: Glitter Cardstock (Green, Gold, Light Blue, Blue and Red)
• May Arts: White Ribbon, iridescent floss
• Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L®: Crafty Foam Tape and E-Z Runner® Permanent Strip Adhesive
• Want2Scrap©: Self-Adhsive Baby Pearls
• American Crafts: White Cardstock
• Zva Creative: Red Gem

To see the third and final project in this set, stop by tomorrow!! I will be sharing an advanced project, for those with a bit more time, patience and experience who want to try something a little different.

Until then,

Happy Creating!!

Win with Spellbinders & Core'dinations Blog Swap Day 3

Welcome to the Spellbinders and Core’dinations Blog Swap!

This week Spellbinders™ has teamed up with Core’dinations Color Core Cardstock® to showcase the wonderful ways our products work together!

Today I have 2 simple coordinating projects to share with you! Thanksgiving is right around the corner for us Canadians, so I could not resist creating Thankful themed projects for this occasion!


I used 2 Core'dinations Color Core Cardstock packs for these projects...
My Minds Eye Lost and Found Collection
Jenni Bowlin Everyday Collection

In creating my card, I began with Spellbinders LF-161 Grand Labels One. I cut the card base from this and folded it in half. From there, I used the following die templates...
S5-073 Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents
S4-348 Postage Stamps
S5-028 Nested Pennants
S4-328 Foliage


In creating the gift box, (which I see Christine Emberson and I both were thinking alike...) I used the following Spellbinders die templates:
LF-010 Square Bracket Edge Box
S5-073 Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents
S4-348 Postage Stamps
S5-028 Nested Pennants
S4-328 Foliage

In working with Core'dinations cardstock, there are so many options!! I love the sanded look, as seen on the cream or brown colored papers. While on the red and gold I used ink to bring out the embossing! SO many options!!
I also loved the Core'dinations Dust Buddy for this project! This piece of cloth that cleans up the dust from your sanding! It is the first time I used it, but it will NOT be the last! It cleaned up every drop of dust without effort! You have to give it a try if you like sanding your papers!!
Bringing these two companies together, one can't help but create something beautiful... Try it and you'll see what all the fuss is about! :)

****************************************************************Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die
templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique
triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil
through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ die templates cut and emboss up to 11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on Facebook , Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog!

Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock is the only sandable cardstock with a color core. Sand it, tear it, emboss it and so much more! The Core Essentials line comes in over 160 colors with matching color families. Or maybe you are looking for something a bit more contrasting like the Black Magic or Chocolate Box collections. The sandable core will shine through the unique black and brown colors once it is sanded. Core’dinations has also teamed up with industry leading companies such as Pink Paislee, BasicGrey, Graphic 45 and more to create new and unique pre-embossed cardstock that perfectly accents their patterned papers.

But there is more! Check out Core’dinations website for the new Cardmaker Series, Kraft-Core and various other wonderful cardstock lines.

Be sure to follow Core'dinations thru these links...
Core’dinations Blog
Core’dinations Website
Core’dinations Facebook

{Leave a comment to win fabulous prizes}

Spellbinders is offering TWO winners, drawn from the comments left on the participating Designer's blogs, each a $24.99 value die template of their choice. Winners will be chosen randomly at the end of the week. Core'dinations will be giving away prizes too so be sure to visit their Scrapbook Blog for details.

Here is the blog list for the week! Be sure to visit each blog and leave a comment...

Mon Sept 26

Heidi Blackenship

Sherry Cheever

Tues Sept 27

Kazan Clark

Christine Emberson

Gloria Stengel

Wed Sept 28

Julie Overby

Tina McDonald (YOU ARE HERE)

Kimberly Crawford

Thurs Sept 29

Holly Simoni

Latisha Yoast

Windy Robinson

Fri Sept 30

Tonya Dirk

Beth Pingry

Don't forget to stop by each Designer's Blog all week (including the participants from the Blog Swap Day One and Blog Swap Day Two). Remember to leave a comment to enter to win! Spellbinders will randomly draw winners at the end of the week from all the comments posted on the designers blogs.

Other products used:
Gina K Stamps, Creative Impressions ribbon, Want2Scrap bling, Buttons Gallore buttons, ClearSnap ink, Cosmic Shimmers mica shimmer powder, Ranger distress ink, twine, Helmar adhesives

Thanks for stopping by!!
Until Next Time...
Happy Scrapping!
~TINA~