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Hi Crafty Friends,

 The Spellbinders All Clubs Crate for August 2026 was Halloween themed. Now I don't normally do a lot of Halloween stuff, as it isn't all that big a deal here in Australia where I live. However this club kit looked like lots of fun so I decided to get it anyway and so I got busy making some fun projects for my grandkids using the sets included in the kit. Sometimes it's fun to do something you don't normally get to play with.

I only ended up making a few cards as I don't need a lot of those. Instead I went with treat holders, money cards etc.

For my first project I created a treat holder, I will fill it up with some fun goodies to give to one of my grandchildren. 

To decorate the bag, I used the Scaredy Cat die set which was one of the bonus die sets from the kit.

To create the bag, I used Divinity Designs Card Caddy & Gift Bag die set die cutting it from purple cardstock. The die set does come with a handle, but I decided not to use it for these bags.

I added clouds to the front of the bag using a cloud stencil and black ink. I also added a circle for the moon.

Tulip Sympathy

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Slimline Sympathy cards I created receiving the Press & Foil plate from Spellbinders February 2026 All Clubs Crate.

When I first started playing with this particular plate back in February when I received my kit, I foiled the plate 3 times, but only ended up. using one of the foiled panels at the time. I have had this set on my desk since then wanting to use the other two panels to make sympathy cards which I have finally done.

One of the panels I had foiled with pink foil (two actually, because the original one I posted was also pink). So I used pink inks with the included stencil to make the tulips below the foiled tulips pink. 

I added a sympathy sentiment from Spellbinders You Are Everything Sentiments Betterpress plate, which is foiled but using black foil for the pink card. 

For the yellow card, I used gold foil for both the tulips & the sentiment. The embossing folder used on both cards is called Tufted.

I added a sympathy sentiment to the inside of both cards,  for the pink card I stamped using black ink and for the yellow one I used gold ink. The sentiment is from Paper Inspiration and I have had this in my stash for many years.

Birthday One for the Books

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have a fun gnome themed Arch Accordion card to share with you. This card uses products from Spellbinders March 2024 Club Kits and two of their Arch die sets. I have been wanting to make this style of card for sometime, so am happy that i finally got around to making one.

For the arch shapes I used Spellbinders Essential Arches for the base and inner arches. I used the Colorblock Accent Arches to add the layer the creates the fun pattern around the edges. To join the arches I cut 2 inches panels that measured approx 3 inches in height. I scored at 1 inch and then glued these to the bottom front of the arches that needed to be joined. Adding the tabs to the front means they are hidden when you add your layers on top.

To decorate my panels I used the Glimmer of the month from March 2024 ... Sketched Lines. I used gold glimmer foil to add the lines to the white arches and also to create the red sentiments at the bottom of each arch.

The gnomes are from the Stamp of the month ... Storytime Gnomes. I also used one of the sentiments from this stamp set for the sentiment on the left panel. I used some older Whimsy Stamps Speech Bubbles dies to add the stamped sentiments in, doing a little of creative partial die cutting to make the dies fit the sentiments. The other two sentiments are from an older book themed Mama Elephant stamp set from my stash.

This is a look at the front of the card, when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope.

Magical Wishes

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 card using products from Spellbinders March 2024 Club Kits.

For the blue background panel I used the Checkered Scallops Embossing Folder, which was the embossing folder for that month.

I used the books from the Large Die of the Month ... Classic Tales. The Owl is from the Small Die ... Wise Owl.

For the sentiment I gold glimmered the sentiments from the Glimmer of the month ... Sketched Lines.

To finish off the card I added some gems.

For the inside of the card, I added another panel of the embossed blue card along the bottom. I added the open book on top of this panel. I finished the card by adding a sentiment using the Stamp of the month Storytime Gnomes.

Sewing Jar

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun sewing themed Jar shaped Easel card I created for a friends birthday. I have been making her sewing themed cards for as long as I can remember. 

For my card I used two die sets from Spellbinders April 2024 Club Kits ... Pins & Needles Jar die set and Faux Stitched Sentiments & Floss die set. Unfortunately both of these die sets are out of stock now, but fortunately I had them so I could make this card.

As you can see, I decided to create a jar shaped Easel Card, adding the sewing themed images to the jar and also the base (which is also jar shaped).

Here is a look at the card when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope.

May Your Christmas Be Spectacular

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two more fun Oval shaped Christmas cards using products from Spellbinders Spectacular Christmas Collection.

For both my cards I used the Essential Arches & Color Block Arches die sets to create the oval shaped card bases.

To decorate the card above I used the Penguin die set using the body from the Bear die set. I added the cute glasses/spectacles also included I the die set. The present is a sticker.

All the sentiments used on these cards are from the Spectacular Holiday Sentiments stamp/die set.

For my second card, I used the Deer die set again with the Bear die set for the body.

Here is a look at the inside of the card, which is the same as the first card other than the paper.

Spectacular Christmas

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Arch shaped Christmas cards I created recently using products from the Spectacular Collection from Spellbinders. 

For my cards today I used the Spectacular Christmas Bear die set to create a brown bear for the card above. I also created one in white to create a polar bear. The die set comes with a couple of options to add glasses/spectacles to the images.

I used the Essential Arches & Color Block Accent Arches die sets to create the arch shapes. 

For all the sentiments on these cards I used the coordinating sentiment stamp set. I had been looking for the sentiment set as where I purchased the dies didn’t have the sentiments. Well I finally ordered them and then Australia Post delivered to the wrong address … arghhh! Fortunately when I contacted them, my husband recognised the description of the photo showing delivery so after a week extra waiting my stamps finally showed up.

Here is my polar bear version of the card. Instead of adding the cupcake to this one I used the cute snowman included in the July 2026 All Clubs Crate bonus die set.

Here is a look at the inside of the card, which is the same as the first just different papers used.

A Little Fly-By

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun Slimline Pop-up card using new products from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott.

For this card I used the Spread Your Wings die set from the Another Surprise Inside Collection which was released in July. This die set includes dies to create a butterfly pop-up card as I have done here. But it also includes a number of smaller butterflies which can be used to embellish the card.

I love that it fits inside a Slimline card.

I added a sentiment to the top section of the card, which is from the new Verses & Sentiments stamp set also from the Another Surprise Inside Collection.

For the front of the card, I added the two patterned papers I used on the inside of the card. 

The "Hello" sentiment is from the Big Words die set. I also added a few of the smaller butterflies included in the Spread Your Wings die set.

Splash of Happy

Hi Crafty Friends,

 Today I am sharing a fun Fish Bowl shaped card using dies from Trinity Stamps.

For this card, I have used the Fish Bowl Die set which coordinates with their Circle Card Die set.

I decided not to use the Circle Card die set for this card, using just the elements included in the Fish Bowl die set to create the shaped card.

There is a fish included in the die set, but I decided to pull out a Spellbinders Club kit from last year. I found these fish already assembled which were the perfect size for this card.

The sentiment is also from Spellbinders.

When I was going through the Spellbinders kit of spare die cut pieces, I discovered this small die cut splash, so I decided to use that on the inside and add another of the sentiments included in the stamp set I used on the front.

Winterberry Poinsettia

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing four Christmas cards I created using products from Altenew.

For this card I used the Winterberry 3D Embossing Folder & coordinating stencils. I figured while I have all the inks etc out I might as well make 4 as one, after all I need to make a number of cards to send out each Christmas.

Here is a close up of my card. After stencilling the card, I added gold splatter to the card.

For the sentiments I found some already made gold glimmer foiled Christmas sentiments. I had two of each type of sentiments, so I used those on these cards. 

This is the same card as the one above, just the sentiment is differed. Two say "Season's Greetings" and the other two say "Merry Christmas".

I kept the inside fairly simple, added a red strip that I also gold splattered to the bottom of the card.

I also stamped a Christmas sentiment in gold to the top portion of the card. This is an older stamp set from my stash.