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Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be joining you on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing three cards today featuring the Tabbed Classics Collection! Designed by Wendy Vecchi! There are so many ways to use this collection!! I kept the color combination similar and focused on the different ways to combine the elements from the collection.

HAPPY TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY

I began by die-cutting the large floral bouquet and the largest single flower from white cardstock using the Thank You Bouquet 3D Floral & Stencil Bundle. I lined up the die-cuts in the embossing folder and ran them through my Platinum 6 with the adapter plate. Next, I lined up the die-cuts with the stencil and added color with blending brushes using Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, and Black Soot Distress Inks. For the background, I used the Linear Touch Rectangles and Tags Die Set. The second largest die was cut from white cardstock, and the largest die from Tutu. The white die-cut was embossed with the Polka Dot & Posy Duo 3D Embossing Folder. I love that you can use one side or the other or a combination of both! I lined the rectangle die-cut up in the center so I had the dots on the top and the posies on the bottom. The layers were stacked and adhered together using liquid glue. The bouquet was adhered with liquid glue, and the large flower was popped up with foam squares. The sentiment, from the Tabbed In & Out Sentiments Stamp & Die Set, was stamped onto white cardstock with black pigment ink. Once dry, it was cut out with the coordinating die and adhered with foam squares, and this card was finished.

WISHING YOU THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY

My second card also features the Thank You Bouquet 3D Floral & Stencil Bundle. This time I cut out all the single flowers, ran them through the Platinum 6 in the embossing folder, and added color to them using the same Distress Ink colors and the stencil. The leaves in the Essential Envelope Everyday Add-ons Etched Dies were cut from white cardstock and blended with Distress Inks. For the background on this one, I die-cut one of the Essential Stylish Ovals Etched Dies from the center of a panel of Seaside cardstock and embossed it in the polka dot side of the Polka Dot & Posy Duo 3D Embossing Folder. I trimmed a bit from each edge and adhered it to a white A2 card base. The largest flower was popped up with foam squares, and the small ones and leaves were adhered with liquid glue. The sentiment is from the Tabbed In & Out Sentiments Stamp & Die Set. It was stamped onto white cardstock with black pigment ink, cut out with the die, and popped up with foam squares. A trio of Pink Color Essential Gems finishes this one off.

SENDING HEARTFELT THANKS

This card was created with the Essential Envelope Everyday Add-ons Etched Dies. The envelope dies were cut from Blush, Tutu, and white cardstock. The flowers were cut from Blush, Rainforest, Beeswax, Seaside, and Raven cardstock. The white die-cut was embossed with the polka dot side of the Polka Dot & Posy Duo 3D Embossing Folder. For the background on this one, I die-cut a panel of Blush cardstock with the largest die in the A2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Die Set and embossed it with the posy side of the Polka Dot & Posy Duo 3D Embossing Folder. It was adhered to a white A2 card base. All the die-cuts were adhered with liquid glue, except the flower. It was popped up with foam squares. The sentiment is also from the Tabbed In & Out Sentiments Stamp & Die Set. It was embossed on Tutu cardstock with white embossing powder, then cut out with the coordinating die and popped up with foam squares. A trio of Crystal Mix Color Essential Gems finishes this one off. [spellbinders-supplies]PE-104,BD-0995,SDS-207,S6-260,E3D-143,S5-562,S5-131,CS-8-104,CS-8-123,CS-8-103,CS-8-115,CS-8-119,CS-8-147,SCS-142,SCS-128,T-060,T-034,SCS-120,SCS-121[/spellbinders-supplies]

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Liquid glue, 80 & 110 lb. white cardstock, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, Black Soot Distress Inks, Versamark, white detail embossing powder Thank you so much for stopping by today!! Happy crafting!  

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Hello everyone!  Rachel Alvarado here with a holiday scenic light-up card using a Pear Blossom Press One Light combined with the Woodland Scene Etched Dies.  I absolutely adore interactive cards, so I had a lot of fun creating this light-up card.  The One Lights are super easy to use, so I tried to keep my card basic so that the steps would be simple to follow if you have never made a card like this before.

DIE-CUT IMAGES

1. Die cut all the pieces from colored cardstock.
2. Assemble the trees and deer together with liquid adhesive
3. Set aside the images to work on the background.

EMBOSS CARD BASE

1. Trim a piece of white card stock to 4.25” x 5.5”
2. Emboss this piece with the Sparkling Snow 3D Embossing Folder

INK BLEND & DIE-CUT BACKGROUND SKY

1. Trim a piece of smooth white card stock to 3.5” wide by 4.75” tall
2. Blend from the bottom to the top with Distress Inks (or colors of your choice), starting with the darkest color at the bottom and working your way up toward the lightest color, eventually fading to white.

TIP: You can use colored cardstock instead if you don’t want to ink blend the sky.

3. Use the second largest stitched rectangle die from the Nested Postage Labels & Tags Etched Dies to die cut the background sky panel.

4. Use the same rectangle die from step 3 and die cut another stitched rectangular piece from white cardstock.
5. Use the border die from the Woodland Scene Etched Dies to create a snow drift.

ADHERE ONE LIGHT

1. Trim a piece of Oceanside Cardstock slightly larger than the background sky panel and adhere to the embossed card base.
2. Align your card in the layout you wish to use without adhering anything in place.
3. Line up the One Light bulb exactly where you want it and mark the spot where the button will lay once it is placed beneath the background sky panel and lightly mark this spot with a pencil.

4. Stamp or write the word PRESS onto your background sky panel at the spot you marked for the button.

5. Outline the spot where you will attach the One Light to the Oceanside Cardstock.

6. Use liquid adhesive to adhere the One Light to the Oceanside Cardstock.

USE FOAM TAPE AND MOON DIE TO CREATE ROOM FOR THE LIGHT

1. Add 3D foam adhesive tape around the light and Oceanside blue panel to create a space between the light and the background sky panel.

TIP:  Make sure to leave room around the edges so that you can see the dark blue layer and not the foam adhesive tape once you add the background sky panel on top of the foam tape.

2. Use the small moon die to die cut a perfect circle exactly where the moon will lie on the card.

3. Glue a piece of clear acetate on the back of the panel over the hole that was die cut for the moon.

4. Attach the background sky panel on top of the foam tape.
5. Die-cut a moon from Fog Cardstock and glue it on top of the acetate. The moon should fit perfectly into the die-cut hole.

ASSEMBLE CARD BACKGROUND

1. Stamp your sentiment (any sentiment is fine) onto the stitched snow drift and adhere to your card base with 3D foam adhesive tape.

2. Glue the birch trees into place.
3. Add the pine trees and deer with more dimensional foam tape.

And voila!  You should now have a fun, simple light-up card!  It’s so much fun to see the moon illuminate when the button is pressed. I hope you enjoyed my card today and will give this technique a try of your own!  These fun little lights can be used for all types of cards and can be used all year round. If you want more inspiration, feel free to check out my other cards on INSTAGRAM!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Wishing you all a lovely day! [spellbinders-supplies]S4-1322,S5-635,E3D-069,15077,PCG02E,PL-126,BLMISTI,CS-8-129,CS-8-143,CS-8-144,CS-8-145,CS-8-148[/spellbinders-supplies]

Other Supplies

Scissors; Weathered Wood, Iced Spruce, Stormy Sky Distress Inks; 3D Foam Adhesive Tape, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

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Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today, sharing two cards using the Pear Blossom Press One Light- 2 Pack. These lights make adding fun light-up elements to your cards easy. No circuits involved! The first thing to know when using these lights is that you do need to do a little forward planning for your card design. Since the light and switch are on the same piece, you need to work out where both will be placed on your card.

MERRY + BRIGHT STAR

I started off by die cutting the star (on my card panel) that I want lit up and used that as a guide of where I wanted to place the other elements on the card, plus where the light and switch needed to be. There are stamps that say ‘press here’ or ‘push here’, and they are great, but I didn’t really want them on these cards, so I made sure to place elements on my cards that I could tell the recipient (on the inside of the card) to press. For this card, I will tell the recipient to press the centre of the poinsettia since the switch is located underneath it. Once you get the hang of how to place the lights, they are really easy to use! To make this card:

• Die cut star from panel of 4.25” x 5.5” Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock.
• Place this on top of the card base and use as guide for where to place the light. I drew a faint pencil mark around the sides of mine.
• Place battery inside the light mechanism and add double-sided tape to the back. Adhere to card base. If you used a pencil, erase that pencil line after adhering the light in place.
• Add two layers of vellum behind the opening of the star.

TIP: I used two layers of vellum since I wanted to make sure that you could not see the light mechanism through the vellum when the light wasn’t switched on.

• Adhere star panel to card base using foam tape, making sure to not add foam tape too close to the light mechanism so that the cardstock layer is loose above the switch.
• Die cut poinsettia from Christmas Foliage Etched Dies using Blush ColorWheel Cardstock for the petals, and Tutu ColorWheel Cardstock for the centre. Adhere pieces together using Bearly Art Glue.
• From the same set, die cut holly leaves from Peridot and Rainforest ColorWheel Cardstock and adhere together.
• Die cut greenery sprig from Waterfall ColorWheel Cardstock.

• Die cut evergreen sprig from Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock.
• Adhere foliage to card using Bearly Art Glue, followed by the poinsettia.
• Hot foil sentiment from Merry Messages Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Opaque Black Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System.
• Die cut out using the coordinating die. Cut the die another two times from white cardstock and adhere behind foiled one.
• Adhere sentiment to card using foam squares.
• Embellish with Pink Color Essentials Gems.

As you can see, the light shines through the vellum and lights up the star. I placed the light under where the holly falls, so that it gives a softer glow. I will write inside the card “press the centre of the poinsettia”.

MERRY + BRIGHT MICE

My next card uses the same lights, but this time, I thought it would be fun to show how you can use the light in a smaller way and light up the ornament. To make this card:

• Die cut boy mouse from Steamboat Willie Duo Etched Dies using Raven, Alabaster, Poppy, and Teal Topaz ColorWheel Cardstock. Adhere pieces together using Bearly Art Glue.
• Die cut girl mouse from using Raven, Alabaster, Poppy, Classic White, and Blush ColorWheel Cardstock. Adhere pieces together using Bearly Art Glue.

• Die cut accessories for mice from Classic Mouse Christmas Embellishments Etched Dies:
• Hats from Poppy and Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock.
• Holly from Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock.
• Berries from Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock.
• Scarf for boy mouse from Teal Topaz ColorWheel Cardstock.
• Scarf for girl mouse from Tutu ColorWheel Cardstock.
• Adhere to mice using Bearly Art Glue.
• Die cut ornament from Waterfall ColorWheel Cardstock for the top layer and Brushed Silver cardstock for the base layer.
• Die cut a hole in the centre of the base layer of the ornament using the small circle die in the Essential Tags Etched Dies
• Adhere to boy mouse’s hand.
• Place boy and girl mouse onto 4.25” x 5.5” panel of Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock, and using them as a guide, draw a pencil mark through the hole in the ornament.
• Cut hole in the card panel (where pencil mark is) using the same small circle die used on the ornament.

• Place panel on top of card base and draw pencil mark through the hole to know where to place light onto the card base.
• Add battery to light mechanism and then adhere in place with light on the pencil mark and the switch directly above light (to where boy mouse’s nose will be).
• Stamp sentiment from Season of Wonder Sentiments Clear Stamp Set onto panel using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink (the sentiment is longer than what I stamped, I masked some of the words off before stamping).
• Adhere panel to card base with foam tape.

TIP: I masked off the part so the sentiment I did not want using Best Ever Craft Tape before inking up the stamp. I removed the tape and then stamped it first onto clear plastic, so that I knew if it would stamp well and in the right place, before stamping onto the card panel.

• Adhere mice to card using thin foam tape.
• Push heart out of ornament top layer using Tool ‘N One.
• Adhere small piece of vellum behind heart opening. Adhere to base layer of ornament using Bearly Art Glue.
• Embellish card with Silver Mix Color Essentials Gems.

As you can see, the light shines through and around the ornament. I will write inside the card “press the boy mouse’s nose”. Some more ideas for these lights would be to use them as car headlights, the star on top of a tree, a reindeer’s nose … so many possibilities! I hope you have enjoyed seeing my projects today and I have inspired you to try adding these lights to projects. Apart from the slight forward planning, they are really easy to use and add a fun touch to cards! Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day! [spellbinders-supplies]15077,S4-1451,S4-1452,BP-312,S6-261,S4-1496,S4-1375,STP-246,SCS-142,SCS-130,GLF-049,CS-8-148,SCS-151,CS-8-103,CS-8-104,CS-8-118,CS-8-119,CS-8-124,CS-8-147,CS-8-141,CS-8-100,CS-8-125,SCSP-002,PE-104,GLS-005,SCS-135,PCG02E,SCS-267,T-095,T-043,T-066,SCS-123[/spellbinders-supplies]

Other Supplies

Thin foam tape, Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.

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