Spellbinders | Christmas Cards with Sharyn Sowell's Dies - Christmas Is The Day That Holds Time Card

Spellbinders | Christmas Cards with Sharyn Sowell Dies – Christmas Is The Day That Holds Time Card

Hello friends! As an in-house designer at Spellbinders (my day job) I create a lot of projects that are being used for many different things. One of my recent assignments was a set of cards using Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2017 dies – I had a blast making them and would love to share some of these projects with you right here on my blog. This is part one.

As of September 2016 I work as an in-house creative designer at Spellbinders office in Phoenix. While I do a lot of work for them and create a number of different projects I am only sharing what I truly love made using their products here on my blog. I do not and never will share projects or mention products I not love.

Spellbinders | Christmas Cards with Sharyn Sowell's Dies - Christmas Is The Day That Holds Time Card

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CARD DETAILS

This card features a simple technique – Ink Blended Die Cuts. To prevent having harsh ink edges on the die cuts I prefer to blend the ink onto paper first and do my die cutting later.

Spellbinders | Christmas Cards with Sharyn Sowell's Dies - Christmas Is The Day That Holds Time Card

I started working on this card by creating a 5 ¼” x 6 ¾” card base out of white cardstock. Next, I cut red cardstock to 4 ⅝” x 6 ⅛” and cut patterned paper (Pinkfresh Studio – Christmas Wishes) to 4 ½” x 6”. I adhere patterned paper panel onto the red panel and foam mounted onto the card.

Spellbinders | Christmas Cards with Sharyn Sowell's Dies - Christmas Is The Day That Holds Time Card

Next, I blended Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass Distress inks onto white cardstock creating an ombre look. Sprayed with water to activate the ink and let it dry. I die-cut the scene making sure the darker blue ink blending was at the bottom, also die-cut stars and birds from the darkest part of the paper.

Spellbinders | Christmas Cards with Sharyn Sowell's Dies - Christmas Is The Day That Holds Time Card

I foam foam mounted scene, birds and stars onto the card. To create a sentiment I white heat emboss a beautiful Holiday message from this set from Penny Black onto red cardstock panel, trimmed one end into a V-shape and foam mounted onto the card.

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 Deck the Halls Dies S4-822
Spellbinders Deck the Halls Dies S4-822
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Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
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Spellbinders Tool
Spellbinders Tool ‘n One
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Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
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Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock
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Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
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Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200
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ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Tumbled Glass
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Tumbled Glass
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Peacock Feathers
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Peacock Feathers
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Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils
Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils
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Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools
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Penny Black Yuletide Wishes Stamp
Penny Black Yuletide Wishes Stamp
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Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
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Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape
Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape
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White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12
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Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares
Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares
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5 Comments

    1. I appreciate the tip on coloring the paper first before die cutting. I have a card in mind to make for Christmas (using, in part, a Spellbinders die) and that tip will help me I’m sure. So appreciate your adventurous color combinations. As always, thank you, Yana. P.S. I hope your day job is as much fun as it sounds!!

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