Spellbinders January Clubs Blog Hop

Hi Everyone! It’s time for a Spellbinders Club Kits Blog Hop, where we showcase some more projects using the Club Kits released – this time for January 2022!

On my card project today, I’m focusing on the brand new Embossing Folder of the Month kit club, because I love love love embossing folders. This new club has been SUPER popular and Spellbinders has said that the response has been so overwhelming this Club has sold out. They will try to bring this design back again at a later time (check the “Past Clubs” section). Be sure to sign up for their Clubs right away on the 1st of the month not to miss out on any future designs.

I wanted to really make the folder the star of the card, and ink smushing is a technique I’ve not done in a long while – a great pairing!

I first dry embossed a panel of watercolor paper with the embossing folder, being sure to line up the hearts in the centre. I then smushed some Distress inks onto a plastic palette and spritzed with water – I am using Worn Lipstick, Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry, with a little touch of Shaded Lilac. I then picked up the ink with the dry embossed panel, smushing it down into the ink. I dried it, and repeated twice more. I also splattered a little gold metallic ink spray. When dry, I re-ran the panel through the Platinum 6 with the folder to flatten out the panel while keeping the hearts.

I used a gold pigment inkpad, and lightly rubbed it over the hearts to really define their edges. I then trimmed down the panel to a little smaller than A2 and adhered to a white notecard, leaving a border.

The focal image is a die from the January 2022 Large Die of the Month kit club. I die cut it from white cardstock five times and adhered them all together to create a thicker piece which I then adhered to the card panel. I also used the offcuts of the watercolored piece and die cut the coordinating flower petals from it. While the piece was dry embossed, die cutting flattens it out but it still matches my background. I popped the petals up on the heart with foam tape for a little dimension.

For my sentiment I used an older die set (October 2021 Small Die of the Month Mix & Match Sentiments), and die cut ‘hello’ and ‘love’ from Gold Mirror cardstock and vellum, layered together. I then popped them up on foam tape over the top. I finished with a few Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems to finish.

You might also see the envelope peeping out – this is one I made earlier this month, it has one of the January Glimmer of the Month sentiments hot foiled on it in Matte Gold. Love how professional this looks!

GIVEAWAY

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on their blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, January 16th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

Your next stop on the hop is: Jessica Vasher

Have fun!

Jenny x

Supplies

The Spellbinders supplies were provided to me as part of my design work for them. If you purchase through my affiliate links, I receive a small amount of compensation which helps me run my blog and channel to bring you more crafty creations! Thank you for your support.

Full Hop List

Spellbinders Blog
Sandi MacIver
Bibi Cameron
Annie Williams
Jill Hilliard
Kelly Taylor
Jean Manis
Yasmin Diaz
Sandra Nagel
Ilina Crouse
Virginia Lu
Deborah Jenkins
Shabbir Calcuttawala
Jeanne Bobish
Rosemary Dennis
Lin Brandyberry
Karen Yagel
Jenny Colacicco >>>YOU ARE HERE!
Jessica Vasher >>>GO HERE NEXT!
Melody Rupple
Birgit Norton
Alanna Moses
Lee Ann Barrett
Rebecca Keppel