Debbie's Dash of This and That: Spellbinders

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Thursday, August 6, 2026

You're a blessing - C4G #282

Hi! It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz! I hope you're enjoying your summer! I've got a summer scene to share with our theme of "blue skies."

I dry embossed the sky with Sizzix Cloudy Day. My tree is Spellbinders Delightful Tree. My sentiment is Echo Park Better With You.

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Poinsettia greetings - SSC #187

Hello! It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! Our theme is clean and simple. I have to admit that this is one of the most difficult for me to make, but I think I was able to create a card with lots of white space. :)

My panel was embossed with Spellbinders Scenic Poinsettia 3D embossing folder. My poinsettia is Poppystamps Delicate Poinsettias. My sentiment is Raisin Boat Formal Phrases.

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Sunflower birthday - C4G #277

Hi! It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz! Our theme for this challenge is "brown and green with twine/ribbon." I used to put ribbon or twine on ALL of my cards, so this was a good chance to get them out again... (I know, I also have some yellow.)

My card was inspired by THIS CARD.

Supplies:
*Carta Bella Fall Fun paper
*Cheapo Dies Stitched Banners
*Sizzix Thinlits Essential Type letters
*Spellbinders Layered Script Sentiments "birthday"
*Ribbon and twine from my stash

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Thursday, April 2, 2026

You're in my thoughts - C4G #273

Hi! It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz! Spring has been officially here for a couple of weeks, but our weather obviously missed the memo! We'll have a warm spring day one day, and the temp drops 40 degrees (F) the next! :P

All that to say that our theme is "spring flowers." Let's make it look like spring at least! LOL

(This looks so much better IRL!!!)

My flowers are Spellbinders Roses and Thorns. I inked them ever so lightly. My sentiment is from Poppystamps Art Deco Birthday Greetings. It is a little hard to see in the pic, but I scored the bottom of my panel every 1/8" below the flowers. I was inspired by this card...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3WkQpe3lw&t=1547s

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Thinking of you - C4G #271

Hi! It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz! I got to choose the theme for this challenge, and as I LOVE all forms of embossing, that's our theme. Dry embossing or heat embossing, we want to see it all. I used both on my embossed card...

Spring is coming, so I wanted something fun and bright. I dry embossed the yellow polka dot panel with Spellbinders Poinsettias 3D embossing folder. With the bright colors and inking, you might not have noticed that my flowers were poinsettias. We can use all sorts of our supplies for things other than their intended purpose. :) I fussy cut one of the extra flowers and popped it up.
My heat embossed/die cut sentiment is Creative Worship Script Sentiments.

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas March - must dry emboss and/or die cut with manual machine

Word Art Wednesday #742-743 - AG family friendly

The Paper Shelter #666 - AG w/ opt twist embossing

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Monday, December 1, 2025

Embossed Christmas - SCC #179

HAPPY DECEMBER 1st!! It's only 24 days until CHRISTMAS!!!

And it's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! :) Our theme is "poinsettia" for this challenge.

Here's my poinsettia card...

This was a fun card to make! I used 3 techniques on my green panel. I dry embossed it with Darice Basket Weave. Then I inked up the flat/debossed side of Spellbinders Poinsettia 3D EF with white ink and 3D embossed the panel. The original embossing flattens a little, but it is still visible and gives some texture. And the inking really makes the poinsettias pop! I added a bit of gold ink to the center of the flowers. My sentiment is Hero Arts Merry Stamp & Cut.

I think this is my favorite card I've made all year!! It is very similar to a card I made while participating in Justine Hovey's 12 Days of Christmas Cards this year. Click HERE to see that post. It's card #3 on day 4.

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Warmest wishes for Christmas - SCC #178

Hello! It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! This month, our theme is "festive wear." Unfortunately, I don't have an ugly sweater stamp, so I went with hats. :)

I dry embossed the BG paper with Darice Snowflake Swirl, then swiped white pigment ink over it. My hats are made from a trimmed Spellbinders Classic Oval die, a handcut piece embossed with Cuttlebug Distress Stripes for the band, and the pompom is 3 snowflakes from SSS Build a Snowman. My sentiment is from that set, too.

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Saturday, September 20, 2025

12 days of Christmas cards 2025

Last year, Justine Hovey shared wonderful card making ideas in her 12 Days of Christmas cards. I tried most of them and you can check out my post HERE. She did it again this year, and here are the cards I made this time.

I will share her inspiration card then my take on it.

Day 1 - Justine's inspiration

My card... This one is a shaker card.

Hobby Lobby paper
Poppystamps Joy die
Kraftin' Kimmie Nativity Sentiments "to the world"
Echo Park O Holy Night star die
Spellbinders sequins

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Day 2 - Justine's inspiration

My card... This is so cool! The card base is vellum! The front is dry embossed. It is given strength and stability by adding die cut shapes to all 4 surfaces of the card.

Sizzix 3D Snowflakes embossing folder
Kat Scrappiness Wavy Wonky Stitched Rectangles
Echo Park O Holy Night
Echo Park Snowflake Ornament Trio
Snowflake punch

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Day 3 - Justine's inspiration

My card... This is a fun hexagon card that stands up.

Cuttlebug Heritage embossing folder
Poppystamps Adelaide Snowflakes
Spellbinders Snowflakes
Pink & Main Merry Christmas

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Day 4 - Justine's inspiration

My cards... (matching the above cards from lower left going clockwise)

#1 - I don't have ink sprays, so I put distress oxide ink on my glass mat, sprayed it with water, and smooshed the cardstock into it to make the backgrounds.

Poppystamps Circling Frame cover plate (since the holes are large, I popped out several pieces then adhered it to another background.
Poppystamps Adelaide Snowflakes
Cut Noel mini die (this doesn't have a frame die, so I traced the die with a pencil and cut a frame. Rather than do that with vellum, too, as Justine did, I added a couple of black layers to make the white sentiment stand out against the white.
AND... I realized as I was glueing the front to the card that this sentiment, etc., was supposed to go on the embossed front. Oops! LOL

#2 -

Cuttlebug Teresa Collins Timeless embossing folder
Alphabet from Cheapo Dies
Adhesive pearls

#3 - I love, love, love this one!!!

Spellbinders Scenic Poinsettia 3D embossing folder
Hero Arts Merry Stamp & Cut

#4 -

Darice LG snowflake. (It is silver though it looks brown in the pic.)
Pink & Main Merry Christmas
Vellum
Adhesive pearls

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Day 5 - Justine's inspiration

My card... This card showed me that I need new inks or some re-inkers! I could not get the color any darker even though I tried 5 different greens! :P

Various green inks blended using mint tape
Spellbinders Postage Squares
Poppystamps Grosgrain Ribbon
Colorado Craft Merry Everything sentiment

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Day 6 - Justine's inspiration

My card... I do not like how this one turned out, and I debated about sharing it, but here it is.

Darice Snow Globe
These are from one of the very first sets I bought about 15 yrs ago when I started paper crafting, and I have no idea where I got them... probably a Joann clearance bin. LOL
TH Snowfall Grit Paste

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Day 7 - Justine's inspiration

My card... after multiple failed attempts to create a card like this one, I gave up.

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Day 8 - Justine's inspiration

My card... same issue as last card. All attempts at using a border die have failed.

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Day 9 - Justine's inspiration

My card ...

Snowflakes from Gina K Tiny Wreath Builder Bundle
Echo Park Merry Christmas

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Day 10 - Justine's inspiration

My card...

MFT O Christmas Tree stamps and dies
Concord & 9th Yuletide Ornaments sentiment

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Day 11 - Justine's inspiration

My card...

DCWV Hippie Chic glitter paper
Echo Park Christmas Lights
Concerned & 9th Yuletide Ornaments sentiment
Poppystamps Little Bow and String

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Day 12 - Justine's inspiration

My card... I do not have any quad stencils, so no card based on this.

I do like her cards and may attempt something like this by making my own stencils on my Circuit or by using stamps and/or dies with masking sheets.

If you like what you see, check out "Justine Hovey's Crafty Card Corner" group on Facebook. It's a great community of talented and encouraging crafters!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Snowflake Christmas - TMS #784

Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! We had a couple of inches of snow last week, so I was in a snowy mood when I made this card. I love snow!! :)

My plaid paper is Carta Bella A Wonderful Christmas. I stamped Echo Park Musical Notes Background in white pigment ink. My snowflakes are cut from a shimmery silver paper using Sweet n Sassy Small Snowflakes, Spellbinder Snowflakes, Poppystamps Adelaide Snowflakes, and a couple of punches. My sentiment is from Raisin Boat Formal Phrases.

Here's our sketch...

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Donna

Melissa

Patti
Walter

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

12 Days of Christmas Cards - 2024

Warning: this is a long post with quite a few pics! But it's worth the scroll, I assure you. ;)

I participated in Justine Hovey's 12 Days of Christmas Cards this year. I tried to recreate each one with the supplies that I had but missed a couple. Here are my takes on her cards...

Day 1 - Justine's inspiration...

I didn't get one made for day 1 because I didn't have either a stamp or die that I thought was anything close to what she used. I could have adjusted the card, but didn't have the time to do so.

Day 2 - Justine's inspiration...

My card...

Hobby Lobby Wintergreen DP
Poppystamps Snowflake Background
Pink and Main Merry Christmas

Day 3 - Justine's inspiration...

My card... this is my absolute favorite of them all! It's so beautiful IRL!!!

Spellbinders 3D Scenic Poinsettias EF
Poppystamps Delicate Poinsettias (smallest flower)
Free sentiment die from ??
Poppystamps Orchard Leaves (could have cut another flower in gold and used it, but had these adhered before I thought of that)
TH Small Tattered Flowers + center from SnSS Small Snowflakes

Day 4 - Justine's inspiration...