Spellbinders Large Tag with Sweet Serenade Notecards by Becca Feeken

I've used Graphic 45's 2021 Christmas Collection, Let it Snow,  to fashion this oh so pretty large tag using Spellbinders Flourished Sonata Sweet Serenade Notecard die set.  Not only does this die set make beautiful slimline cards, it also works great on large tags.  I've used a large chipboard tag (5.5" x 10") from Creative Embellishments as my base.

I layered a base die-cut (green) and flourish die-cut (red) from the Flourish Sonata die set on the tag.

Look at the detailed cut outs on the flourishes.  I love how the paper underneath peeks through. The inside can also be cut out but I opted to not cut it out.

I stamped "every day" onto one of the tags from the design paper using the Just A Note Sentiments and Tag stamp set that works so nicely with this die set.

You can really dress up and  give your tags and cards character by using different die-cuts.  I love the cut out designs that just can't be done by hand.

To add a snowy effect to the tag, I added Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel around the edge of the tag and heat set.  I love that snowy look!

Spellbinders Products Used to Create this Card

Flourished Sonata Notecard Etched Dies from Sweet Serenade Notecards Collection by Becca Feeken 

Just a Note Sentiments & Tag Clear Stamp & Die Set from Sweet Serenade Notecards Collection by Becca Feeken

You can view all the Sweet Serenade Collection here

Other Products

Graphic 45 Let It Snow Collection

Stampendous - Frantage - Embossing Enamels - Shabby White

Creative Embellishments Large Tags

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Maggi xoxo

Cookbook for Creative Embellishments

Did you know I have two hobbies, one is paper crafting, the other is cooking.  I love to cook for other people and make a big mess in the kitchen (I don't like cleaning it up so much 😂) So every year since 2011 (except that bad year 2020 😣) my scrappy bff's have arrived on my doorstep with two tons of scrappy "stuff", a pair of pj's and their appetites waiting for some Maggi Camp home cooking.

We decided that a recipe book of camp dishes was necessary.  I am the only obsessed cook in the crowd so I don't expect this cookbook to get used alot.  One of the gals said she would give the recipe to her SIL to make for her. LOL!!!! 

Well anyway, here it is.  I used Graphic 45's Farmhouse Collection to make the cookbook and lots of great chippies from Creative Embellishments.

The gang!

I used Wood Veneer Recipe Words throughout the cookbook.  I left them in their natural state as they looked great on the cookbook as is.

They were too large to fit on the tabs I had but I decided that didn't matter.  The tabs divide the sections and help turn the pages.  I thought the titles worked well just beneath the tabs.

...or at the bottom of the page.

Yes, "from my kitchen to yours", its the perfect quote for a cookbook, or a food gift.  I heat embossed the words with black and mustard embossing powders.

I am a firm believer that good food makes for a good life!

Front and back covers.

From Creative Embellishments

 Recipe Words - Wood Veneers

good Food, good Life - Words

From my Kitchen to yours - Words

Other

Graphic 45 - Farmhouse Collection - 8 x 8 Paper Pad

Graphic 45 - Farmhouse Collection - Chipboard

The Cinch - used to bind to book

Does anyone use a cookbook these days?  I had a bookcase full of them but gave 90% of them away when we moved.  When I am looking for a recipe I usually run to my computer.  Of course I have my Mom's 4 recipe boxes and in there I know are some treasured recipes from my childhood.  I really need to go through them and organize!

Thanks for stopping by today!  

xoxo Maggi

New Large Tags from Creative Embellishments

Ohhhh check out this new flourish tag!  I totally love this tag!!  I painted the top layer of the tag first with clear gesso and then used oxide inks to color and blend.  Then I cut the witch out from the signature page of Midnight Tales to fit behind the top tag layer.  Then I just glued on the backing making a nice sturdy tag suitable for home decor.

It's a 2 piece large tag, measuring 5 1/2" x 10". I sandwiched paper from Graphic 45's new Halloween collection, Midnight Tales, between to two tag layers to create a fun and spooky scene.

At the bottom of the tag I heat embossed two Witchy Pumpkins and nestled them among some fussy cuts and epemera from the Midnight Tales collection.

I painted embossing ink on the Witchy Pumpkins rather than dabbing so that I could preserve the etched pumpkin's  eyes and mouth.  

The Owl on Branch is simply painted with black acrylic paint giving just a silhouette in the moon light and is glued over the tag..

 

There are 3 different flourish tags, check them out!

Creative Embellishments Chipboard

Flourish Tag set 2

Witchy Pumpkins

Owl on Branch

Other Supplies

Graphic 45 - Midnight Tales Collection 12 x 12 Collection Pack

Graphic 45 - Midnight Tales Collection Ephemera Assortment

Tim Holtz Oxide Ink

Stampendous - Embossing Powder Kit - Autumn Fling 

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New Eileen Hull Dies and Stamps - Sizzix Chapter 4

Lots to share with you today including some things that were in Eileen's blog hop last week.  

Let's start with the fabulous Sweater Embossing Folder.  Oh how I love this embossing folder!   The detail that pops out when using this embossing folder is just amazing!

Looks just like a knitted glove!

To make the glove, I die cut a glove using Eileen's Mitten Box Scoreboard die from Core'dinations Color Core cardstock.

Now a BIG WORD about embossing with this folder! This is a 3D Textured Embossing Folder and uses a DIFFERENT sandwich than most texture folders. Ok, not being a smart a** here but pay attention 'cause this is important. The sandwich for a Vagabond is: platform, embossing folder, cutting pad. (That's probably the sandwich for your machine too BUT verify that before cutting.) JUST ONE CUTTING PAD. I am "yelling" because I have broken not 1, but 2 Vagabonds using the WRONG sandwich. (yeah stupid me!!)  Please be careful!  I have a written note taped right beside my diecutting machines, telling me the CORRECT SANDWICH  And after all that, I still did it wrong and broke my machine!!! It's so easy to get in the automatic mode and not pay attention to what you are doing.  I suspect that it is much easier to break an electric machine than a manual machine as I think you would feel the resistance more with a manual machine and not force the folder in but with the Vagabond, when I realized it was the wrong sandwich, it had already gone "bang, pop",  uh oh, WTH, yikes machine broke!

Here's some additional information about the 3D folders, click here. (Textured Fades = Textured Impressions)

Ok enough lecture, 😆!  To get a really good embossed impression, first mist the embossing folder, top and bottom. 

Then place the die-cut glove inside the embossing folder. I didn't want the cable stitch on the glove's cuff so I positioned the glove in the embossing folder such that the cuff was sticking outside the folder. After properly positioning, run it through your die cut machine 3 times.  That helps get a really great embossed image.

Let the embossed paper dry before doing anything else to it.  (You can use your heat gun to dry quickly.)  After my glove was dry, I lightly sanded over the embossing to bring out the knitted stitch. I think my glove has a heather blue appearance now.

To make the card, I just placed the glove over a Stamperia journaling card and fussy cut some flowers. I placed that on a scalloped die-cut of coordinating of card stock and adhered to a card that is 4 1/8" x 5 3/4".

The finished card.

Eileen Hull Designs Products Used

Sizzix ScoreBoards L Die - Mitten Box

Sizzix 3-D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Sweater

The Bigz Notebook Die

Now let's take a look at the Bigz Notepad die. This is great to make little gifts or favors as the notepad measures 3 5/8" x 4 3/8". I used Graphic 45's Come One, Come All collection to embellish the Notepad.

It's a great size to hold Post-it notes so I filled mine with the sizes I used the most. The Notepad also includes closure and pen holder tabs but I didn't need those.  The Notepad stays nicely closed when used with Post-it Notes.

You could also use this for a small notebook! Just diecut a bookbinding insert with  Eileen's Bookbinding and Label thinlit set.

Products Used

Sizzix ScoreBoards Die - Notepad by Eileen Hull

Graphic 45 - Come One, Come All! Collection - Journaling Cards

Graphic 45 - Come One, Come All! Collection - 12 x 12 Solids and Patterns Pack

The Heart Mandala Die

Did you know Eileen has a new line of stamps out?  I made this card using stamps from her latest release and the newly released thinlit die, The Heart Mandala.

I stamped the flowers onto mixed media paper and then used watercolors to color them.  Remember Eileen's Bookmark, Tag & Pocket Framelits die set?  The "Create With Abandon" is stamped onto the tag and then turned upside down.

I was feeling very bright on the day I made this so I just used some miscellaneous papers from my stash. "Be Kind" and "Explore" are stamped onto die cuts using the Eileen's Sizzix Framelits Die Set  Bookplate, Hinges & Label. (This one has been discontinued)

Skip to the beginning of the images gallerySizzix Framelits Bookplate, Hinges & Label by Eileen Hull

Products Used

Sizzix Thinlits Die - Heart Mandala by Eileen Hull

Eileen Hull Stamps by Maker Forte: 

Wonderful World of Flowers

Snail Mail- Inspire stamp set

If you made it this far, thanks for sticking with me!  These new products along with the fabulous Full Size Journal make this the best Eileen Hull release ever!!

In case you missed the Full Size Journal release, here's a link: 

Eileen Hull Designs and The Crafter's Workshop Collaboration

 Eileen's team has teamed up with The Crafters Workshop (TCW) this month and I've created this fun and vibrant canvas.

The canvas is 6" x  6."  To make the background I placed TCW's Starflower Net (stencil 945s) on my canvas and applied Gamboge Stencil Butter covering about half the canvas.  Then I applied Marigold Stencil Butter on the other half of the canvas, blending the two colors in the center, creating a color fade from orange to yellow.  The stncil butter is so nice and smooth and goes on like, well, butter!

Next I added Dyan Reaveley washi tape across the canvas and also around the edge to create a "frame." 

Time for some stamping.  I stamped a flower from Eileen's Maker Forte Wonderful World of Flowers set onto plain paper and colored with Tombow markers.  Then I fussy cut the flower and popped it up in the corner.  

I always use Archival Ink when I'm stamping as I can then color in the stamp without fear of the black ink smearing or running into the colored ink.

I used an older Eileen die from the Framelits Die Set - Bookplate, Hinges & Label to cut a scalloped circle and then stamped in the center with a stamp from Eileen's Maker Forte Snail Mail Inspiration set.

The butterfly is a stamp from TCW's Beautiful Sentiments stamp set that I colored with Tombow pens and fussy cut.

That's it!  This was such a fun collaboration, it's always great to try new products.  I loved The Crafters Workshop stencil butters, check them out here: TCW Stencil Butter  There are so many things you can do with these besides make a canvas; they's work so well on any of Eileen's journal covers, or on a layout.  In my caswe, they made a perfect background for Eileen's new stamps.  The possibilities are endless.

Products Used

The Crafter's Workshop - Stencil Butter - Gamboge

The Crafter's Workshop - Stencil Butter - Marigold

The Crafter's Workshop - Clear Photopolymer Stamps - Beautiful Sentiments

The Crafter's Workshop Stencil 945s - Starflower Net

Maker Forte for Eileen Hull Wonderful World of Flowers

Maker Forte for Eileen Hull Snail Mail- Inspire stamp set

Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black

Ranger Ink - Dylusions Washi Tape - Set 4

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Bookplate, Hinges & Label by Eileen Hull

October Amazing Paper Grace Die from Spellbinders

 Ready for some vampire love?  The Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is so pretty and romantic.  It immediately made me think of a wedding or anniversary card.  But being October my head just can't do pretty love, this month is all about Halloween and spooky things!

Images of the die set.

But still, I was kind of hung up on the romantic feel of these dies and so here you have it folks, Vampire Love! Well you know Halloween has to be a great day for vampires right?  I thought this card was just right for the occasion!

Look at all the beautiful scroll details in the center.  The small flowers were made with dies included in this month's set while the large flower is a purchased bloom.

And, all the beautiful scroll work in the corners.

Best of all, is the pretty shape of this card.  Included in this die set, is a die that allows you to cut a shaped card.  That really adds a layer of sophistication to your card!

I don't know whether to save this card for Valentines or Halloween.  Either way, I know my sweetheart will love it!

Join the Amazing Paper Grace (APG) Die of the Month Club and receive an expertly designed die set each month, complete with inspiration. Plus, members get store savings, extra deals, gifts, and more. Click Here to learn more about club membership.  You can get this month's die here.

Happy scrapping!

xxoo 

Maggi

New Eileen Hull Sizzix Chapter 4 Release

The Chapter 4 Sizzix Release is exciting for so many reasons- there are two never-done-before designs! One is the Full Size Journal which is a Bigz Pro size- you will need a machine with at least a 9" throat to cut this die- like a Big Shot Plus or Pro. Not to worry- if you don't have that machine, Eileen will have the pre-cut pieces available in her Etsy store for you to work with. The other new technology is a 3D Embossing Folder! It's called Sweater and is oh so cozy. Also new this release is a Bigz Notepad die with lots of options for materials and uses, and a Heart Mandala Thinlits to decorate with!

There is a GIVEAWAY too- leave a comment on each of the designers' blog posts and you will be entered to win one of the new dies! Another prize will be given to someone who attends and comments in the Release Party Facebook Live.

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I have lots to share with you today so grab you favorite snack and settle in!

The Full Size Journal 

First up-, The Full Size Journal, I am absolutely loving it!  It's already my favorite sized journal for making mini albums, measuring 6" x 8 3/4" and nearly 2" thick.  There's so much room on each page for photos and journaling. I used Graphic 45's new Halloween collection, Midnight Tales, to craft this mini. 

Scroll down a ways and I have a flip through video of the mini showing you all the pages and giving you some background information.

Flip-Through Video

On the left, at the bottom, I made two pockets using Eileen's Pocet die from the Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers set.  Then I added a cut-apart over the two pockets in the center.

I made a waterfall page using Eileen's recently released Waterfall & Tags set.

I made tuck spots and tucked in different sized tags made with Eileen's Waterfall & Tags set. On the right side is a Sizzix die-cut file folder, cut with a really old Sizzix steel-ruled die.

Eileen's tags.

Each page of the mini is a pocket page so I put a large G45 tag inside each page pocket.

This is a "wild and crazy" page!  Not only does it have a flip up, when you flip up the top page a fold out page is beneath.  On the right fold out flap is Eileen's needle book and in the center are more of Eileen's tags.

Needle Book, File Folder

The Bigz Notebook Die

This was made with the Bigz Notepad die. The notepad is 3 5/8" x 4 3/8".

The Heart Mandala Die

More information coming on the Notepad and Heart Mandala die in a later post!  

Eileen Hull Designs Products Used

Sizzix ScoreBoards Plus Die - Full Size Journal 

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 12PK - Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Card, Waterfall & Tags

Sizzix Needle Book (discontinued)

Sizzix ScoreBoards Die - Notepad

Sizzix Thinlits Die - Heart Mandala

Snail Mail- Inspire stamp set

Wonderful World of Flowers

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Banners & Pennants (discontinued)

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Other Products

Graphic 45 - Midnight Tales Collection - Halloween - 12 x 12 Collection Pack

Graphic 45 - Midnight Tales Collection - Halloween - 12 x 12 Patterns and Solids Paper Pad

Graphic 45 - Midnight Tales Collection - Halloween - Chipboard

Graphic 45 - Come One, Come All! Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Pack

Graphic 45 - Come One, Come All! Collection - 12 x 12 Solids and Patterns Pack