Susan's Garden Collection for Spellbinders - 3 Cards

Hi friends. I was thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog this weekend and am now sharing my projects here. For this post, I will be using stamps and dies from the Susan’s Garden Favorites collection from Spellbinders. I just love the dimensional looks you can get from all of Susan’s florals and these new dies are no exception. To get the most out of these dies, I highly recommend using Susan’s Garden Ultimate Tool Kit. This set of tools makes creating your dimensional florals so easy.

Here's a shot of all 3 cards I made.

For my first card, I used the gorgeous Trillium die set. To create my card, I started by following the tutorial on the Spellbinders YouTube channel for this set. I started by die cutting all my dies from white card stock and then colored them with Copic markers. After my florals were created, I sat them aside and took the PinstripeBracket Card Builder glimmer plate set and glimmered it onto the Spellbinders GlimmerSpecialty Cardstock with Bright Pink foil. 

This paper foils like a dream and I highly recommend it. I trimmed my foiled panel down and rounded the two right corners. I added it with foam tape to a grey A2 card base. I then stamped one of the sentiments from the Garden Favorites Sentiments stamp set and stamped it with grey ink onto a piece of white card stock that I die cut from the Essential Circles die set. I added it to the card and then arranged my florals and leaves.

For my next card, I chose to work with the beautiful Sunflower with Ladybugs die set. I created a set of three sunflowers, again using the tutorial on the Spellbinders YouTube channel. I started with white die cuts and then added color with my Copic markers. I then took some Distress Oxide spray in Wild Honey to add on additional color and texture. I formed my flowers and then added the centers with the dies that I cut from brown card stock.

I used the Scattered Dot Pattern glimmer plate and foiled a piece of white card stock using Teal foil. I then die cut this panel using the largest two dies from the Nestabilities Essential Rectangles die set and added it with foam tape to my white A2 card base. I added my sunflowers to the card and then stamped a sentiment from the Garden Favorites Sentiments set with brown ink. I trimmed around it and added it to my card with foam tape.

For my last card, I used the lovely Bearded Iris die collection again using the tutorial on YouTube. I created a trio of florals again with several leaves. I love the look of this floral. Again, I started with white die cuts for the flowers and added Copic markers to give the color. For the leaves, I started with a green card stock to create those. I then took the Diagonal Glimmer Stripes glimmer plate and foiled it using Teal foil onto the Specialty Glimmer Cardstock from Spellbinders. 

I die cut the panel using the largest die from the Nestabilities Essential Labels die set. I then added it with foam tape to a white A2 card base. I then stamped the happy birthday sentiment from the Garden Favorites Sentiments stamp set and trimmed it to fit my panel and popped it up with foam tape. I then arranged my florals and leaves.

I hope you've been inspired today. I'd love to hear if you've given any of Susan's floral die sets a go. They are a bit intimidating on the surface but once you start die cutting and watch the video, it's all pretty easy. 

Crafty hugs! ~ Alanna

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