Hi all! Today I’m so excited to be participating in a blog hop celebrating the gorgeous May 2021 Club Kits from Spellbinders. If you’re a new visitor to my blog, I’m Annie and I love all things paper – handmade cards, gifts, and home décor. You should have arrived here from Bibi’s blog, but if this is your first stop, you can click here to start back at the beginning. Don’t forget to leave a comment on the blog for a chance to win a $50 store credit for Spellbinders products!
I never got a chance to use the beautiful stitched flower dies from this month’s Large Die of the Month Kit, so I decided to go back and create a card with them today. After cutting them out of white cardstock, I thought I would try a little ink blending before stitching. For the leaves, I blended Squeezed Lemonade and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink over them with a sponge dauber and then stitched them with a slightly darker green thread. For the flowers, I blended Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, and Abandoned Coral Distress Ink over them before adding a medium orange or dark coral thread to them.
The beautiful sentiment from this month’s Clear Stamp of the Month Kit was stamped onto white cardstock with Versamark Ink and embossed in gold before cutting it out with the second largest die from the Picot Petite Ovals die set. I added a shadow layer behind this panel cut out of Mirror Gold Cardstock for another touch of warm gold.
After trimming a piece of Waterfall Cardstock to 4″ x 5.25″, I embossed it with the Simply Perfect Florets Embossing Folder before adhering it to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with foam adhesive. Then I added the decorative oval in the center and popped the stitched flowers and leaves around the bottom with foam adhesive.
I hope you enjoyed this bright birthday card made with the May 2021 Large Die of the Month Kit. Keep on hopping for tons of inspiration using the kits and a chance to win store credit for Spellbinders products! Your next stop is Becky’s blog, but here’s the entire list in case you’ve missed a stop or need to start back at the beginning:
Spellbinders Blog
Becca Feeken
Tina Smith
Desiree Kuemmerle
Sandi MacIver
Bibi Cameron
Annie Williams (you are here)
Becky Roberts (next stop on the hop)
Yasmin Diaz
Jennifer Snyder
Marie Heiderscheit
Jill Hilliard
Ilina Crouse
Dilay Nacar
Jean Manis
Rosemary Dennis
Norine Borys
Betty Wright
Jenny Colacicco
Emily Leiphart
Natasha Vacca
Vera Yates
Amanda Stevens
Kathy Clement
GIVEAWAY DETAILS
To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, May 23rd, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Tuesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, 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.
And, if you missed any of my other May 2021 Club Kit projects, click the links below for more information!
May 2021 Large Die of the Month Kit
May 2021 Clear Stamp & Small Die of the Month Kits
Supplies Used:
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 Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Kit Shop at: SPL |
 Clear Stamp of the Month Kit Shop at: SPL |
 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit Shop at: SPL |
 Spellbinders Glimmer Kit of the Month Shop at: SPL |
 Spellbinders Value Clubs Shop at: SPL |
 Picot Petite Oval Dies Shop at: SB | SBP | SPL |
 Simply Perfect Florets Embossing Folder Shop at: SB | SBP | SPL |
 Mirror Gold Cardstock Shop at: SPL |
 Waterfall Cardstock Shop at: SPL |
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Shop at: SB | CCS |
 Mowed Lawn Distress Ink Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Dried Marigold Distress Ink Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Abandoned Coral Distress Ink Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Versamark Ink Shop at: SB |
 Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SB | HA |
 Sponge Daubers Shop at: SB |
 Zig Two-Way Glue Pen Shop at: SB | SBP |
 ATG Tape Runner Shop at: SB |
 Foam Squares Shop at: SB |
 Cutterbee Scissors Shop at: SB | SBP |
So beautiful!
Love those stitched flowers with that frame. Lovely.
This is so cute!
Beautiful card. Great idea to blend the flower with inks first.
I especially love the oval and flowers – TFS have a blessed day!
Such a bright and pretty card!
SO cute to add stitched details. I love this look.
I love the way the flowers came out. It almost appears variegated. Very nice touch with the embossed color background, makes those flowers pop. TFS
Genius to color the flowers and leaves before embroidering them; just adds such depth with the shading. The layout is perfect and makes a card anyone would be overjoyed to receive!
Just lovely. I really like how you blended the distress inks on your cardstock before the stitching, it gives them a more natural, realistic feel.
Such a gorgeous card!!
I like the blended inks, too! So pretty!
Really beautiful card, Annie! Love the way you inked the flowers first – it really sets it all off so nicely!
Beautiful card!
Love your color choices. They go together so beautifully.
Omg I just love this card. The colors are so bright and cheering. Can’t wait for my die to
Come. Thanks for your awesome inspiration.
Thank you for this great card idea with the large die May club; the coloring of the card stock before stitching is a wonderful way to use the thread to add a little pop and dimension without having to stitch the whole flower and leaf.
Gorgeous stitching! I LOVE how the flowers are arranged on the edge!
Gorgeous, the ink blending was the right touch. Thanks for the inspiration!
Such a pretty card. I really love the oval shape in the background.
Beautiful stitching!
Gorgeous! I love the shading on the flowers… so pretty with the stitching. Thank you for the inspiration!
Oh my these cards are just beautiful ! Love how you added ink shading before embroidering – just gorgeous!
Lovely cards! Love the way you used the embroidery dies.
Love the tropical feel.
So lovely!
Absolutely beautiful! I loved how you ink blended color on the flowers as well as the embroidery really gives them a lot of dimension. Thank you for sharing
I was stitching those flowers as I watched this and was thinking how I needed to ink it to cut the white down.
I really like your color choices! So much texture on the card! I love it!
I love the coloring of your card. So pretty!
Beautiful card. I love the colors and the detail of the embossing.
Using those stitched dies by cutting the flowers apart is genius.
This is just so pretty and I love the stitching.
This is just so pretty and I adore the stitching. Takes me back
to when I used to cross stitch.
Love the colors and cards.
Oh my gosh, I love the stitched flowers! What a beautiful card!
Fabulous layering and colors! I love these gorgeous flowers!
Oh WOW!!! I love how you used color with the stitching!! I absolutely HAVE TO try this. Now to buy some thread…
well done! Those flowers are so pretty!
So pretty!
I always forget to ink my papers and it really makes the flower stand out more! Thank you for the inspiration!
Beautiful Card!!
The flowers turned out so delicate. Love this card!
Love the card.
A very pretty card, I love what you have done with the flowers too.
Pretty card!
I love this!! I really like the inking before embordering the flowers. beautifully done. thank you
I love the version of your stitched card. The bright colors are beautiful!
Beautiful card. The ink blending on the flowers is awesome! Thank you for sharing your work.
Sooooo beautiful….. love your coloring of the flowers before the stitching! Okay…..More for my want list! My grandma would have loved the stitchery!