Thursday, July 11, 2024

Spellbinders' Home for the Holidays July 2024

Welcome back!  As promised, I have a few cards lovingly made using Spellbinders' Home for the Holidays collection that just released!  I was really happy to be invited to play with a few products from the collection and even happier when their gift included some of their newest Betterpress items!

First up, some very CAS very simple cards to allow all the brilliance of these plates shine ... and you had to know there would be a little grey involved, right?  Let's start with their set that includes TWO plates:  Night and Day Pines...


I'll attempt to explain the difference between the plates:


The Day plate on the left 'presses' the ink/pine boughs into the paper.
The plate on the right or the Night plate presses the inked background into the paper and leaves the pine boughs white - think 'covered with snow!'


Night... and Day...


I just couldn't bring myself to cover much of that detail.  


Spellbinders' Sending Joy Sentiments to the rescue! 

[may I just say warn you - you will be seeing A LOT of these]


Last but certainly not least Color Mix Joy:


This set of plates comes with several sentiment plates and an acetate guide for alignment in a fun 'stacked' configuration ... but I couldn't help myself - I lined them up [pressing the j and y first then the o] straight and fussy cut the whole shebang making a 'button' out of the tiddle!
Another beautiful Day pressing for the background and one of the
four sentiments from Sending Joy.  The Poinsettia and pine boughs are
from SB Holiday Blooms 2022.

And there you have it!  My Spellbinders Home for the Holidays cards!  Hope you enjoyed them and want to see all the other products from the collection HERE.
=] Michele

15 comments:

Birgit said...

Beautiful!! Love the oversized JOY!!

LeAnne said...

Wow! Those double plates really make an "impressive" card, no pun intended! Love that effect! All of them are just beautiful!

HilaryJane said...

You have succeeded in showcasing those plates beautifully. that night and day thing is very clever xx

JoAnn said...

Beautiful cards with those plate. Love your Joy card. TFS

Lisa Elton said...

Day or night I'm loving the joy these brought me today!! Fabulous, my friend!!

lostinpaper said...

VERY elegant my friend!

TK said...

Wonderful cards, and I'm with you -- don't cover those plates up too much, they're gorgeous! Love that one is embossed and the other de-bossed! Oh Yes! Those sentiments -- uh huh!!!

Jeanne said...

So very lovely! Congratulations again. So many fun products for you to play with. Thanks for sharing with us!

Bonnie said...

What a great presentation of these products, Michele! Guess what's going on my wish list? I love the serenity of the gray and white! A perfect monochromatic look!

Bobby said...

Everything we went through to get the pines embossing folder and now these come out. They look fabulous as CAS cards, Michele, and in either the Day or Night format. Your fussy cutting on the JOY is spot on.

Cat Craig said...

Gorgeous playtime here Michele.

Marcia Hill said...

These are all BEAUTIFUL Michele and you did Spellbinders proud by making their new releases SHINE! Lovely, lovely cards!! Hugs. :0)

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

Holy smoke! These pine plates are gorgeous, and of course, you have showcased them so beautifully. Those sentiments are fabulous too. Sigh. I need another job.

Linda Callahan said...

Fabulous holiday cards! My brain could never keep those plates straight - but you have it mastered!

Kim S said...

Wow! Those plates create amazing dimension!