Spellbinders Spring blog Hop and Giveaway (Day 4)

Hi there!

Welcome to day four of the Spellbinders Spring Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Today I have a card to share that was inspired by something that has always reminded me of spring; eyelet lace. I think it might be because I always seem to have an Easter dress that was trimmed in it. For whatever reason, I love the stuff and was thrilled when I discovered I could mimic the look in paper by using my Edgeabilities dies from Spellbinders™ Paper Arts.

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts Supplies:

• Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine 
• E8-006    Classic Petal
• S5-086    Bitty Blossoms
• S4-190    Labels Four
• EL-006    Mystic

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• Penny Black-Happiness 4185F

Cross Promotional Partners:

• Melissa Frances-Minerva patterned paper, Hope Chest patterned paper, Pure silver glass glitter, Ivory crepe paper
• WorldWin-Ivory cardstock
• GCD Studios-Donna Salazar Mixed Media Stax
• Clearsnap-ColorBox Glacier Ice, Chestnut pigment ink
• Elmers-Foam Tape
• Beacon-3-in-1 Craft Adhesive

Other: Twill ribbon

To start I used the Classic Petal Edgeabilities to cut and emboss the bottom edge of a piece of kraft cardstock. 

Next I began to create the eyelet look layer by using the Classic Petal Edgeabilities to cut the bottom off a slightly shorter piece of ivory cardstock. I then used the heart insert to cut a pattern right next to the bottom edge and the other insert in the set right above that.

To create the pattern I wanted I removed the insert after cutting flipped it upside down and inserted the holes right back into the holes that were cut. This creates a mirror image with a single role of holes in the center. I then adhere the cream cardstock on top of the kraft I cut earlier.

The glittered insert was created by using the Classic Petal Edgeabilities to again cut the edge from a smaller piece of kraft cardstock, and add adhesive and glitter from the bottom edge to about an inch up.

Next I cut the bottom edge from one last square of ivory cardstock and used the Mystic M-Bossabilities folder to emboss it and adhere the glittered strip to the bottom edge.

To complete the panel adhere the glittered embossed piece to the eyelet piece.

For the sentiment I cut and embossed a piece of patterned paper with the Labels Four die, stamped my sentiment and used my die as a stencil to ink the inside edges.

I decided to add a few flowers for embellishment and to create them I used my bitty blossom dies to cut two flowers from crepe paper, rolled them up and added a spot of glitter to the center.

To finish the embellishment, I cut, embossed and inked a few leaves with the Bitty Blossoms dies, then added my flowers to the center.

Finally I wrapped the panel with a piece of twill ribbon and adhered it to a card base created from patterned paper. I then added my sentiment, a bow and my flower and leaf embellishment.

All finished and perfect for a springtime wedding!

The Spellbinders™ Spring Blog Hop will begin April 30th, and will end on May 5th, 2012. It consists of 16 individual and one grand prize drawings.  Enter the Spellbinders™ Spring Blog Hop by visiting the participating blogs each day.

From each Blog Hop post, click on the Blog Hop "Enter HERE" at the end of each blog to open the entry form. You may only enter once from each blog each day.

Spellbinders™ will randomly draw one winner from each participating blog to receive all of that day’s products. The Grand Prize Winner will be randomly drawn from the pool of entrants that sent entry forms from each and every participating blog during the 48 hours each blog was open. For the full list of official rules please click RULES.

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Thanks so much for joining me today! Please be sure to visit the other amazing designers participating in today's hop for more inspiration and more chances to win ;)

Yvonnne Van de Grijp

Tina McDonald

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