UPDATED 10-22-17: MY LUCKY WINNER IS MAUREEN! Thank you for all the delightful comments!
Hi everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you had a fantastic weekend! Welcome to the Spellbinders October 2017 Blog Hop! I'm excited to be part of this fun hop today with some of our favorite crafters and bloggers. I was very happy to get my hands on some new release products from the Spellbinders collection. I had fun creating a fall floral card to share today. Lots of bright, bold colors with a vintage twist!
Did you arrive here from my friend Yana's amazing blog? Welcome to any new readers today! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, please pop over to the official Spellbinders Blog! There are some great prizes available, and a lot of great inspiration! (I'll put the prize info at the bottom of this post).
The inspiration for my card today was Fall foliage and flowers. I am inspired by colors of Autumn – always. Bright shades of green, red, purple and gold… (oh and a little pop of teal!) I used three new Spellbinders die sets, and some of my most favorite Spellbinders stamps, along with pretty Distress Ink colors. This card was super fun to create!
I started with a cream A2 card base. I layered pretty gold/yellow paper and kraft paper and then another panel of cream. For the background I used a lovely background stamp called Dear Ruby. It's a beautiful letter! I stamped the image in Antique Linen Distress Ink to make it nice and soft. I splattered blue distress ink onto it also and then inked the edges with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress inks.
This card has lots of dimension! The flowers were attached with foam squares so they pop right off the page!
To make the flowers I started with watercolor paper and die cut out tons of leaves and flowers. The watercolor paper really stands up to inking and MORE inking! And it gives a nice texture as well.
All of the ink colors I used are below in the supply list! I used small sponge daubers to apply LOTS of color to the florals and leaves. I also used my spray bottle to add clear water to the ink to make splotches and make them look more vintage. I'm calling these colors my Fall Rainbow!! So pretty!
I added lots of Gold Enamel Dots to the card for a bit of shimmer and sparkle!
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Thank you for coming by today! I sure love having you here! Next up on the hop is one of my favorite creatives (and she's also the nicest person!) Spellbinders Designer Debi Adams. The full blog hop list is at the bottom of the post! Have a wonderful day. See you soon. XOXO
Comments
149 responses to “Spellbinders October 2017 Blog Hop!”
Love love love your choice of autumn colors. Writing them down now… 🙂
I really like that “Dear Ruby” background stamp. AMAZING card!
Your card is awesome! I really love it.
I think the theme of this hop is “I need to look again at these type of dies”! Of course, I am still trying to build a supply of basic shapes and sentiments. I never realized just how useful and wonderful these type of dies can be. And for the next direction…..Thank you so much.
Beautiful card, Wanda! Love those fall colors! I have lots of Spellbinders dies but none of the stamps yet… Love the Tiny Sentiments set you used! Have to check that out!
Beautiful card, I love the water splotching on your flowers, Great release!
Such a great pop of color on cool die cut flowers, to make someone really smile when they open the envelope!
A great card – love the colors. I really like the Little Plants Etched dies, so many uses.
Your card is Beatiful! Love everything about it!!
Love seeing you here!! That new etched leaves from Spellbinders is a must have for me. We are still on vacation so next week after I am home, order…. Love this beauty. The colors you used are delicious. Nicely done.
Absolutely love your cheerful design and colour combination. Amazing!
Beautiful card, love the colors.
I think these flowers are my favorite dies from he release. What you did with them is gorgeous.
Lovely card Wanda! I never thought of coloring my die cuts this way! I always just used colored paper! I love your technique! Thanks for opening my eyes! Great blog hop and great new dies!
How bright and cheerful! Great card!
You really out did yourself with all of those colors. It was a really fun card. Loved it!
Love how bright and happy your card is. Thank you for sharing.
Love a card that makes me smile.This bright little yummy did it.Well done.
Great card and I love the idea of coloring the die cuts with distress inks.
I love this card! Vintage yet modern too! The flowers are so lovingly colored and look stunning against the background Paper! The gold enamel dots finish it off perfectly! TFS!
Your card is lovely, and the font on the sentiment–perfection.
Such a beautiful card. Your colors are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing…
wonderful vintage effect on your card Wanda and your flower arrangement is just lovely – really like the texture from the watercolor paper.
Lovely flowers on your beautiful card!
Lovely cards. Beautiful colours and using distress inks on the cutouts enhances the design.
What a fabulous card. Great design with the beautiful colors and great background. Love your style.
Very pretty card!
Love your card; burst of color!
Omgoodness! The layout is fantastic and the your colors are gorgeous!!!
Beautiful card and lovely colors.
Beautiful colors and card !
Wow! Love those beautiful bright, happy colored flowers! Fantastic card!
I love the whimsy of this card. Your sentiment matches perfectly.
I absolutely love the bright colors and beautiful design on your card!!!
Beautiful card! Love all the pretty colors you used.
I love your fall rainbow. The blue spatter is a beautiful addition.
Beautiful bright ‘happy’ card with the bright cheerful colours. Love the dies. Di.
Love the happy & bright colors you chose. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful card! Thank you for sharing Wanda!
Beautiful card, love your lively color choices…Delightful!
Great card , love your “Fall Rainbow” !
Wanda, your card is gorgeous. From all the lovely layers to the beautiful colors you’ve chosen for your floral images. I love it all. You can never (EVER!!) go wrong with Distress Inks and you’ve done them proud. Thanks so much for sharing and I hope your week is off to a great start. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Awesome card! So bright and colorful. ☺
Love your colorful & bright card !!
Love your colours–the distress inks work so well.
The texture on your flowers is just amazing! Thanks so much for sharing.
What wonderful colors on your card; love the way the POP off the card.
beutiful card and you;ve chosen most of my favorite Distress inks, so it;s all good 😀
Your card is beautiful! I especially love the letter background and the colorful flowers!
Love the beautiful flowers. They are so colorful and rich. Great design
Fabulous!!! Love the colors you used and the Spelllbinders dies are such pretty ones, too.
Fun colors, wonderful dies.
Hi Wanda!
I love your card, super cute!!
Your card is gorgeous. Love the coloring.
Beautiful Autumn inspired card and I love the new flowers and plant Spellbinders dies!
Hi Wanda, your flowers and foliage are delightful, I like the bright colors and gold. Yum!
Such a pretty fall rainbow colored card!
Very pretty card, Wanda. Love the pretty colors and the subtly script BG.
Wanda, your card is delightful. Love your color selections and design layout with all the various pieces. So clearly classic. tfs
Love the beautiful card! The colors are fabulous!
Beautiful job coloring all the die cuts! This is a sweet card!
Lovely card! The colors are wonderful!
More vibrance and layout beauty!
So much amazing stuff going on in this Card! The colors are spectacular and complime t each other beautifully. Hoping the die club kits will have some of these goodies in the coming months.
Thank you for sharing.
Very pretty card. Love the placement of the enamel dots. It’s cool that the aren’t centered in the flowers. A small touch with a big impact
Such a colorful card you’ve made. Thanks for sharing.
Such a pretty and happy card!
Thank you for sharing!
Your card is lovely. The attention to all the details is amazing. Thanks for sharing your art.
Lovely card! Beautiful colors! Thanks!
I love your color choices! The card id beautiful!
Beautiful dies from Spellbinders and a gorgeous card!
The colors just pop off the card. It’s beautifullu done!
so colorful, just lovely
Great dies and beautiful card. Thank you for sharing.
Amazingly done!
Fall colors are the best! Great techniques.
Very pretty–love the colors.
Beautiful card! I love your choice of colors! TFS
Gorgeous, vibrant card! Love it!
your card is colourful and beautiful. thanks!
What a beautiful card!! Lovely use of the dies and the card is so colorful and pretty 🙂 Thanks for sharing with us 🙂
Lovely card. It’s a wonderful design and beautiful colors.
As a mixed media artist, I adore this card. I bought some of those dabbers, but they disintegrated after a couple of uses. I must have done something wrong, because you managed to make they work perfectly. Sorry, my e-mail attached to my blog doesn’t work properly.
love the new dies and your card is very pretty
Great card, so cheerful.
Love fall colors. And your card is gorgeous.
Beautiful love the coloring. TFS
I love your card!!! Love the bright colors, the subtle background & spritzjng the flowers with water. Thanks for your inspiration.
Loved you very colorful card using the new Spellbinder’s dies. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us.
Lovely card, like it’s growing in a garden.
Cute card Wanda. Had not thought of using my Distress inks quite like that. Thank you for the tip. Thank you for sharing your card.
Oooh, so pretty! Your inky flowers are incredibly bright and cheerful! And your design is fabulous! Thank you for sharing your technique and for the generous giveaway!
Hi Wanda. Your card is beautiful and so rich with colour. The gold enamel dots just finish it off. Well done!
I love it! You are so talented, Wanda!
Your flowers really pop! Love the fun, bright look of your card. These dies are so versatile! Lovely card, thanks for sharing.
That ca4d is so Wanda. So cheerful and colorful!
I’m so new to this and love what I’m seeing thank you for sharing with us.
Love the bright colors!!
What a pretty and happy card – thanks so much for sharing!!!
Bright happy cards. Love them and all the flowers!
A beautiful card. The colors on the foliage and the vintage touches with the gold enamel dots and the antique linen distress ink make this card very special. Thanks for sharing.
I just love the spellbinder dies. The are such good quality dies and they are not price crazy! Lovely card.
Love your cards! The colors are popping! So cheerful and eyecatching.
Beautiful contrast of bright colors!
Nice rich colors, and love the way you put it all together!
LOVELOVELOVE the dimension and the bright colors. TFS!
Such a happy card full of delightful color and texture! Very well done!!!
So pretty and colourful. I can see why it was so fun to create.
Just lovely, Wanda! When I saw your card on Instagram, it took my breath away! I just love your Fall Rainbow colors!! ♡
Such beautiful designs! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
The flowers are so bright and colorful.
Cheering on a cloudy day.
The drops of water on the leaves
is a fun idea.
thanks for sharing.
Such a happy card!
Beautiful, Beautiful! Beautiful! Your work is just amazing and your photography skills are the best compared to any blog I’ve ever seen. Thanks for brightening my day every time I see a blog post of yours .
How fun and whimsical!
I love the bright colors combined with the vintage letter background! A beautiful card!!
Really beautiful!! The colors sure do pop. Thanks for sharing the watercolor paper tip.
This is a fantastic colorful fall card !!
What a colorful card this is! I love how you mixed so many colors together. It’s beautiful.
What a beautiful Fall-card ! Thank you for sharing your creativity.
Great card! Love the bright colours.
Bright fun card! Just puts a smile on your face. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card and amazing colours. Think I need these dies. Thanks for sharing.
Tracey.x
So pretty with all the pops of color!
Beautiful, colorful card.
Love how vivid the colors turned out on this
Love the colors and how they pop from the card.. so lovely and the gold enamel dots gives it an awesome finished touch.. beautiful…
Gorgeous colors! The background really sets it off nicely.
Gorgeous card with all the bright colors and dimension!
This is so very pretty… I just love the unexpected colors you used!!
such a beautiful card. i love the background and the colors used for the flowers.
I love how you used these dies to make such a beautiful card!
Such a gorgeous card!! Love all the layers and the inked edges. Using the letter in the background like that adds so much depth. And then the deep rich colours you used just makes the flowers and leaves pop beautifully. Love it!!
Great card and color choices, very vibrant! I really like those gold enamel dots. They really finish the card off.
It makes my day when you post some of your beautiful work. Your colour combinations are fab.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful card & the opportunity to win.
So pretty! You are always so creative and come up with the best designs. Love love love the colors.
Thanks for the great step out photos and detail on how to get the look. appreciated
Lovley card and colors. You did a great job!!!
I really like the card and how colorful it is. Fall rainbow – Yeah!
Your florals are so bright and cheery. And the pop of blue is lovely. Thanks for the inspiration.
I am seeing so many other uses for the Distress oxide inks! Love what you did and I like those little dies!
What a bright, cheery card. Who wouldn’t love to get that in their mailbox? Thanks for sharing.
Lovely card Wanda! Layering makes the card.
I love the colors you chose for your flowers and leaves. The flowers themselves are so pretty and unusual, Thanks for sharing!
Autumn, or Fall, is my favourite season because of the colours it projects. You have captured this so well. Lovely cards, thank you for the inspiration!
Gorgeous card. Love the colours and the dies you have used.
Such a beautiful card! I love the colors and layout….I can think of a lot of people who would love to receive a card like this. Thanks for the inspiration!
These are beautiful!
Beautiful floral dies! I love the bright colors.