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Create Beautiful Christmas Cards with Spellbinders July 2024 Monthly Club Kits
Are you ready to take your card-making skills to the next level? Spellbinders’ July 2024 Monthly Club Kits are here to help you create stunning holiday cards that will impress everyone on your list. From intricate designs to unique textures, these kits offer everything you need to make your Christmas cards truly special.
In this post, we’ll walk you through some of the Spellbinders monthly club kits and show you how to mix and match them to create six beautiful Christmas cards. Whether you’re a seasoned card maker or just starting, you’ll find plenty of inspiration and practical tips to help you along the way.
Discover the Magic of Spellbinders Monthly Club Kits
Spellbinders’ monthly club kits are a treasure trove of creative possibilities. Each kit is carefully curated to provide you with high-quality products that make crafting easy and enjoyable. From die-cutting to embossing, these kits cover various techniques and styles, ensuring there’s something for everyone.
To learn more about monthly subscription clubs you can read Monthly Card Making Subscription Clubs.
Betterpress of the Month and Wax Seal of the Month
The Betterpress of the Month and Wax Seal of the Month kits are perfect for adding a touch of elegance to your cards.
Betterpress of the Month
The Betterpress kit, Christmas Haul, includes a combination of registration press plates, regular press plates, and dies that create a darling wintery truck scene.
Wax Seal of the Month
This month’s kit features beautiful snowflake wax seal stamp and pretty white pearl wax beads.
Together, they create a sophisticated look to make your cards stand out.
Create a Card and Matching Envelope with Betterpress and Wax Seal July 2024 Monthly Club Kits
Press Your Designs
Using the Betterpress of the Month and Wax Seal of the Month kits, you can create a stunning Christmas card and a matching envelope. Start by using the largest registration press plate from the Betterpress kit. The beauty of using Spellbinders’ registration plates is that you can use more than one color on the same design. Press the car design onto a piece of Porcelain heavy-weight cotton cardstock with Azalea ink for a crisp, detailed image. Remove this plate, set the plates for the wheels, and press them with black ink.
Remove the guide and the registration plate and then press the tree with Leaf ink and the sentiment with Strawberry.
Die-cutting, Trim, & Assembly
Go ahead and do your die-cutting once your pressing is complete. To showcase our pretty truck, we’re going to die-cut it with a large oval die. And then, we’ll add some foam strips to the back to pop it up later.
To enhance our snowy scene we’ll use patterned snowflake cardstock. Then, trim it to 4″ x 5 1/4″ and attach it in the center of an A2 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″card base. Pop up the truck oval on top and attach everything else with liquid glue.
Matching Envelope
It’s easy to make a matching envelope for this card. Use a snowflake stencil and an embossing pen on an A2 envelope to create the design. Sprinkle with sparkly white embossing powder and heat emboss it until it’s melted. Blend a coral pink ink that matches the patterned paper over the heat embossing. Be sure to leave the center of the envelope white for the address. Then, se a microfiber cloth to brush any ink resisted by the heat embossing.
Next, melt the wax from the Wax Seal monthly kit and press it with the snowflake seal stamp. When you get ready to send the card you can attach the seal to the envelope with an adhesive circle to ensure that it is attached well. The result is a beautifully coordinated set that’s sure to impress.
BPOM July 24 Monthly Club Card Supply List
Unleash Your Creativity with Glimmer and Stencil of the Month
The Glimmer of the Month and Stencil of the Month kits are all about adding sparkle and texture to your cards. The Glimmer kit includes glimmer plates and foil rolls, perfect for creating shiny accents. The Stencil kit features versatile layering stencils that can be used with various mediums to add depth and dimension.
Create a Card with Glimmer and Stencil
To make this dazzling Christmas card, start with a background created using the Stencil of the Month. Use the layering greenery background design and apply ink with varied pressure through the stencil for a textured effect.
Trim the stenciled piece to 1″ x 5 1/2″ and save the rest for another project. Trim a piece of gold mirror cardstock to 1/4″ x 5 1/2″, and a piece of snowdrift cardstock to A2 size, (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″). Attach these three pieces directly onto a 5 1/2″ square card base using liquid glue or a tape runner.
Add Some Glimmer To Your Design
Next, use the Glimmer of the Month kit to create a shiny sentiment and outline for your focal point. Foil it onto a piece of white cardstock and then use the coordinating stencil to color the design using the ink you used for the background . The combination of texture and shine will create a festive and eye-catching design.
Finally, use the coordinating dies to cut out the design. Cut extras so that you can layer up the design. Fasten them to the card front using liquid glue.
Supply List for July 2024 Monthly Glimmer & Stencil of the Month Card
Add Dimension with 3D Embossing Folder, Stencil, and Clear Stamp of the Month
The 3D Embossing Folder of the Month and Stencil of the Month kits are perfect for adding dimension and texture to your cards. The Embossing Folder kit includes a detailed 3D embossing folder that creates a deep, textured design. The Stencil kit provides versatile stencils that can be used with various mediums.
Create a Card with July 2024 Monthly Embossing and Stencil Kits
We’re making a card that looks like it’s got a big gift on top. To create dimension and texture for the background, start by embossing your colored background panel with the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month. The deep, textured design will add a rich background to your card.
Then, use the bow stencil from Stencil of the Month to add a layer of color to an A2 piece of white cardstock. Trim the corners and use a light gray marker to add a shadow around all four edges. Then, add shading and dimension to the bow with colored pencils. This combination of techniques will create a card with depth and interest.
Make a gift tag by heat embossing a sentiment with gold embossing powder. And then trim it with a fancy die, like the notched corner die set. Use a hole punch and add a piece of ephemera that matches your colors. Add some twine to finish the tag.
Use a craft knife to cut a little slit in between the bows, then run the ends of the twine through to the back and fasten them down with a piece of tape. The gift tag should move freely. Trim off any excess twine.
Pop up the “gift” with foam adhesive strips for dimension.
Craft with Precision Using the Large Die of the Month
The Large Die of the Month kit is perfect for creating intricate and detailed designs. The kit includes a huge die set that can be used to cut various shapes and designs, perfect for holiday cards.
Create Three Cards with the July 2024 Monthly Large Die Kit
This die set is so much fun! And, there are so many different ways that you can use it. I like to make cards that are a little out of the ordinary. So, we’ve got three cards that are made a little differently than what you might expect from this die set.
Pinecone Card
The first is an elegant Christmas card made just with the pinecone and pine bough die-cuts popped up on an embossed background.
Pinecone Card Supply List
Cardinal Card
You can create a fun, whimsical card with just the birds sitting on the branch as you see in the second card.
Cardinal Card Supply List
Birdhouse Card
For a unique twist, this card gives a glimpse inside the birdhouse. All you have to do is create a cardstock hinge that opens to the right.
Die-cutting Guide
- Top Notch, Wings & Tails – 1 set for each card using Crimson
- Bodies – 1 set for each card using poppy field
- Face – 1 for each from Onyx
- Eyes & legs – 1 set for each card using Tuscan
- Beaks – 1 set for each card using Sunkissed
- Cheeks – 1 set for each card using Snowdrift
- Branch – Cut 2 from Timber, one for each card
- Pine Boughs – Cut 2 for each card using fern, and one for the second card from Forest
- Snow – cut one set from snowdrift to split between the two cards
- Holly leaf – 1 from Peridot, 1 from Fern
- Stem – 1 from Peridot
- Set of berries – 1 set from Poppy field
- Bird house front and side – 1 from Dune
- Roof – 1 from Snowdrift
- Eave – 1 from Poppy field
- Under eave – 1 from Crimson
Birdhouse Card Supply List
Conclusion
Spellbinders’ July 2024 Club Kits offer endless possibilities for creating beautiful and unique Christmas cards. By mixing and matching products from the Betterpress of the Month, Wax Seal of the Month, Glimmer of the Month, Stencil of the Month, 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, and Large Die of the Month kits, you can create cards that are truly one-of-a-kind.
Ready to get started? Join the Spellbinders community and discover the joy of creating with high-quality, curated products. Sign up for the monthly club kits today and start crafting your own holiday magic.
Happy crafting!
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ABOUT AUTHOR
Teri Duncan
Teri has over 30 years of experience as a cardmaker. Her work has appeared in Spellbinders Paper Arts’ blog as well as with some of their products and on Altenew’s blog. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, stained glass, and teaching. She and her husband live in Crystal River, Florida with their three dogs and a cat.
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