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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Thanks and Hello with Spellbinders 2025 Advent Calendar

Hey there, friends! Crazy, I know - I'm back for a fourth consecutive day with items from the 2025 Spellbinders Advent calendar. I've been having a lot of fun with the items behind the calendar windows! Here's a thanks card using two of the stamps in the Day 2 mini stamp set:


Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;
Paper Studio A2 card; scraps
Stamps - Spellbinders 2025 Advent Calendar (Day 2)
Dies - Poppystamps Flower and Leaf Sprinkles;
Other - Copic Markers; Sharpie fineliner;
Hero Arts inks

I'm very accustomed to stamping with a MISTI and these Advent calendar stamps don't do well with it. I tried stamping later using a stamping block and the impression was much better. On this one, after I colored the image with Copics, I did a lot of outlining with a fineliner. The bitty stamped flowers didn't fare so well with that so I covered them up with various bitty die cut flowers. I ink blended the ground and sky then die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle. Added it to an A2 card - done! You can see Crafty Al's short video on this set HERE.

I'll send this card to Darnell's January NBUS Challenge #82 since the stamps were newly used.

Next, I made a hello card with the strip embossing folder from Day 6 (Crafty Al's video HERE).


Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio ombre card;
Spellbinders Terracotta card stock; scraps
Embossing strip - Spellbinders 2025 Advent Calendar (Day 6)
Dies - Spellbinders Faux Stitched Sentiments & Floss (DOM-Apr24 retired)
Other - SSS printed sentiment strip & Starshine dots

I embossed a scrap of orange cardstock. Added to an A2 ombre card along with some scrap patterned strips. I had a HELLO die cut sitting on the table so die cut a white shadow and layered them for dimension. Added to the card along with a printed subsentiment strip and some Starshine dots.

That's it for today, my friends. Thanks for continuing to stop by & for commenting when you can! Have a crafty day!!


2 comments:

Jean said...

These are lovely! You're really making great use of the set!

Angelnorth said...

I wonder if the stamps are just a wee bit thinner than “regular” stamps so they’re not making proper contact when they’re in the MISTI? Maybe worth trying a cardstock shim or two underneath if you haven’t already? Cute result though and you used the embellishment opportunity to good effect! Love the embossing folder pattern for the second card.