Today I am super excited to join Spellbinders for their New Collections Inspiration Blog Hop. My cards feature the Destinations China Collection by Lene Lok.
In 2008, my Husband and I visited a few of the cities in China and of course many of their famous tourist spots. We had such an amazing experience and would one day love to go back. This die collection reminded me of the wonderful trip we had and the beauties we saw in China.
Look at what a beautiful card these intricate dies make! I think this card is perfect for the upcoming 2019 Chinese New Year.
CARD DETAILS
Next, I die cut two of the Etched Lanterns out of a red and gold shimmer cardstock, pieced and glued them together. I then added some gold crystals for detail.
For the sentiment, I used an old Recollections stamp set I had and embossed the letters in white, trimmed it and added it to the bottom of the card.
Before gluing the lanterns onto the clouds, I used a thin wire and strung it through the openings of the clouds and then glued the lanterns in place securing the wire down as well.
For this next card, I wanted to recreate the look of a Chinese screen door. In my head, I was thinking of a missing you card for a friend or family member, or even for a welcome to a new home card.
To make this card, I used the Traditional Fence Etched Dies to create this Square Doorway.
I began by using the large outline die to die cut the grey background piece. I then used one of the fence dies to die cut two doors from a darker grey piece of cardstock and trimmed them to fit onto each panel of the doorway. To the back of each fence, I glued a piece of vellum trimmed to fit. The Doorway was then glued onto a 5 x 5.25-inch red card base.
To give these screen doors some handles I used the tassels from one of the Lantern dies and die cut a negative and positive from a foiled piece of silver cardstock to create the mirrored opposite of the dies and then added a crystal to the handles.
The sentiment was heat embossed in white and comes from Studio Katia.
SUPPLIES
To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.
Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!
Supplies marked with an asterisk (*) were generously sent to me.
 *LUCKY CLOUDS ETCHED DIES Shop at: SB |
 *LANTERNS ETCHED DIES Shop at: SB |
 *TRADITIONAL FENCE ETCHED DIES Shop at: SB |
 SSS Card Stock 24 Colors Shop at: SSS |
 ACETATE Sheets Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Vellum Value Pack Shop at: AMZ |
 Recollections Cardstock 110lb BALLERINA Shop at: AMZ |
 PenBlade - 3 Pack Stainless Steel Craft Knives Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Acme Junior T-Square Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Recollections Black Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ |
 Craft Smith Metallic Foil 12x12 Inch Paper Pad Shop at: AMZ |
 Mini Misti Tool Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | SK |
 Whimsical Town Stamp Shop at: SSS | SK |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 UNICORN White Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Arctic White Ultra Powder Shop at: SSS | IO3 |
 Double-Sided Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Double Ended Jewel Picker Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS |
 Gold Crystals Shop at: SSS | SK |
 MIDNIGHT BLUE CRYSTALS Shop at: SSS | SK |
HOP DETAILS
GIVEAWAY
To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, December 23rd at 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. Good Luck!
Thank you for stopping by 😊
Until next time... Happy Hopping 👋
