Dina Kowal Creative: Spellbinders July Large Die Club Kit

I'm back with another club kit project! The July Large Die Kit from Spellbinders is a great all-purpose alphabet set - most of my larger alphabet sets are steel rule dies, so it's nice to have a set with individual dies. The letters are tall and narrow, giving lots of possibilities for longer words and options for longer cards!

I had some fun with this slimline card - mine is 3.5" x 8.5", and that gave me lots of room to play with a set from my 'uninked' bin! This is the Little Painters set from Waffle Flower, and it's full of all kinds of art supplies and little critters to hold on to them. The brushes made a nice border along the length of my card.

When the panel was stamped, colored, and inked, I lined up the letters I needed along the edge of a sticky note. Since I needed the 'E' twice, I placed it in order so I had the spacing right, then moved it to the end for my first cut.

The edge of the sticky note is easy to position on the card - I used my grid mat to help too.

Once the other letters were cut, I could position the second 'E' and run the panel back through my cutter.

I removed the cut letters and replaced them with slightly thicker chipboard cuts, then layered the pieces cut from the panel back into place. The result is an "eclipse" effect, where the letters are replaced but have a little shadow and lift underneath them.

The sentiment I used is from another favorite set - it's Crafty Comments from Inky Antics.

...and here are the club details, if you're not a member yet! My favorite perks are the extra sales and the 10% discount on the Spellbinders site (even on sale items!)!

Spellbinders Monthly Club benefits: