spellbinders wine country

Ready for a confession. I was lucky to receive two dies to play with from Spellbinders. They're from the Wine Country collection by Stacey Caron. Now with a blog named rieslingmama you'd think this'd be right up my alley, right? Well, talk about pressure to perform! Let it be known that although I live in the middle of wine country, my favorite form of drink is the Wineschorle (wine sprizter). And 2-3 of those in one setting are my max.

So I've been out helping a local winery harvest grapes. We're nearly done now, only the Riesling on the steep slopes to bring in. So I took a break from the grapes and headed to my craft room to give these babies a go.

Here are the two dies, Barrel of Sentiments and Wine Glass Bottle Tag.

Now there are samples out there using the dies as they are intended. Perfectly layered and colored and the whole shebang. But that ain't me. So I had to just get over it and here's what I did, CAS/techniquey style.

My first card, masculine birthday, was inspired by the current CASe this Sketch.

 Spellbinders Barrel of Sentiments die

Spellbinders Wine Glass Bottle Tag die
gold embossing powder
Distress Inks 

Let those planked circles represent barrels - inked them with various Distress Inks and stamped them with the wine names. Added a head embossed sentiment on the die cut and inked label and topped it with a bunch of Riesling grapes. Of course.

Then I had to give that wine glass die a go. On a card, not as a wine bottle tag, though that is mighty handy in my neck of the woods too...

Spellbinders Barrel of Sentiments die

Spellbinders Wine Glass Bottle Tag die
watercolor pencils

Distress Inks 

I felt the need to make a girly version too, so I took the "barrel" I had leftover and used it to imply a barrel-turned-table with a glass of Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) perched upon it. Gave that red wine a good work out, first with watercolor pencils then Distress Inks in red and purple and finally a spritz of perfect pearls. Added a few grape bunches as a border down the left edge. Don't you love that sentiment? I have more than a few friends this card could go to ;)

Thanks to Team Spellbinders for the fun products to create with. Says rieslingmama ;) We'll see what else I come up with...

I'm joining in at:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers - September AG with Dies