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Spellbinders Paper Arts
Get the Knowledge! Blog Frenzy
July 6 - 14, 2011
Welcome to the first day of the Spellbinders Paper Arts Get the Knowledge! Blog Frenzy!
Spellbinders™ Paper Arts’ is absolutely thrilled to bring you one of the most exciting die releases to date! These new collections are some of the most innovative and beautiful die templates in the world. The Get the Knowledge! Blog Frenzy allows you a sneak peek of the products we’re introducing at the Craft and Hobby Association trade show later this month.
• Win today’s new Spellbinders die templates!
• Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day (see schedule below)!
• One entry per person, per blog please, on the designated days.
• Each blog will accept entries for 48 hours.
• You have from 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time July 6, 2011 to 12:01 a.m. July 8, 2011 enter my contest. See the Official Rules (link to blog post- link coming)
• Today you can enter my contest and Kimberly Crawford's contest.
Thank you, Spellbinders Paper Arts, for sponsoring this contest!
Spellbinders is thrilled to introduce a new line of Edgeabilities® die templates! The new Edgeabilities come in sets of three, and include one Edger for beautifully detailed edge cutting and embossing, and two Decorative Inserts for sophisticated cut and embossed border lines. Mix and match between sets for maximum versatility. The six themed sets combine for over 70 design options!
(If the embedded video is not showing up for you, HERE is a link on YouTube.)
Let me show you how I’ve used them today. With the card below I am introducing the E8-001 Classic Scallop and S4-346 Labels Twenty-Two.
First, I aligned both my Classic Scallop Edger die template, along with its decorative insert, on my patterned paper. I put two small pieces of tape on either end to hold the die templates in place, though you can also use them consecutively rather than together since they are separate parts.
To cut the pale aqua mat layer that you see above, I repeated the same process, except that I cut the scalloped base first, then attached my patterned paper layer to my mat layer so that I would know where to cut my decorative holes. As soon as I had the pieces attached to one another and aligned, I placed the decorative insert inside the same holes that I had previously cut on the patterned paper and then ran the double layer of paper/cardstock back through my Spellbinders Grand Calibur™ Machine. Voilà--perfectly aligned holes! That's what I love most about the new line of Edgeabilities die templates!
Here you can see that the holes that I cut in the striped layer and its mat align. (In the older style border dies, the decorative holes would have been offset rather than aligned.) I also used just the Classic Scalloped Edger die template on both my card base edge and on the rose patterned layer and its red mat.
As for Labels Twenty-Two, it is a lovely shape indeed! I used the #4 Labels Twenty-Two die template to cut and emboss my focal image, leaving it in place to airbrush a sky background with a Copic BG23 marker and airbrush system. I used the #5 Labels Twenty-Two die template to cut the polka-dotted mat layer for the focal image. Finished card size is 5-1/2 x 5-3/4", necessitating a 6" square envelope for mailing.
I love being able to cut either a simple border or a decorative border with the Classic Scallop. Remember that the decorative inserts shown below are interchangeable as well, giving you many potential combinations. See bottom of post for all card details.
Shown above is the E8-001 Classic Scallop.
MSRP: $19.99
DIE SIZES:
Edger: 1/2 x 8"
Decorative Inserts:
Circles: 1/2 x 8"
Scallop: 1/2 x 8"
Shown above is the S4-346 Labels Twenty-Two die template set.
MSRP: $24.99
DIE SIZES:
1: 1-1/8 x 1-1/4"
2: 1-3/4 x 2"
3: 2-3/8 x 2-5/8"
4: 3 x 3-3/8"
5: 3-7/8 x 4-1/8"
Now I have one more project for you that uses both the E8-001 Classic Scallop and S4-346 Labels Twenty-Two die templates.
For this piece, I covered a purchased box with some patterned papers and then die-cut a window, as well as creating a window frame and coordinating tag with my Labels Twenty-Two die template set. I used both the edger scallop and a different decorative insert from the Classic Scallop set to create the scalloped border.
Are you ready for a chance to win the die templates that I've used here today? See the official Spellbinders Paper Arts Get the Knowledge! Blog Frenzy rules.
TO ENTER: My contest is open for entries from 12:01 a.m. July 6 2011, to 12:01 a.m. July 8, 2011 Eastern Standard Time.
1) Send your email entry to: (Entry has now ended.)
2) The subject must be Classic Scallop and Labels Twenty-Two.
3) Send! Be sure to visit all the Designers on their contest dates:
July 6
Debbie Olson (here)
July 7
July 8
July 9
July 10
July 11
July 12
July 13
July 14
Daily contest winners will receive an email within 24 hours of the contest’s closing. The winners will have 72 hours to reply to that email to claim prize. If a winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn.
To be eligible for the Grand Prize, enter each contest within its designated time period. Use the same email address to send the entry email. The Grand Prize has a retail value of over $1400, and includes the complete Spellbinders line of die templates released at the 2011 Summer CHA show, and a Grand Calibur™ Die Cutting and Embossing Machine!
While I truly appreciate comments, a comment here
does not count toward a contest entry,
so be sure to enter as explained just above
the name list and then leave a comment if you wish!
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Thank you for visiting and good luck!
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Supply List for Square floral swirl card
Tools: Classic Scallop, Labels Twenty Two, and Nested Lacey Pennants (Spellbinders Paper Arts); Spellbinders Grand Calibur™ Machine; Copic Airbrush System and Copic BG23 marker; sanding block
Stamps: Family Garden Set (Just Rite Stampers)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Adirondack Lettuce, Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy and Chamomile Distress Ink
Patterned Papers: Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends
Accessories: white seam binding dyed with Copic BG11 Various Ink; cotton string; Self-adhesive pearls (Zva Creative)
Supply List for candle gift box
Tools: Classic Scallop, Labels Twenty Two (Spellbinders Paper Arts); Spellbinders Grand Calibur™ Machine
Stamps: Family Garden Set (Just Rite Stampers)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Versamagic Turquoise Gem, Papertrey Ink Chamomile Distress Ink
Patterned Papers: Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends
Accessories: off-white seam binding; cotton string; Vintage buttons (Papertrey Ink)
