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Welcome to the first day of the
Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy!
Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is absolutely thrilled to bring you our largest product releases ever! These new collections are some of the most innovative and beautiful die cutting and embossing templates in the world! The Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy allows you a sneak peek of our introductions for the 2012 Winter Craft and Hobby Association trade show later this month.
Win today’s new Spellbinders products!
Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day; see the schedule below.
Enter my Blog Frenzy from 12:00 am Eastern Standard Time (EST) January 12, 2012 until 11:59 pm January 13 2012. Today’s participating Blog Frenzy includes my blog as well as Latisha Yoast's and Michelle Woerner's blogs. See the Spellbinders Blog for the complete schedule of designers and contest rules.
Thank you Spellbinders Paper Arts for sponsoring this contest!
Today I have both a card and a gift box to share using the Spellbinders S5-077 Labels Twenty-Five Nestabilities® die templates and the EL-001 Elite M-Bossabilities™ folder. I am so excited to feature the new and innovative Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folders! These are unique reversible folders, with two seperate yet coordinated embossing patterns for twice the designs and double the value! The folders simply flip over, so easy to use. There are twenty new folders, each with two designs, and they come in two sizes, 5 x 7" and 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" for all of your paper crafting needs. Watch this introductory video!
See how to use the new Spellbinders M-Bossabilities in this video!
Let's take a step-by-step look at the card.
I knew that I wanted a shaped card since Labels Twenty-Five is such a graceful shape for a card. I used the largest Labels Twenty-Five die template to cut the card base. Notice that I did not cut completely through at the top; I needed a piece that was uncut to be the hinge for the card. Since I'm layering patterned paper on front, that little sliver won't show anyway. Next I cut and embossed the patterned card front before sanding its edges to add more dimension.
For the mat layer of the focal image, I cut and embossed my patterned paper with the second from largest Labels Twenty-Five die template before running it back through my Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine with the Elite M-Bossabilities folder for some fabulous texture. When I ran the Elite M-Bossabilities layer through, it flattened the embossed edge left by Labels Twenty-Five. However, I didn't want to run the paper back through with Labels Twenty-Five and lose the deep Elite embossing. Instead, I laid the paper back into the Labels Twenty-Five die and used a simple embossing stylus to run around that inner rim. That allowed me to have both parts deeply embossed. Next I used a chalk ink pad to run lightly over the top of the embossing to make the embossing "pop."
For the focal image layer, I used the third from largest Labels Twenty-Five die template to cut and emboss some cream cardstock. I left the die template in place while I stamped the musical background to keep the edges plain.
To finish the card front, I used a banner die template from the Nested Pennants set for the sentiment, airbrushing with the die template left in place with a Copic RV55 marker. I stamped, hand-cut, and colored the butterfly before glittering it and attaching it with foam tape. Ribbon is dyed with a Copic reinker to coordinate with the butterfly and sentiment.
My coordinating box uses Labels Twenty-Five for top, bottom, and tag; the Elite M-Bossabilities folder for the lid top (with glitter added to the embossed parts); Spiral Blossoms One for the roses; and Foliage for the leaves (airbrushed with a Copic G24).
Here are the new dies I introduced:
Sku Name S5-077 Labels Twenty-Five
MSRP: $24.99
DIE SIZES:
1. 1-1/8 x 3/4"
2. 2-1/4 x 1-3/8"
3. 3-1/2 x 2-1/8"
4. 4-5/8 x 3"
5. 6 x 3-3/4"
Sku Name EL-001 Elite
MSRP: $9.99
PRODUCT SIZE: 5" x 7"
By entering the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy you agree to the Official Rules. For questions on the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy, send an email to contestquestions@spellbinders.us ; no entries will be accepted at this email address.
TO ENTER:
My blog is open for entries from 12:00 am, January 12, 2012, until 11:59 pm, January 13, 2012, EST.
1) Send your Blog Frenzy email entry to: [Link removed--contest has ended on Day One blogs].
2) The subject must be S5-077 Labels Twenty-Five and EL-001 Elite.
3) Send!
Be sure to visit all the Designers on their Blog Frenzy dates!
Daily winners will receive an email within 24 hours of the blog frenzy’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 and every Blog Frenzy within its designated time period, send your entries from the email address for each entry. The Grand Prize has a retail value of over $1900 and includes the complete Spellbinders line of die cutting and embossing templates released at the 2012 Winter CHA show, and a Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine!
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Supply List
Spellbinders Products: Labels Twenty-Five, Elite M-Bossability, Spiral Blossoms One, Foliage
Other Products:
Stamps: Botanical Butterflies, Musical Background, and Fleur de Lis Labels Twenty (JustRite Stampers)
Cardstock: Natural White (Neenah), Lavender Moon (PTI)
Ink: Versamagic Pink Petunia, Memento London Fog (Tsukineko); Chamomile Distress ink, Smokey Shadow, Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Patterned Papers: Flora, Hester, and Octavia (Melissa Frances)
Accessories: seam binding, foam tape, Prisma glitter, cotton lace trim
Tools: Spellbinders Grand Calibur®, sewing machine, Copic Airbrush System and air compressor, Copic markers, sanding block
This contest is now closed;
however, you may still enter at the blogs listed here.
Thank you for visiting, and good luck!
