Spellbinders Introduces:

Shapeabilities Pendants Blog Frenzy

June 22 through June 29^th, available for ordering June 30, 2009

Commenting on this post is welcome but does not enter you into the contest. This contest is sponsored directly by Spellbinders Paper Arts.  Please read the post to find directions for entering. If you have any questions, please e-mail [email protected].

Welcome to the fifth day of Spellbinders Pendants Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders is celebrating the introduction of Pendants die templates, a new die line that will inspire your creative mind.  You have the opportunity to win the Pendant and Border dies I’m introducing today by entering the contest at the end of this post. Be sure to read all the rules before entering! You still have until June 26th, 11:59 pm EST to enter Keri Lee Sereika’s blog at:  Pink Lemonade and until June 27, 11:59 pm EST to enter mine.  Please Note: Although the contest entry is now closed on this blog, please see the list below for blogs in which the contest remains open. Thank you!

To see previous reveals, or to go to any of the ones coming up, feel free to visit the following:

June 22, 2009 – Beccca Feeken

June 23, 2009 – Debbie Olson

June 24, 2009 – Michelle Wooderson

June 25, 3009 – Keri Lee Sereika

June 26, 2009 – Sherry Cheever

June 27, 2009 – Heidi Blankenship

June 28, 2009 – Linda Duke

June 29, 2009 – Jennifer Davis

After the entry deadline is reached, Spellbinders will randomly pick one entry from each Blog Frenzy reveal as stated in the “Rules”. Winner will be contacted by e-mail within 24 hours of the contest deadline. Winner will have 72 hours to reply to that e-mail to claim the prize. If Winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new name will be drawn for said prize. Winner will receive the new die templates being revealed on the specific daily blog post they are entering.

Entrants visiting all 8 Spellbinders Pendant Reveals and correctly entering their information into the separate drawings, as described below, will automatically be entered into a GRAND PRIZE give away of a full set of the 8 Pendants die templates and 8 matching Petite Border die templates being revealed.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the first 4 days of the Blog Frenzy.  I have so enjoyed seeing what the other Designers have made with the new Spellbinders Pendant die templates and Spellbinders Borderabilities die templates.

It is my pleasure today to reveal the following new Spellbinders Pendant die templates and Spellbinders Borderabilities die templates.

S4-210 Lattice Pendants MRSP 24.99

S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities MSRP  19.99

Here’s my first project for you today!

I used only watercolor paper for this project, making the background using the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique.  The Spellbinders S3-146 Butterflies 2, were die cut and embossed from extra scrap of the background.  They were then covered with Ranger Matte Accents and sprinkled with vintage glass glitter.

While I was working with the Pendant part of the Spellbinders S4-210 Lattice Pendants, I realized that the extra Accents of the Pendant that were embossed and then cut out, would make fabulous pieces to layer.  In order to line the parts up, the Pendant was placed on the background and then I traced where the Accents would be placed.

The Accent pieces were then glued down and the Pendant was raised over the Accents pieces with foam mounting tape.

The Center die template was then die cut and embossed with more spare scraps of the background and raised with foam tape over a Spellbinders S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large.  A button and ribbon hold the final center pieces together.

• Paper:  Strathmore Watercolor
• Ink:  Ranger Shabby Shutters, Broken China, Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S3-146 Butterflies 2, S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large, S4-210 Lattice Pendants and S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities; Ranger Matte Accents, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Mini Mister; Art Glitter Vintage Shards Glass Glitter; Button; Ribbon; Making Memories Wire; Venture Foam Tape

My second project today is one of my note and/or trinket boxes.

The inside.

The top

• Paper:  K&Company Ancestry.com Tea Floral and Newsprint and Life’s Journey Layered Script; Bazzill Bluegrass
• Ink:  Ranger Vintage Photo Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S4-210 Lattice Pendants, S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities, S4-189 Labels Three, and S4-110 Classic Ovals Large; Ranger Matte Accents; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape; KaiserCraft Latte Pearls; Heavy Weight Chipboard Coasters

Rules
Any participant wishing to be included in the daily drawing for the Spellbinders Pendants die templates Blog Frenzy give-away must adhere to all of the following rules. We are happy to welcome US and international blog guests for this Frenzy.

To enter each drawing on sneak peeks between June 22 and June 29, visit the reveal blog and click on the contest link to reveal an e-mail window. In the subject line of the e-mail, enter the die template name being revealed. Each blog reveal will remain open for 48 hours. Only 1 entry per blog is allowed and participant must use the same email address daily to be considered for grand prize entry, no exceptions. Please consider whether you will have access to the same e-mail address from June 22^nd through June 29^th and plan accordingly.

Spellbinders Design Team members and employees are not eligible for drawings.

Any participant wishing to be automatically entered into the drawing for the Pendants Frenzy Grand Prize must enter all 8 blog reveals and follow all the above rules.

Please note:

*Spellbinders will only use email information to contact the winner.

*Spellbinders will not share this email address with any other parties.

*Spellbinders will not use this email information for advertisements or communications

other than to contact the winner.

*If you wish to be included in further communications from Spellbinders, please go to their homepage SpellbindersPaperArts.com and sign up for their newsletter.

Spellbinders Pendants Blog Frenzy drawing:  To enter, click here OR e-mail your entry to: [Links removed because the contest deadline for this blog has now passed] if an e-mail pop-up box does not automatically come up.For more Spellbinders product release information go to the Spellbinders PaperArts Blog.

If you have any questions regarding the contest, send an e-mail to: [email protected]

Thanks for stopping by today and don’t forget to register for the contests!

Happy Thursday!  A few days ago, I was asked to make one of my post-it note boxes as a gift card holder.  I have one that sets on my desk that I couldn’t be without.  I pull them out, write myself important notes that I don’t want to forget and then stick them to the wall in front of me.  (I still forget what I’m supposed to do  . . . CRS, yes!)  The idea is to put a gift card into the box and then the recipient can use the box for sticky notes.  I put in the box a packet of post-it notes leaving enough room for the gift card to be placed in as well.

I first tried this box when it was a challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  You can find the directions here.  Because I like to have a lip on the bottom and top edges, I use a 10×10” of paper to make the origami box.  The top and bottom and heavy weight coasters.

I used Spellbinders dies to cut and emboss the labels and flowers on the top of the box.  The flowers were covered with matte accents and then sprinkled with glitter to add a touch of bling.

The border along the outside edge was also cut and embossed with a Spellbinders borderabilities die.  Because this box is meant to hold post-it notes, I stamped music notes on the top panel and to give an aged look, misted it with water and dabbed off.

• Stamps:  Large Sheet Music from Stampington & Company
• Paper:  My Mind’s Eye BellaBella “French Flea Market”
• Ink:  Ranger Tim Holtz Old Paper and Vintage Photo Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Daisy Heads Shapeabilities, Labels One Nestabilities, and Grand 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities; Ranger Matte Accents; Art Institute Krystallos Vintage Shards Glass and Seap Sprite Vintage Glass Glitter; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Sanding Tools; Brad

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!