CONGRATULATIONS to

Jennifer Woodward of Rockland, Ontario, Canada

The following die templates will be sent to her door as soon as the product is in the warehouse:

When Spellbindersâ„¢ contacted Jennifer, she had this to say:

I’ve been using Spellbinders products for about two years now. I love them. They are incredibly easy and versatile tools in my crafting supplies that I do not go a day without using. Seriously! WOW! To think I’ll actually be able to pick and choose from all of these fabulous new sets. My mind will truly be boggled but I’ll deal with that, don’t you worry! Again, thank you so much! WOW! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! Jennifer

Well, It’s hard to believe it is over. We had such a blast sharing all the templates with you and now you have seen the whole release.

Just an aside: If you are planning to apply for the Design Team for 2009, your application is due no later than 11:59 Central Standard Time on February 1st. So get it all polished off today and send it in…

Cheers, Eli

Spellbindersâ„¢ Impressabilitiesâ„¢ is a new embossing tool to use with the Spellbindersâ„¢ Wizardâ„¢.   Spellbindersâ„¢ Impressabilitiesâ„¢ templates are made for embossing, debossing, embellishing and more. The templates measure 4.5 x 5.75″, and are made of thin metal. Spellbindersâ„¢ Impressabilitiesâ„¢ emboss in the Wizardâ„¢ using the same sandwich you would use to emboss Spellbindersâ„¢ Die Templates, which is:

White Master Mat
Impressabilities Template
Paper or other material to emboss
Tan Embossing Mat
White Master Mat

Design Team Member Holly Craft had a chance to play with the Impressabilities™ and is sharing her artwork  today. Shown above is the poster she made for the CHA Innovations display. Lets delve deeper into the artwork.

On this card, the dark blue background is embossed with Spellbindersâ„¢ I2-1002 Impressabilitiesâ„¢ Butterfly onto velvet paper. The focal point square is embossed and letter pressed, then Holly added butterflies that she cut from the unused portion of the paper. To achieve the inked look, first apply ink to the Impressabilities template. Then build your sandwich as listed above, with the inked template facing the paper. This will apply ink to the debossed areas of the paper. Then, while the ink is still wet on the template, put another piece of paper in the sandwich and run it through the Wizardâ„¢ again. You will get the same embossing result, but a lighter, second generation inking. Use this for matting.

On this card Holly embossed the Spellbindersâ„¢ Impressabilities Paisley template into craft foil, and sanded the embossed areas of the foil. Then when Holly cut/embossed the Classic Heart die template, the original embossing flattens out, but still leaves the beautiful pattern.

This card employs two techniques with ink and Impressabilities Snowflake.  The background of the card is letter pressed, as explained above.  The square mounted on the scalloped die cut is embossed.  Then when Holly took the sandwich out of the Wizard she flipped it over, took off the White Master Mat and applied ink to the paper thru the Impressabilities template, just like you would with a stencil.  So yes, you could ink the template from either side for 2 different effects!

On this card, Holly first embossed the Flower Impressabilities template onto Core’dinations cardstock, then sanded it to reveal the colored core.  Then she airbrushed Copic markers onto a piece of Premium Craft Foil, cut/embossed it, and then sanded off the embossed areas of the metal die cuts.

This last card requires an extra tan embossing mat.  Holly used a circle cutter to cut this mat.

Instead of using the entire embossing mat, Holly only used the cut-out circle on the part she wanted embossed.  Holly calls this selective embossing.  She placed the Spellbinders’ Impressabilities template on the White Master Mat, placed her paper on top of it, then the circle, then the White Master Mat and fed the sandwich into the Wizard.  Just the section covered by the the tan circle embossed!  Additional tan embossing mats are available for purchase if you want to experiment with this technique.

Thank you Holly for starring in today’s Savvy Saturday!

Spellbinders’ Impressabilities will be shipping to your favorite Spellbinders’ retailer the first week of March.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Beth

Hi Friends, we’re having a great time, we wish you were here! The weather in California is mild, or so they’re telling me. We’ve been inside the convention center and we haven’t been able to enjoy the sun. That’s OK, we’ve been in the company of lots of old long customers and new friends from near and far. Yesterday we had an early morning class. Yawn. Oh sorry, I need more coffee!

We are not forgetting about you. We see your questions about the new Spellbinders’ Impressabilities. I have lots of photos and examples and I’ll write up a few entries on them, the show, the new carrying case and the fun we’ve been having here.

Here is a shot of the new markings on the Spellbindersâ„¢ Wizardâ„¢. The writing is facing the other way, there is an arrow showing the direction the mats should travel, and the color has been tweaked just so. Also shown is the Impressabilitiesâ„¢ in the package, and the make and take project we’ve been making.

Here we are at the group dinner, its me, Eli, Kim and Stacey at Buco De Beppo, YUM!

So hang in there! We appreciate your interest and Eli and I will be back home and writing all the details soon!

Beth

Hello crafting friends…Stacey here.

If you are here, most likely you played along with our Blog Frenzy that showcased 16 new die template sets, and you probably saw my  announcement that I’d be back today to share with you Spellbinder’s incredible innovation: Impressabilities.

This product is not your average texture-making folder that is readily available today. In fact, it’s not even a folder. We’re offering a new take on embossing with our versatile, customizable new templates called Impressabilities. This product will emboss, deboss, stencil or letterpress, all in one. Or you can snip apart the individual elements on the template and use them as an embellishment. So what does this mean to you? Let’s take a look…

1. Emboss or Deboss–Front of an A2 card or smaller
2. Emboss or Deboss–Precut die cuts, shapes or letters
3. Apply ink and Deboss–resulting in stunning letterpress effects
4. Customize–snip apart the elements of the template pieces to create one-of-a-kind flourishes, frames and more
5. Embellish–Trim and use the individual elements as embellishments
6. Stencil–Use the template as a stencil or mask to create beautiful patterns.

The flexibility and versatility make this a fabulous product to own.

I love having two of each around so I can letterpress 20 invitations with my full template and then cut the other one apart to use as embellishments for the cards. Like I said,  “Flexible and Versatile.” And you know whenever you can get those two great words in one sentence together, you’re sure to have VALUE. With the MSRP of $6.99, it definitely is a value.

I know the ideas are probably just swimming around in your creative brain…and we sure hope so. We can’t wait for these to start shippijng around the first of March. Then, later in the Spring (possibly May) we’ll be offering a contest utilizing this innovative product.

That’s all for today. Go check out the website to see that our new products are coming online this morning. So much potential for the coming season!!!

Hugs, Stacey

It’s a sad day for many…we have now reached the end of our daily release give-aways. {say with me now: Ahhhhhhhh} But let’s all just sit back for a minute and revel in all that we learned, all that we saw and all that will be available SOON…here it is:

With over 2,000 entrants on this, we sent our numbers over to Random.org to get something right in the middle:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

1203

Timestamp: 2009-01-22 15:16:11 UTC

Our Sweet 16 winner is:

Heather of Quebec, Canada

She was so thrilled, she said:

I couldn’t have said it better myself…

I know we are all shedding a tiny tear that the 5th Anniversary Party for Spellbindersâ„¢ is almost over but I’m pretty sure we’ll throw another party soon on the blog. We DO like to party.

But just a few reminders:

• Savvy Saturday will be taking this week off.
• Sunday at 9am Pacific Time, you’ll begin to see all the new dies and other coolio products released onto the site.
• Sunday we’ll share Stacey’s announcement of another innovation from Spellbindersâ„¢ that we think you are going to LOVE!!!
• January 31st will be our announcement for the Grand Prize winner of the Blog Frenzy, so mark your calendars for that.
• February 1st is the deadline for applications to the Design Team. So get your art ready and send it in before midnight CST.

Well, I think that’s it for now…we’ll see you back here soon.

Hey Beth, do you have any more cake? I’m starving…

Eli

We are still having a blast. The marathon continues but we’re in the last lap. We ate our Larabars (Coconut Cream Pie is my absolute favorite), drank our protein shakes, put on dry socks and we’re headed to the finish line. Day 15 bought us the Dahlia die template on Linda Duke’s blog. Gorgeous work, Linda. Love those stacked flower frames. So, brace yourself for today’s PILE O’ LOOT:

Another day with over 2,000 entries. Random.org=

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

589

Timestamp: 2009-01-21 19:01:41 UTC

That brought us to congratulate:

Sylvia of Taylors, South Carolina

Her response was fabulous:

Thanks again to everyone who has participated so far. I know I’m feeling some withdrawal pangs that there is no release die tonight. But just remember that there will be more news in a few days…If you are coming to CHA, be sure to visit our booth #4873!!

See you soon, Eli

It is hard to believe that over the past 2 weeks, we have been here every day sharing with you the profiles of our amazing designers AND the designers have been sharing a new release, every day. The time has flown and we are really working hard to finish up everything for CHA (You know, doin’ laundry, packing, making last minute projects, checking on the baby sitter…shew, makes me tired just mentioning it.) The Die Reveal on Day 14: Polka Dot Frameabilities® was shared by Donya Schroeder. Cool. So here is that mound of die templates that our winner will be getting…

After sending our contestant totals over to random.org…

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
205
Timestamp: 2009-01-21 03:42:58 UTC

We counted up to an Australian winner…seriously, we’ve now had winners from Canada, Sweden and Australia…how cool is that? Spellbindersâ„¢ Paper Arts is goin’ global!!!

So congratulations to:

Karen of Queensland, Australia

Who said:

{Karen, do you mind if I hand deliver these? (Eli)}

Just to put it into perspective, as of today, Spellbindersâ„¢ has promised 14 designers a total of 143 die template sets (remember, each set has 5-8 die templates in it) BAM! We sure did kick it up another notch with this season’s hottest party…

Cheers to all, Eli

Thirteen is sometimes seen as a superstitious or bad luck number but one lucky crafter is going to go against that trend and receive a bucket load of die templates. The rest of you are lucky to have Spellbinders constantly thinking up new and amazing products…Day 13’s die template, S7-013 Heirloom Scroll Border Grand, was showcased by Sally Lynn MacDonald. Thanks for the great projects. Let’s see that border die template AND the rest of the templates our LUCKY winner will get today.

Speaking of Lucky, we got our numbers over to Random.org and this is what we got:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

1749

Timestamp: 2009-01-19 22:14:51 UTC

So we contacted:

Judi of Grangeville, Idaho

When we got ahold of her, she said:

Thanks Judi, I’d say your slowly growing collection is on turbo boost now. We’re excited for you too.

Even though we’re nearing the end of our contest, you still have lots of fun ahead of you. Remember, we’ll be releasing all the die templates on our website on Sunday, January 25th. So take a gander at SpellbindersPaperArts.com on Sunday and don’t forget to come back here for Spellbindersâ„¢ announcement of another new product innovation.

Eli

Hello my paper crafting friends,

It’s Stacey here with my husband, Jeff. We are the co-creators of the Wizard.  We started with a small idea in 2003: make a universal die cut machine with die templates that are the most detailed on the market. We are so thrilled to be celebrating our 5th Anniversary with you, our loyal customers and fans.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all my Spellbinders’ Designers and Bloggers for their inspiring and beautiful sneak peeks. Its true, Spellbinders Die Templates are the most beautiful and detailed dies available today but it’s our designers that give you the wonderful vision on how to apply our die templates to your paper crafting projects. My vision from the beginning of Spellbinders was to form a Design Team SUPERIOR to any in the industry.  I think that goal has been achieved! I am looking forward to all the new 2009 Design Team Contest entries pouring in after CHA!

Immediately after CHA last summer I started to create the new die concepts that you see today… truly it’s never ending. After reading some of the posts from our awesome supporters, I realized that most of you do not know how or who makes the Spellbinders’ Die Templates come alive…

Toni has been with us since the beginning of Spellbinders and Fernando is going on two years with the company! Time flies when you are having fun. So, thank you from the bottom of all of our hearts for your support, it really does mean the world to us that you like the newest designs… it makes all my sleepless nights worth it.

I have been watching the excitement from everyone’s posts over the past few weeks.  It has been a blast to see the list of die templates grow each day. To see all the comments come in from excited paper crafters and the very excited winners, has been priceless.

Anyone who knows me, knows this next comment is so true
“If I could, I’d give you all prizes! (but then I couldn’t send my boys to college some day!! And aren’t they adorable!!)”

So, before I say bye for now, I have to tease you just a little. We have created one more new and fabulous product that I know you are going to swoon over. But you’ll have to wait a few more days. We will introduce this innovative product right here, on our Blog the day the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show opens: Sunday, January 25,
9 am Pacific Time. You will want to be here.

I do have a little hint: imagine we got tired of embossing and wanted to spend some time debossing. Well, let that simmer a bit and come visit back here on Sunday to see what the buzz is about.

Then check out the website to see all the new die templates that are being released! We can’t wait because there is much more to come!

Well, its time to pack my bags, we’re off to CHA!  Come see all the new products and artwork in booth 4873, and say hello too!

Yours in the details,

Stacey

A dozen days of die template releases and more than a dozen to give away today…and the total amount is over the top…Thanks to Keri Lee for releasing the Peony die template and making those amazing flowered pens. Let’s see the give-away for today…

Goin’ cross-eyed yet? That is a lot to take in…Another day with over 2,000 entrants and another day on Random.org…for this result:

Here are your random numbers:
1391
Timestamp: 2009-01-19 16:18:06 UTC

The gracious winner of this group of 16 die templates is:

Sandra of Omaha, Nebraska

When we e-mailed her that she won, she quickly responded:

Thanks so much for playing, Sandra, and everyone else too. Maybe if you know Sandra, she’ll let you borrow one some time. OR you could just put a few on your own wish list. After all, she may have quite a line forming to borrow those die templates (if she is willing.)

It’s late as I post this but there’s still almost 48 more hours to enter the final drawing, so keep checking out Trudees blog …