Spellbindersâ„¢ is pleased to announce the addition of three new Nestiesâ„¢! Nestiesâ„¢ are the sets of Nestabilities® die templates sold in a package of four for $79.99. Buying Nestiesâ„¢ saves you 20% off the individual retail price.Â
Our newest Nestiesâ„¢ are:
Nestiesâ„¢-008 Octagons including S4-185 Large Octagons, S4-186 Small Octagons, S4-187 Large Scalloped Octagons, and S4-188 Small Scalloped Octagons.
Nestiesâ„¢-010 Label including S4-162 Labels Two, S4-168 Large Labels, S4-169 Small Labels, S4-190 Labels Four
In honor of Black Friday, the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season, we are giving away 12 sets of Nesties™! You can win a set of Nesties™ by commenting on the Black Friday Blog Posts, once every 6 hours, starting at 12:00am Eastern Standard Time, November 27, 2009. We will give away 3 sets every 6 hours in the time slots as follows:
12:00-5:59 am EST: Ultra Early Bird Give-Away
6:00-11:59 am EST: Early Bird Give-Away
12:00-5:59 pm EST: Sleepin’ In Special
6:00-12:00 midnight EST: Gettin’ Back from the Mall Specials
Enter by posting a comment, on November 27, here on our Spellbinders™ Blog, only once in each time slot, for a total of 4 times. Entrants are eligible for the time slot they enter in, and for the future drawings. For example, if you enter between 12:01 and 5:59 am, you will be entered in all four drawings. You may enter again after 6:00 am to double your chance of winning, enter again after 12:00pm to triple your odds, and again after 6:00pm to for a total of four entries.
Spellbinders™ will draw three prize winner names from Random.org for each time slot. Each individual winner will receive one new Nesties™ set as announced, retail value of $80. A total of 12 winners will be announced on November 27-28, 2009. The total retail value of all prizes is $960.00.
A few details to remember:
You may enter once per time slot.
Entries are time stamped and will be considered for the drawings according to the time stamp.
A valid email address is required to enter. Emails will not be used for any purpose other than to contact winners.
By entering this contest, entrants give Spellbinders Paper Arts permission to post winner’s name on the Spellbindersâ„¢ Blog and in promotional material.
Winners will be announced here, on the Spellbindersâ„¢ Blog throughout the day on November 27, 2009.
Winners may only win once throught the course of the contest.
Winner must respond to winner email notification by Tuesday, December 1, 2009, or forfeit their prize.
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Do you love these money saving Nestiesâ„¢? Here are the other sets available:
I hope you enjoyed Beth’s take on the Wax Resist, Spellbindersâ„¢ Style post! I think this is my newest favorite technique :0) Thanks to our Design Team Member Heidi Blankenship for the technique!
Last Saturday, Heidi created a beautiful card and I made a hot chocolate pocket card - can’t decided if I want to give it away or keep it! LOL! This time I thought I’d make a window card using S5-017 Snowflake Frame and cut a sentiment by using S4-110 Classic Ovals LG #3 (the smallest die being #1). The sentiment “Let It Snow!” is from JustRite Stampers’ Christmas Joy Borders & Centers set.
First, I cut a sheet of wax paper into quarters in case I need more than one (aka mistakes). I understand that there some of us who can’t get wax paper locally. Are there papers that have a wax film on them available? I was thinking freezer paper, butcher’s paper or even parchment paper might do the trick.
I cut and embossed the wax papers. The cut sandwich is the same as using “regular” paper.
From the bottom:
White Master Mat
Magnetic Spacer Pad S5-017 Snowflake Frame (cut/ridge side up)
Wax Paper
White Master Mat
Then after cutting the wax paper, I embossed it.
Embossing Sandwich from bottom:
White Master Mat
Tan Embossing Pad S5-017 Snowflake Frame w/ Wax Papers Embedded (cut/ridge side down)
White Master Mat
Carefully take the wax paper out of the die template. Avoid any wrinkles because they might show up in the resist. I flipped the embossed wax frame so that you can see how well it took the embossing.
Now this is where the “magic” begins! Heat up your iron on high (keep it on dry, no steam setting), place your wax frame onto the card front and with a paper towel on top of the it, iron your wax paper into the cardstock. Be careful not to move the frame and make sure to spend a few minutes ironing so that the wax melts onto the cardstock. Not sure if you can see the resist in the picture…
Then with a cotton ball, tap into your dye ink and color in the card front to expose the waxed image for that beautiful resist effect.
Taking the center of the S5-017 Snowflake Frame, I taped (to make it less tacky, I tapped the tape on my jeans = removable tape!) it into position to cut/emboss and make a window into the card.
I stamped my sentiment “Let It Snow” onto a piece of blue cardstock and cut/embossed with the S4-110 Classic Ovals LG #3. Notice I taped again to make sure that I get the image centered properly.
Time to assemble the card! I inked the edges of the center pieces of the S5-017 Snowflake Frame and adhered it to the inside of the card centered so that when the card is closed it would come through the window. Using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, I adhered the oval stamped sentiment in the middle to give it dimension. I also added a little glitter in the snowflakes of the stamped image but hard to see in the picture. Tied white ribbon on the side to give it some texture. To finish off, I added Hero Arts Gems for a little sparkle!
This is the finished look! Hope you get a chance to try this technique!
Just a reminder about the Spellbindersâ„¢ Seasonal Limited Edition die templates , they will no longer be manufactured after November 30th 2009 which is not too far off! WOW! So if you’re sitting on the fence about some of these products, I wouldn’t sit there too long! If your favorite Spellbindersâ„¢ retailers run out, they’re gone. So hope you order yours soon!
Wow Heidi and Margie, what an amazing technique! I just had to try it for myself! I gathered my supplies:
Spellbindersâ„¢ S5-018 Poinsettia Frame; Crafty Secrets, Vintage Christmas Stamp Set; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L, 3D Foam Squares; Copic, Sketch Markers R22, R24, C1, B21, B23, E00; Household Iron, Red and White Cardstock, Kitchen Wax Paper, Yellow Brads, Green Dye Ink, Cotton Balls.
I cut/embossed the wax paper in my Wizardâ„¢ with the S5-018 Poinsettia Frame. I set the wax paper die cuts on a sheet of smooth white cardstock. I placed another sheet on top of it and placed my hot iron on top of it. It takes a few minutes for the wax to melt onto the cardstock, so be patient, and also careful not to move the die cut around if you are peeking at the progress.Â
Tap a cotton ball into the dye ink and tap off, then swirl the ink over the paper. I did this several times, and each layer of ink revealed a a better result.  Once I was happy with the ink, I lined up my die templates and cut/embossed the Poinsettia Frames.
The inside frame needed something, so I stamped and colored a Crafty Secrets image, then cut/embossed the image with the smaller frame. I used 3D Foam Squares to adhere the image to the cut out from the frame. I also cut/embossed the poinsettia flower with red cardstock, hand trimmed the flower and used the 3D Foam Squares to lift the petals, just like I did on this card. I added three yellow brads to the poinsettia.
I assembled the card as shown:
Yes, I do have a Christmas Tree set up already, but its not decorated yet.
Let it snow? You might think I’ve lost my mind. You might be right! I’m not ready for snow in Chicago yet. But I couldn’t resist playing with my Spellbinders™ Limited Edition die templates. That’s right, the S4-222 Create A Flake One and S4-223 Create A Flake Two, as well as the S4-224 Snowflake Border Petite and S5-017 Snowflake Frame will not be manufactured after November 30, 2009. Get them from your favorite Spellbindersâ„¢ retailer while you can!
Put away your mittens and coats and grab your craft supplies. My card base is 5.5×11″ white cardstock, folded in half. The snowflakes are assembled from Core’dinations cardstock, I used 4 graduated tones of blue and both the S4-222Create A Flake One and S4-223 Create A Flake Two die template sets.
I cut two colors from each Create A Flake set, which gave me lots of snowflake shapes, sizes and colors to build from. Individual die cuts were sanded to reveal the colored core of the Core’dinations cardstock. Each flake is assembled using SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L 3D Foam Squares for extra dimension, and brads.
I cut/embossed the S4-224 Snowflake Border Petite on the front of the card, then inked through the die template like a stencil. This cut the detailed edge and snowflakes and embossed the pinking edge and detail.Â
I used a scrap of the blue cardstock to cut/emboss additional snowflakes, this time from the S4-224 Snowflake Border Petite, so that I could add them to the openings on the front. Brads hold them in place inside of the card. Doesn’t it look like they are attached to the front of the card?
I couldn’t let those snowflakes get lonely inside the card. I cut/embossed and sanded the inside frame from S5-017 Snowflake Frame. JustRite Stampers allowed me to customize the greeting with their fonts and rectangluar stamper. Clearsnap Colorbox Smoke Blue Pigment ink is the color I used for both stenciling with an Ink Applicator on the front and stamping on the inside.
I have snowflake die cut pieces left, I’ll save them for another project. Remember, get your Spellbindersâ„¢ Seasonal Limited Edition die templates soon! See the complete list here. And lets hope Mother Nature doesn’t take this card seriously!
Trick or Treat! No tricks, just treats for you here! The first treat is a double on the Tattered Angels Blog Hop! Design Team Member Lisa Rapp and our very own Eli Harlan are both showcasing some Tattered Angels love today, be sure to visit both of their blogs. And don’t forget to see what Tattered Angel’s Blog has in store too.
Now on to Halloween. Halloween is for kids, and kids of all ages dress in costumes!  Super Heros, Princesses, Monsters, Celebrities, Politicians, Ninjas, Ghosts and just about anything else goes when it comes to Halloween. Some people even wear costumes to work! This picture is the Spellbindersâ„¢ crew in Phoenix! I’m sure they had a lot of fun, and plenty of candy too!
For today’s post I put together a cute Halloween mini book. I had a sheet of vintage images waiting for the perfefct project, and this is it! I didn’t take a lot of step shots, but you will see it is a pretty straight forward book.
I started with the largest of the S4-227 Pumpkins and cut 4 chipboard pumpkin shapes as bases for the pages. In my Wizard™ I cut/embossed 8 more from patterned paper, Fancy Pants Trick or Treat Collection and an orange piece from Daydreams, these covered both sides of the chipboard. I spritzed the pumpkin die cuts with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, and when they were dry I sanded the edges. I have several colors of Glimmer Mist and tried to match them with the colors of the papers. Look at the results!
Ohhhhh, glimmery!
I cut a piece of Core’dinations Black Magic Cardstock with the S4-227 Pumpkins Nestabilities, to make pumpkin shaped frames by nesting the die templates.  See how I set them on my Magnetic Spacer Plate. This gave me 2 frames and 3 full pumpkins. I cut/embossed then sanded the black side to reveal the orange color underneath.
The rest of the book is just stacking, layering, inking, sanding and having fun.
For most, we are in full swing of “Back to School” mode - the early mornings, the bag lunches and the routine. Here in an empty (and quiet!) house, I was cleaning my closet and found a box of pictures of my boys in their younger years…they were so cute! What happened? They grew up…a little! LOL!
As the theme is ”back to school” today, I am learning something new. I thought I’d try my hand at Karen Taylor’s technique of using the Impressabilities to make a “Back to School” layout of my oldest when he hit first grade. Then add into the mix, my favorite technique of letterpressing.
I had some foam shapes and letters in my sticker binder for awhile so it was a great excuse to use them! After reading how Eli and Beth heated the Impressabilities™ to emboss, I thought what about heating the foam instead?
Before I started my experiment, I had everything for my Wizard™ all set up so I can make that mad dash to the sandwich of (from bottom):
White Master Mat
Favorite Impressability
Foam Shape or Letters
Tan Embossing Mat
White Master Mat
Using my tweezer, I heated the black foam arrow with its white backing intact (I cut the shape from its sticker sheet) and the surface turned into a shiny coat. Quickly I put the heated foam face down, placed the Tan Embossing Mat and White Master Mat on top. Passed the sandwich through the Wizardâ„¢. Repeat the process for the foam letters that spelled out “Back To School.”
After heating all that foam, I used the letterpress technique that I had posted last month by using Clearsnap Queue ink (notice the frame behind the journaling box?). The journaling was written on S4-230 Labels Six die #5 and the letterpressed frame, I used S4-230 Labels Six die #6. For more details on how to letterpress, please refer HERE.
With Cosmo Cricket “Boyfriend” collection (papers, ribbon and rub-ons) and chalking the edges with Clearsnap Fluid Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan, I was able to complete a real fun layout for my first grader of long ago! LOL!
The last, but certainly not the least of our daily CHA Blog Frenzy winners is Joni, from Keene, New Hampshire, USA! Pinch yourself, make sure you are awake! Joni visited Keri Lee Sereika’s CHA Blog Frenzy and entered to win, and boy, did she ever!
“OMG I can’t believe it. This email just flashed across my screen. Am I dreaming??? Thank you thank you thank you. I love Spellbinders and use one in every card that I make. Thank you so very much! I am shaking just typing this. I hope there are no typos!”
Typos, schypos! Get your mojo ready Joni, because you’ll have a lot of cardmaking to do when you get a package full of these:
S4-227 Nested Pumpkins
S7-015 Holiday Lights Borderabilities Grand
S7-016 Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand
Our Grand Prize Winner will be announced on Tuesday, July 28. You will see 29 new Spellbinders™ releases and the one very lucky crafter who wins them all!
We are not quite done yet, even though we’ve given away over $4,000 in Spellbindersâ„¢ die templates and Impressabilitiesâ„¢ so far this summer! (I hope the big bosses aren’t reading this!) The Pendant Project Contest is open until August 10, and there will be 5 more lucky winners to add to the winners circle!
Congrats to all of our winners, and thank you everyone for joining in on our CHA Blog Frenzy! We hope you are as excited about Spellbinders’â„¢ new products as we are! Do you have a favorite?
Amy from Kearney, Nebraska, USA, has her happy dance going on! She’s the winner of Day 13’s Blog Frenzy contest. After visiting Jennifer Davis’s Blog Frenzy, Amy entered to win all the dies that had been revealed to date.
“OH…MY…GOSH….I broke out in a sweat when I saw this in my inbox! You have no idea how much I’ve been drooling over all these amazing new reveals. If I scream I’ll totally freak my neighborhood out, but that’s what I’m doing on the inside!! Thank you SO much, I’m beyond thrilled! *happy dance* I can’t wait to use all these goodies!”
Lets take a look at those goodies:
S7-015 Holiday Lights Borderabilities Grand
S7-016 Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand
Congratulations Amy! We can’t wait to see your creations! If you have made Spellbindersâ„¢ Pendant creations, why not enter them into the Pendant Contest? You could win even more goodies! Check out the rules and prizes here.
While it may seem a little bit like Christmas, for Day 12’s winner it is more like a birthday! And what a great birthday present! Sharlene of North Bay, Ontario, Canada is getting this package of birthday bliss:
S5-018 Poinsettia Frameabilities
S7-016 Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand
Can you believe it? “I AM REPLYING AND THANKING YOU VERY MUCH FOR PICKING MY NAME FOR THE DRAW. IT COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY WAS JULY 22. I THOUGHT WOULDN’T THIS BE FREAKY IF I SHOULD WIN. I HAVE BOUGHT FOUR OF THE LAST NEW SPELLBINDERS THAT WERE RELEASED LAST MONTH. I BOUGHT S4-210 Lattice Pendants, S4-218 Lattice, S4-204 Fleur de Lis Pendants, S4-213 Fleur de Lis, S4-208 In Spades Pendants, S4-217 In Spades, S4-206 Renaissance Hearts Pendants, and S4-215 Renaissance Hearts. THEY ARE JUST SUPER AND I DO A LOT OF CARD MAKING AND SCRAPBOOKING. I HAVE SO MANY OF THE OTHER ONES THAT THESE ARE GOING TO GO GOOD WITH MY COLLECTION. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I WON AS I NEVER WIN ANYTHING! THANKS AGAIN AND CANNOT WAIT TO GET THEM.”
Sharlene entered from Becca Feeken’s Blog Frenzy. Thanks for visiting with us, and for entering!
Oh Sharlene, one last thing. I am anxiously awaiting your entries into the Pendant Project Contest! You can enter up to 3 times, and there will be 5 very luck winners! You have until August 10 to submit your projects!
Yes, that’s right, these beauties are on their way to Ohio! Mary exclaimed “Wow! I’ve been entering your Blog Frenzy with each new release, but never really expected to win anything. The creativity and talent shown by your designers is amazing and inspiring. Thank you so very much for this generous prize. I’ll definitely be ordering some of the other new Pendants and Borderabilities, too! Thanks again!”
Gosh, thanks Mary and everyone else for visiting our blogs, entering our contest and leaving comments for our hard working and uber talented designers!
Stay tuned for the Grand Prize winner announcement!
