Yes, that’s right! Spellbinders is doing it again, and it’s bigger and its better than before! You didn’t think we could stop with the new Pendant Collection did you? Oh no! We’ve got 17 more new Spellbinders products to reveal from July 9 – 22, 2009. And we want to share them with you!

Each day we will direct you to one of our talented Designer’s blogs where you will be introduced to our latest and greatest Spellbinders Die Templates. Enter to win by sending an email to the address listed in the blog. Daily winners will be chosen randomly from eligible entries. But wait, there’s more!

This time the prize is progressive! On Day 1, we give away the Day 1 release. On Day 2 we give away the Day 1 and Day 2 releases! The prizes grow each and every day for 14 days!! By entering each day from each blog, you become eligible to win the Grand Prize… COMPLETE set of CHA Summer 2009 Die Templates and Impressabilities releases, a total of 29 products with a retail value of more than $560.00!!

Check out this line up of talented Designers on the dates noted and then enter for your chance to win:

7/9 Debbie Olson

7/10 Michelle Wooderson

7/11 Karen Hunsaker

7//12 Kazan Clark

7/13 Linda Duke

7/14 Heidi Blankenship

7/15 Kimberly Crawford

7/16 Julie Overby

7/17 Sherry Cheever

7/18 Debbie Seyer

7/19 Lesa Rapp

7/20 Becca Feeken

7/21 Jennifer Davis

7/22 Keri Lee Sereika

Remember to stop here each day as we will introduce our featured Designer and provide a link to her blog. Subscribe to the Spellbinders Blog here to get the daily posts emailed to you, and don’t miss out on a single thing!

See the entire line of Spellbinders products on the Spellbinders’ website.

Official Rules

Any participant wishing to be included in the daily drawing for the Spellbinders CHA 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 July 9 and July 22, 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 July 9th through July 22nd and plan accordingly.

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 14 Spellbinders CHA Blog Frenzy 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 CHA Summer 2009 die templates and Impressabilities releases, 29 products, with a retail value of $561.71.

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

Any participant wishing to be automatically entered into the drawing for the CHA Blog Frenzy Grand Prize must enter all 14 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.

For more Spellbinders new product release information go to New Products
If you have any questions regarding the contest, send an e-mail to ContestQuestions .

Day 6 brings us some extra postage, but that’s OK! We’ve put a smile on Robyn’s face, as well as a little cushion in her crafting budget!

“…a large amount of thanks to you and Spellbinders for running the free draws. I am thrilled to be one of your winners and I particularly liked the In Spades Pendant. I didn’t think I had a chance living outside of the US. Because of the exchange rate etc., here in New Zealand, we pay twice your advertised price for Spellbinders products, now I will have one more set than I can afford to buy. So again thanks very much. I am a card maker and also do off the page type of art and these pendant dies look like they work so well on cards I am really looking forward to working with them.” Robyn of Manaia, Taranaki, New Zealand said when she found out she was one of our lucky winners.

Robyn has won the Spellbinders S4-208 In Spades Pendant and the S4-217 In Spades Borderabilities from Heidi Blankenship’s Blog Frenzy!  Thanks for playing along with us, Robyn!

Stay tuned, we have a few more winners to announce, as well as getting back to our regularly scheduled blogging.  Look for more Pendant and Borderabilities artwork and tutorials from Margie and me!

Beth

I hope that everyone is enjoying the new releases from our newest collection, The Pendants! Can you believe it’s Day 7?! Don’t forget - after all the releases have been revealed and in stores, we have a contest (Pendant Project Contest) and it’s BIG! Look HERE for details!

Heidi Blankenship showed her beautiful creations with the S4-208 In Spades Pendant and the S4-217 In Spades Borderabilities® yesterday. Thank you, Heidi, for an amazing inspiration! Remember you have until June 28th (11:59PM EST) to enter to win.

Welcome To Day 7 of the Spellbinders™ Pendants Blog Frenzy!!

For Day 7, Linda Duke will show us what she did with the S4-206 Renaissance Hearts Pendant and the S4-215 Renaissance Hearts Borderabilities®.

***Remember you need to send an email to enter! Link is in Linda’s Blog! Good luck!!***

 
How many years of crafting?
As long as I can remember, I have always been interest in art.  My dad was a very talented artist, and I would spend hours watching him draw.  I always had paper and pencil in hand and tried to draw the things he did.

Your favorite Spellbinders™ technique?
My favorite technique would have to be coloring with either PrismaColor Pencils or Copic Markers. Both are great for achieving a realistic look and perfect for shading.

Your favorite Spellbinders™ die?
As for my favorite die, that’s difficult because I really enjoy them all, but my favorite would be the Nestabilities®. They are perfect for card making and stamping.

One thing you get inspiration for and why?
Magazines: I collect all of them. Since I live in a small town, they help me stay up to date with what’s going on in the industry.

Here are some of Linda’s beautiful work!

***Remember you need to send an email to enter! Link is in Linda’s Blog! Good luck!!***

Sherry Cheever showed her wonderful creations with the S4-210 Lattice Pendant and the S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities® yesterday. Thank you, Sherry, for the beautiful inspiration! Remember you have until June 27th (11:59PM EST) to enter to win.

Welcome to Day 6 of the Spellbinders™ Pendants Blog Frenzy!!

For Day 6, Heidi Blankenship will show us her stuff by using the S4-208 In Spades Pendant and the S4-217 In Spades Borderabilities®!

***Remember you need to send an email to enter! Link is in Heidi’s Blog! Good luck!!***

How many years of crafting?
I have been doing some type of crafting ever since I was little and I have been stamping for 20 + years.

How long have you been blogging?
A little over two years

Your favorite Spellbinders™ technique?
Reverse Stenciling

Your favorite Spellbinders™ die?
S7-014 Classic Lace Borderabilities® Grand

Favorite food/beverage for crafting?
If it’s in the morning, coffee with my favorite chocolate raspberry creamer.
During the rest of the day, either water or coke and sometimes a few pretzels in the evening.

One thing you get inspiration from and why?
I seem to find the most inspiration when I am listening to music and surprisingly it’s music that I might not otherwise listen too—LOL! I’m not really sure why, all I know is that it gets the creativity flowing.

Sharing some of Heidi’s wonderful creations!

***Remember you need to send an email to enter! Link is in Heidi’s Blog! Good luck!!***

As it was announced yesterday, Spellbinders™ will be revealing The Pendant Collection, a new line up of die templates, with an eight day Blog Frenzy starting June 22. The collection includes eight (8) Pendants and eight (8) coordinating Borderabilities®.

S4-204 Fleur de Lis Pendant - $24.99
S4-213 Fleur de Lis Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 22, 2009 - Becca Feekan

S4-205 Eyelet Pendant - $24.99
S4-214 Eyelets Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 23, 2009 - Debbie Olson

S4-209 Tulips Pendant® - $24.99
S4-211 Tulips Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 24, 2009 - Michelle Wooderson

S4-203 Contemporary Hearts Pendant - $24.99
S4-212 Contemporary Hearts Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 25, 2009 - Keri Lee Sereika

S4-210 Lattice Pendant - $24.99
S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 26, 2009 - Sherry Cheever

S4-208 In Spades Pendant - $24.99
S4-217 In Spades Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 27, 2009 - Heidi Blankenship

S4-206 Renaissance Hearts Pendant - $24.99
S4-215 Renaissance Hearts Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 28, 2009 - Linda Duke

S4-207 Kaleidoscope Pendant - $24.99
S4-216 Kaleidoscope Borderabilities® - $19.99
June 29, 2009 - Jennifer Davis

So check back daily to see the designs of this amazing and innovative new die template collection!
You won’t be disappointed!

Introducing

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants

Die Templates

You’re invited to an 8 day celebration
June 22-29, 2009
on Spellbinders Designer’s Blogs

We are excited to have a new member of Spellbinders’ family of die templates and with another installment of Spellbinders’ Blog Frenzy!

Starting on June 22, each day a different Spellbinders Designer will feature one of these amazing Pendant die templates!

Blog visitors can sign up during specified times for a chance to win that day’s featured prize. Visit all the blogs and enter to be eligible to win the Grand Prize!

For more information and to be sure you don’t miss a minute of Shapeabilities Pendants worldwide introduction, visit Spellbinders’ Blog or the following blogs:

June 22 - Becca Feeken

June 23 - Debbie Olson

June 24 - Michelle Wooderson

June 25 -  Keri Lee Sereika

June 26 - Sherry Cheever

June 27 - Heidi Blankenship

June 28 - Linda Duke

June 29 - Jennifer Davis

Our fabulous Designers have been busy creating amazing projects and tutorials to showcase these innovative new Pendants.  You will not want to miss this Blog Frenzy, so mark your calendars, set your alarms, and subscribe to this blog for updates.  Then sit back and be prepared to be WOWed!

Either way…it’s all good!

Hello, everyone! I’ll be pinch hitting for Eli while she is out for the summer.

Since reading this past Savvy Saturday post, I have been wanting to try this flower pounding technique! It seems like I didn’t have any flowers that were “pound-able.” So as I was doing yard work this past weekend, I noticed the ever growing pile of dandelions and then “AHA!” Why not reuse these into my work?! This is the only time I’m glad we had those pesky things!

When using your Wizard™, your sandwich is pretty much the same as embossing with the exception of using flowers instead of the Die Templates.

From the bottom:
White Master Mat
Watercolor/Cardstock paper
Flower (facing down)
Watercolor/Cardstock paper (or wax paper, plastic wrap, paper towel)
Tan Embossing Mat
White Master Mat

Pass through the Wizard™ once - that should do the trick! Yellowing in the flowers tend to dry brown so I sprayed an archival “fix” so the color will keep.

With all this pounding, I came up with a page called “One Fine Day” to celebrate my boys enjoying a sunny summer day! I used the S4-171 Nested Butterflies and S4-114 Standard Circles LG. The papers are from My Mind’s Eye “Feeling Groovy” collection and embellished with Clearsnap Queue and Hero Arts Gemstones.

Design Team Member Karen Hunsaker shared her pounding skills by picking out some Bougainvilleas and making this beautiful card, “Sending Sunshine.” Karen used a combination of S4-161 Labels One, S7-014 Classic Lace Borderabilities® Grand and S3-149 Double Ended Tags to start the card’s shape. Finishing touches were added with Hero Arts “Thoughtful” Stamp Set, Clearsnap Fluid Chalk Ink, Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares and Creative Impressions Bit of Bling Pearls.

This “Thanks A Bunch” card is from Design Team Member Heidi Blankenship, using the S4-190 Labels Four, S4-192 Blossom, S4-199 Floral Accent and I2-1004 Impressabilities® Flower. She pounded some violas to get this beautiful effect. WOW!

So does this make you go out to your garden and pound some flowers?! Go for it and have fun!

MargieH

With all this talk of the Borderability Grands, I thought I would give the Borderability Petites some lovin’. You know how pesky those little siblings can get when they are left out of the fun.  And speaking of fun, I’m so happy to be bringing you art from the new 2009 Design Team!

The Borderability Petite die templates are 5.5 inches long and vary in width, depending on the design.  Each border has one cut line along the long edge.  They are the perfect length for cards, but can be beautiful on any type of project.

The S4-163 Daisy Borderability Petite comes with 2 coordinating die templates with the daisy design. This design coordinates with the S7-003 Daisy Borderabilities Grand and the S4-043 Daisy Patch Edgeabilities die templates.

The S4-164 Rose Borderability Petite comes with 2 coordinating die templates that match the rose design of the S7-001 Rose Borderability Grand and the S4-044 Rose Blossom Edgeablities die templates.

The S4-174 Deckle Scalloped Edge Petite Borders come as a set of 2 5.5 inch borders, one with a scalloped edge and dotted embossing detail, and the other with the decked edge for the worn and torn look.

Lets not forget about the Piercabilities!  Those work in exactly the same way!  You can choose to pierce or not pierce.

2009 Design Team Member Heidi Blankenship’s Anniversary card is stunning.  Heidi loves JustRite Stampers, Copic Markers, and Flower Soft products as well as the following Spellbinder’s supplies: S4-164 Rose Borderabilities Petite, S4-044 Rose Blossom Edgeability, S4-194 Large Classic Inverted Scalloped Circles, S4-114 Standard Circles LG, S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large, and of course, her trusty Wizard!

For her Butterfly Dreams card, Heidi used these Spellbinders’ products: S4-114 Standard Circles Large, S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large, and S4-173 Piercabilities Fancy Scalloped Butterfly.

Terre Fry, Design Team Member, used the Deckle piece from the S4-174 Deckle Scalloped Edge Petite set on her Christmas card to add the festive detail.  The S4-085 Snowflake Wonder is still one of my personal favorites!

Design Team Member Karen Hunsaker used the S4-163 Daisy Borderability Petite die template set to wrap around the candle as well as to cut and emboss the bottom edge of the card and emboss her envelope flap.  JustRite Stampers made the gift tag look just right!

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Design Team Member Jennifer Davis shows us how a Borderability Petite can accent a layout.  Could Maiah be any cuter?  Jennifer’s layout includes S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles, Large, S4-116 Standard Circles Small, S4-114 Standard Circles Large, and S4-120 Doodles (discontinued).

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Whew, that’s a lot of linky-loo’s!  I hope you have enjoyed your ride across the border, Borderabilities, that is!
Beth

I admit it.  I can’t for the life of me cut a perfect square.  That makes Spellbinders’ Square die templates perfect for me!  Squares are so versatile in scrapbooking, card making and even multi-media, they’re something everyone should own.  Lets explore some artwork and see why its so hip to be Square!

Heidi Blankenship is hip!  She shows off not only the Classic squares, but the Inverted Scallops and how they look layered the the Classic Scallops.  Great Job, Heidi! She used S4-196 Large Classic Inverted Squares, S4-129 Small Classic Scallop Squares, and S4-191 Dahlia.

Heidi Blankenship

Becca Feeken is hip! She cut a frame from the Scalloped Circle  and layered her stamped image with squares.  I love it, Becca! She used S4-128 Classic Squares Small and S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circles Small.

Becca Feeken

Sherry Cheever is hip! She mounted artwork on the squares and matted with the larger scalloped square and made a beautiful focal point.

Sherry Cheever

When you open the card, you see that she also used a square to cut an opening in the front of the card. Great idea, Sherry! She used S4-126 Classic Squares, Large, and S4-127 Classic Scalloped Squares, Large.

Sherry Cheever

Debbie Olson is hip! Her square would make anyone smile. Fabulous, Debbie! She used S4-129 Classic Scalloped Squares, Small and S4-128 Classic Squares, Small

Debbie Olsen

I love hanging out with these hip ladies, don’t you?
Happy Savvy Saturday!
Beth

I thought we’d take just a minute to give you the links to our new Designers Blogs.

Each designer that has a blog has her own style, shares her own inspiring projects and follows her own tempo of posting. So, why not check them out now and then…

But first, here they all are “in class” at our retreat!!

Christy Farneth-Kerr shares her fun and funky projects at Christy’s Creative Journey

Debbie Seyer’s sweetness shines through her projects at A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Heidi Blankenship’s amazing artwork can be found at Embellished Dreams

Holly Simoni shares art and inspiration at Holly Simoni

Janine Blackwelder shows off her delightful style at My S.T.A.M.P. Club

Jennifer Davis’ Preservation Arts is currently under construction but check back often and it’ll be live soon.

Julie Overby never misses a beat on her blog Mini Moments

Karen Hunsaker shares some art and some heart and soul at Karen’s Kreations

Karen Taylor’s spunky style shines at Creative Yearnings

Kazan Clark brings her personality and amazing creations to Nunu Toolies

Kimberly Crawford’s paper creations inspire us at For the Love of Paper

Lesa Rapp shares her amazing Paper Possibilities with projects galore

Terre Fry welcomes new friends and old to her blog Terre’s Scrap Therapy