Don’t forget our Spellbinders™ and Tattered Angels month-long blog hop! Today, we would like to spotlight our Design Team Member Linda Duke! See what she has in store for you by visiting her blog.

Everyone says “think outside the box” but have you ever thought of “the box?” So thinking inside the box, I went into my “box” of Spellbinders™ die templates to find S5-019 Labels Eight, S4-226 Harvest Border Petites and S4-227 Pumpkin Nestabilities®.

Hmm…with gift giving season coming up, I’m thinking I would try my hand at making a box! Since Halloween is just around the corner, why not make a little treat box. See where I’m going with this…box! LOL!

First we need to cut/emboss four S5-019 Labels Eight die #6 (#1 being the smallest) with My Mind’s Eye Fall In Love Collection.

Your cut sandwich will be (from the bottom):
White Master Mat
Magnetic Spacer Plate
S5-019 Labels Eight die #6 (cut/ridge side UP)
Cardstock
White Master Mat

After cutting your cardstock, remove the Magnetic Spacer Plate and grab your Enlarged Embossing Pad for your emboss sandwich (from the bottom):
White Master Mat
S5-019 Labels Eight die #6 (w/ cardstock, cut side UP)
Enlarged Embossing Pad
White Master Mat

Then score 1/2″ from each short side and 1/2″ on the bottom of the long side of all four S5-019 Labels Eight die cuts. Make sure to cut the corners at the bottom to make the tabs easy to fold.

Adhere to each side making four walls but do not connect the last sides together yet. We need to embellish the walls first before completing the frame of the box.

Taking your S4-226 Harvest Border Petites, cut/emboss the leaves border (this particular border cuts all the way around to make a great accent piece) and stencil with Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk Chestnut Roan. You’ll need to cut/emboss/stencil four times (for each side). Trim to fit inside the scored lines - approx. 1/2″. Then line up the borders to make a straight line as shown and adhere.

Using the S4-227 Pumpkin Nestabilties® die #3, cut/emboss with orange cardstock and with Sparkle ‘N Sprinkle Burnt Orange Flocking Powder, I textured the pumpkin. Determine which side will be the front of the box and adhere the pumpkin. Mist Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Raven onto a small flower, dry and add Hero Arts Pearls in the middle. I used Crafty Secrets Creative Scraps Seasonal Calendar/Halloween image and the black pearl pin to go with that glimmery flower.

Now you can put the last sides together to form the frame of the box by using wet adhesive. Then cut 4.5″x 4.5″ size piece of cardstock to make the bottom of the box. With wet adhesive, edge the bottom four sides of the cardstock and then drop it in on top of the scored edges of the box frame. Let dry.

To finish it off, add your favorite Halloween treat and you’ve got yourself a box! Now remember to think inside the box for your next project!

Hope you have a wonderful Saturday!!
MargieH

“THANK YOU… THANK YOU… THANK YOU!!! I couldn’t be more thrilled… I’ve never won anything before! I’m trying to collect all of the beautiful Spellbinders nesting die sets and this prize brings me that much closer to my goal. Thank you Spellbinders and I look forward to more of these wonderful contest opportunities.” That is what Randy from Los Angeles, California, USA, replied when she got the winning email.  Randy, we like the way you think! Randy entered to win these beauties from Linda Duke’s CHA Blog Frenzy Reveal.

Joining Randy’s collection will be the following Spellbinders™ Die Templates:

S4-219 Nested Poinsettia

I2-1006 Impressabilities Floral Stones

S4-234 Ribbon Tag Trio 2

S4-229 Labels Five

S4-220 Nested Pine Tree

S5-019 Labels Eight

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You can win these dies and more, just by sending one email from the featured CHA Blog Frenzy Reveal.  Stop here daily to get introduced to the featured Designer and get linked to her blog.

What’s that?  You want to win even more Spellbinders™ products?  Enter your Spellbinders™ Pendant artwork into our Pendant Project Contest!  Your work will be featured on our website and there will be 5 lucky winners!

Many thanks to Linda Duke for a wonderful job on her reveal of S4-219 Nested Poinsettia and I2-1006 Impressabilities® Floral and Stone. Again, a reminder to those of you who are entering our Frenzy contest…you have until July 14th (11:59PM EST) to send in your email. The link is in Linda’s blog.

Now we are on Day Six of the Frenzy! Today, we will take a look at what Design Team Member Heidi Blankenship has created with our next new release, S4-228 Nested Maple Leaf  and S4-226 Harvest Border Petite.

Do you have a scrap room or a scrap area?
Yes, I have two different areas: one is in the basement where I keep all of my personal stuff; and the other area is on the main level where I keep all the products that I use on a daily basis as well as design team supplies.

Are you a messy crafter or an organized crafter?
It depends on what I am doing…right now, it’s kind of a mess! The basement area tends to be messy. I think because it’s out of site and if I don’t feel like cleaning it right away, nobody will see it. I like to keep the main level area very organized - everything has a place and is labeled.

Are you an altered arts, scrapbook or card kinda gal?
I am a card maker first but I really do enjoy doing altered arts and then it would be scrapbooking.

Who is your favorite promotional partner?
I love Crafty Secrets and all of the paper crafting products they carry. Vintage is one of my favorite styles. I also love working with JustRite Stampers. They have a wonderful variety of stamps and I like being able to make personalized cards and gifts. One of my other favorite is Core’dinations paper. I love the look of embossed and sanded cardstock with its color core.

Do you shop for supplies mostly online or locally?
I do both. But I truly believe in supporting my local shop so I always check there first. If the store owner doesn’t have it in stock, she will order it. If it’s from a company that I can’t find locally, I will then purchase products online.

Here are some samplings of Heidi’s beautiful creations!

Design Team Member Kazan Clark created some amazing cards with the S4-234 Ribbon Tag Trio 2 set and did you notice the S4-208 In Spades Pendant die too - WOW! Can’t get enough of this new reveal? Karen Hunsaker’s blog has another sample of what you can do

A continued reminder for those who are entering our Frenzy contest - you have until July 13th (11:59PM EST) to send in your email. The link is in Kazan’s blog!

Today on Day Five, we will be peeking into Design Team Member Linda Duke’s blog to see what she created with S4-219 Nested Poinsettia and I2-1006 Impressabilities® Floral and Stone.

As long as Linda can remember, she has always been interested in art. Her father was a very talented artist and would spend hours watching him draw. She always had paper and pencil in hand, and tried to emulate his drawings. In high school, Linda took every art classes she could and continued to take art courses in college. Thanks to those classes, she is able to learn to work with all kinds of medium. Linda’s “go to” Spellbinders™ dies are the Nestabilities® as they are perfect for card making and stamping.

Here we are sharing one of Linda’s beautiful art pieces…looks so real!

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 .

Hollie from Sun City Center, Florida, USA is the winner of Day 7’s Pendant Blog Frenzy! Hollie visited Linda Duke’s blog, entered the contest and was randomly chosen to receive the Spellbinders S4-206 Renaissance Hearts Pendant and the S4-215 Renaissance Hearts Borderabilities!

When Hollie learned she had won, she said, “Oh wow - how exciting!! I haven’t won anything since the 8th grade! I’ve loved all the new pendant dies and seeing what the designers have made with them. I’ll have lots of fun playing with the Renaissance Hearts Pendants and Borderabilities. Love my Wizard and my Nestabilities and I’m sure these will be my new favorites. Thank you so much!!”

Hollie, its our pleasure to break that little streak you had going and to send these die templates to you!

Stick around, there are more winners to announce, and more art and tutorials coming your way! Don’t forget to enter the Pendant Project Contest by submitting your Pendant Art!

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!!***

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!

Here we are on the brink of Mothers Day and I get to share with you some projects made with Mom in mind,  by our fabulous 2009 Design Team.

To start us off, Karen Hunsaker made this candle and card with S4-163 Daisy Borderability Petite. We saw this the other day, but it’s worth a second look. I love that the envelope flap is embossed, and the edge of the card is cut and embossed, as well as the wrap for the candle.

Debbie Seyer’s card unfolds to 4 panels for Mom and she’s sure to cherish it. Debbie cut and embossed S4-111 Classic Scallop Ovals Large, S4-145 Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles Small, S4-138 Petite Ovals Large, S4-169 Labels Small, S4-072 Flower Creations, S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large, and S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circles Small to make this gorgeous tribute to her Mom.

Karen Taylor’s scrapbook layout was made for her daughter. I love how she combined S4-072 Flower Creations, S4-109 Flower Creations 3, and the S7-014 Grand 12″ Classic Lace Border.

Kimberly Crawford’s floral card celebrates Spring, surely that’s Mom’s favorite season.  Kimberly combined S3-147 Labels Trio, S4-114 Standard Circle Large, and S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large.

Julie Overby will score seconds of dessert with this adorable card! S4-190 Labels Four is so versatile, and S4-072 Flower Creations work so well with S4-198 Flourish Accents.

Kazan Clark’s Mum will be thrilled to get this card, here is Kazan’s interpretation of S4- Labels Four.

Designer Linda Duke shares this keepsake box just for mom’s treasures. Linda’s works her magic with the S4-159 Nested Flowers, S4-157 Sunflower Set One (for the leaves), S4-125 Classic Scalloped Ovals Small.

Linda’s mini book is something Mom will treasure. When assembled, Mom has a beautiful tribute to her patience, love and dedication.   S4-072 Flower Creations, S3-004 Symbology, S3-033 Cameo and Brooch, S4-142 Long Classic Rectangles Large,  S4-131 Classic Scalloped Rectangle Small, S4-116 Standard Circles Small, S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circle Small.

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Everyone at Spellbinders’ Paper Arts wishes you, your Mom, and those that are like a Mother to you a Happy Mothers Day.  We love you, Mom!

Beth