I’m into color right now. Not sure why. Maybe it is the snow that fell on us in Denver last week and imagining a long winter ahead of us. Earlier this week I checked out our Design Team projects to see what colors of flakes they are, I mean what color flakes they created…Julie Overby made this beautiful Merriest Wishes card with turquoise, white and silver…yummy!
Jennifer Davis‘ layout, I Heart Snow, is outstanding in the color realm. It perfectly matches her daughter’s winter jacket.
I find that once I break out of a mold, it’s easy to keep doing it. Today, I’m sharing a journal with some really hot colors and snowflakes. To begin, I had hot pink printer paper that I printed journal lines on, but I had no idea how I would match colors to it. The Color Wheel is a great place to start and I just happen to have a Color Companion which is really helpful. In this photo you can see the journal pages in the back and the cover just to the left. The other colors are those I used to cut the snowflakes.
I used the S4-222 Create A Flake One to cut/emboss snowflakes from purple, red and pink. I inked them with silver metallic ink and then layered them using Glue Dots by Glue Dots International and 3D Foam Squares, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L. Here is a close up of one of them.
I adhered them to the journal cover and then felt like a border would bring the whole thing together. I chose the S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities® to coordinate. Since this Borderability® is Petite, I cut it twice from one long strip of paper. After cutting the first side, I carefully lined up the second side and ran it though the Wizard™.
In the same way, I embossed one end and then the other. The place where the two border cuts came together can be left alone as a design element
or covered with a little embellishment like I did.
To finish up the journal, I bound it, added a few more flakes and ribbons.
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!
First of all, many thanks to all those who participated in the contest entries, blog comments and excitement surrounding our CHA Blog Frenzy! BIG THANK YOU!!!
Our lucky winner has entered all 14 CHA Blog Frenzy contests to be eligible and has been drawn randomly. As a result, the winner will receive all 29 newly released Spellbinders products valued at over $550.00!
And the winner is (opening the envelope):
LAURA from Virginia, USA!!!
“OMG! OMG! OMG! I am literally shaking right now with excitement. I saw the email title and thought you were announcing the winner. It never dawned on me that I WAS the winner! (I had to read the email twice to make sure).
I have followed the day-to-day CHA announcements by your design team and can’t tell you how excited I am about the new release. The dies are amazing! I would also like to say that I am so impressed by your design team. I appreciate how much time and effort they put into their detailed step-by-step tutorials on how to use the new dies. Not only did they make me excited about the new products, but I feel as though I will be able to “hit the road running” with the new release.
I can’t tell you enough how much this prize means to me. I wish I could put into words what is going through my shaky, adrenaline-rushed body. Money is really tight right now, and I feel truly blessed to be given such a grandiose prize. It simply doesn’t feel real. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of the heart.”
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!
“YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!! I AM SO DARN EXCITED I COULD JUST P** IN MY PANTS!!! I LOVE SPELLBINDERSâ„¢ PRODUCTS!!! WHAT AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY THIS WAS AND I CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH!! I THINK I’D BETTER RUN TO THE LADIES ROOM NOW….LOL!!!!!!! I REALLY WON???????? WOW!!!”
Hmmm, I think we caught Gina of Los Angeles, California, USA, by surprise! Go ahead and take a break Gina, while I let everyone else know what you’ve won! Gina’s prize package includes all these brand new Spellbindersâ„¢ die templates and Impressabilitiesâ„¢:
S7-016 Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand
Gina entered to win on Lesa Rapp’s Blog Frenzy. Thanks to everyone who visited, commented and entered.
There is still time to enter on days 13 and 14, so don’t delay! We have a few more lucky winners to announce and then the Big Kahuna of prizes, the Spellbindersâ„¢ CHA Blog Frenzy Grand Prize! Oh yes my friends, if you have entered each and every one of the 14 Blog Frenzy contests you will be automatically entered to win each and every Summer CHA Spellbindersâ„¢ newly released products. That’s over $550 in product!
Stress-busting and happy dancing, now if we could only figure out how to bottle and sell those! Somehow, we’ve been able to put them in a package and send it off to Rhodeen of Converse Texas, USA. Oh, and we’ve added a few other tidbits to the package, like these:
S4-233 Labels Nine
S7-016 Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand
“I cannot believe it, this has been such a stressful week with my family. You made my day Spellbindersâ„¢~ I can’t thank you enough! I am so happy and in awe of so many wonderful dies. I can’t wait to play with all of them. If you could see my face, it is doing the happy dance right now! I love all your artists, especially Sherry~ Thank you again, Rhodeen”
Don’t forget to visit Jennifer Davis today, and then Keri Lee Sereika tomorrow, you can find an quick introduction and link to their blogs right here! You could win a stress-bustin’ happy dancin’ package too!
Chris of Chatham, New Jersey, USA, is the winner of Day 9’s Spellbindersâ„¢ Blog Frenzy prize! Chris visited Sherry Cheever’s blog, entered to win and was randomly chosen! There is still time for you to enter and win, the prizes grow with each day!  Chris will be receiving these brand new Spellbindersâ„¢ die templates and Impressabilitiesâ„¢ products:
S7-016 Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand
Chris’ reaction? “What a wonderful surprise! I can’t tell you how excited I am. As a card maker who loves to layer, I find the Spellbindersâ„¢ dies a terrific addition to my creative arsenal. The dies are so versatile and easy to use I find myself reaching for them all the time. I can’t wait to get the new releases. Thank you so much.” Your welcome, Chris! We can’t wait to see what you create!
Stay tuned, there are more Spellbindersâ„¢ Blog Frenzy die templates to reveal and more prizes to give away!
Sherry Cheever did a wonderful job about snow that some of us are getting chills! Thank you, Sherry, on all those inspirational projects made with S4-222 Create-A-Flake One and S4-224 Snowflake Border Petite! Remember to enter our Blog Frenzy contest by sending in an email by July 18th (11:59 PM EST) - the link is on Sherry’s blog!
Do you have a scrap room or a scrap area?
I have this nice little corner of my basement. My husband, Keith, fixed it up with cabinets and a small counter (where my Wizardâ„¢ sits) plus room for extra tables and my computer.
Are you a messy crafter or an organized crafter?
I am an extremely messy crafter. I usually have my kids help me clean up all the bits of cardstock, glitter, etc. every couple of weeks. My supplies are pretty well organized. At least, I know where they are!
Favorite color combinations to work with?
I love the Pink/Brown color combo and variations of it! I use it a lot and just love those colors together.
Are you an altered arts, scrapbook or card kinda gal?
I am definitely a card kinda gal. I love to make cards and find it’s the easiest part of my design team projects to fulfill!
Who is your favorite promotional partner?
I actually have two favorites. My Mind’s Eye is one. I just love the beautiful patterned papers. It’s all so colorful and easy to work with. I like Core’dinations cardstock. It is such a unique product to work with. I love all the different looks you can get with it when sanding, embossing or distressing.
