Its back to school time, and this month we’re learning the many uses of Spellbinders’â„¢ Impressabilitiesâ„¢!  Margie kicked us off with her Savvy Saturday.  We hope you decide to go back to school with us,  we have so many things to show you!  Are you subscribed?  Just enter your email in the box where it says “Keep up with this Blog” and you’ll get each post emailed to you.

OK, back to Impressabilities™ School!  While Margie did a straight emboss of a piece of paper on her Savvy Saturday, I wanted to die cut the paper and emboss the I2-1001 Impressabilities™ Paisley, but I wanted to preserve the embossed edge of square die template too. 

First I cut the S4-128 Classic Square, Small #6 die template, using Core’dinations Color Core Cardstock.  Then I placed the I2-1001 Impressabiitiesâ„¢ Paisley on the bottom Master Mat.  Next I placed the die template with the die cut paper still in it on top of the Impressabilitiesâ„¢.  I made sure the die template has the cut side facing up, because I didn’t want to damage the Impressabilitiesâ„¢.  I put the Embossing Pad on top of the die template, then the other Master Mat and fed the sandwich into my Wizardâ„¢.

See the beautiful result!  I embossed the clean lines of the die template as well as the pattern of the Impressabilities™ Paisley.  A little sanding and the paper is georgeous!

For my layout I repeated this 4 times.  I also cut and embossed 5 red squares with S4-126 Classic Squares, Large #6.  I cut/embossed my photos using S4-126 Classic Square, Small #6. Additionally, 2 sets of S4-161 Labels One # 2 & 5 were cut to make frames, then sliced diagonally to make 4 corners.  The book in the center is made from S4-231 Labels Seven # 4 for the pages and # 5 for the cover.

 

I arranged them rather simply on a piece of school themed pattern paper.  And the charming little faces, those are my boys, on the first day of first and second grade, oh so long ago, or at least it seems that way!

Supplies used: Spellbinders™ S4-128 Classic Square, Small # 6; S4-126 Classic Square, Large #6; S4-161 Labels One # 2, 5; S4-231 Labels Seven #3, 4; I2-1001 Impressabilities® Paisley, Coredinations Color Core Cardstock, Black, Blue, Red; Copic, Atyou Spica, Pitch Black; The Paper Company, Homeroom Book Cover paper; Notebook paper; Sandpaper.

Your homework for this lesson is to go to When Creativity Knocks, register (and do the math!), go to the Creativity Forum.  Select Categories, scroll down to the Great Crafter’s Tool Hunt section, select Spellbindersâ„¢ Impressabilitiesâ„¢, and leave a brief message in the forum.  You could win all the tools! And we could win some feature time on their site.  Now go on, do your homework, I’ll be right here if you have any questions!

Beth

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.”

S7-017 On The Vine Border Grand

S5-017 Snowflake Frame

S4-227 Pumpkins Nestabilities®

S7-015 Holiday Lights Border Grand

S7-016 Poinsettia Border Grand

And from the bottom of our hearts, we thank Laura and the other winners for participating! Again, congratulations!!

See any that you like? I have my list. Be sure to ask your favorite local retailer to order yours.

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?

Beth

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!

Happy Birthday Sharlene!

Beth

“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!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Beth

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”

Glad to be of service, Rhodeen!  Thank you for visiting Debbie Seyer’s CHA Blog Frenzy and entering the contest!

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!

You also have until August 10th to enter the Pendant Project Contest!

Have a wonderful day!

Beth

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!

Beth

“OMW, I’m ecstatic! I’m so excited I can’t type! Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I want to scream, but I don’t want to wake anyone! I can’t wait to get these. Thank you so much!”

I’ll tell you what, Melody from Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA, I would be screaming like crazy, jumping on the beds and waking up the whole house, maybe even the neighbors! Ha ha ha! But that’s ok, you can do that when this package of new Spellbindersâ„¢ die templates arrives on your doorstep:

S7-016 Poinsettia Borderabilities Grand

Melody entered our CHA Blog Frenzy contest from Julie Overby’s Blog and was selected at random from eligible entries.  Thank you Melody, and everyone else for visiting, entering, and leaving comments for our designers.   We really appreciate you!

We’re almost done with the Blog Frenzy reveals, but don’t stop entering! These daily prizes keep getting bigger!  After Day 14 we will be drawing a Grand Prize winner from those that entered all 14 of the daily contests.  The Grand Prize includes all the dies revealed during the frenzy, and the rest of the new Spellbindersâ„¢ products we are revealing next week at the Summer Craft and Hobby Association Show in Orlando, Florida.

And if you still want more free prizes, enter the Pendant Project Contest, there will be 5 very lucky winners!

Ann in Moore, Oklahoma, USA, you better pull yourself together, Honey! Your girlfriend needs to know you are the winner of Day 7’s Spellbindersâ„¢ Blog Frenzy Prize!  “I’d call my girlfriend and tell her but I’m so stunned I can’t speak. Tears are rolling down my face I’m so surprised and HAPPY. Thank you so much for this great gift. The artists are such a gift each day. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this wonderful gift”

Ann’s prize package will include these new Spellbindersâ„¢ products!

Ann entered the Spellbinders’â„¢ Blog Frenzy from Kimberly Crawford’s blog and was randomly chosen as the winner. As you can see, the prize package grows each day! You can’t tell your girlfriends you won if you don’t enter! Visit the Spellbinders’â„¢ Blog daily for a link to the next Spellbinders’â„¢ Blog Frenzy!