Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy Day 8!

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Welcome to the 8th day of the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is absolutely thrilled to bring you our largest product release ever! These new collections are some of the most innovative and beautiful die cutting and embossing templates in the world! The Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy allows you a sneak peek of our introductions for the 2012 Winter Craft and Hobby Association trade show later this month.

Win today’s new Spellbinders products!

Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day, see the schedule below!

Enter my Blog Frenzy from 12:00 am Eastern Standard Time (EST)

January 19, 2012 until 11:59 pm January 20, 2012.

Today’s participating Blog Frenzy includes my blog, Tina McDonald's, Windy Robinson's, and Nina Bracket's blogs.

You can enter yesterday’s blogs, Linda Duke's, Sherry Cheever's, and AJ Otto's through January 19th at 11:59 pm EST.

See the Spellbinders Blog for the complete schedule of designers and contest rules.

Thank you Spellbinders Paper Arts for sponsoring this contest!

Here are the new dies I introduced:

Sku Name S5-102 Aster Flower Topper

MSRP: $24.99

DIE SIZES:

Flower Center: 1 3/8"

Aster Flowers:
1. 2 3/8"

2. 2 5/8"

3. 3"

Sku Name E8-012 Classic Decorative Inserts Four

MSRP: $19.99

DIE SIZES:

1. Flowers: 5/8 x 8"

2. Dots: 3/4 x 8"

3. Large Flowers: 1 x 8"

Tutorial:

1. Cut dark brown cardstock to 11 x 4 1/4 inches. Score at 5 1/2 inches.

2. Cut two light blue pieces of cardstock to 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches.

3. Cut one dark brown piece of cardstock to 5 1/4 x 4 inches.

4. Attach one light blue piece of cardstock to card front.

5. Using repositionable tape, lightly affix the dark brown cardstock to the card front. Then use tape to position the S5-102 Aster Flower Topper die template #3 (#1 is the smallest), the largest aster flower, in the center of the card front. Do NOT fold the card, make sure you are only cutting through three layers.

6. Cut and emboss the stack. You may need to run the stack through the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine twice in order to cut through three layers, depending on the thickness of your cardstock.

7. Discard the three die cut flowers. You may keep them for a future project. Remove the top piece of dark brown cardstock and set the rest of the card aside.

8. Emboss the dark brown cardstock with the cut flower center with the Spellbinders M-Bossabilities™ EL-002 Regal embossing folder. Note: if you attempt to emboss your cardstock prior to cutting out your flower center, you will "smash" your embossing.

9. Attach the embossed cardstock to the card front, lining up the flowers.

10. Attach the second light blue piece of cardstock to the inside of the card. You now have a window card!

11. Cut and emboss: S5-102 Aster Flower Topper die template #1 (the smallest aster flower) from dark blue cardstock; S5-102 Aster Flower Topper flower center from gold cardstock; E8-007 Classic Edges One scallop and E8-012 Decorative Inserts Four flower from pale blue cardstock; S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants ribbon #2 stamped sentiment from gold cardstock.

Spellbinders Edgeabilities® dies have intricate cuts and detailed embossing. If an area didn’t cut completely, add a paper or cardstock shim only to that section. Cut again, then emboss for a beautiful design!

12. Using the die templates as stencils, add blue and gold ink through the openings of the die templates onto the die cuts.

13. Assemble the flower by attaching a brad in the center, then glue to the INSIDE of the card so that it is visible through the hole in the front of the card.

14. Attach the sentiment to the bottom left edge of the card, folding the left side around the edge of the card.

15. Trim the border and attach to the top of the card. Wrap some baker's twine around the top of the card and tie a bow.

You now have a window card!

Here is another peek at S45-012 Aster Flower Topper and E8-012 Classic Decorative Inserts Four!

To find out how to make this tag, visit my blog, Scraps of Life, on January 23rd!

By entering the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy you agree to the Official Rules. For questions on the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy, send an email to contestquestions@spellbinders.us; no entries will be accepted at this email address.

TO ENTER:

My blog is open for entries from 12:00 am, January 19 2012, until 11:59 pm, January 20 2012, EST.

1) Send your Blog Frenzy email entry to: Reveal22@spellbinders.us

2) The subject must be S5-102 Aster Flower Topper and E8-012 Classic Decorative Inserts Four.

3) Send!

Be sure to visit all the Designers on their Blog Frenzy dates!

Daily winners will receive an email within 24 hours of the blog frenzy’s closing. The winners will have 72 hours to reply to that email to claim prize. If a winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn.

To be eligible for the Grand Prize, enter each and every Blog Frenzy within its designated time period, send your entries from the email address for each entry. The Grand Prize has a retail value of over $1900 and includes the complete Spellbinders line of die cutting and embossing templates released at the 2012 Winter CHA show, and a Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine!

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Supply List:

Spellbinders Products:

S5-102 Aster Flower

E8-012 Decorative Inserts Four Edgeabilities®
EL-002 Regal M-Bossabilities™ embossing fold

E8-007 Classic Edges One Edgeabilities®

S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants

GC-003 Grand Raspberry Plate

GC-001 Grand Calibur

Preferred Product Companies:

Gina K. Designs Showtime Stamp Kit Organize It! Stamps

Cross Promotional Products:

Bazzill Basics Lemonade Cardstock

Clearsnap Colorbox Ice Blue, Yellow Ochre Fluid Chalk Ink

Beacon Zip Dry Paper adhesive

Other Supplies:

American Crafts Coffee, Lagoon, Peacock Textured Cardstock

Creative Imaginations Jewel brad

Tsukineko Rich Cocoa Memento Dye ink

Scotch 3M ATG Adhesive tape

Craft supply Twine

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Grand Calibur is a registered trademark of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.