New stamps!!

How cute is the new Baby Bud? There are 8 different ones and they will sell for 5.50 each. They are designed by MaryAnne Wainright and they are so stinking adorable. These will be available on Wed. March 3rd at 10:00 pm EST and we are having our release parties again! I am so excited. I have missed them. Did you notice anything else new on this card? Yes!!! The new Spellbinders die templates are in their happy home in my studio!!! I have all of them, so keep checking back to see more. Don't you love the large scallops! I am so in love with all the scallops and this label set is in the must have category. Did you also notice the Impressability I used for the background. This is one of my favs of the new release. Ok, I will admit it I have a bunch of favs. Check out the ATS blog for a chance to win stamps and to see what the other girls on the team did with these cute Baby Buds. If you are interested in the Spellbinders new release you can find them here <------ Oh and I just got a new air compressor for my airbrushing too! The one Marianne uses for the copic certification classes has been calling my name for a year now. I finally have that cute baby in my studio. It is so quiet and tiny. I am giddy with excitement. Have a great night and enjoy the possibilities. I am off to stamp. ;)

Pond Life

ATS has a new illustrator. Her name is Heather and she has some rocking talent. You can check out her blog here <------. This set is called Pond Life and has the cutest images. There are 12 stamps and the cost is $16. You can see more samples with this set at the ATS Blog and enter to win it.

Supplies:

Pond Life

Spellbinders: Labels Threee S4-189, Labels Four S4-190, Classic Rectangles LG S4-132, Impressabilities Flourish I2-1009

Paper: PTI white and kraft, Basicgrey Porcelain Pad, Mellow Moss

Copics: E42, B0000, E31, E30, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, airbrush system

edge distresser, sewing machine, half pearls, Colorbox chalk creamy brown, white gel pen, Basicgrey buttons, crochet thread, paper piercer, ruler, organdy ribbon

Have a great day and enjoy the possibilities!

Metal Embesllishments

I promised a tutorial and here it is. Christine asked me to do something for the newsletter this week over at All That Scraps. I designed this card just for that. I love the way this one turned out. Enjoy the eye candy. :)

You will need copper flashing (from your home improvement store), Spellbinders dies, Impressabilities, Wizard die cut machine, Copic E49 and airbrush system, nail sanding block

Lay your die cut side face up on your magnetic mat, place flashing face down on top of die. Place white cutting mat on top of sandwich and run through your Wizard.

It will look like this when cut.

Lay your die with the flashing still in it on top of your Impressability. Make sure the cut side is up. Layer rubber mat and white cut mat on top of that and run through your Wizard.

Your metal piece will have the impression of your Impressability embedded in the metal.

Airbrush metal piece with your E49 copic marker and your airbrush system. It will look like this when finished airbrushing.

Sand with your nail sanding block.

This is what the finished piece should look like. Assemble your card. This is an easy way to get a super wow on your project.

Have a great day and enjoy the possibilities!

P.S. You can click on any of these pics to view them larger.

Supplies:

Stamps: C.C. Designs Sweet Kiki LaRue

Spellbinders: Labels Four S4-190, Petite Ovals, Large S4-138,

Impressabilities Flowers I2-1004, Classic Scalloped Heart S4-137, Floral Accents S4-199

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird: Farmers Market, PTI white, brown cs

Copics: YR0000, E00, BG10, BG11, BG72, BG75, BG78, R0000, R89, E25, E27, E30, E31, airbrush system , E49

wide satin ribbon, sewing machine, brown thread, sanding block, brads, brown ink, sponge, Wizard die cut system, button, crochet thread

Preview day 5

Meet Pippi, isn't she just the cutest dressed up like a pumpkin? These swiss pixies are rocking. I wanted to point out my pumpkins, Kimberly Crawford came up with this fabulous idea to use the Octagon Nestabilities to make pumpkins. I tweaked mine a bit but I wanted to show you hers. They can be seen on her blog here <----. She does fabulous work and I love her fantastic imagination. I never would have thought of this one. :) Thanks for the idea Kimberly! If you head on over to the ATS blog you will be able to have a chance to win this adorable pixie and see more ideas with her.

paper:

Core`dinations vintage collection

PTI white, random green, random dp

Spellbinders:

Wizard Tags Trio S3-148

Large Octagons S4-185

Nested Maple Leaf S4-228

Impressabilities Paisley I2-1001

Contemporary Hearts Pendant S4-203

Copics: YR000, E00, YR61, YR65, YR68, G20, G21, B0000, YR21, Y21, E25, E27

sewing machine, white thread, crochet thread, Basicgrey button, twine, ribbon

Wednesday Challenge ~ Color

Yesterday I challenged the team to use Rose Red, Basic Black and Always Artichoke for the challenge. Wouldn't you know it, I got my paper out and had very little black and no rose red. I just used Riding Hood Red instead. Next time I will make sure I have it first! ;) Isn't this sweet new Shy Kiki La Rue adorable? Christine released her and two others and I am finally getting to play with mine. I think she looks like a school girl.

Stamps:

Shy Kiki La Rue; C.C. Designs, Polka Dot bg stamp

Friend Sentiments; Amy R Stamps

Spellbinders:

Impressabilities Paisley (I2-001)

Petite Ovals Large (S4-138)

Scalloped Petite Ovals Large (S4-139)

Tags Trio (S3-148)

Copics: E25, E27, E00, YR0000, E31, G94, G99, W1, R46, airbrush system

Paper: PTI white, SU Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red

paper piercer, Tim Holtz ruler, Janome Sew Mini, tan thread, Cuttlebug pindot folder

Wednesday DT challenge ~ Doodle on your project

What was I thinking when I asked the team to doodle? I fiddled with this most of the day yesterday. I finally decided to doodle my butterflies. Now you can see why I stamp instead of draw! This new set is all about back to school. It is called School Days and it is just the cutest. I love this little bunny with his crayon. Of course I had to put polka dots on it as that is just me. Grin. I have new Spellbinders too! I used my new In Spades Borderabilites for the lace piece on the side. It is way cool and you can thread ribbon through it. :) Me likey! Have a great day and enjoy the possibilities.

stamps:

C.C. Designs School Days

paper:

SU textured chocolate chip, chocolate chip and random sparkly paper

Spellbinders:

In Spades Borderabilities S4-217

Scalloped Edge Frame S5-011
Impressabilities Butterfly I2-1002

Ink:

Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Chocolate Chip Craft

Copics:

E70, E71, E74, E77, E79, V0000, B01, B93, B95, B97, airbrush system

other:

Janome sew mini, white thread, paper piercer, Tim Holtz ruler, swarovsky crystals, Basicgrey buttons, SU ribbon, dream charm, Inkssentials opaque white pen

Spellbinders CHA Summer 2009 Release

Spellbinders Introduces:

Sneak Peeks on CHA Summer Trade Show Release Dies!

July 9 – July 22, 2009

Commenting on this post is welcome but does not enter you into the contest. This contest is sponsored directly by Spellbinders Paper Arts. Please read the post to find directions for entering. If you have any questions, please e-mail ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us.

Welcome to the 11th day of Spellbinders CHA Sneak Peek Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders is revealing 17 new die templates to be released at the Craft and Hobby Trade Show on July 28, 2009, with some of their greatest fans…YOU! From July 9 – 22, 2009, you will have the opportunity to be a part of these world wide sneak peeks through visiting the Spellbinders designer blogs listed below and trying your luck at winning spectacular die templates! You will have a chance to win the die I’m introducing AND the dies previously revealed in this CHA Blog Frenzy by entering the contest at the end of this post. This is a progressive prize, each day the daily prize grows! Be sure to read all the rules before entering! You still have until July 19th at 11:59 pm EST to enter Debbie Seyer’s Blog at: A Peek Into My Stamping Room and until July 20th, 11:59 pm EST to enter mine.

To see previous reveals, or to go to any of the blogs of future reveals, feel free to visit the following:

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

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.

I am thrilled to be able to be a part of Summer's 2009 CHA Blog Frenzy! I am introducing S4-230 Labels Six!

My first layout uses the S4-230 Labels Six die templates, I2-1004 Impressabilities Flowers, and L-203 Whimsy Alphabet. The page measures 12” x 12”.

Supplies:

Spellbinders: S4-230 Labels Six, I2-1004 Impressabilities Flowers Paper: My Minds Eye ~ PennyLane Feeling Groovy, “Uniquely You” Special Swirls, Crafty Secrets ~ Earthy Paper Designs, Core'dinations ~ Super Assortment Inks: Clearsnap ~ Colorbox chalk ink, Creamy Brown, Chestnut Roan, Copic ~ E31 wide Other: 3L ~ foam squares and adhesives, PaperTrey Ink ~ cream cardstock, Janome Sew Mini, tan thread, corner rounder, Tim Holtz ruler, paper piercer and mat, glass beads, Ranger Glossy Accents

I started by using chalk ink to distress my “Uniquely You” Special Swirls paper . I wanted the Earthy Paper Designs piece to look aged and used a trick using Copic markers. Use an E31 wide marker and go over your paper; It is wide enough that it covers your paper in no time...

After I was done using the marker, I wiped some Chestnut Roan chalk ink across in spots to further distress the paper.

The next step was to zig zag around it with my sewing machine and then attach it with adhesive. I stamped the spoon and lace with Clearsnap Chestnut roan chalk ink next. The lace was then scrunched and chalked with Clearsnap Colorbox Creamy Brown to look crumpled and worn. To make the strawberries, I cut 3 red and 6 green die cuts using Core'dinations cardstock, from S4-230 Labels Six, dies number 2 and 3. You will want to cut/emboss one each of die number 5 and 6 using the cream cardstock. When I nest my die set, the smallest is number 1, the largest is number 6.

I embossed them in the Wizard with I2-1004 Impressabilities Flowers, using this sandwich: White Master Mat, Impressabilities, Die Template with cut side up and paper in die template, Tan Embossing Pad, White Master Mat.

This is what it will look like when you are done with that step. The next step is to sand the embossed areas of the Core'dinations paper. I used a nail sanding block, but fine sand paper will also work.

This Core'dinations paper is like magic. When you are finished it will look like this:

Take your embossed, sanded pieces and scrunch them up! Go ahead take out your frustration. Keep scrunching and scrunching until they look crumpled and worn. At this point you can also use your Colorbox Creamy Brown chalk ink to distress them more and give them a vintage look.

Now attach the green leaves to the "top" of the strawberry. I used a tiny dot of liquid adhesive to attach a black bead seed as shown. Allow to dry.

The next step is to do the paper piercing.

I used my ruler with piercing holes, and aligned the cut edge of the die cut with a measurement that was 1/8" away from the line of piercing holes in the ruler. Using this ruler helps me keep the holes equidistant apart.

To make a line of holes along the curved edge of the die cut, rotate the ruler while the piercing tool is in the ruler. The ruler pivots but the paper doesn’t move. Keep moving along the edges until you have pierced all the way around. You may want to practice this technique first!

All that is left to do is assemble your page. Put the elements where you would like them using foam squares to pop up the pieces that you desire.

My next project uses S4-230 Labels Six, S4-203 Contemporary Hearts Pendant, and I2-1001 Impressabilities Paisley. The metal pieces were cut using copper flashing from a home improvement store. I cut/embossed with the S4230 Labels Six and I2-1001 Impressabilities Paisley as shown in the previous project. I airbrushed with Copic E49 and sanded after that for a really cool effect.

The die template that I have shown you today is S4-230 Labels Six MSRP $24.99

The measurements for these die templates are as follows:

Die template # 1 (smallest) ~ 9/16” x 3/8”

#2 ~ 1 3/8” x 15/16”

#3 ~ 2 1/8” x 1 7/16”

#4 ~ 3” x 2”

#5 ~ 3 15/16” x 2 11/16”

#6 ~ 4 7/8” x 3 3/8”

Make sure you read all the rules carefully to qualify for the loot!

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 9^th through July 22^nd and plan accordingly.

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.

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Spellbinders CHA Blog Frenzy drawing

Click on the following link to enter my contest: ContestDay11@spellbinders.us

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If you have any questions regarding the contest, send an e-mail to ContestQuestions@spellbinders.us Thanks for looking and good luck!

Meet Diane's Bumble B. Bear. This stamp set is just to cute! I had a blast playing with these colors. Yummy! Head on over to the ATS blog for a chance to win this adorable set and see what the other team members have been up to.

Supplies:
Paper: Chocolate chip, Groovy guava, PTI white
Spellbinders:
Petite Ovals Large (S4-138), Petite Scalloped Ovals Large (S4-139), Impressabilities Flowers (I2-1004), Double Ended Tags (S3-149)
Copics: E70, E71, E74, E77, E79, C1, C3, C5, C7, YR61, YR65, YR68, W1, airbrush system
paper piercer, Tim Holtz ruler, SU ribbon, various buttons, brads, Inkssentials opaque white pen, crochet thread, SU wireworks, sewing machine, brown thread.

Day 3 Sneak Peek

This is Gretel! Is she not the cutest? These are the new Swiss Pixies. They will be available on Monday night with the other new stuff! The sentiments on both cards are from Amy R. Stamps Thank You Sentiments. You can never have to many sentiments and this has tons to cover everything in the thank you department. I used pink pirouette for the base. Chocolate chip is the frame with Basicgrey on top of that. The flowers were done with Spellbinders new Blossom dies (S4-192) The smallest three were used for the petals, then embossed with the Flowers Impressabilites templates. I sponged them with chocolate chip before assembling the flowers. After they were assembled, I snipped the flowers slightly to give them more depth. Gretel is posing for a photo! I got the photo look by using Nestabilities deckled rectangles! I used die number 5 of the small ones. (S4-201) Copics used were E00, E11, W1, RV11, RV32, B00, Y21, YR21, YR23, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47. I applied stardust stickles to her wing for sparkle. The tag is from Tags Trio S3-148.

Next we have Heidi! I love how she is sitting. I used Buckaroo blue for the base on this one and chocolate chip embossed with the Spellbinders butterfly Impressability. After it was embossed I brushed white craft ink on it. Heidi was cut out using the large Octagons (S4-185) and large Scalloped Octagons (S4-187). I used the two largest ones. Copics used were E44, E47, E00, E11, B00, B91, B93, B95, E31. The wings were glittered up with stardust stickles. Flowers were done in chocolate chip with Flower Bouquet (S4-200) and then the swirls came from Floral Accent (S4-199).

These sets are up to win if you leave a comment on the All That Scraps blog. You can't win if you don't enter!

Day 2 Sneak Peek

Christine made a baby set!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so giddy when she showed us this set! It is called Oh Baby and it is adorable. She has the cutest stuff in this one! Here is my preggo Mommy to be. She is so stinking cute. As usual Christine nailed this one. I am so excited to have a baby set finally. I don't have any really cute ones and this one fills that hole. I will come back later and put all the details down for these. Gotta get crack-a-lacking today.

Isn't the bug just the cutest? :) I smile when I look at these stamps. Playing with them has been heaven! Have a great day and enjoy the possibilities. I will return! I have more cute stuff for you for tomorrow.

No I haven't fallen off the planet!

I am here still, just busy working on lots of dt projects. I also got the sickies after I got home from NYC and it went away, but seems to be coming back. Sinus garbage. Yucky! So what do you all think of Christine's cute little fairy? Isn't she the cutest. She is going to be available on Monday night along with other cute stuff!

I used pink pirouette for the base and the kraft is from PTI. The embossed kraft piece was done using my flowers impressabilities and white craft ink. I lightly misted my piece of card stock before embossing and it made the embossing so crisp! I zig zagged around the piece. I colored and airbrushed this sweet fairy with my copics. The flowers were also done with pink pirouette and then airbrushed. I used stickles and swarovsky crystals to make them sparkle. I hope you enjoy her. I have another way cute project up for you tomorrow. Have a great day and enjoy the possibilities!

Spellbinders:

Classic Scalloped Circles SM S4-125

Labels Four S4-190

Flower Creations S4-072

Impressabilities Flowers I2-1004

Copics:

E00, E11, E40, E41, Y21, YR21, YR23, C1, W1, RV11, RV32

Atyou Spica glitter pens

Belle of the Beach

Christine had so much fun with the Sugarplum Beach kids Emma and Trevor she made us some more! ;) For now these are just digi images, but if enough of us ask for rubber she will make them into rubber! How cute is Emma with her bucket? I used BasicGrey porcelain paper with this beach beauty. The punch is EK success. Labels Four S4-190 was used for my tag and behind Emma. I used number 1 and 6. I used my Impressibilities Flowers I2-1004 to give the one behind Emma some texture. After it was cut and embossed I airbrushed it while the die was still attached to the paper. I used stardust stickles and black diamond stickles as well as liquid pearls on the flowers and her sunglasses. Her bow is SU ribbon with swarovsky crystals glued on. I used wire for her bucket handle and twisted it for a cute effect. The polka dots on the kraft paper were done with C.C. Designs polka dot background and Colorbox creamy brown chalk ink. This digi image along with two others will be available tomorrow at All That Scraps. If you check later today on the ATS blog there will be some other samples that the other dt members did with these digi stamps. Have a great Sunday and enjoy the possibilities.

Copics: E00, E11, RV11, RV34, E43, E47, E49, Y21, YR21

Sugarplums Emma & Trevor

I am in love with this new Sugarplum set! Stinking cute is what that is. Grin. I got to use some of my new spellbinders stuff with this card and I am loving how it turned out. This along with 4 more sets will be available Monday night at 10:00 pm EST at All That Scraps. We will be having a release party at 8:00. I hope you can come. If you head over to the blog, you can have a chance to win this set along with the others we are previewing the next few days.

supplies:

CS: Barely banana, papertrey white

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, copics, E25, E27, E00, E11, W1, C1, C3, chocolate chip

Spellbinders: Curved Rectangles S5-006, Pierceabilities Victorian S4-167, Flower Creations S4-072, Impressibilities Flowers I2-1004
embellishments, May Arts ribbon, brads SU, swarovsky crystals

Wednesday DT challenge

The challenge at ATS today is to do something out of the box. When I issued the challenge it sounded easy, well my brain is fried. Haa haa With that said, I took the lame way out. The flowers are my out of the box flowers from my S4-136 Classic Heart and S4-137 Classic Scalloped heart die templates. From now on so you know what I am talking about I will start the numbering with the smallest die working out from there. I used die number 1 (being the smallest) in both sets. Clear as mud? The flowers were cut with barely banana cs. The base is cool Caribbean and soft sky is the embossed piece. I used my fabulous I2-1001 Paisley impressabilities template. I love these things. You can cut them up and just use pieces of them. Because of that I would suggest having two, one to cut up and one to keep as one piece. I did like the impression best when spritzed lightly with water. The image was cut and embossed using the S4-185 LG Octagon number 5 and the basic grey dp using the S4-187 Large Scalloped Octagons number 5. The ribbon is May arts and buttons basic grey. Copics used were: B34, B37, Y21, Y23, YR61, YR65, YG93, YG95, YG97, W1, 0, and BG10 for the airbrushing. To get the texture on my bird, I used my colorless blender and just dotted over and over on the bird. Spica glitter pens were added as bling. Check the ATS blog for more fabulous out of the box projects. I hope you all have a fabulous day and don't forget to enjoy the possibilities.