SPELLBINDERS™ SURPRISE PARTY!!
January 7- 13, 2010
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Welcome to the sixth day of the Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!!
Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is hosting Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!! We will introduce 25 new Die Templates and 2 Impressabilities™ templates! These sneak peeks are part of the collection that will be released at the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show on January 24, 2010. We want to invite YOU, our greatest fans, to join the party from January 7-14, 2010! See the newest Spellbinders™ products, visit our Designers’ Blogs, and win fabulous Spellbinders™ prizes!
Today you have the opportunity to win a Spellbinders™ prize package (including all three Spellbinders™ Die Templates revealed today) through the contest entry email address listed below. Be sure to visit the other Designers’ Blogs participating today, and enter from those blogs for additional chances to win! You may enter once from each Blog! Each Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!! blog post is open to contest entries for 48 hours. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time January 13, 2010 to enter this contest through my blog. Be sure to read the rules at the Spellbinders Blog before entering so that your entry will be valid!
To see previous Spellbinders ™ Surprise Party!! posts or to go to any of the future blog posts, feel free to visit the following:
January 7
January 8
January 9
January 10,
January 11
January 12
January 13
After the entry deadline is reached, Spellbinders™ Paper Arts will randomly pick one winner from each Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!! blog event as stated in the rules at http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/spellbinders-suprise-partyspellbinders-suprise-party/. Winner will be contacted by email within 24 hours of the contest deadline. The winner will have 72 hours to reply to that email to claim prize. If Winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn for said prize.
Entrants visiting all 21 Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!! events and correctly enter the drawing on each Blog will automatically be entered into the SPELLBINDERS™ SURPRISE PARTY!! GRAND PRIZE give away with a retail value of over $350.00. The GRAND PRIZE will be announced on January 24, 2010 on the Spellbinders Blog and consists of super secret products being released at the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show. You WILL be excited!!
I’m thrilled to share my Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!!
project with you!
It's my Surf's Up Mini Album!
Supply List for Surf's Up Mini Album:
Spellbinders™ - Wizard™ Die Cutting and Embossing System, I2-1016 Sea Scape Impressabilities, S4-272 Surf's Up, S4-235 Fancy Tags, S5-019 Labels 8
- Clearsnap - colorbox fluid chalk ink - lettuce, blue lagoon, citrine, rouge; Smooch in Pearl
- Copic - black Spica pen
- Core-din-ations white core cardstock
- My Minds Eye - Penny Lane patterned paper
- Magic Mesh - black and turquoise
- Ranger - Distress Stickles
- Dymo - Label Maker
- Jenny Bowlin - minature tickets in pink
The two new Spellbinders™ products I am introducing today are I2-1016 Sea Scape Impressabilities and S4-272 Surf’s Up! Check it out!
I absolutley loved these 2 new products! I have created so many projects with them I just can't stop myself! I'll share more pictures of them in future posts. So make sure to check back often or better yet, subscribe to my blog!
To begin, I used 1016 Sea Scape Impressabilities™ and Core’dinations cardstock.
To create base of cover and back of mini album: Cut S5-019 Labels Eight #6 (with #1 being the smallest) out of Core’dinations cardstock. To emboss the Impressabilities™, layer a Master Mat, I2-1016 Sea Scape Impressabilities™, cardstock in the die, Tan Embossing Pad, Master Mat, then feed through the Wizard™. You will notice the gorgeous embossing that has occurred. Take the card stock out of the die template and sand with a sanding block as shown above.
To create base of all inner pages of mini album: Cut/emboss six S5-019 Labels Eight #6 out of your favorite Penny Lane patterned paper by My Mind's Eye. Lay out your pages as desired and glue them back to back to create a total of four two-sided pages.
Print out your photo's: I chose to print all of my photo's 2 1/2 x 3 1/2” using Adobe Photoshop Elements. I printed them out on white card stock on best quality setting.
Using S4-272 Surf’s Up die templates, cut/emboss 2 sets of Flip Flops in a coordinating My Mind’s Eye patterned paper. We'll use one for the cover, and one for page 3. I loved how the Copic Spica black pen added some glittery details.
Let's alter some Surf boards next!
I found the easiest way to use this die template as a stencil is to make a “mask” for it. Here's how: Cut/emboss a Surfboard out of heavy weight cardstock. Use your scissors to cut apart the de-bossed section of the surfboard. This will allow you to actually have 2 “masks” to use while stenciling your surfboard!
I also used S4-235 Fancy Tags for the cover, and applied a bit of Clearsnap blackbird Fluid Chalk ink. I used my Dymo label for the title.
Creating pages 2 and 3:
Line up the Surfboard die template over a picture that will fit within the surfboard size. Cut/emboss for a unique picturesque surfboard!
I used black Magic Mesh for an edgy masculine feel. Black matte buttons are used throughout as well.
Creating pages 4 and 5:
On page 4: I used 2 different widths and colors of ribbon, a tad of bling, a matte black button and a beach ball that was cut out of Core’dinations cardstock and then embossed with my I2-1016 Sea Scape Impressabilities™, just as we did for the front and back covers.
On page 5: I traced and filled in the debossed areas of the surfboard with the Copic atyou Spica black pen. I also used the atyou Spica pen to write “Carla” on the surfboard. Next I used Distress Stickles on the surfboard and allowed it to dry.
Cut and emboss the umbrella out of the pink striped Penny Lane patterned paper. Apply Rock Candy Stickles and allow it to dry.
Cut/ emboss/stencil with the Beach Ball as shown. You can use removable tape or create a mask for the sections of the beach ball die cut to successfully apply various colors to the embossed areas. Add a bit of bling and a matte black button.
Pages 6 and 7:
Cut/emboss/stencil surf board and beach ball die cuts as shown.
Reverse Stenciling Technique:
Apply ink to the cut edge side of the Umbrella die template as shown. Then cut/emboss with the Umbrella die template and pink patterned paper.
Use the Reverse Stenciling Technique to create the black and white surfboard. This time apply embossing ink on the die template, cut/emboss out of black paper. Sprinkle white embossing powder, shake off excess powder and heat with heat gun to finish. Layer photos, die cuts, magic mesh and other ephemera as shown in photo above.
The back cover is created the same way the front cover is.
The album is bound by using a Cropodile to punch 2 holes in each page. I inserted 2 silver rings and tied a bit of black ribbon on each ring.
I hope you enjoyed the Surf's Up mini album!
S4-272 Surf's Up $19.99
Limited Edition Summer
Surf Board is 3 3/4 x 1 1/8”
Ball is 1 9/16”
Umbrella is 2 x 2 3/16”
R Flip Flop 1 13/16 x 7/8”
L Flip Flop 1 13/16 x 7/8”
Impressibilities™ Sea Scape
I2-1016
MSRP $6.99
Limited Edition Summer
5 3/4 x 4 1/2”
Now here's my 2nd project using these two fabulous new Spellbinders™ products!
It’s an altered 10x10” canvas. Can you guess how I used the I2-1016 Sea Scape Impressibilities™ and the S4-272 Surf's Up die template?
Check back for a future post on my blog for all the details on how this was made.
RULES
For the complete Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!! rules go to http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/spellbinders-surprise-party/ .
TO ENTER CONTEST:
1) Send your email entry to: [email protected]
2) Type the name of the die template being revealed on my blog in the “subject” line of the email.
3) Click send!
If you have any questions regarding the contest, send an e-mail of inquiry to: [email protected]
Thank you for visiting my blog and good luck!!
