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Spellbinders Paper Arts
"To DIE For!!!"
Winter Release
Blog Frenzy
January 10 – 18, 2011

Welcome to the sixth day of the Spellbinders Paper Arts "To Die For!!!" Winter Release Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts’ has been working hard to bring you another selection of the most innovated and beautiful die templates in the world. The To DIE For!!! Winter Release Blog Frenzy allows you a sneak peek of the products we’re introducing at the Craft and Hobby Association trade show later this month. The To DIE For!!! Winter Release Blog Frenzy is from January 10 - 18, featuring 16 fabulous Designers and prizes To DIE For!!!

· Win today’s new die templates!
· Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day from each blog!
· One entry per person, per blog please, on the designated days!
· Each contest is open for 48 hours to enter the contest!
· You have until 12:01 a.m. Central Standard Time January 17, 2011 to enter my contest. Be sure to read the Official Rules before entering so that your entry will be valid!

These are the Designers and their contest dates:

January 10
Debbie Olson
Donna Salazar

January 11
Kazan Clark
Judy Hayes

January 12
Becca Feeken
AJ Otto

January 13
Sherry Cheever
Deborah Young

January 14
Latisha Yoast
Mona Pendleton

January 15
Linda Duke
Gina Hanson

January 16
Kimberly Crawford
Ashley Cannon Newell

January 17
Heidi Blankenship
Julie Overby

Daily contest winners are randomly chosen from valid entries, as stated in the Official Rules. The winners will receive an email within 24 hours of the contest’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.

Entrants that send valid contest entry emails to each of the contests will be automatically considered for the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize has a retail value of over $800, and includes Spellbinders CHA Winter 2011 release die templates revealed in the Spellbinders To DIE For!!! Winter Release Blog Frenzy and a Grand Calibur™ die cutting/embossing machine!

Thank you, Spellbinders Paper Arts, for sponsoring this contest!

I’m thrilled to share LF-168 Grand Large Labels and S5-031 Fancy Tags Three with you . . .


Cut and score a 12 x 5 1/4" piece of cardinal red Worldwin cardstock. Place the LF-168 Grand Large Labels #7 (#1 is the smallest) die template and cardstock on your Grand Calibur base plate like shown, making sure scored cardstock is below cutting line on die template.

The cutting sandwich for the Grand Calibur is: A-Base Plate, die template with the cut side facing up, paper, then the C-Cutting plate. See how I placed the fold of the cardstock just inside the cutting line? That will make the shaped card base.

Next you're going to do the exact same step again . . . use the LF-168 Grand Large Labels #6 to cut then emboss a piece of patterned paper. Before adhering to your card base, using "Creamy Brown" ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink (by Clearsnap), ink around the entire label. From a coordinating piece of patterned paper, cut a 5 x 2" strip. Centering this strip on top of the LF-168 Grand Large Labels die template you just cut, attached with a zig zag machine stitch. Adhere to your card base.
Next, take black cardstock and your S5-031 Fancy Tags Three die template and cut with your Grand Calibur. To emboss, keep the die template cut side facing up, on the A-Base Plate with the paper inside of it. Place the Tan Embossing Mat on top of the die template and paper, then cover with the B-Embossing Plate. Feed the sandwich through the Grand Calibur. Center and adhere to the front of your card.
Using S4-116 Classic Circles SM #3, cut then emboss a circle from the Cosmo Cricket "Elements" sheet.
Use SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L 3-D Foam Squares to pop up the circle on the Fancy Tag.

Embellish with Kaisercraft (black) pearls and a button. Adhere sticker sentiment to you card.

Supply List: Spellbinders Grand Calibur, LF-168 Grand Large Labels, S5-301 Fancy Tags Three, S4-116 Standard Circles SM; Worldwin, Cardstock; Cosmo Cricket, circa 1934 patterned papers; Kaisercraft, Black Pearls; Clearsnap, ColorBox Creamy Brown Fluid Chalk Ink; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Mounting Squares, 3-D Foam Squares; Glue Dots; SRM Stickers, Sticker Sentiment; Craft Supply, Button; Towbow, Mono Multi Liquid Glue.

Here's another project I created using the same die templates . . . an altered floating frame. This time using the LF-168 Grand Large Labels die template to cut and double mat my photo. I wanted to keep the focus on the picture, but I also wanted to use the color "Grey" (the color for Brain Cancer). Using Flourishes "Think Pink - Fight like a Girl" (Set #63), the HOPE stamp was PREFECT for my title. I stamped it on the lightest shade of grey cardstock and using 3-D Foam adhesive popped it up onto one of the S5-031 Fancy Tags. My Dad has been fighting brain cancer for the last 10-months, this picture was taken during his first gammaknife procedure. My Dad has ALWAYS been the rock of our family . . . he's ALWAYS taken care of us, been there for us and now we're his ROCK, we'll take care of him and will ALWAYS be there by his side through this journey.

These are the die templates I revealed today . . .
SKU/Product Name: LF-168 Grand Large Labels
MSRP: $49.99
Dimensions:
1. 3⅜ x 4⅜″
2: 3⅞ x 5″
3: 4⅜ x 5 ⅞″
4: 4⅞ x 6¼″
5: 5⅜ x 7″
SKU/Product Name: S5-031 Fancy Tags Three
MSRP: $19.99
Measurements:
1: Oval: 2 x 3⅜″
2: Circular: 2 x 3¾″;
3: Rectangular: 1⅞ x 3⅛″

Click here for the Spellbinders Paper Arts To DIE For!!! Winter Release Rules.

TO ENTER MY CONTEST: Contest is open for entries from 12:01 a.m. January 15, 2011 to 12:01 a.m. January 17th, 2011 Central Standard Time.

1) Send your email entry to: Reveal12@spellbinders.us

2) The subject must be "Grand Large Labels/Fancy Tags Three".

3) Send!

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If you have any questions, please e-mail ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us

Thank you for visiting and Good Luck!!!