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Simple Baby Card

Jennifer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:47:24 +0000

Happy Monday everyone! I thought I’d share a card today that I made a month ago to congratulate my cousin on her 5th child (finally a baby girl! YAY!) This card is super quick and simple, since I made it at the last minute just before shipping her a few hand-me-down sleepers.

To create this, I simply rounded the corners of the card and the patterned paper, wrapped embroidery floss around the card, and stamped and die-cut the title. I used one of the newer Spellbinders labels, which I’ve really been in love with lately. The details really pop when a little ink is added to the embossed areas.

Here’s hoping everyone has a great Monday!

Supplies:

Teal Cardstock

Butterfly Patterned Paper: Making Memories

Fancy Tags: Spellbinders

Embroidery Floss

Dimensional Adhesive

Stamp: Hero Arts

Ink: Clearsnap

A Thanks Card

Jennifer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:32:35 +0000

I am so grateful for all of the people that have helped us over the past six months. My mother-in-law was instrumental in helping me get the entire interior of the new house primed and painted, including doors and trim. I couldn’t have survived the house finishing touches and the moving process without my mother there to help with kids. My stepfather especially was an amazing whirlwind of action in the final week of construction and when we moved. He accomplished all those little things that would’ve have waited months to get done without an extra pair of working hands around.

I haven’t fully shown my gratitude toward these people, but I’m working on it. Here’s a card I made for my mother-in-law to get myself started. I love the SEI paper from a couple of years ago and the brand new Spellbinders Ribbon Tag die with an oval nestability. The stamp is from Hero Arts. Thanks for stopping by!

Copic Butterfly Make and Take

Jennifer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:39:52 +0000

I’m really excited to be doing a demonstration this weekend for The Big Art Event at David M. Mangelsen’s store in Omaha, Nebraska. I’ll be teaching a make and take as well as demonstrating a variety of techniques with Copic Markers. If you live within driving distance of Omaha, you should totally stop by for this fun event. There’s also a web coupon available at the store’s website, so make sure to bring it with you.

Here’s a photo of the cute little make and take that I put together for the event. What I love about this is that believe it or not, this is actually a hybrid card. The butterfly is a digital stamp (or brush) created by Obsidian Dawn. I printed the image onto Neenah paper using a laserjet printer. (Inkjet will bleed when used with Copics, but laser printers work better than almost any other ink. It’s awesome! To create the set of cards, I just chose three markers in the same color value and blended them into the wings. Such a fun simple card. To complete it, I colored a piece of white ribbon to coordinate with each colored butterfly. With copic markers, there’s no need to worry about finding the right color, just buy white ribbon and you’re good to go!

Yet another pendant card: rockstar thanks

Jennifer — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:00:04 +0000

Can you tell I really love the pendant dies. You know, I wasn’t sure I would. I thought at first that they might be a little too ornate for my tastes, but it took me about 10 seconds of playing with them to change my mind. These dies are really fun and amazing, and as you can tell from this card, I love mixing them up.

This card features some copic airbrusing and some basic inking. I’ve come to think of the bold color combinations paired with black and bling as a “rock star” look, and I just love it.

Supplies:

Labels 1, Kaleidoscope, Lattice, Eyelet Pendant, Circle dies: Spellbinders; cardstock; patterned paper: Doodlebug Designs; gemstones, stamp

Adjusting Slowly

Jennifer — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:23:55 +0000

I have been massively absent for almost three weeks now, and I can’t believe how time has flown! We’ve finished building our new home, moved in and are slowly readjusting to our day to day life. I’m looking forward to a week from today when my son Isaac starts 1st grade. I’m not one of those weepy moms that has a hard time with the separation. I give him a big hug, a pat on the back and do an internal jump for joy that we’ve reached the point in his development where he doesn’t need me all day long. I’ll miss him, but not too much.

Here’s a card that was used in the Spellbinders catalog supplement for CHA-Summer this past month. After doing the reveal for the Kaleidoscope die, it has continued to wow me on several projects. I love cutting the pendant center with felt, as shown here.

Supplies:

White Acrylic Paint; Copic Marker: Cadmium Red; Spellbinders Impressability: Butterfly; Spellbinders Die Templates: Kaleidoscope Pendant, Ribbon Tag Trio 2; Stamp: Hero Arts; Pearls: Creative Impressions; Felt; Cardstock: The Paper Company, Neenah

Another Kaleidoscope Pendant Card and Free Downloadable Kit

Jennifer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:06:49 +0000

I am so thrilled to have been a part of the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy. I’ve been overwhelmed by the kind comments several of you have made. I’m so glad that many of you appreciated the tutorial. I can’t wait to make more for you.

As promised, I’ve put together a digital kit containing the embellished shapes from my scrapbook page as well as five free digital papers. For tips on printing out digital paper and using it in your papercrafting, check this post from a few weeks ago.

I put together another card with the digital files that I created for the layout. I love how quick and easy the hybrid thing is!

Supplies

S4-207 Kaleidescope Pendant, S4-216 Kaleidescope Borderabilities, S4-161 Labels One: Spellbinders; Renew Digital Kit (download below); Everyday Photo Paper: HP; Cardstock: The Paper Company; Brad: Creative Imaginations; Ribbon: Unknown; 3D Adhesive Squares: 3L

Here’s the zip file containing the five papers, three kaleidoscope printables, plus a bonus of three Labels 1 shapes. All of the pendant die templates are available to order starting today directly from Spellbinders. Those of you who find this kit via digi-free or other freebie service, please keep in mind that the shapes are designed to specifically work with the Spellbinders dies listed. They are not meant to stand alone and to use them as such is to violate my terms of use.

If for some reason the download window does not automatically pop up when you click on the above preview, right click the image and select “save as” to download the file.

Comments are greatly appreciated on my freebie kits! Have a great day!

Jen

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants Blog Frenzy

Jennifer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:04:39 +0000

Spellbinders Introduces:
Shapeabilities Pendants Blog Frenzy
June 22 through June 29th, available for ordering June 30, 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 PenContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us.

Welcome to the 8th (and last!) day of Spellbinders Pendants Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders is celebrating the introduction of Pendants die templates, a new die line that will inspire your creative mind. You have the opportunity to win the Pendant and Borderabilities dies I’m introducing today by entering the contest at the end of this post. Be sure to read all the rules before entering! You still have until June 29th, 11:59 pm EST to enter Linda Duke’s blog contest at: http://www.lindaduke.typepad.com and until July 1st, 8:30 am EST to enter mine.

Edit: due to issues with my blog and Internet Explorer, the contest deadline for Day 8 has been extended until July 1st, 8:30am EST. I am very sorry for the inconvenience this issue caused. I believe the problem is now fixed. Thanks for your patience!

To see previous reveals, feel free to visit the following:

June 22, 2009 - Beccca Feeken     http://www.amazingpapergrace.com/

June 23, 2009 – Debbie Olson     http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/

June 24, 2009 – Michelle Wooderson     http://michellewooderson.blogspot.com/

June 25, 3009 – Keri Lee Sereika    http://pinklemonade.typepad.com/my_weblog/

June 26, 2009 –– Sherry Cheever     http://sherrycheever.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

June 27, 2009 – Heidi Blankenship     http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

June 28, 2009 -– Linda Duke     http://www.lindaduke.typepad.com/

I am so excited to present the last of the Pendant die templates: S4-207 Kaleidoscope Pendant

and the coordinatingS4-216 Kaleidoscope Borderabilities.

I am so thrilled to have been assigned this particular set to reveal because I think it really embodies some of the latest cool trends in papercrafting. The S4-207 Kaleidoscope Pendant set features a large pendant, a matching center, and two coordinating accent pieces. I love how the centers can be layered over the top of the pendants or used to cut out the middle of the pendant. The S4-216 Kaleidoscope Borderabilities set features two beautiful border dies, one of which has an “open” side and makes a fantastic edge to any card. The other border cuts on all sides, making perfect accessories for any project. Both of these sets will be available for order starting tomorrow, June 30, 2009.

For my first project, I chose to create a pop-up card with an edgy “rock-star” feel to it and I really love how it turned out. The front of the card features a variety of fun techniques including digital die embellishment, air-brushing with Copic markers, reverse stenciling with acrylic paint and cutting and embossing felt. I should give a special mention to the method I used to decorate the pendants on this card. I used my computer to digitally embellish the shape, then printed it out and used the Kaleidoscope Pendants to cut and emboss the digitally-decorated design. Such a fun way to add character to your die cuts!

Spellbinders Supplies:

S4-161   Labels One
S4-207   Kaleidescope Pendant
S4-216   Kaleidescope Borderabilities
S4-199   Floral Accents
I2-1004   Impressabilities Flowers
S5-001   Unicase Mosaic
S3-150   Ribbon Tag Trio
S4-126   Classic Squares, Large

Other Supplies: Medallion Journal Spots Brush Kit: Rhonna Farrer/House of 3; RV19 Marker: Copic; Ribbon, Bits of Bling: Creative Impressions; Black Chalk Ink: Clearsnap;Sentiment & Flower Stamp; Stamper’s Anonymous; Cyan,Black Cardstock: The Paper Company; 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Dots Scrapbook Adhesives; 3L, Flourish stamps: Technique Tuesday; Green & Blue: Printed Paper; Jennifer Davis; Pink Cardstock: Worldwin; White Cardstock: Neenah; Tuxedo Momento Ink: Tsukineko; Fuschia Stick-It Felt: CPE

The inside of this card opens to reveal an awesome surprise. I’ve layered three pendants together to create this cool pop-up – and the best part is that it is super easy!

There are so many techniques on this card that I thought the best way to share a tutorial would be through video. This two-part tutorial was very fun to put together. Please watch and enjoy!

Part 1:

Part 2:

The next project I created is a scrapbook page of my children taken this past Easter. We have such a hard time taking Easter Sunday pictures, and I truly have no idea why! Nonetheless, my kids are adorable, and these pendants and centers make absolutely perfect embellishments to this page!

As in with the card above, these pendants are digitally decorated and I will be posting up a downloadable kit tomorrow containing the digital papers and files I used to create this project.

Spellbinders Supplies

S4-207 Kaleidescope Pendant
S4-199 Floral Accents

Other Supplies: Ribbon, Brads: Creative Impressions; Orange, pumpkin spice, green chalk ink: Clearsnap; Rub on: Crate Paper; 3D Foam Squares Adhesives: 3L; Cheese Cloth; Printable die template: Jennifer Davis; Digital Patterned Paper: green stripe, green, pink, peach; Jennifer Davis; InkJet Transparency: OfficeMax; Computer Fonts: Champignon, Optima; Foam: STYROFOAM Brand

So… we’ve reached the final day of the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy, and here’s the contest low-down one last time…

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 8 Spellbinders Pendant 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 8 Pendants die templates and 8 matching Petite Border die templates being revealed.

Rules
Any participant wishing to be included in the daily drawing for the Spellbinders Pendants die templates 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 June 22 and June 29, 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 June 22nd through June 29th 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 Pendants Frenzy Grand Prize must enter all 8 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.
*If you wish to be included in further communications from Spellbinders, please go to their homepage SpellbindersPaperArts.com and sign up for their newsletter.

Spellbinders Pendants Blog Frenzy drawing

Click Here to enter

(If you use an e-mail client that does not work with this pop-up box, you may copy and paste this address to send your entry to: PendantContestDay8@spellbinders.us

For more Spellbinders product release information go to SpellbindersPaperArts.com/blog

If you have any questions regarding the contest, send an e-mail to: PenContestQuestions@spellbinders.us

Thank you for visiting! Come back soon!

Simple Circles: 1st Day of Preschool & the new Eyelet Pendant from Spellbinders

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:16:32 +0000

Sometimes all you need is a few well-placed circles. It’s the shape I always come back to when struggling to put a design together. This page is a great example of how circles can pull it all together. The best thing about this is that the design is quick and simple.

I used the Spellbinders nested circles to cut the photo and the border around it. It’s such a great configuration that after creating the page, I used the same general concept to create a card, although I kept the design even simpler.

I used the brand new Eyelet Pendant center and Eyelet Borderabilities that were revealed yesterday by Debbie Olson in the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy. (It’s a really fantastic, versatile set!!)

I’m not usually a sketch blogger, but I took a second to draw out the sketch to share with you here.

Both the card and scrapbook page are simple and come together super quickly. The circles make it so easy!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great Wednesday.

ETA: I just took a look at the CPS sketch blog for this week and am just floored by how similar my post is to this week’s sketch. I hadn’t looked at it earlier! What a fun coincidence! I guess I didn’t need to draw out the sketch for you, I could have just directed you here.

Father’s Day Card #3: Wonderful Father

Jennifer — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:55:31 +0000

Here’s the third in my series of three Father’s Day cards. All three were designed to be quick and easy, while still showing the dads how much they are appreciated.

For this card, I used watch faces and a circle cut from Cosmo Cricket paper, Heidi Swapp arrows, and the Label 1 die template. I have always really liked the Spellbinders Watch Face die, and I was sad when it got retired. I also have really liked the Heidi Swapp journaling arrows. I have used them on several other projects, including this scrapbook page.

This card was fairly easy to put together, but I love how the arrow and the watch hand give the feeling of motion to the card. It definitely gives it that extra punch.

I hope you all have a Happy Father’s Day!

Father’s Day Card #2: My Dad Rocks

Jennifer — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:30:56 +0000

Here’s the second of three Father’s Day cards I’d like to share. Since I’m a scrapbooker, card-making can actually be a little bit stressful for me for some reason. These cards are meant to be low-stress, get-it-done-fast cards.

To make this card, I grabbed a photo of my dad that has been sitting on a shelf in my craft area for months, just waiting for the right project to be used on. We were there together at his company’s annual Christmas in the Desert celebration in Dubai when this was taken. Both of us got Henna tattoos and felt just a little rebellious. It’s a great photo and a great memory.

The card itself is very simple. I used the retired Spellbinders Watch Face die, a corner rounder, alphabet rub-ons and some awesome 7 Gypsies brads with a scrap of ribbon. The green solid paper is a color I’ve been in love with for the past few weeks. I’m working on putting together a freebie kit featuring some bright “rock star” colors. Check back in a couple of weeks for that download.