Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy Day 1

Hi everyone!!  Welcome to the first day of the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy!

The entry window for the
Spellbinders Paper Arts contest on this blog has ended.
Don't forget that you still have time to enter
at the blogs listed on the Spellbinders blog. Thank you!  

 
Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is absolutely thrilled to bring you our largest product releases 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 12, 2012 until 11:59 pm January 13, 2012.

Today’s participating Blog Frenzy includes my blog and Debbie Olsen and Latisha Yoast's blog.

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

Thank you Spellbinders Paper Arts for sponsoring this contest!

For my first project, I altered legal sized clipboard to make a large refrigerator magnet!!  This measures 9" x 15" and I decided to divide this into 3 functional parts.  The top part serves as a clipboard for important papers, the middle portion is a chalkboard and the bottom has 3 corkboard pieces.

Here are the new dies I introduced:

S4-341 Wavy Rectangles
MSRP: $24.99
DIE SIZES:
1. 3/8" x 1/2"

2. 1 1/8" x 1 1/4"

3. 1 7/8" x 2 1/8"

4. 2 3/4" x 3 1/8"

5. 3 5/8" x 4 1/4"

ES-003 Valor
MSRP: $7.99
PRODUCT SIZE:

4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

I am so excited to feature the new and innovative Spellbinders M-Bossabilities™ folders! These are unique reversible folders, with 2 separate yet coordinated embossing patterns for twice the designs and double the value! The folders simply flip over, so easy to use! There are 20 new folders, each with 2 designs, and they come in 2 sizes, 5 x 7” and 4 ¼ x 5 ½” for all your paper crafting needs.

 
Here is a close up of the top part of the project.  You can see that the cardstock is embossed with one continual pattern.  This was done by embossing the paper, then flipping it around, lining up the pattern and continuing to emboss it.

Here are step shots showing how I did this.  First, I inked the folder, then emboss the first 1/2 of my paper.

 Next, reink the folder, but make sure to wipe the ink off the bottom row, as you will be overlapping that bottom row, and you don't want double the ink.

 Here is the final result as you can see, when you are done you have one continual embossed piece.  This measures 11" long.  I then trimmed this piece to the dimensions of the clipboard.

 

 Here is a close up of the middle.  The black cardstock is actually Chalkstock!  Yes, you can write and erase on this portion.

 

Here is a close up of the bottom part.  Here I die cut thin sheets of cork board I bought at an office supply store.  To get the cork to cut, I layered it with a shim and ran it through 2 or 3 times.  It won't be completely cut through like with cardstock, so just slightly pull at the die and it comes apart very easily.

 Here is my second project.  On this card, I used both Side A and Side B of the Valor M-Bossabilities folder.  On Side B I embossed with ink (like I did with the clipboard) and on Side A, I lightly sanded the embossed paper for more dimension.

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Supplies (Clip Board): 
Spellbinders - ES-003 Valor M-Bossabilities folder Side B, S4-341 Wavy Rectangles, #4, LF-003 Donna's Alphabet, LF-005 Grand Peony Creations #1,2,3, E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities 

Ink - Clear Snap (Citrine Pigment Ink)

Paper - Gina K Designs (ivory cardstock), Fancy Pants (It's the Little Things 12x12 collection), Canvas Corp (Chalkstalk cardstock)

Accessories - Kaisercraft (rhinestones), Buttons Galore (button), Scor-Pal (1/4" Scor-Tape), Cosmic Shimmers (Twinkles in Aqua), Beacon Adhesives (Fabri-Tac to adhere cork), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (3D foam squares), Details (grosgrain ribbon in coral) 

Supplies (card): 
Spellbinders - ES-003 Valor M-Bossabilities folder Side A and B, S4-341 Wavy Rectangles #4, S5-049 Carnation Creations #1,2, S4-130 Classic Rectangles SM #2

Gina K Designs Stamps - Framed Greetings

Paper - Gina K Designs (Ivory cardstock), My Mind's Eye (Six by Six collection "Vanity Fair" 6x6 pad)

Ink - Clear Snap (Citrine and Black Pigment Ink)

Accessories - Kaisercraft (rhinestones), Cosmic Shimmers (Twinkles in Aqua), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (3D foam squares)