Saying goodbye to Spellbinders and Giveaway

Hi everyone!  I wanted to let you all know that I have stepped down from the Spellbinders blog team.  WHAT you say!?!  I KNOW right?!  I'd have to be crazy to leave Spellbinders.  It was a hard decision to make as this is my 5th year with Spellbinders and you all know my love for them, but alas, my part time job with FSJ has left me little to no extra time to work on other projects.  Spellbinders deserves more than I can give at the moment.
Edited to add:  Based on some comments and emails I received, I want to say that I am not leaving crafting or this blog.  My job with FSJ allows me to craft every day and much of my work can be shared here on my blog!

In honor of my time with Spellbinders, I thought I would share some of my favorite projects from over the years.

I altered this wooden picture frame back in 2011 and it was one of my most popular projects I ever made for Spellbinders.  I still get emails asking how I made this and where to find the wooden frame.  FYI, I bought it at Craft Warehouse.

 I was assigned the die set, Marvelous Squares for the CHA booth back in 2012 and made this layout featuring a pic of my little dudes.  It ended up being picked up for publication and appeared in Paper Creations magazine.  Now my sons think they're famous!

 This is my second most popular project I made for Spellbinders.  I made this card in 2013 when I was on the Spellbloggers team.  I used a variety of Nestabilities die sets on each square.  I still randomly see it when I scroll thru Pinterest!

 Here's a fun colorful card I made using the Celebra'tions collection of stamps, dies and accessories.  This is so me, bright and colorful flowers with a dash of washi tape!

 And lastly, here is a fav of mine I made this year.  This one went to my sister who loves the color purple.

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So... how about a little giveaway?

To help me say goodbye and share their generosity over the years, I have some Celebr'ations stamps and dies to give away.  AND as I have been doing some cleaning out, I have added some gently used rhinestone packs, 6x6 paper pads and other goodies to the pile.  I have 2 giveaways and all you need to do to enter is leave me a comment on this post.  

I will announce a winner on Tuesday the 21st.

Bundle One

Create a Cone die set

Pierced Rectangles die set

Cool Caribbean ink pad

My Friend stamp set 

Celebra'tions Prints paper

variety of other goodies

Bundle Two

Cele-brate Plate

Tag That! die set

Golden Glow ink pad

Many Words stamp set

Celebra'tions Special Occasions Prints paper

Variety of other goodies

 So with a blessed and heavy heart I say goodbye to Spellbinders Paper Arts.  Thank you for believing in me and your generosity over the years.  I loved my time with you and I'll be stalking your future releases and wont be a stranger!

P.S. I mentioned above I've been doing some cleaning out, well I've put aside some items to make a few more crafty goody boxes and envelopes for sale.  So keep an eye out for those coming soon, please email me if you want to reserve one now.