Welcome to SPELLBINDERS™ SURPRISE PARTY!!

SPELLBINDERS™ SURPRISE PARTY!!

January 7- 13, 2010

Commenting on this post is welcome but does NOT enter you into the contest. This contest is sponsored by Spellbinders™ Paper Arts. Directions on how to enter are in the Blog Post and Official Rules at http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/spellbinders-suprise-party/. If you have any questions, please e-mail ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us

Welcome to the third 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 10, 2010 to enter this contest through my blog. Be sure to read the rules at http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/spellbinders-suprise-party/ 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
Debbie Olson
Julie Overby
Lesa Rapp

January 8
Becca Feeken
Debbie Seyer
Janine Blackwelder

January 9
Heidi Blankenship
Karen Taylor
Cathy Chlebana/Beth Pingry

January 10,
Linda Duke
Jennifer Davis
Terre Fry

January 11
Keri Lee Sereika
Kazan Clark
Mary Pfaff

January 12
Karen Hunsaker
Christy Farneth-Kerr
Holly Simoni

January 13
Sherry Cheever
Kimberly Crawford
Sharon Johnson

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-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...

What a hoot Gift tag

To make this adorable owl tag you will need to start with.

Spellbinders™ Wizard™ and the S4-271 Nested Owl die templates.

and

S4-072 Flower Creations and

S4-249 Big Scalloped Circles LG

and a piece of off white, brown, black and white cardstock.

I started by folding a piece of 4 x 8″ off white cardstock in half. I taped the die template so that the folded edge of the paper is inside of the cutting edge of the die template, as shown in the photo. Cut/emboss in the Spellbinders™ Wizard™ to create a shaped card. I then inked my edges with Clearsnap Chestnut Roan Fluid chalk ink.

Next I cut out two owls, one out of off white cardstock and one out of the brown.

Ink the edges of the off white owl with Clearsnap Chestnut Roan Fluid chalk.

Fold the brown in half and mark as shown. Cut out the pieces as shown and ink edges with Clearsnap Chestnut Roan Fluid chalk ink.

Fold the brown in half and mark as shown. Using scissors, hand cut the pieces as shown and ink edges with Clearsnap Chestnut Roan Fluid chalk ink.

Adhere brown cut out pieces as shown.

Next cut out two S4-249 Big Scalloped Circles LG #1 (#1 is the smallest) out of white and one out of brown. Ink the edges.

With the S4-072 Flower Creations One, cut one flower from off white cardstock (as shown above) and two large centers out of black cardstock (as shown below).

Adhere the black flower center to middle of the white S4-249 Big Scalloped Circles LG.

Cut the brown in half and adhere to “eyes” as shown. Mark the wrong side of flower as shown and cut. Ink edges of petal that is now the owl’s nose.

Using SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVE by 3L 3D Foam Squares, adhere eyes to face and with another 3D Foam Square add

nose to face, placing just under eyes as shown.

Adhere the owl to card.

Come back next week to see this fun t-shirt and two more projects using these

S4-271 Nested Owls.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time….create something!

This is the Nested Owl Die Template

Sku S4-271

This is part of the Summer Collection, Limited Edition, available through May 31, 2010.

MSRP $19.99

Die Measurements:

1. 1 1/2 x 1 3/16"

2. 2 9/16 x 2"

3. 3 3/4 x 2 15/16"

RULES

For the complete Spellbinders™ Surprise Party!! rules go to http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/spellbinders-suprise-party/ .

TO ENTER CONTEST:

1) Send your email entry to: reveal8@spellbinders.us

2) Type the name of the die 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: ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us

Thank you for visiting my blog and good luck!!