It is my privilege to show you a new Spellbinders die that will be released at the Summer CHA tradeshow in about 10 days! At the end of this post you will find a copy of the official rules for the Spellbinders’ Birthday Celebration Sneak Peek Party Drawing for the die set I am sharing with you today, and for a chance at the grand prize of a new raspberry-colored Wizard and $500 worth of Spellbinders dies!
My die to share is the S4-159 Flower, a nested flower die set. (The largest die in this set is about 4″ wide. To help you better understand the size of these die cuts, the cards I have created are 5 1/2″ wide by 4 1/4″ tall.)
I used the largest die to cut a focal point for my card.
I inked the inside non-cutting edge of the die with a brown chalk ink before cutting/embossing my image. This gives you a nice inked edge. I used a chalk ink for a shabby chic look. I first learned about this technique from Michelle Jo Klomp. Isn’t it wonderful?
Next, I used the two smaller dies in the set to cut stiffened fabric. Note: I often pickup retired fabric sample books from my local upholstery shop. Nothing like taking trash and making it a treasure!
Next, I stamped my sentiment from Autumn Leaves in a first and second generation ink to get that nice dimensional shadow. This technique is when you stamp your image once, and then move the stamp slightly away from the original image and stamp again without re-inking the stamp.
Then, I stitched my patterned cardstock, from Webster’s Pages, to my card base and inked around the eges with a lime green chalk ink that picks up the subtle color of the leaves in the patterned paper.
I assembled all of the pieces and added a couple of ribbons with the brown and green colors, which are tucked under my fabric flowers.
The second card I made uses the die in a more traditional way, with a twist!
For this card, I cut the largest flower shape using Goldenrod cardstock from Worldwin Treasures. Then for the embossing portion, I nested the medium-sized flower inside of the largest flower and ran them both through to emboss one shape inside the other.
I then placed both dies over the shape and used them as a guide to create a stitched look with my white gel pen.
I cut and embossed the smallest flower using Light Racy Raspberry by Worldwin DoubleMates and placed a glitter brad from Creative Impressions in white to the center of the layered flower to attach the flower to my card base.
A bit of stitched ribbon and a rubon sentiment adorn the bottom edge of the finished card.
Have you enjoyed the sneak peeks so far? The new dies are expected to ship in August. Woo Hoo!
June 30: Thinking Inking by Debbie Olson
July 1: Created From Paper by Jennifer Ellefson
July 2: Wickedly Wonderful Creations by Wendy Weixler
July 3: Embellished Dreams by Heidi Blankenship
July 4: Simple Dreams by Ellen Hutson
July 5: Caffeinated Thoughts by Michelle Klomp
July 6: Linda’s Works of Heart by Linda Duke
July 7: Mish Mash by Michelle Wooderson
[today here! on July 8: Inkyheart by Sally Lynn MacDonald]
July 9: Cookies for Breakfast by Beth Pingry
July 10: PaperFections by Sharon Harnist
July 11: Today’s Creations by Holly Craft
July 12: Donya Schroeder by Donya Schroeder
July 13: Follow Your Bliss by Trudee Sauer
Now, if you already have another die-cutting machine and need to know how to use Spellbinders dies with it, check out these YouTube videos. Don’t forget that you can see more new dies every day at the blogs listed below. If you want to enter the contest, be sure to read the rules below very carefully.
If you have questions regarding the contest or entries, you should e-mail Spellbinders at spellbinderseditor@yahoo.com to ask them since this is an official Spellbinders Contest. Good luck!
Drawing Information
Spellbinders will randomly pick one entry from each of the 14 Spellbinders Sneak Peek Blog reveals as stated in the “Rules”. This name will be drawn to receive the die being revealed on said blog. These entries must follow all rules stated below to be valid for the drawing.
Entrants visiting all 14 Spellbinders Birthday Celebration Sneak Peeks Blog reveals and correctly entering their information into the 14 separate drawings, as described below, will automatically be entered into a GRAND PRIZE give away of a new RASPBERRY WIZARD and a $500 retail value die package!
Rules
Any participant wishing to be included in the daily drawing for the Spellbinders Birthday Celebration Sneak Peek die give away must adhere to all of the following rules:
- Participant must click on the provided drawing link on blog to enter each individual drawing on sneak peeks between June 30 and July 13.
- Participant must type in the subject line the name of the die or dies being revealed.
- Participant must send their entry for this blog before 12:00 midnight Central Standard Time on July 9th.
- Participant is only allowed to enter each of the 14 Spellbinders sneak peek blog give away drawings one time per sneak peek. Participant must use the same email address daily to be considered for grand prize entry.
- Spellbinders Design Team members and employees are not eligible for drawing.
Any participant wishing to be automatically entered into the drawing for the Spellbinders Birthday Celebration Sneak Peek Grand Prize drawing, must enter the drawing from all of the 14 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 communication other than to contact the winner.
*If you wish to be included in further communications from Spellbinders, please go to their homepage and sign up: http:\www.spellbinders.us
Time’s up, ladies! No more entries will be accepted for the contest from this blog/sneak peek.
Just to clarify, you have until midnight tomorrow (Wednesday, July 9th), Central Standard Time to enter the Spellbinders drawing for this particular post. I know that Feedblitz sent the notice 24 hours late (as usual), but Spellbinders built an extra day into each drawing for this reason. Good luck!
WOW! These flowers are so cool! Love how you cut them in fabric and gathered them… so lifelike! Thanks for sharing!
You are so creative! I love what you did with these dies, but then again, I love these dies!
What a great use for fabric samples. A friend gave me some samples and now I can try some flowers. Thank you!
This dye really looks yummy. I would love one of these.
I love flowers and these dies are great. I loved your projects you did also. Would definitely want to get a set of these.
Hugs
Judi
Love the possibilities – a flower shaped card hmmm…. great ideas and I appreciate you sharing the how-tos and ideas with fabric!
I have never used fabric with my Spellbinders dies – thanks for the idea. Love these ones and what you have done with them.
OOoo, this one will be fun to play with!!! Love what you have done!
I love the fabric flowers that you created!
Hi Sally Lynn, what a beautiful card that first one. Those flowers look great. Thanks for the technique tips. The second card looks good too. I’ll go and try that too with the dies that I have.
Eveline.
Spellbinders have been busy creating so many new and fun shapes.
The flowers from fabric are different. I’ll have totry that one.
Sally super samples I really like how you used the flower as focal point. I also like the tip you added about inking the edges first, DUH I never thought of that!
Nettie
You’ve got some amazing tips! I’ve bookmarked your blog!
Great ideas and enjoy the tips. Thanks
I love the way you used fabric with the dies – so pretty! Thanks for the tip about inking the edge of the die.
I loved what you did with the new Flower die, from inking the edge to embossing one shape on top of another, and the fabric flowers were awesome! Great job!
OMGosh! Inking up the edges of the die! GENIUS! Fabulous projects!
Just awesome. I love what you did with the material. So creative.
your cards are super beautiful!
Loved the projects!! Thanks for sharing!!
I love the fabric flower you made with the dies!!!! Just beautiful!
love the flowers and how you used
the dies with ink…great job
thanks
Oooohhhh, Sally Lynn!! You have really done this die the justice it deserves!! Totally different samples, yet both are AMAZING!!! (I’m definitely going to try the fabric flowers AND the “faux stitching” with my gel pen! BRILLIANT!!
Love the dies and your ideas. Great job on the fabric flowers. Awesome!
How can something so plain and simple turn into something so cute? I’m thinking grunge. thanks for the ideas.
I love the way the flowers turned out! You did a wonderful job. Thanks for sharing.
Love the flowers and your projects showcase the dies beautifully!
Wow, so many great ideas!!!
I love your samples. I am such a sucker for flowers.
Love how you used these dies on fabric! What a beautiful result! Thanks for showing all the other techniques as well!
Wow! What wonderful cards! Love your ideas, so creative! Thanks for sharing, must try these!
Wow beautiful cards. Love how you used your die as a template with the pen. 🙂
LOVE the flowers done in fabric. Every one of the new dies are in my very overloaded virtual cart…and they aren’t even available yet!
Wow! So much new stuff to use, so many new techniques to try, such great cards with your preview. This flower die set can be used in sooooo many ways! TYFS
Love how you made the fabric flowers. Never would have thought of using material. Great ideas.
Your cards are awesome. As a quilter, I love finding ways to incorporate fabric into my cards. Love the flower dies.
What beautiful cards, I love that you used fabric – great idea – I need to pull mine out and play.
Fabulous! I love the yellow double flower you made. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Very nice samples and great dies!
How fun I love your example with fabric. Thanks for sharing.
Oh wow, I LOVE your fabric flowers, what a terrific idea!!
I love the fabric idea. I’ll have to hit my local store! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win this great product!
Love what you did with the fabric…what a great idea for those upholstry books!
Your card with the fabric is so gorgeous! Thank you so much for the detailed instructions! Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!
Also love your tips on inking the dies, or using them as guides for the faux stitching…
Holy Moly- I love what you did with the fabric- just stunning!!
Great idea using fabric! It looks great.
Great sneak peek!! Love the tip about using chalk ink around the border of the die in the first card!! Thanks for the beautiful cards and the tips!!
Oh my gosh…why didnt I think of that…using the die as a guide!!
Love that idea and LOOOOOOVE the new die! Hope I win!
ansa
Cool Idea with the new dies! Love the fabric flowers and inking the die…very cool!
Stunning! Love the cut fabric.
Your sample work is awesome. I like the fabric flowers as well as the embossing and the inking. Good stuff. TFS!
Those dies are CUTE! So are your projects- beautiful work. Thanks for sharing!
Very clever use of the ink and pen stitching! I love your cards! Oh, and the fabric flowers!
Your card says it best…. SO VERY BEAUTIFUL!
TFS!!!
Beautiful projects! Thanks for sharing!
Love your take off of the new die! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love what you created with these dies, especially the cloth flowers! Thanks for the wonderful ideas.
What wonderful possibilities in this new set… I love both flowers and layers, so I’m already in heaven! And love the fabric floral card, Sally Lynn!!!
Love how the dies make such beautiful flowers!
I love what you did with the fabric! Great dies! I don’t know which one to order first!
Thank you for the great ideas for using this particular set of flower dies, particularly the fabric flowers. And the addition of the white “stitching” on the second card just sets off the diecut perfectly.
Such a beautiful card. Using the fabric flowers is a great idea.
These flower dies look great. Would love to play with them. Thanks for a chance to win. Love your cards you made, especially the one with the fabric flowers. It is awesome.
I am so glad to see flowers. Nice way to use them.
Swedie
I love this die, and I especially LOVE what what you did with the fabric flowers! They look so beautiful!
I just love your fabric flowers! Beautiful cards and thanks for the sneak peek!
Absolutely gorgeous card!
Oh, you ladies are just too clever; love these & what unique ways you’ve used them here! TFS – gotta go have a try with my “old” Spellbinders’ dies while waiting to win these lovely flowers!!! 😉
These are both beautiful cards. I love the first one with the fabric flowers. So creative.
Charmaine
Both your projects are WONDERFUL! and thanks for the new technique of inking the edge of the nestie die!! and the idea to use the edges to make the faux stitching…how cool!
Kim Marie
What you created with these flower is absolutely gorgeous!!! I love the fabric ones!! Thank you so much for your inspiration!!
love love love the flowers, thanks for the ideas!
Love this die and your cards are so creative and inspiring. Thanks
Your cards are really pretty!!!! The flowers are awesome.
God bless
Giovana
Oh my! It looks like I will be spending all of my money on the new dies. The flower dies are so cute and the possibilities are endless!
Thanks for sharing.
Denise G
I love how you used the fabric to make flowers! Gorgeous card.
OMG, that is soooo cool! You inked it! And the fabric flowers are sooo beautiful!! I love your ideas! TFS
your projects are amazing…the top one is simply STUNNING!
Wow. That fabric flower is wonderful. Love the versatility you showed in the use of these dies. Thanks.
Oh my!!! These are so cool! What you have done with them is fantastic. I love, love, love the fabric flowers!!!
Amazing job with these, Sally! I love both your pre-inked edge and your stitching–creative and beautiful!
Man oh man….your samples are to die for!!! (no pun intended!) I have got to get my hands on these dies! FABRIC! Who’d have thunk it??????? lol!
I love the fact you can add fabric as another kind of embellishment to a scrappage or card. I have lots of fabric in my stash….
wow….i must have this- your card is a very nice!
Very creative Thanks for sharing you talent with us.
Your cards are amazing. You really showed the versatility of these new dies. TFS
Your examples are gorgeous! I love the new flower dies. Can’t wait to see what else Spellbinders has in store for us…
Thanks for the wonderful tips on your beautiful flowers and the faux stitching idea. Very pretty cards.
Wow, your techniques ROCK! great teaser and project.
WOW!!! Fantastic!! I love it. I can’t believe how awesome your flowers are. Gotta Have it!!
TFS
Marie
http://scrappingworls.blogspot.com
scrappingworld@live.com
jmcramp@telus.net
WOW! Your cards are fabulous!
Wonderful job with the new dies. My wishlist continues to grow.
WOW!! I’ve learned three things from you today that I would’nt have thought of in a century; using discountinued fabric samples, using the die for faux stitching and inking the embossing line, THANK YOU! I LOVE flowers and anything related, these Spellbinder dies are a basic MUST HAVE. TFS your beautiful work.
Great job and I learned something new…chalking the inside of the die before you cut! Great…I’ll have to try it!
Oh how pretty. I often use silk flowers on my cards, but would definitely try your idea of cutting material with the Spellbinder dies.
Thanks for sharing, Sally Lynn!
Love what you did with the flower die.
I love these dies, and that first card is fabulous!
WOW, these are AWESOME….those fabrics flowers are gorgeous….excellent job!!!!
Love the dies, but I am really loving your ideas even more! Fabulous – thanks for sharing your creativity with us!
Love the flower dies. Love how you use them on fabric.
I love your flowers!
The cloth three dimensional flowers you created on this sneak peek of the Flower die set are so creative. I enjoy seeing the non-traditional ideas using all of the Spellbinders/Nestabilities sets. They inspire me to think out of the box. I hope the general public won’t have to wait too terribly long after CHF to have an opportunity to purchase the wonderful new die sets you have created. Thanks for making this set available.
Judith
Your card is just beautiful! I can see gifting this set to several of my friends for their birthdays. A must have for sure.
Thanks
What a great idea, the flowers made out of fabric. I just found some fabric samples I forgot I had and was going to give them away, NOT, they will now be used, as soon as I can get my hands on these new dies. You did a beautiful job.
Wow! I absolutely LOVE those fabric flowers. What a wonderful idea. – Both your projects are very nice and I like the Flower Dies very much.
I love the flowers cut out of fabir! What a great idea!
I love the flowers cut out of fabir! What a great idea!
These are another great set of dies. I love your tips on how to ink the edges and making faux stitching. Too cool!
another cute one! tfs!
sandyh
sandyha@comcast.net
S4-159 Flower
Wonderful dies – could do some amazing things with these babies.
Mary-Jane
I love these flower die cuts! You did a fabulous job layering and creating with them. I love the stitching
OMG these samples are great and the ideas and techniques behind them are so creative. You sold me on these.
Totaly cool
The way you embossed both at the same time totaly rocks.
neat!!! love the tip on requesting retired fabric books. the flowers look great and this is one die I’m putting on my wish list!
Love the fabric flowers! Great idea! TFS
Love, love,love what you have done with these new dies. Once again you blow me away with your creativity Lady!! Keep up the great work!
Hugs,
Lisa
PS. Love the new header too!
Dies: Flowers
Your cards are awesome!
Like the flower die – also liked your tip about inking the edge of the die!
I just love your samples, especially the first one with the fabric flowers! Thanks for sharing your greeat ideas!
Kathy Camasso
Oh I love how you showcased the flowers using this die… GREAT JOB!
I like the idea of using fabric!
What beautiful projects! Thanks!
Sally,
I love how you cut the flowers out of stiffened fabric! So very pretty. The card is beautiful.
Judy
Amazing and artistic…..I too am excited about trying to make those flowers….you make it look easy…thanks for the tip on faux stitching!!
Lots of neat things to make with these flower shapes! I love the way you use fabric with them on your first card!
Very fun – I especially love what you did with the fabric flowers!
This is so cool that they are offering a free set every day!
Denise Wells
Love the fabric flowers – so realistic looking! =)
Beautiful cards and who would have thought to cut flowers out of fabric–very creative!
I love your cards. What a great idea to use stiffened fabric. These are my favorite dies so far of the new releases.
Yeah, this die rocks!
how cute a flower what a great idea Cynthia
Wow these dies are great. Your card with the home made flowers is an favorite of me.
Becaus I like flowers (real one and dies). Im glad my birthday is the end of july so I ask money to buy nestabilities a month later 😉
greetings Ilona