We have arrived to the final day of Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy already! Now, there’s no need for tears. We can look forward to seeing more of the CHA releases soon! We have only seen a portion of the release, and trust me, there is still more to come! I believe patience is a virtue many of us crafters still have to work on, myself included!

With that said, let’s get moving on today’s frenzy! We have been given a treat today of four amazing designers sharing their talents with us on the projects they have created with the Spellbinders products they have been given to work with. I continue to be in awe every day!

We begin with designer Gloria Stengel using the S5-102 Aster Flower Topper Shapeabilities  and E8-012 Classic Decorative Inserts Four on her get well window card and sunflower tag. I know I would feel better instantly if I received one of these! Adorable Gloria!

Product Sizes:

1. Flower Center: 1 3/8″
2. Aster Flower 1: 2 3/8″
3. Aster Flower 2: 2 3/8″
4. Aster Flower 3: 3

Product Sizes:

1. Flowers: 5/8 x 8″
2. Dots: 3/4 x 8″
3. Large Flowers: 1 x 8″

Designer Nina Brackett has made some very personal gifts with the dies she was presented with. She has designed two unique necklaces with coordinating cards using S5-088 Sewing Elements  and S5-089 Home Sweet Home shapeabilities. She cut and embossed the shapes out of shrink film,  using markers for highlighting and stamping different designs on them before baking. Ingenious Nina!

Product Sizes:

1. Spool: 1 1/2 x 2″
2. Machine: 2 1/2 x 2 1/8″
3. Pin Cushion: 1 7/8 x 1 7/8″
4. Dress Form: 1 x 2 7/8″
5. Buttons small: 3/8″
6. Buttons large: 1/2″
7. Thimble: 1 x 1″
8. Scissors: 1 5/8 x 3/4″

Product Sizes:

1. House: 1 5/8 x 2″
2. Roof: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4″
3. Star large: 1 7/8 x 1 3/4″
4. Star small: 7/8 x 3/4″
5. Heart large: 1 1/8 x 1 1/8″
6. Heart small: 3/8 x 3/8″
7. 4 Petal Flower large: 7/8″
8. 4 Petal Flower small: 1/2″
9. 8 Petal Flower: 5/8″
10. Wings: 2 1/4 x 1″
11. Round Tag: 1 1/4 x 1″
12. Rectangle Tag: 1 1/4 x 7/8″

I can’t even tell you how much I already love the new M-Bossabilities folders! I am thrilled that Spellbinders thought to utilize both sides of the folder with different, but coordinating patterns. Not only does it save storage space, but it saves time not having to switch folders! This was a brilliant idea in my book!

Designer Tina McDonald makes great use of the 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ ES-001 Simplicity M-Bossabilities on her trinket box and tag. She was also given the S5-068 Decorative Dress Forms shapeabilities which she incorporated beautifully on these projects.  I believe she also snuck in a few other new items! I’ll let you figure out which ones. Fabulous projects Tina!

Product Sizes:

1. Lattice: 1 7/8 x 2 1/4″
2. Scalloped: 2 1/8 x 2 5/8″
3. Plain: 1 3/4 x 3 1/8″
4. Swirls: 1 3/4 x 3 1/8″

Our final designer for this incredible Blog Frenzy is….(drum roll please!) Windy Robinson! I don’t even want to know how long it took her to roll all of these gorgeous flowers! At first I thought they were real and that the project was the box, but then I saw the dies she was using! Wow! This is over the top Windy! She did a fabulous job creating her beautiful flower box and card using the following dies. Just take a look for yourselves!

S4-357 Spiral Blossom Three:

Product Size:

Flower: 4 3/8″

EL-oo5 Splendid M-Bossabilities

I believe we have been extremely blessed with inspiration over the past eight days. Don’t you think? In behalf of  Cut@Home, I would like to express our appreciation to Spellbinders and their designers for permitting us to be included in this wonderful Blog Frenzy. Thank you so much!

I would also like to thank you, our customers, for participating with us! It has been lots of fun!

**Reminder- If you have already placed a pre-order and would like additional pre-order items, you can add to your existing pre-order at any time during the pre-order season! This will save you shipping!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Here we are, already on day seven of Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy! Can you believe it? Only two days left! I am in awe of today’s products and designer projects! We have some spectacular things to show you today, so let’s not waste another minute!

Designer Linda Duke introduces Spellbinders first item of the day S5-090 Romantic Rectangles Nestabilities with two projects that fit the name! There is most definitely an elegant, romantic touch to her projects which truly proves paper crafting an art! These are wonderful Linda!

Product sizes:

1. 1 1/4 x 1″
2. 2 7/8 x 1 7/8″
3. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4″
4. 5 7/8 x 3 7/8″

There must be a romance in the air, because designer Sherry Cheever has designed her projects with a similar feel. The intricate S5-064 Moroccan Accents and S5-065 Moroccan Motifs was her inspiration to create her lovely box and lantern below. Thank you Sherry!

S5-064 Moroccan Accents:

Product sizes:

1. Border: 9 x 7/8″
2. Corners: 2 x 1 1/4″
3. Star Small: 1/2″
4. Star large: 3/4″
5. Oblong Accent: 1 5/8 x 3″
6. Large Accent: 2 3/4″

S5-065 Moroccan Motifs:

Product sizes:

1. Flower small: 1/2″
2. Star: 1 3/4″
3. Round: 1 1/8″
4. Motif small: 1 1/2″
5. Motif medium: 2 1/2″
6. Motif large: 4 1/8″

And now, on to our final revelation of the day. AJ Otto has made wonderful use of 5 x 7″ EL-004 Imperial M-Bossabilities by creating an oh so cute- mini album and fun layout! She shows us how versatile these reversible M-Bossabilites are to emboss different projects! Thanks for sharing AJ!

These are all so great!  One of the things I love about crafting is that you can give two people the same items and put them to work and their projects will turn out so very different! The great thing about these tools for paper crafting is you can use them over and over and never turn out the same look twice! There are just so many p0ssabilities!

**Reminder- If you have already placed a pre-order and would like additional pre-order items, you can add to your existing pre-order at any time during the pre-order season! This will save you shipping!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

It is day three already of Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy! Since it is the weekend, and we have lots of gorgeous dies to show you, we will get right to it!

We’ll begin with some fun flowers! Introducing the S4-355 Layered Flowers Shapeabilities. You receive four different flowers that can stand alone or be layered for a really great dimensional look!

Product Sizes:

Lines: 1 7/8″
Swirls: 1 7/8″
Pattern: 1 7/8″
Shadow: 2 1/8″

We’ll continue with the flower theme with this 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ ES-004 M-Bossabilities Whimsy. You’ll love both of the designs on this one. It just makes you think of springtime!

These projects from designer  Shanna Vineyard show us how much fun we can have with these products! Thanks Shanna!

In keeping up with their outstanding elegance in design, Spellbinders S5-353 Labels Twenty-Four offers five four-sided labels whose edges come to a point. Layer with other shapes or labels for exquisite design options!

Product Sizes:

1.  3/4″
2.  1 7/8″
3.  2 7/8″
4.  4″
5.  5 1/4″

I think we all have gone crazy over Edgeabilities and E8-008 Classic Edges Two is no exception! I guarantee you will want these beautiful triple edges in your collection to go with all the others!

Product Sizes:

Classic Bracket Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Triple Scallop Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Petal Edge: 1/4 x 8″

E8-011 Classic Decorative Inserts Three is also a must have. These inserts will coordinate with any of the Edges in the Edgeabilitiese collection!

Product Sizes:

Six Petal Flower: 1 x 8″
Pointed Edge: 1 x 8″
Triple Scallop: 7/8 x 8″

Designer Kazan Clark has done an amazing job showing us different ways to use these products on her projects! Love the wall sconce Kazan!

Our final designer for the day is Tonya Dirk, who shows us more creative views on how to use the Edgeabilities and Decorative inserts with the following:

E8-007 Classic Edges One:

Product Sizes:

Classic Ric Rac Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Scallop Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Postage Edge: 1/4 x 8″

E8-009 Classic Decorative Inserts One:

Product Sizes:

Beads: 3/8 x 8″
Hearts: 3/4 x 8″
Tulips: 7/8 x 8″

We have been really inspired today with such fun examples! We want to let these three ladies know how very much we appreciate their talent! Thanks a bunch for sharing your amazing projects with us!

You can click on each designer to view detailed instructions on their projects. Now that’s a treat!

Hope you all have a great weekend, and we will be back with more Blog Frenzy on Monday!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Can you believe it is time already for Spellbinders Blog Frenzy?  It seems like the time has literally flown by it! This sneak peak will run January 12-20, 2012. I am positive we will all be thrilled once again with this preview. They somehow keep getting better every time!

We will show you amazing projects from the fabulous designers at Spellbinders and the incredible new Spellbinders products that will be introduced at this year’s CHA Show at the end of this month!

Honestly, I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep tonight. I tend to do that when I get to excited over new stuff! I really should stop it. Loosing sleep over scrapbooking supplies that I haven’t seen yet is a bit ridiculous, don’t you think? I’ll probably stay awake all night before we leave for CHA too…. again, that crazy excitement.

Make sure you schedule a few minutes every day to check our blog, so you can stay caught up with the latest and greatest Spellbinders sneak peak to date! You won’t be disappointed!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

We’re here! Marcie and I are in Chicago at Craft and Hobby Association Show which we commonly know as CHA. We have been busy as bees going from booth to booth gathering information on all of the “latest and greatest” products and ordering from all our favorite designers so we can bring you highest quality, popular products on the market!  I can tell you now that you are going to love what is coming!

Here’s a shot of Marcie while visiting the Graphic 45 booth! Say Cheese!

Graphic 45 has done some amazing projects with their new paper lines. Here’s a sample of the Christmas Emporium and ABC Primer!

Heartfelt Creations made beautiful paper bouquets that look quite real!

We saw the new line of Nesting Dies from QuicKutz and Framelits from Sizzix. The new Nestaboard from Want2Scrap is HOT! Just Rite Stampers also has great  new stamp sets that coordinate with Spellbinders dies! Teresa Collins is not only talented, but stylish! We also visited My Mind’s Eye, Provo Craft and Silhouette .Everyone is on board and excited to bring you what’s new!

I hope that you have taken a few minutes to look at all the rest of the pre-order dies from Spellbinders that were made viewable this morning! Astounding!

This may be the best CHA release to date! Of course, since this is the first show that I have been to, it is the most exciting one for me! I am having a blast here in Chicago! It is most definitely a paper crafter’s heaven! Can’t wait until tomorrow for more exciting products from DCWV, Tim Holz, and anyone else that catches our eye!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’ from Chicago!

Carrie

Well, here it is! The last day for Spellbinders Blog Frenzy where we are fortunate to get a sneak peak of the new dies that will be released at CHA next week! I can’t believe it is almost here! We have seen some incredible ideas from gifted designers the past eight days and we are thrilled to introduce two more today! Their projects created with the new Spellbinder dies are wonderful!

I’ll start today by introducing designer Windy Robinson. She is introducing S4-334 2011 Heirloom Ornaments and S5-071 Twisted Metal Tags and Accents ( I love these!).  Her first project is a stunning holiday place card, perfect for seating guests during holiday dining! She has also created a beautiful dimensional ornament to celebrate the season! Thanks so much for sharing Windy!

S4-334 2011 Heirloom Ornaments

S5-071 Twisted Metal Tags and Accents

To complete our Spellbinders Blog Frenzy we have very talented designer Holly Simoni! She introduces LF-006 Wonderful Wings and S5-066 Shadow Flowers with her beautiful Gated Butterfly Card and unique Framed Paper Butterfly using mixed media. These are awesome Holly!

LF-006 Wonderful Wings

S5-066 Shadow Flowers

It has been an exciting nine days! I hope that you have all enjoyed viewing the new products as much as me!  I can’t wait until CHA so we can see the rest of the new releases! I will be going to Chicago with Marcie for the first time and I am thrilled to see all of the new products coming out from all of the manufacturers! It will totally be worth my aching feet!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Okay! Here we go! Day three of Spellibinders Blog Frenzy and more incredible dies that are being released this month at CHA! I also have more ideas to show you from two more terrific designers! Every morning I can’t wait to check my computer to see what is new!

Today we have the inspiring ideas from Designers Tonya Dirk and Shanna Vineyard! I am so excited to blog about their designs!

Here goes!

S4-340 Create-A-Flake Three

LF-347 Grand Labels Twenty-Three

Tonya used S4-340 Create-A-Flake Three and LF-347 Grand Labels Twenty-Three for her Adorable You layout and Let it Snow hanger! The interesting thing is, she used the negative image of the Create-A-Flake Three to make flowers on her page! Great ideas! Thanks Tonya!

Shanna created her adorable layout using S4-352 Spiral Blossom Two and S5-060 Flower Pots! She also used the idea for her Framed Art! I love how she cut the Spiral Blossom to make the smallest flower! You can really do so many things with these dies if you are creative! Thank you Shanna!

S4-352 Spiral Blossom Two

S5-060 Flower Pots

These are just fabulous ideas made so easy by Spellbinders dies! Today’s spotlight dies are just too fun!

Have a great weekend and we will start again on Monday with a continuation of our Blog Frenzy!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

I woke up this morning so excited to see what the feature Spellbinders dies were for today! I couldn’t wait to get to work! I know that many of you are just like me! I can hardly stand the anticipation!

So, let’s get right to it! Today we are introducing the fabulous frills of……drum roll, please!

S5-062-Lace Doily Accents

S5-063-Lace Doily Motifs

Designer Becca Feeken designed these incredibly gorgeous projects using a combination of S5-062-Lace Doily Accents and S5-063-Lace Doily Motifs! You can click on her name for the instructions on how to do these projects. Thank you for your inspiration Becca! These are amazing!

Next, we introduce E8-002 Classic Brackets! I love the fleur de lis and heart decorative inserts that fit perfectly with the bracket edge!

S4-347-Labels Twenty-Three goes beautifully with the Classic Bracket, with its bracket corners! Can Spellbinders get any better than this? I’m sure we will be finding out!

Designer Latisha Yoast shows us how she used both of these sets to make her Missing You So Much card and Moments card.  I love these! Thank you Latisha!

I think we have been truly inspired today with these projects on today’s frenzy! I know that these sets are a definite need, not a want for me! I NEED these in my craft room!!!

Be sure to login tomorrow!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

It is FINALLY time for summer CHA 2011 in Chicago, and Spellbinders Blog Frenzy has now started! This is where we get a sneak peak at some of the new items that are being launched at . We are so excited  show you these fabulous new dies! They will be launching 52 new dies in all and we think you are going to love them all.

This year Spellbinders is introducing a new product called Edgeabilities that are 8″ long! There are six sets, each containing three dies. One die to cut the edge and two coordinating decorative insert dies. You can also mix and match with other sets for a total of 75 different designs! Amazing!

Let’s get started!

We want to start with S4-346 Labels Twenty-Two! Similarly shaped to the Labels Twenty-One, it has inverted decorative corners that look like you have used a paper punch! Such a nice touch!

The new E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities is a must have for my book! I love how you can create different scallop looks! Scallops have such a soft, pretty look on anything!

Designer Debbie Olson shows us how she used both of these dies for her awesome projects!

Next we have S4-348 Postage Stamps Nestabilities which are self descriptive! You get 5 different sizes of postage stamps!

The E8-005 Classic Postage Stamp Edgeabilities coordinates beautifully with the Postage Stamps Nestabilities  as shown by designer Kimberly Crawford in her Postage Stamp card and “I love you to Space” Layout! So cute!

A big Thank You to Debbie and Kimberly for sharing their projects with us! They are wonderful! This is just a sample of what is yet to come!

Here is a video for your viewing pleasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF3OYKtFYwA

We will be featuring some of the new dies over the next several days, so you won’t want to miss a single day of our Blog! We are posting these on our pre-order page, so you will want to get your orders in! They will be available for shipment sometime in August! Whoo-hoo!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Wow! I can’t believe that it is already Friday! May is speeding by super fast! Of course, with all the cool, rainy weather we have had in Utah, it doesn’t feel like spring yet! That is a good thing when it comes to waiting  for the latest items that have been released this month! I  just want to stay inside where its warm and play with the latest stamp sets from Just Rite Stampers! They are amazing as usual!

The cards below are made using the Smile Set. You receive four 2″ design centers with four extra wide borders, for a total of 3 1/4″. You will need the 3 1/4″ Wood Stamper.

This stamp set coordinates with the Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Small, Big Scalloped Circles Large, and Big Scalloped Circles Small Nestabilities.

DCWV Natural Mat Stack, Natural Solid Cardstock Mat Stack, Just Rite Stampers Smile Set, Spellbinders Classic Circles Large, Want2Scrap Nestabling Heart Circles BrownR. Add a flower by Petaloo and some brass embellishments!

Spellbinders Labels Sixteen, Classic Circles Large, DCWV Linen Closet Mat Stack, Linen Closet Solid Cardstock Mat Stack, 1/8″ Scor-Tape, chalk and ribbon.

Making the perfect card is so easy with stamps! What in the world did we ever do without them? I think I have blanked that out on purpose because I don’t ever want to go back to life without them!

Have a great weekend!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

BTW- Sizzix wanted us to let you know, after seeing yesterday’s BLOG, that you can also make the Soda Can Hair Bows with the Bigz Dies in the Big Shot Machine! Good to know! Thanks for the tip!

Well, here goes! We have more back order news from Spellbinders, Sizzix and McGill! The following are the new stock dates for each group of dies that are back ordered:

stock date 04/28:

S3-146     S4-136     S4-137     S4-321

stock date first week of May:

S3-150     S4-316     S4-318     S4-328     S5-030     GC-001

stock date 05/21:

All LF Dies     S5-028     S5-029     S4-319     S4-317     S4-324     S5-032

McGill- Paper Blossom Tool Kits are now back ordered until mid-May!

Sizzix- Back ordered items:

656339-Stars,   656512-Butterfly#12,   656515-Dragonfly#3,   656539-Flower Layers#3,   656639-Elegant Flourishes,   656946-Postcard & Sheet Music,   657195-Clock & Steampunk

Item 655807-Extended Adapter is discontinued and no longer available.

I-Rock items are coming in approximately 04/22!

We know that this is disappointing news, but we know that May will be here and gone before we know it, so we are asking that you please be patient for these items! We still have tons of great items available to keep you satisfied and busy in the meantime!

Remember that Butterflies, ladybugs  and flowers are moving in big, even if some of us are still seeing snow!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

We have been notified by Spellbinders that there are more back order items! These items will not be available until approximately the end of April! Unfortunately, we are not always made aware of these back orders until after we place our order with them, therefore, we can not make our customers aware until after orders have been placed. Once we find out, then we put the item on back order on our website!

As these items are over 30 days out, we are removing them from existing orders as we are unable to hold orders that long anymore, unless it is the ONLY item on that order. We ask that you reorder those items once they are back in stock on a separate order. Please be aware that we are making every effort to email you if we are removing items from your order, however, we are not able to replace items as we are unable to hold the orders to wait for response. Therefore, once we remove the items we are shipping as quickly as possible! We appreciate your patience in this matter!

This January Spellbinders CHA Release has been the hottest release to date! The response has been huge! These are all absolutely beautiful and you WILL want them for your die collection!

The following back ordered items are in addition to our Blog of last week:

S4.238                                     S4-310                                S4-324                              S4-317

S5-049                                    S3-150                                S4-136                               GC-001

S5-050                                    S5-030                               S5-031                               S5-034

S5-042                                    LF–161                               LF-190

As always, we fill orders in sequence of when they come in. If you decide that you want to reorder these items before they arrive, PLEASE make sure you place the item on a separate order! If you put them on an order with in stock items, the back ordered items will be removed!

Please note, we may follow this procedure with other vendors back ordered items also!

We appreciate our customers and want to give you the best possible service!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Website update-We apologize today to those of you who have been patiently trying to place orders, log on to your account or try to do anything at all on our website today! As you have probably already suspected, our server was down, so we were not able to function online during the better part of the day! Good news- We are up and running now, so please try again!

If you tried to contact us by phone, we will get back to you as soon as possible to resolve your issue! We appreciate how patient and understanding you all have been! THANK YOU!!

Product update- We are sorry to inform you that we have been notified by Spellbinders that the following items have been back ordered:

Item#/ETA

S5-064-3/24                            S4-136-4/30

S5-040-3/24                           LF-114-4/30

S5-042-3/24                            LF-111-4/30

LF-161-3/24                            LF-190-4/30

S3-150-4/15                            S4-316-4/30

S5-035-4/26                           S5-049-4/30

S5-041-4/26                           S5-050-4/30

S5-030-4/30                          S5-031-4/30

Please be aware that if you have ordered any of these items,  your order will be delayed. As soon as those items arrive, your order will be shipped!

Now for some Good News!  We have received and have in stock Grand Calibur and Wizard Machines! We have purchased the last of the discontinued Wizard Machines from Spellbinders, so supplies are limited! Order yours now before they are gone for good!

Whew! I think that I have covered everything for today! Tomorrow we will have a project to show you using Heartfelt Creations Aztec Gold Sunflower Stamps! I am ready to see some color covering the ground instead of white stuff!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Here we are at the final day of the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy! We feel this is one of the strongest  CHA releases since Nestabilities first stormed on the scene a few years ago. Based on the comments from our customers, you all agree! So let’s take our last peek into the Day 8 release with the S4-317 Fleur de Lis Rectangles, S4-322 Grommet Tags, LF-246 Grand Labels Eleven and S4-323 Ribbon Tags Trio Two shown below:

The Fleur de Lis Rectangles are Decorative Elements Nestabilities. Both tags are shapeabilities and the Grand die is a Nestabilities. Here are some projects to get you thinking about what you can do with these dies!

Spellbinders DT member Heidi Blankenship used both the Fleur de Lis Rectangles and Grommet Tags for both these projects. I love the intricacy of the Fleur de Lis Rectangles. Grommet Tags have long been a favorite of mine as I love to add ribbon and a bit of bling to my tags and these tags are perfect for doing just that. To see how she made these projects, please visit Heidi’s blog. Thanks Heidi!

Next we have two projects by Spellbinders DT member Julie Overby.

Julie used the Grand Labels Eleven and Ribbon Tags Trio Two on both these projects. The first project is a calendar. To see the rest of the pages, and for more information on her designs, click on Julie’s name and it will take you to her blog. They are worth seeing. Very cute! The second project is an elegant card. Great job Julie!

Well that’s it for the sneak preview of the Spellbinders winter CHA release. The rest of the release will be viewable on Saturday, January 29th. To see all the dies we have previewed, and for more information about each die, please go to our pre-order page.

Thank you and Happy Scrappin!

Marcie

Spellbinders Blog Frenzy Day 7 features two new Nestabilities labels:

The Nestabilities labels collection have always been a big hit and these two new labels, S5-026 Labels Twenty and S5-027 Labels Twenty-One are going to be a great addition. Labels are a staple because of their versatility. There are just so many uses from cards to layouts to altered projects. Spellbinders DT member Ashley Cannon Newell made this great looking purse out of the Labels Twenty:

Here are two projects by DT member Kimberly Crawford using the Labels Twenty-One:

Thanks ladies! Great looking projects! For the recipes on these projects, please visit the designers own blog. For more information about the dies and how to pre-order them, go to our pre-order page.

Happy Scrappin!

Marcie