Spellbinders Big Announcement and Seaside Card

Did you see the Big Announcement on the Spellbinders Blog? Click HERE to read all about it! Starting June 22 you are invited to join in an Eight Day Celebration Blog Frenzy!! Are you wondering what the Blog Frenzy is all about? As many of you know Spellbinders is at the top of the paper crafting industry and always on the cutting edge to design the most beautifully detailed die templates that we all know and love and they have done it again with Spellbinders Shapeability Pendants Die Templates!! All I can say is you are going to ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND WANT THEM ALL!!!

June 22-29, 2009
on Spellbinders Designer’s Blogs

Starting on June 22, each day a different Spellbinders Designer will feature one of these amazing Pendant die templates!

Blog visitors can sign up during specified times for a chance to win that day’s featured prize. Visit all the blogs and enter to be eligible to win the Grand Prize!

For more information and to be sure you don’t miss a minute of Shapeabilities Pendants worldwide introduction, visit Spellbinders’ Blog or the following blogs:

June 22 - Becca Feeken

June 23 - Debbie Olson

June 24 - Michelle Wooderson

June 25 - Keri Lee Sereika

June 26 - Sherry Cheever

(that's me *wink*) June 27 - Heidi Blankenship

June 28 - Linda Duke

June 29 - Jennifer Davis

Believe me you won't want to miss the Spellbinders Pendant Blog Frenzy, so be sure to mark your calendars and subscribe to the blogs!! Also click HERE for the Blog Frenzy Line Up.

I am sure some of you have been thinking what happened, she posted everyday last week and then nothing for this week--I'm sorry and I apologize but now after reading about the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy you know what I have been up to. I have been busy playing with the NEW Pendant die templates and creating some really fun stuff that I will soon be able to share with all of you.

Ok, now for today's card, this is a card that I created for my Spellbinders DT tryout that I never got around to sharing with all of you. The weather has warmed up and this weekend is officially the beginning of summer so I thought a seaside card would be perfect to share.All of the cardstock is from WorldWin and all of the coloring was done using Copic sketch markers and the air brush system. I love how you can get very vibrant colors from Copic markers but also very soft colors and for this card I wanted to have the softer colors. The shell diecuts were made using the Wizard and the Shells S4-016 die template from Spellbinders. After I cut and embossed the shells I left the cardstock in the die template and used the template as a stencil and added the colors with airbrushing. I used the darker colors first and then I removed the cardstock and used a lighter color over the entire diecut. Is this not the most adorable image? I just love this stamped image of the little girl at the seaside. All of the stamped images and the sentiment are from Crafty Secrets Seaside stamp set. The image of the little girl was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink from Tsukineko and then colored in using Copic markers. To make the frame I used the Labels Four S4-190 and Classic Ovals Lg. S4-110 die templates from Spellbinders. The sentiment was stamped onto the diecuts made using the Deckled Rectangles Sm. S4-201 from Spellbinders. I also did some inking and distressing around the edges and added a few brown brads and some twill thread.

Supplies~
Paper~WorldWin
Stamps~Crafty Secrets-Seaside
Ink~Tsukineko-Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger-Distress Ink Vintage Photo
Other~Spellbinders-Wizard, Shells S4-016, Labels Four S4-190, Classic Ovals Lg. S4-110, Deckled Rectangles Sm. S4-201 die templates, Copic-Airbrush System, Sketch Markers-0, B00, B95, BG45, G24, G40, R20, E00, Yr21, Yr24, Twill Thread, Brads, Cotton Balls, Foam Tape

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Don't forget to check out the Spellbinders Blog and all of the wonderful Spellbinders Designers. I look forward to seeing all of the fantastic projects the ladies will be sharing next week and I can't wait to show you what I have designed!

I hope you all have a Fantastic Weekend!!

Smiles!
Heidi