Spellbinders Big Event: Day Eight

 

SPELLBINDERS BIG EVENT!!

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July 13-20, 2010

   Welcome to the eighth day of the Spellbinders Paper Arts BIG Event!

The BIG Event is Spellbinders™ Paper Arts’ way of introducing some really exciting new products!  This season’s BIG Event is from July 13-20, incorporating 16 fabulous Designers, and you could win BIG!

• Win today’s new die templates!
• Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day from each blog!
• You may enter once from each blog on the designated days!  
• Each contest is open for 48 hours to enter the contest! 
• You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time July 21, 2010 to enter my contest.  Be sure to read the Official Rules before entering so that your entry will be valid!

These are the Designers and their contest dates:

July 13

·    Julie Overby

·    Debbie Olson

July 14

·    Judy Hayes

·    Latisha Yoast

July 15 

·    A. .J. Otto

·    Kimberly Crawford

July 16

·    Becca Feeken

·    Linda Duke

July 17  

·    Sherry Cheever

·    Deborah Young

July 18 

·    Gina Hanson

·    Ashley Cannon Newell

July 19 

·    Mona Pendleton

·    Heidi Blankenship

July 20

·    Kerilee Sereika (RIGHT HERE!)

·    Kazan Clark

 

Daily contest winners are randomly chosen from valid entries, as stated in the Official Rules.  The winners will receive an email within 24 hours of the contest’s closing. The winners will have 72 hours to reply to that email to claim prize.  If a winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn. 

Entrants that send valid contest entry emails to each of the contests will be automatically considered for the Grand Prize.  The Grand Prize has a retail value of over $700, and includes Spellbinders CHA Summer 2010 release die templates, Spellbinders CHA Summer 2010 release punch templates and a Presto Punch™ machine!

Thank you, Spellbinders Paper Arts, for sponsoring this contest!

I’m thrilled to share Lacey Circles with you...

I decided to go a little outside the box with this one and do a tutorial on how to create die cut felt hair clips. There is a huge craze right now for felt, natural felted shapes, die cut shapes, if it’s felt, it’s HOT, HOT, HOT. So what better way to make a super fun and hip project than to die cut felt!!!

Die cutting felt using Spellbinders Die Templates is really simple. You will need both felt and cardstock for this technique. You are going to create a sandwich just as you would if you were die cutting cardstock, only you place a layer of felt between the die template and the piece of cardstock before you feed it through the die cut machine. You can use scrap cardstock if you like, but I found the die cuts were so perfect I just used colors I needed for other projects and kept the die cut cardstock scraps! I also feed the sandwich through the machine more than once just to be sure it cuts fully through in all places. S4-293 Lacey Circles has such a fine edge that I wanted to be sure I had perfectly cut details. Enough with the chit chat, let’s get going!

Here is a photo of my finished projects:

 

To create these adorable hair clips you will need:

• S4-293 Lacey Circles Die Templates
• Felt die cut in assorted colors
• Felt strips cut with pinking shears
• Buttons
• Hemp
• Two alligator hair clips (available at any pharmacy or beauty supply store)
• Hot glue gun

Begin by adding a line of glue to the bottom edge of one strip of felt.

Place the bottom of the clip onto the line of hot glue.

 

Apply a small amount of hot glue to the top of the clip.

 

Bring the strip of felt up around the back of the clip and onto the top of the clip.

 

Trim the felt evenly at both edges.

 

Layer the Lacey Circles die cut felt shapes on top of one another. Use just a small dab of glue to hold in place.

 

Embellish using button and hemp.

 

Apply a thin line of glue to the top of the felt covered clip and adhere the layered and embellished Lacey Circles die cut.

Glue just the top and bottom of a piece of coordinating patterned paper to a piece of cardstock, keeping the middle of the strip free. Clip the hair clips onto the patterned paper.

 

 
And since we all know presentation is everything I also created a cute little gift bag purse and used S4-293 Lacey Circles to create the “clasp”.

 

And finally, I created a coordinating card to complete the cute gift ensemble. Notice how beautifully S4-293 Lacey Circles layer and add a touch of fun and whimsy to my project. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have enjoyed my project.

This is the Spellbinders product I introduced:

 

SKU/Product Name: S4-293 Lacey Circles

MSRP: $24.99

Dimensions:

• 1: 1 5/8"   
  
• 2: 1 7/8"  
  
• 3: 2 5/8"    
  
• 4: 3 3/8"    
  
• 5: 4 1/4"

For the official Spellbinders Paper Arts BIG Event rules, click here

TO ENTER MY CONTEST: (Contest is open for entries from July 20^th 12:00AM to July 21^st 11:59PM)

1)  Send your email entry to:   [email protected] (either click the link or type the address into your email program)

2)  The subject must be Lacey Circles.

3)  Send!

I love your comments!  Unfortunately your comment does not count towards a contest entry, so be sure to enter and then leave a comment!

 If you have any questions, please e-mail [email protected]

Thank you for visiting my blog and good luck!!