About a month ago I met a fun girl at a support group dinner. We started talking about hobbies and I was telling her about my love of crafting. She asked me if I had ever heard of Spellbinders - What? Who hasn't heard of Spellbinders?!! I love their products and have been using them for well over a year now. Well guess what - turns out her brother and sister-in-law invented them! Wow!!
So to make a long story short, she connected me with her sister-in-law and let me tell you guys she is just one of the sweetest people I have ever met. I contacted her about a new die-cut embossing machine I was considering purchasing - Spellbinders Grand Calibur - and she offered to send me an accessory to make it work with some of my other supplies. Less than a week later, not only did I have that embossing mat, but six new die-sets! None of which I have (and I have quite a few). I am absolutely blown away by her generosity. I was so happy just to have a contact at one of the most wonderful crafting companies in the world, I truly never expected to receive anything. So, in honor of Stacey Caron I had to make a thank you card! Here it is:
It's a 5 1/2 square card that features quite a few things. First, and most importantly, I used the pendant from the Fair Isle Spellbinders pendant set that Stacey sent me. What better time to put one of these new sets to use! I cut it twice and pasted one on top of the other with pop dots to give it some dimension and I think the effect is wonderful. I topped it with red and white paper flowers connected with a silver brad. The pendant is sitting on top of a square scallop that I embossed with the Swiss Dots folder. By the way, I used my new Grand Calibur die cutting and embossing machine and it worked great!! I love this machine. The card mat is stamped with a flourish from Stampin' Up's Elements of Style set. I used black craft ink and embossed it with black embossing powder. I love the result. I will doing this again I am sure. The sentiment die cut is another spellbinders die, and the "Thank You" is from Stampin' Up's Just Believe set. I think this turned out lovely. I sure hope Stacey likes it!
Can I tell you how much I love this machine?! It's definitely my go-to from here on out!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
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Oh Sabrina! When I come up the beginning of May, will you show me all your cool stuff? I love the card (The "thank you" made in red, black and white) and your stuff is beautiful. Did you know I got started with all my stamps with the "Stampin Up" line of stamps?
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karen
Karen I had no idea you use Stampin' Up! We have so much to talk about and of course you can hang out in my space.
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