Lucky #13

Welcome to day #13 of the Spellbinders Sneak Peak!  I know I’m all-a-flutter over the new dies. How about you?   I get to share the new Shapeabilities Nested Set Butterfly (S4-171) MSRP $19.99 today!  Woo hoo!

I know Wendy would have loved to have gotten her hands on this set for her butterfly challenges!  Butterflies are so great, completely versatile, just like Nestabilities.  Coincidence?  I think not.   One of my favorite things about nesties (other than the basic whole wonderfully perfect stacking ability) is that they can handle cutting through lightweight chipboard…or a couple of layers of cardstock, meaning you can make SHAPED CARDS really easily, which is what we’re going to do today.

You could do this with either of the two largest sizes of butterflies, maybe even the third smallest one, but that would be about the size of a gift tag for Barbie.  This one is made with the largest die of the set.

You just need a regular sized card base (4.25 x 5.5 inches)

Place the tips of the wings just above the fold of the card, so they won’t cut through.  I hold it in position with a bit of low-tac tape, so it doesn’t shift during cutting.

Here you can see how the cutting edge of the die is just above the fold.

Run the butterfly through the Wizard to cut.

Pop the paper out of the die.  Oooooooh, aaaaaaaaaaah, a butterfly shaped card base :-)

Take that same die again, and this time cut out your card front.  Isn’t it neat that the die is made so you can see through it and position it to capture just the right flower in just the right spot?  Love that.

Now we need some circles nestabilities for the center embellishment (see perfect stacking ability)

Look ma! Perfectly Centered!  I’m the sort of person who stares at the place were the wallpaper seams don’t quite match up, so this is important to me.

Tie a little twine around the center of the card for some texture, layer the circles with foam dots.

Throw on a couple rhinestones to just finish things off in a nice way and you’ve got a great Butterfly Shaped Card thanks to the brand new Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Sets: Butterfly.  Tres cool.
Oh, and the pretty paper is from Fancy Pants and the cardstock is from Prism (that is GOOD cardstock, not flimsy ‘at all)

If you want to watch how to run these dies, here’s a video.  I always find it’s easier to get things when you can see it being done.

Now here’s the important stuff- How to WIN your own set of these nifty little Nesties or, if you’ve been following the sneak peaks, then the whole shebang.

Spellbinders Birthday Celebration
Sneak Peek Party 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:

1) Participant must click on the provided drawing link on blog to enter each individual drawing on sneak peeks between June 30 and July 13.
2) Participant must type in the subject line the name of the die being revealed.
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4) 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.
5) Spellbinders Design Team members and employees are not eligible for drawing.
6)For official
answers to questions regarding this contest, e-mail kim@spellbinders.us.
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.
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