Plain Jane Journaling with Spellbinders newest dies and more

Kerry says I don't do anything plain except food! LOL!!! Well, it's true. I really really really tried to do some plain journals....it just doesn't work for me. One was so bad I'm going to tear it up and start over!

This journal is a stuggle for me. It's not plain at all. This is another pendant that I made in a Tim Holtz class years ago. But having just the pendant on the journal is plain to me.

# 7 $15.00


I wanted to go back and show you some more possibilities with Spellbinders newest dies. And then I thought, why not use this as the basis for a simple journal? The possibilities - endless!

Again, I'm using multiple dies to do this with - just more reasons to buy more! ha ha!

2 wings and a key - sound like a song!

I think this next one would be great for a genealogy layout:

I absolutely love, love, love how these all intertwine. So I decided to turn this set into my next "simple" journal and I love it:

# 8 - $12.00

On lots of these journals, I have adorned the inside and back cover. But for this one, one simple verse:

Eph 6:17 - the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Remember the wall hanging I did with the huge medallion made out of diecuts? This is just a smaller version on another journal cover. With lots of swarovski crystals from Creative Crystal - another one of my favorite companies!

# 9 - $15.00

What fun, huh? I may have to make some more journals like these. Maybe I can do "plain" after all!!!

Hope you can come to our sale! It's going to be so much fun!!!

Spellbinders....possibilities!

OK, here's the first design. Made with lots of different new dies...all cut and embossed in white paper.

Put a single die in a circle:

turn them a different direction:

Add a second row, stacking them slightly on top of each other:

Pull them apart so they aren't quite so close together:

Here I added the snowflake petal:

Then I added yet another layer of fluer de lies stacked under the top row (pointing in again)

Then I took it all apart and decided to start all over again!!! This one has a center from the snowflake, then 6 open fleurs pointing in, then upside down crowns with closed fluers pointing out.....do you start to see the the possibilities are endless?
Here I've added an open fluer over each crown, snowflake petals to the closed fluers, and stars to the tips of the closed fluers:

And my final design got changed up just a little bit more. A total of 47 diecuts with 59 swarovsky crystals from Creative Crystal.

and then framed. The inside is 12 x 12".
Wall art. Possibilities. Spellbinders Grand Calibur. Swarovsky Crystals. WorldWin paper. Way too much fun!!!

Grand Calibur

I got to play with it this last week. I like it.

I could end the blog there....but I won't! LOL!!!
That little white button in the front.....will suction this machine to the table so that you will lift the table (literally) before you break the suction! I liked that! Now, it does need to be on a flat table, not the textured kind so many places have. But it has mighty powerful suction and I like that!

I liked the length of the mats. Really long. I think 12" Of course I didn't have a tape measure! LOL! You can obviously go to their website to get the exact measurements.

Same sandwiches. I like that. Mats are bigger, but you won't have to relearn sandwich recipes. Nice!

Nice compact opening. Nothing that sticks out, folds down, this is going to take up a lot less space on the desktop than my Big Shot. Sandwiches are easier than the Big Shot. :o)

Someone said they thought it looked like you had to crank the roller handle a lot to get it through. It didn't seem to be any more than the Big Shot and you get so many more diecuts for the effort! What I love most.....no ratchet sound!!! YEAH Spellbinders!!!

And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these new dies. Oh my goodness! I sat and cut/embossed paper for 2 hours straight one morning. The combinations - the playful things you can do! Yes, I had access to every single new die that Spellbinders has coming out this fall.....and I want them all.

Sigh! Bother! Deary me! But I can tell you now, you are going to want them all, too! LOL!

So, stupid me, I put all the samples in a box that is leaving today and I won't have them probably until Friday. Stupid me! But, I have more photos and will show you some of the fun positions I put stuff in starting tomorrow. It's like I ONLY had 2 hours to play and my brain was just like a ferris wheel - going round and round loaded with ideas and I didn't want to get off! Guess that's why I wasn't thinking when I packed to come home!

For those of you who were at Phil's - geez - why didn't I actually take the time to cut stuff out for you? DUH!!!

OK, someone just come on over and smack me one up the side of the head. Maybe we can shake my brain back into gear! But wait a few days! I spent 2 hours in the dentist chair this morning and the whole left side of my face is swollen and sore!

PS Stacey, I miss ya! Love you missy!!!