Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Spellbinders Nestabilities™ Basics & Beyond Blog Tour

Welcome to day 3 of the Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Basics & Beyond Blog Tour!

If you haven't head about this book yet, it's filled with fabulous ideas, great techniques and tutorials to show you many of the tricks to getting the most out of your Nestabilities dies!
If you are a follower of my blog, you'll observe I use Nestabilities in many of my projects!
Although I'd like to note I am seriously behind on many of the dies that have been released! 



  I'd like to show you the sweet ensemble starting on page 29 by Mary Snyder
Such a Sweet Surprise!



I'd like to share my projects made for a pre-teen/teenager - a gift bag with an clear window to see inside and a coordinated shaped card.

The circle was easy to die cut from the bag using 3-1/4" circle die.  Insert the die inside the bag, making sure that the gusset from the side is excluded.  Then a quick run through the Grand Calibur which accommodates the larger size of a white lunch bag and it's time to decorate.  After stamping the bag, insert a transparency to the inside and a black frame to the outside.  The frame is created by following the Making Frames directions on page 6 of the book;  I used the 3-1/4" die with the 3-3/4" die to create the black ring.  A bit of shred and a black ribbon complete the bag.

The shaped card mirrors the circles of the stamped image and the window on the bag.  Following the instructions on page 5 for making a shaped card make creating a circular card easy!  A bit of stamping on the base, a stamped focal image and sentiment flag complete the card.

If you'd like to visit day 1 and 2 of the tour, please visit these blogs!

If you love using Nestabilities already, or this is your first exposure to them, this book is a great addition to your crafting library!

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Stamps on the teen project are from Live Life Loud by Tami Mayberry for Gina K Designs

5 comments:

Rema Timm said...

These are awesome projects! Great job....

Lillian Child said...

These projects just transport me back to my childhood when I would spend HOURS swinging in our hammock or tire swing looking at the clouds and enjoying the warm summer breeze. And as a child of the 50s I had my fair share of 45s and vinyl LPs! To quote some song lyrics ... "Prop me up against the jukebox when I die!" (and put in some ELVIS!)

Starla said...

What great projects to give a teen/tween a little something special!

Vicki Dutcher said...

What an awesome set! Love the framed circle!!

Sandra said...

what fun!
Sandra ltb