Nestabilities…I guess I Have to Have Some!
July 20th, 2008
I already own Cuttlebug, a Provo Craft embossing machine, so Spellbinders was smart to design a product that can work in most competitive embossing/cutting machines.
Beth helped me learn to use the product at the make and take. It was pretty easy. You have to make two passes with the machine. The first time you put it through you put a white spacer plate under your template, place the paper on top and sandwich it between the white cut mat and white emboss mat. Then, you take out the white spacer and place an embossing pad on top of your paper. You can just leave the negative cut alone. Run it back through the machine and the embossing is complete. The cut can be a little difficult to get out of the plate, especially if it is detailed, so go slow and have toothpicks handy to push the piece out if necessary.
Not only can the Spellbinder dies cut and emboss, but you can use them as a stencil and for paper piercing with their newest product introductions. Here the die has been inked with two colors. The neat thing is that the color will be pressed into the paper without affecting the embossed areas. Tape the stencil to your paper with a re-positionable tape so it won’t move, this will help make sure your embossed areas stay clean.
This photo shows the card after both the cut pass and the emboss pass. The tiny raised dots are where the piercing could be applied, only a few in the center were punched out here.
Another thing that I wish Cuttlebug would do is roll out 12 inch border folders. Spellbinders just released several pictured here. Of course if you are doing a 12 inch scrapbook layout you can’t run the entire page through either machine. So, it would make most sense if Cuttlebug rolled out a die/emboss combo folder so borders could have a nice detailed edge like these. I’m hoping Lisa buys some of these tomorrow, hint, hint, hint.
Here is an “Edgeability”, it is a card sized template that creates a frame. This one comes with 5 pieces which are sitting in the middle of the blank frame area.
Thanks to Jerry Bowman for taking the time to tell me the Spellbinders story. It sounds like you are having a great show. Best of Luck!
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Kim Gourley says:
July 20, 2008 at 12:34 am
I watched a video on Spellbinders and was just in awe of what it does! It would be great if PC could do this with the CB!!!
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Niki says:
July 20, 2008 at 12:37 am
That looks like it could be a lot of fun!
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Scraparazzi says:
July 20, 2008 at 1:05 am
I just love all the Spellbinders stuff! I wish I could have gone to CHA again…maybe I can find a way into CHA in Anaheim again.
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Candice Warnke says:
July 20, 2008 at 2:32 am
I think I’m going to be poor because i NEED all of those new dies!!!
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Linda (imjustantique) says:
July 20, 2008 at 4:34 am
WoW I just Love those dies.Guess those get added to my Long list Thanks !! Linda
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Rachel (b&wsmommy) says:
July 20, 2008 at 7:55 am
I never felt like I NEEDED nestabilities, but some of those are pretty darned cute!
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Tina Rivera says:
July 20, 2008 at 10:26 am
Nestabilities rock! I have to have them. That bumble bee is cute. Thanks so much for sharing these pics. Have fun.
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Helen (Galway,Ireland) says:
July 20, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Oh girls, looks like ye are having a great time. So jealous & drooling all over my keyboard. Today is our wedding anniversary. I wonder will DH understand my need to have these!!!!!
so so so jealous
H
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Helen (Galway,Ireland) says:
July 20, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Oh girls, looks like ye are having a great time. So jealous & drooling all over my keyboard. Today (19th) is our wedding anniversary. I wonder will DH understand my need to have these!!!!!
so so so jealous
H
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Amy C says:
July 20, 2008 at 5:24 pm
How fun!! Thanks for showing us some of the nestabilities products. I am just getting my first few sets this month.
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Avra says:
July 21, 2008 at 7:19 am
Hmmm…don’t know if I’m elibile for this day or not – I posted on the 20th not the 19th (saw them both yesterday morning). Thanks for sharing all this cool stuff – what an amazing opportunity to be there!
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Jody Beatty says:
July 21, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Now I need nestabilities too!!!!!!
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scrapfor4 says:
July 21, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Those are GREAT!!
The Cupcakes are super cute and their is so much detail!!
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MelissaLR says:
July 21, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I just ordered my first set of Nestabilities…..looks like from your blog I’m going to need some of those Edgeabilities too!!! Thank you so much for sharing this great stuff!
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Sandra Coe says:
July 21, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I love the Sunflower card, that is just beautiful!
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Melanie Brown says:
July 21, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I am so excited about spellbinder’s new releases! You were so lucky to see them in person! I am totally ordering them come September!
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Teresa A. says:
July 21, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I can’t wait for all the products to hit the stores! Everything looks FABULOUS!
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Terri says:
July 21, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Wow, I love those.
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ksqueenb says:
July 21, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I so am going to have to have a couple of those 12 inch borders you are showing. How cool are those!
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Anne Stacy says:
July 21, 2008 at 10:47 pm
These are awsome!This is a great blog, thanks!
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Pansy says:
July 21, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I love the nestablilities, and can’t wait to get some of the edgeabilities.
Great blog and love the Hello Kitty make and take.
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Carrie R says:
July 21, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Thanks for the great tips on nestabilities! I don’t have any yet but I really really want some!! Love your blog!
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mary jean says:
July 21, 2008 at 11:37 pm
ohhhhhhh I can’t wait to get my hands on some of these! I was just drooling when I saw some of the sneakpeeks!
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2bzboyz says:
July 21, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I would love something like this for my cuttlebug!
Kim
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Jenny (South Carolina) says:
July 22, 2008 at 6:54 am
Those look awesome. I think I may have to get some of these! Thanks for the sneaky peeks!
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Susie says:
July 22, 2008 at 2:02 pm
These look awesome!!!
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Valerie says:
July 22, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I am loving the idea of these dies and the fact that I can use them with my Cuttlebug is exciting!
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Dana J says:
July 22, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Love love love my nesties! They have some great products coming out. Jus tneed a bigger space to store them!! LOL!
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Melissa Allore says:
July 23, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I couldn’t agree with you more!!! Cuttlebug so needs a 12 inch border embossing folder!
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Beth says:
July 23, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Hey, that’s ME! Glad you enjoyed the demo and the new dies! Normally the cuts come out, but as you can see, that is a pretty intricate die. The Wizard has 3000 lbs of pressure and the embossing with Spellbinders dies and Cuttlebug folders is so much more intense than the Cuttlebug machine. Check out http://www.spellbinders.us for more info and the links to the design team’s blogs for more creative ideas.
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Pam says:
July 23, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I just got in my first set of nestabilities and can’t wait to give them a try. Thanks so much for the “sandwich”. I wasn’t really sure how to use them. Your comments from the CHA are so entertaining and informative. I appreciate all your articles.
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Lori says:
July 23, 2008 at 7:53 pm
The more I see & hear about Nestablities, the more I want them.
Glad you had fun.
Lori
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Nancybeth says:
July 24, 2008 at 11:22 pm
love your blog. thanks so much for all the updates for cha! I would so love to go to that sometime. I can’t beleive all the cool stuff that you folks in the states have that is so ard for us Canadians to get. (yes green withj envy herere)