I am so excited today to welcome JoAnn Nehme to our blog! I first noticed JoAnn’s work on Instagram (you can follow her at Sage2352). What JoAnn does with flowers blows my mind! She makes beautiful wreaths, arrangements, banners, you name it- she is very talented at creating in 3D. JoAnn’s name popped up again when she entered (and won!) our Art With Heart Challenge- today she is sharing a project that she made using the Cookie Box die that she won. She made something with it that would never in a million years have crossed my mind. I love seeing what people make with my dies and to go from this…
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Featured Fan: Sarah Glinsmann
I met up with Sarah when I drove through Nebraska on the Paper Trail 3. I was teaching at one of my favorite stores, Imagine That, and Sarah helped me before I even met her.
I had run out of paper shred that I needed to teach with and hadn’t found a store that carried it along the way. Audra, the store owner, asked Sarah if she could hook me up (she works at Wal-Mart) and the next day I received a special delivery of two bags of exactly what I needed!
Sarah took my classes- I could see she was always a step ahead and thinking of other ways she could do things. That is very rewarding as a teacher to see people who are comfortable enough to take risks and try things. Sarah is a very thoughtful creator- combining art with engineering- and I loved seeing what she came up with!
Here’s a pic of Scotty parked in from of Imagine That and our class our front. I had such a fun time in Nebraska and they made me feel so special. I even got an honorary Husker t-shirt!
So here’s what Sarah has to say…
Good Friday morning to all. I started scrapping about 4 years ago. I enjoy doing layouts, but my love is in my “projects”. Whether doing mini albums or other projects, I am always asking “what if”. What if I made it this way instead of that way, or what if you turn it this way or that way. Looking for different ways to utilize what I have. When Eileen’s Papertrail came to Imagine That Scrapbooking last year I was excited to take the classes Eileen was teaching.
One of them used Sizzix’s “mini album” die, and sure enough I started asking myself “what if”. So I folded the album spine on the top and middle fold to create an offset cover that would allow tabbed pages to show from the front cover.
The second class I took used Sizzix’s “square box” die and again, “what if” came to mind.
So I took one strip of the matboard cut from the die and folded it into a triangular shape. Made several of them, connected them together and came up with the idea for a pen and pencil holder/organizer.
I decorated it with Graphic 45’s typography paper line and embellishments. I added a belly band to hold the post-it note pad.
Then another “what if” came to me, could I figure out a way so it would spin? And it does! I want to thank Eileen for the opportunity to feature a couple of my “projects” and wish everyone a happy National Scrapbooking Day!
Eileen again…
Many thanks to Sarah for agreeing to be featured here! Her work is amazing… Isn’t that caddy something else? Here are the dies that Sarah used if you would like to try your hand…
Have you created some thing unique with my dies? Please contact me at EileenHull@aol.com- I am always looking for cool people and projects to feature here! We all love seeing inspiration.
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Featured Fan: Carol Zorzo
It’s Featured Fan Friday again and we are so lucky to share the work of Carole Zorzo, a frequent and talented contributor to our Art With Heart Challenge (click to see the current challenge)! I always look forward to seeing Carole’s creations because they are so whimsical and unique. You can tell she is a fun person to know when you see this first project- she has taught her chickens to read! Many thanks to Carole for sharing her inspiring projects with us today- here’s what Carole has to say…
Featured Fan: Tonya Trantham
I am so happy to introduce our Featured Fan today- Tonya Trantham of Creative Addiction to Paper.
Tonya’s creations for the Art With Heart Challenge that we do each month on the blog really stood out to me. Her projects always blow me away because they are so creative, charming and colorful. Tonya uses dies in unexpected ways, which I love because it shows people how versatile dies can be. And wow! Has she shown us some beauties today- oh my gosh, they are so clever!
Featured Fan: Jean Bullock
I had the pleasure of meeting our Featured Fan, Jean Bullock, in person at CHA this year. Jean was gracious enough to do a Make and Take for a lady asking to see the new Big Shot Plus machine. It was so much fun to meet her because we had been chatting on line for so long, it was almost like I already knew her. I sent Jean my Sizzix Canister die to thank her for letting me video tape and share her demo and she made and shared this beautiful project!
I asked Jean if she would like to share another project or two with you and HOLY COW did she deliver! Wait until you see these delicate luminaries she created!
And now…. heeere’s Jean!
More Fun With Eileen Hull Designs Canister Die
I am having so much fun using Eileen Hull Designs amazing Canister Die. One of the things I love about Eileen’s dies is that they are so versatile. As I was working with the Canister Die, I started getting ideas for other projects. One of the projects I wanted to try making was a luminary.
The Kit N Clowder Facebook group was having a Fantasy Challenge, sponsored by the Flying Unicorn. The challenge was to create a Fantasy project and if we included a unicorn in our project, we could get an additional entry.
Here is what I came up with:
I used Kelly Papers 100 lb white cover stock for the paper. Because the cover stock was rather thick, knew I needed to create some openings for the light to shine through, so I used Sue Wilson’s Eternal Rings striplet to acheive that. The striplet die was narrow enough to use with the panel parts of Eileen’s cannister die. I got a wonderful public domain unicorn image from Wikipedia and fussy cut it and adhered it to the front of the luminary.
The flowers were created with a Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch. I used an embossing tool to give the flowers more dimension and added tiny self-adhesive half pearls to the centers and also to the pattern created by the Eternal Rings die and on the corners of the top and bottom of the luminary.
If you look closely at the photo above you can see the battery operated tea light I added. The tea light is from Walmart. Rather than open the luminary from the top, I created it to open from the bottom, so the tea light could be easily accessed.
For the top of the luminary, I used a beautiful filigree flower adornment from the Flying Unicorn and added a flower and pearl to the middle. The lid is glued to the top of the luminary, which is really the bottom turned upside down.
I love the effect of the lighted luminary.
I showed it to a colleague at work who asked me if I could make a night light for her new granddaughter. And so … I did! Unfortunately, I got the name wrong on the panel I added, so I will be making another one this weekend.
In a few days, I shall share photos showing how I created these.
In closing, I would like to share how I met Eileen Hull. We have been Facebook friends for several years. This year I was able to attend the CHA convention in Anaheim, and while I was there, I wanted to say hello to Eileen, so I went to one of her make and take demonstrations. After the demonstration, I went behind the counter to get my picture taken with Eileen. We were having a fun chat, and a very nice lady approached the counter, and being in a jolly mood, I asked her if she would like to do a make and take. Eileen let me show the lady how to do the project. I had so much fun. Eileen videotaped it with her phone and shared it on Facebook. Click HERE if you would like to see the video.
Please check back in a few days and visit Jean’s blog to see how she made the luminaries.
If you would like to try your hand at creating a Canister, you can buy the die here (and it’s even on sale!):
Thanks Jean for sharing your art with us!
See you on Tuesday with another amazing selection of awesomeness from our super talented Inspiration Team!
Featured Fan: Bonnie McLain
Bonnie McLain consistently blows us away with her amazing projects and often enters our monthly Art With Heart Challenge here on the blog.
BTW- a new challenge just started- join us here and show us what you are working on- this month’s theme is “Go Green”!
So I got to chatting with Bonnie on line and asked her if she would agree to do a guest post over here on the blog. She graciously said yes. Take a look at what she has created and I’m sure you will agree- Bonnie is one amazing designer! [Read more…]