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Easter Basket Greetings

20 Apr

Happy Easter!

The first wave of wedding guests have arrived- my daughter Jess, her husband Jason, two sons Daniel and Hunter and pup Walker. We have christened the new kitchen today with a delicious brunch cooked by Jason. Added bonus- he is figuring out how to work the new appliances and showing me- yes!

Here’s a little quick project I made using the Sizzix Basket die from the Picket Fence collection. I die cut the basket from matboard and then embossed the basket sections with the Basketweave and Honeycomb set. I inked it in yellow and shaded with brown, then added green crinkle paper shreds, some felt stickers and a few glitter eggs.

We are off to church and then I will put the ham in the oven and head out to clean the potting shed which I have been putting off…

St. Patrick’s Day Gift and #PaperTrail Updates

17 Mar

I got such a nice comment on my blog regarding the Inspiration Team and a St. Patrick’s Day ATB I had created here. from Orla, a genuine Irish lassie. She says,

“What a talented group! I think my Sunday just got filled as I want to visit all the blogs. I should be making my St. Patrick’s Day cards!

Eileen – Hope to make it to Connecticut on the 27th – I’m from Ireland and now I want that Irish block – it’s so beautiful and tasteful – I refuse to engage in what I call the “paddywhackery” and always love finding lovely Irish “stuff” – safe travels.
Beannachtai na feile Padraig
Happy St Patrick’s Day
Orla

Orla, the Irish block is yours! Hope you can come pick it up and I can meet you in person at the Great American Stamp Store! We’ll be doing a free Make and Take with my new Sizzix Cherished dies from 1:00 till 3:00 PM. Hope to see you there!

To see a full listing of our#PaperTrail East Coast Mini-Tour to New England, click on the Events page above for more info. Or check out Amy’s post here…

And I heard we may have a very special visitor while we are there… An amazing artist! Here are some hints- she teaches at a store I just mentioned, she LOVES stencils and is another sweet Irish girl (if I am not mistaken)… Can you guess who it could be? More surprises ahead!

Wishes for a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and lots of luck in the year to come!

St. Patrick’s Day Artist Trading Block

11 Mar

With a name like Eileen, I suppose you can guess I am Irish. So to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I created an Artist Trading Block using Craft Attitude, the Sizzix Block/Cube/Bank die and artwork I found over at The Graphics Fairy.

Craft Attitude works really well on my Sizzix boxes and books. It looks like the artwork is printed right on the matboard which totally baffles people- I love that! My seven year old granddaughter Trinity made a video showing how she had fun with it here.

Craft Attitude is quick and easy to work with. There are many different kinds of “Attitude” (Flower, Shoe, Jewelry, Wood, Magnet, etc) but they all work the same. Just print out whatever image you like on your ink jet printer on to the Craft Attitude film. Cut out the images that you need for your project. Then take a glue stick and rub over the glossy side of the film. Place the Craft Attitude right over the object and press down. Remove the paper backing and burnish image, smoothing out air bubbles as you go. And that is it my friends!

So simple and such impressive results! One of the things I really like about this product is that it conforms to the surface of the material it is placed on for a nice textured look I am thinking next time I will try it over burlap! There are so many ways to use this…

You will need:

Craft Attitude
Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die – Block/Cube/Bank, 3-D
Sizzix Bigz Die – Flower Layers w/Heart Petals
Sizzix Little Sizzles – 6″ x 13″ Mat Board Pack, 6 White Sheets
gold glitter glue, double sided tape, gold marker, glue stick, gold pipe cleaners, white cardstock

Lay out your artwork in a photo editing program. Before you print, remember to reverse the image! The block that I am using measures 3″ square, so I sized all of the art to fit. Cut out square images.

Die cut Artist Trading Block from two pieces of matboard. Figure out where you want each image to appear when you have folded up the box.

With a glue stick, apply glue to each square of the matboard, then place image glossy side down on square. Peel off backing paper and smooth film over block.

Repeat for all sides of the block. Place Lady with Hat art over a piece of cardstock.

Glue art to paper and remove backing. Leave a 2″ tab of paper below the image. Trim to 2 7/8″ wide.

With a gold marker, edge the sides of the blocks and the inside edges of each square, and around the edges of the Lady with Hat.

Die cut 12 green clover shapes from Flower with Heart Petals die. Thread 2-3 on each gold pipe cleaner.

Assemble box using double sided tape, tucking in all of the flaps and leaving the top opening untaped.

Slip Lady with Hat and gold stems through closed box lid.

For more information on creating your own Artist Trading Blocks, please visit The Artists on the Block blog to see samples of other blocks and lots of inspiration! Or watch my quick stop- motion video to see how fun they are to put together.

Check out what some of my crafty friends are doing with Craft Attitude…

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Valentine’s Banner

3 Feb

At long last the mystery is revealed! I posted some photos on Facebook last week and you all have been busy trying to guess what this project is going to be…

Time to spill the beans- it’s a beautiful Valentine’s Banner swap!

I was invited to join this project by Roseanne Kermes, and it has been so interesting meeting new friends on line and seeing their projects arrive in the mailbox. It’s also new for me because most of the people in the hop are into fabric, not paper. Some own quilt stores, some are teachers…

So the way it worked was we each were responsible for making six each of the same banner- I had the letter “N”. I designed my version and sent one to everyone in the group, and everyone else did the same. The banner spells out Be Mine. The banner could be made from anything we wanted and it was suggested that fabric be included somewhere. Instructions were given on how to create the triangle shape so all of the pieces were about the same size.

Here’s the list of all of us- go check out everyone’s blogs and see their versions of the banner!

B Sherri Falls

E Pat Sloan

M Suzanne Zingg

I Pam Vieira-McGinnis

N Eileen Hull

E Roseann Kermes

Click here for a Valentine Printable pattern of my banner.

Use a piece of matboard to construct the base (print pattern above). It is about 6″ wide and 8 1/2″ long.
Emboss the bottom part of the triangle using the Rosebuds and Seed Packet Textured Impressions folder, then use ColorBox® Blends Tutu pink to highlight the embossed areas.
Die cut white fleece using Sizzix Doily die. The letter was cut from red felt using the Sizzix Serif Essentials alphabet (the printable letter is slightly different). This set of letters has come in handy more than once!
Fill in the top area with a strip of scrapbook paper to.
Use a Cropadile to punch holes in the top corners for hanging. String the banner together with ribbon, twine or whatever you would like.

Whenever I see this banner, it will remind me of my creative new friends. Have you ever been part of a swap like this? I would love to hear how other people have done it.

Now to celebrate you all, friends, I am having a Valentine giveaway! Please leave a comment below telling what your favorite thing about crafting is to be entered to win a Rafflecopter giveaway. This ends on Feb. 14 at midnight.

Valentine Tag

28 Jan

I am back! After CHA I caught some kind of flu and am just now feeling back to normal. Being sick is a big pain but it makes me so grateful for feeling good normally…

Valentine’s Day will be here before we know it! Here’s a quick tag that would also work great on a card.

Die cut the larger die from my Sizzix Canning Jar die from off- white cardstock with a Heart Mover and Shaper insert.
Die cut another solid Canning Jar from red cardstock and adhere beneath the off-white jar.
Punch a small hole in the top of the can and tie with red baker’s twine.
Stamp a sentiment at the bottom of the jar. (I used a stamp from Glitz Design.)
Tie a pice of twine around the top of the jar.

That’s it! More coming soon…

Handmade Holidays Blog Hop- Day 2

2 Nov

Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop! The best crafters, designers, and makers have come together to create and share a series of thoughtful, handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create something from the heart this holiday season as well as share how to use our products in fun, innovative ways. We intend this hop to serve as a resource to you for this holiday season and for years to come.

Hop along to each blog in the list. Each day, from November 1 through November 3, 2013, we’ll be posting a brand new list of blogs to hop to. Comment on each blog, share your favorite posts over social media, and then use the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of each post to enter to win the Grand Prize, a gift basket filled with crafty swag from the companies on the hop! We’re ready to inspire, share, and create – are you ready to hop?

Talented designer Lorine Mason has been my friend for many years. I love that she used my Sizzix 3D Canning Jar die to create a really cool wall hanging for Christmas! So fitting 🙂 Check out Lorine’s tutorial here.

Have you tried a ScoreBoard die? This kind of die is unique to Sizzix and specially designed to cut and score matboard and thicker materials! Did you know you can also use your Sizzix dies to cut fabric as well as paper, felt, cork, metal and other materials too? So versatile… you really need to try a ScoreBoard die! Check out the Sizzix site to see what’s available.

Tami Mayberry used the Caddy, Borders & Hydrangea and the Bow, Create-a-Flower dies to create an embellished candy container in bright holiday colors. Isn’t it neat how she used the bow to add an accent to the gathered tulle together? To see how she created the project, go here!