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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…

Stenciled Baby Shoe Centerpiece

14 Apr

My designer friend, Rebekah Meier, has come out with her own line of stencils with The Crafter’s Workshop! She invited me to celebrate their release by being part of a blog hop, which I was very honored to do. Rebekah’s designs are so delicate and beautiful.

I used Rebekah’s Stained Glass and Ring Doily designs to make my project. The die I used was one from my new Cherished collection, Shoe, 3D.

Here’s a quick tutorial on how I made the baby shoe centerpiece… I used my new Clearsnap ColorBox Blends inks to lightly blend Bay, Sunshine, Tutu and Leaf on the inside and outside of the shoe. Then I placed Rebekah’s stencils on top of the shoe pieces and swirled the Nutmeg Blends over the stencil so that the colors come through from behind the stencil negative. I sprayed the back of the stencil with spray adhesive just to make sure things did not shift. You can make the colors as dark or light as you wish by adding layers.

I used my Sizzix Flowers, Layers #9, Flower, Fringed, Leaves, Bloom and Plant Markers and Flower with Heart Petals dies to create the flowers. I also used my new Craffiti stamp set, Animal Crackers, to stamps the sentiment on the stake.

The shoe was laced up with dyed seam binding and I added floral foam to the inside of the shoe with kraft paper crinkles on top of it. Lace was added to the bottom of the shoe.

Make sure to check out all of the different ways you can use stencils over on Rebekah’s blog.

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Love Layout

12 Apr

Head on over to the Sizzix UK blog today to see how to create this layout. You might be surprised to find out which die was used to make the scalloped squares!

There are also some truly beautiful wedding favor boxes created by my new friends Anne Redfern of Redanne and Jenny Marples of Pushing The Right Buttons. They have embraced the ATB and are running with it. The projects, tutorials and photography are outstanding so head on over and check them out!

This layout was set in a 12″ x 12″ white frame but I left out the glass because it is so dimensional.

I am constantly making paper flowers and have a whole box of them. This layout is a great way to use random flowers made from different materials as long as the colors blend together well. I admit there is a lot of pattern going on here, but I like it.

Have a great weekend- the Cherry Blossoms are out in DC!

Vintage Trailer Progress

24 Mar

So sorry it has been quiet on the blog but it has been a beehive of activity here at HQ getting ready for the big #PaperTrail Tour expedition this week!

The weekend was beautiful. So on Saturday, I spent the day working on my vintage camper. There had been some water damage and we protected the roof with two coats of sealer in the fall but it needed the final coat of protectant. On the can it says the temperature should be 60 degrees before attempting this. I had been waiting all winter for one nice day. [Read more…]

DIY Stenciled Wedding Keychain

13 Mar

My friend Amy Anderson of Mod Podge Rocks has come out with her own line of stencils for Plaid! See how to make these DIY keychains using Amy’s Plaid stencils, Sizzix dies and Clearsnap inks.

The patterns are fun, clean and graphic which make them great for kids, home decor projects, cards or scrapbook layouts. One of the features I really like is that the stencils have an adhesive back. That means the design will stick down evenly over your surface. Genius- no more paint leaking underneath! The adhesive lasts through about 20 uses. You can find the stencils in your local Michael’s store.

My daughter is getting married in six weeks and her fiance is a car buff. What better favors to make than wedding keychains?

I used some matboard from my stash and cut out shapes using the Labels & Buttons die.

You will need:

Peel and Stick stencil for Mod Podge- Skeleton Key
Sizzix Labels & Buttons die by Eileen Hull
Matboard
ColorBox™ Blends by Eileen Hull- Bay, Sunshine and Leaf
Ball chain, eyelets, Crop a Dile, pencil

Die cut labels from matboard.
Remove backing from stencil and position where desired.
Swirl Blends inks in the open area and blend in one color to the next. Lift up stencil.
Punch holes with Cropodile.
Add an eyelet and chain. Write phrases on keychains. Quick and easy

Make sure you go to Amy’s site and check out the other projects! Thanks for stopping by…

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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