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December Art with Heart Challenge Favorite Things

8 Dec

Hello friends! Tis’ the season for a new Art with Heart Challenge! This December the Inspiration Team will be sharing a few of their “Favorite Things” and we want you to play along! This month is essentially anything goes. Just share your favorite things whether it be a die, paint, ink, color or project. To get you started on your creative journey check out these amazing creations from the Inspiration Team…

Tracy Evans shares a magical and merry Mixed-Media project created with my new Sizzix stitchlits dies and old ATB favorites! I adore how Tracy has used DecoArt Media products with the Needle Book and ATB die, and how beautiful is her Christmas Angel?

Dash on over to Tracy’s Blog for more Merry Mixed-Media tips and tricks!

Shelly Hickox has a delightful project to record all of the things you’re thankful for! Shelly used my Train Case as a unique (and oh so chic) Gratitude Journal! What

Visit Shelly’s Blog for more on her Gratitude Journal Train Case…you’ll be thankful you did!

Pam Bray is sharing a holly jolly assortment of Graphic 45 Christmas Carol adorned tags! I just love how Pam has used dies from my Sizzix Stitchlits and Vintage Travel collections to create this marvelous assortment of Holiday tags!

A caroling you must go over to Pam’s Blog to get the details on how she used the Needle Book, Embroidery Hoop and Luggage Tag Sizzix dies to create her Holiday Tags!

Diana Hetherington has a rustic Holiday Gift Card Holder to share with you today. What a clever (and convenient) way to package gift cards using my Recipe Card box die from Vintage Kitchen!

Find out how to create your own Recipe Card Box Gift Card Holder at Diana’s Blog

Anne Redfern has worked wonders with my Sizzix Stitchlits Cantilever Sewing Box once again! With the use of DecoArt Media and Chalky Finish paints Anne has created one heck of a Holiday Gift Box, complete with a pretty poinsettia on top!

Stop by Anne’s blog for a tutorial that will have you decking the halls with Sizzix and DecoArt!

Anna-Karin Evaldsson has a very merry Vintage Christmas Needle Book Tutorial for you featuring many dies from my Sizzix Stitchlits collection. If this Holiday project doesn’t get you in the spirit…

Dash through the snow to Anna-Karin’s blog for a breathtaking Vintage Christmas Needle Book tutorial.

Now it’s your turn to share your “Favorite Things” in our final Art with Heart Challenge of 2015! Link your projects below and stay tuned next week for more inspiring creations from the Inspiration Team.

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Fall Art with Heart Challenge Winners

30 Nov

The Holiday season is here and I’ve got a bag full of prizes to give out to our Fall Art with Heart Challenge winners! We’ve had some amazing entries in the Art with Heart Challenges these past few months. It was no easy task to pick just one.

Please email Amy(at)pluckingdaisies(dot)com with your shipping info and we’ll get your prizes out to you pronto!

Our November Stitch in Time challenge winner is Fisher’s Cards and Crafts with this cute as a button Sewing Box.

Stop by the Blog for more details on this Oh-Sew-Cute! Sewing Box Project!

Our October Hauntings and Holiday’s winner is Jenny Marples who will absolutely Wow you with her fantastic Mini Album project!

You’ll have to stop by Jenny’s blog for a look inside at the AMAZING pages Jenny has created in my Sizzix Mini Album…oh MY!!

For Favorite Fall Things we have Karen Akesdotter wit this darling Elf Card. I just love the texture the lace background gives to this fun fall card don’t you?

Visit Karen’s blog for more adorable details.

Finally our August Old is New Challenge winner is Janet Lee with this magical, musical candy drawer chest!

Take a musical journey over to Janet’s blog for a closer look at her lovely candy drawer creation!

Thanks to all for your continued support and participation in the Art with Heart challenge. We’ll see you tomorrow with a new challenge and inspiring project ideas from the Inspiration Team!

Eileen

Guest Designer: Karen Bearse

27 Nov

Oh my- what a feast we had for Thanksgiving… complete with all of the kids and grandkids! It doesn’t happen every year that we all can be together, so when it does it is always a special (and loud!) occasion. I hope you spent the day with those you love… and also make sure you visit the Sizzix site for the Black Friday savings- this is one of their largest sales events of the year!

Today I am so happy to share the work of my friend Karen Bearse, Guest Designer for this weekend. Karen is an amazing mixed media artist. We met a couple of years ago at a local scrapbook store. I ran into her at Angela’s Happy Stamper and was telling her that I was driving out to the Paper Arts Show this past July. She offered to ride along with me from Virginia to Illinois and let me tell you [Read more…]

Sizzix Stitchlits Project Ideas Galore

24 Nov

Hey everyone! It’s the final week in our “Stitch in Time” challenge. For the entire month of November my Inspiration Team has been showcasing my new Sizzix Stitchlits Collection with their Sew-Crafty projects. We are finishing out November with Sizzix Stitchlits Project Ideas Galore!

Lisa Hoel starts us off with an oh-SEW-gorgeous Sizzix Stitchlits Shadow Box project. So many of the new dies from my Stitchlits collection are showcased here and I love how Lisa has incorporated so many lovely sewing themed details in this piece.

You’ll be stitching up a storm after a visit to Lisa’s Blog for more gorgeous details on her Stitchlits Shadow Box.

Anne Redfern has a fresh Holiday take on my Cantilever Box die. Not only has Anne dressed her sewing box up in holiday style with Graphic 45 papers, she’s also found a new use for this die!

You’ll have to jingle on over to Anne’s Blog to see how she turned my new Sizzix Sewing Box into a heartfelt Holiday Jewelry Box!

Shelly Hickox has found a way to make my embroidery hoop die work like the real thing! Don’t you just love this merry little ornament she’s created?

Get into the spirit over at Shelly’s Blog where she has a fantastic tutorial on how to create your own Embroidery Hoop Ornament.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson shares a beautiful wall hanging tutorial featuring a lovely bouquet of Sizzix Stitchlits Flowers and Buttons layered over an embroidery hoop.

Visit Anna-Karin’s Blog for a little story about how you too can create a beautiful Wall Hanging with Sizzix Stitchlits.

Donna Budzynski‘s Sew Happy Card is an absolute delight! All of the Sizzix Stitchlit details make this clean and simple card “Sew” lovely!

Stop by Donna’s Blog for a closer look at crafty detailing sure to make you “Sew Happy”!

Last but certainly not least, Pam Bray shares her take on my Cantilever Sewing Box. Naturally, Pam’s creation is all decked out in Graphic 45 papers and detailing you’ll have to see to believe!

Head to Pam’s Blog for more gorgeous photos of her Graphic 45 Cantilever Sewing Box.

Well the Inspiration Team sure has shown us some creative ways to use Sizzix Stitchlits. In case you missed any of the projects from previous weeks you can check them out below…

Sizzix Stitchlits Projects Week 1

Sizzix Stitchlits Projects Week 2

Sizzix Stitchlits Projects Week 3

There’s still time to enter our Stitch in Time challenge and show us your “Sew Crafty” creations HERE.

Eileen

Guest Designer: Susie Bentz

20 Nov

Hi friends- I am happy to introduce a new feature to the blog! Every other Friday you will see the work of a featured Guest Designer.

Today we will meet Susie Bentz. She lives fairly close to me but I have only gotten to know her in the past year or so. Her work is exquisite. She helped me with some samples for my last release and I was fascinated to watch how she works… [Read more…]

Even more Sizzix Stitchlit Project Ideas

17 Nov

Hey everyone! I can’t wait to share even more Sizzix Stitchlit project ideas with you today! The Inspiration Team has been busy stitching up a creative storm with my new Sizzix Stitchlits dies. Wait till you see what the girls have in store for you this week…

Diana Hetherington has an oh-sew-crafty Sizzix Stitchlits project idea to share with you today. Our dear Diana will show you how to create wearable art with Stitchlits dies and Leather Sheets from Sizzix!

How creative is this? I bet you can’t wait to “Create Art” you can wear. I know I can’t!

Visit Diana’s Blog for more stitching details on how to create your own wearable art with Sizzix Stitchlits and Leather sheets.

Tracy Evans has even more “Sew-Beautiful” projects for you this week. How darling is this Needle Book and Button Jar adorned Cookie Box?

Visit Tracy’s Blog for a peek inside her Needle Book and Button Box because of course she has lots more sew-crafty details you WON’T want to miss!

Michelle Zerull has an adorable Flower Hair Clip project for you. Michelle is a master of quick and easy gift ideas that your friends and family will think took you hours to create!

Stop by Michelle’s Blog for more darling details on these adorable Sizzix Stitchlit Hairclips!

Hope you will join in on all of the fun and share your Sew-Crafty projects for our Stitch in Time Challenge HERE. Want to check out the entire Sizzix Stitchlits Collection? You can see the entire line HERE.