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Surprise Baby Shower for Anna-Karin!

31 Mar

Anna-Karin Evaldsson is a very special member of the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team. You can see her work on her blog Layers of Ink. Last year there were a lot of changes in her life, including a move from one continent to another and just a few months later, a new baby! Leo arrived weeks ahead of schedule (and just 20 minutes after reaching the hospital!) but thankfully he and Anna-Karin are both doing well.

I first met Anna- Karin several years ago. It seems she can do it all- she is not only a super-talented designer, she creates amazing projects, takes beautiful photographs and writes great tutorials. She is always on top of deadlines and every project is more amazing and detailed as the next!

Here’s how dedicated she is… a few weeks ago, the team was doing a collaboration with our friends at Stampendous! on the blog and Amy Bowerman (our fabulous Inspiration Team Coordinator) and I received an email from Anna-Karin saying that she might be a little late with her project because she was having contractions but that she would post the project as soon as she could. That night Leo was born! Doesn’t that make us all his aunts?

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We want to show Anna-Karin how special she is to us, so we are giving her a virtual baby shower today to celebrate Leo’s birth! Even though we can’t be with her, we send our love and a special crafty surprise. We invite you to visit each team member/shower guest’s blog to see what they created for this new little guy.

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If you have a message for Anna-Karin, please leave your well wishes in the comments- then she can read them all at once. Thanks for being part of our celebration!

Here’s a list of the “shower” participants. You can click on each link and hop from blog to blog to see all of the projects:

My project is a mini-album. Anna-Karin can use this for whatever she would like- it would work for photos, his first words, funny things he says as he gets older, or a mom journal. I wish I had written more down when my kids were little.

This was a fun album to make because I used the new Homemade Thinlits alphabet to emboss the cover of the book. Such a fun feature of the Thinlits dies when used on matboard- if it were paper, it would cut through, but on matboard it just leaves a nice crisp impression. I inked over the front and back albums covers using Clearsnap ColorBox Blends in soft pastel colors (in honor of Anna-Karin’s fondness for ink) I put twenty-four pages in the book and used the Sizzix Mini-Album die to cut the pages. It’s so easy! Fold a sheet of 12″ x 12′ paper in half, then in quarters. Place the big fold just shy of the first score line on the die and roll through your Big Shot. You will get two double fold page signatures and each page fits perfectly inside the album. Tie the pages into the book spine with green and white twine.

The baby’s name was spelled out with letters die cut from matboard and popped up with foam squares. I also added a tiny layered lion (Leo the Lion) from my Cherished collection using burlap to cut the mane and background.

Please feel free to leave some comments for Anna-Karin. Any advice for a mom going from one baby to two?

Anna-Karin, we wish you and your family health and happiness always in your new home!

Thanks so much, friends, for joining our online shower…

More “Go Green” Sizzix Projects

24 Mar

Hey there! It’s Inspiration Team Tuesday and you know what that means? The IT is back to share MORE “Go Green” Sizzix Projects to inspire you to create with us in the Art with Heart Challenge! Let’s have a look at what the girls have in store for you this week…

Oxana Moupasiridou has a Rustic Recycled Recipe Card Box project to share with you today. This little lovely is all decked out in Distress Paint, recycled cardboard, wood elements and Oxana’s touch of Mixed Media magic!

Stop by Oxana’s blog for more details on this Rustic Recycled Recipe Card Box!

Lisa Hoel is packing more than a “pinch” of green with this crazy creative Leprechaun House creation! I love how Lisa has stacked Loaf Pans from Vintage Kitchen to create her base…talk about “Go Green” inspiration!

Feeling Lucky? Stop by Lisa’s blog for more delightful details on this darling Leprechaun Dwelling.

Tracy Evans has a fun and festive Easter themed ATB project featuring Tim Holtz’s “Bird Crazy” stamps and Wendy Vecchi’s new embossing powders!

Bunny Hop on over to Tracy’s blog for more on this adorable Easter ATB!

Hope you will join in on the “Go Green” fun. There’s still time to enter your “Go Green” projects HERE.

See you soon!

Eileen

St. Patrick’s Day “Go Green” Sizzix Projects

17 Mar

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today is your lucky day…the Inspiration Team is back once again to share some “Go Green” Sizzix Projects with you. Come along and follow the creative rainbow. I can assure you there is a pot of inspirational gold at the end.

Diana Hetherington has a fabulous upcycling project to “Go Green” with this St. Patty’s day. This Fenced Storage Box created from recycled StencilGirl packaging is environmentally friendly and too cute to boot!

Visit Diana’s Blog for a full tutorial on how to turn packaging into an adorable Fenced Storage Box.

Michelle Zerull has a sensational “Go Green” project that will have your creativity blossoming in no time! This darling Flower Arrangement created with recycled newsprint and nestled into my soon to be released Train Case Die is the perfect project to welcome spring.

Head to Michelle’s Blog for a fun tutorial featuring DecoArt Media and some of my new and old Sizzix dies!

The Bird’s the word when it comes to Nicole Wright’s “Go Green” ATB contribution! Her Bird Crazy Artist Trading Block is too cute for words! I love the look of the new Distress Color “Cracked Pistachio” coupled with Tim Holtz’s “Bird Crazy” stamp set from Stampers Anonymous don’t you?

Tweet all about this Bird Crazy ATB at Nicole’s Blog.

Pam Bray is also “Going Green” with an ATB. This Dance in the Rain ATB complete with Wendy Vecchi Crackle paste and paper pieced, stamped flowers is a real stunner indeed!

Dance in the creative rain with Pam as she shows you some neat ways to use Crackle Paste and Copic Colored stamping to add serious dimension to your “Go Green” projects.

Everyone sure brought out their best “Go Green” inspiration today. Are you ready to “Go Green” with us? Link up your “Go Green” projects HERE.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Eileen

Go Green with Sizzix

10 Mar

Hey everyone! It seems we are finally experiencing warmer days here in the North East and beginning to see some “greenery”…a sure sign of spring! The inspiration team is back again to share creative “greenery” with their “Go Green” projects! Today you’ll see “green” ideas to craft with your scraps, stash, and fun products from Sizzix, DecoArt, and Graphic 45.

Lisa Hoel has a fun ATC project to help you “Go Green” and use up fabric scraps! Lisa’s Quilted ATC’s are artful AND environmentally friendly. What a great way to get creative with fabric scraps!

Stop by Lisa’s blog and see how to stitch your way to green crafting!

Shelly Hickox has a fabulous Easel Card and Candy Drawer project that will have you longing for fresh produce from the farmer’s market! Coupled with Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home collection this project will leave you with the sweet taste of creative magic.

Visit Shelly’s blog to check out the equally fabulous tutorial she’s cooked up for you. You’ll want to eat your “greens” once you see this clever creation.

Anne Redfern goes green with a handcrafted coaster caddy all decked out with DecoArt Media! She’ll even show you how to double up on the Sizzix Caddy die fun!

Get “crackin'” over to Anne’s Blog for more DecoArt Media goodness using my Sizzix dies!

Pam Bray puts the green in creative green thumb with her gorgeous Garden Box creation featuring several of my Sizzix dies! I love how Pam has used dies new and old to create this stunning garden box complete with garden gnomes and DecoArt Media!

Go Green with Pam on her blog and learn creative Sizzix die techniques and more with DecoArt Media!

Tracy Evans is sharing a second gorgeous green project with us today. Tracy’s high-flying Artist Trading Block will take your go green inspiration to new heights!

Stop by Tracy’s blog for cool blue and green mixed media techniques and a closer look at this beautiful ATB sure to make your creativity fly!

Hope you have been inspired to “Go Green” with us here at Art with Heart today! We can’t wait to see how you interpret the “Go Green” theme…link your projects up HERE.

See you soon!

Eileen

Art with Heart Challenge March “Go Green”

4 Mar

Hey everyone! It’s hard to believe that March is here and spring is right around the corner. This month our Art with Heart Challenge is “Go Green”. Whether you want to interpret that theme with a St. Patrick’s day project, an upcycled creation or simply add a little greenery to your makes is completely up to you. We can’t wait to see what you create for the Go Green challenge. As always there is a fun Sizzix die up for grabs from my From the Heart Collection…the mini shopping bag! Let’s Go Green and see what the Inspiration Team has in store for you this week…

Tracy Evans is bringing us a lil’ Luck O’ the Irish with this gorgeous green Good Luck Travel Journal. Stitching, inking and tons of creative techniques can be found on this fabulous creation using my soon to be released Travel Journal die from Vintage Travel!

Try your luck over at Tracy’s blog where you will learn lots of mixed-media tricks to “Go Green” with your projects.

Nicole Wright will be the wind beneath your creative wings with this clever cookie box Windmill creation! Every detail on this project will literally “blow” you away from the feathers down to the textured embossing!

Harness some creative wind power for your next project by visiting Nicole’s blog for more gorgeous details on her amazing Cookie Box Windmill.

Rina Gonzalez is sharing a lovely and quick greeting card project featuring Stampendous Stamps and my Ribbon Die! Rina created this project almost entirely from wayward craft room scraps, talk about going green!

Stop by Rina’s blog to learn how to create these Lovely and Quick Greeting Cards with YOUR craft room scraps.

How’s that for some Go Green Inspiration? You have until March 30th to link up your Go Green creations below! I’ll be back later this week with last months winner and top 3.

Eileen

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Stampendous ATB Block Hop Day 5

27 Feb

I can not believe the amazing creativity being showcased on my Sizzix Artist Trading Blocks in our block hop with Stampendous this week. Here we are on Day 5 of the Stampendous ATB Block Hop and the inspiration continues! Just when you think this hop couldn’t get any better, it does. Have a look at the latest ATBs created by my Inspiration Team and Stampendous…

Anne Redfern’s Blossoming Butterfly ATB creation will put some “Spring” in your step and warm your creative soul! I just love how Anne has added such dimension to the Stampendous butterflies and the delicate paper piecing of the Wild Roses stamps.

Visit Anne’s blog for more lovely details on this Blossoming Butterfly ATB!

Donna Budzynski’s project is like a warm spring breeze! You can almost smell the Hydrangeas featured on this gorgeous ATB. The Stampendous Hydrangea Cling Stamp and matching cutting set was used with Donna’s outstanding coloring. Black Matboard and Spoonful of Gold embossing powder give this project serious POP!

Take a walk through a garden of creativity at Donna’s blog and take a whiff of some amazing ATB techniques!

Diana Hetherington is taking us on a trip to the magical land of Oz with her ATB creation! She is a creative wizard indeed!

Follow the yellow brick road to Diana’s blog and see the wizard herself. You won’t want to miss a single detail on this delightful Wizard of Oz ATB.

If you loved the ATB projects from the Inspiration Team so far just wait until you see what the Stampendous team is creating! WOW! Much, much more Artist Trading Block inspiration awaits you over at the Stampendous Blog plus there are fabulous prizes! Check out all of the amazing ATBs created for day 5 of our Stampendous Block Hop and enter to win prizes from Sizzix and Stampendous HERE.