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Baby Food Jar Favor

14 Feb

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Guess what my present is… a new grandson!

My daughter Jessica had a baby last Friday. His name is Hunter James and he sure is a cutie pie. I came down to Florida to help out with Daniel (Hunter’s 19 month old big brother), while Jess and Jason were at the hospital. We have been having a great time. The only thing I am missing is the foot of snow in Virginia. It’s tough…

Welcome little one!

Brand new…

Hard to get everyone smiling all at once… oh well two out of four isn’t bad…

Jess had to try one of her handmade hats on him. If you are in need of baby hats and accessories, stop by her Dandified Facebook page and see what she is up to. I order hats for all of my friends’ new grandkids- always a big hit and so unique.

Speaking of babies, my Sizzix Cherished collection is finally shipping! I will be sharing some projects with you in the next few weeks to get your creative juices flowing. I am sure you know someone who is having a baby- maybe it’s you!

Now for even more cuteness…this adorable Baby Food Jar Favor Box! It was created by Amy of Plucking Daisies! Don’t you love it? Great baby shower favor!

She used the Sizzix Food Jar and Spoon to make it. Visit Amy’s blog here for a great tutorial…

Stay tuned for more projects… now I am off to bed because Daniel is an early riser 🙂 Hope you spend the day with those you love…

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…

On Getting a Trademark…

7 Jan

You may have noticed on Facebook that I obtained a trademark on my logo and name! It took quite a bit of work and there was a reason that I did it. I thought you might like to know what exactly is involved and why you might want to consider it.

Disclaimer- I am not a lawyer and am giving this info simply as a person who has gone through the process!

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New Eileen Hull Product Release!

25 Nov

Happy Monday everyone- here’s some really exciting news that I have been waiting to share with you… I have a line of stamps!

Honestly, I am slightly obsessed right now and want to play with these stamps all. the. time. even though there are many other (not as much fun) things that should be done… Creating stamps that coordinate with my Sizzix dies has gotten my poor little brain all fired up 🙂

I love that this product is made right here in the USA. Craffiti Direct stamps are manufactured in Northeast Georgia with products made exclusively in the USA. Craffiti Direct Clear Stamps resist yellowing and provide a great transfer of ink onto a variety of mediums, including my personal favorite, matboard!

Over the next week, I’ll be sharing my first three stamp sets with you. The first one up is called Barn Wood. It measures 4″ x 6″ and this would make a great background for cards, mini-albums, 3D projects (how did I not think of my Sizzix Birdhouse till right this minute?), masculine gifts, and nature inspired themes.

The stamp was actually designed from a photo I took of my potting shed out back. The man we bought the house from in 2002 was a historical preservationist. He would find old buildings that were being knocked down or burned, take them apart and re-build them. Not sure where our shed came from but I love the rustic wood it’s made with.

I used the Seed Packet die, part of the Sizzix Picket Fence collection, to create a gift card envelope. The color combo of kraft and white has really caught my eye lately and I used items from my back yard to embellish the Seed Packet Gift Card Holder.

These are simple to make, inexpensive and you could easily make a bunch of them in one sitting. I don’t know about you but more and more we are giving gift cards as our families are all spread out and the cost of postage seems to go up every six months!

Cut the Seed Packet from (my favorite) Desert Storm 80# cardstock.
Stamp the Barn Wood design in white Crafters Ink by Clearsnap. (I like the Crafter’s Ink, especially white, because it covers so nicely). Mask off areas where you don’t want the stamped image to overlap with Post-It notes.
Find a twig and cut to size. Position on envelope and use piercing tool to make two holes on each side to lace ribbon through.
Tie stick on card. Add a sprig of holiday greenery to the twig and finish with red button and ribbon.
Adhere tabs to back of envelope with doubled-sided adhesive. Insert gift card!

So what do you think? Is anyone up for a giveaway? Craffiti-Direct has graciously agreed to give a set of each stamp to a lucky winner in a Rafflecopter giveaway.

If you are not the winner, that’s OK… the stamps are available to buy on line and I see they are having a 25% sale right now! Hope you will head on over to Craffiti Direct and take a look at all of the cool stamps that are available.

Thanks for letting me share this happy news with you. It’s going to be a fun Thanksgiving week… And next week there’s a special guest designer who will share a spectacular project with us- I can’t wait till you see it!

I appreciate your support, comments and interest… I am truly blessed.

Movember

5 Nov

EDIT: What a dork! I did the projects and wrote the post and totally forgot to add in the names and links to the other amazing designers on this blog hop! Here the list:

Amy Bowerman Plucking Daisies
Marisa Pawelko Modern Surrealist
Niki Meiners 365 days of crafts
Tara Rex Taradara Made It
Eileen Hull Eileen Hull
Jennifer Priest Clearsnap
Mark Montano Mark Montano
Rina Gonzales Mothership Scrapbook Gal
Vicki O’Dell The Creative Goddess
Amy Anderson Mod Podge Rocks
Brenda Bird From Me, With Love
Carla Schauer Carla Schauer Designs
Jonathan Fong Jonathan Fong Style
Jennifer Priest Hydrangea Hippo

Apologies to all!

This has got to be a world record but here I am again!

I would not miss the chance to make a project using my good friend Jen Goode‘s new Moustache roller stamp for Clearsnap! (which is it- mustache or moustache?)

I met Jen at CHA about four years ago and was immediately struck with her sunny personality and ready laugh. She is one of my favorite people 🙂 She is very talented web-wise and helped me out a lot and never once laughed at me and my lack of skills. Just for that I love her. Jen is also an amazing artist. Head over to her blog where the fun begins.

I must confess I wasn’t quite sure what this whole Movember thing was… here’s what Google said:

As an official global charity, Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches on men’s faces around the world. Through the power of the Mo, vital funds and awareness are raised to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges.

Thank you Google.

I decided to use my roller stamp to decorate a mat of a picture of my husband Hayward with his step-dad Ray. By coincidence they wore the same thing one day!

You can use a precut mat- I cut my own because I have everything here and it is just easier. This is such a quick and easy project but you can easily customize photo mats to fit the subject or occasion.

You will need:

Moustaches Roller Stamp by Clearsnap
Color Box Archival Dye Ink- black
Color Box Cat’s Eye
Sizzix Labels and Buttons die
spray adhesive
dictionary page
8″ x 10″ piece of scrap matboard (2)
4″ x 6″ photo
backing material and scrap foamboard

Coat a 8″ x 10″ piece of matboard with spray adhesive and place a dictionary page on top.
Cut a double window in the matboard OR buy a double mat in desired size for photo.
Ink up roller stamp in black and roll across the mat from top to bottom, keeping lines straight and evenly spaced. Re-ink as needed. Overstamp as desired.
Ink edges with Platinum or Black Cat’s Eye.
Insert picture in opening and tape in position.
Die cut label from matboard and add your message or title. Tie or tape label to mat

Don’t forget to enter here to win a Rafflecopter giveaway! Thanks for stopping by!

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!