Hi everyone! This month the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team has a blog hop together with DCWV and the team was able to use some beautiful papers from DCWV. 

I have two projects for you this week!

I have choosen to use the Canister Die for my first project.

First I gathered my supplies

Added EASY-CUT ADHESIVE to both sides of my Little Sizzles Mat Board

Added my paper on each side of Mat Board

Die cut using my BIG Kick

Adhered the Canister together using Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive

                        

Added a little snowman and tree to the top and a Happy Holiday cut out to the front.
Just add a treat inside and it make for a nice hostess gift!

For my next project I used Eileen Hull BIGZ Die 661111 Leaves and also her Flower & Leaf Stitch Thinlits

First I traced the trees onto the backside of the DCWV paper

Adhered the paper to the wooden trees

Using the Thinlits die I cut flowers out and using the Leaves die I cut out just one of the leaves.

I adhered the leaf from the Leaves die onto the smallest tree. I used the leaf upside down, except for the first one on top.

I kept adding leaves till I covered the whole tree. 

On the tallest tree I added a Happy Holiday garland and one of the Thinlets layered flowers with a gem. For the middle tree I just left it with the paper.

 I adore how these turned out!

 Make sure you check out all the design teams project for the whole month! You will be so glad you did!

Thanks for stopping by and I would love to know what you think!

DIY Christmas Decorations With Makin's Clay®

Oh my goodness it has been hectic in my world! 

I have been away from my crafting and it was because my husband and I made a HUGE move!

We moved from Colorado back to Minnesota where our children live and I am so grateful to be HOME!

So now back to crafts and fun!

How would you like to make some beautiful decorations for hanging on the tree or wrapping on gifts. You could also use these as part of a Hostess gift!

Let's get started.

You will need:

Makin's Clay®-I used Natural...but you could use colored and skip the painting

Makin's Cutters Bulbs

Glue

Glass Glitter

Paint

1. Gather all materials

2. Roll Makin's Clay out to about a 1/4" thick and cut with bulb cutters (or any shape)

3. Use a toothpick to make a hole in bulbs and let dry overnight

 4. Paint or skip this step if you used color clay

5. Use watered down white glue and apply glue to bulb and sprinkle or dip into glitter glass

 6. Add a string of choice

 

 Add to your gift packages

Or onto your Christmas tree!

These are so beautiful shimmering in the light! 

You will love them!

Super easy and fun!

If you would like to see what else I made with the bulb cutters, I would love for you to visit HERE!

I think you will be AMAZED!

Hope you enjoyed this fun and simple project.

Blog Hop with CardMaker and Glue Dots

 

This is going to be fun!

 

Prizes!

 

Enjoy all the inspiration!





Materials used:

Glue Dots® - Mini

Glue Dots® - Ultra Thin

7 gypsies paper - Wicked Gypsy Collection

DCWV-5" X 7" Card Base

Tim Holtz Halloween Rub-ons

Paper coffin - Target Dollar Spot

7 gypsies charm

Tim Holtz Emphemera pack

Small piece embroidery thread

Gauze

Tools:

Mini Stapler

Paper Trimmer

Scissors

Distress Ink & tool

Sewing machine

 

 

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Halloween Treat Holders!

It's almost time for Trick or Treaters!

So I have made some cute treat holders using the NEW Twist and Style tool from Eileen Hull. I used a few of Eileen's die made by Sizzix and I was off getting my Halloween treat holders made.

First photo is the finished holder using the Twist & Style tool and can you guess what Eileen Hull die? It is the canister die! Just didn't use the cover! Easy fun!

To make this one you will need:

Canister Die

Twist & Style tool

Mat board

Paint

DecoArt Media Modeling paste 

Stencil

Ephemera-Tim Holtz

Distress Ink

Feathers

Also shown is garland made from Eileen Hull Garland die

Cut Mat Board out using Eileen Hull Canister die

Adhere together using adhesive of your choice

Paint Canister 

I distress inked just a bit

I used a stencil and DecoArt Media Modeling paste mixed with black paint and stenciled pattern onto canister and let dry.

Using the Twist & Style tool I twisted some wire together

Punched holes on two opposite sides of Canister and put wire through holes and curled

Decorate your canister to your liking!

Easy!!!

Next I have a Hot Air Balloon using the Twist & Style tool and Eileen Hull Cubes die die.

 For this one you will need:

Extra Large Die Box Cubes-3D
Mat Board
Wire
Twist & Style tool
Adhesive
Light Bulb
DecoArt Black Mister
Paper of choice-I used Tim Holtz

Gather all materials

Spray light bulb and large box using Deco Art Black Mister

It will take a couple coats on the light bulb

Punch holes in each corer of the largest block
Twist you wire and insert into holes
Twist wire into place
At neck of bulb I tied some netting to hold in place and then brought wire up and around bulb.
Twist wires together at top.
Embellish as you wish and fill with candy or a witch!

These are so easy and fun you could have the boxes made and have a decorating party. Put a bunch of embellishments out on the table with adhesive and what a fun night to be had by all!

What will you be putting in your Treat holders?

Make sure you check out Eileen's Blog to see what the rest of the DT has made!

Live, Love and Art!

Gnome Home with Makin's Clay

Welcome!

Have you ever worked with air dry clay? 

No baking required to make this cute little home to display! Easy enough to do in steps, so that you don't get over whelmed.

This is made using Makin's Clay®. While I feel that I am still new to this clay, I have been working with it for a bit and I am trying new things. I wanted to do a bit more free hand sculpting and creating. So this is what I have come up with a cute little Gnome home.

Picture this....I started with a small cardboard box and a piece of driftwood I found. I started to work Makin's Clay® around the box and used the clay to extend what looks like part of the wood up onto the house.

I rolled little stones and added some brick to the house. And where would a Gnome home be without mushrooms? So of course I made 3! I loved making those mushrooms and you will be seeing more of them! I think with some cute little faces!!!

I made the door and window and then the roof. The roof is simply just rectangles layered. All is very simple if you just break it down into a shape.

This is what a package of  Makin's Clay® looks like. 

Here is the home before paint and before the mushrooms were attached or the moss added. If you look you see everything is just a shape added to another shape. House is a rectangle, stones are ovals. Bricks and roof rectangles. Super easy. 

Believe it or not I find it easier to sculpt than to draw!

Next I used Deco Art Americana paints and also some of the Deco Art Media acrylic paints to paint my home. I did use Deco Art Texture Sand Medium to make the home look like it had a stucco affect!

 To adhere the mushrooms I use Beacon Power-Tac adhesive, this is a very strong adhesive and I am really liking the strong bond. I used Beacon 3 in 1 Adhesive to adhere the moss onto the piece.

I hope you will give Makin's Clay® a try and find out how easy it is to use!

This is a artsy fartsy shot of the Gnome home. I think maybe a bit to much blur...What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by and I would love to know what you think!!!

Let's Live, Love and Art!

Halloween Fun!

This is a re-post from my old blog - Memes Art Place

Halloween ATB FUN!

Hope your having a wonderful spooky fall!

It is my week for the Eileen Inspiration team and I am super excited to share my spooky fun!

Sooooo much fun with boxes! Who Knew?

Eileen Hull Knew, That's WHO!

There is so much you can do with These boxes, it is AMAZING! Go and check Eileen's blog and you can see so many ideas!

This is mine for this month's 
ART WITH A HEART CHALLENGE "Tricks and Treats" theme!

I started with one idea in my head and it went completely the other way!

I guess my hands wanted to do one thing and my head another!

So I combined the two and this is what happened!

So I started with this spring and this piece I took off a dress form. I then used Creative Paperclay® and sculpted a cat head. So easy! Let that dry overnight.

                                      

So while my cat head was drying, I cut my ATB's using Eileen's Die #658984 called Blocks/Cubes 3D. I cut 2 of each size using Sizzix's Little Sizzles Mat board in black. Did you know they carry this Mat board in White, Black and Cream. Love This Mat board for so many projects. It is very sturdy!

So while my cat head was drying, I cut my ATB's using Eileen's Die #658984 called Blocks/Cubes 3D. I cut 2 of each size using Sizzix's Little Sizzles Mat board in black. Did you know they carry this Mat board in White, Black and Cream. Love This Mat board for so many projects. It is very sturdy!

 I then cut my papers for each size of the ATB's. Paper's are from Cosmo Cricket "Haunted Line".
I have to say this line is old, but still to this date
 MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE HALLOWEEN LINE!

I adhered each of the papers to the ATB's. Then I proceeded to put the blocks together.

I started to play around with the blocks, then decided on paint colors and started to decorate the ATB's.

I painted my cats head and varnished it and attached the spring with E6000.

Added the cat to the smallest block.

Here you can see how I added Studio 490 crackled texture paste by Wendy Vecchi. I added her Fern Green Archival ink to the paste to add color to it. I just spread it here and there, no special technique here. I added some burnt orange acrylic paint here and there also. When all pastes and paints were dry I adhered the cubes together with Crafter's Pick "The Ultimate" glue.

Add your embellishments. I choose to add arms to the small ATB. This was done by cutting a small slit into the side of the box and sliding the arms into the box. I used some of Tim Holtz's embellishment to finish off the piece.

 I love the way it turned out!

This picture I had to play with and add some spookiness to it!

NOW I have a super easy bonus project! Super fun for the kids to do, with your help!

Cut out all kinds of Blocks out of the Block/Cube 3D die.

Punch out a pumpkin face out and add tissue paper to the inside.

 Put battery operated candles inside and stack or place around the house! So cute!

Super simple!

Now it is your turn!