Twist and Style!

Today I am showcasing Eileen Hull's Twist and Style Tool combined with Eileen's Canister Die. You can see a full video HERE from Eileen with step by steps for using her fabulous new tool released this spring.

I used rusty wire with my Twist and Style tool to create flowers for my Canister.

I began by die cutting the elements for my Canister from thick black card.

Die cut two pieces for the body of the Canister and adhere together using the tab shown above.

Once completely dry you can then adhere the two ends together to create the Canister. I always work with it flat at this stage to add decoration to each panel.

I used a Gelli print I had made earlier and cut to fit each panel of the Canister.

I used a Tim Holtz Layering stencil along with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to add a further layer of detail to each panel.

I then used the Twist and Style Tool to create my flowers and flower stems and then stapled into place using the Tiny Attacher.

From this picture you can see I doubled my wire and then twisted to create a good sturdy centre piece for the flower head.

Each of the decorated panels were then added to the Canister. I decided to create a daisy type flower; reminding me of when I was young and played Loves me? Loves me not?

I drew the petals of the flower onto book pages from an old Alice in Wonderland book to give further interest to my design.

I also included scratchy paint lines using an old credit card along with Black Soot Distress Paint.

I also included some paint splatters to each of the panels.

The top also has a decorated panel along with a rusty circle of wire to echo the wire shapes around the Canister.

From this picture you can see all the layers to the design.

All these petals were cut randomly but I love how I have captured the words grow, grass, gardeners, caterpillar and mushroom on each of the petals; perfect touch I thought for a flower!

I love the PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints Bubble Gum and Zesty Zing combined together on the Gelli Plate they give a real pop of colour against the black backdrop.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x