Eileen Hull Twist and Style Tool

This month the Eileen Hull DT are showcasing the fabulous Twist and Style Tool. Eileen has a fabulous video HERE to show you how to use the tool, its great fun!

I opted for two ATB's and a coordinated card. The Artist Trading Blocks were created using Eileen Hull's Block/Cube Scoreboards Die.

1 I began by die cutting the ATB from mountboard and then I applied Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough to a non-stick craft sheet and spritzed with water.
2 Mop up the paint with the die cut pieces.
3 Dry the paint with a heat tool.
4 Take a stencil, apply Vintage Photo Distress Ink directly to the stencil and then spritz with water.

1 Place the inked stencil ink side down onto the die cut pieces and then dab with a piece of kitchen towel.
2 Remove the stencil to reveal the design. Repeat this process for all the die cut pieces.
3 Cut lengths of rusty tin wire, use the Twist and Style Tool to twist and then shape into hearts. Keep the spare lengths of twisted wire for added interest on the projects.
4 Place the wire hearts onto book pages and then pour Liquitex Pouring Medium into the hearts and then allow to dry overnight. Once completely dry, cut out each of the hearts.

I created a coordinated card again using all the techniques above. I added two of the hearts to the card adding paint circles in DecoArt Media Cadmium Red Hue to give a contrast to the design. I also added three of the lengths of twisted wire to the card for added texture.

I love how the text from the Alice book pages are clearly visible within each of the hearts.

I also added some stencilling to the background of the card to add a further layer of interest. I also included some splatters of paint.

I added hearts to the ATB, adding threads of cotton behind for added interest and texture. Again I have added painty circles to the background.

Numbers have been added to the top of the ATB and once again I have added lengths of the twisted wire to echo the design on the card.

Two hearts have been included to the top of the ATB. I love the twisted wire and the Twist and Style Tool makes it so easy.

I echoed the stencilling and circles on each side of the ATB.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x

Summer Fun With Sizzix

The beginning of a new month marks the start of a fabulous new challenge with Eileen Hull's Art with Heart Challenge and this month it is Summer Fun with Sizzix.

My make this month is an altered ATB using Eileen Hull's Block/Cube die cut from mountboard and decorated with DecoArt Media range.

All sides of the ATB have been painted with Burnt Umber Media Fluid Acrylic and once dry I added a random coat of Crackle Paste and once the Crackle Paste was dry I then added a dirty wash (Andy Skinner technique) over the top to tone down the colour a little and then added splatters of Cobalt Teal Hue. I die cut the seahorse using Tim Holtz Sand and Sea die, adding four layers to give dimension. I then painted the seahorse with Burn Umber paint, allowed to dry and then added Crackle Paste to the top, allowed to dry and then added Cobalt Teal Hue over the top.

Rusty wire has been wrapped around my ATB and around my Seahorse to add further texture to my piece along with shells for added dimension. I also die cut some foliage using Tim Holtz Greenery Die and coloured with Wild Honey Distress Spray Stain.

I added a piece of drift wood to the top along with a mini canvas decorated with paints and Crackle Paste along with beads for added texture . I also included a stamped Seahorse using Tim Holtz stamp along with more Rusty Wire.

The base is an old spool which I have painted with Burn Umber Acrylic with added mini shells for further interest.

ChitChat stickers have been added to the side along with die cut sentiment using Tim Holtz thinlits dies.

The opposite side has been decorated in the same way; I love the texture the Crackle Paste gives to the design.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I look forward to seeing your artwork this month and hope you enjoy participating in the challenge. Tracy x x

Stampendous / Eileen Hull ATB Blog Hop

We have a fabulous blog hop for you this week combining two great product ranges,Stampendous and Eileen Hull Dies.

There are fabulous prizes on offer too; three random winners will be chosen from all the blogs participating in the hop and from the randomly drawn winners there will also be one winner of a GRAND PRIZE. Two of the winners will receive Stampendous PenPattern Petal and PenPattern Flutter cling stamps, just like you’ll see on Kristine Reynolds amazing ATB sample. They’ll also receive enough pre-cut, premium matboard from Sizzix to make two boxes of your own, plus some extra pieces for fiddly bits! The GRAND PRIZE winner will receive the stamps as above, a whole package of matboard, AND the Sizzix die to cut your own ATB boxes!The comment deadline for the hop is Sunday March 8th 2015.

I decided to decorate two ATB's (Artist Trading Blocks) using Eileen Hull's fabulous Block Cube Die and  Blocks/Cubes Die (which has the smaller ATB), combined with images from Stampendous; Camera Elements, Vintage Press and Typewriter Alphabet stamp sets.

I also used another new product, to me anyway, AquaTint Inks, which I used to colour my background and then stamped the vintage camera image using Black Archival Ink. I also included a monocle and vintage pen nib adding rub on's to the top of the monocle for added interest.

I die cut letters from mountboard and then coloured with Cornflower Blue Archival Ink and then added the coordinated embossing powder, removing some of the powder from the edges to give an aged feel. I also included a vintage knob to open the smaller ATB to house a small gift, jewellery or chocolate perhaps.

I added stamping from the Vintage Press stamp set to this side of my ATB, I love the mix of vintage images. Again the background has been coloured with AquaTint inks.

Further stamping has been added to the smaller block using the Vintage Press stamps.

I have stamped the Typewriter Alphabet to the top of my block, keeping all the letters in place and using as a large stamp rather than separating each one.

To complete, I added a telephone embellishment and rubbed over some of the areas of the embellishment with silver wax.

Should you get lost along the way Stampendous will post a “cumulative” link list of links so far on Saturday, February 28th and Saturday, March 7th. Then you can check your progress. Simply stop by the Stampendous blog for more details.

Click here for Monday's links

Click here for Tuesday's links

Click here for Wednesday's links

The blogs participating today are:

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lea Kimmel
Pam Hornschu

Eileen Hull

Amy Bowerman

Tracy Evans (me) 
Lisa Hoel
Nicole Wright

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x x

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