NEW! Stacking Drawer Die from Eileen Hull

Hello! Did you see all the fun that happened at Creativation 2019? I was so happy to be able to go this year and it was an exciting time for sure! Lots to see and do. Of course when I came home my son infected the whole family with evil germs and we were all sick for a week. We're finally coming out of it and I'm trying to get caught up! First off it is now time to share my projects made with Eileen Hull's NEW SIZZIX DIES! You are going to love them! (Also, another new die that will come out in April is the Notebook die, which also fits neatly inside of the Treasure Box.)

I'm sharing today the show project I made with the Stacking Drawer Die. The die will cut the parts for one drawer and you can then make as many as you want and stack them in whatever way you want. Handily, they can fit inside of the Treasure Box.

Stamping & stenciling on the sides and drawer fronts.

Insides of the drawers are decorated!

LOTS of Distress Oxide Ink colors used on this!

Back of case.

How to:

Step 1 – I did all the inking, stamping and embossing on the drawers while they were still flat. They were cut out of matboard scraps so one side was mermaid pink and the other was white. First I added some white Fresco paint with a brayer to the pink sides to tone it down and give it some visual texture.

The drawers are made to fit very snugly in the sleeves so if you want a looser fit, now is a good stage to carefully cut a sliver of board off of the top edge of the drawer strip with a sharp craft knife.

I painted the insides of the drawers blue and then stenciled and embossed on top. I tried to keep any embossing away from the edges that had tabs to be glued so there wouldn't be the bulk of embossing powder in the seams.

When assembling the drawers, glue the sides together first (top left corner above) and then glue the bottom inside (top right corner above). If you glue the drawer bottom underneath the drawer tabs, it will be too tall and for sure won't fit in the drawer sleeve.

Step 2 – Assemble the sleeves (forgot to take a photo of this part, oops! It's easy though, just a diecut strip that folds up and glues on one side to make an enclosure for the drawer to fit into. I stacked and glued three of them together. I also turned my drawers 'backwards' because I was adding knobs and didn't want the pull out notches to show. It is up to you how to position them.

Step 3 – Because I didn't have the Treasure Box die in hand at the time and had already used the box cut that Eileen sent me for another project, I had to make my own 'enclosure' for the stack of drawers. Otherwise it would have been easy to use the bottom of the Treasure Box, cutting it flush to the depth of my stack, to house the drawers. But it wasn't difficult to hand cut the pieces I needed.

I inked them up with Distress Oxide inks and used Blending Brushes to stencil on the mermaid. I figured out where the design would overlap onto adjoining panels and inked accordingly. I embellished the stamping and stenciling with some gel pen line work too.

Thanks for stopping by! Check out Eileen's blog posts for this month. The other Inspiration Team members are sharing their projects and tutorials featuring Eileen's brand new dies! If you are not already a member, join the Facebook Eileen Hull Fan Club group. It is a warm, supportive group with lots of inspiration and sharing going on. You'll just have to answer a few simple questions when asking to join (to keep out spammers) and then you'll be added. ;-)

Dies:
Eileen Hull Sizzix
Stacking Drawer ( Sizzix / SB )

Other:

Stencil Girl stencil - S001 (fish)
TCW stencil - Mini Cell Theory
TCW stencil - Mermaid Dreams
Tim Holtz Stamps - Sea Life
Ranger Archival Ink - Watering Can, Cobalt, Plum

Distress Oxide Inks - lots & lots of them ;-)
Sizzix mat board
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Hardware
Emerald Creek Baked Texture embossing powder - Dirty Sand, Dragons Egg
Emerald Creek Gemstones - Pyrite
Prima Opal Magic paint - Violet Gold
Distress Paint - Spun Sugar
Paper Artsy Fresco Paint - Snowflake, Smurf
mini shells
foil tape
AJVD - Mermaid Bubbles
Emboss-It Dabber
Distress Blending Brushes
Glossy Accents
Sakura Souffle Pens
gel pens

Sizzix and Scrapbook.com links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks! (My husband also thanks you!)

Mermaid Stacked Drawers
by MonalisaH -Lisa Hoel
Scrapbook.com

Craft Stamper Magazine

Happy Monday!! This week is an exciting week! Not only do I get to head off to Creativation on Wednesday (eeeeeek! first time!), I am fortunate to be published in the latest issue of Craft Stamper magazine! Several of us on Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team have projects in it using Eileen's fab Sizzix journal dies! The project on the front is one by Anne Redfern.

Anne is a cover girl! Go Anne!

I can only show you a sneak peek of my journal. You'll have to buy the magazine to see the whole thing. ;-) Next month though I will be able to share it here on the blog. So for now…

It's a little sneak peek!

Have a wonderful week and check out Craft Stamper's site. There is lots of online content for you to peruse. Also, if you are not already a member, join the Facebook Eileen Hull Fan Club group. It is a warm, supportive group with lots of inspiration and sharing going on. You'll just have to answer a few simple questions when asking to join (to keep out spammers) and then you'll be added. There will be lots of action there later this week when Creativation 2019 kicks off. You'll see Eileen's new releases and probably a lot of behind the scenes and shenanigans. ;-)

Valentine's Day Card with Topflight Stamps

Hello there folks! I know we just got through Christmas but I always seem to find myself scrambling to get cards made when Valentine's Day rolls around. I made this one for my husband so at least I'll have one done. ;-)

I embossed the copper metallic kraft paper with a Tim Holtz gears embossing folder and then antiqued it with black alcohol ink. The stamped image was watercolored and the background is stamped with various gear and word images.

Thanks for stopping by! Below is a list of supplies I used. Be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps blog for more inspiration. There is always something fun to see there! Have a great week and happy New Year. =)

Topflight Stamps Products:
Katzelkraft - Robots 2
Katzelkraft - Holiday Quotes
Darkroom Door - Tool Shed
Lavinia - Inspire Me
Carabelle Studio - Steampunk
washi - Alexandra Renke, Little Hearts

Other:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die - Heartfelt
Tim Holtz Metallic Kraft Cardstock
Tim Holtz Blueprint & Gears embossing folders - retired
Distress Oxide Ink - Scattered Straw, Brushed Corduroy
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black, Watering Can, Red Geranium
Ranger Alcohol Ink - Pitch Black
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

watercolors

Sizzix and Scrapbook.com links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks! (My husband also thanks you!)

New Projects for a New Year with Topflight Stamps

Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had an enjoyable evening ringing in 2019. Today I am sharing a birthday card made with the Katzelkraft Jungle Animals stamp set playing a starring role:

I find these stamps so amusing! I stamped a sentiment from Darkroom Door inside too:

Inside the card.

Thanks for stopping by! Below is a list of supplies I used. Be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps blog for more inspiration. There is always something fun to see there! Have a great week and happy New Year. =)

Topflight Stamps Products:
Katzelkraft - Les Jungles
Katzelkraft - Holiday Quotes
Studio Light - Cats & Girls MB06
That's Crafty, Magda Polakow stencil - Clouds & Hearts
Darkroom Door - Quote Stamp, Wonderful

Other:

Distress Ink - Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo
Distress Oxide Ink - Tumbled Glass, Abandoned Coral
Ranger Archival Ink - Cornflower Blue, Jet Black
Ranger Embossing Powder - Cornflower Blue
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
Distress Blending Brushes

watercolors

Scrapbook.com links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks! (My husband also thanks you!)