Hello there and welcome! You have arrived at your next stop on the Blog Hop to celebrate the new Chapter 4 Dies– two new ScoreBoards releases from Eileen Hull and Sizzix! Are you ready for a new 3D Bigz L Tea Cup die? Fill it with teabags and other assorted goodies or use the Tea Cup cutout on the front of a card – so many possibilities. Also new is the XL Post Box, a fun little box that goes together in 10 seconds and has a slit in the top to tuck a gift card. You will have fun embellishing in your style to create holiday treats for everyone on your list!
If you are jumping in midway, you can go back to Eileen's blog to begin at the beginning. For my hop project I used the new XL Post Box Die and made a "Fortune Telling Machine". There is a tutorial so scroll on down past the Hop list to check it out.
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| My light up crystal ball was inspired by a project Tim Holtz made for his 2020 Halloween Idea-ology release. Check it out! |
I made a little hiding place for the battery/switch mechanism of the Tiny Lights strand filling the crystal ball.
Throughout the hop you will see all the creative ways the Inspiration and Education Teams have used the Post Box and Teacup dies! We hope that you will be inspired too and share how you use the dies in the Eileen Hull Fan Club.
But wait – there’s more – the Release Party continues! You won’t want to miss the Facebook Live at Eileen Hull Designs at 12:00 noon Eastern time on Thursday, Oct. 1! Join the chat – and a random commenter will WIN a new Teacup Die. Comment on the Blog Hop under each designer to be entered to win the Post Box die. Random winners will be picked and announced on next Tuesday's Facebook Live!
Please hop with us through all of the projects and leave comments on the different designers' blogs. A lucky commenter will WIN a Post Box Die…
Hop Participants:
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Tutorial time!
Step 1 – I cut the Post Box out of mat board and decorated it up with stamping and stenciling. I made a base for it by by cutting three pieces of the Trinket Box lid and gluing them together.
Step 2 – I poked around Pinterest to find some funny "fortunes" I could use on my tickets. I used a graphics layout program to format the tickets and printed it out. I glued the two pieces together to make one long strip.
Step 3 – I constructed a ticket roll 'mechanism' . A piece of bamboo skewer glued into a clock key serves as an axel. I glued the end of the ticket strip onto a piece of paper straw (to glue onto the axel inside the post box). Using a Crop-A-Dile tool, I punched holes for the axel through the side flaps of the box.
Step 4 – Installing the ticket strip was a bit tricky but not too bad. I glued the right sides together first, making sure the holes lined up. I pushed the axel part through the holes and then slid the straw (with a bit of glue inside) over the axel on the inside. After that I glued the other sides together and poked the axel through the holes, gluing a bead over the end. I also threaded the ticket strip through the slot in the lid.
Step 5 – the base! I had to make a base for the post box so I could hide the cord from the Tiny Lights in the 'crystal ball'. I stacked up several layers of mat board shapes and cut a recess into the middles of them.
The crystal ball is a Tim Holtz Snow Globe. I drilled a hole in the base to thread the lights up into the glass. I created a little pocket on the back of the post box to hide the controller for the lights.
Once the ball was glued on I arranged the cords and hot glued the post box in place, then embellished with the trim. Whew, you made it through that long tutorial lol. I hope you are inspired and do hop along to see all the other wonderful projects. Thanks for stopping by!
Dies:
Post Box Die ( Sizzix / SB )
Trinket Box Die ( Sizzix / SB ) - retired
Tim Holtz 3-D Impresslits Embossing Folders
Distress Oxide Ink - Chipped Sapphire
Distress Spray Stain - Faded Jeans
Deco Foil - Metallix Gel - Champagne Mist
Tim Holtz Stencil - Falling Stars
Tim Holtz Kraft Stock Metallic Paper
glue gun
Tim Holtz Kraft Stock Metallic Paper
glue gun
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