Karen Bearse Designs: July Eileen Hull Release Hop!!!

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

July Eileen Hull Release Hop!!!

Hello Crafty friends it is release time for Eileen Hull Designs Sizzix diecuts! Happy Canada Day!!! We are having a fabulous blog hop complete with prizes so I hope you hop along! I hope you subscribe & follow my blog for lots of free tutorials & projects!!

Thanks for coming to the Eileen Hull/Sizzix Chapter 3 Release Party Blog Hop! Check out the creative ways the Inspiration and Education Teams have used the Mitten and Snowman 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 Wednesday, July 1! Join the chat- and a random commenter will win the Snowman die. We are so glad you joined us to celebrate the Chapter 3 release.
Please hop with us through all of the projects and leave comments on the different designers' blogs. A lucky commenter will win the Mitten Box die!!!
Thanks everyone!
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Here is my July 1st, Happy Canada Day, Christmas in July project all in one! Eileen Hull has 2 new die cuts out and we are hopping to show them off! One of the new die cuts is called Box Mitten. If you know anything about winter sports in Canada the Olympic Team traditionally wears Canada Mittens for the opening ceremonies as part of their uniform. That was the inspiration for my project. I made a Display Stand for a photo from my days as an athlete. I used a clip so I can change the photo out if I want to.

Wow look at all the amazing projects on the hop! That is a lot of inspiration!! Don't forget the release party too!!

Tutorial Time!!

This is an easy project to do & would be easy to change to suit whatever photo you choose to display. Cover mat board with double sided adhesive & your chosen paper. If you want you can put paper on the other side as well. For this project it worked fine that the edges & part of the back show in white. Place the paper you want showing face down onto the die cut.

This die cut is a little longer than 12" so you will want to make sure the paper lines up with the straight line at the top leaving a bit of the stand part without paper. This will not show when assembled. Super easy to make these stands!! Simply assemble the stand as in the above video! The actual assembly is at the 1 min mark.

I wanted to add a few Canada chipboard elements. I got these a few years ago from a wonderful, Canadian Woman run company called Southern Ridge Trading Co. The Maple leaf was covered & heat embossed using Eileen's White Wonder powder. You may want to gesso the chipboard in white 1st to get a true color.

Next I covered Canada in Golden Rod.

The mitten die was covered in paper & cut out. Then is was run through using the Sizzix machine using the Basket Weave embossing folder. Sadly I didn't realize this one is not available. However you can use any folder you have- be creative! The edges of the mitten were distressed with Ebony ColorBlends.

The pieces were simply glued together & the photo added. Just like that I have a Canada keepsake. Also it lies flat when not assembled which makes it easy to mail! This project would be great with snowy winter paper & a winter photo.

Supplies
Eileen Hull Mitten Box diecut by Sizzix
" " Display Stand " "
" " embossing folder Basket Weave by Sizzix
Embossing in Golden Rod & White Wonder by Emerald Creek
Ebony Colorblend
Paper & sticker by Photoplay

Blog Hop order!! remember to leave a comment to win.

Link to Eileen’s post:

http://www.eileenhull.com/2020/07/christmas-in-july-new-dies-released-a-hop.html

Hop Participants with PERMALINKS:

Karen Bearse **you are here**