Karen Bearse Designs: 3D Camper Caddy for Eileen Hull

Hello Fans of Eileen Hull, welcome to June with new projects and a new theme for the month. This June the Teams are playing with all things Summer, whatever that means to you. If you are part of the Eileen Hull Fan Club on Facebook you know that Eileen has made a few different caddies, as her die cuts work great for this. I tend to journal everywhere, in bed, on the deck, in the living room watching TV with my hubby. One of the things that drives me a little coo coo is always going back and forth picking up the necessities for basic journaling etc. I wanted a fun good looking caddy that can easily go from studio to other spots in the house.

This was one of my release projects & I am back finally for my tutorial!!! Nothing says summer like Scotty Trailers, a supply caddy & a Llama! I am putting my caddy to good use, like arting on my deck outside on the nicer days. Trying to keep the basic everythings in it that I need when journaling etc.

Let's Make One!! Cut 2 pieces using the Gift Box die cut out of mat board. There is a supply list below with links for your convenience. Spritz the board with water & use Distress Sprays to add some luscious color. Don't get the box too wet but it helps the ink move a bit. Your ink may be sucked into the mat board & you may have some circle spray images that is OK as we are adding more layers. Dry.

Add some Distress Oxide & spray with water on your craft mat. tap the box piece onto the ink, move around to cover the areas in droplets. Dry repeat until you get the look you want. Set aside to dry.

Meanwhile cut 2 pieces of paper to go inside the box. You can use scrapbook paper for a quick fix. I went with a light color paper & added stamping using Archival Inks all over to make my own patterned paper.

Cut 1 square off the end of one strip. On the piece that has 3 cubes, mark top on each end square on the white side. Emboss these 2 squares using an embossing folder being aware of direction if you use a folder with numbers, words etc. The 2nd piece & middle cube do not need to be embossed.

Have you seen the newish Luster Wax by Sizzix? Oh it is so fun to play with & dries fairly quickly which is a nice bonus. It creates a metallic finish that is very rich.

Use hard foam & Sizzix Luster Wax to hit the high points of the embossed pieces. A sneaky hack is to use cosmetic foam with dried acrylic paint on it.

Here you can see the 2 end pieces embossed & waxed. This technique really brings out the patterns. Can you spot that luscious Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide?

The finished results of the 2 box elements. The overall look is so rich & nummy! You can see here where to add the Redline Tape on the tabs for box assembly. The folders used are Numeric on the left & Retro Circles which sadly is retired but pick your favorites.

Adhere the 2 square box piece to the bottom of the middle square on the 3 piece. Make sure if you used a directional emboss design that you are gluing in the correct direction. Basically the 3 piece makes up 3 of the sides of the cube. The 2 piece creates the bottom of the box & one side. As we cut off a square there is no lid. Using a stencil pal & a good strong glue adhere your paper to the 3 side piece, covering that tab of the bottom piece. See Photo below. You can also use Easy Cut double sided adhesive which I prefer for this technique but I was out.

Cover the inside of the 3 cube piece with your paper making sure the direction is right. You want those hot air balloons flying upwards not sideways, LOL. You can add a square of paper on the bottom, then finish box assembly. Once the box is assembled add the last piece of stamped paper. This way you are covering the inside tabs.

Distress edges to cover any mistakes. I added linen tape on outside edges that I did not line up very well, hee hee.

Cut trailer piece out of mat board covered in aluminum metal sheets. The sheets are so awesome to work with, they are basically a sticker sheet & are light weight but when added to mat board look like metal. Lightly spritz back of mat board with water & use 3d folder to emboss.

Here is my embossed piece. How fabulous is that 3d Mechanics Embossing Folder? Looks like deep etched metal. I used this DecoColor paint pen to cover the white edges of the mat board.

Next step was to cover all that fabulous metal in paint! I used distress paint colors that would give me a patina look. Lucky Clover & Mermaid Lagoon. I let the paint dry a bit until it is tacky then used a dry cloth to pull of some of the color from the high points. This may take multiple layers & there is a learning curve. The goal is to get that patina look by getting those blues & greens into the low or debossed areas. You can also add the copper look back in with the wax, so more paint left is better then not enough.

Use the Luster Wax in Rose Gold to refine the high points. This also adds a more finished look & makes it easier to leave the paint in the smaller crevices. If you prefer the shiny metal look just leave more of the aluminum sheet showing.

Now it is time to add in the trailer accessory pieces that also are part of the die cut. Mat board was covered in scrapbook paper & more of the aluminum sheets depending on the element.

Some of the accent pieces were cut out of the Silver Aluminum Sheets & then embossed using the Foundry 3D folder. The pieces were taped down so I could get the accents where I wanted them. The same paint technique was used on these pieces as above using Black Soot.

All that was left was to adhere the pieces to my trailer & the trailer to the front of the caddy. A traveling llama was found peaking through the door. How did that get there? Sneaky! A gear & brad was also added as a tire. I have been lucky enough to go on a few of the Paper Trails with Eileen & got a picture of the banner that was set above Scotty so that was also added with an arrow as the rod.

Some Tim Holtz ephemera was added to the side of the caddy. You can see that linen tape was also added to the edges for a bit of interest. An eyelet was adhered so I can attach a dabber to the caddy. I am constantly looking for dabbers even though I have a zillion. This way it cannot wander! Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have the chance to make one of these awesome caddy's I may need to make a few more!

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