Magical Winter Truck with Stamperia for Eileen Hull

Hello fans of Altered Art, today I am making a winter truck with Stamperia paper for Eileen Hull. The Inspiration Team is playing with all things Seasonal. Fall, Winter, Thanksgiving or Christmas, dealers choice. I hope you check back throughout the month on Eileen's blog to see all the inspiration. *Affiliate- some of these companies have given me product to use, play & experiment with. The ideas are my own but I tend to work with companies whose products I like so enjoy the inspiration.  **some of these links are affiliate, I receive a small percentage from the company at no cost to you. This helps me deliver free content!

I just love this project, it will look great with my Christmas decor. The truck was really easy to make & the possibilities are endless!! If you want more inspiration on making trucks you are in luck! If you haven't heard Eileen is having a tailgate party. Details from Eileen as follows: 

This event will stream to EHD Facebook page and YouTube channel on Wednesday, November 10 at 9:00 Pac/12:00 ET/5:00 UK. In attendance will be 3 retailers and 6 Sizzix employees from US and UK and me. They will each be creating their version of the Vintage Truck on the Streamyard platform so you will see 10 people creating at one time. Viewers will be invited to craft along and there will be prizes, etc. After the event, anyone who posts a truck and uses the hashtag #eileenstailgateparty be entered to win the grand prize. It is going to be amazing! 

 I hope you can join us!! For now I will start the fun with a truck tutorial of my own. This did not take too much time & it is a great way to use that fabulous scrapbook paper we own. To start cut 2 trucks out of mat board & 4 trucks out of paper. I used 2 different snowy papers & cut each paper in both directions. 

The paper was adhered using UltraBond glue, scraped on with a stencil pal. The nice thing about this is, the glue is nice & strong but you have a few seconds to wiggle the paper into proper position. Make sure you spread the glue on a non stick mat so the paper is easy to peel up.

 

Once the paper was adhered down it was distressed with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. The white edges of the mat board were colored with distress marker. The middle of the truck piece was cut out of mat board & for some unknown reason (I like making things difficult) strips of paper were used to cover it. It would be easier to just cut one piece but I like that the paper fits really well into the bed of the truck. 

To make things easier for you to follow, Eileen made a video with some samples & how to put the truck together. The explanation of the die & piecing of the truck is at the 6:55 mark.

I wanted snowflakes for the wheels & used Eileen's die for that, then cut some of the branches off. The left overs would make great branches or leaves too. 

 

I followed the video that Eileen made to put my truck together. Love it so far!

I tested some Distress Stain & Mica colors to see what I would like to use. These tags just have this most amazing shimmer & vibrancy. The colors & links are listed below.

Once I had an idea of the colors I wanted it was time to ink up the tree. The base was taped down with purple tape which helped hold the tree in place. The spray was sprayed in a controlled fashion to get the striped look. So cool. Once dry a bit of random collage medium was put across the front side with my finger. Distress Glitter was sprinkled on to add a bit of shine. 

This is just so pretty!!! The best part is you can color the tree to fit your project. 

Time for the embellishments! Using the Winters Tale Chipboard pack and some foam squares to layer the pieces. These images are just gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope to see you over in the Eileen Hull Fan Club. Have a great day!!

Supplies:

• Eileen Hull Vintage Truck & Wreath/Snowflake set by Sizzix 
•  Mat Board
•  Redline Tape  by Therm*O*Web 
• UltraBond  "            "
• Stencil Pal "            "
  
• Foam Squares  "      "
• Purple Tape  "         "
  
• Tim Holtz Distress Stain (Faded Jean, Broken China, Prize Ribbon & Villainous Potion) Mica Stain (Snow Flurries & Frosted Juniper).  
• Tim Holtz Ideology Tree & Tiny Lights
  
• Collage Medium & Peacock Feather Glitter. 
  
• Stamperia Paper & chipboard Winters Tale