It's the Holiday Season and Eileen Hull and her Design Team is excited to share another "Comfort & Joy" event with you throughout November. Join in the fun on the Eileen Hull Fan Club Facebook page.
I've created a napkin and cutlery holder set that is so useful for those holiday parties as well as a great hostess gift.
Along with Comfort and Joy, this month our theme is Sparkle and Shine so I've added some fun silverware handle embellishments. These are easy to make, just watch my video below.
YOu can see how the wax and mist brings out the details in the handles.
Eileen's Card Caddy is also the perfect size to hold cocktail napkins! To make the caddy I first adhered the design paper (Grahic 45's Winter Wonderland) to matboard and then diecut with Eileen's Card Caddy XL die.
After assembly, I embellished the Card Caddy with a mitten from Eileen's Mitten Box released a couple years ago. Then I added some pretty flowers and tucked in two of those fussy cut silverware handles that I made in the above video. They are the perfect touch for my floral cluster.
To go along with this napkin holder, I made a Geometric Box to hold cutlery again embellishing with a silverware handle.
Make several of these sets and decorate for the different seasons and holidays! Need a hostess gift? These would be appreciated by everyone.
I am loving this new Cork Roll Surfacez from Sizzix! It is a roll of paper backed cork 12" x 48" and can be used in many ways.
I decided to try it out using Eileen Hull's Full Size Journal by Sizzixcover with mixed media and I love the result!
When I make journals I always adhere my paper to the mat board before diecutting. So, when I made this, I adhered the cork paper to the matboard, then diecut and THEN I applied my mixed media. By doing it this way the paper could not warp as it sometimes like to do. As long as the paper is completely adhered to the matboard, it doesn't warp. I used adhesive sheets to ensure that every bit of paper is adhered.
Once the cover is diecut you can begin adding mixed media. I used acrylic paint and stencils to create my look. I have found that a dabber brush works best for applying paint through a stencil and be sure to dab the paint on rather than using strokes. I use a fairly dry paint brush when dabbing, otherwise the paint tends to run under the stencil.
I did both covers and then adhered some fun cutouts from Stamperia's Bauhaus Collection.
Back cover.
I used design paper on the inside covers.
I love this, I think it's my favorite project this year! Now I need to fill it up with art journal pages!
