Halloween Wreath for the Eileen Hull Sizzix Vintage Blog Hop

Modern Surrealist is pleased to join the Sizzix™ Fresh Vintage blog hop in honoring the launch of an exciting new line of dies designed by craft designer and friend Eileen Hull! When offered the opportunity to participate, I jumped at the chance to support Eileen because she has been very generous of her time by participating in many of the creative events I’ve coordinated for Westcott Brand including The Marine Theme Save Our Seas Benefit, The Designers Mixed Media Showcase for Charity Wings at CHA, and our most recent October Blog Hop for Breast Cancer Awareness! Thanks to Eileen for being such a supportive friend, guide and inspiration over the years!

The other reason I joined this blog hop is simply because I LOVE crafting with the Sizzix™ range of easy manual die cutters! They are a crafter’s dream allowing you to make clever projects in an instant out of basic materials found in your studio! To show off Eileen’s great new 3-D Wrapped Flower Die I designed this fun seasonal wreath that incorporates many of my absolute favorite crafting materials! I had such a great time working on this colorful, whimsical and best of all… SUPER EASY project! I started with a Make It Fun™ wreath and forms that I covered in the Duck Brand™ Duct Tape and fabric. As always, it was super easy to cut the Duck Tape™ with my Westcott Brand™ Titanium Bonded Non Stick Scissors! I made the flowers by using Eileen’s beautifully versatile 3-D Wrapped Flowers die to cut the fabric. In the process, I realized this genius die designed by Eileen Hull for Sizzix™ is perfect for cutting pieces of fabric (and other materials) that can be arranged and layered in a multitude of creative ways! In the center of the flowers I featured some really cool customizable settings by Epiphany Crafts™ a supporting manufacturer and showcased a cute monster theme paper by Grant Studios™ in the bubble setting centers. I really enjoyed using the Epiphany Crafts™ EC Shapes Studio system too! I look forward to featuring the pieces that were left over in additional future projects! To bring the whole piece together, I added a glow in the dark cobweb design in the center with Glow in the Dark Hot Glue by Adhesive Technologies







To see all of the projects made by the designers simply click “next” on the Sizzix™ Fresh Vintage logo in the upper left to easily hop from blog to inspiring blog! There is also a great giveaway in honor of this exciting new product launch that you can enter by commenting on the OhMyCrafts blog!

Thanks again to Eileen for involving me in this fun collaboration! We are all very proud of your continued success with your licensed line of dies for Sizzix™! They are all so amazing and we can’t wait to see what you come up with next!!!

Here is the complete list of all the items I used to make this project:

Tools:

Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutter

Sizzix Bigz™ Die Flower, 3-D Wrapped by Eileen Hull

Epiphany Crafts™ EC Shape Studio Tool™ For use with EC Bubble Caps Round 14

Westcott™ Titanium Bonded Non-Stick 8” Scissors

Westcott™ Titanium Bonded Non-Stick 5” Scissors

Ad tech™ Hi Temp™ Glue Gun Mini Size

DecoArt® TRADITIONS™ Flat  #6 Brush

DecoArt® TRADITIONS™ Flat  #1 Brush

Hot Glue Helpers by PLAID™

VersaSpin 360 with Grabbers

Materials:

Epiphany Crafts™ EC Vintage Settings Clubhouse Round 14

Epiphany Crafts™ EC Settings Round 14 Silver

Epiphany Crafts™ EC Shape Studio™ Bubble Caps

STYROFOAM™ Brand From 16” Wreath Ring in White

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam Make it: Fun™ Cone 2/PKG

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam Make it: Fun™ Ball Assortment Value Pack

Grant Studios Archival Paper in Little Monsters by Grace Taylor

DecoArt® Craft Twinkles Writer® Glitter Paint in Fuchsia

Ad tech™ Multi Temp™ Mini Size™ Glow in the Dark™ Glue Sticks

Ad tech™ Mini Size™ Hi Temp™ Glue Sticks

folkArt® EXTREME Glitter™ by PLAID™ in Purple

folkArt® EXTREME Glitter™ by PLAID™ in Black

folkArt® EXTREME Glitter™ by PLAID™ in Hologram

folkArt® EXTREME Glitter™ by PLAID™ in Gold

folkArt® EXTREME Glitter™ by PLAID™ in Orange

Duck® Brand Color™ Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape in Purple

Duck® Brand Color™ Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape in Black

Duck® Brand Color™ Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape in Orange

Duck® Brand Color™ Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape in Yellow

Duck® Brand Color™ Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape Sheets in Black

Duck® Brand Color™ Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape Sheets in White

Marvy® Uchida Duct Tape Paint Marker in Purple and Black

Original Buffalo Snow® HI-LITES

Wrights® Purple Stretch Sequin Trim

Fabric List: Tulle, Crushed Velvet, Cotton & Rayon 

 

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