Saturday Showcase - Eileen Hull Designs Sizzix Scoreboards Die 'Teacup, 3D & Spoon'

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials and products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you. Following the official launch of the new Sizzix Chapter 4 dies this week today's spotlight falls on one of them, Eileen Hull's 'Teacup, 3D & Spoon' Scoreboards L Die. Both this and Eileen's second new die, 'Box, Post' Scoreboards XL Die are available now from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

In the UK teacups are something of a national institution - we love a good 'cuppa' especially from a vintage teacup, traditionally decorated with floral patterns. So for this showcase I've created three of Eileen's new teacups in this vintage style that could be used to hold gifts like special teabags and maybe some cookies (biscuits).

Let's start by looking at what you get as part of the 'Teacup, 3D & Spoon' Die; below are the various shapes that can be cut with just one pass of the die, in this case cut from sturdy mount board.

In order to make a teacup like the ones shown at the beginning you'll need to cut two cup pieces and a supporting piece for the middle. I painted mine with white gesso before adding the decoration.

For the first teacup I stamped the image from Wendy Vecchi's 'Bouquet' Stamp It Stencil It set using Archival Ink on the front of one cup and the back of the second, colouring the flowers and petals with Seth Apter's Izink Pigment Inks.

To create a 'gilded' border around the top and bottom of the teacup, so often seen on traditional patterns, I took a spare teacup shape and used it as a template to draw a line about 1/4 inch from the top rim and up from the bottom rim with a gold pen. I then coloured above the top line and below the bottom line with the 'Cotton Candy' Izink Pigment Ink.

After embossing the stamped sides of both teacups with Eileen Hull's 'Glistening Glass' Molten Dimensions Embossing Powder I glued the pre-scored supporting piece in place at the bottom of the first cup as shown below. When set I glued the second cup to the other side of the supporting piece.

Moving on to the second cup I went with a very traditional blue and white look. Once again I used a spare teacup to mark a 1/4 inch border at the top and bottom of each cup, masking these areas off with washi tape before stamping them in blue Archival Ink with the image from Wendy Vecchi's 'Garden Fresh' Stamp it Stencil It set.

After drawing over the lines with a gold pen I embossing the stamped sides of both teacups with Eileen Hull's 'Glistening Glass' Molten Dimensions Embossing Powder I glued the pre-scored supporting piece in place at the bottom of the cup pieces as shown already. 

For the third cup I drew on the borders again and stamped the image from Wendy Vecchi's 'Rose' Stamp It Stencil It set with light grey Archival Ink using a stamping platform. This time I painted around the rose with 'Turquoise' Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint and painted the rose itself with 'Gilt' Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint. The rose was then over stamped with black Archival Ink and the border lines re-traced with a gold pen.

Once again I embossing the stamped sides of both teacups with Eileen Hull's 'Glistening Glass' Molten Dimensions Embossing Powder I glued the pre-scored supporting piece in place at the bottom of the cup pieces.

The matching teaspoon for the first cup was covered with white gesso like the teacups and then I drew lines with the gold pen, filling in the spoon bowl shape with the 'Cotton Candy' Seth Apter Izink Pigment Ink. I then clear embossed the spoon as before.

The second teaspoon was embossed with Eileen Hull's 'Golden Rod' Molten Dimensions Embossing Powder. Once heated until molten I pressed the 'Garden Fresh' stamp onto the handle to create the patterning seen below.

After covering the third teaspoon with white gesso I painted the handle with the 'Turquoise' Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint, drawing borders at the top and bottom with the gold pen. The handle was then embossed with an embossing folder and I coloured the raised pattern with a black pen before clear embossing the whole spoon like the first one.

Finally I used one of the teabag die cut shapes, cutting out the joining part and gluing the two main pieces together with some string between before painting it with 'Sand' Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint. The thank you words and little dots come from the Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stamp/Die/Stencil Set - 'Thank You'.

So with all the steps complete here are the finished teacups;

Thanks for visiting to catch today's Saturday Showcase tutorial featuring Eileen Hull's new 'Teacup, 3D & Spoon' Die.

There's still time to enter the current Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog challenge 'Fall Foliage' to be in with the chance of being a Guest Designer here. We look forward to seeing your amazing creations.

Jenny

Products used to create this junk journal are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed/linked below.

Eileen Hull's 'Teacup, 3D & Spoon' Scoreboards L Die

Eileen Hull Molten Dimension Embossing Powders by Emerald Creek Crafts

Wendy Vecchi's 'Bouquet' Stamp It Stencil It Set

Wendy Vecchi's 'Garden Fresh' Stamp it Stencil It Set 

Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stamp/Die/Stencil Set - 'Thank You'

Seth Apter Izink Pigment Inks by Aladine

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paints and Gessos

Saturday Showcase - Petite Petals Die by Emily Tootle for Sizzix

It is Cec here and I am presenting the Saturday Showcase today.  I received a couple of new die sets from Linda and I decided to use the Petite Petals set by Emily Tootle to create some Artist Trading Cards (ATCs).

For my substrates, I used three old playing cards.  Playing cards are the perfect size for an ATC - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" and they are a decent weight.  I started by gluing old book paper to both sides of each card.  I always glue one side first and trim the excess book paper away and then cover the second side.

I will show photos of the background for this first one and then describe how I created the others so this post isn't too long.

I started by covering both sides with a light coat of White Gesso (Dina Wakley) and then added some Thundercloud and Atlantis IZink Pigment Ink (Seth Apter).

Some stenciling was added using Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger) and a Reverse Chicken Wire stencil

More stenciling was added with a Checkmate stencil (Wendy Vecchi) and Cornflower Blue Archival Ink (Wendy Vecchi).

Next I used a stencil from my stash and Distress Texture Paste Crackle (Tim Holtz) to add more interest. Originally I planned to make the emebellishments a different colour so when I chose the black and cream paper, I had to go back in and use a teeny paint brush with some Sand Acrylic Paint (Dina Wakley) to change the colour of the texture paste.

Here is how all the floral embellishments were created - more recycling. This time I grabbed the box where I keep all the leftover bits and pieces of patterned paper and used some of the dies from the set.

The black and cream paper for the Petite Petals on this first ATC is from a collection called Mon Amour (Graphic 45). I also added a Chitchat sticker that I inked with some Cornflower Blue Acrylic Ink.

For this ATC, I did not add any Gesso to the old book paper, I put a little Lemon, Tangerine and Sedona Acrylic Paint (Dina Wakley) on my kraft sheet, watered it down and then dragged the card through the paint puddles. One side was dried with my heat gun before I repeated the process for the second side.

Next I added some Olive Drab IZink Pigment Ink (Seth Apter to each side. When everything was dry, I loosely dry brushed some Aloe Acrylic Paint on each side. Finally I used Coffee Archival Ink (Ranger) to add some random stenciling through the Burlap stencil (Tim Holtz) and to ink the edges of the card.

Finally I added the Petite Petals from the photo above and another Chitchat sticker. The sticker and the flowers were inked with Wild Honey Distress Ink.

For my final ATC I covered both sides with some White Gesso and then painted it with Carnation Acrylic Paint (Dina Wakley). Thistle Archival Ink (Wendy Vecchi) was used with an old cross hatch stamp wo add some markings. This was followed with some of the Distress Texture Paste Crackle through the Checkmate stencil. Watering Can Archival Ink (Wendy Vecchi) and a Harlequin stencil (Tim Holtz) were used to add more markings.

The stem was cut from a scrap of grey card stock using the Garden Greens die (Tim Holtz). The Petite Petals flowers were cut from a Maja Designs collection called Vintage Autumn Basics and were inked with Thistle Archival Ink, which was also used to ink the edges of the Chitchat sticker and the card itself. The leaves were inked with Peeled Pain Distress Ink (Tim Holtz).

Note to self:  Try aiming for the centre when you add the centres to the flowers. 😂😂

ATCs are super fun to make and with these Petite Petals, you can easily create some very special floral ones.  I encourage you to pop over to the shop and purchase this super versatile die set.

Supplies List:

Emily Tootle Petite Petals Die Set for Sizzix
Dina Wakley White Gesso
Tim Holtz Distress Texture Paste Crackle
Seth Apter IZink Pigment Inks (Thundercloud, Atlantis, Olive Drab)
Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints (Lemon, Tangerine, Sedona, Carnation, Sand, Aloe)
Tim Holtz Stencils (Bubble, Harlequin)
Wendy Vecchi Stencils (Checkmate)
Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks (Watering Can, Cornflower Blue, Thistle)
Ranger Archival Inks (Jet Black, Coffee)
Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Wild Honey)
Scor Tape
Tim Holtz Chitchat Idea-ology Stickers
Playing Cards
Old Book Paper
Scraps of Patterned Paper

Saturday Showcase - Seth Apter Izink ICE and Pigment Inks by Aladine

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials and products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you. This time the focus falls on Seth Apter's Izink ICE and Pigment Inks by Aladine which can be purchased individually or handily in bundles.

Having recently obtained a set each of the Izink ICE gels and Pigment Inks I am having a lot of fun experimenting with them. Today I'm sharing a tutorial for creating four different 'backgrounds' that were made on A5 sized pieces of mixed media card (that's roughly 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches in the US).

On the first piece of card I applied Whiskey Frost Izink ICE through the Finnabair Prima 'Floral Net' stencil - I found using an old membership card worked well to do this. Allowing the ICE to air dry seems to work better than using a heat tool which can make the surface bubble a little.

On the second piece of card I spread more of the 'Whiskey Frost' ICE using a spatula this time, pulling away from the surface to create an uneven textured finish. Again I allowed this to air dry.

On the third piece of card I spread a thick layer of 'Cheddar' Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint. This can be dried with a heat tool but to be honest it dries that quickly anyway you probably won't need to.

I applied the same paint through another Finnabair Prima stencil, this time 'Oriental Wall', onto the fourth piece of card.

For the next stage I applied a little of the 'Whiskey Frost' Izink ICE onto the surface of the two painted backgrounds and some of the 'Cheddar' Paint onto the two ICE'd backgrounds.

From here on in I used the same Izink Pigment Inks onto all four backgrounds. To intensify the orange colour I added 'Roast Chestnut' Pigment Ink in patches to them. The method I've found best for this is to add a little to one area with the brush in the bottle, spread it around in lots of directions with a spatula and move on to the next area. Spreading with a spatula is not so easy on a more dimensional surface like the 'Floral Net' stencilled one so I opted for an old paint brush which was equally effective.

The next colour added in areas was 'Raspberry Beret' Pigment Ink. If you choose three places on each background and move out from those with each additional layer it seems to work well.

With all that warm colour I decided to contrast it with some 'Avalanche' Pigment Ink; yes, it is possible to layer white over all those darker shades! I also applied it through the 'Vintage Wallpaper' Finnabair Prima stencil using a small piece of sponge to dab the ink through the gaps.

With lighter areas now created I was able to add some other paler Pigment Ink shades,'Stratosphere' and 'Cotton Candy' (a favourite shade). I love how all these different ink colours layer beautifully over each other. It's key to allow each layer to dry before the next is applied but since the ink is so fast drying you don't even need a heat tool to help with this.

So now I had four backgrounds with subtle differences that needed enhancing individually. I started with the 'Floral Net' stencilled one, laying the stencil back over the existing pattern and applying a mix of 'Royal Gold' and 'Avalanche' Pigment Inks over the raised areas.

Next I tackled the piece which began with the 'Oriental Wall' stencilling. I'd made sure some of it remained visible as each of the ink layers were applied. Now it was time to re-enhance this by replacing the stencil over the card, applying a little 'Whiskey Frost' ICE with a sponge, then following it with some 'Avalanche' and 'Stratosphere' Pigment Inks.

Now for the piece that started with lots of 'Cheddar' paint and a little 'Whiskey Frost' over the top. With no real pattern to this one I went for 'Avalanche' and 'Royal Gold' Pigment Inks through the 'Vintage Wallpaper' stencil.

The final piece of card was the one more heavily textured with the 'Whiskey Frost' ICE. The paler inks had already started to highlight the texture and I enhanced this, first by warming up the colour with some more 'Whiskey Frost' ICE on a sponge and then with 'Avalanche' Pigment Ink. I splattered the 'Royal Gold' Pigment Ink over the top to finish.

Here are the four completed pieces, all with the same colour palette but each one with a different look. Click on the image to see them more closely;

I used a couple of the pieces to create collage style cards. The first one has a Tim Holtz 'Large Stems' flower embossed with Pam Bray's 'Peppermint' Rock Candy Embossing Powder by Emerald Creek Crafts. There's a lot of inbuilt texture and shine in this powder which was further highlighted by a little 'Gilt' Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint. The scrap of fabric was also dyed with the Pigment Inks (as shown in a previous tutorial HERE) and I used a little of the 'Stratosphere' and 'Royal Gold' Pigment Inks to enhance the smaller strip of paper. The words come from Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 stamp set 'Funky Flower Art'.

The second card was created in a similar way to the first with the Tim Holtz 'Large Stems' flower covered in a layer of 'Royal Gold' Pigment Ink before being embossed with Pam Bray's 'Butterscotch' Rock Candy Embossing Powder - this shade of the powder has more of a translucent look so needed a boost of complimentary colour underneath. The piece of 'lace' underneath the flower was cut from card painted with 'Heather' Dina Wakley Media Paint and had a dash of the 'Royal Gold' Pigment Ink added to it to make it shimmer. Again the words came from Wendy Vecchi's 'Funky Flower Art' set.

Thanks for visiting to catch today's Saturday Showcase tutorial - I hope you've enjoyed seeing some ideas for using Seth Apter's Izink ICE and Pigment Inks.

There's still time to enter the current Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog challenge 'Christmas Cards in July' to be in with the chance of being a Guest Designer here. We look forward to seeing your amazing creations.

Jenny

Products used to create this junk journal are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed/linked below.

Seth Apter Izink ICE and Pigment Inks
Prima Marketing Finnabair Stencils
Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz Large Die - Large Stems
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Crochet
Pam Bray Rock Candy Embossing Powders by Emerald Creek Crafts
Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint
Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Stamp Set - Funky Flower Art

Saturday Showcase - Seth Apter Izink Pigment and Izink Ice

It is Cec here with the Saturday Showcase this week and I am featuring a couple of the new Seth Apter products - Izink Pigment and Izink Ice.

I created a very tiny accordion book and used both products on each page but first I will show you a couple of panels I made when I was playing.

Using Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger), I stamped the big flower from the Funky Floral Art set (Wendy Vecchi) onto a piece of water colour card stock.  Then I painted the flower with three shades of the Izink Pigment - Olive Drab, Roast Chestnut and Burnt Orange.  To paint, I dabbed the little brush that comes in each bottle onto my kraft sheet and then dipped a paint brush in a bit of water, tapped some of the water off so the brush was not soaked and then the pigment before I started to paint.  It behaves very much like water colours.

For the second panel, I randomly dry brushed some Heather and then Magenta Acrylic Paint (Dina Wakley) on a piece of watercolour card stock and then sponged on some Elephant Acrylic Paint (Dina Wakley).  Next I added some stamping with Watering Can Archival Ink (Wendy Vecchi) and some stamps from an old Tim Holtz set #THMM101.

Using a palette knife I scraped some Freezia and Arctic Grape Izink Ice randomly over the panel.  When that was dry I used the palette knife with the Arctic Grape Ice through a Bubble stencil (Tim Holtz) to get some bright markings.  This will make a great background for some mixed media project in the future.

And now the little book.  I started by cutting one piece of water colour card stock 3 1/2" x 10 1/2" and a second piece 3 1/2" x 10".  Both pieces were scored every 2 1/2" on the long side and folded accordion style.  The leftover 1/2" strip on the longer piece was clipped to angle the ends and then adhered to one side of the shorter piece to make a continual accordion.

Fourteen pages were cut from water colour card stock.  Originally I was going to adhere them to a mat before I added them to the page so I cut them 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" but then I changed my mind about the mat so without a mat, I wish I had cut them 2 3/8" x 3 3/8".

I also cut two pieces for the covers that measured 2 5/8" x 3 5/8".

The next step was to dry brush Lemon, Tangerine and Sedona Acrylic Paint (Dina Wakley) on one side of each page and cover.  I use the cheap, almost ratty  paintbrushes that Seth likes to use (you know the kind that have a wooden handle, bristles that tend to shed and you can buy in a dollar store) because you get rough coverage, which is a look I love.

Once the paint was dry I splattered Olive Drab, Burnt Orange and Roast Chestnut Izink Pigment one at a time on each page, let it sit for a few seconds, spritzed it with water and then moved the pages around to let it run.  I dried the pages between each colour.  I also found that the longer I let it sit, the more it absorbed into the card stock and left darker spots of colour.  The water makes it quite translucent.

The next step was to do a lot of stamping with Jet Black Archival Ink using stamps from Ultimate Grunge, Leaf Prints, Nature's Wonder and the old set marked #THMM101 (Tim Holtz).  I found the stamping too harsh so I sponged over it very lightly with a mixture of White Gesso and Squeezed Orange Acrylic Paint (Dylusions).

The last step in decorating the pages was to scrape Izink Ice over each page and cover using a variety of colours (Freezia, Glacier Green, Greenland, Iced Tea and Iced Coffee) drying between each colour.  It is really difficult to see in the photos but the Ice gives a lovely sheen to the pages and because it is so translucent you can see what is beneath it.

If you add it to an unpainted surface, the colours pop and you can see where I overlapped the colours, you get interesting looks.  If you look closely at the piece on the right, the Iced Tea looks brown and even orange where it overlaps the Glacier Green but it looks mostly orange on the edges.  Even over all the paint and pigment on the books pages that I laid down first, the addition of the ICE provides some really interesting colour variety.

While I didn't do this you can use tools to make marks in the ICE while it is still wet to provide more texture to your project.

Now that everything was decorated and dry, it was time to make the book.  First I inked the edges of the long accordion strip with Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) as well as the edges of each individual folded section on both sides.  I dyed a piece of seam binding with some Rusty Hinge Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) and glued it to the back of one cover.  The edges of the covers and pages were inked with Vintage Photo DI.  Both covers were added to the end sections of the long strip and then the individual pages were mounted on the remaining sections.

A bronze leaf charm was tied to the end of one of the ties and then the ties were wound around the book and tied to create a closure for the book.

I hope you enjoyed this look at these two wonderful new products and will take a stab at trying them out.  By the way, if you are wondering why I chose this colour palette and the leaf stamps, it is because I am not enjoying 2020 and thought I would go back to the fall and maybe it would kick off a different outcome.  I know it is wishful thinking but I had to try 😂.

Supplies list with links to The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Seth Apter Izink Pigments
Seth Apter Izink ICE
Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint
DYLUSIONS PAINTS, SQUEEZED ORANGE DYP46035
Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black AIP31468
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo TIM19527
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Rusty Hinge TIM27157
Ryon Seam Binding
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Nature's Wonder
Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamp Set - Funky Flower Art SCS173
Tim Holtz Leaf Prints Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Ultimate Grunge Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Clear Stamp Set #THMM101
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Bubble THS002
Scor Tape
Leaf Charms
Bronze Jump Ring Set