Fall Flashback Ideas

Changing seasons bring new and old decorations out! Sharing some of them here with you to to consider your crafting hands making.  If you are lucky to have Sizzix tools available you have a great head start.

This banner is perfect for the entire Fall season and easy to hang almost anywhere to catch the eye.  It's made using felt and fabric panels with the perfect flower of the season adorning the center of each.

This project was made using felt, fabric and assorted types of paper. The entire project can be made using papers of course.  I like the variety that other materials can give to a project. 

Materials Used:

Felt 

Fabric

Assorted cardstock (greens, brown yellows, orange, rust)

Flat ribbon or cording

Glue

Inks

DIes:

Card Caddy (#665981)

Sunflower (#666045)

Card Panel, thin-lit (#666534)

Skelton Leaves (#663094)

Holiday Greens, pine branch (#658759)

Process

• Two base flags can be cut from the card caddy die. Refer to photo to show where to cut to form two flags.
• The card panel can be trimmed slightly on the two side edges to make a bit of framing. Refer to photo.
• Cut the base flags from felt. NOTE: These can also be made from papers if desired. Cut as many base flags that you'd like for the banner. 
• Cut fabric with card panel thinlit die for each of the base flags. NOTE: If using fabric, it's best to stiffen it with either a faric stiffner or using some forn of interfacing, the fabric will cut better. If using paper, not need to worry.
• Cut 2-3 of the smaller sunflower petals for each flower.
• Cut 2 of the sunflower leaves for each.
• Cut 1 sunflower center for each. 
• Cut 2 of each other leave die or pine branches for each. 
• Shape the sunflower petals  for added dimension. Add ink if desired for shading.
• Add white and/or black dots to the brown centers for added dimension if desired. 
• Glue card panel shape to the felt base flags.
• Arrange the sunflowers and greenery onto fabric panels and glue all pieces into place.
• Finish by glueing each flag onto a flat ribbon for hanging.
• Hang your new decoration!

For reference on what to cut and trim -

For other ideas refer to this older post - Halloween Treats Without Calories 

Link:https://madelinesthoughts.blogspot.com/2023/10/halloween-treats-without-calories.html

Top Three Picks Of The Year

To end the year 2022 with the task of choosing my three favorites of projects, made with the Eileen Hull Designs designs ... the questions is HOW?  My answer ... not easy!

Looking through photos of the projects I found that it wasn't always the projets that made it stand out to me but in many cases it was the process. For me, at least, it an also be about the material chosen and/or the process used to end up happy with the finished project! 

Starting out with a fabulous base design can to the success and that's what we get with the designs from Eileen!

This year gave us wonderful bases to work with.  There is the Geometric Box, the Sunflower Skinny Mini Book Box, the Skinny Mini elements thinlit, the Card Caddy, the Shadowbox Frame set and elements, the Book Box die, the Snail Mail thinlit and embossing folders with each chapter release.

What I enjoyed most is the using them all together in a number of different ways. Also trying various materials to create interesting projects with these 2022 designs. 

The three picks I made are these.  The first is a white-on-white container made with the Geometric Box.

The second is a fabric covered journal made with the Book Box die.  Fabric was printed using a gel plate.

 

The third was was a triple dimension scene with the Shadow Box frame die and other Sizzix dies.

                               

  Some of the other projects created with the 2022 Eileen HullSizzix dies through the year.