Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

Sizzix ScoreBoard Blog Hop: Cake Die

Thanks for visiting! Today is the fourth hop- only one left in the series šŸ™ I have had so much fun working with these talented designers to see what their crafty minds will think up next! Today we are looking at ways the ScoreBoard cake may be used. Our challenge this time was “My Favorite ___” and was suggested by Jen Goode (love this!). Each designer was to fill in the blank. To me, giving license to use my favorite things was freedom to create and have fun. As designers, we sometimes have to work within themes, seasons, and colors that may not be our “favorite”. Check out all of the links to the fabulous ScoreBoard designers and see if you can guess theirs. If you leave a comment here or on any of the partipating designers’ blogs, you may be selected as a “random commenter” and win a ScoreBoard die. Make sure to visit all of them!

Ann Butler
Bonnie Bruns
Candice Windham
Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Debra Quartermain- Sew Cute Cake Basket
Einat Kessler
Jen Goode Designs
Julie McGuffee- Life in the Craft Lane
Karen Burniston
Laura Bray
Lisa Rojas
Madeline Arendt- Just a thought or two
Marisa Pawelko- Modern Surrealist
Michelle Cummings
Niki Meiners
Roann Mathias Calligraphy
Sandy Laipply
Veronica Goff

First of all, I LOVE cake! I have added several fun elements to this project. The delicious colors of blue, green, pink, yellow, purple and white are very clean and fresh to me. The bumpy seersucker fabric gives a cool texture and dimension to the design. I love vintage sewing supplies so I added the zipper flowers using zippers I found at the thrift shop (love recycling) for five or ten cents a piece. This cake is FULL of my favorite things! The overall effect is cheerful, which is something I strive to be.

I am so excited to show you a brand new beading component just out from my friend, the amazingly talented Katie Hacker. She sent me some to play with and here’s what I came up with. I have not done a ton of beading but they are easy to use and very versatile. While working on this, lots more ideas for projects popped into my head, so stay tuned…

As usually happens when I am working on a project, it starts out looking one way in my head and by the time I am done, it has totally taken on a life of its own and all I can do is try to keep up! My original thought was that a bride could make these decked out as wedding cakes in their colors and styles and use the box to give the necklaces they had made for their bridesmaids to wear in the wedding. Which I suppose this could be…if you are a bride with a love of vintage sewing supplies and fabric…

You will need:

Sizzix Big Shot
ScoreBoard Cake die
2 pieces of 6″ x 13″ matboard (I used pink)
fabric strips to cover all pieces
spray adhesive
strong artist tape
trims (zippers, mini rickrack, flowers, stray pearls)
green rattail cording
Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon
Katiedids Creative Components
head pin
Tulip Crystals

Instructions:
1. Cover wrong side of matboard with spray adhesive and add fabric making sure to smooth down as you apply. Run matboard through Big Shot with right side facing die- this will be the scored side of the project. Remember, to cut out three cake sections in order to make sides of cake. I also cut out an extra cake top and bottom circle.
2. Assemble cake by taping all three sides together and forming into a cylinder. Take smaller circle piece with tabs and ease down into center of cake. You can add double sided tape, glue dots or glue to tabs but it’s a fairly tight fit and not really necessary. This can either be the top or bottom of the cake depending on intended use.
3. Add trims. I made some rolled zipper flowers which were a little tricky. I used my glue gun to hold them together. I added green rattail to cover the seam between the top and sides of cake and then a green zipper as a kind of frosting. Mini rickrack in pink and pink flowers were also added. For the flowers, I adhered a pearl center to some of the roses along with some green rickrack for leaves.
4. Place necklace on extra round piece and cut off tabs. Cut notches to allow cording to slip in. The cake top will fit right over the necklace display piece. Set small round piece on extra scalloped cake piece.

Necklace:
1. Cut a piece of green rattail cord to desired length for a necklace (it will go over your head).
2. Add headpin to top of the of circle Creative Component. Fill inside the circle with turquoise crystals and glue in.
3. Create a loop from the head pin to hold the cording of the necklace. Thread cording through loop. Center pendant and make two knots in cording to keep element in place. Knot both ends together as closure.

I hope you can stop by Cool2Craft on Monday, May 17 at noon EST where I will bring you a live glimpse from the National Stationery Show in NY!

Join us on May 26 for a look at all the things that may be done with the bow die! Thanks for hopping by…

Comments

  6. Mary says

    Hi Eileen, I love your cake, never thought of flower zippers. Will have to dig out my small stash. Looking at all of the gals designs, I loved the way people thought outside of the box. Thanks for letting me be part of your blog hop.

  7. Mary says

    Hi Eileen, I love your cake, never thought of flower zippers. Will have to dig out my small stash. Looking at all of the gals designs, I loved the way people thought outside of the box. Thanks for letting me be part of your blog hop.

  8. Korie says

    Eileen,
    This is just plain wonderful! I am so terribly sorry that I haven’t been able to play along for your second round of blog hops. The projects have been to die for!
    XOXO

  10. JGoode says

    This is soooo much fun! I love the fabric you’re using and the colors and the whole feel of the project. Happiness abounds!

  11. DUOLOSHANDMADECRAFTS&MORE says

    Eileen this is beautiful, creative and versatile, i can not wait all the ideas you have on your head made into beautiful craft, please keep us inspire and thank you for share your talentes with us…

  16. Yvonne says

    Oh my goodness!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!! looks like a Sizzix needs to be my next tool purchase for my studio!

  20. Madeline says

    Love what you did Eileen! The colors are great and clever idea with the zippers. Thanks for letting us have some fun.

  22. Cheryl says

    Love this Eileen! The zippers are a great idea. I was making a cake today for a sample and seeing all the different ideas is great inspiration.

  26. Thryth says

    Love the cake box die and all the various ideas in the blog hop. Everyone did a great job. I especially love your design, Eileen, I think it’s because of the adorable zipper roses, but also because the colors are so fresh and your workmanship is so clean.

  28. LollyChops says

    I adore this piece Eileen! The colors are right up my alley!

    Have a super weekend! I can hardly wait to get started on my bow project!

  29. B-Jo says

    visited the blog hop, all the sites, the flower from scrappin’ it was my fave, but wish she had a little better instruction, ah well, cute stuff, really like the bow die, the cake not so much, dunno why exactly… thanks for the ideas