This week has been a blur. As I get ready for the big CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) Show starting next Saturday, I am feeling overwhelmed, excited and nervous. I am displaying my work in the License & Design Section. This is a place where artists and designers set up their work and hopefully attract the interest of manufacturers looking for the latest and greatest new thing. I don’t know why but it seems that all of my best ideas come to me at the last minute. Anyone else out there feeling my pain?
The one thing that I feel really good about is my new line of Sizzix dies that will be debuting at the show! The collection is called Fresh Vintage and the dies were designed to be used with paper and lots of other materials. I’m talking recycled cereal boxes, tissue paper, vinyl scraps, leather, fun foam, coffee filters, glitter chipboard, felt, fleece, bubble wrap, you name it. Here’s pic of one of the new ScoreBoards- a vintage suitcase that can be used to hold treasures, jewelry, a small gift or whatever you decide. The dies will be shipping in May. Will try to post from the show!
Best of luck, Eileen! I know you’ll knock their socks off. Your die cuts are always wonderful.
I’m accumulating quite a collection.
I can hardly wait to see the booth with all your new dies and samples! See you at the show!
This is inspired. I want to learn how to make your flowers…I love them.
love the new suitcase die and bought it but having trouble with the cutting. It seems like whatever paper or chipboard used and even with crease pads the cut is too deep and messes the die up in the where the fold lines it cuts all the way through wasting paper and not being able to assemble since it is cut, any suggestions?
CBS- thanks for buying the suitcase die! It sounds like you are cutting paper. This is a ScoreBoard die which is meant to be used with heavier materials like matboard or heavy chipboard. That’s why the scoring lines are cutting. On the heavier board it scores halfway so you can bend it.I suggest you try it with matboard- let me know how it goes OK? Thanks for your comments. LMK if you have any other questions 🙂