Eileen Hull

Thanks for visiting! Today is the fourth hop- only one left in the series 🙁 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…

Welcome everyone, to the third of five Sizzix ScoreBoard blog hops. Every two weeks, we give you a sneak peek at one of the new dies from the soon-to-be-released Celebrations collection, so you can see lots of ways it may be used. I am very grateful to the talented designers who have taken the time to work with each one and make them look so good! This week the featured die is the Rectangle Box which measures 3 3/8″ x 1 3/4″ x 1 7/8, a great size for small treasures such as jewelry, pins, a gift card, or of course, chocolate. Please hop on down the list and see what everyone has done with their boxes!

Ann Butler
Candice Windham
Carla Schauer
Cindi Bisson
Einat Kessler
Jen Goode
Julie McGuffee
Karen Burniston
Laura Bray
Lisa Rojas
Lorine Mason
Madeline Arendt
Marisa Pawelko
Melony Bradley
Michelle Cummings
Niki Meiners
Roxi Phillips
Sandy Laipply
Sparkle Studio
Veronica Goff

IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT here or on any of the participating designers’ blogs, you may be randomly selected to win a ScoreBoard die, a $40 value. We love hearing your thoughts on what we have done- don’t be shy. On May 12, you will want to come back- we’re making cakes! Thanks for stopping by.

I heard that my friend Lisa was in the hospital last week. The funny thing is, if you met her, you would never know she constantly battles an ongoing condition. She always has a smile on her face and lives her life joyfully. I first met her a few years ago at CHA- she is a fellow designer and also a member of this hop! We all decided to go out for dinner one night. Everyone was in the mood for KFC and so about 8 of us piled in her little car and headed off for some finger lickin’ goodness. Every year we try and get together and hit our favorite spot for dinner together. So Lisa, this project is for you! Keep smiling, girlfriend…

Here’s how I made Lisa’s box.

You will need:
Sizzix Big Shot
ScoreBoard Rectangle Box die
Bigz 3D flower
ice blue matboard 6″ x 13″
old dictionary page
Krylon spray adhesive
ribbon
coordinating color paint chip
small leaf
Zip Dry Paper Glue
Melissa Frances crown
Clearsnap stamp pad
three brads

Instructions:
1. Adhere book page to matboard with spray adhesive. If you want to position words to be in a certain place, cut to fit before adhering. I used an old dictionary page with the word “friend” on it. The right side always faces down on a ScoreBoard die.
2. Assemble box. I used brads to attach the flap but you could also use ribbon or just red line tape.
3. Add embellishments. I tied a green/blue ribbon around the top of the lid and added a flower made from a Martha Stewart paint chip and glued it to a clover that was left over from a St. Patrick’s Day project. The crown was white and I rubbed it lightly with silver metallic ink for a little glitz. Had to have a crown- Lisa is the StampinQueen!
4. I used two strong magnets as closures. I put one under the flap and aligned the other one on the back side of the front panel.
5. Add get well wishes and some chocolate!

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Hope you enjoyed our hop today. Come back on May 12 and don’t forget to comment- you could win a die!