Friday, February 27, 2015

Not Your Ordinary Block!



We are thrilled to bring you a blog hop today with more amazing artist trading block projects! Our designers have created some fabulous projects for today and we know you are excited to see them.  Here's my project for today's hop:







Here's what I used to create this ATB:

Archival Ink™ Pads in Coffee, Sap Green and Aquamarine
Memento Ink™ Pad in Teal Zeal
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap
Scor-Tape™
Copic® Markers: E23, 41, 42; BG00, 01; W1, 4, 7
Faber-Castell® PITT Pens in Raw Umber, Warm Grey III and Cobalt Green
Build UR Beads Wooden Beads
Bronze Tulle
White Feather

I loved creating my projects for yesterday and today.  Yes, I did some thinking outside the box and in the box and all around the box!  This was a truly fun collaboration.  

Here are today’s participating designers:

Lea Kimmel (me)


PRIZE INFO:

We know this form of crafting will spark your interest and give your mojo a serious boost! That’s why we have prizes!!!  We’ll choose three winners at random from the comments on all blogs in the hop. Then from those three we’ll randomly pick a GRAND PRIZE winner! Two of the winners will receive Stampendous PenPattern Petal and PenPattern Flutter cling stamps, just like you’ll see on Kristine Reynolds amazing ATB sample. They’ll also receive enough pre-cut, premium matboard from Sizzix to make two boxes of your own, plus some extra pieces for fiddly bits! The Grand Prize winner will receive the stamps as above, a whole package of matboard, AND the Sizzix die to cut your own ATB boxes! Uh, WOW! If that weren’t enough, eligibility for these amazing prize packages has expanded to include our international fans too!



We know you won’t want to miss a single creation in this hop, and the Eileen Hull Designs Inspiration Team has several members that live outside the United States, so it took a while for them to get their products from us. We need to give them time to post and you time to comment, so the comment deadline will be Sunday, March 8th. A whole extra week! We will continue posting links as we receive them from the Inspiration Team, so be sure to keep checking back. You get one entry for every comment, so you don’t want to miss the chance to leave a thoughtful comment on each project. For those who tend to get lost, we’ll post a “cumulative” link list of links so far on Saturday, February 28th and Saturday, March 7th. Then you can check your progress.

We want to thank Eileen Hull, her amazing team and the fabulous products we were able to use this week. The idea of creating an artist trading block has changed our way of creating with new excitement. Even though we traditionally end our product partner weeks on a Friday the inspiration will continue as more projects come in and will be posted in a cumulative list at the end of each week.  Down below I have a list of links you may find helpful.  Thanks so much for stopping by on your crafty travels!  I hope you enjoy the hop, we've all enjoyed creating our projects for your inspiration.  Have a wonderful day and a fabulous weekend!

Hugs,
Lea

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35 comments:

  1. Can I come live in your brain for a day? This is absolutely spectacular! I am in love with this!! It would look amazing sitting on a shelf to remind us that ES Spring WILL be here soon!! TFS!!

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    1. Barb, trust me, you do not want to spend a day in my brain! All sorts of craziness up there and the wheels are constantly turning! LOL! It would wear you out! Glad you like my project, I had fun creating it!

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  2. Beautiful and serene box with a message!

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  3. Oh WOW! I love anything with birds on it. My favorite block of all I've seen so far this week.

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  4. STUNNING!!! A little piece of spring time just floated into my living room with this absolutely amazing creation!! Love everything you have done here...pinned it!! :)

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  5. Wow, great design here!
    Love how you left it open
    for the nest.
    Carla from Utah

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  6. This is fabulous! I love this little bit of Spring you created. Great way to chase away the winter blues! Thanks for a chance at the drawing

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  7. Lea! Is that a set of real eggs! Oh my I just love your designs with these stamps and now on as an trading block it's more amazing! Thank you for your genius designs for the collaboration this week!

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    1. Those are real eggs! They were stuck to the inside of the nest when I found it in my backyard.

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  8. GORGEOUS colors and layout and, of course the centerpiece is fab!

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  9. Wow, wow, wow!!! That is completely stunning! I love the nest & eggs & the actual ATB is just gorgeous

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  10. That is just sweet! I love the feathery look of the bow, too.

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  11. Birdie in a nesting box!Love it!Very clever atc box usage!

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  12. wOOwzers Lea! Great minds think alike! LOL. We both had Steampunky vibe in our first ATBs and now the bird's nests! Except you just blew mine up completely with your real nest and those tiny real eggs! You really rocked it girl - I loooove it!

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  13. So pretty - love the fluffy looking bird and the nest
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  14. Such a cute box! I love the nesting bird!

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  15. This is so cool. So creative and I love the stamping and coloring on the outside of the box. Awesome!

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  16. Wow, this is an amazing box! I love that you kept it open and that nest is awesome! I love the colors and all the feathers stamped onto it. Those are real eggs?! Amazing!

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  17. Very cool--love the nature theme.

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  18. Oh, how precious! Love the little birdie at the top too.

    Hugs,
    Snoopy :D

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  19. Loving the Back to Nature LOOK!!!
    It would fit right in with my Collection of Bird things!!!

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  20. So gorgeous! I wish this is what the prize for the drawing is. It's beautiful!

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  21. So creative, love it! Creative blessings, Tracy x

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  22. Beautiful. Love the bird in his nest. The big feathers (real and stamped) are so pretty.
    thanks for sharing a wonderful box.

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  23. I love the way you showcased the simple beauty of the nest and eggs. It is so pretty.

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  24. Beautiful. Looks like spring. Reminds me of fetching the bird's nest when they were empty. You could always remember the color of the pretty birds.

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  25. Gorgeous box! Wish we had some Spring in the Chicago area.

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  26. Wow! Spring is what comes to mind right after beautiful!

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  27. What a lovely project! The bird and the nest and the other images are simply wonderful on here. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  28. Love your ATC. It definitely leaves me longing for spring.

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  29. Amazing project. I love the color. TFS

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