Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop - Week 1 - My Dream House

Welcome to the LAUNCH of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog hop - Week 1 featuring the House Die by Eileen Hull!  I'm quite certain there is LOTS and lots of eye candy in store for you!!! 

I can NOT begin to tell you how much creative fun I had designing this house! Did you get a chance to read the "I might...what If I need that... post?" You might want to scroll down and read that first, because it will make a whole lot more sense after reading this...

It's a rare occassion that I get the chance to create without limitations, so, I really looked at this as a challenge for myself to see what I would do with no holes barred.  I said to myself- "self.... use as much mixed media as I can, but dont use a paint brush".  Which really fits me because I am a messy creative person.  I love to get my hands and fingers dirty - guess I really pour myself into my work.
The other rule was....there was no rules....I would...because I can!

I had the old cheese box sitting there for ages in hopes of it migrating it's way (by itself mind you) to some prominent part of the house...or some shelf...or somewhere...but It didnt and it sat there....

If you looked at my bookshelf you would also discover that I have LOADS and I mean LOADS of craft magazines from all different titles and styles sitting on my shelf.  Apparently I thought these would just magically jump in my lap when I sat down on the couch to relax...they didnt.....

So yesterday....with lots of thought....and looking at stuff that just sits there and clutters up my life....I decided to give some of it a little more prominence and ressurect it to a place of usefulness.....and so I did........

What I did was take the cheese box off the shelf and paint it...and ink it.........and said..."Little cheese box...you will become the foundation of this project..." ...and so it did....it's now happy :o).

And magazines...who lay bunched up together...squished....full of claustrophobia....I pulled them out...and I found one of my favorites...a past issue of Legacy...and I thought...dare I?  ...I dared!....  I ripped pages out of it..cut up letters...tore...inked....and said..."thank you legacy...you have been given new life...and you will no longer sit on my shelf ...helpless..."...   I dared....I tore...I inked...I refreshed my soul.....

And so now you get the thought process that I had going in my mind....what could I repurpose...give new life to...express myself...

I painted paper with my fingers...I inked and stamped...I made scratch marks with toothpicks, painted with cotton swabs, inked with my fingers.....and just had a messy FAB time.

Mine is a dream house.....The roof opens on one side (the side with the girls face) and you can write your dreams down...and tuck them away inside....sometimes dreams change...thus why the roof opens....




You have to put alot of "heart and soul" into your dreams and you have to MAKE IT HAPPEN...yep...it's up to you...no one else...those little magazines are not gonna jump off the shelf unless YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN...



Time flew by really fast as I escaped into my creative journey....thus the time piece.  It's also a reminder that it takes time to create...it also takes time to make your dreams happen....not to mention a lot of hard work..



There are words about travel and places I want to see.....basically...I want to see it all....from the tallest monument..to the tiniest creature.... and do do all this you have to be.....




Then I want to come home to a nice little cottage tucked in the woods and create.....

I'll be featuring this as a class....I re-discovered so many techniques...discovered a few new ones...but most of all this class will feature unleashing your inner creativity...even if you don't think you have one....

Here's the basis of the project...
Sizzix Big Shot Pro Die Cutting Machine


Sizzix 12 x 12 white matboard

#656836 Sizzix Scoreboard Pro Die: 3D House by designer Eileen Hull
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