Old dies, fresh ideas

This month Art with Heart and Eileen Hull invites you to share your Fresh Ideas and win brand new Oven die from Vintage Kitchen release. As an Inspiration Team Member I would like to share my Fresh Idea : tool box from Eileen Hull Suitcase Sizzix die

to create the box first of all I started with cutting 6 suitcases (you'll need just 2 "tops" of the die cut), before putting them together I distressed the inside of the boxes with Sepia Archival ink and Tea Die distress ink.

 

for the opening mechanism I cut some border strips from clear plastic using Eileen Hull's Borders and Hydrangeas die and colored them with Caramel Alcohol Ink (for the particular project I needed 4)

I marked where the first and the last hole of the strip must be punched, according to the holes we already have on the suitcases (stack the 3 dies one upon the other, place the strip in a manner that it connects and overlays the opposite top and bottom holes, mark the holes of the suitcases on a strip) and then connected the top inner corner with the bottom outer one, as for the middle hole, it is better to be marked when the strip is placed and well adjusted to the suitcases.Cut off the excess

for the finishing touch, cut a strip of mat board and scored it in way like it "hugs" the whole construction. On the top of it I adhered the "closure" parts of a suitcase die

I also added chain, to connect the middle shelf with the bottom in order to prevent it from rotating

 

  

Thank you for stopping by and be sure to visit Eileen Hull's page for more inspiration from the talented Inspiration Team members ^.^

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Creative chemistry day 4

I'm skipping the day 3 tags for now (not all ready yet ^.^), and moving on to day 4 which is all about alcohol inks. And once again so many amazing techniques, so many ideas spinning around in my head...so busy, busy day. As always I mixed few techniques together to achieve more complete look of the tags

 Also while I was playing with alcohol inks, I discovered that you can achieve some amazing backgrounds by simply removing all the ink from the glossy cardstock with blending solutions ^.^ (all you left with is the color that was absorbed by the cardstock) the results are pretty amazing, you might wanna try it. And of course I instantly grabbed the opportunity to create a card from this new "discovery"

   Thank you for stopping by ^.^ Have a nice weekend