Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Fairy Tale Cottage: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop

Hello and welcome! The Eileen Hull Inspiration Team is having a blog hop this week together with Stampendous. Don't miss all the inspiration, and there are prizes to be won too. This is day two of the hop. 



I made a little fairy tale/Hobbit house:

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
I love to make little houses, something that you might already know. The stamps we got from Stampendous are adorable and can be used to build houses. Instead of using them with the dies that come with the stamps, I made a circular house with Eileen's Embroidery Hoop die, which gives a great size circle (3.6 in in diameter). I was planning to make sort of a Hobbit house, even though my son reminded me that it should have had a circular door too, in order to really qualify as a Hobbit house, and it should have been a part of a hill. He did guess that it was a Hobbit house though, so I wasn't all wrong. 

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
Here you can see the cute Cottage Home stamp set that we got, and I also used Eileen's Embroidery Hoop and Make-It-3D dies. 

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
Start by die cutting two circles with the Embroidery Hoop die. I love dies that are versatile and when I used the Embroidery Hoop for another tutorial, I thought that the inside circle was very useful and planned to use it for something else. Since it is a Bigz die it can cut though thick material. I worked with mat board, which is my favourite surface for 3-D projects. To make my house 3-D, I used the clever Make-It-3D die, which comes with three different parts, so that it can fit different shapes. The one you see here works great for circles. Coat them with gesso.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
 For the house to stand without problems, I cut off a piece at the base.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
Paint the parts with Picket Fence and Pumice Stone. I wanted a light coloured house, but you can of course use any colour. If your house is dark, you might want to white emboss the stamped details. so that they are clearly visible.

 Stamp the house with Jet Black ink. Don't reink the stamp for all the brick impressions.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
 I also stamped the windows and the door on a a left-over inky paper, and the step on grey paper.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
 Colour the house with Distress Paint using a fine paint brush.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
Assemble the house as shown here, using a strong adhesive. I used Ranger's Wonder Tape and also added some hot glue here and there - be careful not to burn yourself. You'll have to cut off a part of one of the 3-D pieces.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
I glued the doors, window shutters and just the top part of the step to the house and also added some rub-on words and a number. The step was adhered with a foam dot.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
It doesn't show well, but there is Glossy Accents on the flowers.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
I liked the look of the pink bricks. As with all my little houses, I wish I could stay in them for a little while.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
The little window stamps are so cute, and I like that there are two different ones on the Cottage Home set, so you can easily make a variety of houses.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
 The edges of the house were dry-brushed with Hickory Smoke Distress Paint.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
The fainter impression of some of the stamping adds texture to the background, and just a hint of bricks.

Layers of ink- Fairy Tale Cottage/Hobbit House tutorial by Anna-Karin: Eileen Hull and Stampendous Hop
The back of the house looks like this, with more rub-ons and three windows. If you don't want to make a 3-D project, this would look great as a circular card too.


Remember to hop along and comment on the participants' blogs, for your chance to win. Three lucky winners will win their choice of Cottage Home or Mushroom Home plus pre-cut mat board from the Sizzix Scoreboards Canister Die. Sponsored by Sizzix. Deadline to comment is February 28th and winners will be announced early next week. See Official Contest Rules for details.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Happy crafting!!

Anna-Karin

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39 comments:

  1. Lovely ..reminded me of story books from my childhood !

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  2. This is AMAZING! So darling and just love the round shape for the home. Thank you for sharing in the hop this week!

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  3. So adorable Anna-Karin, love how,you incorporated Eileen's die. Tracy x

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  4. Your little house is just so lovely Anna-Karin, I just love the shape! I would definitely like to stay there for a little while... Anne x

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  5. This is so cute. I love the colors.
    they look so vintage.
    I'll have to check out these dies.
    Making the little houses will be so much fun
    and will make great gifts.
    thanks for sharing.
    Illinois.

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  6. Oh Anna Karin I do so love your little cute circular house so delicately and tastefully stamped and painted. What a lovely project . Thanks for sharing and inspiring xx

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  7. Such a precious fairy house & brilliant idea! I was so WRONG on my guess that you used the Cookie Box Scoreboards die. The glossy accents is such a pretty added touch.♡

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  8. Wow, that is such a cool house. I love all the details.

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  9. Such a precious fairy house & brilliant idea! I was so WRONG on my guess that you used the Cookie Box Scoreboards die. The glossy accents is such a pretty added touch.♡

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  10. I love that you used the cookie box! That was a perfect choice! I love the soft colors you chose! Great project!

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  11. I love that you used the cookie box! That was a perfect choice! I love the soft colors you chose! Great project!

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  12. How clever to use the embroidery hoop die to create the darling house. Well done.

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  13. I always love seeing your little houses Anna-Karin - this little round hobbit house is just adorable - I too would love to spend a night there! Your stamping and painting are perfect - such a creative design! Julia xx

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  14. Absolutely adorable. I would love to sprinkle some of these throughout the house. It made me smile. thank you for great inspiration and tutorial.

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  15. Absolutely adorable. I would love to sprinkle some of these throughout the house. It made me smile. thank you for great inspiration and tutorial.

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  16. My comment got lost, I guess. I don't know much about Hobbit houses but this little house is adorable! I love the colors you used, it is just fantastic.

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  17. Cute--I like the soft colors and the shape.

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  18. This is so cute!!! I love the bricks showing through the plaster. I love this house you made. The coloring is fab.

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  19. This is so adorable! Reminds me of something I would see in Germany :)

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  20. LOVE your little cottage, Anna-Karin!! Can't help myself, I just love all little houses and cottages!!

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  21. Love the new Cottage House stamp and die set. And your round house is adorable!

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  22. So so cute. I love your house. The new Cottage House stamps and dies are darling!

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  23. This is Mayor Hobbit's house so, it has to look different and more stylish. His front door looks like it isn't closed all the way. That is a very cool coloring effect.

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  24. Awesome round house! Love the window and door stamps! So fun to create these different houses!

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  25. Wow your attention to detail makes it all come together.

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  26. your house is fabulous Anna-Karin! =)

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  27. OH MY GOD!! I LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE this!!! Definitely buying the Embroidery Hoop die!!! I am going to be making lots and lots of these! I love how you stamped it and think this would be lovely on a shelf!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!! I am totally in love with this!!

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  28. Love your cool hobbit house, both front and back!

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  29. What a sweet little Hobbit habitat! Great tutorial and I love the way you have added the random little windows and brick accents. Now all you need is to dream up some stories about the little characters living in it! :)

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  30. So cute - I can see why you would like to live in it for awhile!

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  31. I am so glad I checked your blog today. I MUST have these stamps because I love to make little houses too. AND I've been making circular houses recently with circular doors, but these stamps are absolutely amazing. So perfect for what I like to do.

    I can't believe how cute your little circular house is - massively inspiring. Thank you so much for this wonderful, creative, original little house. Lucy

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  32. This is so adorable. Love your choice in colors. TFS

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  33. What a wonderful little house. Love how you made it circular. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  34. Beautifully done, love all the special touches you've done to make it look real!

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  35. So creative and just plain adorable! I love it! Very nicely done!

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  36. What a darling house. Wonderful coloring.

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