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Sizzix Eileen Hull Chapter 3 – Field Notes Journal

I can’t tell you how obsessed I am with this new journal die from Eileen Hull. I love all her journals, but this one is now my favourite. I really like the design, and the landscape format (of course you could flip it to have a top folding notebook if you prefer).

When mine arrived, I instantly knew I wanted to create a journal following the Field Notes theme, full of botanicals and butterflies, and incorporating so many of my older stamp and die sets.

I’m warning you now – this blog post has a LOT of photos. I went totally overboard with this one – I couldn’t put it down for nearly a week, and even now, I feel I’d like to go back and add some more to it!

So on the front cover, I used the frame that comes with the journal and added some vellum behind it, then a little butterfly cigarette card. The papers I used throughout the journal are from 49 & Market, and I also added some Tim Holtz collage paper and chipboard sentiment.

Inside the front cover, more 49 & Market papers, together with the little folder from the Envelope, Folder & Flowers die set. The stamps are Aall & Create, and I added a few little bits of ephemera into the folder.

For the pages inside the journal I used the journal die to create pages that had the same shape as the journal. I created a little hinge from cream card, then sandwiched that between two sheets of kraft card so that my pages were nice and sturdy and could take the weight of all the layers.

I had great fun rummaging through my boxes of ephemera that I’ve collected over the years, and it felt good to actually use some of it (I’m terrible at hoarding nice things!). I had bought some chipboard elements to match the 49 & Market papers, and I had a lot of Tim Holtz ephemera and they all worked so well together.

This little folder is from the Tim Holtz Specimen die set – the elements in that collection work so well with this journal.

The flower here is from the Folder, envelope and flower die set, along with a 49 & Market frame.

I even did a little bit of stitching! I stamped the butterflies on a scrap of fabric, then took a piece of cardboard box, dry brushed some gesso on it, then stitched the fabric to it before attaching it to the page. I love how it turned out.

For the back of the journal I used the same collage papers as the front, then a fern and butterfly from the 49 & Market collection.

I punched holes in the pages so that I could attach them to the journal with seam binding (I used cream seam binding and soaked it in tea to give this lovely vintage colour). I also added a little metal hardware piece (Tim Holtz).

Hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this journal. I really enjoyed making it and can’t wait to do more (I’ve been scouring antique shops for old botanical books and ephemera so watch this space!)

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Sizzix Eileen Hull new release

Hi everyone, hope you managed to catch the launch party on Eileen Hull’s facebook group yesterday – if not it’s worth checking out.

I’m back today with the rest of the projects I made with her new Chapter 2 release. First project is this sea themed Card Case. I used papers from Stamperia to create this kind of steam punk/ocean themed case with lots of texture.

I covered some Sizzix mat board with the papers, and covered with a clear varnish. I dry brushed some metallic paint over the cover in places, and added some textured embossing powder to give a rusty/patina look. I added the pocket on one side, and added some cards cut with the journaling die set as well as some tags.

On the other side, I added a little notebook – also covered with some of the papers.

I created a fastening with Sizzix Texture roll in the tan colour. I used some magnets from Carnation Crafts to hold the fastening in place.

For my next project I created another Card Case – this time a more simple design where I chopped off the folding part so it’s more of a little notebook/journal than a case.

I covered the mat board with Sizzix Texture roll in white, then took another piece of texture roll and embossed it with the Tim Holtz Mosaic embossing folder. I used Oxide sprays and Foundry wax and gold acrylic paint to give it some texture.

For the inside, I made some envelopes with the Journaling card, Envelope & Window die set, and attached them to the inside with the Bookbinding and Label die set that came out last year.

Finally for today, a couple of cards showing the fabulous Mini Slimline & Tickets die set. So many different ways to use these, so I’m looking forward to making more cards with them.

That’s it for today. Make sure you check out Eileen Hull’s blog and Facebook group to see all the inspiration there – her DT really have come up with some amazing projects.

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Sizzix Eileen Hull Chapter 2 Blog Hop

It’s another amazing release from Eileen Hull. I just love how versatile her designs are, and that they are basically blank canvases, for any style you choose. Make sure you pop by her FB page or YouTube channel today to catch the launch. All the participants for the blog hop can be found on her website http://www.eileenhull.com

I’ve got some more projects to share over the next couple of days but today I’m just going to share this one, it’s a little recipe book made using the new Card Case Bigz die.

So let’s start with what’s in this release. First is the Bigz die – the Card Case. It’s a Scoreboards XL die, so that means it can be used with either the standard Big Shot, or the Plus/Switch. You just need the extended cutting pads if you’re using it with the standard Big Shot, Foldaway or the Express. I’ll put links at the end of this post to everything you might need.

The next die in this release is the Journaling Card, Envelope and Window. This is really an add-on to any journalling dies you already have. It creates a really cool envelope and journalling card, with options to add a window and customise it. The card fits perfectly in the little pocket you create in the Card Case, so it’s great if you want to use it to create your own ephemera, or add photos or journaling. It’s a thinlits die set so will work with most die cutting machines.

Final die set in this release is the Mini Slimline and Tickets. This is similar to the Snail Mail version out last year. I can be used to create an interesting background or you can snip along the dots to create apertures, or individual tickets (great to use with ticket style stamps, or for sentiments). You get one larger panel and then a strip.

Back to today’s project. I had some really nice papers from Studio Light that had featured on a show I did on Create and Craft TV. I really loved the papers, and the kind of Tuscan feel they had, so I decided to theme my Card Case around those. Since they have a bit of a lemon theme, I thought a recipe book would be a great way to use them. I looked up some lemon recipes and used the cards from the Journaling Card die set to make little recipe cards, then decorated the whole thing with the papers.

I picked out some of the die cut elements from the paper pad to decorate the reverse side of the recipes and to add more cards.

With the Card Case, it’s kind of double sided, and wraps around itself, so could be used in many ways, and you can choose whether to add the pocket, and whether you want it on both sides or just one.

I decided to just add one pocket to put my recipe cards in, then to create a thin pocket on the other side to add tags. Then in the centre, I added a little note book, which is attached to the spine of the case with elastic cord.

Where the case wraps round, I added a little vellum sentiment along with a die cut.

I used the little button from the Bigz die on the inside of the spine to hold the ribbon in place to create a fastening.

I was so pleased with this. It’s a great way to use up some of those lovely scrapbook papers you’ve been hoarding!

I’ll be back tomorrow with some more projects from this release.

In the meantime, pop to Eileen Hull’s Facebook Group (Eileen Hull Fanclub) or her FB page (Eileen Hull Designs, or her YouTube channel to watch the launch, and leave a comment saying what other dies from her collection you think would work with this release for the chance to win a giveaway.

Please also visit http://www.eileenhull.com to catch all the other amazing inspiration on this blog hop!

Thanks for popping by!

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Sizzix Eileen Hull Full-size Journal

I’ve put together a new video to run through the new Eileen Hull journal, showing how to put it together and running through all the different extras you might need, along with how to add notebooks or your own signatures.

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