Get Wrapped with Seth Apter, Emerald Creek and Eileen Hull Blog Hop is a celebration of creative talent- hope you will hop along with us! Everyone received products by Seth Apter/Emerald Creek Craft Supplies, Paper Artsy and Sizzix to create with.
Let’s Get Wrapped Blog Contest!
The Sizzix die that we all created with was the Wrapped Journal, part of my Book Club Chapter Two collection. The great thing about this die is that it will cut and score thick material like matboard and chipboard, to create a nice sturdy book- a blank canvas that you can imprint with your own style and choice of materials and mediums. There are a multitude of ways this die can be used and so many materials you can cut -pretty much anything you can cut with scissors.
Inspiration
I was inspired by the earthy tones of my potting shed for this project and took my photos of my Journal in it.
These are the products I used…
to make this!
The paint color I used was called Mud Splat by Paper Artsy Seth Apter. I liked how was translucent it was. When I painted the Journal and overlapped the strokes, it reminded me of wood- so cool!. I used the Sizzix Journaling Cards- Flowers and Leaves die cut from a piece of Superstock with ThermOWeb Easy Cut Sheets on the front to create the focal image. 
I removed the release sheet from three of the flowers and put Chunky Rust, peeled off another few flowers and added Fractured Ice and finished off with Oil Rubbed Bronze for the rest of the flowers. I then heated the powders with my heat tool. Finally I peeled the last layer of adhesive off and added Fresh Fallen Snow then heated again. I have always used ink to secure the embossing powder so using the ThermOWeb Easy Cut Sheets was an experiment that worked out fine! I think the edges of the flowers were better defined using this method.
Usually I use 1 mm. elastic cord to bind my books, but this time I used hair elastics. I cut slits in the binding holes to the edge of the book. I didn’t have to tie anything, just slipped the elastics around the cover of the book and into the holes. A shout out to Russell from Neu Scrapbooking who gave me the idea! To finish off the cover panel, I added Emerald Creek brads to the centers of some of the flowers.
The insert books were made using mini-composition books found in the Dollar Tree. I covered the outer covers with old dictionary pages and colored them with my Clearsnap ColorBox Blends inks. I also used some of my new Sizzix Journaling Words dies. To finish it off, I added Emerald Creek brads to some of the flower centers.
To add inserts to the book, open to the center pages and slip the book into the elastic binding so the cord is in the middle of the book and holding it together.
I made tabs from folded over book pages and added them to the side for a pen holder. Because what good is a journal without a pen?
I need to clean my shed and get all those leaves out of there!
Thanks for the tip on how to use hair elastics as binding:)
Wow what a good idea to use hair bands. Easier than trying to get all elastics to match up
That binding technique is really unusual.Love it !
Great tutorial and project. I love your dies. But you know That!
What a fabulous blog hop Eileen! It is lovely to see your wrapped journal being used in so many different ways (Amanda’s clock is ingenious) and your journal is so beautiful in the earthy tone with your gorgeous flowers on the front. Your Dollar Tree bargain inserts have been wonderfully transformed – I think this will be such a fun journal to use! Love your Potting shed too! Hugs, Anne xxx
What a fun hop. Love all your new XL journaling dies.
I need your wrapped journal die! I love the ingenuity and versatility of your dies. Thank you and Seth for giving so much to this industry.
Awesome book! I love the use of the hair ties.
Stunning!! The colours are wonderful…earthy and warm. Such a great journal with fab inserts.
What an amazing hop! This wrapped journal is one of my favourite dies and this is a super sample!!
Gorgeous journal, love the embossed flowers and the inserts with the dictionary pages. Will have to try out the hair elastic binding as well 🙂 x
What a great project you have made. Thanks for the tutorial and tips. I love the idea with the hair elastics.
The materials and the dies are so beautiful, I have a lot to learn.
Beautiful, I love the wrap journal die. I need to try the Thermoweb now x
I love your wrapped journal Eileen! You definitely created a home run with this one!
What an amazing journals I saw along the way with your dies .
It took me the all morning but it was more than worthy.
beautiful wor,, love it
Love this die. Almost bought it last weekend, but absolutely sold on it now!
Eileen, I love this die and have used it frequently. You’ve made it so easy to construct a mini-book. Thanks for your inspiration.
What a fabulous blog hop, so fantastic inspiration I could not visit Josefine, Jenny, Nora and Peg
Eileen, your journal is just lovely! I saw your photos of your shed and immediately picked out the same color family you used! great minds- right!
Anyway, the signatures and cover are just beautiful and the embossed flowers on the front,bring such a natural beauty to the whole package!
Thank you for sharing!
Jackie xx
ps…LOVE your potting shed!!
So enjoy using your mini-book dies. Please keep creating more as they make book making so much easier! Great job on this journal with Seth’s powders.
Wonderful, your potting shed is very inspirational indeed.
Lovely project. Great idea of using the hair elastics!
So cool to make your own custom journal!
Mixed media is my thing!! Love seeing all the products in use.
Oh Eileen! Beautifully done. Love all the artwork. Amazing die you designed. We were all dying for its release. So, I already started one. Looking forward to more inspiration along this hop! Thank you!
Fabulous. Love the color tones!!
Just gorgeous!
I love the hair tie trick! I still don’t have this die, using the traveler journal die until I can purchase it.
Eileen, I just love your wrapped journal. The colors are so natural and earthy, I can totally see the inspiration! I have never tried to use an adhesive sheet for embossing powders, I absolutely must try it! Your wrapped die works so wonderfully with the embellished dollar store inserts, a super way to quickly finish off the journal and completely personalize it. Thank you for the inspiration, I am really looking forward to seeing all the inspiration along the way with this awesome line up of creative artists! And btw, I think I could spend a lot of quiet pondering time in your shed, it totally strikes me as a peaceful place. xx
I love the color family you used and the great embossed flowers. The finished journal is lovely!
WoW Eileen! I love all the details in your Journal – Thank you for sharing and the how to. xx
Great Art Eileen! Love that weathered wood look. I adore the way you covered the mini composition books & the insides of your journal with dictionary pages! Your word dies look so cool on them too! *☆♡☆* What a great idea to experiment with the double sided adhesive to hold the embossing powders on your lovely flowers. ♡
Eileen! I love the flowers on the front of the journal. Using the hair elastic bands was genius!
Eileen, your work is amazing!!! Thank you for being part of this magical blog hop!!!
Hugs
I love your journal and the use of the hair elastics. Beautiful work on this journal.
This is SO beautiful! AND I have ALL of the dies!!! No waiting for June! Love your dies, Eileen!
Love this little book! Your tips are always the best! Xoxo
I just got mine and I can’t wait to try it
Beautiful wor, I love the use of hair elastics for the binding and the thermo web for embossing!
This is a great prize! I just made my first journal, and this set would be wonderful. I love the journals! Thanks for a tutorial too 🙂
Fantastic! I love the dies now I need to get some of the embossing powders and give it a try! And the potting shed is pretty cute too😀
So pretty! Love the pen holder
Love the idea of using the hair bands!
I love this wrap journal and the incorporation of nature
Brilliant using premade signatures. Great book!
As always you inspire me. Very earthy autumnal tones.
Eileen looks like you have another great journal die. I have your others but not this one ,yet. Getting as soon as I can. I love reading blog where you learn something new and yes I learned your trick with attaching the hair bands on journals. Thanks
That die looks amazing!!!
I am really tempted by it and your project, thank you for sharing!
Lovely metal details in this album. Thank you for sharing your work.
Your journal die is on my sizzix-wishlist, but there is no local retailer in my country 🙁
Anyway, I like what you and others have done with this die.
Beautiful journal with lovely colours! I really love your shed too <3
Beautiful rustic Journal Eileen!! I knew when you posted that picture from your garden shed that that rust would be inspiring!! And love how you used the double stick sheets for your embossing.
Love these hops, so much to learn
& so little time 🖤🖤
Great tips! I will have to try using the Therm O Web Easy Cut adhesive with embossing powder – brilliant! I also love the idea of using the hair ties! Beautiful projects – those signatures are very cool!
Awesome idea with the hair elastic binding
Lovely journal, especially love the use of the embossing powders; so unique!
Fabulous Eileen ! Great idea with the hairbands X
Oh what a gorgeous project, as well as your potting shed and inspirational photos!!! The inside is just as lovely as the cover! I love how you captured the feel of nature and all it’s beauty. I started mid way but am really enjoying the hop, also. So much inspiration!
Perfect colors choices for Autumn and I would have never thought to use hair elastics as book binding…brillant!!!
I really love journal structures that you can add to. Thanks for the hair band idea!
Gorgeous. Love he embossed flowers. The pale blue with black speckles is wonderful. Hugz
This die has been on my wish list for awhile, thanks!
Really enjoyed this post. Thank you for sharing the idea about hair ties for binding. Will definitely be using that one!!!
Wonderful to have a die that will make the
journal for you. This is a fantastic idea
and one that will get lots of use. Your
book is so colorful. Love it.
thanks for sharing
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Gorgeous journal; marvellous idea with the elastic bands!
Love to make a journal using your product….
So beautiful, and so many great ideas
What a super box of goodies you had to play with! I love how you used the same chunky powders and colors and brads but kept this entirely YOU. The thermoweb peel-away process is genius for isolating each area at a time. Thanks, as ever, for the tutorial and the inspiration, Eileen!
I love the hair elastics idea, and the flower cover!
Fabulous journal–love it inside and out. thanks for the tip on using hair elastics.
I love the flowers on the cover – especially the Fractured Ice ones – and the earthy colour tones… Lovely to see your inspiration photos too. What an amazing hop – it’s lovely to be a part of it.
Alison x
Hi Eileen. ♡Jenn White here. It is not possible to comment on Peg Robinson’s wrapoed journal post. I have commented on every blog except hers. HUGS♡
Oh I love how you did the flowers on the cover ! I’m making notes … hummm hair bands !!
Love it Eileen! This is a fun hop! so many beautiful projects!!
I’ve been hopping around enjoying what artists are doing with your wonderful product! Love how you created those flowers and the binding tip I will have to use when I get a chance to order the die…it’s back ordered so I’ll have to be patient. LOL! Thanks for a wonderful blog hop!
Fabulous journal and the booklets inside! Really great texture and good use of elastics. 🙂
Beautiful journal and great tip about the hair band !
Love how you embossed the flowers on that die cut Eileen!
Gorgeous journal cover and pages! Love the rich colors and textures. Fantastic idea to use hair bands for the binding.
Just got this die… can’t wait to try it out…. fantastic insipration
Please leave your shed as it is – such fabulous inspiration for your gorgeous journal! Love those earthy tones just perfect for Fall xx
I love everything about this journal, the colors and flowers are fantastic! Thanks for the tip too!
Had to come back and tell you these “wraps” were all amazing. Josephine Fourage does not com up when you click on it… says not found. I actually had to type in Blog name (Holy Lise .com ) to get to hers.
Eileen, I love your journal and cover. I just have to get my hands on your die. Most stores are “out of stock” and I know why. So much fun playing with everyone’s products.
Love the inserts you chose and your die. What an amazing variety of journals in this blog hop!
Beautiful work
Eileen, your journal is lovely with your colour chooses. This journal die is on my
Wish list so I get make a few for gifts. So enjoy your explanation of all your steps,
Thanks .
Wonderful project. Need to get my hands on some hair elastic!!
I just got the wrapped journal die and am excited to see everyone’s creations. I love the rustic feel of yours and what a neat tip on the hair bands!
Great wrapped Journal….of course! 🙂 Love the idea of hairbands for the signatures instead of one long piece to tie up. The pictures are great! The nostalgia of the covered bridge brings back days in upstate NY. …. TFS!
This die seems very useful, now i think i may need to get it.
Thanks for the clever tips. Love your book!
Fabulous project! I love that wrapped journal die – I wouldn’t have thought of getting it, but such great projects so far in the few I’ve seen on the hop. Can’t wait to see more!
What an amazing die! Love the pretty journal you created… the color combo is awesome… great textures! Can’t wait to hop around and see what everyone created. 🙂
beautiful
I love hearing what inspired your color choices and how you used composition books for your inserts, the binding looks really near, as well. I shall hop over to yr FB page to see what you have going on day after day, if you’re a friend of Seth’s I know you’ll have lots to offer
First of all I have to say Eileen, you are such a wonderful person! You creativity and imagination mixed with kindness is a winning recipe. Love how your shed and the outdoors influenced your project shown here. What a great way to carry things inside.
A fabulous journal! Love the flowers and the colors you used. I have used hair bands for journals for quite a few years.
Love using hair elastics, great idea, so simple and cheap. I’ve been using the headband style ones to close my planner, would work great for a wrapped journal as well. Love this project.
Absolutely Beautiful! I’m officially creatively inspired.
Really stunning Eileen! I love your potting shed and it is such an awesome piece of inspiration itself. Thanks so much for sharing these lovely pictures and for creating the gorgeous dies!
Kim
Love the simplicity of this one. Great idea to use mini composition books for the signatures.
Beautiful!!! Love the tips!
Great die! Thanks for the great tips and the source of your inspiration.
Great journal, thank you for being so innovative. U too had thought about using hair elastic bands but didn’t know how to do it. Now I do.
Amazing journal
decorating. Love
the way you used
the hair ties.
Carla from Utah
I am in love with this Journal die, and so appreciate being involved in creating a project for the hop! Your project is beautifully done!!
Your journal die is so versatile. Such fun to see everyone’s artistic voice!
Wow, what an amazing blog hop. Your journal is amazing, and the signatures are fabulous!
Such a perfect journal Eileen…love the earthy colours used…and the use of hair elastics for binding is brilliant! Thanks for the hop and the inspiration! ❤
Simo
I love what you have made with the products! Such an interesting effect on the front too!
You always have such fantastic dies. Thank you!
OMG – hair ties – brilliant…just brilliant! I love all your little journals so much, I could stare at them all day long…. 🙂 Super cute project. 🙂
such great tips and tricks here . i love the idea of using hair elastics as I really don’t like knots in my books either. Love the mix of embossing powders on the flowers. and btw I love your SHE SHED
Eileen, I love this journal. I have been trying to buy the die, but it’s been sold out. I’m going to look right now and see if it’s back in stock! Thanks.
Your Journal is Gorgeous, Eileen . I love that you drew inspiration from your potting shed (what a fab shed it is) – adds a wonderful personal touch and gives your journal meaning . Wonderful design and use of products throughout.
Its been so lovely being a part of this hop , even though I’m still pinching myself that I am and I would like to thank you for bringing the wrapped journal die into the creative world . Its a joy to work with , so versatile and an excellent design . A real game changer imho .
x
Love the hair band idea!
I love the addition of the mini composition books.
Love how you got your inspiration & then followed that through on your project! great use of the products too!
Wonderful journal Eileen! Great how you used your barn shed for inspiration. 🙂 I am a fan of all your dies but this one is going to be well used in my collection.
~Heather
Your journal looks amazing, what a fantastic die and love the word dies too.
Hair elastics and mini journals from the $ store-genius!
Enjoying the blog hop! Must try your suggestion of using thermoweb to die cut and emboss, very cool! 🙂 xx
love the book and the tips! Hair elastics and comp books from the dollar store genius!
Your journal looks amazing, what a fantastic die and love the word dies too.
Great technique using the embossing powder with double sided tape… I was wondering how you got the flowers embedded when I first looked at the photos. Just love love love how it tured out, and I can’t wait to try it. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Thank you. Some great ideas, and I just LOVE that book cover, both the Sizzix die AND your treatment. Need to check out some new products now. 😊
Really love the albums and all the great ideas to use!
Great idea about the hair bands must get some.
I have been looking everywhere online for the wrapped journal die but can’t find it. I hope someone gets restocked on them soon because I want one so bad!! And this blog hop is just feeding me with more ideas. Lol. So much inspiration and the elastic band idea is a win on this one. Thanks so much Eileen.
I’ve managed to comment on everyone’s blog apart from peg Robinson although I have visited it
I couldn’t comment on Peg’s either.
These albums are just so original and amazing! The book is a great idea!
so sad that I visited all of the blogs this morning as soon as I found out about it. and I have gone back to each blog to check that my comments registered and half of them don’t have my comment visible. I guess I wont be in the running for your great prize package, as it seem to appear as if I didn’t comment on all of them , but I did.
HAIR ELASTICS!!! GENIUS !!! loove this project and will give it a whirl ! Thanks for sharing
Melissa
So much to learn–products and techniques. I love the wrapped journal die and how you incorporated the dictionary pages.. Helene
Beautiful journal, love this die! Those flowers are fantastic!
Amazing creation Eileen. And your Wrapped Journal die is a winner. I am going to be using it over and over again.
You know how much I love your Book Club series! This is so quintessentially you! Cheery and down to earth and bubbling with joy! Thanks for the tips!
Beautiful project!
Wow! Totally inspired by your journal! Great tips on binding and dying to try theses paints. The little journals are perfect and Inlive the finished project!! Thanks for sharing!!
Well how flipp’n cool is that? Love it and very easy. Love the hair band idea…genius.
Just beautiful. I love seeing the results of different paint/ embossing powders Stunning results
Oh my, what a fun journal! Loving this collaboration.
Love your journal, it’s very beautifully done, I may have to borrow the hair tie idea in the future lol 👉❤😁
I love this journal. It is so much more exciting than the plain ones you see. Almost too pretty to use.
loved using elastics around the cover of the book and into the holes and brads to the centers of the flowers
Fabulous journal and competition – trying to wait patiently for my wrap journal to come – can’t wait.
This is beautiful but I can only access your blog via my phone! I would love to see more details but Norton keeps coming up with a warning not to open on my computer! Chrisx
This is so pretty Eileen, I love how you’ve built a pen holder into your journal – great idea! xx
I wanted to leave a comment on Peg Robinson’s blog, but I do not use Facebook or any of the other methods she had listed. I hope I am not disqualified because of this.
I love the use of colors on Peg’s journal. Thank you.
Simply delightful! Love the color and all the amazing details!
What a clever waqy to emboss the flowers, genius!
This is one of my favorite of your dies!
Can’t wait to try it!
🙂
Love the autumnal colours on this x
Beautiful with all that texture on the front cover. What a great idea to use mini-composition books for the inside signatures. Thanks for sharing that.
Kate
What a treasure you have created! And so simply too! I feel like this is a very doable project with a great result. Thanks so much!
Eileen, I am so happy for this hop. My fluffy tail is ready! And even of I can’t walk well, I can hop! I have all three journal dies and am so proud I was able to beat out the competition (other fans) and get mine while the getting was good. You know an item is dreadfully yearned for when people sound the alarm as to where to buy rhem😁. So to now see all the creativity is making me burst with anticipation! Off I go!
Awesome journal love the muted tones you have chosen x
Love the embellishments, Eileen ….. your journal looks amazing!!!
I’m a little late to the blog but I couldn’t find out how to access it until now. Anyway, love all the projects above and can’t wait to see everyone’s blog! This will be short as my keyboard is being finicky today! (Or maybe I just have fat fingers!)
I would love to try to make a travel joournal! Great ideas!
Of course you came up with a doozy. Love the inset flowers.
Awesome tips! Will be trying this soon!
Lovely, clean and love the flowers. This is such a great and versatile Die.
Wow! beautiful project! Love your tutorial and the amazing colors!!!
How lovely!! I really like the idea of using hair elastics!
Great idea for the binding & inserts
Ok, now I’m REALLY going to get a die cutting machine. I’m addicted to your little booklet die-cut! Such an elegantly simple design. Genius!!!
Thank you. I’ve enjoyed all of the bloggers’ creativity with it.