Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

Christmas Comes Early Blog Hop

The Christmas Comes Early Hop is here!

https://www.katebackdrop.de/collections/weihnachten-hintergrunde

I was so happy when my friend Rita Barakat invited me to be part of this collaboration! Check out the Christmas Comes Early hop and see what these amazing designers have created to inspire us all for Christmas:

Rita Barakat

Eileen Hull

Betz Golden

Joe Rotella

Yolie Burke

Midge and Madge

Susan Hiles

Carolina Moore

Michelle Wells

Candy Rosenberg

 

Christmas Planner

Although every year I try to be prepared for Christmas,  it’s usually not until after Thanksgiving that the Christmas spirit kicks in. But now this year I have a head start 🙂 In order to get organized for Christmas, I decided to make a planner using my Sizzix Journal.

I can keep my holiday calendar, gift lists, recipes, photos and receipts all together inside this handy dandy planner.

Supplies:

Sizzix ScoreBoards Journal by Eileen Hull

Sizzix ScoreBoards Trinket Box by Eileen Hull

Sizzix Little Sizzles, white (2 sheets)

Therm O Web Rebekah Meier Adhesive sheets

Therm O Web 1/4″ SuperTape

Christmas Papers by Paper House Productions

1.5 mm elastic

faux red velvet fabric, embellishments, charms, beads

Instructions:

  1. Cover front and back of two sheets of matboard with desired papers. Run first sheet through Big Shot with Journal die, making sure to rotate paper direction on the second pass. The right side of the paper should be facing the die.
  2. Line up covers with binding strips together. Add SuperTape to end tab of back cover, leaving holes open for elastic, and adhere front and back cover together.  If you don’t have SuperTape, wet or hot glue works too.
  3. String a length of elastic through each of three sets of binding holes. Tie ends together, creating vertical bands down the interior of the journal.
  4. Cover a piece of matboard with adhesive and place faux red velvet on top. Die cut Trinket Box frame die with oval cutout in place. Find a photo or holiday themed text paper and place inside the opening of the Trinket Box frame. Place double sided adhesive on the back and stick to cover of journal. Add ribbon, bells, snowflake metal stamped date to cover. 
  5. Buy or make insert books to fit inside the book. Use cardstock and patterned paper to create the book insert covers and vintage sheet music, ledger paper or copy paper to create the insert pages. See my Facebook Live video tutorial on how to make inserts here.
  6. Add ephemera to inside Journal pages. Add charms to the top outer loops of the Journal.

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Prizes!

If that isn’t enough we have over $100. In crafty prizes including the entire line of Rita Barakat diecuts/ephemera and fabulous paints and glitters from @plaidcrafts! This is going to be awesome!!!

To enter to win you must visit and comment on each post! Bonus, stop by and like the Plaid FB Page!

In one week the winner will be announced on Rita’s Facebook Live show on Monday, Nov 19, 8pm CST on Mixed Media Monday!

 

Comments

  1. Sharon Gullikson says

    I would like to make a Christmas Journal because it is our little granddaughter’s first Christmas. I could take notes all about her!

  5. Jeanine says

    What a great idea! Keeping all the ideas, plans and projects in one cute place. Maybe they’ll actually all get done.😉

    • eileen says

      Hi Karen- no this journal is meant to be cut with a Big Shot or other manual die cutting machine, not electronic like the Scan and Cut.

  8. Anne R says

    Eileen, as always, your journal is beautiful! I love the paper you used on the cover. This will be a wonderful ‘memory keeper’ for Christmas this year, as well as being practical! Hugs, Anne xx

    • eileen says

      Thanks Anne- there is still stuff to add, but it will be fun to use it to keep track of the holiday happenings. Thanks for stopping by!

  9. Jean Marmo says

    I want this book! My 19 month old granddaughter is coming to visit for Thanksgiving and we are going to cram all things Christmas into that week. I so want to document very minute of it. THis is gorgeous!

    • eileen says

      Hi Jean- great idea to document your special time together! The hardest thing for me is to remember to get the photos! Gets a little crazy at times 🙂

  11. Lesa Thompson Livingston says

    Fabulous journal! Your Christmas one is gorgeous and will be so useful. Your journal die is going on my own wish list for Santa!

  12. Delilah says

    Looked at that die cut at CKC, couldn’t really decide if I would ever use it, now 😔 I should have got it, thank you for giving me an inspiration💚♥️💚

  17. Tammy Rutledge says

    This is EXACTLY what I need to stay organized! Instead, I end up with sticky notes everywhere. Thanks for the great idea!

  19. Donna Budzynski says

    Awesome way to organize! I love the choice of paper also! So pretty!
    Beautiful as always friend!

  22. Amanda Stevens says

    What a great idea! I usually start with a lovely spreadsheet that quickly becomes tattered and torn as we get closer to Christmas. And the receipts pile up until I can’t find anything in my purse. I need to make one of these!

  28. Shirley Ventresca says

    The Christmas Memories books is sweet! Did not know Sizzix had Journal scoreboards – my next must have! Thank you for the inspiration!
    P.S. Joe sent me!

  31. Karen Taylor says

    Wonderful journal I can not wait to try one myself. I have not been making journals long but really am enjoying making them

  38. Renee Joy says

    Eileen, I love your journal….it is so very beautiful. I love all of the elements that you used. It is so festive, too. It will surely be a memorable part of your holiday season. Thanks for sharing!!

  40. Tracy Steinbach says

    Joe sent me!!! Very clever how you used that paper folded for you book it’s awsome! So is you planner! Thanks for sharing

  44. Heidi says

    A Christmas planner is such a cute idea. I, like you, usually don’t get started until after Thanksgiving, but that timeline is really not compatible with my handmade gift and decoration ambitions!

  45. Patti La Bombard says

    I love the look of your Christmas journal. It makes it so easy to keep track of what happened at Christmas each year. Joe sent me.

  47. Erin says

    What a great idea! I have been wanting to get more into papercrafting but have struggled with ideas. Thanks for this helpful one!

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