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Book Club Sizzix Projects to Love

16 Jan

Hello everyone! It’s time for more Book Club Sizzix Projects to Love. The 2018 Inspiration Team has been hard at work cranking out Book Club Sizzix projects to inspire you to get creative with my latest Sizzix Collection. 2018 is off to a great start with new team members and old favorites. Let’s have a look at what my super talented team has in store for you today.

Book Club Sizzix Projects to Love

Julia Aston starts us off with a gorgeous winter scene created using the Trinket Box and Frame Die. Complete with glittering snow, tiny trees and an oh-so-cute itty bitty reindeer, and a Charlotte Bronte quote this project puts the “Win” in Winter Craft Projects!

Head to Julia’s Blog to learn how to create this idyllic winter scene using the Trinket Box and Frame Die. Oh and did I mention it lights up!?!

Maggi Harding pulled out all the stops and cooked up a fantastic Recipe Card Booklet using a plethora of Book Club Dies with coordinating Graphic 45 Papers!

Go smell what’s cooking over at Maggi’s blog and find out how to create your own Recipe Card Booklet with Book Club dies.

Maggi Harding shares a second post featuring her drop dead gorgeous trifecta creation housed in an expertly decorated Card Box Storage die cut. This time around you’ll be treated to a deep dive into each page of her darling mini books featured in this set!

Visit Maggi’s Blog for more gorgeous photos and a video slide show!

Pam Bray shares a Card Box Organizer project featuring the Fairy Dust Collection from Graphic 45. This project complements her Trinket Box creation shared last week. What more could you want in a Fairy Tale creation?

Check out Pam’s Blog for more Fairies, Flowers and a full tutorial!

Anne Redfern shares a creative way to use the Stamp and Photo Storage Box die…the clever lass has turned it into a Journal! Complete with textured stenciling and a cool blue hue this Journal is a real showstopper!

Head to Anne’s Blog for all the details on this unique Journal creation.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this weeks round up of Book Club Sizzix Projects to Love. You can shop the Book Club Sizzix Collection and other Eileen Hull Dies HERE. If you missed last weeks creations you can check them out HERE.

Eileen

How to Assemble the Sizzix Journal

24 Apr

Just a quick post to show how to assemble the Sizzix Journal die and create inserts. There has been so much interest and chat about this versatile die, I thought it might be good to do a post and keep all of the resources in one spot. Thanks so much for your interest!

Here’s what the Journal die packaging looks like:

The Journal is a ScoreBoards die, designed to cut and score thick material like matboard and chipboard, forming a rigid cover for your book! Matboard is the perfect blank canvas- add paint, ink, stamps, sprays, texture paste, stencils, buttons, beads, and more. You can also cut it from paper, fabric, felt, paper leather, metal or combinations of these materials. You can run the matboard through embossing folders too, creating a rich dimensional cover.

One of the things I love about this die is that it’s so easy to put together. And once you make one… well, you’ll see- they are addicting! There are so many ways to use this die- make art journals, planners, for a special occasion, photos, baby book, guest book, wedding journal, junk journals, and traveler’s notebook. It’s your Journal- decorate it as you’d like in the colors, style and materials you’d like!

In this Facebook Live video, I show how to assemble the Sizzix Journal, after looking at some amazing samples from the Inspiration Team. Please watch and see how easy it is! Skip ahead to about minute 30:- for actual assembly.

The Journal measures 8 3/4″ x 4 1/2″ when assembled. Three to four inserts may be added to the book. Watch here to see how to make Journal inserts and how to thread the elastic though the spine to keep the inserts in place:

NOTE- I admit I am not an expert book maker. Here’s a quick tutorial from my friend Pam Keravuori.

Signatures

The story I’ve heard suggests that the sections, or “signatures”, which are the sets of pages sewn into a book, supposedly got their name from monks. When monks finished hand-writing their section of a book, they signed it and that section became known as a signature. Now it means sheets of paper, or “folios”, stacked and folded in half. A signature may be one folio, or one sheet of paper folded in half to make four pages, but generally it is two or more sheets/folios (and sometimes more folds).

The Pamphlet Stitch

The pamphlet stitch is probably the simplest and most popular binding technique for notebook inserts like ours, because you can stitch the pages and the cover of the signature at the same time. You can use 3 or more holes along the fold, but the trick is to start and finish on the same side (whether inside or outside) and have both ends of the twine end up together at the same hole to tie off. Usually this means having one long stitch go over (rather than through) the center hole.

So, for a 3-hole pamphlet stitch, your needle would go through the center hole from inside to outside (or reverse), then through one end hole from outside to inside, then across the center hole to the other end hole, going through from inside to outside, then back through the center hole from outside to inside. Both ends of your thread would now be on the inside at the center hole, ready to tie around and secure the long stitch that crossed over the center hole.

Alternatively, if you stitch with a back stitch and wind up with one thread end inside and one thread end outside, you can make a loop knot to anchor the thread around the earlier stitch at the hole before going through to join the other thread end. This is called a saddle stitch binding.

I usually use 5+ holes for my pamphlet stitch because I think it makes the spine sturdier and puts less pressure on each hole (to avoid tearing). More holes also help keep smaller sized papers in place, so they don’t slant or settle to the bottom. As I start stitching, I leave a thread tail long enough to reach near the bottom of the signature, where I hold onto it against the paper until the 2nd or 3rd stitch, when it becomes secure (without a knot until the tying off). General advice is to always pull your thread parallel to the spine in the direction you’re stitching, since pulling the thread straight out from the spine tends to tear the holes.

Please follow me on Facebook at Eileen Hull Designs and watch for extra LIVE shows in honor of this new Heartfelt Sizzix release! I hope you have enjoyed seeing how to assemble the Sizzix Journal and will consider getting one for yourself!

If you would like to purchase a die, there are a few left in my Etsy shop!

Jen Goode’s Paper Flower Coloring Page

6 May

Lucky us! Today on the blog- Jen Goode‘s Paper Flower Coloring Page! The first thing I noticed when I met Jen at the Craft & Hobby Association Show was her friendly smile and willingness to jump in and help. I know you will love her too… [Read more…]

Stampendous and Eileen Hull Blog Hop Day 2

23 Feb

Welcome to day two of the Stampendous and Eileen Hull Blog Hop! The Inspiration Team is joining forces with the Stampendous DT so come “hop” Along the Garden Path with us. Every day this week we’ll have projects featuring the Cottage Home and Mushroom Home Stamps and Dies Sets to add detail to my versatile Eileen Hull Sizzix Collections including the Vintage Canister Scoreboard Dies and more! Stampendous and Eileen Hull for Sizzix Along the Garden Path Blog Hop

Three lucky winners will win their choice of Cottage Home or Mushroom Home plus pre-cut matboard 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.

Stampendous and Eileen Hull for Sizzix Along the Garden Path Blog Hop Prize Pack

Sit back, enjoy the projects and comment along the way for a chance to win one of our prize packages! Happy hopping Along the Garden Path.

First up on the Stampendous and Eileen Hull Blog Hop, we have our very own Tracy Evans with a marvelous mixed-media creation featuring the Stampendous Cottage Home, Eileen Hull Sizzix dies, DecoArt Media and my soon to be released twist and style tool.

Mixed-Media Shadowbox with Stampendous and Eileen Hull Sizzix dies by Tracy Evans

Tracy Evans

Next, we have Anna-Karin Evaldsson with an adorable Fairytale Cottage also featuring the Stampendous Cottage Home stamp set. AK’s project was created using the Eileen Hull Embroidery Hoop and Make it 3-D Sizzix Dies.

Hobbit House Tutorial with Stampendous and Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Continue Along the Garden Path by clicking on the link to see all of the amazing projects from the Stampendous Design Team!

In case you missed it you can catch up on the rest of the hop by clicking the links below…

Along the Garden Path Blog Hop

Monday – Eileen Hull, Stampendous

Join us tomorrow as the Stampendous and Eileen Hull Blog Hop continues. We’ll have more fun projects featuring Stampendous stamps and Eileen Hull Sizzix dies. Don’t forget to comment for more chances to win a prize pack from Stampendous and Sizzix.

Eileen

Stampendous and Eileen Hull Blog Hop- Monday

22 Feb

Welcome to our week long hop with Stampendous! and their talented design team! We’ll have a bunch of projects using the Cottage Home and Mushroom Home Stamps and Dies Sets to add detail to my versatile Vintage Canister Scoreboard Dies by Sizzix.

Sit back and enjoy the projects and comment along the way for a chance to win one of our prize packages!

Here are the designers participating in today’s hop. Visit each designer’s blog to see how they created their projects. And make sure to stop back- we will be featuring new projects all week!

Shelly Hickox shares a fabulous Fairy House complete with a moss thatched roof and covered in Stampendous Cottage Home stamps!

Take a peek inside this quaint Fairy House on Shelly Hickox‘s blog where she has a fun tutorial for you.

Tonya Trantham has a darling Mushroom Home gift jar to share. With the use of the Stampendous Mushroom Home set and my Sizzix Make it 3-D Tonya has created a super cute gift jar.

Find out how Tonya used my Sizzix Make it 3-D die to create her dimensional Mushroom Home.

Pam Bray used Stampendous Mushroom Home stamps in a totally unique way. Believe it or not Pam’s Passport Book creation is covered in Stampendous stamps!

Discover how Pam used her stamps to create embellishments (including the funky flower) to decorate my Sizzix Passport Book.

See what the Stampendous Team has created for the Along the Garden Path Blog Hop by following the links below.

Stampendous

Janelle Stollfus

Kristine Reynolds

See you tomorrow!

Sizzix Bag Caddy and 3-D Tea Cup Die Project Ideas

9 Feb

Hello everyone, today I have more Eileen Hull die project ideas to share with you courtesy of the Inspiration Team. This week the IT will be sharing Sizzix Bag Caddy and 3-D Tea Cup Die Project Ideas! I have 6 fan favorite Eileen Hull Sizzix dies soon to be re-released. Over the past few weeks we’ve featured project ideas using my Sizzix Scoreboards dies that are making a comeback like the Square Box, Suitcase and Candy Drawer. Sit back and enjoy the next round of projects my Inspiration Team has in store for you.

Anne-Redfern has created a lovely coaster holder with my Bag Caddy die and DecoArt Media.

Visit Anne’s Blog for more crackling mixed-media techniques and learn how to create your own Sizzix Coaster Caddy!

Pam Bray has a delicious Sizzix Bag Caddy project to help you harvest your creativity. How cute is her Candy Apple Treat Box Caddy? I’d sure like a bite!

Have a peek at Pam’s Sizzix Bag Caddy Candy Apple Treat Box and more HERE.

Former Inspiration Team member Melissa Phillips has a Shabby Chic Floral Bag Caddy project that is just too pretty for words!

Visit Melissa’s Blog for more gorgeous details on her Shabby Chic Floral Sizzix Bag Caddy.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson has a double-sided Bag Caddy project perfect for a house-warming gift or decorative storage.

Visit Anna-Karin’s Blog for more darling details on her Home Sweet Home Sizzix Bag Caddy.

Anna-Karin’s next project is a Sizzix Bag Caddy Mini-Book featuring her and her son’s adventures in bird watching!

Learn how to create your own Bag Caddy Mini-Book on her blog.

While we are talking Mini-Books Shelly Hickox has an innovative Industrial Sizzix Bag Caddy and Mini-Book project for you to enjoy.

Stop by Shelly’s Blog for a full tutorial on how to create your own Industrial Sizzix Bag Caddy and Mini-Book

Shelly’s next project combines two Eileen Hull Sizzix dies being re-released. Our dear Shelly has coupled the Sizzix Bag Caddy die with my Tea Cup die for one inspiring creation!

Check out Shelly’s Union Jack Sizzix Tea Cup and Bag Caddy on her blog.

It’s time for another spot of tea with Shelly’s next Sizzix 3-D Tea Cup project! How delightful is this pretty Tea Cup pincushion!

Pop by for more details on this Sizzix 3-D Tea Cup Pincushion by Shelly Hickox HERE.

I can’t wait for these Eileen Hull fan favorite Sizzix dies to be re-released. Even more so I can’t wait to see what YOU my dear readers create with them! If you have a project using any of the Eileen Hull dies being re-released (Sizzix Bag Caddy, Sizzix 3-D Tea Cup, Sizzix Candy Drawer, Sizzix Square Box, and Sizzix Suitcase) please link up your project ideas below.

Eileen

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