Book Club Dies Archives

Holiday Sizzix Projects to Try

14 Nov

Hey everyone! The Inspiration Team has a host of Holiday Sizzix Projects to Try today. You are sure to be the hostess with the mostess after giving any one of these inspired makes a go. There’s lots more Holiday Inspiration coming up so stay tuned for more details at the end of this post.

Holiday Sizzix Projects to Try

Susie Bentz shares a sweet Notebook Pocket Tussie Mussie. This darling flower pocket is perfect in Pumpkin Spice Stack papers from DCWV. You can create this project as home decor, favors for your Thanksgiving or Christmas Table, you can even use it for weddings and showers. Just change the patterned papers to suit your event.

Stop and smell the flowers at Susie’s Blog and learn how to create this Notebook Pocket Tussie Mussie.

Pam Bray shares a cute Card Box project using Colorbox Blends, the Card Box Storage die, several other Book Club Dies and old favorites. This project makes a darling hostess gift for those traveling over the holidays to family and friends.

Visit Pam’s Blog for all the details on how to create this Fall Friends Card Sets.

Elizabeth Robinson has a beautiful Fall Holiday Journal project created with several of my Book Club Journaling Dies, Spring Leaves and Colorbox Blends. You are in for a real treat when you see Elizabeth’s methods for watercoloring with Blends to get these gorgeous fall colors.

Fall in love with Elizabeth’s Journal Tutorial and Blends ink techniques HERE.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson shares a Winter Wonderland Trinket Box project filled with vintage charms. Snow covered stamping adorns the outside of the vintage hued trinket box while the color scheme is continued inside with a charming background and holiday trinkets from Tim Holtz.

Check out Anna-Karin’s Winter Wonderland Trinket Box Tutorial HERE.

Jenny Marples shares a gorgeous Thanksgiving Gift Box. Jenny’s project is filled with creative techniques I’m sure you’ll be anxious to try. See that gorgeous leafy coloring on the Trinket Box? Jenny created this look by making her own stencil with Eileen Hull Dies and coloring it with Colorbox Blends!

Head to Jenny’s Blog for a full tutorial on how to create this beautifully blended gift box complete with Sizzix Paper Leather leaves.

Last but certainly not least, Maggi Harding shares a Christmas “Wish Book” using the Book Binding and Journal Card Dies along with Graphic 45 St. Nicholas Papers. This project is sure to get you into the Christmas spirit!

Get your Christmas wish list ready and head to Maggi’s Blog for a full tutorial on how to create this magical make.

I don’t know about you but I sure am ready to get the Holiday season started. Now that I’ve been inspired by all of these Holiday Sizzix Projects to Try I’m even more excited!

Want more Holiday fun? I’m participating in the “Christmas Comes Early Blog Hop” with Rita Barakat and a whole bunch of other crafty friends. You can check out the Hop HERE. Hop along and comment on all the amazing projects for a chance to win a prize package.

Upcoming Events…

In addition to weekly Holiday creations from the Inspiration Team I have several other events coming your way soon so stay tuned for more inspiration on the dates below.

November 22 Emerald Creek Blog Hop
December 4 Facebook Live Hop with RG Studio 360

Eileen

Eileen Hull Wrap Journal Projects to Try

6 Sep

Hey everyone! This week the IT has a fresh batch of Eileen Hull Wrap Journal Projects to Try. You’ll learn how to se the Wrap Journal and other Book Club Chapter Two die in a variety of ways along with other crafty products from Paper Artsy, Seth Apter, and Emerald Creek. Let’s get wrapped up in these creative tutorials shall we?

Eileen Hull Wrap Journal Projects to Try

Susie Bentz shares a heart felt Wrap Journal creation using several dies from the Book Club 2 collection. Susie’s project features many ways to use these dies on both the cover and pages within. This journal is a real life love story and is sure to inspire you to use Book Club dies, Emerald Creek and Seth Apter Products to write/create your own!

Get the whole love story and all the creative details at Susie’s Blog.

Karen Bearse shares a gorgeous wrap journal created for the Get Wrapped Blog hop with Seth Apter, Emerald Creek, and Paper Artsy. Karen’s journal features a beautifully embellished butterfly as the focal point. All geared up with tiny gears and embossing powders!

Head to Karen’s Blog for more details and tons of inking, painting, stenciling and stamping tips.

Julia Aston shares a second Wrap Journal Purse project. Julia’s latest creation features dark leather and the Heart and Soul Flower die used to create a lovely embellishment from leather scraps.

Check out Julia’s Blog for more details on how to construct your own Wrap Journal Purse with Eileen Hull dies and leather scraps!

Tonya Trantham rounds us out with a fabulousWrap Journal creation featuring a variety of creative media and embellishments. The cover is embossed, painted and embossed again with Emerald Creek powders. Expert placing of imagery and other embellishments add even more interest. The golden clasp snaps this snazzy journal together for a superb looking project!

Don’t miss Tonya’s Tutorial for more tips, tricks and photos!

Once again, the Inspiration Team does not disappoint! You certainly have plenty of Eileen Hull Wrap Journal Projects to Try the next time you feel like getting creative with your Sizzix dies. Stay tuned next week as the team will be sharing their “Fall-iday” projects for the upcoming harvest and Halloween season!

Eileen

Eileen Hull Journals and Mini Albums

28 Aug

Hey everyone! Today the Inspiration Team is sharing their latest Eileen Hull Journals and Mini Albums. Each and every tutorial is unique and features never before seen techniques. You’ll learn all kinds of creative ways to use your Eileen Hull Sizzix dies for journaling and more!

Eileen Hull Journals and Mini Albums

Karen Bearse shares a colorful and creative journal project that you can use to organize your die cuts. This clever organizer is oh-so-colorful on the outside and provides handy storage on the inside! Karen used the Passport Book along with Photo Album pages to create this fun and functional journal.

Don’t miss Karen’s tutorial where you will learn all kinds of cool techniques using Blends Inks, Foils, and even a laminator!

Julia Aston shares a project using the Wrap Journal to create a cute leather clutch. This project proves that Journal dies aren’t just for making journals. You can use your Eileen Hull Sizzix dies for just about anything!

Check out Julia’s Tutorial where you will learn how to die cut, sew and stitch together your own Leather Wrap Journal Clutch.

Lisa Hoel has a fabulous Mini Album created to celebrate the Eclipse of 2017! Lisa has a detailed tutorial and lots of cool Eclipse photos to share on the Mini Album Makers Challenge Blog. You won’t want to miss a single detail included in this fantastic Mini Album.

I am sponsoring this months challenge so be sure to check out Lisa’s tutorial and enter for a chance to win Book Club 2 dies.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson shares an exquisite Nautical Journal created using the Passport Book, Book Binding die and several other dies from the Book Club and Book Club 2 Sizzix collections. Each page features pretty patterned papers, inking, stamping, and photos.

What a fun book to flip through and relive the memories of days gone by. Head to AK’s Blog for more pics and details.

Hope you’ve been inspired to create your own makes with these Eileen Hull Journals and Mini Albums. Stay tuned later this week for more Journals, Mini-Albums and more!

As always you can find the dies used in these projects HERE.

Eileen

Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects to Try

17 Aug

Hey everyone! This month is anything goes and the Inspiration Team is delivering a host of new Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects to Try. You’ll see all kinds of projects from journals to cards that you can make with your Eileen Hull Sizzix dies and other fun products. Let’s use these last few weeks of summer to try something new and get creative!

Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects to Try

Pam Bray shares a Travel Journal and Card Box Storage project featuring dies from both Book Club and Book Club Chapter Two releases plus ColorBox Blends. Pam’s comprehensive tutorial is chock full of Journal making and ColorBox Blends techniques. She’s even sharing a bonus paper flower tutorial.

Don’t miss this inspired technique tutorial and a look inside Pam’s Travel Journal HERE.

Maggi Harding shares a gorgeous Tri-Fold Gift Card Holder featuring Graphic 45 Papers, Book Club 2 dies and ColorBox Blends inks. This project doubles as a greeting card allowing you to accomplish two goals with one amazing project!

Head to Maggi’s Blog for a full tutorial and a look at all the gorgeous details.

Diana Hetherington shares a Memory Planner Journal made from an upcycled pair of jeans and a bandana. With the use of double sided tape and creative ingenuity Diana was able to create a fun and durable journal to store memories and such.

Check out Diana’s post for more details.

Anne Redfern shares a delightful red leather Wrap Journal clad with a Union Jack button clasp and tardis charm. The London theme continues throughout with Union Jack printed pages adhered with Ranger Collage medium.

Take a trip to Anne’s Blog for a taste of London town and a full tutorial on how to create this lovely leather Wrap Journal.

Jenny Marples shares a gorgeous journal she created for a Blog Hop with Emerald Creek and StencilGirl. Jenny’s journal features journaling words from Book Club 2, Seth Apter Stamps and Stencils from StencilGirl and his Baked Texture powders from Emerald Creek.

You won’t want to miss a single detail of this beautiful journal so head to Jenny’s Blog for more.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this round of new Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects to Try. Stay tuned for more creative makes coming your way soon!

Eileen

Creating with Clearsnap ColorBox Blends

24 Jul

Hey everyone! All month long the Inspiration Team is creating with Clearsnap ColorBox Blends and sharing there projects and tutorials with you. We’ve seen lots of inspiring ideas so far. Today we have even more innovative ways to use my line of pigment inks for inking, stenciling, stamping and more!

Creating with Clearsnap ColorBox Blends

Jenny Marples shares a sensational Seashell Journal bursting with Blends inks and creative ingenuity. Jenny’s inspired creation features Book Club 2 dies, several colors of Colorbox Blends, Seth Apter Texture powders and quite a few new techniques you’ll definitely want to try.

Don’t miss Jenny’s in depth tutorial on how to create this gorgeous Sea Shell Journal HERE.

Diana Hetherington shares a darling Rainbow Daisy Journal filled with inky details inside and out! Diana used ColorBox Blends in some cool new ways to achieve this artful, inked up look.

Head to Diana’s Blog for more creative details on how to use Colorbox Blends Inks to get this look in your own projects.

Susie Bentz shares a super cute Cocktail Journal complete with lots of ColorBox Blends inking, stamping, and stenciling techniques! From cover to signatures Susie’s cute cocktail journal contains tons of techniques for you to try.

Visit Susie’s Blog for all the inky details on this colorful Cocktail Journal.

Lisa Hoel shares a card project she created as part of a sketch challenge with DCWV. Lisa’s creation features a wide variety of Colorbox Blends inks and Eileen Hull dies past and present.

Visit Lisa’s Blog for more steps, details and a look at how she used blends to create her own colored papers for die cutting.

Pam Bray shares a LOVE-ly card project with a rustic color scheme. Pam’s card creation features Journaling Cards from Book Club 2 and Textured Impressions folders from past collection.

Visit Pam’s Blog for a detailed tutorial on how she created this card with ColorBox Blends and Eileen Hull Sizzix dies.

Julia Aston shares an adorable birthday box she created for her niece. This pretty in pink creation features the Wrap Journal and Trinket Box as a base and several other Book Club 2 dies were used to embellish. Trinkets and photos are included within making for one very special Birthday surprise.

Visit Julia’s Blog for more details on this fabulous Birthday Box.

Hope you’ve enjoyed Creating with Clearsnap ColorBox Blends today and are inspired to give some of these projects a try. Stay tuned next week for more projects using my Clearsnap ColorBox Blends!

Eileen

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects

19 Mar

Hey Everyone! With spring just around the corner it’s time to cleanup and get organized. All month long the Inspiration Team will be sharing Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects to help you maintain a neat and tidy workspace. You’ll learn how to use your Eileen Hull Dies new and old to create storage solutions for all your stuff. Let’s take a look at the Organizing Projects the team has for you today.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects

Anne Redfern has an adorable organizing project featuring Eileen Hull dies past and present. The Cube Bank die is an old favorite which Anne has used to store a cell phone and pens to have at the ready in your workspace, She’s also created storage spaces using the Card Box storage die, painty backrounds and too cute stamps from AALL and Create.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects: Desk Top Organizer with AALL and Create Stamps by Anne Redfern

Head to Anne’s blog for an #Awesome tutorial!

Diana Hetherington has a super cool Card Box Organizer project to share with you this week. Diana’s project features multiple cuts from the Card Box die fastened together to organize scrap paper, envelopes and card. This is a great workspace organizer to keep papers and such on hand, organized and within reach.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects: Scrap Paper Organizer by Diana Hetherington

Visit Diana’s blog to find out how she layered multiple colors of Prima Metallics to create this cool hued organizer.

Pam Bray shares a sensational Desktop Organizer using several dies from the Book Club Collection. Pam’s prowess for incorporating multiple dies into a project is unmatched with this creation. Dies used include the Journal die, Stamp and Storage die, Book and pages and Trinket Box to name a few.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects: Desk Top Organizer with Book Club Dies by Pam Bray

Don’t miss Pam’s detailed tutorial and have a look inside at all of the storage solutions she’s created with this amazing project!

Julia Aston has a clever solution for storing bits and bobs from your craft stash. Julia used the Basket Die from Paper Flower Party along with the Journal die to create a base for this handy storage unit! Julia’s creation can easily be stored within a larger storage unit and taken out as needed.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects: Crafty Trinket Storage by Julia Aston

Head to Julia’s blog for a tutorial on how to create your own trinket storage unit.

Maggi Harding shares a cute desktop organizer creation using the Card Box Storage Die and a host of other dies from my latest Book Club Collection. Maggi’s project comes complete with pen and notebook storage and of course her signature style of covering her creations in pretty papers and expert inking!

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects: Desktop Note Station By Maggi Harding

Visit Maggi’s Blog for a full tutorial on how to create your own Desktop Organizer.

Tracy Evans shares a Card Box Organizer creation complete with a House Pocket card. Tracy’s project makes the perfect gift for a fellow creative. Tracy has a very cool technique for using the negatives from your die cuts to cover the outside of her box.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects: Card Box Storage and House Pocket Card with AALL and Create Stamps by Tracy Evans

Check out Tracy’s Blog for a full tutorial and a look at her new stamp line from AALL and Create!

I hope you are inspired by this weeks roundup of Eileen Hull Sizzix Organizing Projects! An organized space is a happy space to create so stay tuned later this week for more inspired organizing projects from the Team!

You can find all the dies used in these projects and more HERE.

See you soon!

Eileen