Folio Page Pocket & Flowers Die Archives

Saving Travel Memories Wrap Up!

27 Jul

This month we’ve been looking at ways of saving travel memories. Eileen Hull’s dies and stamps are perfect for documenting your vacations and travels! Her various journal dies are great for making little albums for a start. Of course, you can go beyond albums and make home decor pieces too and Eileen’s dies are also well suited for that. Let’s see what the designers have for us this week and wrap up the month!

Let’s kick off with a fabulous fishy (in a very good way) Folio journal created by Jenny Marples! The WOW factor is strong with this make! Apparently fellow teamie Elizabeth Robinson has a collection of gorgeous digital paper kits for sale and Jenny used one called ‘A Little Fishy‘ for her journal. You MUST visit Jenny’s blog to see allllllll the inside photos. Prepare to be amazed.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - Saving Travel Memories journal
#EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen — Seriously, how did I miss that Elizabeth has designed these wonderful digital kits?????

Designer Madeline Arendt created a useful little travel journal to keep in the car. You can keep track of travel info, receipts etc. in a stylish way. Madeline used the Pocket Notebook Die to make it fit perfectly in the glove box but any of Eileen’s journal dies can easily used to make your own road trip journal. Love it! The map on the cover is perfect. See all the details on Madeline’s blog.

Madeline Arendt for Eileen Hull - Saving Travel Memories journal
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For added inspiration, here are some throw-back saving travel memories projects:

Last summer, Lisa Hoel created two tag journals to document her family’s camping trips. She housed each journal in holders made using Eileen’s Camper and Truck Dies. What a fun idea! Pay her blog a visit to see inside the journals and for the tutorials.

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull - Saving Travel Memories journal
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Jennie Atkinson also has a fun project to share from last summer. She used Eileen’s Treasure Box Die and created a vintage feeling shadow box to commemorate her childhood visits to the seaside. There are so many wonderful details included! You can get a closer look in her blog post.

Jennie Atkinson for Eileen Hull - Saving Travel Memories journal
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Sizzix Chapter 3 release next week!

Stay tuned, next Tuesday, Aug. 2nd, we will be having a live Release Party and all the trimmings. Wait until you see Eileen’s new dies in action!

Did you miss the previous July posts? You can find them here, here and here.

Get connected with Eileen:

New on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Here you can find inspiration, die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 6,7oo other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends – make sure to answer the questions! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Eileen didn’t have a live this week but she did share a how-to video for making leather earrings using her Shadowbox Elements die set and leather! It’s a fun easy project that would make a great gift. Check it out HERE.

Summer Fun and an Eileen Hull Craft Along

16 Jun

Hello Eileen Hull fans! June is all about projects that show summer fun plus a chance to have some creative fun with a Craft Along Eileen did on her Facebook page. Eileen’s Sizzix dies are tops for versatility and will make your own projects shine. Let’s take a look at what the Inspiration Team has for us this week. More info about the Craft Along follows!

Designer Jenny Marples created a summer fun card that will make you want to hit the road for camping adventures! She used the 3-D Camper Die (yes, 3-D can also mean 2-D!) plus Flower and Leaf dies to compose this refreshing scene. I love how she used gel plate prints for the card parts – it adds a lovely visual texture and interest to the card. You can find more info on Jenny’s blog post!

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Inspired by the sea, Lisa Hoel used the Folio Journal Die to make a stationery folder and filled it with matching cards and envelopes. This would make a great gift and could easily be adapted to any theme! More photos and info can be found on Lisa’s blog so head on over to take a peek.

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Summer Fun Craft Along with Eileen…

Recently, Eileen did a Facebook Live Craft Along that was a lot of fun! She showed us how to make an interactive 4” x 6” folder from one sheet of 12” x 12” paper that fits in the Sizzix Pocket Notebook. I know I might have a few extra sheets of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper laying around (ha ha ha). You can still join in with the replay to learn how to make one as well!

Isn’t that fun? You can see a little video of it in action here. If you’d like to gather all your supplies so you can craft along with Eileen, here is what you will need:

4-5 coordinating 12″ x 12″ double sided papers – save one full sheet of paper for the base and use the rest for the pieces. Paper pads work great for this! It fits in the Pocket Notebook Die.

Waterfall & Tags die
10 Waterfall pieces (the one with the score line)
4 Waterfall mat rectangle pieces
2 scalloped border pieces
6 small tags
2 medium tags
2 large tags
10 tag reinforcements

Folio Page, Pocket and Flowers die
7 round pockets (without tabs) from the Folio Page, Pocket and Flowers die from random designs
4″ x 6″ coordinating paper scrap for middle section
Inks – if you want to distress edges, you can do that before we start
Glue
Seam Binding to tie up
Craft knife and self healing mat
Scoreboard and bone folder

Head on over to Facebook when you are ready and watch the video on replay!

Visit next week for more Summer fun projects with Eileen Hull and her Sizzix dies!

Thanks for visiting and see you next week! In case you missed the last two posts, you can find them HERE and HERE.

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 5,5oo other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends – make sure to answer the questions! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest.

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 6/15 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. (Or right here, right now!) It’s double trouble with guest Maggi Harding’s tips and then Eileen shows how to make crepe paper flowers. Link is right here for replay on Facebook.

Summertime Fun, Crafting Style with Sizzix

9 Jun

For the month of June, the theme here on the blog is Summer Adventures! The Teams have been creatively cooking up summertime fun, crafting style using Eileen Hull’s Sizzix dies to great effect! Eileen’s dies are the perfect blank canvas to showcase your creativity and are so versatile. Let’s take a look at what the Inspiration Team has for us this week…

Julia Aston created a darling kids’ grab and go activity kit using the Folio Journal. So creative Julia! The Folio opens up to reveal treats and fun things to keep a kiddo busy with on the spot entertainment. The cheerful circus theme compliments the idea perfectly. See all the details in Julia’s blog post.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - Summertime fun, crafting style with Sizzix dies is the June theme!
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To me summer also means time in the garden and lots of flowers! Susie Bentz made a delightful card with summer colors and flower embellishments made with the Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers Die Set. Who wouldn’t love to get this in the mail? A tutorial and more photos await your viewing on Susie’s blog.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - Summertime fun, crafting style with Sizzix dies is the June theme!
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This year, summertime means travel time!

Maggi Harding is getting ready to embark on a motorhome adventure out west and made a travel journal to document the trip. She used the Journal XL Die and gorgeous Graphic 45 papers for its construction. (Did I mention I love those papers??) More photos and a video are on Maggi’s blog so don’t miss that!

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull - Summertime fun, crafting style with Sizzix dies is the June theme!
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One of the fun things about making a junk/travel journal is that you can also make all sorts of fun bits to go inside of it. Tonya Trantham created this absolutely fabulous project using a jumbo paperclip and Eileen’s 3-D Camper Trailer Die. This would be great to use in a journal, as a bookmark or to clip on just about anything! Tonya has a tutorial on her blog so head on over to check it out.

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull - Summertime fun, crafting style with Sizzix dies is the June theme!
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Visit next week for more Summer projects with Eileen Hull and her Sizzix dies!

Thanks for visiting and see you next week. In case you missed last week’s post, you can find it HERE.

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 6/8 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. (Or right here, right now!) She shares shopping trip treasures and collages a notebook cover. Link is right here for replay on Facebook.

Fancy Folio Journals – Get Inspired!

24 Mar

Have we really reached the end of March? Wow! All month long the Inspiration and Educator Teams have been busily creating using Eileen’s latest Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies – the ScoreBoards Folio Journal Die, coordinating Folio Page, Pockets and Flower Thinlits set and the Mandala Thinlits die. We have some very fancy Folio journals to share with you this week so scroll on!

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All I can say is, “Super chunky!!” to describe this fantastic Folio journal made by Jennie Atkinson. Gosh golly that is cool!! She made it to house some of her favorite ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) so appropriately she mounted an ATC on the cover and the spine as well. Her blog post is full of photos and a flip through video as well so check it out!

Jennie Atkinson for Eileen Hull – fancy Folio journals with her new Sizzix dies #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

Sue Eldred’s fancy Folio journal is actually a clever holder for stationery. Wouldn’t this make a wonderful gift? (Mother’s Day is coming!) Her delightful Folio project says spring and is a great way to utilize a favorite patterned paper collection. Head on over to Sue’s blog post to see all the details and directions on how to make some yourself.

Sue Eldred for Eileen Hull – fancy Folio journals with her new Sizzix dies #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

After a long and laborious month sewing away, designer Lisa Hoel finished her embroidered stitchery kit Folio. The structure of the journal is actually fabric and ultra firm stabilizer and sewn together. Be sure to visit her blog to see all the detail photos and a tutorial. Vintage vibes galore and there is a lot to see!

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Keep going – more fancy Folio journal goodness ahead…

Jenny Marples is back with PART 2 of her fabulously fancy folio journal. In case you missed it, she shared PART 1 with us last week and she still had more pages to complete. (They are so detailed!) She mixed media-ed like mad and has the rest of the journal to share with us now. Do not miss it, you will be very sorry if you do!

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull – fancy Folio journals with her new Sizzix dies #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting — ohhhhh, so much goodness…

Speaking of spring, this is a good time of year to send cards off to friends and family. Easter, Mother’s Day and just because are good reasons don’t you think? Designer Sarah Lizzie has created a beautiful clean and simple card that fits the bill nicely! Who wouldn’t love to find this in their mailbox? Visit her blog for all the details.

Sarah Lizzie for Eileen Hull – spring card with her new Sizzix dies #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

Psst… the Release Party for Chapter 2 dies will be Wednesday, April 7th!!

Thanks for visiting to see the creations from the Inspiration Team! Did you enjoy all those fancy Folio journal projects using Eileen’s new Sizzix dies? If you missed the other posts from March, you can see them HERE, HERE and HERE. Don’t miss the fun on Wednesday, April 7th! We will showcase Eileen’s new Chapter 2 Sizzix dies with Hops and a special Facebook Live!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 5,ooo other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends – make sure to answer the questions! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! She has a work session for her current in progress Folio junk journal project. She also shares some good organizing tips. Join in and see the replay. There are some new technical difficulties with embedding Facebook videos into these blog posts, so FOLLOW THIS LINK to watch the show.

Eileen also had a special “Craftalong” FB Live this morning using supplies you probably have around the house! Join on the replay and make your own decoupage spring container. LINK HERE.

Spring Forward with Fantastic Folios and More

17 Mar

Spring forward with fantastic Folios! Spring is almost here and the flowers outside aren’t the only things blooming. The creative minds of the Inspiration Team are as well with Eileen Hull’s newest Sizzix Chapter 1 Dies to work with – the ScoreBoards Folio Journal Die, coordinating Folio Page, Pockets and Flower Thinlits set and the Mandala Thinlits die. Let’s see what they’ve been up to…

Take one look at Jenny Marples’ latest project and you are sure to say, “Wow!” You saw the beginnings of this epic Folio last month and Jenny is back with a look at the finished cover and part one of the inside pages. Her collage layering and use of textures and colors is fab to the extreme! Finish reading this post and then get over to her blog stat to see it all!

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - Spring forward with fantastic Folios, Eileen's newest Ch. 1 Sizzix Die sets. #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Designer Anna-Karin also worked her mixed media magic for her latest Folio Journal! Yummy texture and colors combine with the bling of foil to create a super cool journal. The floral element cut using the Folio Page, Pockets and Flower die set adds the perfect touch to the cover. Don’t miss Anna-Karin’s tutorial and give her techniques a try yourself.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson for Eileen Hull - Spring forward with fantastic Folios, Eileen's newest Ch. 1 Sizzix Die sets. #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Elizabeth Robinson created a delightfully stitchy Folio completely out of fabric scraps. I love it! Flowers, embroidery, batik fabrics – yes please Elizabeth, show us more. =) It is a cheerful and whimsical art journal to be sure and she shows you how to put one together yourself in her blog post.

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - Spring forward with fantastic Folios, Eileen's newest Ch. 1 Sizzix Die sets. #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Let’s not forget Easter is nearly here…

Tonya Trantham certainly hasn’t. She cleverly combined two of Eileen’s dies – the pocket from the Folio Page die set and the Teacup Die to create this darling bunny basket Easter decoration. I love the festive touches and I believe I spy some chocolate tucked away in the basket (well done Tonya). Find out how to make some of your own in Tonya’s blog post. They would be great little gifts!

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull - darling Easter decor made using Eileen's Sizzix dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Visit again next Wednesday for inspiration from the Educator Team.

Thanks for visiting to see the creations from the Inspiration Team! Did you enjoy all those flowers and Folio projects using Eileen’s new Sizzix dies? If you missed last posts, you can see them HERE and HERE. Join us next Wednesday for more.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! She shows how to assemble her Adirondack Chair Die (special request by some Fans who just got the retired die) and how to make pocket pages to fit into the Folio Journal. Join in and see the replay. There are some new technical difficulties with embedding Facebook videos into these blog posts, so FOLLOW THIS LINK to watch the show.

Folios and Flowers With Eileen Hull’s Sizzix Dies

10 Mar

Visual treats are in store for you this week with more Folios and flowers Sizzix Dies creative makes. Eileen Hull’s newest Sizzix Chapter 1 Dies, the ScoreBoards Folio Journal Die, coordinating Folio Page, Pockets and Flower Thinlits set and the Mandala Thinlits die will allow your creativity to bloom!

The Inspiration Team has, as always, been busy making projects to inspire you. Let’s take a look…

Karen Bearse is back with the Part 2 reveal of her fabulous junk journal Folio. Last week she shared a closer look and tutorial for creating the mixed media Folio journal cover (love!!) This week she shares the inside pages, complete with a video flip-through. Don’t miss her blog post to see all the juicy details.

Karen Bearse for Eileen Hull - Folios and flowers with Eileen's new Sizzix Dies! #mymakingstory #eileenhull #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Designer Maggi Harding has created another gorgeous Folio journal to share with us. In fact, today (March 10th) at 4pm EST she will be doing a Facebook Live in the Eileen Hull Fan Club group to share a little tutorial and a closer look at this fantastic creation! If you are a member of the group you can tune in or watch it on replay later. In the meantime, head on over to Maggi’s blog to feast your eyes on the loveliness.

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull - Folios and flowers with Eileen's new Sizzix Dies! #mymakingstory #eileenhull #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Maxing out the flower power, Susie Bentz crafted a super cute piece of home decor perfect for spring. The three dimensional effect of the flowers cut with the Folio Page, Pockets and Flower Thinlits set really make them pop and Susie’s choice of colors and theme would make this a cheerful addition to any home decor. Check out her blog to see how she worked her magic!

Visit again next Wednesday for more inspiration using Eileen Hull’s newest Sizzix dies!

Thanks for visiting to see the creations from the Inspiration Team! Did you enjoy all those flowers and Folio projects using Eileen’s new Sizzix dies? If you missed last week’s post, you can see it HERE. Join us next Wednesday for more inspiration.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! Eileen found some fun goodies on a shopping trip (see it all!) She also has some great tips for using fun foam in a spring Folio Journal project. Join in and see the replay. There are some new technical difficulties with embedding Facebook videos into these blog posts, so FOLLOW THIS LINK to watch the show.