Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Mixing It Up With Eileen Hull‘s NEW Pocket Notebook

Come join the party and see the creative ideas for Eileen's Pocket Notebook
Welcome to the Pocket Notebook Release Party! This is Eileen Hull’s newest book die with Sizzix. On the die, you get all of the pieces you need to make an entire book- the cover, pages, latch and pen loop! The Pocket Notebook measures 6 3/4” x 4 1/2” with a spine that can adjust from of 3/8” to almost 2”! String it with elastic, hemp, ribbon or twine. So many option for this fun die!

Eileen’s Inspiration and Educator teams have combined to show us their amazing Pocket Notebook ideas. Please follow the Blog Hop to see all of the fabulous projects, techniques and videos! 

There are also two GIVEAWAYS- the Pocket Notebook die and a gift certificate for Eileen’s Etsy store. To enter to win, leave a comment on each of the posts. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, October 8 on Eileen’s Facebook Live show.

Thanks for hopping along with us today!




Metal & Stencil Mix-Up

Having the opportunity to create with this newest Eileen Hull’s Sizzix die was fun! This is another one of those dies that keeps my mind busy with ideas.  This is a nice size for a book for any variety of uses.

My goal was to share ideas of using different materials and applications to incorporate with this die.  This caused me to take my favorite stencils, simple techniques of inking and the fun of working with metal embossing, then combining them all together.  Working with these Scoreboard dies and mat board makes for a wonderful surface for so many applications.

Before assembling

The marvelous products available for crafting today help with creating successful projects. When making books, journals or albums with mat board and dies, I like to use sheet adhesives like those from Thermoweb.  Using a product such as this allows the application of a wide variety of materials.  I love using papers but my favorite is fabric.  This project included some scraps of collected fabrics for the covers.

 Preparing fabric for cover:

To design the fabric for book cover, place stencil onto the fabric.  Ink sponge and apply ink(s) over the stencil.  Don’t worry about complete coverage, randomly applications gives the fabric a faux batik look.  Move stencil around on the fabric repeating with the ink(s) until desired coverage.
NOTE: If wanting a different effect on the front cover, use the Art Sheet. Repeat the process used o for the fabric on the surface of the Mixed Media Art Sheet also.

Back outside cover

Back inside cover
For the inside front cover, a piece of the fabric was used.  It has the stencil design traced on it with a fine point permanent black pen first, then inked over the stencil pattern with a dark ink, before finishing with a stamped design .

Front inside cover
Apply all the designed fabic pieces and Art sheet to pieces of mat board and then cut covers pieces.

Assemble the pocket notebook as directions suggest with the adhesive of choice.  String the binding with elastic cord.

Signatures and Pages:

To make the pages for the notebook, I choose to use various packing papers I had saved.  I removed creases by ironing the sheets flat and stacking and cutting them to size.  

The signature folders were made using two different card stocks.  One has a solid yellow front with white back, the other a simple brown herringbone pattern on one side and white back.  I then used stencils and inks to add colors and designs on both sides of the papers and finished with stamped designs. The finished sheets are cut to fit the notebook and paper pages, then inserted.
NOTE:  A nice finish to the signatures and pages is to punch all four corners with a rounder punch before inserting. It also helps the process of placing and removing them from the notebook. 





Finishing Pocket Notebook:

 Carefully punch four holes through the corners of the metal embossed pieces and front cover.  Put in place and hold with four paper brads.  If desired, place a few pieces of double faced tape to the backside of the metal before putting in place. A old rusty key was attached for a closure, along with a length of silk ribbon.

On the outside spine a piece of foiled adhesive was added. Hand dyed bias tape was laced through the elastic binging and tied together, then finished with some decorative beads. Any other added embellishments and be place on pages or signatures for added decoration.






Embossed Metal Cover:

 Begin with a piece of aluminum metal slightly larger then then cover.  Place the metal onto a sheet of suede or foam pad the help with the embossing of the design.  Tape the stencil onto the center of the metal piece. Begin tracing with a stylus the pattern from the stencil.  There’s no need to trace every line. NOTE: If you do not have embossing tools, use a black ballpoint pen and and the round d end of paint brushed for forming indented circles.  For help with the process of metal embossing refer to either a book or videos online. Also, there are many videos online available with tutorials on every level of metal embossing. No need for expensive materials to start out with. Several books are available for purchase or possibly found at a local library. I was lucky enough to participate in a workshop with Magdalena Muldoon, the author of Metal Embossing Workshop. 

MATERIALS

Sizzix Big Shot machine
Eileen Hull #663638 Scoreboard XL Pocket Notebook
Mat board
Thermoweb adhesive sheets
Thermoweb Mixed Media Art sheets by Rebekah Meier
The Crafters Workshop, Rebekah Meier stencils,  Rosetta 461S
Lightweight, solid cotton fabric
Inks, assorted colors
Embossing metal
Metal embossing tools
Paper brads, 4
Elastic cord
Seam binding, white-dyeable
Dark brown acrylic paint
Cosmetic sponges

Extras:
Card stock, assorted plain or patterned
Distress Oxide pads or sprays,  coordinating colors
The Crafters Workshop stencils, Rebekah Meier 699S, 462S, 775S
Stamps, Impression Obsession, French document, NPC
Paper Trimmer
Metallic foils
Ribbon
Closure, old key
Beads
Any extra embellishments
Paper for signatures




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Thursday, May 2, 2019

Spring Cheer



A little bit of Springtime cheer comes from some of my favorite tools and products

Easter baskets may be put away for another year, but this idea for a container can take on a variety of uses for anytime of the year. 

Materials Used
Sizzix die/EH Loaf Pan
Sizzix Big Shot
Assorted colored felt
Assorted colored card stock, green
Wire
Seed beads
Ribbon
Small punch or piercing tool
Jewelry pliers
Small foam block


 ***With this little project, I wanted to share ideas using my "go to" tools and materials that are always near by when I get the "creative bug"!

I have included here, very simple steps to make the entire project, but will only concentrate on the process I used to made the springtime basket from a very versatile Eileen Hull Sizzix die in my collection. This process goes a little beyond the step of just embossing the surface of the mat board with an embossing folder, which is totally acceptable.

An easy version would be to just die-cut, emboss and color the piece of matboard to make the basket. The use of both the Mixed Media Art Sheets, added to the Mixed Media Foam Sheet will give the finished look more texture in two ways because of the properties of each product.

 Basket
Die-cut a loaf pan from the sheet of mat board. 
Color the inside of the die-cut mat board with color blends if desired.
Layer a sheet of art sheet onto the foam sheet. 
Die-cut a loaf pan from this layered art sheet/foam piece.
Cut the the die-cut, art sheet/foam piece apart, into nine pieces.
***( 2-long sides, 2-short, ends, 4-angled,ends, 1-bottom)
With 3D embossing folder, emboss each of the 9 pieces.
Use the color blends to color each of the embossed pieces.
Fold along the fold lines of the mat board piece.
Use glue or double side tape to form the loaf pan.
Remove the backing paper from each of the embossed pieces.
Carefully align up the embossed foam pieces over each side of the mat board loaf pan.
Blend all the  exposed edges with the brown color blend. 

Use ColorBlends to add some color to inside of basket 
The 4 main pieces embossed and cut into sections
Basket pieces colored and ready for application



Flowers
Die cut flowers from assorted felt. 
Die cut leaves from green cardstock.
Color wooden craft picks with green color blend.
Arrange the die cut felt flower pieces to form a variety of flowers. 
Glue the felt flower pieces together to create several flowers.
While gluing together the flowers, insert a green colored craft pick between the largest piece and the remaining layers.  Allow these flowers to dry before adding leaves to each with glue.
Squeeze a round glob of glue into the center of each flower. Cover the glue with seed beads. Leave to completely dry.

Finishing 
Poke two holes on each long side of the basket to insert wire handles, made with wire and the Twist and Style tool. Pinch ends of wire to hold in place with small pliers.
Glue a block of styrofoam to fit into the bottom of the loaf pan shape. When dry, insert the finished flowers into the foam.  Add crinkle grass of choice into the basket. Add any other decorations as desired. Tie a bow into the handles of the basket. 


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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Ideas with Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies - #2

Since my “go to” tools for most things I like to create are my Sizzix Big Shot die-cutting machine  and dies, I will be concentrating on old and new projects to share here and on other sites.

This will be happenig because of a recent opportunity that you can read about by going to the followig link. A new concept that you can read about here:Eileen Hull Educators

My relationship with Eileen Hull goes back many years as designers within the creative craft industry. During those years are paths went in different directions but always stayed connected in some form. We meet and know people along the way that we may always be delighted to promote and share what they do because  are own passion is helped by what they do.

Now, from time to time I will be posting projects here, and also share them on Instagram and Facebook pages and likely other sites. They will be a way of sharing ideas with all who like to create.  Whether a beginner, an expert or anywhere in between, my hope and goal is to share my ideas with others, and how I enjoy experimenting with products and combining different materials to be creative.

NOTE: The projects shared here will be using old and new dies designed exclusively by Eileen.  If other Sizzix dies are used they will also be listed after Eileen’s.




This is a pin made combining fabric and papers.  Easy to make for gift giving or as your own wearable to match any outfit or to embellish an accessory.

If there are any questions about this project, please feel free to comment and I will answer them.








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