Eileen Hull's New Stamps Release Party

 Eileen Hull has collaborated with Maker Forte Stamps and today they are releasing three stamp sets designed by Eileen.  Eileen is hosting the release on her FB Eileen Hull Designs 8/27/21 at 1 pm EST.  Check it out - you could win the new stamps!

There are three stamp sets being released today and here are the projects I made!

For my first project I made a box using Eileen's Tiny Book Case die and filled it with Library cards I made with one of the stamps from the Buttons Cards and More set, where I can write down the names and a brief synopsis of the books I've read and tuck the cards into the box.

Here's the Tiny Book Case that I assembled and adhered some Tim Holtz DP to all the outside surfaces.

I stamped and adhered one of the 'library cards' to the back of the box labelled with what 's inside, using the OVERDUE stamp from the set and Big Chat Stickers and Label Letters from Tim Holtz.

I colored the inside of the box and the exposed edges with a Brushed Corduroy Ranger Distress Marker. I filled in the library cards with the title and author and a brief synopsis of the books I've read recently and slipped them inside the box!

Next I made a card using a button card stamp from the same set - Buttons, Cards and More.   I stamped one of the button cards in the set onto yellow dotted DP.  I had some sweet tiny buttons in my stash in pastel colors that I adhered over the stamped buttons.  I added some Clear Glitter Wink of Stella over the 'sun' rays on the top button for a little sparkle.  I adhered the stamping over some stitches DP.

And for my final project today, I made a card using the beautiful Vintage Damask stamp along with most of the stamps in the Snail Mail - Everyday Sentiments stamp set!  

There are so many versatile stamps in the Snail Mail- Everyday Sentiments set including the wonderful framed grid and the Vintage Damask made a gorgeous background for the other stampings and is, of course, gorgeous all by itself!

First I stamped the Damask using Pink Pearl Ink on a panel of white card.  Then I stamped the grid in black ink.  And finally, I stamped the images and sentiments using Fuchsia Ink.  I trimmed the panel to the edge of the frame and layered it over a Raspberry Fizz card with foam dots.  I added rhinestones and tiny gems to several of the images for a little sparkle.

We hope to see you over at Eileen Hull Designs FB at 1 pm EST today (8/27/21) to see Eileen's live release party - there are stamp sets to be won!

Library Card Box

Stamps:  Buttons, Cards and More - Eileen Hull/Maker Forte

Ink:  Cocoa Bean True Black - PTI

Paper:  Little Sizzles Matboard - Sizzix, DP Tim Holtz single sheet (from my stash).

Accessories:  Tiny Bookcase Die - Eileen Hull/Sizzix, ScorTape, Utra Bond Adhesive - iCraft, black elastic round cord - JoAnn, Big Chat Stickers, Label Letters - Tim Holtz/Idea0logy.

Sunshine Buttons Card

Stamps:  Buttons, Cards and More - Eileen Hull/Maker Forte

Ink:  True Black - PTI

Paper:  white - PTI, DP Modern Homemaker, Farm House - October Afternoon (older paper pads),

Accessories:  Tiny buttons from stash, foam dots, Clear Glitter Wink of Stella, Tombow Glue.

Happy Birthday Card

Stamps:  Snail Mail - Everyday Sentiments, Vintage Damask - Eileen Hull/Maker Forte.

Ink:  Pink Pearl, Fuchsia, Obsidian - Altenew

Paper:  white, Raspberry Fizz - PTI.

Accessories:  rhinestones - Dollar Store, Tiny Twinkles - Taylored Expressions, foam dots.

Tiny Book - Junk Journal

For August, Eileen Hull's Design Team is making Junk Journals focusing on embellishing the pages.  I used her Tiny Book Die to make my journal and I decorated the pages with recycled cardboard slide frames,  a fun technique I learned from this YouTube Video.

I used a piece of Belagio Cork Fabric for the cover and for the slide on the cover.

I covered and decorated a recycled slide for each page, adding various Chat stickers and rub ons to the pages.

I colored the Paper Dolls with Ranger Distress Markers.

I left the slide below uncovered since it was red and went with my patriotic theme.

I left the last pages blank accept for a butterfly rub-on and a Small Talk Sticker

The Sizzix Hinge Clip was just the right size to use as a closure for my Tiny Book Junk Journal!

I learned how to do the slides on this YouTube video. 

 She used slides that you could easily separate the front and back.  

The front and back frames of my slides  (old slides inherited from my parents attic) were glued together.  The only issue with this would be if I wanted the back to be clean, but I attached the slides to a page so it didn't matter for me.  

First you just push out the negative - it comes out easily.

Then I cut a piece of what I wanted to cover the slide with (I used Balagio Cork Fabric and Tim's Floral Collage Tissue Paper).  I adhered the slide to the material and clipped the corners as shown.

I put glue on the flaps and folded them onto the slide.

I cut the fabric covering the slide opening with an x-acto knife, corner to corner.

Added glue and folded them over the slide frame.

If you had a slide that easily separated - you would then glue the back of the slide back on, covering the material.

 Here's the back of a slide covered with the Floral Collage Tissue Paper (with the negative adhered onto the front of the slide cover)

And here's your covered slide frame!

After I covered the slides, I adhered the negative back onto the front so the sprockets show,  you can also adhere it to the back - if you don't want to see the sprockets.  For my cover - I didn't use the negative at all - I just let the book cover show through.

 

These are the 5 slides I made for my journal 

(the one used on the cover - top left  wasn't covered yet!)

Three are covered with Tim Holtz Floral Collage Tissue Paper and one is left uncovered as I liked the red!

I die cut the Tiny Book out of Matboard that I had adhered a piece of Belagio Cork to using a sheet of ScorTape. 

I show two pages below, but actually ended up using 3 pages - cut 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" scored at 2 1/4".

I colored the pages using Distress Oxide Inks in Twisted Cintron and Frayed Burlap, rubbing the inks on my craft mat, spritzing with water and then pressing the pages into the inks.

I looped a black elastic cord through the center of the 3 stacked pages and knotted it on the outside of the binding.

 The binder clip holds the book closed nicely.

My Tiny Book - Junk Journal is a small 2 1/4" x 3". 

 Please check out Eileen's Blog every Wednesday in August to be inspired by the rest of the Design Teams Junk Journals!  

You'll also find inspiration with Eileen on her twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs – Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. Become a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club-  a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks. 

You can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

I'm also linking my Tiny Book to:

Arty Divas: Challenge #27

Anything Goes

Paper:  Black Matboard - Sizzix, Rustic Cream and Midnight Blue Cardstock - PTI.
Ink:  Ranger Distress Oxide Twisted Cintrol and Frayed Burlap.
Supplies:  Tiny Book Die - Eileen Hull/Sizzix, old slides that were my dad's, Paper Dolls, Small Talk Occasions, Floral Collage Paper, Big Chat Stickers, Quote Chips, Remnant Rubs Special Delivery and Botanicals, Industrious Stickers:Borders, Hinge Clip - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, Belagio Cork Fabrics, black elastic cord, Beacon 3 in 1 Glue, iCraft Ultra Bond Adhesive, Ranger Distress Markers Worn Lipstick, Ripe Persimmon, Forest Moss, Carved Pumpkin Tea Dye, Stormy Sky, Brushed Corduroy, Spiced Marmalade, Pumice Stone, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, ScorTape 6x6 sheet, black Stabilo Pencil, Gold Stargazer Star Confetti - Honey Bee Stamps, star punch - Sizzix.

17th Birthday - Eileen Hull Notebooks using Belagio Cork Fabric!

As a member of Eileen Hull's Inspiration team - today I'm sharing two Notebooks I made for my friends twins who turned 17 last week. They had a drive-by birthday party at their home and I handed these to them through the car window with our masks on!  

The team is using these beautiful Belagio cork fabrics for their projects this month as described in the next paragraph.

We have an exciting month ahead for all you Eileen Hull fans! The theme this month is June Journals and Eileen is collaborating with Belagio to use their unique, versatile cork fabric. This durable and user friendly fabric can be easily die cut, sewn by machine, combined with fabric, paper or pretty much any substrate you can think of. Thin sheets of real cork are laminated to a fabric backing so it is very flexible and durable. It is thinner than other cork sheets on the market but that is intentional to make it suitable for many different applications. It’s perfect for covering three dimensional projects like boxes, books, and home decor pieces. It can also be used to create 3D flowers and other embellishments. This fabric lives up to the Belagio motto: You are only limited by your imagination.

Where can you find Belagio cork fabric?

• Hobby Lobby carries packaged cork in 18″ x 15″ pieces in 9 different patterns in the notions department.

• There are two types – a natural and a natural with gold at Walmart stores that have fabric departments. It is sold by the yard.

• As for the entire collection, many quilt and craft shops around the country carry it by the yard and in packaged 18″ x 15″ pieces.

• Online the Belagio cork fabric is available on Walmart.com and Amazon.com.

So now that you have been introduced to this lovely new product  -  I have lots of photos to share with you, starting with how I put my Notebooks together and then how they look when finished!

Eileen sent the team all of these lovely pieces of cork fabric to work with.  So many beautiful patterns and there are a multitude more of them. You will be seeing many more projects from me using these! 

 I chose the tear drop circles one and the floral one for my Notebook covers.

 

 I adhered the cork to the matboard using double sided adhesive sheets. And then ran Eileen's Notebook Die through my machine cork side facing the die.

This cork fabric feels so soft as a cover - almost like a leather. I love the feel of it in my hand.
It adhered perfectly to the matboard and has not lifted off any of the edges or scorings.

 

My friend Elizabeth (the twins mother) said that Gwen would like the floral cork and her favorite color is green,  so I colored all the flowers and stems with a YG23 Copic.  I tried coloring on a scrap of this pattern first to see how bright it would be. I also tried a mix of greens, but felt it looked best using just this one green.
 

Paige's favorite color is pink/coral so for her cover I used two Copic colors - a light pink (R32) and a coral (R35).  Again, I tested the colors on a scrap of this cork fabric before starting on the cover.

This piece has little flecks of gold on it that you can see reflected here.  SO pretty!!

I colored only random circles - leaving many uncolored, just going with what was pleasing and balanced to my eye.  Here is the completed cover for Paige.


I used Color Blends2 inks to color the inside of the cover, spritzing the inks with water and then dabbing the colors on, one at a time with a sponge.
Gwen likes green, so I used Frog, Leaf, and Gold Blends for her cover.

Any inks or paints can be used with this technique.

Here is the Leaf green dabbed on

Then I dabbed on the Frog Ink and finally the Gold Ink

Paige likes coral/pink so I used Melon and Rose Gold Blends2 inks for her inside cover. 

I sponged the color around the outside edges and onto the scored edges of the binding.

I die cut their names and age out of Sizzix Sculpting Foam - a new product that is like fun foam but very much thinner.  I felt that it might be more durable than using cardstock for this application.
I adhered double sided adhesive sheets to the foam before die cutting so I didn't have to apply glue to each letter/number.

I laid a ruler along the cover to help me adhere the letters in a straight line.

 

 I had these cute notebooks from JoAnn and they just happened to be in a mix of pink and green, so I used the green for Gwen and Pink for Paige.

I also got out several charms and asked Elizabeth which one each girl might like -   the purse was chosen for Gwen and the squirrel was chosen for Paige.

 I added three paper note books to each notebook, laying a 12" black elastic cord across the inside center of each book, bringing the two ends around the outside binding, pulling them tightly and tying a double knot.  This allows the notebooks to be removed or added very easily.  I tied the charm in with the knot on the middle elastic.  I threaded a 20" piece of faux suede cord under the binding cords adhering it just on the binding with a piece of ScorTape to hold the cord onto the binding when the book was un-tied.  I stamped 2020, punched it out and adhered it to the bottom right corner.

I die cut a pocket out of coordinated DP using Eileen's Credit Card Sleeve and Tags die.  I adhered it to the cover and slipped $10 inside.  I stamped Happy Birthday on the sleeve and added Metallic Stickers/Quotations above and below the sleeve.

The notebooks have encouraging words printed on their covers.

I adhered more Metallic Stickers on the back cover.

Front and back, showing binding cords, charm and tie cord.

Tied in a bow.

From the back

And here's Gwen's - made in the same way with the purse charm on the binding.

And here are Gwen and Paige with their special notebooks at their drive-by birthday party!

I look forward to making more things with Eileen's dies and this creative new product, 
 Belagio Cork Fabric!
It gives a wonderful textured feel to whatever it is on and there are so many beautiful designs to choose from!

Be sure to check out Eileen's blog every Wednesday this month for more creative ideas using this cork fabric on Eleen's journals.

You can also join Eileen on her twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs – Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. Become a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club-  a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Please join our group and don’t forget to answer the questions! You can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Stamps:  Karen Fisher Number Snap Stamps (retired), Birthday Basics - PTI
Ink:  True Black - PTI, Gold, Frog, Leaf, Melon, Rose Gold - Blends 2 Inks/Color Box.
Paper:  Little Sizzles Matboard - Sizzix, Marble Paper - JoAnn, Under the Tuscan Sun - Ciao Bella.
Accessories:  Notebook Die, Credit Card Sleeve and Tags Thinlit Dies - Eileen Hull/Sizzix, Belagio Cork Fabric floral and circles, Sunset Garden Sizzix Sculpting Foam, Easy Cut Adhesive - ThermoWeb, Copics YG23, R35, R32, Alphabet and number dies - PTI, Metallic Stickers/Quotations - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, Mini Notebooks - JoAnn, Word Window Punch - SU, Faux Suede Cord - DIY, black round elastic cord, craft mat, water mister, sponges.