Heartfelt Journal -

This month for Eileen Hull inspiration team we were asked to create using Eileen's Heartfelt collection. This collection has been a top seller and has been very hard to keep in stores. 

YES, it is that good! This journal can be anything you would like it to be, scrapbook, journal, junk journal and a calendar. It can be crafted and decorated so many ways and if you have been following along you will see so many different designs.

For mine I this time I chose to use Eileen's new paper pad. It is a 6' X 12" double sided, with quality card stock. She has 24 designs, so you get 4 sheets of each design. What does she call it? That is simple it was made to go with the Heartfelt dies, so she simply named it Heartfelt! So perfect!

What I did not realize is that there was a reason behind it. I found out after I had worked with her paper that the houses represent the House Die and the flowers match her flower dies! Birds and butterflies were also included in the designing of the paper! We can't forget Scotty, he is included also!

That Eileen is one smart cookie!

I love this phrase and I thought it was appropriate for the cover of this journal!

"An idea is just a dream

                       until you write it down"

I often wake in the night with a thought or idea and need to write it down or I will forget, anyone else?

I just stamped out my phrase using individual letters onto Eileen's grid paper with flowers.

Added some of the stripe paper and the houses along the bottom.

I made a tassel as a bookmark, tassels are everywhere these days.

My inside page I used the pocket that is included it the paper pad, a little fussy cutting and it was ready to adhere onto the inside cover. I love the black and white flower paper! Little added bonus to doodle on! So FUN!

For my pages I used white card stock, cut to size. I wanted most of my pages to be blank to write or draw my ideas onto the paper.

I found some cute mini clothespins that were the perfect color to add to the pages! So CUTE!

My back cover is covered with the same flower paper and I used the envelope that is included in the paper pad and also the journal cards.

On the inside pages I added just a strip of paper here and there just for added color. Still plenty of room to add my drawings or ideas!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you will head over to Eileen's Blog and see all the beautiful projects the Design Team have been making, you will be glad you did!

Stampotique + Eileen Hull Dies = Fabulous Fun!

Hello!

This month Eileen Hull's team is collaborating with Stampotique and both teams have been creating some pretty spectacular projects! I encourage you to check out the June posts on Eileen's blog and the Stampotique blog too!

I have two projects for you today! I am trying to make up for missed time! I have been out of commission since April. I ended up in the hospital in ICU, I had sepsis and it was quite serious. The reason I got that is I had pneumonia and did not know it. I felt absolutely fine. But obviously I was not!

Anyway....I am back and feeling so much better!

Let's get back to the projects!

My first project, my choice was to use Eileen Hull/Sizzix Basket die and I paired it with Stampotique stamp - Kassa's Bloom.

1. Cut out basket using Sizzix - Little Sizzles 6' X 13" Mat board.

2. Stamp Kassa's Bloom randomly on mat board using Archival ink.

3. Using colored pencils I begin to color.

4. I started with a light yellow.

5. Added some darker tone.

6. Added a little red color. Just a splash.

7. Here is the Magic! I pulled out my Color Box Blends by Eileen Hull. Just two colors, Sunshine and     Wildberry. A paint brush and some water.

Wait for it............................................

BAM! I added Sunshine over the top of the flowers and the background. I then added some Wildberry for some pop! Splattered the Wildberry over the top of it.

LOVE, Love, love the way it looks!

Finish by putting it together using your favorite adhesive and you have a lovely basket to display. This would make beautiful candy dishes on a picnic table or do these in wedding colors as party favors! Oh the possibilities!

My second project is made with Eileen's Heartfelt Journal cover. It makes for a fantastic base for making small art boards.

First I cut journal cover out, along with the book plate that goes along with the journal die. I stamped out my images from Stampotique. Some a few times, I am going to layer some pieces.

Stampotique stamps I used are as follows!

Mela 

Sometimes I pretend

Stitched Houses

I stamped images on white card stock using Ranger Jet Black Archival ink.

I covered journal base with paper from 7gypsies. The door paper is also from 7gypsies.

Round all corners with corner rounder.

Sand to distress paper. This is optional!

Using ColorBox Blends by Eileen Hull - Nutmeg, blend ink to distress card stock even more.
I love this look!

I stamped Mela right onto distressed card stock for the base layer of her. Pull out colored pencils and start coloring.

Here are the different parts of Mela that I colored. I did color 2 dresses.

I adhered on the door and parts of Mela. I added first layer of dress and added another layer on top of first dress to get a flowing motion. You can't tell in 1st photo, in the second photo you can see it it lifted off the base. I added a hat onto Mela made from one of the tops of a house. I added some rub-ons from 7 gypsies. I stamped the book plate with Stampotique Upholstered  stamp along with the verse stamp. I did some extra shading around the door and Mela and now I have a great little art piece to remind me to just be ME!

Thank you so much for stopping by. I know it has been a long time, but I am BACK! YAY!

Please make sure you check out Eileen's Blog to see what the other Design Team Members have made!

Heartfelt Journal

Welcome!

I am so glad you stopped by today, I think you will be too!

We have been waiting since January for this amazing Journal Die designed by Eileen Hull and they are finally shipping this month!

Everyone on the team has fallen in LOVE with this Journal Die and when I say fallen, I mean fallen HARD in LOVE! So many possibilities. Any style can be made, it is up to you!!!

This is one that I have created and I am so in LOVE with this Journal!

I am going to share some of the highlights of the design with you.

I like to gather lots of different embellishments and see what happens.

I knew I wanted this to have a vintage feel to it, so of course crackle paste is needed. 

I love stitching on paper and adding elements to paper. Many pages have stitching on them, zig zag and just straight stitches. I also added lace. 

I wanted more of the pink to come through so I colored over the top with a colored pencil.

I had to ink up the Journal to make it look old and dirty. I used another product by Eileen Hull. This is just one of the colors in the Color Box Blends Eileen has designs. These Blends carry 10x's the amount of ink that a ink pad has. It works great to give me the vintage look I want!

The cover is coming together. This dress form and paper is from 7 gypsies. It is a new line called Architextures.

I added my own pages into the journal. Although this journal is designed so that you can use Madori Travel Journals and add them. 

I love making wider pages so that they can be folded and give you extra room in your journal.

This is also another favorite of mine. I Stitch together file tab folders. Now you have 5 extra pages on one page. I add torn paper and vintage snaps. More crackle paste.

Here I just added a image and torn the page on the right side.

Another fold over page. There are also file folders included in this journal. You can do so many things to your journal, these are just a few of the elements of this journal.

Super close up of the cover. I hope you have enjoyed my journal and all the vintage goodness.

Supplies I used:

Journal Die-Sizzix by Eileen Hull
Papers- 7 Gypsies
Dress Form - 7 Gypsies-Achitextures
Crackle Paste-Deco Art Media
Ink-Blends By Eileen Hull
Miscellaneous embellishments

Stop by Eileen's blog all month to see what the other Design Team members have made!
You won't be sorry!

A Journal, A Coin Purse and a Banner! Oh my!

Have you heard?

Eileen Hull has a NEW COLLECTION coming!

You're going to LOVE it!

The whole team is so excited about the whole collection! 

The new collection is called HEARTFELT! It is so appropriately named, as you can see it can be used with felt.

My first project was made with two of the dies. First the Journal and second is the House/Pocket Stitchlet.

I made my journal into a to-go color journal for kids. So easy, stitch outside the journal and stitch the house into a pouch and add onto the front of journal. I added some paper to the inside and tied it shut. This can be refilled one all the paper is used!

 So FUN for the kids!

I had to make a little coin purse, just because the front of the journal turned out sew cute!

I used Eileen's Twist and Style tool for the handle. How adorable is this?

Last, I have a sweet little banner I made with the new Sizzix Thinlets Die Set, it is a 11 pack word Stitchlets. This was so quick and easy!

Again the handle was made with the Twist and Style tool.

Please check out the teams projects this month, they will blow you away! This collection is so fun and so easy to make each journal your own style! Head over to Eileen's HERE!

Tags and Cards!

This month the Inspiration team is sharing different card and tag ideas. 

I am sharing a secret that I have! 

If I need a quick tag or card, I grab my Eileen Hull Cookie Box Die. 

Yes, that is right! 

This is the part I use. It is the top and bottom of the box. 

I cut two and one 1" x 2" to attach them together.
I also cut out some flowers from Eileen's Heart and Soul.

Add adhesive to each side of 1" x 2" and adhere to the two front and back of cards.

 Just like this!

Add flower and sentiment and you are done!

For tags, cut out, punch hole and add twine.

So easy and fast!

Two cards and two tags! Done, boom, bam!

Now you know my secret!