New Products from Eileen Hull Designs and Therm- O-Web

New products!

Eileen has collaborated with Therm-O-Web to bring you some great products to use with her many Sizzix dies.  I used them all to make this travel journal which is special!  Now why is it special?  Well, I am getting ready to go on a 3 month RV trip with my husband and spoos to Alaska and this will be my "official" 2018 Alaska journal!

A little background...We lived in Fairbanks, Alaska from 1995 - 2000.  It is our most favorite place in the entire world.  We spent 6 weeks campground hosting at Denali National Park and that was a great adventure.  This trip we plan to travel around more, but who knows, we weren't planning to campground host in 2010 but just stumbled upon it!  If you are interested, I will be updating my Alaska Blog that I started in 2010,  Road Trip - Alaska Bound, with stories and photos from this trip.

A Tutorial

Step 1:

To make the journal I used Eileen's Journal Die by Sizzix and covered both sides of the covers with paper from Stamperia's Voyages Fantastiques collection.  If you haven't taken a look at Stamperia papers, you are missing out!  Their papers are just so gorgeous and vintage and fabulous!  The Funkie Junkie Boutique carries many of their lines, do stop and take a look.

One of Eileen's new products is the Easy-Cut Adhesive sheets by Therm-O-Web pictured below that are perfect for adhering paper to your die-cut journal cover.  If you haven't used this die before, this blog post goes through the steps for die-cutting and covering your journal cover with paper.  (I'll tell you about the diecut leaves in the center further down.)

This is what the covers looked like after covering with paper.

 Step 2:
Next I stenciled on a Steampunk design using a Stamperia stencil and a couple of great Therm-O-Web products, Metallix Gold Gel masking paste and Pixie Spray which is a repositionable tack spray for stencils that works great!

Step 3:

Next I wanted to try Eileen's Foam Adhesive sheets.  These are just like the Easy Cut Adhesive sheets except that they are made of foam so they are great to use for giving your die-cuts some dimension.  I die-cut the intricate flourish you see in this picture and I love how it came out.  First I adhered the paper to the foam, added my die and ran it through my Vagabond several times to get a good cut.  (You can see the cut above on the Easy Cut Adhesive photo)  I inked up the die-cut to make it a bit darker and added two of these flourishes to my cover.

Step 4:

Nest I die-cut from the same foam sheet a travel word from Eileen's journaling words set.  This time I decided to try out Eileen's new Molten Dimensions Embossing Powders.  I used Golden Rod and I love how thick these embossing powders are!  

Step 5:

I made a simple closure with ribbon, a key hole and Velcro.  Simply loop a piece of ribbon through the key hole as picture and then adhere the two ribbons together.

Then add a velcro closure to the ribbon, press in place on the back cover and voilà, you have a neat simple closure.

Step 6:

To make these way cool flowers, I started with plain bronze flowers and "fancied" them up by applying Eileen's Molten Embossing Powder in silver and gold to the petals.  Isn't that just the coolest effect?  Just paint a bit of embossing ink on the petals, sprinkle with powder and heat.  CAUTION!!  Use tweezers to hold the flowers and DO NOT touch the metal until it cools after heating as it gets really hot.   

I painted a little embossing ink on these burlap flowers and added some embossing powder around the edges.  Love this look!

Step 7:

Now it's time to put the covers together.  I used another product from Eileen's new Therm-O-Web line, Red Liner Tape.  This tape is so great for Eileen's journals because it creates such a strong bond.  Some people don't like it because you can't tear it.  Well think about it, you can't tear it so it must be REALLY strong right?  I'm a convert!

Just place a line of tape all down the back cover and adhere the front cover.  Press in place and you're good to go!

That's it, my journal is all ready to go, now I just have the huge task of packing up the motorhome for a 3 month trip.  It's a lot of work let me tell ya!  It's so much easier to pack a suitcase and check into a hotel but it's not nearly as much fun!  I love sleeping in my own bed every night and most of all, having our much loved poodles with us!

 Tisha and Nika love RVing too and are keeping a close watch on the road!

One more little note of interest, Therm-O-Web sent us a nice box of goodies along with all the new Eileen products.  I have to say my favorite thing in the whole box might just be these little metal tips.
Wow, I just screwed one onto the Ultra Bond glue they sent and it makes the nicest thin glue line I've ever seen.  Fabulous glue and tip!!  Thank you Therm-O-Web!

Supplies

Eileen Hull Designs by Sizzix XL Die - Journal

Eileen Hull Designs by Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Journaling Words

Therm-O-Web iCraft Ultra Bond Adhesive 2 fl oz

Therm-O-Web iCraft Metal Tips
Therm-O-Web Pixie Spray

Therm O Web - iCraft - Deco Foil - Metallix Gel - 2 Ounces - Pure Gold

Eileen Hull Designs by Therm-O-Web Red Liner Tape

Eileen Hull Designs by Therm-O-Web Foam Adhesive

Eileen Hull Designs by Therm-O-Web Easy Cut Adhesive

Eileen Hull Designs ColorBox Blends2 Refill - Clear

Eileen Hull Designs ColorBox  Blends2 Refill - Nutmeg

Eileen Hull Designs Emerald Creek Molten Dimensions Embossing Powder - Golden Rod, Polished Silver

Stamperia Voyages Fantastiques