Release Party, Featuring the Mini Album, a Vault Release from Eileen Hull for Sizzix

Welcome to Eileen's October Release Party. This Eileen Hull Sizzix release was designed with journaling in mind! If you have never journaled before, the new release features the Mini Album and 6 other products that work perfectly with the journal. You'll find everything that you need to get going in this new release. If you have been journaling for a while, you will want to add these items to your stash- the pieces are very versatile and will coordinate with many of the other dies you may already have.

The base die is the 5” x 5” x 1” Mini-Album, a Scoreboard die specially designed to cut and score thick material AND it cuts in one pass- so easy and quick! You can also use this die to cut the pages that go inside. There are three accessory Thinlits dies: Floral Pocket and Paperclips, Bookmark, Pockets and Toppers and Charms that cut pockets, bookmarks, embellishments, paper clips, charms and extras that may be used to decorate the pages of the book. There is a stamp set called Fan Favorites with 61 words and phrases to use inside the book, on cards, and tags! Plate and Pattern is a four layer stencil- each layer may be used separately or all together. Create page backgrounds, use on your gel plate, outline and stitch the design on fabric or to trace shapes and fill in with watercolor. The Floral Damask multi-level 3D embossing folder creates a beautiful background useful for journal pages, cards and tags!
Join me in exploring these products at our Release Party on October 22 at noon ET streaming to Facebook, Instagram and YouTube @eileenhull! You will see lots of great ideas and inspiration by the amazingly talented Team and also ask any questions you may have. If you miss it live, you can watch on replay. There will be prizes and lots of fun- please come!

I used the vault release, Mini Album to make a super fun mini designed to hold lots of photos and a journal too!  I used Carta Bella Botantical Garden papers.

Here's a view from the back so you can see how the closure ribbon works.

Here's a peek at a few pages.  

Take a look at my video for a walk through of all the pages!

We will also be working with these dies on weekly livestreams- Tuesdays at 6:00 ET and Thursdays at 4:00.

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Eileen Hull by Sizzix Products

666703 Mini Album 

666535 Starlit Village and Card Panel

Another Release by Eileen Hull from the Sizzix Vault - Mini Album

Sizzix has released another fabulous XL die from Eileen Hull, the Mini Album.  I used it to make a super fun mini designed to hold lots of photos and a journal too!  I used Carta Bella Botanical Garden papers.

A very simple ribbon tie serves as a closure for the mini.

Here's a video walk through of the entire mini.

The mini also holds a small journal on the inside front cover for keeping notes. Then there are two signatures that will hold lots of photos.

Eileen Hull by Sizzix Products

666703 Mini Album 

666535 Starlit Village and Card Panel

New Stamp Set from Eileen Hull by Maker Forte!

Eileen Hull's new stamp release is great.  You'll love using it with your planners, cards and layouts!  It has so many uses.  I made two cards to share with you today just to give you a quick flavor of this fun new set.

Here's what the set looks like.

My Cards

First up a birthday card with a sentiment, dream a little, from the new Making Plans stamp set.  I also used a Happy Birthday stamp from a previously released set, Snail Mail Postage.  I framed the sentiment using one of the blank label stamps also included in Making Plans.

The beautiful embossed panel is Eileen's newest 3D embossing folder, Crochet Mandala and those adorable little flowers are diecuts from a recently released Sizzix Thinlits Shadow Box Frame #1.

I used an older die from Eileen's Bookplate, Hinges & Label Thinlit set to diecut the stamped Happy Birthday sentiment.  Unfortunately,  Sizzix has discontinued this set but maybe you could find it elsewhere.

Supplies Used to Make this Card

Making Plans Stamps - Maker Forte for Eileen Hull

Snail Mail Postage Stamps  - Maker Forte Eileen Hull

Sizzix 3-D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Crochet Mandala by Eileen Hull

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - Shadow Box Frames #1 by Eileen Hull

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Bookplate, Hinges & Label by Eileen Hull

Carta Bella - Farmhouse Market Paper Collection

A Masculine Card

This is a fun card I made for my favorite car guy!  I used Making Plans stamps to stamp the month and year and added large foam Thickers to mark the day.

Eileen's Snail Mail Everyday Sentiments had a great stamp that I used to make frames for the elements that I fussy cut from the design paper.  (Eileen's Snail Mail by Sizzix Thinlits set works with this stamp as it diecuts the stamped image in to little stamps, I love that set!)

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Snail Mail Everyday Sentiments stamp set.

I thought the banners added the perfect festive touch to my card.  They were diecut with an olde Eileen Thinlit set, Banners and Pennants.

Supplies Used to Make this Card

Making Plans Stamp- Maker Forte for Eileen Hull

Stamp - Snail Mail Everyday Sentiments - Eileen Hull

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Banners & Pennants by Eileen Hull

Ciao Bella - Start Your Engines Paper Collection

Another way to use the new Making Plans stamps is on your layouts.  With these stamps you can easily add a reference date so that years from now, you'll know when your layout photos were taken.  The blan labels are so versatile and will work with many of your stamps.  

What I love most about this stamps set and all of Eileen's prducts is that they work so well together. When I'm designing for Eileen, I get out all my Eileen "stuff" and create.  I seldome need to use any other products!

Thanks for joining me today!

Maggi  xoxo

Vintage Flower Truck for Eileen Hull Designs for Sizzix

 This little vintage truck is absolutely adorable and all of Eileen Hull's design team is crazy about it!  I've recorded a process video for you down below.

I forgot to mention in the video that I use adhesive sheets to adhere my paper to my mat board.  I like how easy that is to use and that you get full coverage glue down.

Supplies

Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Box, Vintage Truck by Eileen Hull

Eileen Hull Easy Cut Adhesive Sheets by Therm-o-web

Eileen Hull Red Liner Tape by Eileen Hull, 1/4"

Sizzix Effectz - Decorative Foil Sheets, Silver, 10PK

Carta Bella Farmhouse Market Paper Collection

Thanks for your visit!

Maggi xoxo

Spellbinder's Essential Classic Label.

 Here's a die from the Spellbinders Truly Yours Collection, the Essential Classic Label, that has so many uses.  It's great for card making but it could be used on layouts and 3-D projects.  The possibilities are endless because its a label!

I made a simple easel card using 2 different sized labels.  The die-set comes with 4 sizes and each size has an insert that cuts a line of eyelets around the edge making this a really versatile set.  

I used the two largest dies and layered one over the other.  I love that the dies are easy to position the dies over a cut-apart as I did for the sentiment.  I used the eyelet insert for both of my die-cuts.

Inside I added a simple band to act as a stop to hold the easel in place.

Thanks or stopping by today, I so appreciate it!  Be sure to stop by Spellbinders and view the Truly Yours Collection as well as all the other great products!

Products

Essential Classic Label Etched Dies from Truly Yours Collection

Carta Bella Paper - Farmhouse Market Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Kit

Layout for Creative Embellishments

 Hi friends!   There's nothing in the world like friends and I am sure missing my scrappy buddies!  Because of Covid we missed our annual get-together last year.  We are really looking forward to our reunion this year!  

So, I thought a page remembering some good times was in order.  I used some delightful chippies from Creative Embellishments and Carta Bella Farmhouse Market papers to make up this layout.

I love using chipboard flourishes under my flowers and I've used 2 different ones here.  I used two colors of embossing enamel to color these.  First I used a base coat of Aged Green, after that cooled I added some Shabby Green randomly over top the Aged Green.  I think it's a great effect!

The title is just one coat of Aged Green Embossing Enamel.  There's nothing like true friends, they are our earth angels aren't they?

Supplies from Creative Embellishments

Friend are like Angels...

Scroll Border 2

Leafy Corner Flourish Set

Other Supplies

Carta Bella Farmhouse Market

Stampendous Aged Green Embosing Enamel

Stampendous Shabby Green Embosing Enamel

HOW TO ENTER THE CHALLENGE

Be sure to check out the monthly challenge on the Creative Embellishments Blog because you could win a great gift certificate to the store! To find the monthly challenges just click on the pink search icon on the upper right side of the page and enter “challenge” in the search box and the challenges will pop up.

 Here are the rules:

• Create a NEW project layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc….as of April 1st, 2021.

• It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Creative Embellishments together with a link back to our blog page. Please make sure to reference our challenge. Please, no old projects. (meaning projects from previous months that may fit the challenge) Please share only new projects.
• Please add your entry to the inlinkz tool below to be eligible for the prize. You have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.
• Simply add a link to your FB photo (if you do not have a blog) featuring your challenge entry. Let us know how you were inspired by the photo.

• Combining with other challenges is permitted.

• We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF CE products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.

• WINNERS will have 2 weeks to claim their prize. The winner will be announced on this post the day after the challenge ends. Keep an eye out to see if you are a winner.

Thanks for visiting today!!

Maggi

xoxo

Eileen Hull Blog Hop featuring new Chapter 2 Release!

Welcome to our Chapter 2 Release Party! Today we are sharing Folio Journal accessory dies- the Waterfall & Tags and Book Binding dies and the new Bigz L Camper ScoreBoards die! But don't be limited to keeping them in a book- you can also use these elements in different size journals, cards and layouts!
Check out all the different ways to use these dies on our Blog Hop. Click through and leave a comment on each of the designers' posts and be eligible to win a $25 gift certificate in Eileen's Etsy Shop!
Join us on Facebook Live and YouTube Live for an up close and personal look at the team's projects. I will also demo how to use the dies during the show. Really hope you can join us for this fun event- prepare to be surprised. Thanks for joining us

You should have come here from Sue Eldred's blog.  If not take a look at the list at the bottom of this post and go back to Eileen's blog to start the hop.

Take a look at these great new dies from Eileen!

This is my favorite release by far!!  Why?  Well I just love the versatile Bookbinding Die as it allows you to make gorgeous journals without using elastic.  I love the way the pages fit when pages are attached to an insert.  Be sure to watch the release party video so you can see what I'm talking about.

I used the perfectly sized Pocket Notebook to make this spring journal.  The pape is Carta Bella Farmhouse Market.  I love its spring colors!

I  started my project by making the covers with cardstock.  That way I didn't have to worry about patterns and all that!  Then I layered up the front cover with design papers, ephemera, and of course, handmade flowers!  (Here's a link to the playback of a FAcebook Live I did showing how to make flowers.)

 

I took a thin piece of chipboard, covered it with design paper, and adhered it to the  spine so that the overlapping book spines don't show.  I think that gives the book a really finished look.

The inside is just a really pretty explosion of color across my pages.

On the right side you can see a waterfall page I made with Eileen's new Card, Waterfall and Tags Thinlets set.  I love having a die to cut my pages so that I don't have to worry about getting the pages all sized just right.

Here you can see a tag I made with the same waterfall die set.  The tag is the perfect size to use in all of Eileen's journals.  AND the cool thing is that the tag is a set of 3!  This is the largest of the 3.

I just be you're going to love these dies as much as I do!  Here's a list of everything I used to make this journal.

Eileen Hull Designs Dies by Sizzix

Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Pocket Notebook

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 12PK - Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Card, Waterfall & Tags

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2PK - Bookbinding & Label

Other Supplies

Carta Bella Farmhouse Market

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Pink Salmon Seam Binding

Cardstock (sorry I don;t know the color)

Now hop on over to Lisa Hoel's blog to see her wonderful creation.

Here's the blog hop list. 

Eileen Hull Designs

Julia Aston

Madeline Arendt

Jennie Atkinson

Karen Bearse

Susie Bentz

Sarah Lizzie Dodd

Sue Eldred

Maggi Harding You're here!

Lisa Hoel

Jenny Marples

Elizabeth Robinson

Tonya Trantham

Mitsyana Wright

Cheryl Waters

Blog Hop Sharing Eileen Hull Designs Newest Release - Teacup and Spoon Die by Sizzix

Eileen Hull Designs Blog Hop Introducing the New Teacup and Spoon and Post Box Dies.

Hooray- two new ScoreBoards releases from Eileen Hull and Sizzix! Are you ready for a new 3D Bigz L Tea Cup die? Fill it with teabags and other assorted goodies or use the Tea Cup cutout on the front of a card- so many possibilities. Also new is the XL Post Box, a fun little box that goes together in 10 seconds and has a slit in the top to tuck a gift card. You will have fun embellishing in your style to create holiday treats for everyone on your list!

The hop starts at Eileen's blog, and then:

Tonya Trantham

Elizabeth Robinson

Julia Aston

Pam Bray

Maggi Harding (You are here!)

Lisa Hoel

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Karen Bearse

Susie Bentz

Jenny Marples

Mitsyana Wright

Jennie Atkinson

Anita Houston

Madeline Arendt

Sarah Lizzie Dodd

Sue Eldred

Debbie Bankston

Halloween is my favorite holiday for crafting, there's just something so fun about playing with ghoulish papers and dark images!  Soo...every year I make Halloween Treat treat favors for friends and neighbors.  Eileen's new Teacup and Spoon Die  is just what I needed for this year's treat boxes! Aren't these just adorable?

This is what the assemble teacup looks like if you make up the "stock" version.  Isn't it just adorable?   

For my version, I cut the teacup handle off so that it would be more like a cauldron.  I glued the spoon inside and used it as a post to hold the Happy Halloween sentiment.  I used Carta Bella's Happy Halloween collection for this treat box.

I used an older Echo Park collection for this one, Halloween Town.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Nex on the hop is Lisa Hoel.

Products by Eileen Hull Designs 

Sizzix ScoreBoards L Die - Teacup, 3-D & Spoon

Sizzix Making Essential - Mat Board, 6" x 13", White, 6 Sheets

Eileen Hull Easy Cut Adhesive Sheets 6” x 12”

Eileen Hull Red Liner Tape 1/4 in x 6 yd

Be sure to stop by my blog next week when I'll show you how to make these adorable treats!