Eileen Hull Designs by Sizzix only at Scrapbook.com

Introducing a new die collection designed just for scrapbook.com! You will find lots of ways to use these dies whether you like making cards, journals or home decor. Each die coordinates with the set but also stands alone, giving you good value! There are 4 die sets in this collection and you can see them all below.

The Card Caddy is a ScoreBoards die, specially designed to cut and score thick material like matboard, chipboard, leather, felt and fabric, creating a sturdy base for other coordinating dies in the collection. The Caddy assembles in minutes. Use the die to create a card box, container for food gifts, holiday packaging or stationery, art journal, planners and cards- all this from one die!

Take a look at this card caddy I made with P13 Hello Autumn papers.  I covered matboard with brown cardstock and then cut the box with Eileen's Scoreboard Card Caddy Die.  Next I cut insets for the front and back using the new Starlit Village thinlits die set. I find it easier to begin my Scoreboard projects with solid color cardstock covering my matboard and then adding decorative papers after assembly. But  with scalloped edges like on the Card Caddy, that can be a challenge so it's so great that Starlit Village has a die that matches the Card Caddy Scoreboard die perfectly!

Of course I needed some cards  for my card caddy!

Each of the three coordinating Thinlits sets fit perfectly on the box- cover with paper or fabric and create a special box of cards for yourself, friends or family! I used a die from Everyday Tags and Labels on the front of my card caddies.

Everyday Tags & Labels includes 13 dies: labels, tags, snowflake, flowers, and stars- everything you need throughout the year to add to gifts, cards, tags and journals!

The Floral Silhouettes die has 12 elements: floral borders and swag, individual layering flowers and centers and delicate foliage. Make the flowers in layers, or cut from watercolor paper and paint each flower by hand! Flowers work on everything and these are the cutest shapes!

The Starlit Village & Card Panel die set comes with ten dies: two rows of small houses, individual houses, moon, star cluster and Warm Wishes sentiment. These dies make a gorgeous Christmas village- or paint a pastel row to make beach cottages- it’s all up to you!

I used all three thinlits sets combining different dies to make these cards. 

The houses in the Starlit Village layer so nicely on top of each other!  Notice the embossed keys background that I did with the newly released keys 3D embossing folder on this card.

Another Card Caddy with a Christmas theme this time.  I know this will come in handy!

Some simple Christmas gift tags created with the Everyday Tags and Labels die set.

These dies are only available at scrapbook.com so buy while they still have some!

Be sure to check out all the fabulous projects made by Eileen's team, we're blog hopping!

LIST OF HOP STOPS:

Eileen Hull Designs 
Jennie Atkinson
Sarah Lizzie
Lisa Hoel
Maggi Harding<< you are here
Karen Bearse
Susie Bentz
Tonya Trantham
Sue Eldred
Pam Bray
Madeline Arendt
Elizabeth Robinson
Teresita Arvelo

I'll be sharing the details on my projects during August so be sure to stop by now and then.  Also I will doing a Facebook Live with Eileen August 8, 6pm EST and I'll be showcasing the Starlit Village & Card Panel die set.  Hope you can join us!

Eileen Hull Designs Supplies

Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Card Caddy 

3-D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Keys

Sizzix - Thinlits Dies - Starlit Village and Card Panel

Sizzix - Thinlits Dies - Floral Silhouettes

Sizzix - Thinlits Dies - Everyday Tags and Labels

Other Supplies

P13 - Hello Autumn Collection - 12 x 12 Paper Pad

Graphic 45 - Staples Embellishments Collection - Metal Clock Keys

New Sizzix Chapter 3 Dies from Eileen Hull Designs

 Woo-hoo!  Time for another fabulous release from Eileen Hull Designs by Sizzix.  You are going to love this release!

The Bigz Plus Slotted Treat Box measures 6 1/2” x 5” x 3 1/2” and can hold so many things- a set of cards, journals, doll clothes, ephemera storage or you can even use it as a gift box! This is a Scoreboards die which is specially designed to cut and score thick material like matboard, chipboard, leather, felt, fabric and metal. *A 9” wide machine is required to cut this die.

I decided to turn the Slotted Treat Box into a piggy bank!  I think any kid would love this and its cuteness would make you want to "feed" it money!

The Envelope, Folder & Flowers Thinlits dies is made up of nine dies- an adorable mini envelope, file folder, set of small, medium and large hearts, and a large and small flower and leaf set. This die set will be perfect to create ephemera using your scraps!

The Keys 3D Embossing Folder is special to Eileen as the keys all came from her Dad’s house. The names on the keys had to be removed because of possible copyright issues, but I love the idea of stamping or writing words on them. The detail on this is beautiful and adding Luster Wax will really make the design pop!

I used the hearts from the Envelope, Folder & Flowers Thinlits dies and the Keys embossing folder to make this card.  I used the Keys embossing folder on a strip of black cardstock and then rubbed over the raised embossing with gold Sizzix luster wax to make the keys pop.   I die-cut 3 different sized hearts from the Envelope, Folder & Flowers Thinlits die-set and added some faux stitching. Oh yes, the corners are also from the embossed keys and they were cut with the XL Slotted Treat Box die.

Here's another card featuring the Keys 3D Embossing Folder but it is also hiding a secret.  Check back later this month to see what else is coming from Eileen!  I used Core'dinations cardstock to emboss the keys and then sanded the embossed keys to make the keys stand out.

The Field Notes and Specimen Card die is a Bigz XL die that holds 5” x 7” pages or photos- a new orientation! The Specimen Card may be used to hold photos, as a journaling card or a shaker. Holes are pre-cut into the book spine which is adjustable from 1/2” to 1 1/2 in width. *XL Cutting Pads will be needed to cut the book cover.

Anything that I can turn into a mini album is always near and dear to my heart!  The Field Notes and Specimen Card die certainly fits the bill! There's lots of journal fodder using the Envelope, Folder & Flowers Thinlits dies inside this journal and I'll share that with you later in the month.

Come join in our blog hop; our designers have lots of inspiration to share with you. There’s a giveaway too! Comment in the Facebook and YouTube streams and tell us which is your new favorite die or folder and what you would make with it. You have until July 18th to post your comments. It starts on Eileen's page:   

Pam Bray
Jennie Atkinson
Sarah Lizzie
Lisa Hoel
Jenny Marples
Maggi Harding (You're here)
Karen Bearse
Elizabeth Robinson
Susie Bentz
Teresita Arvelo
Cheryl Bodkin-Waters
Tonya Trantham
Sue Eldred

 Sizzix Supplies

3-D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Keys by Eileen Hull

ScoreBoards Plus Die - Slotted Treat Box by Eileen Hull 

Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Envelope, Folder & Flowers by Eileen Hull 

Field Notes and Specimen Card by Eileen Hull

Sizzix Effectz - Luster Wax, Gold

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

Other Supplies

49 and Market Artopics Rouge

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe

Graphic 45 Love Notes

Distressed Ephemera for Journals

 This month Eileen Hull's team is creating journal fodder to share with you.  So what is journal fodder?  Well, the definition of fodder is dry food for livestock.  Therefore, journal fodder must be food for your journal!  Creating junk journals is so much fun and you need lots of fodder.  My approach to making a junk journal is to dig into my stash and pull out bits and pieces of past projects.  I keep bins of scraps sorted by color and I use those scraps when making junk journals.

I made a signature for a junk journal that is filled with ephemera to share with you.  Let's start with the cover.  I used old Prima leftover paper from a Cigar something collection.  The collection had a bag of ephemera which I've used throughout.  I love cardboard with the facing torn off so I've used a bit  of that on the side.

Now we need some "building" papers for our signature.  I like to use a combination of leftover design papers and coffee or tea dyed papers because I like my junk journals to look old and, well, junkie!  On the two pages below, you can see what I mean.  The left page is leftover design paper and the right paget is tea dyed mixed media paper.  Just soak some paper (you can even use copy paper) in strong dark tea or coffed for a few minutes, then place on a baking sheet and put in a 250ºF oven for 3-4 minutes.  I'll share more details and techniques on June 29 on Facebook Live with Eileen Hull.   I also distress and ink my edges to add to the vintage well used look.

For the rest of this post, I'm sharing different ideas for pockets and ephemera.  Really there is no right or wrong way to make journal fodder.  Just let your imagination run with the things you have on hand. I've listed the dies I used on each 2 page set below the photo.  In addition to dies, I used a lot of stamps from my stash,  primarily Eileen Hull stamps and Graphic 45 stamps.

ScoreBoards XL Die - Card Case by Eileen Hull (left pocket)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Library Pocket ATC Card & Tabs by Eileen Hull (right pocket)

Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Mini Slimline & Tickets by Eileen Hull

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Card, Waterfall & Tags by Eileen Hull

Some of these are tags I made, others are tags I've collected, there's even one from a clothing purchase!

I have a couple of distress texture kind of stamps and I've used them liberally throughout these pages.  One stamps random splatters and the other stamps random markings.  The "Build a Door" stamps shows the effect of these two stamps.

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Card, Waterfall & Tags by Eileen Hull

Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Mini Slimline & Tickets by Eileen Hull

Sizzix 3-D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Tablecloth by Eileen Hull (black strip on the right

Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Mini Slimline & Tickets by Eileen Hull

Thinlits Die Set 6PK - Journaling Card, Envelope & Windows by Eileen Hull

Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Mini Slimline & Tickets by Eileen Hull

Sizzix ScoreBoards L Die - Gift Card Folder & Label #2 by Eileen Hull

Sizzix ScoreBoards Die - Needle Book by Eileen Hull - discontinued

Sizzix Bigz Die - Recipe Card & Label by Eileen Hull - discontinued

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Library Pocket ATC Card & Tabs by Eileen Hull

Stamp - Wonderful World of Flowers - Eileen Hull - 6x8

Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Mini Slimline & Tickets by Eileen Hull

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Library Pocket ATC Card & Tabs by Eileen Hull

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On the right side I made a little book of 4 x 6 journaling cards leftover from some paper collection and put them together using a tab from the Thinlits Die Set 6PK - Journaling Card, Envelope & Windows by Eileen Hull.  It's kinda funky but funky is good!

These flowers are tucked into the pocket on the left.

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Journaling Cards, Flowers & Leaves by Eileen Hull (discontinued)

I hope I've given you some ideas for making journal fodder!  Be sure to join Eileen and me on June 29 at 4 PM EST on Facebook Live with Eileen Hull where we'll be making journal fodder and dying paper!

For more ideas, take a look at this junk journal I made.  There's a flip through video with lots of ideas for making journal fodder.  Link HERE.

Thanks for joining me today!

xoxo

Maggi

Making a Layout with Die Cuts

There are lots of things you can do with your dies although it seems to me that so many dies focus on card and tag making rather than layouts.  So what else can you do with your dies?  On this layout I used the Heart Mandala die to cut out a frame for my photo of lovely flowering bushes at Kingsbrae Gardens.  Then I used the Heart Mandala die cut doily behind  my title.  I love the scalloped frame!

I simply diecut the mandala from a piece of design paper and used that as one of my layers after backing the cutout with my photo.

I used the lovely Art Options Rouge paper collection from 49 and Market to make this layout. Their paper is lucious!  Its such a nice heavy weight that it's great for mixed media applications.

Some other ideas:

• use the die-cuts as stencils, the mandala dies work great for this.
• Die-cut small tags, library cards, pockets, and use for hidden journaling
• Emboss your diecuts by diecutting, then use an embossing folder to emboss.

Thanks for joining me today!

Supplies

Sizzix Thinlits Die - Heart Mandala by Eileen Hull

49 and Market - ARToptions Rouge Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Embody