Spring is in the Air with Eileen Hull Designs

 

Spring is in the air this month with Eileen Hull Designs and to celebrate the days getting a little warmer I've created a Mini Album using the gorgeous new papers from Katie Pertiet. The spine was cut using Eileen's Bookbinding and Label die which makes adding a spine to an album so much easier.

I cut the pages to 5 1/2" and rounded the corners to mirror the album cover.

The inside is decorated with a mixture of pockets, tags, ephemera, sari silk ribbon and inspirational quotes. There are extra layers of old dictionary pages and a few doodles of white Gelly Roll pen.

I left a few pages empty so that either photographs or journaling could be added.

 

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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Comfort and Joy with Eileen Hull Designs

 

It's the start of the festive season and the Comfort and Joy series is underway with Eileen Hull and her Team. We are all sharing a little something for the season.

I chose to use the new Bookmark, Pockets and Toppers set to creat three little co-ordinating Christmas Tag Pockets ready to be popped into a journal. I cut out all of the elements needed, and positioned the circle carefully over the little house paper so as to get a whole house image.

I gently inked around all the pieces using Weathered Wood Distress Oxcide as this gives a little light shading and coveres over any white edges.

Once the ink had dried it way just a matter of layering them up with a dot or two of wet glue.

There you have three very simple Tag Pockets ready for use in a Christmas journal, or even on the front of a card.

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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Happy Holiday Memories - for Eileen Hull Inspiration Team

 

Last year I created a Camper Van Journal using Eileen's Folio Journal Die. The intention was to journal my Summer travels in it, but as you know not a lot of travelling was done last year. So I have decided after being inspired by this months theme to create a Summer Treats Journal. Well you know I love an ice-cream!

This is the original journal and you can find the tutoral for it over on YouTube HERE

This photo was taken twenty five years ago, and it still makes me smile today.........

How could I not be happy. It was a beautiful Spring day in Majorca with a fabulous and very cold Pina Colada, and of course check out the size of that Ice-Cream Sundae.................Heaven

The papers are a mixture of the gorgeous ice-cream shades of Sizzix Cardstock for the Leaves and Flowers from Eileen's Bookmark, Tag and Pocket Die set. And I'm using up scraps of mostly Kaisercraft papers, so I think that's where the spotty one came from. The tags and scallop border are out of my Eileen project left-over box. Last month definately made me realise I needed to use more of those up in my projects, and they are ready to go!

And talking of spotty, that was my favourite blouses, Pale Pink with a White Polka Dot. I think I wore it until it wore out!

So head on over to Eileen Hull Designs and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team. They all have amazing projects, and it's great to see where their favourite places to travel are too.

Hapy Crafting.

Elizabeth x

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Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team - Flowers

All through out the month of May the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team have been creating with flowers. So today it's my turn to share a project. I've used the flowers from the Bookmark, Tag and Pocket Die, along with the tiny flower, leaf arch and a word from the Floral Arch and Words Die. And I have to say a huge thank you to my Crafting Buddy Jenny Marples for die cutting a couple of the Embroidery Hoops for me, I really need to get that die!

I cut the flowers out in a mix of three colours which I thought went well together, and decided on the word Moments, and cut that out using black card so it would stand out more.

I painted the chipboard hoop with Pink Blossom Starlights Paint from Imagination Crafts. It only needed one coat, as the paint gives a really good coverage, even on chipboard. Love the delicate sheen this gives.

Next I cut into the flowers on every second petal so I could get some extra shape to them.

Then it was time for a cuppa and work through my little production line of flowers, snipping, shaping and lining them up ready for the next step.

The tiny flower from the Floral Arch set, I popped onto a foam mat and shaped using a Ball Tool, to creat a tiny cup shape.

Once the Hoop was dry, I started to build up my design, first the gorgeous leafy arch.

The the flowers.

I added a paper Doily to the reverse of the Hoop, and carefully trimmed it off when it was dry. I added the word to the centre of the Doily, I love how it stands out against the white background.

To finish off I added pearls to the flower centres, and mounted it onto a 7" square card, covered with a ditsy print paper.

I love the size of these flowers, as they are perfect for using on smaller projects.
Don't forget to check out the rest of the Inspiration Teams amazing projects over on Eileens Home Page or on the Facebook Fan Club Page, the links are all below.

Happy Crafting.
Elizabeth x

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