Road Trip Junk Journal

 

I haven't made a junk journal in ages, and as I have heaps of scrap and left over paper from various collections ................well, time to use some of it up!

I started with a base of Eileen's Notebook cut out from matboard and covered in papers from 7Gypsies. The inside covers have a layer of scrim adhered to them for a shabby look. The pages are made from various ephemera cut our using deckle edged scissors.

The front of the cover has a left over book plate sat upon left over stamp shapes. Everything in this book is a left over :) or a scrap.

The spine of the journal has sari ribbon and square glass beads, and has been woven on Eileen's new loom.

Weaving the beads is definately a learning curve but well worth the time as I love the effect they give.

Happy Crafting.

Elizabeth x

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Stacking Drawer Gift Box

 

It's the time of year when school exams are taking place and the children are getting ready for the summer break. We all like to treat those fantastic teachers to a little something to say thank you, and what better way to wrap that little gift than in a little reuseable drawer. I assembled the drawer from Matboard, and die cut the drawer front out of my patterned paper.

The back of the drawer is visable so I measured the space and cut a piece of paper to size and glued that on.

I measured out a piece of paper that would wrap around the entire drawer, positioning the Butterfly on the top. Using Eileen's double sided tape I carefully wrapped the paper around using a bone folder to keep the corners crisp and square.

To finish off I adhered a couple of pieces of paper lace to the top two sides, one to hide the paper join and two because it just looked so prettty!

It's a great size for a small gift as you can see it fits in a bottle of my favourite nail polish, but could easily hold lip balms, chocolates or other small gifts such as stationery.

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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Loved Mini Book

 

I loved the Mini Book I shared previously and it was so simple to create using Eileen Hull's Mini Book Die. That I started another one straight away! I cut out the full journal in matboard then ran my two chosen patterned sheets of paper for my outer and inside covers through. I trimmed the spine of both covers, taking the inner one ever so slightly inside of the crease line so it didn't create any bulk.

I cut out a selection of papers using Eileen's Faux Postage Dies to use as embellishments alonf with the 49&Market Butterflies and Flowers.

I covered the outer spine in cheesecloth and added the outer covers back and front. Then it was just a case of decorating, my favourite part!

The inner pages are concertinered with lots of embellishments. This was created with a 12" x 3 1/2" strip of patterned paper, scored at every 1 1/2".

I glued a long strip of Sari Ribbon to the inner right hand cover and adhered the concertinered book over the top. The ribbon comes out of the book and one side wraps around the front of the cover and back round to meet the other side of it's self. This then hold the book closed with a bow.

I'll leave you now with lots of photo's to have a closer look.

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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Hello Sunshine Mini Book

 

I love my Mini Book and it was so simple to create using Eileen Hull's Mini Book Die. I cut out the full journal in matboard then ran my two chosen patterned sheets of paper for my outer and inside covers through. I trimmed the spine of both covers, taking the inner one ever so slightly inside of the crease line so it didn't create any bulk.

I cut out a selection of papers using Eileen's Faux Postage Dies to use as embellishments alonf with the 49&Market Butterflies and Flowers.

I covered the outer spine in cheesecloth and added the outer covers back and front. Then it was just a case of decorating, my favourite part!

The inner pages are concertinered with lots of embellishments. This was created with a 12" x 3 1/2" strip of patterned paper, scored at every 1 1/2".

I glued a long strip of Sari Ribbon to the inner right hand cover and adhered the concertinered book over the top. The ribbon comes out of the book and one side wraps around the front of the cover and back round to meet the other side of it's self. This then hold the book closed with a bow.

I'll leave you now with lots of photo's to have a closer look.

I'm so happy the way this Mini Book turned out that I've already started another one.

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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Eileen Hull New Releases - Lace 3D Textured Impressions A5 Folder

 

I don't know about you but when all the toys are out on the desk I am forever loosing my dies or die cuts.............. so in a bit to be more organised I made myself a little working folder.

I have two pockets on the inner right hand side to hold my die cuts and on the left hand side I have a magnetic sheet to hold my dies whilst I work. Why I ask myself have I not thought of this before!

I cut a piece of 49&Market paper 12" x 8 1/2" and embossed one side then flipped the folder round and embossed the other sided so the patterns mirrored each other.

This left a plain gap down the centre which made the perfect place to create a spine. I just carefully creased the paper where the pattern finished on both sides, and ended up with a 1/2" plain spine to write on.

I then inked all over the cover inside and out using crushed olive distress ink, it's quite a bright colour so hopefully the folder will be easy to find! This brought to life the wonderful Lave from the embossing folder.

On the inside I trimmed a sticky backed piece of magnetic and added it to the inside cover to hold my dies while I work, so annoying when those tiny dies go hiding! and on the right hand side I created two shallow pockets to hold the die cut pieces.

Happy Crafting

Elizabeth x

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Eileen Hull New Releases with Sizzix - The Mini Book

 

Time for a closer look at the Mini Book Die this week. This die is fantastic as you can create a Mini Book with one pass through your die cutting machine, it's so simple.

I covered a piece of Matboard with a piece of 49&Market paper and cut out the journal.

I spotted the word "Believe" and roughly cut it out from the paper. Then I carefully positioned it on the die to cut out the strip for the spine with the word showing prominently.

The inner covers are stamped using one of Eileens flower stamps from the Wonderful World of Flowers set using Evergreen Bough Distress Ink before brushing the ink over the top to blend the colours out.

The pages were cut by folding the papers in half and carefully placing them on the die so the spine didn't get cut through. The pages were then hand stitched into a signature and glued into the spine of the book. Of course I had to include a little musline for a shabby edge. The sentiment on the front of the journal is from the 49&Market paper pack, and fitted perfectly on the die cut label.

Happy Crafting,

Elizabeth x

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Eileen Hull March Realeases with Sizzix - The Storage Box Die

 

Sadly I missed the Release Party for Eileen Hull's new Sizzix collection. So I have decided to share my makes, one per week over the month of March.

First up is a sneeky peek of both the Storage Box and the Mini Book Die. So this week I'm sharing a few photo's of the fabulous Sorage Box Die. It is cut firstly from Matt Board and then covered with a selection of papers from the Vintage Artistry Essentials designed by Katie Pertiet for 49&Market. These collections are fantastic as they are double sided and you can mix and match with the die cuts perfectly.

The top of the box is decorated using the laser cut elements from the paper kit. The top edge of both the box lid and the box itself paper lace to finish off the edge. All of the edges are brushed with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink, to introduce more colour to the design.

I love the design of this box, there is a lip around the inside of the lid, which means it is held in place perfectly.

It's a fantastic size for storage in any workroom or office and I know I'll be making many more of these as gifts!

Happy Crafting.

Elizabeth x

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