All of this month, Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team are using the beautiful Kunin felt with Eileen's HeARTfelt dies. Since Eileen's new Journal die has completely sold out in America and has yet to reach the shores of the UK, I have improvised and used another of my favourite Eileen's dies - the Passport die (Sizzix 660331). I created a holiday booklet.
I started by cutting the booklet from card and again with the beautiful Kunin felt.
I glued the felt to the card with some Decoupage glue (DecoArt) and left this to dry. I concentrated on the spine piece, using red cotton string to create a blanket stitch edging. I then glued the front, back and spine together and left them to dry.
Next I die cut the three 'signature' pages for the inside - using the Passport die. The pages had been coloured using Distress Ink in Blueprint Sketch. I simply smooshed the ink on my craft mat, spritzed it with water and dragged the signatures through until I was happy with the colour.
The butterfly was cut using Eileen's HeARTful die (Sizzix 661901). The little hearts at the top are from the butterfly, I didn't want to waste them! The stickers are Tim Holtz.
The signatures were attached using the same red string that I did the blanket stitching with. The beads and felt heart are from my stash.
I have enjoyed working with the Kunin felt so much, I bought some more and created something to share in a another few days time, something related to 40 days and 40 nights of rain.... Surprising enough, this usually deluged by rain part of Britain has been dry and sunning for several days!!
Thanks so much for your visit, Eileen will be sharing lots of the team's makes and also those by the Kunin Design team all this month HERE. I hope you will check it out if you have the time.
As always, thanks for taking the time to look. See you again soon!
Hugs, Anne xxx
What a gorgeous little memories album, the felt must give it a wonderfully tactile feel and the stitching and additions give it a very unique look. Another fabulous shape and size for a journal too. Love this Anne xxx
ReplyDeleteThis mini-journal is so clean and crisp and the pages look soft too to go along with the fuzzy felt! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Anne, this is stunning!! Wow!! I love the felt!! I just want to run my fingers over it!! The red stitching is amazing!! The heart and beads you added to the spine are fabulous touches!! The inside pages are beautiful, too!! Love, love this, my sweet friend!! You show off the dies so perfectly!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)
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Now that you felt me up - sorry, couldn't help that pun. :) I love this to pieces! I always adore craft projects with felt and this is no exception. It's wonderful and I love the colors! Big hugs, Autumn
ReplyDeleteLoving this little book and the red stitching is so neat on the blue felt. A great project! Elaine x
ReplyDeleteA beautiful passport book Anne and the pop of red stitching finishes it off perfectly.
ReplyDeleteJulie x
Love the red stitching on your mini journal! It pops against the blue. Wonderfully project <3
ReplyDeleteHi Anne. I love how you didn't waste the hearts from the butterfly they are lovely and I adore the bigger heart, it's gorgeous. This looks so so tactile and soft. Love it. Tracy x
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, great colour combo. The whole thing is just gorgeous. Happy crafty week, Angela xXx
ReplyDeleteAs always - fantastic! The red and blue look so wonderful together - very festive. Thanks for showing us how you did this - I still wish you would do videos!!!
ReplyDeleteSandy xx
Red is an amazing color and the pairing of the red felt with the blue is swoon worthy. Gorgeous design and the signatures and done wonderfully. I bet this little book feels great in the hands. Red, you are awesome sauce and a bag of chips! Hugz to you muffin!
ReplyDeletethis is sooo gorgeous Anne - that red stitching and bits and pieces with the blue felt look fabulous! They really pop! Brilliant! Hugs rachel x
ReplyDeletelove the fabulous colours of your amazing journal Anne xxx I am not surprised that Eileen's Journal Die has sold out , however, I love the size of this stunning journal you have created with great embellies. Sending best wishes to you and David xxxxx
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous - I love the blue and red colour combo and it looks so tactile! Beautiful embellishments too! Hugs xxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteLoving your wonderful, colour-popping holiday booklet Anne! The felt looks snuggly soft and is beautifully worked and stitched. Makes me want to hop on a plane! Love how you included the heart offcuts. Eileens dies always are superb in your hands. Nicola x
ReplyDeleteI'm slowly catching up on my blog visits, Annie, and I came by to see more details on how you made this bright and colorful creation! I remember seeing it on Facebook and loving how cozy it looked! Thank you for the detail of how you worked your magic fingers!! Hugs, Darnell xxoo
ReplyDeleteAnne, what a lovely album in colors that brighten my day! Love that pop of red on the brilliant blue and your stitching is simply perfect! I love that you used the little hearts, too! Eileen is so fortunate to have you design for her--you have used these dies to perfection, and no doubt one of the reasons they are sold out in the US! Sending hugs!
ReplyDeleteThere's something so perky about this - it makes me smile. Lovely bold colour contrasts to show off the stitching detail, and the watery pages inside look so cool.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
A fabulous little journal Anne, the cover alone is beautiful. I have pre-ordered this one. Sending Hugs Rita xxx
ReplyDeleteLove this Anne, particularly the blanket stitch spine cover and watery pages. You are so clever! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful project! You sure do use felt in creative ways, I must pull some of stash out and try to use it! Love these colours, so bright and cheery! The stitching on the cover is brilliant, especially love the 3 long stitches that you used to attach your danglies! Your pages are fantastic, what a great effect you achieved. Wonderful project Anne. sending hugs :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute little project. I love the paper you created for the inside too. Rather you than me on the sewing front though... School quite killed that idea for me back in the day...
ReplyDeleteI do seem to be way behind in seeing your wonderful creations Anne! This looks wonderful and such a good idea! Hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful little booklet from you Anne! LOVE that bright blue and vibrant red combo - so sweet with the blanket stitch around the binding - and in the beads and stuffed heart charms! The light blue pages in side are colorful but leaving room for the photos or text that will be put on them! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Anne . Love the smooshed inserts - their delicate tones are a lovely compliment to the bold blue tones of the covers and rich red accents.
ReplyDeletehugs x