Hello Friends
Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team are showcasing Eileen's fabulous Journal die together with her new HeARTfelt dies. It doesn't take much persuading for me to use these new dies!
Part of Eileen's new release is her HeARTfelt Paper Pad and I used it to cover the Journal and also to create the signatures inside.
I also used Eileen Stitchlits House/Pocket die and her Stitchy Flowers & Leaf die and of course, the Journal die! I don't have many step outs today as it was so simple to make...
I die cut the Journal (Sizzix 661906) and covered it front and back with Eileen's Paper Pack (Sizzix 661946). To seal it and give it more strength I coated the covers with DecoArt One Step Crackle, it creates teeny, tiny cracks. Then, I painted DecoArt Antiquing Cream in White, left it to dry and wiped it off with a slightly damp baby wipe. The white stays in the cracks but it is very subtle.
I covered the insides of the covers with more of the Paper Pack. Each of the signatures was covered with more paper from the pack.
I created two accordion type pockets inside one of the signatures. I don't really measure, I just wing it with these pockets, but if you are interested and want to know how, just leave me a comment and I will do another post showing the details.
Inside the back cover I added a pocket, made with Eileen's House/Pocket Stitchlits die (Sizzix 661902).
I wanted to use my lovely friend, Tracy Evans, fabulous new stamps somewhere in my Journal. I stamped and coloured them onto mini cards. To house them I created a perfectly sized double pocket insert using my Laminator and following a fantastic video by Gio Gio HERE. It really is a great video! Do check it out if you would like to have clear pockets in your Journal!
To finish off I die cut a pretty flower from Eileen's Stitchy Flowers & Leaf die (Sizzix 661903) and I die cut the Travel Trailer (Sizzix 660327) from shrink plastic, coloured it with alcohol markers and heated it up, it creates a lovely charm size decoration. I attached it and some flowers and a heart to a clip for the side of my Journal.
This was so much fun to make, and so easy with Eileen's beautiful papers. Thanks so much for looking, I hope to see you again soon!
Hugs, Anne xx
This was so much fun to make, and so easy with Eileen's beautiful papers. Thanks so much for looking, I hope to see you again soon!
Hugs, Anne xx
