July Journals with Eileen Hull – Be A Mermaid

 

Have you been keeping an eye on Eileen Hull's blog this month?? She's been featuring the uber popular Journal Die from her Heartfelt Collection all month long. My teammates have been creating some fabulous journals! Mine is ocean/mermaid themed. I packed it full of a lot of stuff! My craft room looked like a disaster zone. Get comfy because there are many many photos to share. ;-)

I mainly used Distress Oxide Inks and Stencil Girl stencils to decorate the cover

The binding was done with sari silk

Detail of the charms on the spine

Journal back

Here's a little flip through of the inside and if you are really interested, scroll on for all the photos of the pages.

Commence interior shots!

Inside cover & first signature

Many of the backgrounds were created with Distress Oxide Inks

The center of the first signature features a pop up house made from the House/Pocket Die

Fold out flap for fun!

The mermaid clip was made by my friend Tonya Trantham

These backgrounds were made with Ken Oliver Color Bloom pigments on watercolor paper

The first few lines from the fairy tale The Little Mermaid are written on the tail.

The mermaid doll was made by my friend Brandy Boyias & it fits in its little pocket

Stitchy Flowers & Basket dies page detail!

I made good use of the retired Graphic 45 paper collection Voyage Beneath the Sea
all throughout the journal! I knew I was hoarding it for a reason.

I made a little removable shaker card from the Luggage Die to slide into the page

The old postcard graphic is from The Graphics Fairy website

You get a prize if you made it through all those photos! Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out Eileen's blog for more fantastic journals.

Dies Used:
Sizzix:
Journal (SSS here)
Stitchy Flowers (SSS here)
Basket
House/Pocket Stitchlits
Luggage Tag
Tag Collection
Holiday Greens
Lace
Sand & Sea
Mini Sand & Sea
Garden Greens
Washer Border
Harlequin Border

AJVD:
Elegant Rectangle Stitched Backdrop
Fringe Flower
Antique Sled


Stamps Used:
Tim Holtz (S.A) - Sea Life
Tim Holtz (S.A.) - Hashtags
Paper Artsy - LPC001
Lavina - Guinevere Mermaid, Alana Mermaid
Couture Creations - Under the Sea
100 Proof Press - bunch of mermaid stamps, shell plate & jellyfish
bunch of retired Graphic 45 stamps sets

Stencils Used:
StencilGirl:
Mermaids
Aidan's School
Sphere's Small
Ranger - Mighty Wave
Tim Holtz - Leafy, Splash, THS056

Other supplies:
free downloadable images from The Graphics Fairy - mermaids, girl w/ shell
Distress Oxide Inks - all of them!
Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath the Sea Collection
sari silk

Sizzix & Simon Says Stamp links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks!


Sizzix is having a huge sale right now and many of the dies above are discounted! Check it out.

Eileen Hull & Kunin Felt Journal

It's the perfect combo! Eileen's dies cut felt beautifully and those flowers and butterflies are fabulous in felt! I used the Mini Album die to make a cute little journal full of happiness:

AND I'm trying to get on the band wagon and figure out the best way to do a video flip through of a journal. I have some room for improvement I think but you get the idea. ;-)

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AND here are a few still photos in case the video is a little too zippy. ;-)

BUT WAIT, there's more! I also have a little tutorial to share. All the patterned papers I have used come from Eileen's new Heartfelt Collection Paper Pad.

Step 1 – I adhered the patterned paper to the Sizzix matboard before cutting out the cover. I wanted to use elastic to bind the signatures in, so I punched my own holes into the spine with my Crop-o-dile tool.

Step 2 – I cut the pages out of the Heartfelt paper and made them 4.5 x 9 inches. I scored them down the middle with my scoring board which made it really easy. Some of the pages I embossed. When I was done I mixed and matched them into three piles to form my signatures.

Easy Peasy scoring!

I stitched the signatures together using a pamphlet stitch. Check out this video to see how.

Step 3 – Gather up the parts to assemble the journal. I used dry adhesive sheets to attach the felt cover square to the matboard. TIP! When you are cutting acrylic felt, it helps to use the Precision Base Plate and put a sheet of scrap copy paper underneath the felt. You will get a cleaner cut that way.

I had to double up my elastic in the center to get the ends of the elastic to end up inside the journal.

It's easy to slip the signatures underneath the elastic straps.

Step 4 – Have fun pulling out piles of ephemera and sticking it into your junk journal!

Glorious mess!

Be sure to check out all the Heartfelt projects that the Inspiration Team has been sharing over on Eileen's blog this month. Our collaboration with Kunin Felt has been very fruitful!

The supplies I used for this project can be found at Sizzix or Simon Says Stamp. Follow the links below and a shopping you may go. ;-) Some links are affiliate links and there will be no additional cost to you but they help support my art endeavor. Thanks!
 

Sizzix Paper - 6" x 12" Cardstock Pad, Heartfelt	Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Album, Mini	Chevron Stitchlits	Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Word Stitchlits	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 6PK - Birds & Butterflies	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 13PK - Stitchy Flowers & Leaf
Sizzix Bigz Die w/Texture Fades - Layered Butterfly	Tim Holtz Sizzix LAYERED BUTTERFLY Bigz Die With Texture Fades 659578	Embossing Folder - Lace Medallions	Embossing Folders 2PK - Sunburst & Waffle Set	Embossing Folders 3PK - Stitched with Love Set	Embossing Folder - Eyelet Lace
Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE For Wafer Thin Dies 660320	Precision Base Plate	Sizzix Little Sizzles - 6" x 13" Mat Board Pack, 6 White Sheets	Clearsnap ColorBox� Blends inks- Coastal Assortment

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