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Blue Delft Box with Greeting Cards

September 19, 2023

Hi everyone! This month it’s a big box bonanza over on Eileen Hull’s blog! I had two 8.5″x11″ sheets of this blue and white floral cardstock that I wanted to make something with and I thought the Card Caddy Diecut and an assortment of thinlits by Eileen would make the perfect gift box of cards. I limited the color pallet of the embellishments on the cards to shades of light green and different shades of blue since the base of each card is white. Anyways, this is my take for this month’s challenge. So let’s get started!

I cut a piece of Mat Board down since my cardstock was smaller than the mat board, applied Adhesive Sheets to both sides and placed the patterned cardstock on what will be the front and a solid cardstock on what will be the inside of the box. I placed the larger piece of mat board between the plates and run through the Diecut Machine. I did the same steps for the two smaller pieces which are the sides of the box.

The flaps/tabs on the sides and bottom I “peeled” some of the cardstock and mat board off before adhering both to either side of the box. Side note, this makes the flaps/tabs lay flatter when gluing to the box.

I cut out labels and flowers from the Everyday Tags and Labels Thinlits. I layered the labels and adhered to the center of the box. I shaped the flowers and leaves with a Stylus before adhering all to the center of the label.

I folded White Cardstock in half and placed slightly below the cutline of the panel thinlit, this die can be found in the Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits, and cut out a total of four cards.

I used the Crochet Mandala Embossing Folder and embossed strips of cardstock for each of the cards. For the first card I used the tag, labels, leaves and flowers from the Everyday Tags and Labels Thinlits and cut out the word “hello” from the Alphanumeric Thinlit. I also used the oval die from the Journaling Card, Envelope and Windows Thinlits to decorate the card base.

For the second card I used the same supplies with a slightly different layout but used a “hi” sentiment instead.

The third card I changed it up a bit and used the negative parts of the letters to spell “hi” and the floral and circle tags. I also shaped the small flowers and leaves and adhered to the sentiment.

The fourth and final card I used the same supplies as the third card but I used the negative letters that spell “hey” and glued to the base of the card.

The cards fit perfectly inside the box laying down.

Or standing up.

If you haven’t been by Eileen’s blog lately to see what her teams have been up to you can find the latest posts HERE and HERE.

Supplies

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Card Caddy, Everyday Tags, Labels Diecut & Thinlits (only at Scrapbook.com)

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits (only at Scrapbook.com)

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Crochet Mandala Embossing Folder

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Alphanumeric Thinlit

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Journaling Card, Envelope and Windows Thinlits

Stylus

White Cardstock

Diecut Machine

Various Patterned and Solid Cardstocks

Gems

Scissors

Paper C u tter

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesive

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

This blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements. I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.This blog contains affiliate links, clicking and shopping through these links helps to support and run Tonya Trantham Designs – Creative Paper Addiction at no additional cost to you. Today’s features are Sizzix, Eileen Hull, Scrapbook.com and A Cherry on Top Store Products.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Tuesday is awesome and enjoy creating!

Slimline Winter Wishes Snowflake Card

August 18, 2023

Hi everyone! I know it is still over four months until Christmas but I wanted to share a quick card I created for the holiday season using the Journal Diecut , Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits and Ornament Box Diecut. Also I used the new thinlits sets, Everyday Tags and Labels Thinlits and Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits that can only be found at Scrapbook.com. All these dies and thinlits are by Eileen Hull and I love how versatile they all are. Who would have thought to use a journal diecut to create the base of the card?!? Anyways, let’s get started!

First, I placed a piece of folded cardstock slightly below the cut line of the Journal Diecut, sandwiched in-between plates and run through the Diecut Machine. The size of the slimline card is 3.5″x8.5″ for reference. I cut another piece of cardstock slightly smaller than the card base and placed the star thinlit from the Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits onto the cardstock and proceeded run through the diecut machine several times until it looked like a night full of stars. I adhered the star panel onto the card base.

I cut both the larger circle from the Ornament Box Diecut and the smaller circle tag from the Everyday Tags and Labels Thinlits.

I cut one large snowflake from the Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits and four small snowflakes from the Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits.

I glued both the larger and smaller circles to one side of the card base. Next I added the larger snowflake to the larger circle and two of the smaller snowflakes I glued together. I made sure that between both size of snowflakes that it covered the small hole that’s in the circle tag.

The other two snowflakes I glued together and placed in the upper corner on the other side of the card base. I placed a piece of an Adhesive Sheet onto the piece of cardstock and cut out the “Warm Wishes” sentiment. I also cut a piece of white cardstock slightly larger than the sentiment and placed both sentiment and cardstock beneath the snowflake.

I randomly added clear sequins onto the card to finish. This card takes no time to create and you could cut out all diecuts first and mass product all your cards at once to make the creative process go quicker.

Also if you haven’t been by Eileen Hull’s blog lately you can the latest post HERE.

Supplies

Scrapbook.com/Eileen Hull: Everyday Tags and Labels Thinlits

Scrapbook.com/Eileen Hull: Starlit Village and Card Panel Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Journal Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Ornament Box Diecut

Adhesive Sheet

Diecut Machine

Scissors

Paper Cutter

Various Plain and Pattern Cardstocks

Sequins

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesive

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Friday is great and enjoy creating!

How to Make a Gift Bag Using the Field Notes and Specimen Diecut

August 16, 2023

Hi everyone! I’m back with my first project of the month for Eileen Hull. I created a gift bag using the Field Notes and Specimen Diecut, Envelope, Folder and Flowers Thinlits and Floral Silhouette Thinlits (only at Scrapbook.com) along with a few other dies and thinlits by Eileen. So let’s get started!

First, I covered Chipboard with Adhesive Sheets on both sides, cut and placed the oranges…or maybe they are peaches…cardstock onto the front and a lime green cardstock onto what will be the inside of the gift bag. Also the orange cardstock is from the Sunny Days Collection. I placed the covered chipboard onto the Field Notes and Specimen Diecut, sandwiched between the cutting plates and run through the Diecut Machine. I cut two of these out and punched a total of four holes in the top of the “bag”.

I used the “pocket” from the Ornament Box Diecut to create the sides for the gift bag. I cut chipboard a little larger than the size of the pocket, applied adhesive sheets to inside of where the flaps a total of will be exposed. I cut strips of cardstock and placed over the adhesive areas and cut out three pockets. I cut one of the pockets in half and this will make up the sides.

Next, I “peeled” two of the “folds” from the bottom of the bag.

I adhered the flaps to each side of the bag.

The area I peeled the cardstock and some of the chipboard from I glued both sides together. I measured the inside of the wall and cut cardstock to fit. Next, I adhered the Cardstock to the inside. the excess I folded over and glued to the outside of the bag. I cut cardstock to fit the outside and adhered in place.

For the large flower I cut out four flowers, for the smaller flowers I cut out two flowers per flower, one large and two small flower centers and one large and two small leaves from the Envelope, Folder and Flowers Thinlits. I used a Stylus to shape all.

For the larger flower I layered and glued four of the flowers and a large flower center together. The two smaller flowers I glued two together and added a center to each. I love the fact that you can make these dimensional or leave them flat if you so choose to.

I cut the oval from the Journaling Card, Envelope and Windows Thinlits and adhered to the top of the bag. I cut two flowers, shaped and glued together from the Floral Silhouette Thinlits. From my stash I pulled shaped flowers and vines from the Shadow Box Elements Thinlits. I placed all flowers, leaves and vines onto the oval area of the bag.

I tied ribbon to both sides of the gift bag to finish. Even though this die was intended to create a journal it’s perfect to create a gift bag too. What do you think?

Also if you haven’t been by Eileen’s blog in a while you can find her latest posts HERE and HERE.

Supplies

Scrapbook.com/Eileen Hull: Floral Silhouette Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Field Notes and Specimen Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Envelope, Folder and Flowers Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Ornament Box Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Journaling Card, Envelope and Windows Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Shadow Box Elements Thinlits

Chipboard

Adhesive Sheets

Sunny Days Collection

Diecut Machine

Stylus

Various Patterned and Plain Cardstocks

Ribbon

Scissors

Paper Cutter

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesive

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Wednesday is wonderful and enjoy creating!

Fox and Flowers Stuffed Envelope Folio

June 20, 2023

Hi everyone! Summer has been crazy busy which hasn’t left me much time to sit down and blog. There has been crafting but nothing I can share…yet. Anyways, this month’s theme over on Eileen Hull’s blog is Journal Fodder. You ask what is that? It’s anything you can add/stuff/tuck into a journal and here is my take on that theme. So let’s get started!

I cut two of the envelopes from the Journaling Card Envelope and Windows Thinlits. One envelope I folded on all the crease lines. I cut off the end of the second envelope that has the “v” shape and left a 1/2″ flap. I also cut off the side flaps.

Next, I adhered the 1/2″ flap to the bottom of the folded envelope.

I applied adhesive to each of the side flaps and glued the cut “v” envelope together to create a pocket.

I cut another envelope from a floral piece of cardstock slightly smaller and cut a part at all the folds.

I glued each of those pieces to the outside of the envelope.

I cut three pages from an old dictionary and plant book. I punched two small holes in the fold of the envelope flap and holes in all pages and then sewed into the fold/spine.

I tied off in the inside of the folio.

I decorated the cover before adding anything to the inside. I cut an oval from the Journaling Card Envelope and Windows Thinlits and for the cover and insides I used an assortment of embellishments from Garden Party by Maggie Holmes.

First off, I tied seam binding to the cord that has the pages stitched inside. Next,I placed the seam binding across the flap, embossed tickets from the Mini Slimline and Tickets Thinlits with the Crochet Mandala Embossing Folder. I glued the tickets to the flap, before adhering the oval diecut and gold frame on the outside of the flap.

I adhered the fox and flower to the bottom of the oval frame and the “beauty” puffy sticker to the top of the oval. I added to gold gems to the finish.

The inside flap I added a few puffy stickers and the back pocket I used a piece of cardstock that was embossed with Woven Leather Embossing Folder . I placed the “kind” puffy sticker across the embossed cardstock and added a bee sticker.

The first page inside I cut a tab from the Journaling Card Envelope and Windows Thinlits. I staples it along with a piece of lace the top of the page and added a “be you” sticker to the tab.

The next two pages more puffy stickers, embellishments and a few flowers that I had cut from the Folio Page Pocket and Flowers Thinlits that I shaped with a Stylus , added gems and sequins to each flower.

Behind the “Here We Go” tag I created a tuck spot. The ATC die from the Library Pocket ATC Card and Tab Thinlits I placed a folded piece of cardstock slightly inside the cut line to create a mini book. I dressed the outside up with a butterfly sticker, scalloped circle and a puffy bow.

More tuck spots on the next two pages.

I used the center of the Sunflower Diecut and an embossed ticket to create a unique tuck spot.

I cut out a library pocket and label from the Library Pocket ATC Card and Tab Thinlits. I glued the pocket together and adhered the bottom edge to the bottom of the page. The opposite page I added the center die from the Sunflower Diecut, a couple of punches, banner, puffy flower sticker as decoration.

The library pocket I added a tag and a embossed ticket and I tucked a folded piece of paper.

On the next two pages I glued two sides of the little house diecut to the bottom corner of the page. The opposite page I adhered a scraps of cardstock and a puffy flower sticker to the bottom corner.

I tucked in behind the house a couple of cut a parts.

On the next two pages I added a banner and scalloped circle punch and a couple of stickers to the bottom of the page. The opposite page I added a tab from the Library Pocket ATC Card and Tab Thinlits, a “us” sticker to the tab and a bit of trim to finish this page.

I added folded patterned cardstock and a adorable floral diecut to the pocket to finish.

If you haven’t been by Eileen’s blog lately to see what her teams have been up to you can find the latest posts HERE and HERE.

Supplies

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Journaling Card Envelope and Windows Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Mini Slimline and Tickets Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Crochet Mandala Embossing Folder

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Woven Leather Embossing Folder

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Folio Page Pocket and Flowers Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Library Pocket ATC Card and Tab Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Sunflower Diecut

Diecut Machine

Stylus

Maggie Holmes: Garden Party

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Seam Binding, Lace, Trim

Needle and Cording

Various Plain and Patterned Cardstocks

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesives

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

If you have any questions about this project please let me know!

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Tuesday is wonderful and enjoy creating!

Sweet Lemons Card Case

May 12, 2023

Hi everyone! I’m back today with a cheery project I created using the Card Case Diecut by Eileen Hull. There’s an endless sort of creative possibilities with this diecut…which I love. But I just stuck to the basic design (nothing elaborate unlike some projects…wink wink) and created a case to hold tags so let’s get started!

First, I applied Adhesive Sheets to both sides of the Mat Board, cut to fit patterned cardstock and placed onto both sides of the mat board. Placed the mat board onto the Card Case Diecut and sandwiched in-between cutting plates before running through the Diecut Machine.

Here’s a little tip when using mat board or even chip board incase you need to glue pockets or the spine together using Eileen’s dies. You can “peel” the mat board/chip board to get a thinner flap or spine which in turn will lay flush when all is put together.

I adhered the pockets to either side of the case before gluing the spine together.

I had a sheet of cut a parts that I punched a hole in the top of each tag, lightly decorated with embellishments and tying together with cording.

I decorated each pocket with a bit of lace and an embellishment and placed the tags in each pocket.

I embossed a piece of black mat board with the Crochet Mandala Embossing Folder. I double a piece of cording and glued the embossed mat board over the piece of cording. I cut a couple of the perforated tickets with the Mini Slimline Tickets Thinlits, embossed with Crochet Mandala Embossing Folder and lightly inked with chalk ink before adhering to the cover along with lace and a scrap piece of patterned cardstock. I finished the cover off by adding a few sequins and chipboard pieces from the Lemon Twist Chipboard Stickers. I also added mini gems to the center of each flower of one of the chipboard pieces.

The cording I measured about three inches from the end of the cording and strung three beads. I tied a knot in the end to keep them in place. I wrapped the cording around the case and looped the end with the beads under the cording to keep it closed.

If you haven’t been by Eileen’s blog to see what her teams have been up to you can find the latest posts HERE and HERE.

Supples

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Card Case Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Crochet Mandala Embossing Folder

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Mini Slimline Tickets Thinlits

Adhesive Sheets

Mat Board

Diecut Machine

Lemon Twist Chipboard Stickers

Various Patterned Cardstock

Lace, Gems, Sequins, Beads and Cording

Scissors

Crop-A-Dile

Paper Cutter

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesive

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Friday is great and enjoy creating!

Spring into Eileen Hull’s Chapter 2 Collection and Slimline Card Project

April 2, 2023

Hi everyone! It’s that time again to share with everyone Eileen Hull’s Chapter Two Collection!

You will love this set of dies! It is so versatile and works side by side your other journal dies and may be combined in endless combinations. There are three dies in the set: the Card Case, Mini-Slimline & Tickets and Journaling Card, Envelope & Windows. Buy all three dies and get FREE SHIPPING on your order in the US PLUS save an additional $10! Cost to buy dies individually is $122- buy the bundle and pay only $112. Outside US, $10 will be deducted from shipping. You can find the bundle HERE.

The Card Case is a Bigz XL ScoreBoards die. This die is specially designed to cut and score thick material up to 1/16″ like matboard, chipboard, leather, felt and fabric so your finished project is nice and sturdy. The finished Card Case die measures 4 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ and has an adjustable spine that goes from 1/2″ to 2 1/2″. This is the perfect size journal to hold your 3″ x 4″ journaling cards, as well as other small items like wallet photos, ATCs and ephemera. There is a swing out flap on each side where you can add pockets or small insert books- you decide what combination you want to do. Make the spine thick or thin- your choice!

The Journaling Card, Envelope & Windows die has 6 pieces- an envelope, 3″ x 4″ Journaling Card, three window cutouts (use with envelope to remove and back with glassine like a window envelope) and a tab. The Envelope measures 4 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ and fits perfectly inside the Journal! Or use it by itself and add your favorite ephemera pieces.

The Mini-Slimline & Tickets die design is similar to the Snail Mail die, which was very popular for creating faux postage stamps. There are four dies in the set- one is the size of a mini slimline card and one is a mat that may be placed behind the perforated piece. The other two pieces are a row of tickets and mat that goes behind that. When you fold over each perforated piece and tear it, it creates individual faux postage stamps and tickets! Die cut the piece from patterned paper for an amazing background- just add a sentiment and let the paper do the work.

There’s a giveaway too! Comment in the Facebook and YouTube streams and tell us which of Eileen’s other dies would work well with this collection. You have until April 10 to post your comments.

I also would like to share a quick card I made using the Mini Slimline and Tickets Thinlits Set and a few other of Eileen’s dies. So let’s get started!

First, I folded and placed a piece of Blue Cardstock slightly below the cut line of the Journal Diecut and run through the Diecut Machine. I used a 6″x6″ piece of patterned cardstock from my friend Pam Bray’s Cyan Consortium Paper Pack. Since the cardstock wouldn’t cover the card base I had the bright idea to piece together what had been cut and covered with the tickets that I had cut from the Mini Slimline and Tickets Thinlits. I also embossed some of the tickets with the Crochet Mandala 3D Embossing Folder.

I also dug into my stash and pulled out vintage tickets by 49 and Market (discontinued) and a sheet of cut a parts by Maggie Holmes. I fussy cut the little bunny from one of the cards in the cut a part, placed a wreath that I had cut from the Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits around it and adhered all the bits and pieces onto the card base.

I placed the “think happy” and “be happy” stickers (Maggie Holmes Garden Party) above and below the bunny and wreath.

I cut flowers and leaf sprigs from the Folio Page Pocket and Flowers Thinlits. I shaped with a Stylus, layered, added gems and a bow made out of cording to complete the card.

Be sure to watch Eileen Hull’s YouTube channel, you can find the link HERE, to see die assembly and project ideas! Eileen also does two livestreams each week on Facebook and YouTube-sharing more ideas on how to to use these dies in lots of different ways. You are invited to join our creative community Facebook group, the Eileen Hull Fan Club, you can find the link HERE, where we have special events and exclusive content. Follow Eileen on Instagram at @eileenhull!

Supplies

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Chapter 2 Diecut Bundle

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Mini Slimline and Tickets Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Card Case Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Journaling Card Envelope and Window Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Journal Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Crochet Mandala 3D Embossing Folder

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Folio Page Pocket and Flowers Thinlits

Blue Cardstock

Diecut Machine

Pam Bray: Cyan Consortium Paper Pack

Stylus

Various Embellishments, Gems, Stickers, Cording

Scissors

Paper Cutter

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesive

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Monday is great and enjoy creating!

B is for Bird ATC

February 20, 2023

Hi everyone! I’m back today with an ATC I created for a swap that Eileen Hull had hosted in her Facebook group. The people that signed up for the swap were paired with a swap partner and all we had to do was create an ATC and use a product by Eileen Hull on the project. I used the Library Pocket ATC Card and Tabs, Alphanumeric and the flowers and leaf sprig from the Folio Page Pocket and Flowers Thinlits.

If you don’t know what an ATC is it stands for Artist Trading Card and they measure 2 1/2″x3 1/2″, the size of a football trading card.

I cut a card and tab from the Library Pocket ATC Card and Tabs Thinlits. I adhered a piece of patterned cardstock off center of the card. Next I fussy cut two birds and the birdhouse from the Let it Snow Art Dolls Printables, glued the birdhouse printable, bits of laces and bird onto the card. Since the top of the birdhouse “hung” off the card I added the tab. Also the birdhouse printable had a small line in it when it printed and since I hated to discard the image I added Rose Gold Luster Wax to the roof to hide the line…it worked. I added a piece of Adhesive Sheet to the back of a piece of cardstock, placed over the letter B of the Alphanumeric Thinlit and run through the Diecut Machine. I placed the letter B onto the tab along with a flower and finished the front by adhering a flower and leaf sprigs to the bottom of the bird.

For the back of the card I placed the library card stamp, from the Buttons, Cards and More Stamp Set onto the MISTI Stamping Tool, inked and stamped onto a piece of White Cardstock. Next I cut and glued onto the card along with a flower, leaves, the negative image of the letter B and a bird. I finished by signing, dating and numbering my card. I cut out a library pocket in Vellum, put together and placed the card inside. I kept it very simple.

Now for Jen’s ATCs!!! I absolutely LOVE what she created and all the extras she sent!

She created two ATCS, altered a little holder so I can display the cards.

Look at all the different textures!

Doesn’t the brick on the ATC look real?!? The little holder is perfect and she decorate it with the Mandala Thinlit too. Did I say I love everything?!!

If you haven’t been by Eileen Hull blog lately to see what her teams have been up to you can find the latest post HERE. Also if you would like to join Eileen’s fan club on Facebook (fill out the questions if you do decide to join) you can find the link HERE.

Supplies

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Library Pocket ATC Card and Tabs Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Alphanumeric Thinlit

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Folio Page Pocket and Flowers Thinlits

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Mandala Thinlit

Let it Snow Art Dolls Printables

Various Patterned Cardstocks

Rose Gold Luster Wax

Adhesive Sheet

Diecut Machine

Maker Forte/Eileen Hull: Buttons, Cards and More Stamp Set

MISTI Stamping Tool

Ink

White Cardstock

Vellum

Scissors

Paper Cutter

Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry Adhesive

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Monday is wonderful and enjoy creating!

Chunky Merry Christmas Stocking

July 29, 2020

Hi everyone! I wanted to hop on today and share a project that I actually created for a swap this past Christmas. I occasionally participate on Instagram with a group of ladies that does swaps. In this particular swap we had to make a stocking from scratch and fill it with handmade and/or store bought goodies.

I found a stocking pattern in a craft book that I had laying around and since I couldn’t quite get the book to lay flat enough to scan and then print it I took the book to Staples and had it enlarged and printed for me. Since the person at the counter at Staples had such a hard time getting it enlarged and printed I wasn’t charged…it pays to be nice especially if it’s busy. 😊 Also you can find stocking images to print out on the internet. All you have to do is search and pick out the image you like best.

I traced the stocking pattern onto a piece of cardstock and cut out two stockings. I cut two and a half of the Make-it 3-D Diecut (retired) from White Chipboard out but Eileen Hull has other diecuts that can be used such as the “pocket” from the Christmas Snowman Diecut. Plus you have the snowman that could be used as a decoration on the stocking.

I adhered the tabs of the Make it 3D die to one side of the stocking. I did the same steps for the other side of the stocking. I measured and cut strips of patterned cardstock and adhered to the “wall” Make it 3D diecuts.

I glued pom pom trim to both sides of the stocking. The lace I adhered to the inside of the stocking and then folded over to create the cuff. I punched a hole in the side and set a Wide Eyelet with a Crop a Dile. I strung about 12 inches of gold trim and tied off at the top.

I started by adding a paper doily and part of a Christmas snowflake ornament (part of it was damaged) to the corner of the cuff. I built up the layers by using Foam Pop Dots on the back of Christmas diecuts so I could add greenery, over sized beads, pearl sprays, poinsettias and thread bows underneath.

I added small wrapped gifts inside and mailed off to my swap partner. I think I will be making more this year since I now have all the kinks worked out and I know exactly have I will put it together. I stumbled through the process since this was the first one I had ever made. As always if you have any questions about this project please let me know.

Supplies

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Make-it 3-D Diecut (retired)

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Christmas Snowman Diecut

Diecut Machine

Christmas Embellishments

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

Gold Trim

Pom Pom Trim

Lace

Paper Doily

Snowflake Ornament

Poinsettias

Thread

Over sized Beads

Pearl Sprays

Greenery

Paper Cutter

Wide Eyelet

Crop a Dile

Foam Pop Dots

Various Christmas Cardstocks

White Chipboard

Scissors

(Products listed above are Affiliated Links for your convenience)

DISCLAIMERS

This blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with each manufacturer, provider, or party in question.This blog contains affiliate links, clicking and shopping through these links helps to support and run Tonya Trantham Designs – Creative Addiction to Paper Blog at no additional cost to you. Today’s features are Sizzix, Eileen Hull and Scrapbook.com Products.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Wednesday is awesome and enjoy creating!

Let’s Set Sail Card with DCC and Maker’s Movement Blog Hop

July 23, 2020

Hi everyone! I’m so excited to share my project for this month’s blog hop with Designer Connection Crafts and Maker’s Movement!

I used the Message in a Bottle Stamp and Diecut Set, Double-sided Adhesive Craft Foam and Clear Acetate Sheets from Maker’s Movement to create a card.

First thing I did was cut a piece of Kraft Cardstock 5 1/2″x 5 1/2″ folded to create the base for my card. I used a 6×6 pad of 7Gypsies Maritime (retired) on the front and all it took was two sheets from the collection to decorate. One of the sheets I fussy cut, distressed and rolled and added Foam Pop Dots to the back to add dimension and depth.

For the bottle I cut two bottle diecuts from the Clear Acetate Sheets and one outline of the bottle from the Double-sided Adhesive Craft Foam,the bottle stopper from cork and one from a piece of teal patterned cardstock. I peeled the backing and applied the acetate to the bottom side of the foam outline. I placed the ship and “Let’s Set Sail” Sentiment stamps onto the MISTI Stamping Tool, inked with water proof Black Ink and stamped onto a piece of Watercolor Paper. I then used the appropriate diecuts to cut each one out. I watercolored the ship and once dry placed inside the outline of the bottle along with the cork, seed beads and sequins before placing the other solid piece of acetate over it. I applied the teal outline over the acetate, lightly distressed the edges of the bottle and adhered to the front of the card.

I inked the edges of the stamped sentiment before gluing to the bottom corner of the card. I also added bits of inked cheese cloth to give a little texture to the card. As always if you have any questions about this project please let me know.

Also be sure to stop by the DCC blog and see what the other designers have created! You can find the blog post HERE.

Supplies

Maker’s Movement: Message in a Bottle Stamp and Diecut Set

Maker’s Movement: Double-sided Adhesive Craft Foam

Maker’s Movement: Clear Acetate Sheets

Diecut Machine

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Foam Pop Dots

Cheese Cloth

Black Ink

MISTI Stamping Tool

Kraft Cardstock

Watercolor Paper

7Gypsies: Maritime Paper Collection (retired)

Seed Beads

Sequins

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

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Little Snowgirl Wishes Mini Book

July 20, 2020

Hi everyone! How are you all holding up this month? I know a lot of places still have restrictions and if you live in the south it is HOT! Like upper 90’s with a heat index of over 100 HOT! My husband and I have been trying to stay as cool as possible whether right next to the air conditioner or in the pool..which the water is starting to feel like bath water…ugh! 😎

Well, I am finally sharing the complete reveal of my project that I did a sneak peek for Eileen Hull’s Chapter 3 Christmas in July blog hop. If you missed out on that post you can find the blog hop HERE.

I used a wide assortment of diecuts, Eileen Hull’s: Snowman Christmas Box, Bookmark, Tag and Pocket, Bookplate, Hinges and Label (retired), and the Credit Card Sleeve and Tags (retired) Diecuts. Tim Holtz: Christmas Diecuts and Embossing Folder (used the embossing folder on a tag) and the Holiday Words Diecuts (retired) to create the inside pages, outside cover and spine of this mini book.

I started by applying an Adhesive Sheets on the front and backside of a piece of Chipboard along with patterned cardstocks (for the book, scarf, hat and nose and the pink vellum for the snow girl body…I cut two of those) placed on top of the Snowman diecuts and run through the Diecut Machine. I cut the tabs off of the box diecut and folded to create the base for the book. I also put the snowgirl’s front and back together and I used black gems for the eyes instead of using the diecut eyes.

The pages inside of the book I cut from the assortment of diecuts that I mentioned above. There are three signatures with three pages and one pocket per signature. I cut a piece of cardstock slightly smaller than the inside spine and measured and poked holes in all the pages, the flaps of pockets and the piece of paper.

I tied off each signature on the back side of the piece of paper and then adhered the flaps to the back side of each pocket.

I adhered the pages to the inside of the spine and used binder clips to hold them in place while the adhesive dried.

I lightly decorated with embellishments from my stash, scraps of wrapping paper, lace, pom pom trim, and packaging.

Don’t you just love the little jingle bell hanging from the side of the mini book?

I decorated the spine with the “wishes” from the Holiday Words diecuts. I placed an adhesive sheet on a scrap of cardstock before running through the diecut machine and the adhesive sheet makes it so much easier to place each letter onto the spine.

I used the reverse of the 25 diecut for the cover of the book and I added a mini snowflake ornament, sequin and flatback pearl to the cover. There you have it! If you haven’t checked the latest projects by Eileen’s Inspiration Team you can find those posts HERE and HERE. As always if you have any question about this project please let me know.

Supplies

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Snowman Christmas Box Diecut

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Bookmark, Tag and Pocket Diecuts

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Bookplate, Hinges and Label Diecuts (retired)

Sizzix/Eileen Hull: Credit Card Sleeve and Tags Diecuts (retired)

Sizzix/Tim Holtz: Christmas Diecuts and Embossing Folder

Sizzix/Tim Holtz: Holiday Words Diecuts (retired)

Adhesive Sheets

Chipboard

Diecut Machine

Beacon Adhesive: Zip Dry Adhesive

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Christmas Cardstock

Pink Vellum

Needle and Thread

Various Christmas Embellishments

Binder Clips

Black Gems

White Pom Pom and Trim

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