Eileen Hull Book Club

Hi and welcome to my second post of the month for Eileen Hull, showcasing our love for Eileen's dies.

Today I am showcasing one of my favourites the Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Book and Pages, Trinket Box and Frame. This die is so versatile, you can use the frame on its own like I have showcased HERE, create a book from it, a trinket box or a shadow box. The possibilities are endless.

Today I have used the whole piece for my project to create a book. I have step by steps for you so quite a long post today but I hope you enjoy taking the steps along with me.

Cover a piece of mountboard with Tim Holtz Metal Foil Tape, don't worry if you have a few creases as these will not show with the next steps. Die cut the mountboard using Eileen's Die. This is the cover of our shaker element.

Place the die cut piece into Eileen's Daisy Wreath Embossing Folder and run through your die cutting machine to emboss.

This gives a lovely deep emboss. However the silver of the foil was a little to stark for me so I aged it a little.

I applied Distress Paint Ground Espresso over the foil, applying with my finger.

I then dried the paint a little with my heat tool and then used a dry baby wipe to wipe away the excess paint.

I love how the paint settles into all the crevices.

These are our die cut pieces all together to show the difference with the ageing compared to the non treated foil.

I die cut several layers of the front cover to create my shaker and added Tim Holtz Paperdolls inside along with confetti. I held the shaker element in place with clips to ensure good contact with the glue.

I painted a piece of white card with Distress Paint and then die cut flowers from the painted card using Eileen's Stitchy Flowers and Leaf Die.  I cut several at this stage for a later project and for this project.

I added touches of metallic paint to the edges of my flowers to coordinate with the metal foil tape in the background.

I layered my flower to give a dimensional bloom and then added a bead to the centre which once dry I coloured with a little silver metallic paint.

Once I had finished I added watercolour pages to the inside of my book which can be decorated with many mediums.

I added my flower to the front of my book and added a length of elastic to secure the book closed.

I added a Quote Chip, painting around the edges with paint to coordinate with my flower.

I love the depth of the embossing.

The shaker element adds wonderful movement to my design.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x