Funkie Junkie Focus – "Stencil Sensation" Iris Garden Journal

Hello Funkie Junkie fans! Our theme this time is "Stencil Sensation"! I definitely have a love for stencils. They are a handy tool to have in your creative arsenal and you can do so much with them. I created a practical and pretty journal to keep track of my extensive *ahem* bearded iris collection. Using the Eileen Hull Field Notes & Specimen Card Die to create a flip style journal on rings means I can add pages easily. There are several of my iris varieties that I need to get photos of this spring so I can add them to the journal.

Of course I used many stencils to decorate the covers and pages! Take a look:

I used Gel Press prints on the inside covers.

I have some process photos to share:

1) base background - I cut the pages out of heavy mixed media paper and used Antique Linen Distress Oxide Spray plus stencils to create a base texture.

I used a couple of methods to make it easy to do a lot of pages in a short time. First, two pages fit under one of the big stencils. I spritzed through the stencil, set those pages off to dry, and then used the spray left on the stencil to make a monoprint onto two new pages. I could actually get two sets of monoprint pages done with the residual ink from the initial spritz. That saved a lot of time.

Monoprint with stencil - I spritzed the residual ink with water
and then squished onto the pages.

2) More stencils! Over the top of the Distress Spray I used more stencils to add accent layers with acrylic paint. I knew the centers of the pages would be covered by a photo so I concentrated on the edges. I followed up with a bit of stamping with Archival ink.

3) Covers: I forgot to take photos while I was making them, oops! For a first layer, I did the same thing with Antique Linen Distress Oxide Spray as I did with the pages. Over that, I used the Tim Holtz Deco Leaf Layering Stencil to add Translucent Distress Crackle Paste in parts. Once it was dry, I spritzed with various colors of Distress Spray and water to get it to bleed into the crackle and pool around the paste shape edges. It's a great effect!

Thanks for stopping by. Keep an eye on the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, Inspiration Ave. to see all the inspiring content each week. Don't miss it…

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Die - Field Notes & Specimen Card

Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Halftone & Rings

Stencils:

Tim Holtz Layering Stencils: Sticks, Berry Leaves, Deco Leaf

Dina Wakley Stencils: Pieces, Varied
Dylusions Stencils: Hexicomb, Dot Grid

Sizzix Mat Board

Distress Collage Medium Matte
Distress Crackle Paste - Translucent

Distress Oxide Spray - Antique Linen
Distress Spray - Twisted Citron, Saltwater Taffy, Speckled Egg
Ranger Archival Ink - Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry
Acrylic paint (Distress Paint is perfect!)

Four Seasons Mini Books – New Eileen Hull March 2024 Sizzix Dies!

Eileen Hull released some great new Sizzix designs at the beginning of March! (Check out the live Release Party here.) All month long the designers have been sharing the tutorials and more in depth looks at all the wonderful projects created for the release. Following is one of my projects; a Storage Box that holds four Mini Books:

Four Mini Books fit perfectly into the Storage Box!

Each little book is themed with a quote and art to match one of the seasons:

Here's a look at how it all came together:

1) all the parts needed to form the outer box:

I used Distress Paint to color the Sizzix Mat Board before cut all the parts out.

2) For the mini book covers, I embossed pieces of gel prints using the 3-D Lace Embossing Folder.

Inside of the covers:

3) Eileen has a Book Binding Die you can use to make folded spines to fit her Folio Journal Die and other larger journal of hers. It won't fit the Mini Book so I figured out my own measurements to cut and score a Mini Book sized version. You can find that template below if you want to try it. It accommodates five pages.

Folded binding template to fit Mini Book - 5 pages

After fixing the spine into the cover, you add the pages:

A piece of trim covers up the spine flap on the back side.

The team has been busy creating lots of samples so please make sure to visit the Blog Hop post on Eileen's blog and be watching social media to see their makes!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog for more inspiration from the Educator and Inspiration Teams.

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Die - Mini Book  ( Sizzix, FJ, SB )

Eileen Hull Die - Storage Box  ( Sizzix, FJ, SB )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Wreath & Snowflake ( SB )

Eileen Hull A5 3-D Embossing Folder - Lace ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Tim Holtz Die Set - Forest Shadows ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Tim Holtz Die Set - Decorative Trims ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )

Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Shattered, Floral Trims, Reindeer Flight, Sketchy Leaves, Tree Line, Flutter, Grunged, Holiday Sketchbook, Field Notes, Falling Leaves, Spring Sprung
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Autumn

Sizzix Mat Board

Ranger Woodgrain Cardstock - Holiday Grey
Eileen Hull Easy Cut Adhesive Sheets
Gel Press Plate
Distress Paint - Hickory Smoke, Weathered Wood, Lost Shadows

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New Eileen Hull March 2024 Sizzix Dies! – Mini Book

Eileen Hull released some great new Sizzix designs at the beginning of March! (Check out the live Release Party here.) All month long the designers have been sharing the tutorials and more in depth looks at all the wonderful projects created for the release. Following is one of my projects; an accordion album housed in a Mini Book:

Eileen's new dies:

I packed a lot of stamping and ephemera into this mini book!

The team has been busy creating lots of samples so please make sure to visit the Blog Hop post on Eileen's blog and be watching social media to see their makes! All month long you can find tutorials for the projects on Eileen's blog.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog for more inspiration from the Educator and Inspiration Teams.

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Die - Mini Book  ( Sizzix, FJ, SB )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Faux Postage ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )

Eileen Hull A5 3-D Embossing Folder - Lace ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Envelope, Folder & Flowers ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )

Some 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! (My husband also thanks you!)

Funkie Junkie Focus – "Finish It" Undone Projects

It's not quite spring (at least not around here, it's been snowing all day). However, you might be in the mood for some spring cleaning! It has taken a crafty turn for our current Funkie Junkie Focus theme which is "Finish It" – take an uncompleted project and finish it off. I partially completed a junk journal in June of 2022 and then it and all the stuff I had collected for it looked like this until now:

oh my, what a pile LOL

I still had two signatures worth of pages left to fill to complete the journal. You can find the first post about it here. Here is the outside:

The journal structure was created using Eileen Hull's Folio Journal Die and filled with all sorts of stamping, ephemera and die cuts. Here's a sampling of some of the new inside pages:

I had previously added some Waterfall flips to the inside cover but hadn't decorated them yet.

I did do a tutorial for putting the cover together in my first post. Here are a few in process photos from my journey in finishing up the other pages:

 It's quite a chaotic crafty scene! Lots of scraps and bits all over the place ha ha.

I decorate all the pages, front and back, before binding them together. It is much easier that way!

Elastic binding makes it really easy to add the pages. You just slide them under the elastic.

So, mission accomplished! I now have a cleared off tray in my art rack. Hurray! Thanks for stopping by. Keep an eye on the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, Inspiration Ave. because you are now getting regular doses of expanded (and inspiring) content each week. Don't miss it…

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Die - Folio Journal Die 
Eileen Hull Die Set - Faux Postage 
Eileen Hull Die Set - Library Pocket, ATC Card & Tabs
Eileen Hull Die Set - Journaling Cards, Flowers & Leaves 662811 - retired

Eileen Hull 3-D Embossing Folders - Silverware, Vintage Buttons, Crochet Mandala
Tim Holtz Die Set - Vault Lovebirds

Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Floral Trims, Field Notes, Ornate Trims, Specimen, Bold Botanicals, Eccentric, Papillon, Nature Walk, Ledger Script, Flutter, Bird Feather, Tiny Toadstools

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Backdrops - Vol. 5

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Snapshots Vol. 2

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Layers - Organic

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera - Curator

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera - Number Strips
Sizzix Textured Cardstock Pack

Design Tape

washi tape

Distress Collage Medium Matte

Tonic Deckle Trimmer

Some 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! (My husband also thanks you!)