Eileen Hull

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Winter Wishes Blog Hop

Today Emerald Creek Craft Supplies and Eileen Hull are collaborating to bring you the Winter Wishes Blog Hop featuring lots of Christmas holiday inspiration!

Warm thoughts are unfolding…

as we begin to enter a festive time of year. Eileen, Kim and The Teams have created a fun blog hop challenge to kick off the American Thanksgiving and Winter festivities.
To play along all you need to do is follow along and comment on every blog. If you play along and link up your own creation using Eileen and Emerald Creek products, you will get 2 bonus entries for the draw. Contest Closes on Sunday November 25th, with the Winner announced Cyber Monday!
The prize includes an Eileen Hull Journal Die and a $50.00 gift certificate to the Emerald Creek Shop.

This is a Blog Hop!

You are next… Click here to enter
Check out the hop here!
So on to the project… I decided to create a Memory Box for storing holiday treasures such as 3″ x 4″ Journalling cards, Instax photos, gift tags and notes.  The box is covered with gift wrap- this is a great alternative to patterned paper. There are so many festive holiday patterns this time of year. I find it easiest to adhere the paper to the matboard first, then die cut the whole piece at once.
The Trinket Box is a Sizzix ScoreBoards die which is specially designed to cut and score thick materials so that the end result is a sturdy project. (You can find the die in my Etsy store) It is designed to have multiple uses- books, boxes, frames, shadowboxes, and drawers- all from this one die!

Supplies

Instructions

Here’s a video showing how to assemble this die (it starts at about 36 minutes)

  1. Cover 2 sheets of matboard with Easy Cut Adhesive on the front and back. Add wrapping paper to both sides. Die cut: 1 frame, 1 frame piece with NO oval cut out, 1 binding strip, 2 shadowbox frame pieces, 1 rectangle
  2. Add adhesives on tabs and build shape. Attach 2 shadowbox frame pieces together at end tabs and form into rectangle.
  3. Stamp Merry Christmas with Ebony Blends ink on off-white cardstock and position behind aperture of frame (front cover).
  4. Die cut about eight branches from the Floral Arch die from green paper. Dab blobs of glue on leaves and add embossing powder, then heat. Glue on colored jingle bells. Add a small red velvet bow.
  5. Adhere front cover to back of binding tab. Place binding back tab under shadowbox section of box.
  6. Hot glue glass knobs to bottom of box so it can stand up. Position in the middle of the box so it is balanced.

Winter Wishes Blog Hop

Thanks so much for looking through our Winter Wishes Blog Hop! Don’t forget to leave comments on each of the blogs- you could win the prize! Join me Tuesdays and Thursdays for Facebook Lives and join the Eileen Hull Fan Club on Facebook for the BTS look at what people are creating from these dies- so inspiring! Come back next week and see what the team is creating here on the blog. Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

Comments

  1. Kim Evans says

    Oh Wow I love this! the dusting of snow over the bells looks amazing! I need to get some of that zip dry too

  3. Ann Barnes says

    I love this idea Eileen! The soft fallen snow looks amazing (and now I will be adding it to my wish list for sure!) I love the idea of wrapping paper as a cover, there are some beauties out there and then you can always use the leftovers for gifts. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome project! Happy Thanksgiving to you. xx

  5. Sara Emily Barker says

    This is such a beautiful and festive project and I love the idea of a box to store holiday bits. Clever to use wrapping paper; as you say, there are some beautiful patterns, and I love this one! Adding the embossing powder to the greenery and bells is the perfect finishing touch! thanks so much for the blog hop and inspiration! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

  10. Sue says

    Love this box, great for putting Christmas mementos inside. Thank you for the instructions to go along with it as well. I need to stock up on things to make these lovely projects. Happy Thanksgiving.

  13. Ronda says

    You have so much creative talent I love seeing what you create. Happy thanksgiving to you and your family.

  21. Pam Bray says

    Woozer Eileen!!! Love the use of the vintage gift wrap…so clever and very economical! Dusting the bells and leaves brings the memory box to life! Love all the details.

  25. Mel Roberts-Hareld says

    What a super way to hop in! I love the thought of a little “stash away” box, to begin with, then, to have it in a Christmas theme…well, that makes it extra fun!
    During the holidays, I love making things for all my special folks, but I think I would definitely be making this for myself 😁 It will be interesting, to open it up, year after year, to see what I stashed away, from the Christmas holiday, before; thoughts jotted down, little trinkets, things to remember (goodness knows I write those down, then forget where I set them…right THERE is reason enough to make this treasure 😉) Looking forward to seeing ALL these artists’ ideas, in the blog hop!

  26. Jenny Marples says

    This is adorable Eileen!!!! I love the colours you’ve used – so festive – and what a genius idea to use the Floral Arches as branches of festive foliage! Those berry bells are the icing on the cake of a wonderful Christmas make xx

  27. Judy B says

    This is so pretty Eileen! I love the bright wrapping paper you used and the gorgeous floral wreath with the frosty snow. Thanks for sharing.

  30. Mel Roberts-Hareld says

    My initial comment is still “awaiting moderation “, but I just wanted to follow up, as I just “completed” this terrific “Winter Wishes” blog hop. What a FABULOUS group of talented, talented artists!!! Not only did I have fun, looking at everyone’s projects, I learned a lot of really interesting techniques, as well!

  31. Katie Baird says

    May be too late for the hop, but wanted to comment anyway. This is such a festive, fun project! I love the traditional colors.

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