Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

Sizzix Fresh Vintage Blog Hop: ScoreBoard Album

Welcome to our first Fresh Vintage blog hop, my friends! You are in for such a treat!  Every Tuesday and Thursday for the next 6 weeks, one of the 12 dies in the collection will be featured. 6-10 projects for every die will be posted by 75 of the most creative designers in our industry. I am thrilled that they have agreed to work with my Sizzix dies and I can’t wait for you to see what they have done.

To view the hop, you can click on the Fresh Vintage blinkie on the sidebar. This will take you around to all of the designers on the hop OR you can click on the linky party below for a look at all the projects.

As if all that inspiration is not enough, we have teamed up with some great craft manufacturers and their talented Design Teams, to show how well these dies work with supplies that you probably have on hand (or need to buy!) After you have checked out all of the projects, head over to Oh My Crafts blog to answer the Hop Question of the Day for a chance to win a die!

Today the spotlight is on Clearsnap. Is there anyone who does not own a Colorbox stamp pad? I have quite the collection and love the vibrant colors these pads produce that dye inks can’t quite match. I was lucky enough to score some of Stephanie Barnard’s new ink pads at CHA and love them. The colors are really bright and juicy but what I like is the surface of the pad. It’s smooth and kind of spongy and best of all there are none of those pesky strings that lots of my other pads get. Thanks Clearsnap, for providing us with quality products that have stood the test of time (some of my ink pads are 10 years old!).

The featured die today is the ScoreBoard Album. For those of you who are not familiar with ScoreBoard dies, they are specially designed to cut and score thicker material like matboard creating a nice sturdy finished product. 

Book Assembly

  1. Die cut album pieces from Bazzill embossed chipboard using Big Shot. NOTE- you must cut 2 cover pieces so make sure you have enough board. One 12″ x 12″ sheet was plenty for this project.
  2. Paint or ink the covers in stripes masking off with tape or post-its for each color. I used acrylic paint in aqua, red and green. Let dry. Rub extra paint off embossed area of book and buff.
  3. Cut 2 pieces of cardstock 4 1/4″ x 6 1/2″ to cover front and back of covers. Adhere with double sided tape.
  4. Adhere front and back covers of book to binding with double sided tape.
  5. Punch hole in both covers of album with Crop-a-dile. Inset Hitch Fastener on front of album. On back, punch hole and insert elastic loop, then cover with eyelet and set. Stretch elastic loop over hitch in front for closure. 
  6. Punch holes in scalloped section of binding strip and add eyelets. Run ribbon through eyelets and tie a bow.

Pages

  1. Cut a strip of paper measuring 4″ x 12″. Score lines every 1/2″ and accordian fold paper. This will be the binding for your album pages. With double sided tape, run lines of tape lengthwise across paper and fold up accordian pleats. Run additional lines of double stick tape across the front of the binding strip.
  2. Cut 6 pieces of coordinating cardstock at 6″ x 12″. Score at 4″ across bottom and fold up 2″. These are your book pockets. Cut angles in center fold creating flaps so paper lays flat when folded in.
  3. Insert folded pages into sticky accordian folded binding. Press to adhere firmly inside book. Leave one set of folds at the front and back of the book to attach the pages to the cover.
  4. Add file tabs, journaling cards, photos and mementos as desired.

Embellishments

  1. Die cut Butterfly die from red glitter paper. Add teal pearls to body. 
  2. Make folded flower from Flowers, Layers #9. Make smaller flower from same die using brown packing paper  (instructions to come soon!)
  3. On scrap of red matboard, write “family” and cover with label piece. Add teal pearls.
  4. Add flowers and butterfly in a pleasing arrangement on front cover of book and adhere.

    Supplies used:

Additional products:

ribbon, kraft packing paper for flower accents

buttons, felt, fabric scraps

FAQ about the Fresh Vintage Blog Hop:
How do I hop around to see ideas using the current featured die?

Every Tuesday and Thursday between September 27-November 3, 2011 there will be a new Sizzix Fresh Vintage die featured on 6-10 of the 75 participating designers’ blogs. The navigation buttons for “Hop Back” and “Hop Forward” will allow you to easily hop around and see projects featuring whatever the current die is, since those buttons are programmed to navigate only to the blogs that are participating for that die. On the next Tuesday/Thursday, the buttons will automatically reprogram themselves to navigate to the blogs that are signed up for the next featured die.

What if I start at a designer’s blog that isn’t one of the 6-10 signed up for that die?

No problem! Simply hit either the “Hop Forward” or “Hop Back” button on the Fresh Vintage navigation widget from any blog’s sidebar and you’ll automatically advance to one of the participating blogs.

Can I go back and view the ideas for a previously featured die?

Of course! Go to the “Blog Hops” link at the top of the page. It will bring up all of the blog posts where you’ll find direct links to each participating blog along with a thumbnail image of the project.

Where can I buy the Sizzix Fresh Vintage dies, by Eileen Hull?

You can visit Sizzix.com to find a local and online retailers for Sizzix products. Also be sure to visit Oh My Crafts, one of this blog hop’s sponsors, (between the dates of September 27-November 3, 2011) and enter for a chance to win a Flower Layers #9 die!

The Blog Hop has ended and the navigation widget is no longer in the sidebar. How can I see the ideas?

Go to the “Blog Hops” link at the top of the page. It will bring up blog posts where you’ll find direct links to each participating blog along with a thumbnail image of the project.

Comments

  1. Julie Ranae says

    Such a beautiful album and a wonderful die, Eileen…thank you again for having a part of the designer showcase and for having The Twinery as a sponsor!

  12. Scrapacat says

    What an amazing die! This hop is going to be so cool – thanks for making it simple. Now…if I can just get the brain to remember!
    ~ky
    scrapacat at yahoo dot com

  14. Monika Wright says

    I will have to add this mini book die to my Christmas wish list…must have it! Your project is awesome, of course! I am thrilled to be part of the Sizzix blog hop and look forward to being inspired for the next six weeks!

  15. Eileen Hull says

    Thanks for stopping by everyone and for the nice comments. I got so many ideas today- back to the studio! So glad you are part of the hop- either designing or hopping along with us!

  20. Kathy says

    Your album is so beautiful! Love the colors and all the layered embellies! What fun this hop is going to be for me, a new Sizzix user!

  21. Mylene says

    What a pretty album Eileen… I love the painted background you created with the Bazzill cardstock…. that’s a great base to build your design on.