Eileen Hull

The Colors of Fall – Creative Projects with Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies

16 Oct

Let’s celebrate the colors of fall! This month the Creative Team is digging into their past projects to share favorite “Seasonal Colors” creations! Projects featuring fall colors or spooky Halloween creations are here to inspire you…

Jenny Marples is sharing this absolutely fabulous Slotted Treat Box project she made. All those zig zag stitches she did by hand! See more details here.

Mixed Media joy – Jennie Atkinson used the Mini Album Die, Plate & Pattern Stencil Set plus several thinlits die sets to create this gorgeous little book. See her tutorial video below:

Lisa Hoel used the Field Notes & Specimen Card Die to put together this photo book of fall photos taken around her home. You can see more photos and how-to here.

What a lovely banner by Pam Bray! She used patterned paper and the Tunnel Arches, Windowsill Vase & Flowers, and Home Sweet Home die sets to create it. So clever.

Tonya Trantham used the Geometric Box Die to create a funky pumpkin for a perfect fall decoration! So cool. Find out how in her tutorial here.

News from Eileen!

Big Trip, Little Suitcase… LOTS of Craft Supplies! ✈️🎨

There’s nothing like a deadline to get things done—am I right? 😂 I leave tomorrow for a BIG trip, and suddenly my to-do list is getting checked off at record speed! Funny how that works…

And speaking of things to look forward to, look at all the fun we have coming up in November!

✨ Here’s what’s on the horizon:

November 10: An exciting new Eileen Hull product launch!
A FREE Virtual Holiday Retreat: Time to get creative together from wherever you are.
Our Seventh Annual Comfort & Joy Event: Can you believe it’s almost that time again?

More details are coming soon, so stay tuned!

Packing Light… or at Least Trying To! 🧳

On our last big trip, our luggage was lost for an entire WEEK, and I wore the same clothes every day. Honestly, I don’t think people really noticed! 😂 So this time, I decided to be strategic and pack fewer clothes.

Well, the space I saved by packing less clothing has been more than made up for by my craft supplies! Watercolors, stitching projects, a travel journal, and jewelry-making supplies have all made the cut so far. And who knows what inspiration might strike before I zip up that suitcase? There’s still time for a few more things to sneak in!

I’ll try to go live while I’m traveling whenever I can, so please make sure you’ve enabled notifications on my channels. That way, you’ll get an alert when I pop on!

I’m SO excited to explore Spain and Portugal for the first time. New places, new inspiration, and hopefully lots of beautiful things to see (and maybe a little shopping, too!).

Please keep your fingers crossed—and say a little prayer—for smooth travels and NO unexpected travel surprises this time! 🙏✈️

Live Video Crafting with Eileen – One Die, Two Ways

Today: Let’s Get Creative with Margaret! 🎨

Today it’s time for another live with Margaret!

👉 Watch the livestream here!

We’ll each be working with an Eileen Hull stencil of our choosing and a WILD CARD product! Sometimes it’s fun to go off script, pull out random supplies, or experiment with something you haven’t used in a while.

I find that the less pressure I put on myself, the better. Creating art is a chance to let your mind and hands wander, explore, and see where they take you—without worrying too much about how the finished project will look.

Of course, I DO want my projects to look nice! 😉 And sometimes it takes a few tries (or a few happy accidents) to get there. That’s all part of the fun!

I hope you’ll join Margaret and me to see what we come up with. Gather your favorite stencil and a wild-card supply of your own, and create along with us!

When you’re finished, share your projects in the Eileen Hull Fan Club. We love seeing what you make!

Happy creating, and I’ll see you soon—hopefully from somewhere across the pond! ❤️

In case you missed last week’s live, here’s the link to the replay! This project turned out to be one of my favorite projects I have made in a long time.

ETSY RE-STOCK!

New items include:

Mystery Boxes– containing 7-9 lbs of interesting craft supplies
Vintage Collage Kit– 30+ pages of interesting vintage book content, you’ll discover all kinds of fun images, text, and backgrounds to mix, match, layer, and make your own.
Mini Junk Journal Kit– Everything you need to create a mini junk journal measuring 5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″, including the journal!

All are available in my Etsy store!

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join the 8600 other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends. Above all, make sure to answer the questions so we know you are legit! Watch her Lives at Eileen Hull Designs Facebook or her YouTube on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

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Seasonal Colors Project Inspiration with Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies

8 Oct

This month the Creative Team is digging into their past projects to share favorite “Seasonal Colors” project inspiration! Whether celebrating fall colors or spooky Halloween creations, we’ll be sure to get a big dose of creativity…

First up is a cute Halloween gift tag made by Sarah Lizzie. She used Eileen’s Windowsill, Flowers & Vase and Tunnel Arches Die Sets plus some fun Halloween bits. See how she did it here.

Lisa Hoel has a Halloween tunnel album for us. She used the Handbound Journal Die for the cover and cut all the page windows with the Tunnel Arches Die Set. You can see all the photos of the pages here.

Pages are filled with more Eileen and Tim Holtz Sizzix die cuts! She collaged the page bases with postage stamps made using Eileen’s Snail Mail, Faux Postage, and Mini Slimline & Ticket Die Sets.

We have another seasonal tunnel album by Pam Bray. Love those earthy fall colors! She used the Lacy Leaves Embossing Folder to give texture to the page backgrounds. See more in her post.

September Round Up Video:

See the September projects from the Creative Team!

Lisa Hoel finished her Space Journal – whew! She used the Handbound Journal Die for the cover and filled it full of out of this world bits and pieces. See more in her post.

News from Eileen…

This weekend we drove out to the beach to make sure our house had weathered the big storm that blew through the East Coast last weekend. Thankfully, it was fine, but the beach itself was washed away! We went to a few thrift stores and cleaned the house – a nice couple of days… I love that fall is coming. Also our big trip… we leave for Spain and Portugal on October 14th!

Last week we created a Beaded Heart Notebook using the Notebook die and Thinlits Stitched Hearts. If you missed it, you can watch here…

I love how it turned out! In Beaded Heart Notebook Part Two, we will be finishing the inside of the notebook with a cool no sew binding technique! I hope you will craft along with me – all you need is paper for the book pages, ruler, scoreboard, bone folder and glue! I’m sure you have an unfinished notebook cover somewhere – today is the perfect time to complete it!

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Tune into Eileen’s live videos! (You can watch the replays on her YouTube channel or Eileen Hull Designs Facebook.)

Favorite Journals Wrap Up with Eileen Hull’s Creative Team

3 Oct

Our overall Creative Team theme for September was “My Favorite Journal”. We had a month full of inspiration! In addition, we had some collaborations with other companies. Our UK designers had their turn using exciting Grafix Arts speciality plastic films and sheets. USA designers tested out Bearly Art glue.

Jenny Marples made a super cool “Grungy Vibe” Notebook Journal for her Grafix Arts project. Love the combination of Eileen’s dies and stencils plus the Dura-Lar Prints. Check out her slide show post on Instagram!

Stencil sets Plate & Pattern and Watercolour Flowers & Lattice have been put to good use!

Slow stitching plus the Library Pocket and tags from the Ephemera Pocket & Tags die sets.

Well life got in the way and Lisa Hoel hasn’t quite finished her journal project yet. Here’s a peek – it’s retro space themed, housed in a Handbound Journal Die cover. More next week!

Favorite Journal Flashbacks!

Jennie Atkinson is sharing her lovely Autumn Arches Mini Book made with the Tunnel Arches, Windowsill Vase & Flowers and other dies sets. Check out her tutorial video below…

Lisa Hoel has a tunnel book project from the debut of Eileen’s Home Sweet Home Collection. You can find all the details and photos in her post.

News from Eileen Hull…

Last week was a little stressful—I’m not gonna lie! 😅

I had a houseful of company, we completely forgot we were babysitting and ended up with Emma (2) and Thomas (2 months) for the weekend, my basement flooded, I got sick, and my van broke down with some major issues. 😳

Then it was time to head to New York for the Garlic Festival—with a nor’easter in the forecast! I’m happy to say that it all turned out fine. I did make the trip to NY, came home a day early, and am now looking forward to a nice, boring week ahead. My only regret is missing the chance to meet up with some of you who came to say hi. 😭 My sister says I’m welcome to join her in the booth next year, so I’m hoping to do that! I realized how much I miss the excitement of creating things for a show.

Join me on the LIVE today to hear all about how it went! The people I really have to applaud are the ones who came to the Garlic Festival despite the nor’easter blowing all around us. It was pretty wild! 🌧️ But even though the weather wasn’t great, we had some wonderful chats with each other and our customers—and I got extra time with Mom and our childhood friend, Laura Lawson. ❤️ Sometimes the crazy weeks end up giving us some pretty special memories!

The truck is unloaded and I am back in my cozy studio. We will be creating several versions of a Beaded Heart Notebook using the Notebook die and Thinlits Stitched Hearts. Although my original idea didn’t turn quite as how I had envisioned, it gave me another idea to try – you know how that goes… Hope you can join me at 4:00!

September Creative Team Projects:

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Tune into Eileen’s live videos! (You can watch the replays on her YouTube channel or Eileen Hull Designs Facebook.)

Eileen Hull Creative Team Journals to Share

24 Sep

Our overall Creative Team theme is “My Favorite Journal”. In addition, we are having some collaborations with other companies. Our UK designers are having their turn using exciting Grafix Arts speciality plastic films and sheets. USA designers are testing out Bearly Art glue. We have some more great projects to share this week:

Jennie Atkinson made this beautiful little Nature Notes journal to save photos and information as she records them around her home. She used the Mini Album Die and other Thinlits sets inside. See her video below:

Elizabeth Robinson made a bright and cheerful journal for her Grafix Arts collaboration project. It’s full of color and great mixed media details! She used the classic OG Journal Die for her base and I can spot other Thinlits Die Sets and Stencil Sets too.

Stay tuned for a flip through video next week!

Jenny Marples has a complete flip through of her gorgeous mixed media Summer Album to share with us now. It’s been a true labor of love!

Extra, Extra!

Amy Powers has gone micro mini this time! These miniature art galleries housed in rooms made using the Stacking Drawer Die are amazing. Check out her tutorial video below…

News from Eileen Hull…

Hi all – I hope you have had a great week! Our four kids came home for the interment of my mother-in-law in Arlington Cemetery. It was such an impressive ceremony – she would have loved it. We also babysat our two month old grandson and 2 year old granddaughter, had a flood in the basement with a houseful of company, then I got sick 🙂 One of those weekends… but overall great family time.

Now getting back to reality – the Garlic Festival is just days away! After a crazy weekend and a cold, I am getting back to making items to sell at the show in upstate NY. The last items on the list are leather journals, bookmarks and keychains. I’ll be mass making them today on the live! Leather is such a fascinating material to work with – hope you can join me!

I’ll be using a variety of dies including the Notebook and Journal dies and Bookmark, Pockets and Toppers Thinlits dies. I’m also pulling from my supply of leather and tools available in my Etsy shop! You know I love my matboard but leather gets better and better with age where paper eventually breaks down. 🙁

Festival time!

This week I am ramping up production for the Garlic Festival – it is one month away! I’ll be sharing a craft booth with my five siblings at the Garlic Festival in Saugerties, N.Y. coming up September 26-27th. If you live nearby, please come and say hi!

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Tune into Eileen’s live videos! (You can watch the replays on her YouTube channel or Eileen Hull Designs Facebook.)

Favorite Sizzix Journals from Eileen Hull’s Creative Team

17 Sep

It’s the middle of September! Favorite Sizzix Journals is our Creative Team theme. In addition, we are having some collaborations with other companies. Our UK designers are having their turn using exciting Grafix Arts speciality plastic films and sheets. USA designers are testing out Bearly Art glue. We have some more great projects to share this week:

Tonya Trantham has part one of a journal project made using Eileen’s Notebook Die for us. She’s using the Notebook cut scored in different places to create the staggered pages. So clever! Find the details and how to here.

Extra, Extra!

Amy Powers created this fabulous mini garden inspired by Eileen’s Garden Gate Die. You will be amazed! Check out her tutorial video below.

Flashback!

Our UK Creative Team members are working on the collaboration with Grafix Arts this month but Lisa Hoel wanted to reshare her collab journal from February. The cover is made with the classic Journal Die and it’s full of family trip photos, Grafix films and Eileen die touches. See more here.

I spy the Tiled Alphanumeric Die!

News from Eileen Hull…

I have been in NY with Mom for a week and fall is definitely in the air! My sister’s yard and garden are so pretty – I have been out picking bouquets and attempting to paint them at night after Mom goes to bed. Life is slow and quiet here but we have had a couple of adventures and some good laughs. Lots of memories and telling of old family stories, card games, puzzles and coloring books and the night always ends with an episode or two of “Call the Midwife”.

To all the caregivers out there – I have so much admiration and respect for you. A good caregiver is a gift to the family and the patient. Mom has two ladies right now who are so patient and kind to her and we are so grateful. I’m trying my best but they are another level.

ON TODAY’S LIVE

Margaret and I have decided to work with the Home Sweet Home Thinlits die. There are 23 dies in the set, including some adorable woodland creatures, pine trees and branches, house, clouds, sun, moon and stars. There are so many ways you can go with this die! I hope you will join us today to see what we make. Get your set out and craft along with us!

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: A New Way to Make Window Envelopes

Still having a blast with these! If you haven’t see it yet, it’s worth a watch if I do say so myself 🙂 And you might want to check out my Window Envelope Digital Kit specially designed for this technique on Etsy.

You can find everything you need to make them – dies, matboard, napkins and adhesive in my Etsy shop. I have found that the Journal, Skinny Mini Book Box and Full Size Journal dies all work well with this project along with Thinlits in geometric or label shapes, like the Library Pocket, Mini Slimline, Bookmark and Pockets, Tunnel Arches, Floral Pocket and Waterfall and Tags.

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Tune into Eileen’s live videos! (You can watch the replays on her YouTube channel or Eileen Hull Designs Facebook.)

Journals & More with Eileen Hull’s Creative Team

9 Sep

Hello Eileen fans! Our overall Creative Team theme is “My Favorite Journal”. In addition, we are having some collaborations with other companies. Our UK designers are having their turn using exciting Grafix Arts speciality plastic films and sheets. USA designers are testing out Bearly Art glue. Let’s see what inspiration we have this week…

Jennie Atkinson created a mini junk journal using Eileen’s Notebook Die with Grafix Dura-Lar Prints sheets and graphics printed on their Rainbow Film. Check out her video below:

Flashback!

Lisa Hoel has one of her favorite journal projects to share. She made this one to debut Eileens color wheel collection last year. The Handbound Journal Die was used for the base and it is full of other Eileen goodness . Details here.

Each color in the color wheel got its own set of pages.

News from Eileen…

I hope you had a great weekend! My husband was out of town, so I spent my time thrifting, shopping, crafting, and cleaning. 🙂 What can I say—it was amazing! Of course, I had big plans to make lots of items for the upcoming craft show. I did manage to make a few things, but there’s still plenty on the to-do list!

On Wednesday, I’m heading up to New York for a week with Mom while my sister and BIL enjoy some well-deserved time at the beach. I’m looking forward to some special time together!

A New Way to Make Window Envelopes

I love using recycled window envelopes to decorate and add fun ephemera to my junk journals. What I don’t love is having to measure around all those different-sized windows when I want to cover the envelope with pretty paper!

I was so excited when I discovered a quicker and easier way to make them using dies I already had on hand. This technique is SO cool—and so addictive! 🙂

I hope you’ll craft along with me and give it a try. Once the envelopes are made, we’ll take them one step further with napkin decoupage. I can’t wait to see how they turn out!

I hope you were able to catch Rebecca Meier on our last livestream – she shared her new rice paper release with Joggles and they are absolutely stunning!

Fan Club ATC Swap!

ATC LAUNCH!!!

Signups for the ATC SWAP started on September 1. You have until September 10 to sign up so if you haven’t, do it now! Please read the guidelines below. Share your art with a fellow creator.

INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS – I’m told by many of you that the Google sign up sheet cannot be opened. I’m so sorry about that and not sure why. If you would like to sign up, please contact me by responding to this email or post in the comments in the Fan Club under the event announcement with your name and email address- I will add you to the list. Please tag me too – I don’t want to miss anyone!

An artist trading card (ATC) is a tiny piece of original art. It measures strictly 2.5 by 3.5 inches, the exact same size as a standard baseball or trading card. Artists make these small cards to trade or give away for free, rather than to sell.

These are the guidelines:

Size: Must be 2.5 x 3.5 inches to fit standard card collector sheets and sleeves. Each card should have an Eileen Hull product as a focus.
Back Details: Please include on the back of the card: your name, date, event, number in series
Mediums: Creators use any material they like, including paint, collage, drawing, markers, fabric, and mixed media.
Shipping: this ATC can be sent in a standard envelope with regular postage. As long as it weighs less than an ounce, the cost to ship is the price of an .82 stamp. For reasons of economy and time, the swap will pair US with US and international with international.
Timeline: Registration opens September 1st and goes till September 10th. On September 12th, you will receive the name of your swap buddy. You will have until September 29th to mail out your swap.
In October, we will share our swaps in the Eileen Hull Fan Club – stay tuned for dates!

Sign up for the swap here!

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Tune into Eileen’s live videos! (You can watch the replays on her YouTube channel or Eileen Hull Designs Facebook.)