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Celebrating the Holidays with Eileen Hull’s Sizzix Dies

6 Nov

It’s November, can you believe it? The holiday season is really kicking off now and my dies are perfect for projects adding to your festivities! My Inspiration Team has been at it again and we have three projects for the holidays to share with you today.

Celebrating Holidays with Eileen Hull’s Dies

First up we have Pam Bray with a darling little Thanksgiving themed home created with my House Ornament Die. She is very grateful that her husband is on the mend after a health scare and we are too! Head on over to her blog to see more details of her project and how it was put together.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull - celebrating the holidays with Eileen's Sizzix dies!

Wouldn’t a set of these favor boxes look wonderful on your Thanksgiving table?

Next is a delightful card made by Mitsyana Wright using some of my classic dies. I completely agree with the sentiment of this gratitude card! Check out Mitsyana’s post for all the details about her card.

Lastly for today we have a Christmas Pocket Notebook junk journal made by Karen Bearse! Experimenting with making a fabric cover, Karen learned some valuable tips so you will not want to miss the tutorial on her blog about how she made it. It is fabulous!

More Holiday Inspiration is Coming!

Check back here next Wednesday to see new Inspiration Team inspiration! 😉 More holiday makes are coming your way showcasing the versatility of my dies. They are a blank canvas awaiting your personal stamp of creativity to bring them to life.

Join Eileen on her twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs– Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. Become a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club- a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Join on Facebook and don’t forget to answer the questions! You can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Check out Eileen’s last Facebook Live video. She shows you how to make cards using her dies and Thermoweb Adhesives:

New Pocket Notebook Die Wrap-up!

30 Oct

More wonderful Pocket Notebook projects:

October has been a month full of inspirational makes using my new Pocket Notebook Die. The Inspiration Team has really been knocking it out of the park! After our Kick-off Blog Hop Party, each week has shown us that the Pocket Notebook is a extremely versatile die and the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. This week we have four more to show you as the month winds down to a close.

First off we have a beach-y journal from Julia Aston. Is she already dreaming of a winter get-away to a tropical location? I love how she used my House Ornament Die to cut the piece for the little beach hut on the front of the journal. The ribbon binding is very clever as well. Be sure to check out her tutorial to see which of my other dies she was able use as well… you might be surprised!

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - beach journal created with her new Sizzix Pocket Notebook and House Ornament Dies

Ahh, sunset on the beach…

Tonya Trantham got into the swing of things with this darling vintage baseball notebook. I think the World Series is a perfect time of year to create a baseball themed journal. Go Team! Tonya made hers the full spine width so it can hold five signatures.

I love the button closure and the eyelets:

Tonya also has another Notebook to share with us. This is a cover that she created for Eileen to take with her on her UK Paper Trail. This is a globe-trotting project folks!

Love those butterflies and the little pom-poms!

Next up is Maggi Harding with her gorgeous Lost in Paradise Notebook. You must go to her blog and see her video flip through posted there. The inside pages are amazing!

What is coming up?

Next month we will be taking a look at projects covering the upcoming holidays! I can’t wait to see what the Inspiration Team has in store for us. Check back here next Wednesday to see.

You are also invited to join Eileen on her twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs– Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. Become a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club- a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Join on Facebook and don’t forget to answer the questions! You can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

New Pocket Notebook Die – Continued Inspiration!

23 Oct

The inspiration continues with more Pocket Notebook Die projects…

As you’ve probably heard, my latest Sizzix die is available in stores and my Inspiration Team has been creating up a storm using it! Today there are four more creative journals to share with you. As you will see, the possibilities using this Pocket Notebook Die are endless and you can apply your own theme and stamp of creativity to your projects using this versatile die. Let’s take a look:

First of all we have Susie Bentz and her wonderful Alice in Wonderland themed journal using paper from Stamperia.

Susie’s journal is chock full of Wonderland inside and out. Be sure to head on over to her blog post for the full look. You’ll see some of my other thinlit dies in action and perhaps gain some inspiration for new ways to use shrink plastic.

Next up is Lisa Hoel with her spooky Halloween themed journal. Isn’t that owl eye catching? And she has an owl charm on the spine to carry the theme through. You will definitely want to check out the tutorial on her blog to see how this all goes together. Using elastic cording for the binding makes it simple to take signatures in and out.

Thirdly is a stunningly pieced and stitched journal from Jenny Marples. “Wow!” is all I can say. Don’t miss her detailed tutorial and a Pocket Notebook Die hack she shares to make the spine more flexible.

Jenny also made good use of the pen holder piece that is part of the die too. You can cut the covers, pages, pen holder and slider all using the Pocket Notebook Die.

Wait, there’s more…

Last but not least, we have a beautifully bound nautical notebook from Elizabeth Robinson. The cover is full of embossed texture and she used ribbons to tie the signatures into the cover. Don’t miss her blog post to check out all the details!

Look at the beautiful spine!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to tune in next Wednesday for more Notebooks!

You are invited to join Eileen on her twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs– Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. Become a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club- a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Join on Facebook and don’t forget to answer the questions! You can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Halloween Stacking Treat Boxes

21 Oct

How about creating a few of these Halloween stacking treat boxes? Team member Pam Bray designed the project using her favorite spooky paper collection by Authentique. Use these boxes for parties, gifts and candy!

BOO!

It’s hard to believe it’s already time to think about Halloween…

Here’s how Pam created a few of Eileen Hull’s Stacking Drawer Boxes from Sizzix using Halloween paper and Xyron Creative Station Lite with Permanent Adhesive.

Supplies:

Sizzix/Eileen Hull Stacking Boxes

Sizzix Matboard

Diamond Press Halloween Border Die

Xyron Creative Station Lite with Permanent Adhesive

Authentique Nightfall Paper Collection

Small Metal Knob

Black Ink

Pop Dots

Begin by die cutting a couple of the Stacking Drawer Boxes.

Shape boxes, cover with pattern paper.

Decorate front of Stacking Drawer Boxes with stickers and metal knobs.

Stamp and die cut images using black ink.

Adhere stickers to prepared Stacking Drawer Boxes.

Fussy cut stamped pumpkins add to top of Stacking Drawer Boxes with pop dots.

Fill with your favorite candy, gift card, note, mini album, etc.

Enjoy! Pam

Sharing More Pocket Notebooks Using Eileen Hull’s New Die!

16 Oct

Hello friends!

Did you get a chance to see the Pocket Notebook Release Party? There were so many inspiring Pocket Notebook projects created by my talented Inspiration and Educator Teams! I suggest you take some time to hop through the party if you missed it the first time because you will come away inspired I guarantee. Also, we are still sharing yet more Pocket Notebook creations the rest of this month here on the blog. For example, today we have Notebooks from Inspiration Team members Pam Bray and Julia Aston to check out.

First, Pam used an Authentique paper collection to craft this delightful Halloween themed Notebook with a vintage flair. The inside is just as fun as the cover because she included pockets and embellished signatures. Be sure to head on over to her blog to see all the festive details!

Here’s an inside peek (and there are many more peeks in her blog post):

Eileen Hull's new Sizzix Die, the Pocket Notebook

Love those vintage graphics!

Julia created a “working” journal that she is going to use to write down daily random thoughts. Be sure to check out her excellent tutorial on her post because she covers the decorative techniques (like that wonderful textured cover) as well as how to put the Notebook together with signatures and binding.

Julia’s use of 3-D embossing folders is stunning!

Check back next week to see additional Pocket Notebook projects from more of the Team. Really, the possibilities of this versatile die are endless! Also, please share your projects with the new Pocket Notebook Die on social media because I would love to see them.

Stay Connected:

Tune into my twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs– Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. The Eileen Hull Fan Club is a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Request to join the group and don’t forget to answer the questions! Visit my Etsy store to find many of the products used in these awesome projects.

Pocket Notebook Release Party Winners!

12 Oct

Thanks for following our blog hop last week- now it’s time to announce the Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party Winners!

The Pocket Notebook is a Scoreboards die, which means it was designed to cut and score matboard to get a perfect result every time. This goes together so quickly! Watch this Facebook Live that I did at Craft Stash while I was in the UK to see how to put it together.

There were so many fantastic projects designed by the Eileen Hull Inspiration and Education Teams on the Pocket Notebook Release Party! Take another look at this impressive collection…

The Pocket Notebook die is so very versatile and who doesn’t like having lots of ideas to consider when creating your own book? Click here to take another look around this amazing collection of projects! And when you’re done, please leave the designers some love. They have worked hard to inspire you.

DRUMROLL PLEASE

The Pocket Notebook Release Party winners are:

Rosemary Meadows- you’ve won the Pocket Notebook- woohoo
Patricia Zukowski you will get a $25 Etsy store gift certificate!

And for commenting on the Thursday Release Party Facebook Live:

Kassandra Tousignant
Keisha Siebert- you will both get surprise packages!

Winners, please message or email me (eileenhull@aol.com) your mailing addresses. I will get your prizes out… thanks everyone for hopping along with us!

I hope to see you on my twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs– Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. The Eileen Hull Fan Club is a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Request to join the group and don’t forget to answer the questions! Visit my Etsy store to find many of the products used in these awesome projects <3

Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party

3 Oct

Hi everyone- it’s Eileen here. I’m back from my travels and so excited to bring you the Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party! The Inspiration Team and Education Team have been hard at work creating some absolutely fabulous projects to inspire you…

I am so happy to introduce the Sizzix Pocket Notebook Die!

On the die, you get all of the pieces you need to make an entire book- the cover, pages, latch and pen loop! The Pocket Notebook measures 6 3/4” x 4 1/2” with a spine that can adjust from of 3/8” to almost 2”! String it with elastic, hemp, ribbon or twine. So many option for this fun die!

Eileen’s Inspiration and Education teams have combined to show us their amazing Pocket Notebook ideas. Please follow the Blog Hop to see all of the fabulous projects, techniques and videos!

There are also two GIVEAWAYS- the Pocket Notebook die and a gift certificate for Eileen’s Etsy store. To enter to win, leave a comment on each of the posts. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, October 8 on Eileen’s Facebook Live show.

Thanks for hopping along with us today!

I hope you have enjoyed our Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party! Please make sure to visit all of the blogs and leave a comment in order to be entered in the giveaway. Many thanks to my teams for their beautiful projects and for passing along ideas to use with the new product <3

I will be on Facebook Live today at 4:00 Eastern at Eileen Hull Designs with a couple of special guests 🙂 Please join us!

Fall Garden Journal

1 Oct

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. Well I’m a day late and a dollar short but gosh golly I am taking over Eileen’s blog! I figure she is still jet lagged from her UK Paper Trails trip so she won’t notice me sneaking around over here. 😉 I created a fall garden journal using a ton of Eileen’s different dies and also her Molten Dimensions Embossing Powders.

How to Make it!

The Journal Die (biggest one) serves as the main cover. Then when you open it…

Inside I used the Notebook Die as well as the Giftcard Folder & Label 2 Die. (Save the seeds from your annuals!!)

You can see more photos and some tutorial tips over on my Garden Journal blog post. Check it out! Also, stay tuned for the BLOG HOP PARTY coming this Thursday on the 3rd! We are going to celebrate the official release of Eileen’s new Pocket Notebook die! The journal die family is growing, sniff sniff. It’s so sweet…

Thanks for taking a peek at my Fall Garden Journal!

Notebook Emboss Technique

26 Sep

Hello Eileen Fans!!! Supreme Mystic Minion Karen Bearse here to share a Notebook Emboss Technique! The Inspiration Team continues the blog takeover while Eileen is away in Ireland.

While the boss is away, the Minions will play!!!

A while back I did a blog post for Topflight stamps using Eileen’s Notebook die cut. Did you know that Topflight Stamps carries Eileen’s Embossing powder?

For a full tutorial you can see it on my blog here. It includes a quick & easy, yet visually eye catching technique that creates a batik like look. I also did a demo live on Eileens facebook page. There was a crazy Minion takeover so in case you missed it & if you follow Eileen you can see it here.

I hope you have a chance to tryout this Notebook Emboss Technique!! Have an inky day!!

Another Way to Use the House Ornament Die

23 Sep

Treat Boxes Made with the House Ornament Die

Hi friends, Maggi here and I’ve taken over Eileen’s blog today to show you another way to use the new House Ornament Die. This die is so versatile and has so many uses besides being an ornament. I’ve used it to make the cutest spooky Halloween treat boxes filled with chocolates and a surprise for my scrappy bff’s! (Hmm, wonder how many of my bff’s will see this blog post?!)

Treat Boxes Made with the House Ornament Die

Tutorial:

These are really quick and easy to make, especially if you make them from design paper rather than covered, painted, stamped and/or inked mat board. I selected some fun Halloween 12 x 12 papers and cut them in half so that the paper is 6″ x 12″. Then, I ran the paper through my die cutting machine (I have a Vagabond).

Crease Pad

The trick to using paper with these dies is to use a crease pad in place of one cutting pad. If you use the regular sandwich like when you are cutting a mat board design, more than likely the paper will cut through where the creases should be. Using the crease pad will cut the paper and add crease lines where they should be!

You need to cut two pieces with the House Ornament die, then apply Eileen’s Red Liner Tape to the small flaps on the left. Join the two pieces together as shown in the 2nd photo below.

Fold into a box shape pressing the other tab inside the box, securing the tape to the house side wall. You have two flaps on the bottom, cut one off and secure the other with the tab inside the box.

The Windows

Next, let’s give those windows some definition ’cause they are not so visible. Eileen’s House/Pocket Stitchlits just happens to have a window frame that fits these windows perfectly. Cut two window frames and adhere to the outside over the window cutouts. Isn’t it great how Eileen’s dies work together!

That’s all there is for the basic assembly of the box but now, we have to gussy it up! Add some flowers and ribbons at the top and on the sides, add stickers or whatever you like.

The House Ornament die also cuts a small house so I used that to create a door. I just cut the top off to take off the point, you can see my door on the house below on the right.

I also wanted to add some tags to my boxes so I used the adorable little house that comes with this die to make a cute little tag. AND because in my world, more is better, I added a small circle tag that I cut with Eileen’s Credit Card Sleeve and Tags die set.

Treat Boxes Made with the House Ornament Die

Eileen Hull Designs Dies by Sizzix Used:

House Ornament – Sizzix ScoreBoards L Die

House/Pocket Stitchlits – Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK

Credit Card Sleeve & Tags – Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK

Thanks for joining me today while Eileen is visiting some of you across the big pond!

Maggi xxoxo