Blog - Eileen Hull

December Art with Heart Challenge Favorite Things

8 Dec

Hello friends! Tis’ the season for a new Art with Heart Challenge! This December the Inspiration Team will be sharing a few of their “Favorite Things” and we want you to play along! This month is essentially anything goes. Just share your favorite things whether it be a die, paint, ink, color or project. To get you started on your creative journey check out these amazing creations from the Inspiration Team…

Tracy Evans shares a magical and merry Mixed-Media project created with my new Sizzix stitchlits dies and old ATB favorites! I adore how Tracy has used DecoArt Media products with the Needle Book and ATB die, and how beautiful is her Christmas Angel?

Dash on over to Tracy’s Blog for more Merry Mixed-Media tips and tricks!

Shelly Hickox has a delightful project to record all of the things you’re thankful for! Shelly used my Train Case as a unique (and oh so chic) Gratitude Journal! What

Visit Shelly’s Blog for more on her Gratitude Journal Train Case…you’ll be thankful you did!

Pam Bray is sharing a holly jolly assortment of Graphic 45 Christmas Carol adorned tags! I just love how Pam has used dies from my Sizzix Stitchlits and Vintage Travel collections to create this marvelous assortment of Holiday tags!

A caroling you must go over to Pam’s Blog to get the details on how she used the Needle Book, Embroidery Hoop and Luggage Tag Sizzix dies to create her Holiday Tags!

Diana Hetherington has a rustic Holiday Gift Card Holder to share with you today. What a clever (and convenient) way to package gift cards using my Recipe Card box die from Vintage Kitchen!

Find out how to create your own Recipe Card Box Gift Card Holder at Diana’s Blog

Anne Redfern has worked wonders with my Sizzix Stitchlits Cantilever Sewing Box once again! With the use of DecoArt Media and Chalky Finish paints Anne has created one heck of a Holiday Gift Box, complete with a pretty poinsettia on top!

Stop by Anne’s blog for a tutorial that will have you decking the halls with Sizzix and DecoArt!

Anna-Karin Evaldsson has a very merry Vintage Christmas Needle Book Tutorial for you featuring many dies from my Sizzix Stitchlits collection. If this Holiday project doesn’t get you in the spirit…

Dash through the snow to Anna-Karin’s blog for a breathtaking Vintage Christmas Needle Book tutorial.

Now it’s your turn to share your “Favorite Things” in our final Art with Heart Challenge of 2015! Link your projects below and stay tuned next week for more inspiring creations from the Inspiration Team.

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See you at CHA Blog Hop!

6 Dec

Welcome to the See you at CHA Blog Hop! One month from today, people from all over the world will gather in Anaheim, CA to see the latest new craft products, meet up with friends, buy new items for their store, take classes, [Read more…]

Fall Art with Heart Challenge Winners

30 Nov

The Holiday season is here and I’ve got a bag full of prizes to give out to our Fall Art with Heart Challenge winners! We’ve had some amazing entries in the Art with Heart Challenges these past few months. It was no easy task to pick just one.

Please email Amy(at)pluckingdaisies(dot)com with your shipping info and we’ll get your prizes out to you pronto!

Our November Stitch in Time challenge winner is Fisher’s Cards and Crafts with this cute as a button Sewing Box.

Stop by the Blog for more details on this Oh-Sew-Cute! Sewing Box Project!

Our October Hauntings and Holiday’s winner is Jenny Marples who will absolutely Wow you with her fantastic Mini Album project!

You’ll have to stop by Jenny’s blog for a look inside at the AMAZING pages Jenny has created in my Sizzix Mini Album…oh MY!!

For Favorite Fall Things we have Karen Akesdotter wit this darling Elf Card. I just love the texture the lace background gives to this fun fall card don’t you?

Visit Karen’s blog for more adorable details.

Finally our August Old is New Challenge winner is Janet Lee with this magical, musical candy drawer chest!

Take a musical journey over to Janet’s blog for a closer look at her lovely candy drawer creation!

Thanks to all for your continued support and participation in the Art with Heart challenge. We’ll see you tomorrow with a new challenge and inspiring project ideas from the Inspiration Team!

Eileen

Guest Designer: Karen Bearse

27 Nov

Oh my- what a feast we had for Thanksgiving… complete with all of the kids and grandkids! It doesn’t happen every year that we all can be together, so when it does it is always a special (and loud!) occasion. I hope you spent the day with those you love… and also make sure you visit the Sizzix site for the Black Friday savings- this is one of their largest sales events of the year!

Today I am so happy to share the work of my friend Karen Bearse, Guest Designer for this weekend. Karen is an amazing mixed media artist. We met a couple of years ago at a local scrapbook store. I ran into her at Angela’s Happy Stamper and was telling her that I was driving out to the Paper Arts Show this past July. She offered to ride along with me from Virginia to Illinois and let me tell you [Read more…]

Sizzix Stitchlits Project Ideas Galore

24 Nov

Hey everyone! It’s the final week in our “Stitch in Time” challenge. For the entire month of November my Inspiration Team has been showcasing my new Sizzix Stitchlits Collection with their Sew-Crafty projects. We are finishing out November with Sizzix Stitchlits Project Ideas Galore!

Lisa Hoel starts us off with an oh-SEW-gorgeous Sizzix Stitchlits Shadow Box project. So many of the new dies from my Stitchlits collection are showcased here and I love how Lisa has incorporated so many lovely sewing themed details in this piece.

You’ll be stitching up a storm after a visit to Lisa’s Blog for more gorgeous details on her Stitchlits Shadow Box.

Anne Redfern has a fresh Holiday take on my Cantilever Box die. Not only has Anne dressed her sewing box up in holiday style with Graphic 45 papers, she’s also found a new use for this die!

You’ll have to jingle on over to Anne’s Blog to see how she turned my new Sizzix Sewing Box into a heartfelt Holiday Jewelry Box!

Shelly Hickox has found a way to make my embroidery hoop die work like the real thing! Don’t you just love this merry little ornament she’s created?

Get into the spirit over at Shelly’s Blog where she has a fantastic tutorial on how to create your own Embroidery Hoop Ornament.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson shares a beautiful wall hanging tutorial featuring a lovely bouquet of Sizzix Stitchlits Flowers and Buttons layered over an embroidery hoop.

Visit Anna-Karin’s Blog for a little story about how you too can create a beautiful Wall Hanging with Sizzix Stitchlits.

Donna Budzynski‘s Sew Happy Card is an absolute delight! All of the Sizzix Stitchlit details make this clean and simple card “Sew” lovely!

Stop by Donna’s Blog for a closer look at crafty detailing sure to make you “Sew Happy”!

Last but certainly not least, Pam Bray shares her take on my Cantilever Sewing Box. Naturally, Pam’s creation is all decked out in Graphic 45 papers and detailing you’ll have to see to believe!

Head to Pam’s Blog for more gorgeous photos of her Graphic 45 Cantilever Sewing Box.

Well the Inspiration Team sure has shown us some creative ways to use Sizzix Stitchlits. In case you missed any of the projects from previous weeks you can check them out below…

Sizzix Stitchlits Projects Week 1

Sizzix Stitchlits Projects Week 2

Sizzix Stitchlits Projects Week 3

There’s still time to enter our Stitch in Time challenge and show us your “Sew Crafty” creations HERE.

Eileen

Guest Designer: Susie Bentz

20 Nov

Hi friends- I am happy to introduce a new feature to the blog! Every other Friday you will see the work of a featured Guest Designer.

Today we will meet Susie Bentz. She lives fairly close to me but I have only gotten to know her in the past year or so. Her work is exquisite. She helped me with some samples for my last release and I was fascinated to watch how she works… [Read more…]

Even more Sizzix Stitchlit Project Ideas

17 Nov

Hey everyone! I can’t wait to share even more Sizzix Stitchlit project ideas with you today! The Inspiration Team has been busy stitching up a creative storm with my new Sizzix Stitchlits dies. Wait till you see what the girls have in store for you this week…

Diana Hetherington has an oh-sew-crafty Sizzix Stitchlits project idea to share with you today. Our dear Diana will show you how to create wearable art with Stitchlits dies and Leather Sheets from Sizzix!

How creative is this? I bet you can’t wait to “Create Art” you can wear. I know I can’t!

Visit Diana’s Blog for more stitching details on how to create your own wearable art with Sizzix Stitchlits and Leather sheets.

Tracy Evans has even more “Sew-Beautiful” projects for you this week. How darling is this Needle Book and Button Jar adorned Cookie Box?

Visit Tracy’s Blog for a peek inside her Needle Book and Button Box because of course she has lots more sew-crafty details you WON’T want to miss!

Michelle Zerull has an adorable Flower Hair Clip project for you. Michelle is a master of quick and easy gift ideas that your friends and family will think took you hours to create!

Stop by Michelle’s Blog for more darling details on these adorable Sizzix Stitchlit Hairclips!

Hope you will join in on all of the fun and share your Sew-Crafty projects for our Stitch in Time Challenge HERE. Want to check out the entire Sizzix Stitchlits Collection? You can see the entire line HERE.

Sizzix Stitchlit Project Ideas

11 Nov

Hey everyone! The Inspiration Team is back again with more fantastic projects featuring my latest collection from Sizzix….Stitchlits! The girls are sew-crafty this month. Just wait to you see the latest in Sizzix Stitchlit project ideas!

Lisa Hoel has a project that will certainly get your creative gears turning! Here she is bringing the WOW! with this sensational Steampunk Sizzix Stitchlit Sewing Box!

Don’t delay and get over to Lisa’s Blog for more steam punk and sew-crafty details! You won’t want to miss Lisa’s tutorial on how she transformed my Sizzix Stitchlit Sewing Box into a fun and functional Embellishment Storage Box.

Diana Hetherington has a rustic Stitchlit Sewing Box project to share with you today. Diana’s creation is filled with vintage goodness inside and out! Check out that fabulous Vintage Singer sewing machine!

Stop by Diana’s Blog for more sew-crafty details on her Sizzix Stitchlit Sewing Box!

Tracy Evans shares a gorgeous Embroidery Hoop project that shows the many ways you can add stitching and sewing details to your projects with Sizzix Stitchlits!

Visit Tracy’s Blog for more sew-crafty details on her beautiful Embroidery Hoop Stitchlit creation!

Are you ready to get stitching with us? Show us your Sew-Crafty creations and enter the Art with Heart “Stitch in Time” challenge HERE for a chance to win some of my brand new Sizzix Stitchlits dies.

Eileen

Handmade Holidays Blog Hop- Sizzix Style

7 Nov

Hi everyone! This is my fifth time participating in the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop so that makes it a tradition, right?

We are having a giveaway of over $600 in craft supplies to help you make this holiday handmade. [Read more…]

Art with Heart November Challenge “A Stitch in Time” with new Sizzix Stitchlits

3 Nov

Hello everyone it’s time for a new Art with Heart Challenge! This November the Inspiration Team and I are celebrating my newest Sizzix collection Stitchlits! This collection is sewing themed and features new Thinlits, Bigz, Scoreboards and Scoreboards XL dies for you to create sewing themed Sizzix projects with. Check out the entire Stitchlits Collection HERE. Our theme this month is “A Stitch in Time”. You can interpret that theme however you like just show us your oh-Sew-crafty projects for a chance to win some of my new Stitchlits Sizzix dies. Let’s see what the Inspiration team is stitching up this week.

Tracy Evans has worked her magic with my new Sewing Box Scoreboards die with this “Sew” stopping, stunner!

You won’t want to miss a single stitch or detail on this Sewing Box project “Sew” stop by Tracy’s blog for more gorgeous photos!

Lisa Hoel has a sweet Stitched Santa Tag to share that will make you want to jingle all the way to your craft studio! This project shows how easy it is to add stitching to your crafty creations with my new Stitchlits Sizzix Die!

Visit Lisa’s Blog for more jolly details on her Stitched Santa Tag!

Tonya Trantham has an oh-sew-lovely Embroidery Hoop Stitchlit Project. Tonya’s creation is filled with texture and technique featuring felt Stitchlit flowers, lace trims and paper pennant banner die cuts from my Sizzix Vintage Travel collection.

Visit Tonya’s Blog for more detailed shots of this darling Sizzix Embroidery Hoop Stitchlit project.

You can check out the entire Stitchlits Collection HERE and be sure to check with your local retailers about Stitchlits and other Eileen Hull Dies!

Share your Sew Crafty Stitch in Time projects below!

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Eileen