Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

All Things Altered Fall Halloween Blog Hop

I am excited to join in (even though it’s late) to Pam Bray’s blog hop. Pam has the best hops! I am at Quilt Market in Houston and have had some technical issues but just wanted to share a pic of the project I did.

 
I love collecting old spice racks and jars because there are so many ways to use them. Here is a one that I did and have right close to my craft table. The only problem is it’s so cute all filled up I don’t want to use the supplies!
 I spray painted the lids of the jars with different colors. 
 Each jar is labeled with a different quality that has to do with creativity.
I filled each jar with craft supplies and hang it on the wall.
 This one’s for you Pam Bray!
Hope you liked it…    

Laura Kelly Popcorn Box Challenge

I am happy to be part of another Laura Kelly Walters Blog Hop. We were all sent a popcorn box and some embellishments and told to have fun with it! 

 
So here is what I came up with… 
 
I covered the popcorn box with black cardstock and added some Buttons Galore and More buttons and a big orange tissue paper flower made with my Sizzix Flower 3D #2 die.

A die cut Gift Card Folder using adorable Halloween paper by BoBunny was tucked inside the popcorn box surrounded by paper fill. I punched holes for handles and used ribbon from my stash to make a shopping bag. And that was it! 

 Which just goes to show you can make something fun out of anything- even a popcorn box!

Make sure to hop around and see all of the other fun projects by lots of awesome designers. Check out the creativity- there are LOTS of great popcorn boxes to see! Head over to Laura Kelly Walter’s blog to check them out!
There’s also a a Rafflecopter giveaway! Go here to enter.
 
Don’t forget to Cre8time to craft- you need to! Happy Haunting and thanks for stopping by!

I Love the USA Blog Hop

Welcome to the I Love the USA blog hop- sponsored by my amazingly talented friends Laura Kelly Walters and Jen Goode!

Laura has designed a line of fabric for Joann Fabrics and her bloggers friends have teamed up to show some cool ways to use it. Jen is the technical whiz who made it easy to navigate the links, giveaway, html stuff, etc- thank you! This hop was especially fun because along the way we received little treats and surprises in the mail to help keep our creative mojo going.

Here’s who’s up today:

  • Jennifer Margeson- Laura Kelly Designs
  • Niki Meiners- 365 Day of Crafts
  • Eileen Hull- you are here!
  • Melony Bradley- Mel Designs
  • Lorine Mason- It’s Sew Lorine
  • Cathie Filian- Cathie and Steve
  • Jen Goode- Projects for Preschoolers

Thanks to these generous partners who contributed product and inspiration to the hop:
General Fabrics, Plaid, Fiskars, Coats and Clark, Buttons Galore and More, Joann Stores, Cre8Time, and Expressionery!

I made a couple of things… once I got going it was hard to stop. The fun colors and cheerful peeps just make me happy. Do you Cre8Time for yourself to enjoy the satisfaction of making something? You really should!

First up, a wreath.

A 12″ STYROFOAM™ wreath was wrapped with blue ribbon. I used some 3D flower dies I designed for Sizzix to decorate the wreath:

I added fabric to both sides of a 6″ x 6″ pice of Phoomph, an adhesive backed foam stabilizer. Then I ran the whole piece through the Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine. Solid color felt and paper pieces were also cut and added to the flower layering process. I adhered them to the wreath with hot glue and added patriotic buttons to the flower centers. A red and white pipe cleaner is used as a hanger.

 

I am co-hosting a luncheon today for fellow military spouses here in
the DC area. Our theme is Flag Day- perfect timing! This wreath will
hang on the door to welcome our guests.

 

My other project is a framed and matted piece.

I covered Crescent matboard with Laura Kelly Walters fabrics and created a shadowbox behind it with a little scene of the peeps.
(FYI, I was not sure how this would work but it came out great- will definitely be using this technique again.)

Here’s how I made it:
  • Coat the matboard with Mod Podge Fabric , then lay your fabric on top of the matboard piece (right side up) Mod Podge the fabric. Let dry overnight.
  • Using a Logan mat cutter, cut a 6″ square window in the fabric covered matboard. A piece of red matboard was selected as the second mat and cut 1/4″ smaller.
  • Make a shadowbox of the blue matboard for the backing.
  • Stitch “I heart the USA” using Coats & Clark embroidery floss.
  • Add the peeps (extra pieces of fabric that I had already Mod Podged) by adhering with Zots. Don’t you love the guy doing a cartwheel?
  • Adhere fence piece (part of my new Garden Gate Album die from the Picket Fence Sizzix collection.) Arriving now in your local scrapbook stores!

I had a great time playing with Laura’s fabric.

Ann Butler Unity Blog Hop

So excited to be part of this hop! My good friend Ann Butler has launched her own line of Unity rubber stamps rubber stamps! 


If you would like to order some of these high quality unmounted rubber stamps there is a 50% off coupon deal offered by Unity for anyone ordering Ann’s stamps between Thursday May 2 – Monday May 6 at midnight CST. Make sure to give the coupon code- Unity5.

In order to celebrate Ann’s stamp release, there is a blog hop so grab a drink, get comfy and hop around to see all of the inspiring projects created with these fun stamps.





These stamps are so much fun to work with! I love how they are all sized at 1″ or 2″ squares and triangles so you can mix and match colors and shapes and they all work together.

I have been seeing eye charts everywhere and decided to make one for my Mom for Mother’s Day.
You will need:
  • Unity stamps by Ann Butler
  • Clearsnap ColorBox™ pigment ink- assorted colors
  • 2″ off-white matboard squares
  • double sided tape
  • flat frame with 2″-3″ borders (I painted mine first and distressed the edges)
  • eye chart- designed and printed on the computer

Paint frame in desired color. Stamp 16 matboard squares with 
coordinating ink colors. (I was going for a graphic look and 
the colors I chose were pretty bright)
Arrange squares on the frame. If necessary fill in with matboard strips for balance. 
Each frame will be different so you have to play with this.

Adhere squares to frames with double sided adhesive.

Insert eye chart into frame.


Give to Mom- she will love it!


Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to visit the other designers’ blogs to see more fun and inspiring ideas.


Handmade Holidays Blog Hop- Day 3

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!!!
Calling all crafters! We’ve gathered designers from some of our favorite manufacturers to show you ways to create something from the heart this holiday season. This 3 day Hop includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore all of the thoughtful and frugal handmade gifts you could create for the holidays, all in one place, during our second annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!

To sweeten the Hop, we’re offering a gift for you! For every comment you leave on the blogs in the Hop, you’ll be entered to win a prize pack from one of the participating manufacturer sponsors! Use the Rafflecopter widget on the Clearsnap blog to gain extra entries each day: http://clearsnap.blogspot.com

Here’s the prize pack you can be entered to win by leaving a comment below. Extra entries if you follow me on Facebook or my blog. 🙂 

You could win the Sizzix Candy Drawer die, the Sweet Treats for You Sizzlits set plus some extra goodies from Globecraft Memories who has generously added to the giveaway!


Visit the list of blogs below and leave a comment on each by Nov 27, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST. Each day we will be sharing a brand new list of blogs with brand new projects for you to explore, be inspired by, and create from!

Nov 18

Fiskateers – www.fiskateers.com/blog
Donna Salazar Designs – http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/
Eileen Hull for Sizzix http://eileenhull.blogspot.com/
Globecraft Memories – http://globecraftmemories.blogspot.com
Dana Warren – Hampton Art – http://kraftpaperstamps.blogspot.com/
Steph Ackerman – Globecraft Memories – www.stephaniescraps.blogspot.com
Arlene Cuevas – Graphic 45 –  http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/
Susan Lui – Graphic 45 –  http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/
Ashley Bores – The Twinery – http://www.heartmadelife.com/
Mistra Hoolahan – Donna Salazar Designs – http://mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com
Nina Yang – Hampton Art – http://waffleflower.com/
Angie Blom – Authentique Paper – http://angieblomdesigns.blogspot.com/
Denise Hahn – Clearsnap – http://inmyblueroom.blogspot.com
Stephenie Hamen – Fiskateers – www.mycraftyadventures.com
Guiseppa Gubler – Authentique Paper – http://guiseppagubler.blogspot.com/
Jessica Fick – The Twinery – http://iembellish.blogspot.com/
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Thanks to you all I am getting in the Christmas mood in November- it usually doesn’t kick in for me till December. A huge thanks to Jennifer Priest who coordinated this blog hop for inviting me and allowing me to be part of the fun. She did an amazing job!







Here’s a quick album I made using Simple Stories papers I bought on my trip to Houston. I used my ScoreBoard Photo Album die and several coordinated papers to create this album.

I covered the matboard sheets with a coating of spray adhesive then placed papers cut to size on top of them. Then I ran them through the Big Shot. This fuses the paper to the matboard and cuts everything perfectly.

The album pages were then distressed with brown ink. This time I decided to use my Bind-It-All to put the pages together, so I used the binding section that came with the die as a decorative element instead. 

The final touch was a flower I made of packing paper cut from my Flower, Layers #9 and Leaves dies.

It has been great sharing this blog hop with you. I hope you will stop back and visit again!

Handmade Holiday Blog Hop- Day 2

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!!!
Calling all crafters! We’ve gathered designers from some of our favorite manufacturers to show you ways to create something from the heart this holiday season. This 3 day Hop includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore all of the thoughtful and frugal handmade gifts you could create for the holidays, all in one place, during our second annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!

To sweeten the Hop, we’re offering a gift for you! For every comment you leave on the blogs in the Hop, you’ll be entered to win a prize pack from one of the participating manufacturer sponsors! Use the Rafflecopter widget on the Clearsnap blog to gain extra entries each day: http://clearsnap.blogspot.com

Here’s the prize pack you can be entered to win by leaving a comment below. Extra entries if you follow me on Facebook or my blog. 🙂 

You could win the Sizzix Candy Drawer die, the Sweet Treats for You Sizzlits set plus some extra goodies from Globecraft Memories who has generously added to the giveaway!

 Visit the list of blogs below and leave a comment on each by Nov 27, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST. Each day we will be sharing a brand new list of blogs with brand new projects for you to explore, be inspired by, and create from!

Nov 17 

Donna Salazar Designs – http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/
Eileen Hull for Sizzix http://eileenhull.blogspot.com/
Diana Gonzalez – Clearsnap – http:// ;www.arteypoemas.com
Monika Wright – The Twinery – http://www.iloveitallwithmonikawright.com/
Gretchen McElveen – Hampton Art – http://gretchenmac.blogspot.com/
Megan Aaron – Clearsnap-  http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/
Gloria Stengel – Graphic 45 – http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Suzanne Austin – Clearsnap – http://whatsinalousyananut.blogspot.com/
Shellye McDaniel – Authentique Paper – http://paperedcottage.blogspot.com/
Natasha Naranjo Aguirre – Donna Salazar Designs –  http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com
Jen Carter – The Twinery – http://jensinkspot.blogspot.com/

Laura Denison – Graphic 45 – www.lauradenisondesigns.com
Candy Spiegel – Globecraft Memories – http://candyspiegel.wordpress.com/ 

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Today you get two for one! 

Karen Burniston is a fellow Sizzix artist and good friend of mine. She made four holiday cards using her new line of interactive pop up dies, Pop ‘N Cuts. You have to check them out- they are so quick and easy! Hop on over to her blog and see how she created them…
For my project today, I created some recycled soda can ornaments using my Fringed Flower die…
  • Cut soda cans into strips. 
  • Place metal can on die so it covers as much of the die area  as possible. Feel free to cut the can up so that you get the maximum number of flowers from it.
  • Roll can and die through Big Shot.
  • Place die cut metal flower shapes in Textured Impressions embossing folder and run through machine using the Multi Purpose plate.
  • The action of embossing actually serves to straighten out the metal instead of leaving a curling effect due to the round shape of the can. Once flower is embossed, peel every other petal down and to the back of the flower center. Surprisingly, the edges of the soda can are dulled after die-cutting and you can run your finger over them without any problem.
  • Punch a hole on the top of one petal and thread embroidery floss through the hole as a hanger. 
  • Add buttons and pearls to flowers for accents or leave plain. 

What do you think? Do you like the ornaments with or without the pearls and buttons? Just leave your answer in the comments section. I can’t decide… Think I had too many late nights staying up to finish deadlines!

This project would be a great one to do with your kids or while watching TV. They are light and flexible and so easy to mail- wouldn’t this be a fun little treat to tuck in with your Christmas cards?

Thanks for coming by and for all of the nice comments you’ve already left!