CHA Archives - Eileen Hull

Visit the Creativation Cafe…

9 Jan

On January 19-23rd, the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) show, re-branded as Creativation, will open in Phoenix, AZ. This is a trade show where the newest craft products are on display for all to see, touch and drool over. Visit the Creativation Cafe (Booth #843/1042) for free Make & Takes taught by talented professional CHA Designers! This event is open to store owners, retailers, press and other attendees and will be open throughout the show.

The anchor of the Creativation Cafe is my 1976 Scotty camper. We are making the trip out to AZ on Paper Trail 11 and driving it right onto the show floor! *I set up last year but that was in Anaheim so it will be fun learning the ropes in a new venue (?)

I always breathe a sigh of relief when the awning is up! That thing is surprisingly heavy.

Getting there…

…and open for business!

Please stop by and make some of the awesome projects- there will be two Make & Takes going on at a time, so grab a seat and have some fun! You will leave with a cool new make and probably a new friend or two. This is where it’s happening, folks! Last year we had lines down the aisle….

Not only will we have Make & Takes but Designer Ambassadors have volunteered to help in the booth to answer questions and show you around.

You never know what will be happening next! Also pay no attention to that mess in the background. It was off camera 🙂

Learn the latest techniques with the newest products!

You never know who you might run into (and have to take a selfie with)…

Didn’t you know? Jimmy is an extremely talented crafter and has been to more stores than you could imagine 🙂

We even had Mark Hill, the CEO of the Craft & Hobby Association, over for a visit!

Ahh it brings back memories… and I am so looking forward to making new ones this year….

So here’s the schedule and links to all of the Designers’ blogs. Feel free to check them out. And you never know when we might decide to GO LIVE on Facebook…

Make sure to follow me on Facebook and Instagram so you don’t miss anything. It will almost be like you are there!

On Sunday, we also have some expert designers who are sharing with tips on how to grow your business during the Designer Round Tables. This is free and you will learn so much from these experienced artists- I have sat in on several and always come out glad that I did- there is so much to be learned!

Saturday, 1/21

9:00-10:00

Make and Take: Scrappy Camper Sisters and Yolie Burke

Designer Ambassadors: Anita Scroggins and Eileen Hull

10:15-11:15

Make and Take: Ann Strecko Koeman and Christie Troxell

Designer Ambassador: Patt Bell

11:30-12:30

Make and Take: Susan M. Brown and Carol Foldvary-Anderson

Designer Ambassador: Christie Troxell

12:45- 1:45

Make and Take: Susie Bentz and Karen Bearse

Designer Ambassador: Rita Barakat

2:00- 3:00

Make and Take: Terri Kolte and Rina Gonzales

Designer Ambassador: Susie Bentz

3:15-4:15

Make and Take: Marjolaine Walker and Katie Berry

Designer Ambassador: Rina Gonzales

4:30-5:30

Make and Take: Eileen Hull and Beth Watson

Designer Ambassador: Betsy Burnett and Mitsyana Wright

Sunday, 1/22

9:00-10:00

Make and Take: Lorrie McCullers and Anita Scroggins

Designer Ambassador: Christie Troxell and Marilyn Hughes

Creativation Cafe: Designer Round Tables

11:00 AM-12:00 Rina Gonzales– Post Conference Follow Up

12:30 PM-1:00 Marji Kemper– Teaching at Stores & Retreats

1:15 PM -1:45 Cherish Flieder– Art Licensing

2:00 PM-3:00 Kathy Cano Murillo– Time Management for Social Media, Blogging & Designing

3:15PM-4:15 Laura Kelly– Working with Brands to Build your own Brand

4:30-5:30

Make and Take: Tanya Ruffin and Rita Barakat

Designer Ambassador: Karen Bearse and Beth Watson

Monday, 1/23

9:00-10:00

Make and Take: Ann Strecko Koeman and Yolie Burke

Designer Ambassador: Susan M. Brown and Patt Bell

10:15-11:15

Make and Take: Terry Ricioli and Marjolaine Walker

Designer Ambassador: Ann Strecko Koeman

11:30-12:30

Make and Take: Christie Troxell and Rita Barakat

Designer Ambassador: Trish Cortez

12:45- 1:45

Make and Take: Eileen Hull and Laura Kelly

Designer Ambassador: Yolie Burke and Patt Bell

Hope you will visit the Creativation Cafe whether it’s in person or online!

New Inspiration Team Member!

5 Jan

Today we are super- excited to introduce Mitsyana Wright, our new Inspiration Team member! It turns out she will be going to CHA and we will actually meet in person in just a couple of weeks. 🙂

Mitsyana blogs at Up On Tippy Toes. You will see beautiful projects like this on her blog…

Here she took the Sizzix Needle Book to make an adorable little notebook. Her style is bright and clean and she has quite the magic touch with ScoreBoards!

See how she made this Beautiful Sizzix Teacup here.

And everyone loved this Halloween Train Case!

But my personal favorite might be this Doughnut Holder! I had no idea you could fit a doughnut in there!

But then there’s this awesome Passport Book?

And the Preppy Train Case…

Mitsyana has a beautiful clean fresh style. Please follow her blog and get to know her. You can also follow on Facebook and Instagram…

Leave a comment and let Mitsyana know which is your favorite project!

Thanks for stopping by…

Current Paper Trail 10 Schedule

6 Sep

“Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.” Isn’t that the truth? My trip to the Pacific Northwest will have to wait until another time. My dad is sick and I am staying this side of the Mississippi.

But I am still going! Check out all of these amazing stores and events on the trip- for the current Paper Trail 10 Schedule (and some new additions!), please see below. There are several new classes available and also the most popular ones from previous tours.

September 7, 2016

Angela’s Happy Stamper

208 Elden Street, Suite 203 | Herndon, VA 20170 | 703-657-2952

September 10, 2016

Cafe Crop 1100 W 84th Drive | Merrillville, IN 46410 | 219-661-1624

10:00-1:00

2:00-5:00

September 12-13, 2016

Scrapmania 224 Collins Road NE | Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 | 319-377-9999

Monday 9/12 5:00-8:00 Train Case

Tuesday 9/13 11:00-2:00 Shabby Journal

Tuesday 9/13 5:00-8:00 Die Cut Doodling

September 16-18, 2016

Bella Crafts Connection Mall of America | Minneapolis, MN * Click link to sign up or get more info!

Friday 9/16 10:00-1:00 Sewing Box

Saturday 9/17 1:00-4:00 Hope Chest

Saturday 9/17 7:00-9:00 Doodled Cards and Box

September 19, 2016

Crafter’s Haven 5404 34th Ave S. | Minneapolis MN 55417 612-729-9035

Wonderful World- 6:00- 9:00 pm

September 20, 2016

K & K Krafts 420 Center Ave Ste #10 Moorhead Center Mall | Moorhead, MN 56560 | (218) 233-3220

World’s Fair Train Case 6:00-9:00 PM

September 23, 2016

Scrapbook-N-Memories 103 E. Mechanic | Harrisonville, MO 64701

10:00 Make and Take- Twist & Style tool- Tour of Scotty

2:00-4:00 Doodled Journal Cards and Box

5:00-8:00 pm World’s Fair Train Case

September 24, 2016

The Paper Boutique 1029 W. Wabash Ave. | Springfield IL USA 62704 | +1 (217) 528-1863

10:00- 1:00 World’s Fair Train Case and Mini Album

2:00- 5:00 Metal Covered Technique Journal

September 26, 2016

Annie’s Publishing Berne, IN

Stay tuned for times- we will be doing a Facebook Live, tour and a craft project!

November 12-13, 2016

Scrap-a-latte 714 Montauk Highway | West Babylon, NY | 631-482-9190

Classes TBD

Looking forward to seeing you on the Paper Trail! Please follow the adventures on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter…

Midge and Madge Mingle Create with Us

22 Apr

Midge and Madge Mingle create with us today! I am on the road and despite internet issues and travel delays, we are able to share theie fun projects with you today. Meet Midge and Madge- they are a party waiting to happen! They had the cutest tea towel project when they came to teach in the Scotty booth at CHA- there was a big line of people waiting to do their Make and Take. Please enjoy getting to meet these talented (and fun!) designer friends…

We are two best friends that love all things crafty. You may have seen us on Create and Craft TV or teaching at CHA. We can turn any time into a good time. Grab a diet coke or your favorite bevy and “Mingle” with us. We love sharing with you project reviews, project tutorials, and the latest and greatest from the world of craft!

Who loves Bling??? Well today’s fun project includes some fabulous bling and an amazing 3-d die. Eileen Hull has created an amazing Scoreboards XL Die by Sizzix! If you don’t know what die I am talking about, this is it!

I met Eileen Hull for the first time, it was at the SNAP conference in April of 2015. Midge and I met up with Eileen again at CHA 2016 where we taught a make and take at the Scotty trailer. Eileen is such a gem, she is super sweet and so full of talent we loved listening to her talk about her very own trailer Scotty. You can read all about Eileen and her awesome travels HERE. Eileen has always had a love for Chipboard and she created the amazing Scoreboard Dies, which is what this awesome trailer die is. Be sure to stop by Eileen’s blog and read more about her and her awesome journey HERE. We love Eileen’s dies and were thrilled and honored to receive this awesome package! What better time to pull out these cute dies and create awesome projects!

Here is the fun Trailer:

Let me show you how I created this fun little guy….
Step ONE

Be sure to take your Scoreboard and cut all of the pieces on the die. You will then want to cut out one more piece that looks like a fence (LOL) and one more tire.
Step TWO

I used a Clear Dazzling Diamond Bling sheet. I took the bling and placed it face down onto the die, and ran it through my Big Shot Machine. I cut three small pieces out of black bling and placed them onto the die with the silver bling. This is for the tires and the hitch. Be sure to repeat the process twice for the side of the trailer. (for the sides of the trailer I cut the bling off along the sides of the large pieces that make up the sides of the trailer)
Take the adhesive off of the bling and adhere to the scoreboard.
Step THREE

Step FOUR
I then took my hot glue gun and adhered the trailer together. Then I added some fun embellishments. I used buttons on the trailer wheels and used Simple Stories Stickers to create the windows and the door, the awning, and the license plate. I took two straight pins to act as the awning poles. Scoring with my score board the awning so it would stand up. I also used another straight pin to adhere the cloud and the sun to, so it looked like the sun and a cloud above the trailer. Taking a black marker to the window and to door to give a little more dimension, and adding the “MADGE” license plate.
This trailer was so fun to make! Bling Out your own trailer! Here is one more look at this cute little guy!!!

Midge used the Flower Pocket Die, and created this cute pocket gift box. There are so many different possibilities that Midge had a hard time deciding which direction to go. The pocket box was a perfect fit for a gift that she was delivering.

Midge used a double sided piece of pattern paper, three rosettes, mini doily, and three feathers. Putting the box together is a snap! Eileen’s dies come with not only the cut the scoring. Assembling this pocket box is a breeze.

All wrapped up and ready to gift. You can get this die and all of the other Eileen dies HERE

We would like to Thank Eileen for having us as guest designers on her blog today. Be sure to join us every Monday on My Craft Channel “Midge and Madge Mingle”! Or

Midgeandmadgemingle.com

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Please make sure to LIKE my friends and follow their crafty adventures. Thanks so much Midge and Madge for sharing with us today!

Guest Designer- Susie Bentz

5 Feb

TODAY- our first Guest Designer- Susie Bentz!

Hi everyone- so glad to be back from CHA! I had an idea on the week long drive home… I am very blessed to have lots of creative friends. And I want to share them- their stories, inspiration and work- with you because I know you will love them as much as I do.

So I am really excited to introduce a new feature on the blog- every Friday you will get to meet a fabulous artist and they will share a project and tutorial with you…

I can’t thank Susie enough for all her help at CHA in the Paper Trail booth. Susie lives right down the road from me and it has been such a pleasure to get to know her better. (see another post about her here.) Wait till you to see what a fantastic project Susie has come up with using the new Stitchlits dies!

I’m a papercrafter from Northern Virginia where I live with my husband and three (almost) grown children. I have been creating all my life and have yet to find a craft I didn’t want to try! I enjoy all kinds of papercrafting – cardmaking, scrapbooking and altering items for gifts and home décor. Most recently I have been exploring mixed media and canvases and I am quickly becoming addicted!

I recently joined Eileen at CHA where she turned her vintage trailer into “the place to be” by inviting her talented friends to share demos and Make & Takes. I had a huge response for this little tag I designed and I promised to share a tutorial for it online. So here we go!

I used Eileen’s Flowers & Leaves Stitchlits. This set is really cool because it gives you three options:

Cut out solid shapes (flowers, leaves, stems)
Cut out shapes with punched holes for stitching
Punch holes for stitching the shapes onto cardstock

Here’s a close up of a couple of dies from the set so that you can see the difference.

You can see that the die on the left is designed to only cut out the small stitching holes within the flower shape. The die on the right, however, will cut out the entire flower and the stitching holes. So how to use them?

First I used a die that would just punch the holes for stitching a stem.
Next I added the flower die, positioned above the stem, and punched more stitching holes.
Then I used one of the leaf dies to actually cut out a leaf element and proceeded to stitch it onto the tag using green floss and the stitching holes.

I cut a flower out of felt, using the die that also created the holes, and stitched it in place.
I added a bit of washi tape (and yes that is a different flower – but you get the idea!)
I finished off the tag using one of the embossing folders Eileen designed for her sewing collection. I cut a piece of kraft cardstock that was the same height as the tag and twice the width. After I scored it and folded it in half, I used the Stitched With Love folder and embossed right along the score line. I used Eileen’s Nutmeg ColorBox Blends to highlight the embossing before cutting along the curved edge. The cut edge is adhered to the front left side of the tag and then it wraps around to cover the back side of the tag so you have a nice clean surface for writing a personal note – and it hides all your stitching!)

And here is one more look at the finished tag.

If you would like to see more of my projects you can check out my blog, My Time to Play, or join me on several social media sites:

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!

Materials for Stitched with Love Tag:

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 10 PK – Flowers & Leaf Stitchlits
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 3 PK – Stitched With Love set
Clearsnap ColorBox Blends by Eileen Hull – Nutmeg
Little B Decorative tapes: Leaf, Floral, Love You
Manila tag, kraft cardstock, embroidery floss, felt

Isn’t this fun? What would you do with these dies? Thanks Susie for a great project!

Join us next week- our Inspiration Team has some delicious eye candy for you! And don’t forget to follow me for lots more ideas and BTS peeks on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

More CHA Designers in the Paper Trail Booth

6 Jan

I just arrived in California- so glad to make it alive and in one piece! So here is the last installment of more CHA Designers that will be in the Paper Trail Booth!

Karen Bearse hails from about 30 minutes down the road from me in VA. You may remember her from our exploits on #paprtrail5 to Schaumburg, IL and the Paper Arts Show- read about them here, here and here!

Karen Bearse has been a life long crafter who became passionate in the world of paperarts. A published technique junkie with over a decade of inky experimentation, Karen has been teaching for the last 5 years at multiple local stores. From scrapbooking and mini-books to mix media, encaustic, and altered arts. No medium is safe! She is now expanding into travel teaching showing students how to improve their everyday life with color. A traveler and self proclaimed Executive Minion on PaperTrail#6 she is excited to expand her role to include make’ntake artist for Eileen at CHA2015. Karen’s favorite thing about teaching is when her students say “I can’t believe I made this”. Visit booth #330 learn a few quick techniques & take home these beautiful projects.

Needle Book Mini-Art Journal – Sat-Jan. 9th from 11-12.

Art Journal Page-Tues-Jan. 12th from 11-12.

My friend Cheryl Boglioli is special because our trailers are going to get married someday so that kind of makes us related 🙂

Cheryl is a mixed-media Artist on the leading edge of new products and techniques within the various disciplines of the ever-growing market. As a full-time Artist with an intuitive painting style and passion for teaching, you can find her Living the Art Life ™, traveling and teaching workshops at independent stores and events nationwide with her renovated 1970 vintage trailer, Glinda. If you see her along the way, she even gives tours and appearances with Glinda. See more of Cheryl and her adventures at www.cherylboglioli.com.

Come glamping with Cheryl on Saturday 2-3 and Monday 4-5 to create your own 3D mini trailer using Eileen’s Vintage Trailer Thinlet dies and glam them up with Thermoweb Foil! Someone bring the marshmallows!

Thanks for visiting with us and don’t forget to watch what’s happening at the show in the booth. We will be sharing on social media…

Follow Scotty and I on #paprtrailCHA.

Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * You Tube * Periscope and here on the blog. Thanks!

And tomorrow we have to park that bad boy on the show floor. Wish me luck- it may involve backing up :-0