Flowers Archives - Eileen Hull

Crafting Paper Flowers All May Long

27 May

May has been a blooming month full of crafty paper flower creations from the Inspiration Team. Hopefully the spring season has been uplifting and inspiring for you! We are wrapping up the month with another dose of botanical bounty.

First up we have a beautiful Trinket Box created by Maggi Harding. It makes me want to go to a garden party! I love the floral patterned paper and the die cut flowers decorating the box. Maggi shows how to put this all together on her blog so take a look.

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull - crafting paper flowers during May!
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Elizabeth Ronbinson was inspired by the Stitched Felt Wallet project Eileen taught in the recent Beach House Art Retreat and kept on stitching! She created a cute felt heart tag with flowers for a pencil case she has. Eileen’s dies cute felt easily and they are a perfect adornment for all sorts of projects. Follow Elizabeth’s lead and see more in her blog post.

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - crafting paper flowers during May!
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Next we have a colorfully coordinated Notebook from Pam Bray to feast our eyes upon. Wouldn’t this make a great gift for a friend or loved one? The pink and black color scheme is quite striking. Check out Pam’s blog post to find out her quick and easy hack for making the insides of this notebook.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull - crafting paper flowers during May!
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Jenny Marples has two projects to share with us! The first is floral Notebook with coordinating interior. Jenny shows us in a tutorial how to alter the standard Notebook die cut for an alternate way of creating the cover. She also tells you how to created a matching tassel using one of Eileen’s tools.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - crafting paper flowers during May!
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Like Elizabeth Robinson, Jenny also participated in the Beach House Art Retreat and got stitchy with her felt wallet:

I love how those colors pop on the grey felt. Eileen showed us some really great embroidery stitches and ways to approach projects like this.

You can still join…

It’s not too late to still catch the fun of the Beach House Art Retreat! The retreat itself happened last Saturday but the private Facebook group is live and all the videos and content are still available. Participants are still chatting and posting their projects! There were three different projects to create and you will learn new techniques and ways to use your dies. You can purchase access to the videos and content by going to Eileen’s etsy shop, here.

We are collaborating with an exciting company for the month of June so be sure to stop by next week to see…

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit! Don’t forget to consider purchasing Eileen’s Pocket Notebooks e-book, you won’t be sorry. 😉 It will surely spark ideas for your own journal creations. Also, if you’ve missed any of the other May posts, you can find them here, here and here.

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. Please join our group and don’t forget to answer the questions! You can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday is below. She made a darling little Rainbow Tiny Book with some new products from Grafix! Also Eileen has some updates about how you can still join in the Beach Art Retreat fun even if you missed the event on Saturday.

May Flowers Crafting in Full Force!

20 May

This month, the Inspiration Team is getting their paper gardens going by crafting May Flowers projects galore. We’ve already seen some gorgeous creations by the team and we have four more for you today! Grab a beverage, sit back and scroll on…

Anna-Karin Evaldsson made a darling mini flower journal using the new Tiny Book Die. I love those texture paste flowers on the cover! She uses some great mixed media techniques and it is all detailed in the tutorial on her blog so read up. 😉

Anna-Karin Evaldsson for Eileen Hull - May Flowers crafting is in full force; Tiny Book Die mini flower journal #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Creating a birthday card sure to bring a smile to the lucky recipient’s face, Julia Aston used felt flowers to embellish it. Did you know that Thinlit dies cut felt like butter? Check out Julia’s blog post for all the details.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - May Flowers crafting is in full force; felt flower birthday card #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Designer Jenny Marples crafted another flowery Notebook to share with us. Look at those vibrant spring colors! She used custom colored and stamped fabric to cover the notebook so be sure to peruse her tutorial to find out all the inky details.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - May Flowers crafting is in full force; Notebook Die flower journal #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Our next make is so out of the box you can see right through it! Susie Bentz has really ramped up the fun factor with her transparent Gift Box that is covered with flowers. Shut the front door, how cool is this? Head on over to her blog to find out all the details and how to make one.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - May Flowers crafting is in full force; a transparent Gift Box! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Next week, we are still sharing May Flowers crafting projects! Come back to see the spring inspiration…

Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday is below. She is working on making her granddaughter a little doll dresser using the Treasure Box and Stacking Drawer Dies. Special guest Nora gives it her stamp of approval!

May Flowers Are Blooming

13 May

Papercrafting May flowers is definitely a thing! That is our theme here on the blog this month and the Inspiration Team has been sharing some delightfully springy and flowery projects so far. We have more for you to check out today! Also, Eileen would like to share a fun opportunity with you – a virtual beach house art retreat coming right up on Saturday, May 23rd! You can sign up in Eileen’s Etsy store. It’s going to be loads of fun!

Now onto this week’s Team May flowers inspiration!

Susie Bentz used the Display Stand Die to create a wonderful Mother’s Day gift (with flowers of course!) I love the photo of her mom that Susie used. What a great momento! See her blog post for the details.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull – Papercrafting May Flowers is easy with Eileen's Sizzix dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Julia Aston created a delightful gift box with one of Eileen’s retired dies, the Cookie Box. She covered it with flowers and ribbons and filled it with yummy cookies! Who wouldn’t want one as a gift? It’s so pretty! (and tasty!) Julia gives full instructions in her blog post and also shows us how to use the new Sizzix Sculpting Foam for the flowers.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull – Papercrafting May Flowers is easy with Eileen's Sizzix dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Using various dies from Eileen, Lisa Hoel cut flowers out of wool felt and used them to upcycle some thrift store teacups into pincushions. The dies (both steel rule and thinlits) cut felt beautifully and are a great way to get more use out of your collection. More photos and details can be found on Lisa’s blog post.

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull – Papercrafting May Flowers is easy with Eileen's Sizzix dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Next week, more papercrafting May Flowers projects will be shared! Come back to see the inspiration…

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit! Don’t forget to consider purchasing Eileen’s Pocket Notebooks e-book, you won’t be sorry. 😉 It will surely spark ideas for your own journal creations. Also, if you missed last week’s May Flowers and e-book info post, you can find it here.

Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday is below. She is in New York so she gave us a last tour of her beautiful childhood farmhouse home before it is sold and also filled us in on some Beach House Art Retreat news.