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All About the Holidays with Eileen Hull

20 Nov

All this month the Inspiration Team has been sharing their Holiday creations with us. Have you been getting ideas for your own projects? =) This week we again have a mix of fall and Christmas themes for your viewing pleasure.

Celebrate the Holidays Using Sizzix Dies!

Elizabeth Robinson is first up with a wonderful way to decorate your table for Thanksgiving. Look at the clever way she used the Spring Leaves Die to create these fabulous felt mats:

Here’s a closer peek (check out her blog post for more info!):

This delightful little Christmas gift card was made by Anna-Karin Evaldsson using the Gift Card Folder and Label Die. Wouldn’t this be perfect to go with a plate of cookies or hostess gift? Be sure to check out her blog post for a complete tutorial.

Lastly, Jenny Marples made a wonderful mixed media Christmas junk journal using the Pocket Notebook Die and also incorporating Eileen’s Molten Dimensions Embossing Powder. Her blog post has a full tutorial packed full of interesting techniques!

Thanks for stopping by! Hopefully your week is going well and you are taking time for creativity as things get busier.

Inspiration for the holidays next week too!

Check back here next Wednesday to see even more Inspiration Team inspiration! 😉 Yet more holiday creations are coming your way to give you ideas for your own festivities.

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 latest Facebook Live video. She shows you fun holiday wrap ideas using the Gift Card Folder:

Holiday Celebrations Continue with Eileen Hull

13 Nov

We are back this week with more festive holiday projects from the Inspiration Team! The beauty of my dies is that they can be adapted for any theme or style. Some of my team made Thanksgiving projects and others created Christmas themed ones. Let’s see…

Celebrate the Holidays Using Sizzix Dies!

Julia Aston has created a perfectly decorated table setting for upcoming Thanksgiving Day. How would you like to sit down to a table with beautiful decorations like this?

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull Holiday Celebrations - Thanksgiving place setting with Sizzix Dies

Lots of thoughtful touches!

She made holders for the silverware and a napkin with the Gift Card Folder Die and a little treat box with the House Ornament Die. Check out her blog post to see all the detail photos and tutorial.

Next we have Lisa Hoel who created a beautiful Thanksgiving card with some of my dies from last year and my Molten Dimensions Embossing Powders. Head on over to her blog post to pick up some great tips for using my embossing powders!

Susie Bentz whipped together a super cute Christmas banner from the leftovers from another project. What a clever way to use up the extras! Susie has a post full of tips and tricks on her blog; check it out!

Last but not least, we have Karen Bearse with a delightful Pocket Notebook. This would be a perfect Christmas gift for someone to find under the tree. See her blog for the tutorial on how the cover came together with some mixed media magic.

More Holiday Inspiration is Coming!

Check back here next Wednesday to see new Inspiration Team inspiration! 😉 More holiday creations 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.

Check out Eileen’s latest Facebook Live videos. She shows you how to make a cute Christmas Junk Journal:

Part 1:

Part 2:

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.

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

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

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.

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

New Sizzix Chapter 3 Eileen Hull Release

19 Jul

It’s time for the new Sizzix Chapter 3 Eileen Hull release! Today we are taking a look at the House Ornament- which is not just for the holidays by the way…

About the House Ornament

We moved around a lot when I was little and then I married a military man and moved some more. I love finding a house and adding special touches that make it our home. Home is comfort, stability and where everything starts. And ends, by the looks of my studio! Since this Chapter 3 release focuses on the holiday season, the idea of making a house as a Christmas ornament appealed to me. But of course, there are so many other ways to use it…

It is a ScoreBoards die, designed to cut and score thick material like matboard and chipboard. As you will see in the following projects, you can decorate this little house in numerous ways! You will need to cut two of the base pieces and trim off the floor of one of them. I adhere my house together with Therm O Web Red Liner tape to make sure that it stays together. One of my favorite parts of the die are two teeny tiny house shaped tags that I can’t wait to make a little book from <3

Here is a recent Facebook Live show where I cut recycled cardboard and created a shabby beach house, embossing it with my new Emerald Creek Molten Dimensions embossing powders. I love how these turned out and want to make a whole set. I think they would be cute to hang in a little tree or maybe create a little vignette under glass and surround with sand. It’s fun to think of ways to use it! I know at the holidays it would be adorable with a battery tealight inside to set on a holiday table or maybe to give a special gift in. Stay tuned – I’m sure we will have lots of ideas for you!

And now for the Team’s samples…

Pam Bray made an adorable Mixed Media House Ornament and Tag Album. She decorated the house with her very own stamps by Blank Page Muse and Clearsnap Blends inks- so pretty!

Jenny Marples is ready for Christmas with her cozy brick House Ornament. Head over to her blog to see all the fun techniques she used to make it! I love how she decorated the roof using leaves from the Journaling Card- Flowers & Leaves die!

Tonya Trantham made a Beach Babe House! Check out all of the fun details like a life preserver, framed swimmer on a raft and her gorgeous signature flowers on her blog.

Julia Aston is sharing an out-of-this-world Adventure Awaits Notebook. You have to check out her post to see how she created all of the cool effects she used in the making of this project. Wow!

Thanks so much for checking out the new Sizzix Chapter 3 Eileen Hull Release! The dies I ordered for my Etsy store have not yet arrived but the UPS man should be visiting today!

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

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