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Summer and Sizzix with Eileen Hull Dies

23 Jun

It’s that time of year – temps are rising and you may be feeling footloose and fancy free. This month here on the blog we’ve been getting inspired by summer and Sizzix dies from Eileen. There has been something for everyone from the garden to the beach and traveling all in between! Let’s wrap up June with more summery makes to get your creative juices flowing…

Jennie Atkinson used to spend summers at the seashore in Suffolk and has many happy memories of those times. She created this lovely little memory box using Eileen’s Treasure Box Die and you can find out how to make one of your own on Jennie’s blog.

Jennie Atkinson for Eileen Hull - summer and Sizzix memories and makes with Eileen's Sizzix Dies! #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

Educator Sarah Lizzie also created a project to commemorate summers at the seaside using Eileen’s Gift Box Die. She has a full tutorial video for you about how she made it so don’t miss that! You can find the link on her blog.

Sarah Lizzie for Eileen Hull - summer and Sizzix memories and makes with Eileen's Sizzix Dies! #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

If you are a gardener, you will love this next idea from Sue Eldred! She has made good use of recycled ‘trash’ and Eileen’s Journal XL Die to make plant ID labels for your flowers. What a creative idea and you could easily make a bunch as a gift for the gardeners in your life. Visit her blog to see how she made them.

Sue Eldred for Eileen Hull - summer and Sizzix memories and makes with Eileen's Sizzix Dies! #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

Madeline Arendt is happy that we can start traveling again and made this super cute Journal to document her summer journeys. It’s the perfect take-along! Be sure to visit her blog for the instructions and to see the handy features she has built into the interior.

Madeline Arendt for Eileen Hull - summer and Sizzix memories and makes with Eileen's Sizzix Dies! #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

More summer and Sizzix projects to share…

Designer Elizabeth Robinson has her computer working again (hurray!!) and was finally able to share her summer and Sizzix projects with us. It was certainly worth the wait for these clever makes! Elizabeth used Eileen’s Camper Die to make a boat and then an ice cream van! Whaaat? So creative Elizabeth, bravo. Definitely pay a visit to her blog to find out how she used the die to build these darling projects.

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - summer and Sizzix memories and makes with Eileen's Sizzix Dies! #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

Visit next week for the Ch. 3 Release Party!

Thanks for visiting and see you next week! On July 1st at Noon Eastern, Eileen Hull will be hosting the Release Party in a Facebook Live. We will also be having a Blog Hop! Don’t miss out on the fun and chance to see Eileen’s newest Sizzix Dies!

In case you missed the last three posts, you can find them HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 5,5oo other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends – make sure to answer the questions! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest.

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 6/22 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. (Or right here, right now!) Eileen shows us how to make some die storage from recycled materials. The link is here for replay on Facebook.

More 2020 Projects – Old & New

9 Dec

December is the month of reflection for the Teams but we are also still busily creating! Here are looks at more 2020 projects; some designers are doing roundups of favorites from the year but we have some new makes for you too. Scroll on for some inspiration…

Julia Aston has picked out some lovely projects for her favorites round up! I remember her wonderful and magical winter village make (below). You will just have to visit her blog to see the rest. Trust me, it’s worth it!

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - More 2020 projects to share with you! #mymakingstory #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix

Designer Lisa Hoel had a hard time just choosing a few favs but she came up with four projects to look back on from 2020. Eileen came out with some really wonderful die designs this past year! Check out Lisa’s blog post for more photos and links to her past tutorials for these four creations.

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull - More 2020 projects to share with you! #mymakingstory #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix

Picking her very favorite project of 2020 wasn’t too hard for Maggi Harding. She certainly created a fabulous make using the Gift Box Die! What a wonderful gift idea. You can find all the details and Maggi’s other top 2020 project pics in her blog post.

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull - More 2020 projects to share with you! #mymakingstory #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix

Bonus new project! Jenny Marples created this gorgeous (and reusable) alternative to English Christmas crackers for the current Funkie Junkie Boutique blog challenge. Jenny has more photos and information about it on her blog so don’t miss out.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - More 2020 projects to share with you! #mymakingstory #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix

Lisa Hoel also has an additional project to share. She did a guest designer post for a another recent Funkie Junkie challenge and she used Eileen’s Post Box Die as the base. Head on over to her blog to find out what it’s all about and see the tutorial.

Don’t miss the Comfort & Joy Christmas journaling event that is going on in the Fan Club!

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As mentioned above, we are having a fun event taking place in the Eileen Hull Fan Club! You can find out more information here. Join creatives from all around the world to make a journal documenting past and present holiday traditions. Eileen and teams will be providing inspiration, techniques and practical ways to create your own personalized journal using any of Eileen’s Sizzix Journal dies as a base. The Event is taking place throughout December on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Eileen Hull Fan Club private group… so join now (and please answer the questions!) We are off to a great start – let’s sprinkle some comfort and joy in each other’s lives.

Visit next week for more 2020 projects!

If you missed last week’s post you can find it HERE.

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 5,ooo other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends – make sure to answer the questions! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! She shares tips on using leather with her dies and making journal covers. Join in and see the replay. There are some new technical difficulties with embedding Facebook videos into these blog posts, so FOLLOW THIS LINK to watch the show.

Eileen’s New Post Box & Teacup Sizzix Dies

14 Oct

Eileen Hull has two new exciting scoreboards dies to feed our creativity (shipping now!) – the 3-D Teacup Die and the Post Box Die. As always, Eileen’s dies are extremely versatile and the perfect canvases for a multitude of styles and out of the box thinking (or in the box thinking because her 3-D dies make great containers.)

What Eileen says about her two new dies:

I had so many requests for the teacup die (retired a couple of years ago) that I designed a new one for you – the Teacup, 3D & Spoon! What is different about it? This is a Bigz L die (which means a lower price point!), and features a spoon (new), teabag label (could be used as a teeny tiny book!) and insert piece.

Chapter 4 Eileen Hull/Sizzix Release Party Blog Hop

This XL ScoreBoards Post Box die was designed to work as a mini mailbox. The slot will allow a gift card/credit card to go through. It would be a fun way to decorate a gift card box for the holidays. And did I mention that assembling this die takes about 10 seconds? Seriously!

What has the Team cooked up this week with the new Post Box & Teacup Dies?

Julia Aston is sharing the tutorials for her Blog Hop projects. She used the 3-D Teacup Die to make a festively fragrant holder for a bag of balsam needles. Wouldn’t this be a wonderful hostess gift for the holidays?

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - New Post Box & Teacup Sizzix Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

For her Post Box project, Julia made this oh-so-cute Santa letter box. What a wonderful Christmas decoration! You could even make something like this into an ornament for your tree. All the details and tutorials for both of these projects are in her blog post.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - New Post Box & Teacup Sizzix Dies.. Santa's letter box #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Maggi Harding also decked out her Post Box Die makes for the holidays! Take a look at these darling Christmas wish boxes. She suggests making them for the kids in your life so they can fill them with gift ideas. Sounds pretty handy to me for “Santa”! Visit the blog post for a tutorial and plenty of photos.

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull - New Post Box & Teacup Sizzix Dies.. Christmas wish boxes #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Designer Susie Bentz came up with the brilliant idea of using the Teacup Die to make a mini album of all her grandniece’s adventures over the years on the Teacup ride at Disney World. Isn’t that perfect! You can see how she did it in the tutorial on her blog.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - New Post Box & Teacup Sizzix Dies.. a teacup mini album #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Mitsyana Wright brings us back to the holiday at hand with her fabulously Halloween-y makes! I love the vintage feel of the papers she chose and the fun embellishments. Also, now I know that dark chocolate Reese’s are a thing and I’m in trouble! I’m not sure I should thank Mitsy for that lol. Check out her blog post for all the details.

Mitsyana Wright for Eileen Hull - New Post Box & Teacup Sizzix Dies.. Halloween treats! #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Visit us next week for more projects using Eileen’s new Post Box & Teacup Dies!

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit. If you missed the previous posts, you can find them here and here.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! She opens some happy mail and gets a start on a project using the new Post Box Die. Don’t miss it on replay!

Ideas for Creating Junk Journals

19 Aug

We are into our third week of exploring ideas for creating junk journals! We hope you have been inspired so far and sharing your own makes in the Facebook Fan Club. Junk journals can take so many forms and be used for pretty much any purpose. A junk journal is what you want it to be! You may think you can’t create a junk journal but I bet you’ll surprise yourself. Read on to see this week’s projects from the Inspiration Team.

Scroll for inspiration…

Elizabeth Robinson made a beautiful mixed media cover for her Notebook Die journal. Those colors and layers are wonderful! The inside pages are mix of plain and patterned papers. Check out Elizabeth’s blog post for all the details on how she made this.

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - Ideas for creating junk journals using Eileen's Sizzix Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Team member Jenny Marples truly did use “junk” to create the structure of her new art journal and it is truly amazing! The cover is cut using the Pocket Notebook Die and the inside is full of flaps, pages, and parts that stick out. You will not regret going through the tutorial on her blog. I can’t wait to see how she adds the art to this super cool “blank canvas”.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - Ideas for creating junk journals using Eileen's Sizzix Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Do you have a hoard of scrap paper leftover from various projects? (Bet you do!) Anna-Karin Evaldsson busted out her stash and stuffed a Notebook Die cover full of color swatch tests, stamping, tags and other mixed media goodies. Her junk journal is bursting with colorful fun and what a great feeling to be using up scraps that might be considered “junk”. See it all in her tutorial on her blog.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson for Eileen Hull - Ideas for creating junk journals using Eileen's Sizzix Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Cleverly using the Gift Box with Scalloped Edges Die, Tonya Trantham created a “Everyday Life” junk journal. In signature Tonya style, she filled it with die cuts, embellishments, stickers and all sorts of other goodies to make a darling shabby chic style journal. Check out all the steps and detail photos on her blog.

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull - Ideas for creating junk journals using Eileen's Sizzix Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Eileen Hull’s Journal Dies:

Journal
Pocket Notebook
Wrapped Journal
Passport Book
Notebook
Tiny Book

Inserts/Pages:

Of course, it’s up to you how big you want to make the insert books that go inside the journals, but here’s a guide to help you get started.

The Pocket Notebook and Passport Book dies contain elements on the dies to create pages that fit in the book, but don’t worry… small books can be found in discount and stationery stores that are pre-made and inexpensive if you don’t want to make your own. Inserts are really easy to do though!

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Next week we will see junk journal ideas from the Educator Team!

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit! All month long we will be featuring journal creations from the Teams. You certainly will be inspired with ideas to adapt to your own works of art. If you missed the first two posts, you can find them 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! Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday. It’s Junk Journal making Part 3!

Here is the Journal File Organizer video she mentioned:

Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies and Springing out of March

25 Mar

What a month! We are almost through it. I hope that you’ve had a chance to be crafty and try some new things. The Team has some more Eileen Hull Sizzix dies inspiration for you before we spring out of March. The theme all month has been, of course, Spring! Bring on the green and the flowers!

Scroll on for a feast for your eyes…

Lisa Hoel has forsaken the terrestrial and created a fanciful undersea mermaid’s garden in the form of a shaker card as a gift for her sister in law’s birthday. The card base is made with the Display Stand Die. Head on over to Lisa’s blog to find out how she made it!

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull – Mermaid's Garden shaker card created using Eileen's new Sizzix Display Stand Die. Check the blog for more inspiration using Eileen Hull Dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Team member Julia Aston also used the Display Stand die to create a timely project for the state of our world right now. I love the sentiment and totally agree with it. Be sure to reach out (from at least six feet away 😉 ) and spread some love and kindness. Check out Julia’s blog post for project info.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull – Spread love and kindness card created using Eileen's new Sizzix Display Stand Die. Check the blog for more inspiration using Eileen Hull Dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

For another example of crafting being good for the soul, Elizabeth Robinson used the Gift Box with Scallop Edges Die to make a little box to hold prayers written on die cut slips of paper. What a fabulous idea! Visit her blog for more photos and the tutorial.

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull – Prayer and thankfulness box created using Eileen's new Sizzix Gift Box with Scallop Edges Die. Check the blog for more inspiration using Eileen Hull Dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Maggi Harding has a gorgeous flower covered Gift Box to share with us too. It says SPRING in capital letters! The fun shaker in the front is such a whimsical touch as well. Take a look at her blog post to find out how she made it.

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull – Joyful spring box with shaker front created using Eileen's new Sizzix Gift Box with Scallop Edges Die. Check the blog for more inspiration using Eileen Hull Dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

If you missed the last few weeks of posts, you can find them HERE , HERE and HERE. You don’t want to skip them, trust me on that! Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the week. Get your craft on and lift your spirits!

Visit us next week to see what is NEW!!!! (Hint, it’s Eileen Hull dies.)

Check back here next Wednesday to see more Inspiration Team inspiration! 😉 The team will be debuting Eileen’s two newest dies!!! Check in to see what they are; you won’t want to miss them. I even heard a rumor that there will be some sneak peeks so keep an eye on Eileen’s Facebook page.

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 showed us how to make a cheerful banner and had some exciting announcements. You won’t want to miss her adventures with glitter either.

Full Steam Ahead for Spring Inspiration

18 Mar

Slowly but surely spring is arriving! A few more of my early flowers have started to bloom and I got a little bit of garden cleanup done today. As usual, the Inspiration Team has not let us down and we have four lovely projects to share using the newest Eileen Hull Dies and a spring theme. Paper flowers can bloom at any time of the year!

The newest Eileen Hull Dies are perfect for spring projects…

Mitsyana Wright created a sunny and cheerful Gift Box that is sure to lift anyone’s spirits. I love the flowers and little flying bee on top. Check out Mitsyana’s blog post for more photos and complete instructions.

Mitsyana Wright for Eileen Hull – more spring inspiration with the newest Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies #mymakingstory #eileenhull
Gift Box with Scalloped Edges Die

Designer Jenny Marples also created a Gift Box project featuring flowers! Same die but two completely different looks. It just shows how Eileen’s dies are the perfect blank canvas to showcase your own style. Visit Jenny’s post for a wonderful mixed media tutorial.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull – more spring inspiration with the newest Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies #mymakingstory #eileenhull
Gift Box with Scalloped Edges Die

Next we have a fabulous photo project from Anna-Karin Evaldsson. She used a favorite spring photo (those flowers!) and the Display Stand Die to create a home decor photo display piece. It is a quick and easy project (see her blog post to find out how easy!) This is a perfect gift idea (Mother’s Day is coming too…)

Anna-Karin Evaldsson for Eileen Hull – more spring inspiration with the newest Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies #mymakingstory #eileenhull
Display Stand Die

Lastly, we have a darling Easter creation from Julia Aston. She also used the Display Stand Die to make this super cute decor piece. I love that ballerina bunny! Hop on over to Julia’s blog to find out all the details.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull – more spring inspiration with the newest Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies #mymakingstory #eileenhull
Display Stand Die

If you missed the last few weeks of posts, you can find them HERE and HERE. You don’t want to skip them, trust me on that! Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the week.

Visit us next week for another dose of spring inspiration from the Team.

Check back here next Wednesday to see more Inspiration Team inspiration! 😉 The team will be sharing more projects with a Spring theme!

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 showed us how to make a traveller’s journal out of a placemat! You won’t want to miss her upcycling know-how.