Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

Paper Trail #4!

The Paper Trail 4 has officially begun- it started off with a bang two weekends ago!

In June 2014, Angela’s Happy Stamper  moved to a new location which is about ONE MILE from my house! Somehow I find myself having to stop by for various reasons to hang out and see what’s going on. There is usually a class, Learn at Lunch or people chatting about what they are up to. If you are in Northern Virginia you should come and check it out here:

208 Elden Street, Suite 203 * Herndon, Virginia 20170

(703) 657-2952

The class I taught was a Sneak Peek of the Passport Book coming out in April. We had a full house including some folks who had never operated a die cut machine before. I love that- there is always the moment when they see how cool it is when a die comes out perfectly cut or embossed. I never tire of experiencing this through them. The book we made was a Metal-Covered Technique Book and each person who made one had a different take on the one seen below. They were beautiful! We forgot to get a pic of them all though…

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We also took a minute to remember our friend Dyan Reavely who has not seen the new store yet and did a video for her.

Here are the rest of the stops along the way!

The first stop on the trip is the Great American Stamp Store on Wednesday, April 8. Rumor has it that a certain local crafty celebrity might be making an appearance…

Great American Stamp Store

8 Church St S  | Westport, CT 06880
(203) 221-1229

11:00- 1:30-  Doodled Journal Box and Cards

Do you dread writing in cards, scrapbooks or labels because you Hate your handwriting? With a few simple tricks and the right tools, you can write like a pro! We will die cut a Sizzix Recipe Card Box and several coordinating 3″ x 4″ Recipe Cards and doodle them up! Bring your favorite markers and pens to play with and bring home a finished box and cards. A perfect fit for wallet photos, gift cards, tags and small artwork treasures…

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Next on the agenda is a stop at a store I haven’t seen yet… but can’t wait to! I saw a post on Instagram and took a chance to see if they might want me to come teach. If you are in the area, please don’t be shy! Sign up for a class! Click below and see the schedule and details…

April 9, 2015

Right at Home Scrapbooking

560 Francis J. Kelley Blvd.  | North Attleboro, MA 02760

508-695-9290

Doodled Journal Box and Cards

Make and Take

Metal-Covered Technique Book

And then I am on to the Collins Group Rep Show! This show is open to reps and store owners who take classes on running their business, workshops using the latest and greatest products and attend networking events. I went last year- it was my first trip in Scotty and it rained for 4 days straight (and leaked all over the place in the camper) then snowed the day I left! Still it was great to meet so many store owners and have a chance to sit down and talk to them without the hustle and bustle of CHA. I will be teaching two classes and doing a Make and Take from my new Vintage Travel line.

April 10-13, 2015

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 I am so excited to return to Tonya’s store, Life’s Memories and More! Last time, we had so much fun that I couldn’t wait to see if there was an opening to teach here again. Looking forward to seeing some returning students!

 April 14, 2014

Life’s Memories and More

Schoolhouse Commons

1085 Park Street | Palmer MA  01069

413-283-4448   info@lifesmemoriesandmore.com

1:00-4:00- Metal-Covered Technique Book

If you live near any of these stores, what are you waiting for? Sign up for a class- you will have a great time and there is no pressure to make anything perfect. The ideas is to allow yourself to play and have fun- from that comes some incredible art!

I get back home for a few days and then I am headed out (in a plane- not Scotty) for Utah and the SNAP! Conference. This will be my second time going- I would have gone last year but my daughter had the nerve to get married that weekend… 🙂 I love all of the event and classes they have that allow you to meet and chat with like minded people. How often does that happen?

 

April 23-26, 2015

Snap Conference

Little America Hotel  |  Salt Lake City, UT
 After SNAP! I am home for a couple days and then head down to Goldenshill Papercrafts (it’s just about 30 minutes from my house) for the Metal Journal class.

May 2, 2015

Goldenshill Papercrafts

12644 Chapel Road |  Clifton, VA 20124

703-298-7688

10:30-1:30- Metal-Covered Technique Book

So that’s my schedule for the spring. I wanted to add others but was not sure if Scotty would be back in time. Thanks to K & T RV Repair Scotty has gotten his life back. Still work to be done but the camper is looking fantastic! I will make a video soon so you can see the before and after.

This will be a quick trip but action packed 🙂 I am meeting up with my friend Cheryl Boglioli. She rode along with me for the Florida leg of the Papertrail 3 and next thing I know she had a camper of her own. See how much fun we had? Cheryl has done an amazing job of restoring her camper, Glinda. To see what she has done, visit Cheryl’s blog here.

I am just in from a long drive to Ohio so will say good night and to ask you to follow me on the Paper Trail 4  (see my social media icons at top of page). Now to sleep… See you on the Trail…

Featured Fan: Jean Bullock

I had the pleasure of meeting our Featured Fan, Jean Bullock, in person at CHA this year. Jean was gracious enough to do a Make and Take for a lady asking to see the new Big Shot Plus machine. It was so much fun to meet her because we had been chatting on line for so long, it was almost like I already knew her. I sent Jean my Sizzix Canister die to thank her for letting me video tape and share her demo and she made and shared this beautiful project!

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I asked Jean if she would like to share another project or two with you and HOLY COW did she deliver! Wait until you see these delicate luminaries she created!

And now…. heeere’s  Jean!

More Fun With Eileen Hull Designs Canister Die

I am having so much fun using Eileen Hull Designs amazing Canister Die.  One of the things I love about Eileen’s dies is that they are so versatile.  As I was working with the Canister Die, I started getting ideas for other projects.  One of the projects I wanted to try making was a luminary.

The Kit N Clowder Facebook group was having a Fantasy Challenge, sponsored by the Flying Unicorn.  The challenge was to create a Fantasy project and if we included a unicorn in our project, we could get an additional entry.

Here is what I came up with:

I used Kelly Papers 100 lb white cover stock for the paper.  Because the cover stock was rather thick, knew I needed to create some openings for the light to shine through, so I used Sue Wilson’s Eternal Rings striplet to acheive that.  The striplet die was narrow enough to use with the panel parts of Eileen’s cannister die. I got a wonderful public domain unicorn image from Wikipedia and fussy cut it and adhered it to the front of the luminary.

The flowers were created with a Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch.  I used an embossing tool to give the flowers more dimension and added tiny self-adhesive half pearls to the centers and also to the pattern created by the Eternal Rings die and on the corners of the top and bottom of the  luminary.

 If you look closely at the photo above you can see the battery operated tea light I added.  The tea light is from Walmart.  Rather than open the luminary from the top, I created it to open from the bottom, so the  tea light could be easily accessed.

For the top of the luminary, I used a beautiful filigree flower adornment from the Flying Unicorn and added a flower and pearl to the middle.  The lid is glued to the top of the luminary, which is really the bottom turned upside down.

I love the effect of the lighted luminary.

I showed it to a colleague at work who asked me if I could make a night light for her new granddaughter.  And so … I did!  Unfortunately, I got the name wrong on the panel I added, so I will be making another one this weekend.

In a few days, I shall share photos showing how I created these.

In closing, I would like to share how I met Eileen Hull.  We have been Facebook friends for several years.  This year I was able to attend the CHA convention in Anaheim, and while I was there, I wanted to say hello to Eileen, so I went to one of her make and take demonstrations.  After the demonstration, I went behind the counter to get my picture taken with Eileen.  We were having a fun chat, and a very nice lady approached the counter, and being in a jolly mood, I asked her if she would like to do a make and take.  Eileen let me show the lady how to do the project. I had so much fun.  Eileen videotaped it with her phone and shared it on Facebook.  Click HERE if you would like to see the video.

Please check back in a few days and visit Jean’s blog to see how she made the luminaries.
If you would like to try your hand at creating a Canister, you can buy the die here (and it’s even on sale!):

Thanks Jean for sharing your art with us!
See you on Tuesday with another amazing selection of awesomeness from our super talented Inspiration Team!
And we have a Paper Trail update coming soon with details about the Paper Trail 4 Tour in April so check back! I would love for you to follow Scotty and I for an up-close and personal look at travel teaching in a vintage camper-  follow me here on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

Stop Hunger Now

Yesterday was busy!

I started the morning at a really cool event put on by Stop Hunger Now. It was held at my church and co-sponsored by the ADAMS Center, a mosque located around the corner from Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church. 175 people from our community gathered from 9:30-11:30 with the goal of packaging meals for 35,000 people! I have to say I was motivated not only by the desire to be part of this great mission, but also because I didn’t see how it was possible to do so much in such a small amount of time and wanted to see for myself. [Read more…]

Featured Fan: Bonnie McLain

Bonnie McLain consistently blows us away with her amazing projects and often enters our monthly Art With Heart Challenge here on the blog.

BTW- a new challenge just started- join us here and show us what you are working on- this month’s theme is “Go Green”!

So I got to chatting with Bonnie on line and asked her if she would agree to do a guest post over here on the blog. She graciously said yes. Take a look at what she has created and I’m sure you will agree- Bonnie is one amazing designer! [Read more…]

Stampendous!/Artist Trading Block Hop- Treehouse

So far this Stampendous ATB Block hop has been nothing short of spectacular! Every morning I get up and can’t wait to start clicking through the links to see what’s happening on the hop.

Artist trading blocks provide a multi-dimensional canvas for your artistic expression.  It’s never been easier to create, collect and share your style with Stampendous stamps and Essentials!

The creativity of a collaboration provides new ways of designing with the same styles you love from Stampendous and new product partners that complement so well together. Of course, we love playing with new toys so it’s a win-win for all of us.

There is a striking line up of designers posting today and we know that you’re going to love more inspiration so let’s get started “block” hopping through them. Did we mention there are prizes for you hoppers?Stampendous and Eileen Hull Artist Trading Block Hop | Eileenhull.com

 

We have prizes!!!  We’ll choose three winners at random from the comments on all blogs in the hop. Then from those three we’ll randomly pick a GRAND PRIZE winner! Two of the winners will receive Stampendous PenPattern Petal and PenPattern Flutter cling stamps, just like you’ll see on Kristine Reynolds amazing ATB sample. They’ll also receive enough pre-cut, premium matboard from Sizzix to make two boxes of your own, plus some extra pieces for fiddly bits! The Grand Prize winner will receive the stamps as above, a whole package of matboard, AND the Sizzix die to cut your own ATB boxes! Uh, WOW!

If that weren’t enough, eligibility for these amazing prize packages has expanded to include our international fans too!

We’ve extended the commenting time to accommodate designers posting projects that received their Stampendous products through slow mail. So we’ve extended the deadline a whole extra week to give us, you and the designers time to enjoy the collaboration projects from the “block party” hop. The comment deadline will be Sunday, March 8th. We will continue posting links as we receive them from the Inspiration Team, so be sure to keep checking back. You get one entry for every comment, so you don’t want to miss the chance to leave a thoughtful comment on each project. For those who tend to get lost, we’ll post a “cumulative” link list of links so far on Saturday, February 28th and Saturday, March 7th. Then you can check your progress.

Here are today’s participating designers –

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lea Kimmel

Pam Hornschu

Eileen Hull

Amy Bowerman

Tracy Evans

Lisa Hoel

Nicole Wright

For some reason I could not settle on what I wanted to create- there were so many fun options!  Then time got tight and I decided to just let it happen… so I went down to the studio and started playing around with what was on my desk.

Here’s what I came up with…

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The stamps that I received from Stampendous! were a set of houses and sentiments about home. I love houses because when we were growing up, my dad would buy old houses and fix them up- sometimes for us to live in and some to rent out or sell. It was so exciting to go in them and explore- not so much fun as a teenager when your summer job was stripping 16 layers of wallpaper though…

I married a military man and houses took on a new significance which meant moving often and making new friends along the way.

You will find the supplies at the bottom of the post if you want to make one.

  • Die cut the block three times from matboard. In one use the Heart Mover and Shaper to die cut the shape out of the block. Leave one strip plan. Cut the third strip, as seen in the photo, for the roof. treehouse7Use ColorBox Blends (by Eileen Hull!) to color a soft background on the two larger blocks.
  • Use this secret weapon to mute colors into a watercolor effect.

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  • Stamp house images on blocks, taking care to factor in how the block will be oriented when finished. Color cut out heart with Stop ink- love this color!

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  • For the roof, swipe Flagstone, Nutmeg and Ebony Blends across the strip sideways. Add Spoonful of Rust powder on top in random spots and hit from below with the heat gun. I found it did take a while for the heat to get through the matboard but when it did- WOW! I also added some Frantange embossing powders to mimic snow. The bonus was there were gold flecks mixed in so now it glitters when the light hits it.

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  •  Die cut 8 hearts from matboard (from another block die). With two of the hearts, notch and make 3D. Add fishing line to the top and bottom by adding a line of glue down the side seam. Place fishing line within the glue and let dry.
  • Cut a piece of clear packaging and trim to the size of the finished house and roof. Ink hearts with assorted colors and adhere to packaging, then slip inside house. Save one heart and add white/gold embossing power and adhere to the front of the house.

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  • To assemble house, run a line of hot glue along both edges of block and set roof evenly on top.
  • I added corks to the bottom of the house to give a little more dimension. Kind of reminds me of a treehouse!

Stampendous! and Sizzix are a great combo, don’t you think? Thanks for stopping by … and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Eileen


Quick & Easy Planner

At CHA, I attended an exciting networking event hosted by Prime Publishing. It was open to craft and DIY bloggers with kind of a speed dating format. Craft manufacturer sponsors were available to chat with, hear about their newest products and see how you might partner with them for work opportunities. When I got back from CHA, I received a giant box of products from the sponsors of the event. I was so happy that Sizzix, one of the sponsors of the event, included my Kitchen Labels set! And I got one! 🙂 All of the attendees of the event received similar products. So now Prime Publishing is putting on the Best Blogger of 2015- a contest to see who was the most creative in using the products they received. in their box!

I created a Quick & Easy Planner using my Sizzix Mini-Album die.  I am going to use this to plan projects for the blog, sketch out new dies, make class supply lists and keep track of deadlines. It’s easy to add more pages or switch the order if necessary. There’s no reason why you can’t have a little fun making things pretty and get some work done at the same time, right? 

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