Eileen Hull

Art with Heart December Challenge : Holiday Traditions

4 Dec

Hey Everyone! The Holiday Season is in full swing and it’s time for Holiday Traditions and a new Art with Heart Challenge! The Inspiration Team is here to share their favorite Holiday Traditions with creative projects featuring my Sizzix dies! This month you’ll see fun Holiday projects created with dies from my latest collection Vintage Kitchen and some old favorites. Hope you will join in on the Holiday fun and enter your creations in the “Holiday Traditions “challenge here at Art with Heart.

Tracy Evan’s created a jolly Advent Chest of Drawers using my Candy Drawer Die. Every single detail of this fun project is sure to get you in the Holiday spirit!

Take a sleigh ride over to Tracy’s blog for more details on this clever creation and a peek at what she’s keeping in those drawers.

Pam Bray is packing up some Holiday Gift Giving ideas with this darling Suitcase Gift Card Holder Set!

Pack your bags and head on over to Pam’s Blog for more details on this adorable Gift Card Holder project.

In case you missed Lisa Hoel’s quick-and-easy Loaf Pan project you can check it out HERE.

There’s so many fun ways to use my new Vintage Kitchen Collection. Each day this month I’ll be sharing quick and easy projects using Vintage Kitchen created by the Inspiration Team and special guest designers!

You too can have a chance to get creative with my fun and functional Loaf Pan Die by entering the Art with Heart Challenge for a chance to win it! Link up your creations below.

Eileen

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Quick and Easy Loaf Pan

3 Dec

I promised more Quick and Easy packaging ideas… so here we go!

Today I want to share a merry and bright project by Lisa Hoel of Creative Juice. She used the Loaf Pan die from the new Sizzix Vintage Kitchen collection. The tags are from the Kitchen Labels die. I love the fresh colors Lisa chose! [Read more…]

Quick and Easy Holiday Garland

1 Dec

Happy December everyone! I am celebrating because this happened…

Hold on to your hats because we are going to be showing you LOTS of inspiration this month! It’s the most wonderful time of the year so keep coming back to check out some quick and easy ways to package holiday gifts, make tags, cards and labels for your homemade (or store bought- we won’t tell!) crafts and goodies. The important thing is to show you are thinking of someone, right? [Read more…]

Easy Notepad

22 Nov

There’s a nip in the air and I am sorry to say my crafting mojo has just skipped right over Thanksgiving and on to Christmas- I blame it on the stores that put out Christmas stuff the day after Halloween.

Last night I was re-organizing. It’s amazing how much stuff came out of that tiny little camper after the Paper Trail trip and now has to be assimilated back in the studio. So while I was putting things away, I found a bunch of these little memo pads I had gotten at the Christmas Tree Shop a while ago. Since they were 3″ square, I wondered if the Sizzix Square Box die would work as a little folder to wrap the pad with because it is a 3 1/4″ square. I actually tried the 3″ Block but it was a little tight.

At this time of year I am always looking for little handmade gifts. [Read more…]

Vintage Kitchen “Favorite Recipes” part 2

18 Nov

Hello friends! The Inspiration Team is back again with more of their “Favorite Recipes” using my new Sizzix collection Vintage Kitchen. You won’t want to miss these creative project tutorials featuring my latest collection perfect for all your holiday baking, entertaining and gifting needs.

*Stay tuned at the end of this post for the winner and top 3 of last months Tricks and treats challenge.

Shelly Hickox has a beautiful botanical Tea Canister tutorial to share with you. Shelly shows you how to pretty up my Vintage Kitchen Canister die using decorative trims and Graphic 45 Botanical Tea papers.

Visit Shelly’s blog to learn more about this lovely project and how to create one yourself.

Rina Gonzales has a fun and creative way to use the Cookie Jar die from Vintage Kitchen. This clever gal has turned it into a super cute lip gloss holder!

Check out the tutorial on Rina’s blog and prepare to be ‘psyched’!

Diana Hetherington has several Vintage Kitchen project tutorials to share with you from cake pan pin cushions to mixed media lanterns!

You’ll find lots of unique ways to use my new collection on Diana’s blog so stop by for loads of inspiration!

The always innovative Michelle Zerull has an oh so cute pin cushion project to share with you using my cookie jar die.

Visit Michelle’s blog for a fantastic tutorial on how to fuse fabric to mat board and create this clever project yourself!

Lisa Hoel will get you in the Holiday baking spirit with this holly jolly use of my canister die perfect for gifting cookies and other baked goods.

Stop by Lisa’s blog for a full tutorial and a cute printable to include with all of your home-baked gifts.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson puts the V in vintage with this fantastic mixed-media tutorial using my Vintage Kitchen Canister die!

Stop by Anna-Karin’s blog to learn how to give your Vintage Kitchen projects a truly vintage look using inks, stamps and embossing pastes! You’ll find this and more creative Vintage Kitchen projects so don’t delay!

WOW! Holy Vintage Kitchen inspiration batman! We don’t call them the “Inspiration Team” for nothing 🙂 You can check out all of the new Sizzix dies from my Vintage Kitchen Collection HERE.

Now without further delay, let’s get to the Winner and Top 3 of Tricks and Treats…

And the winner is….Pamellia Johnson with this spectacular Spooky house created from recycled pizza boxes!

I guarantee you will be spell-bound by the level of detail included in this amazing project…truly magical! Stop by Pamelli a’s blog for more details and prepare to be seriously inspired!

*Pamela please contact Amy(at)pluckingdaisies(dot)com with your shipping info so we can get your prize to you ASAP!

First up in the Top 3 is Keeley of Having a Me Day with this witchy and WONDERFUL mixed media canvas!

You’ll find lots of paper piecing, inking and die cutting goodness on Keeley’s blog so stop by and check it out.

Next we have Nicole of Canadian Nickel Scrappin’ with an ATB sky-high with creative tricks and treats!

You won’t want to miss a single detail included in this ATB Tower so stop by Nicole’s blog for more photos and steps. Nicole had several Artist Trading Block creations to share this month so be sure to check them all out HERE.

Last but certainly not least we have Carole Z with a super spook-tacular ATB scene!

I love how Carole used corrugated cardboard with the ATB dies to create these darling, rickety houses don’t you? Visit Carole’s blog for more details on this awe-inspiring project.

Big Congrats to Pamellia and the Top 3 and a huge thank you to all for sharing your Art with Heart!

I hope you all will join in on the current Art with Heart Challenge and share your “favorite (creative) recipes” HERE.

Eileen

Art with Heart Challenge November : Favorite Recipes

12 Nov

Hello everyone! November is already well under way and we have a LOT going on this month. My new collection Vintage Kitchen will be available for purchase next week so check with your local stores. This is an extremely versatile collection perfect for holiday gifting and beyond! You can check out the entire Vintage Kitchen Sizzix Collection HERE. In the meantime the Inspiration team will be providing you with the “recipe” for their Vintage Kitchen creations in honor of the November Art with Heart Challenge “Favorite Recipes”.

We hope you will join in on the fun and share your favorite creative “recipe” by linking up a project at the end of this post. The winner of this challenge will receive an extra special prize, a signed Vintage Kitchen Die from the Paper Trail! Due to the upcoming holiday our challenge will be extended till November 30, 2014.

Need some creative juice to get you going? Have no fear, the Inspiration Team is Here!

Tracy Evans has a fabulous take on my new Canister Die. Cool colors and mixed media techniques abound!

Stop by Tracy’s Blog for all the steps on how to create this fun and functional project.

Pam Bray has not one, but THREE great project tutorials to share using her always amazing Sizzix and Graphic 45 combo.

Swing by Pam’s Blog for details on this project and more!

Anne Redfern also has a few tutorials to share with you using my new Cookie Box die from Vintage Kitchen.

Visit Anne’s Blog to get the scoop on how to create this darling sewing box and more uses for the cookie box die.

Donna Budzynski has a plethora of Vintage Kitchen tutorials for you! This gorgeous creamer and sugar project is just the icing on the cake!

Hop on over to Donna’s Blog where you will find details on how to create all kinds of projects with Vintage Kitchen dies from cards to mixed-media canvases!

Oxana Moupisaridou rounds us out with this darling creation made with my oven die. I just love Oxana’s attention to detail and you will too.

Visit Oxana’s Blog for steps on this project and a bonus cookie box creation you have to see to believe!

In addition to all of the Vintage Kitchen excitement Team ATB has a “Block Hop” with 100 Proof Press happening all month-long!

You can find the latest ATB creations from 100 Proof Press on Wednesdays HERE and Team ATB on Thursdays HERE.

I do apologize for the delay in announcing the winner of the Tricks and Treats challenge. I’ll be back on Friday with the Winner and Top 3!

Stay tuned next week for more Vintage Kitchen Inspiration from the Inspiration Team. We can’t wait to see your “Favorite Recipes”!

Eileen

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