Eileen Hull

The #PaperTrail Itinerary and Mystery Celebrity First Stop

2 Jun

I can’t remember the last time I had to pack for a month away from home! But it’s happening…On Monday, June 2, I am headed out for four weeks on the#PaperTrail adventure! My 1976 trailer, Scotty, is loaded up with crafty goodness and vintage suitcases full of inspirational samples. I will be visiting twelve independent craft stores and teaching classes featuring my licensed craft products: Sizzix dies, Clearsnap inks and CraffitiDirect stamps. You will be seeing it all- a snapshot of life on the road because I will be blogging and keeping you updated on social media. So I hope you will follow the #PaperTrail with me on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

There are a few reasons I want to share this adventure with you… but one of them is… quite honestly, I am a little nervous about it all, and I sure would feel better to know that I had some friends riding along with me. Please feel free to grab a button and post it on your blog or Facebook and invite your friends to follow along as well- the more the merrier. All are welcome!

Here’s the map of where I am headed. You can click on the red pins and that will show you the name of the event and location- I love Google Maps!

June 2, 2014

Eileen Meets a Celebrity! Tune in tomorrow to find out who it is and the story behind how it happened!

And Tuesday evening… an evening with my friend, CardMonkey Jarvis, and friends. Looking forward to meeting up with Ellen’s crafty group and sharing tips and techniques on die cutting. We’ll be making tiny suitcases in honor of Scotty’s journey.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Pages In Time
16 E. 28th Division Hwy (Route 322) Lititz, PA 17543

717-625-4455

Noon- demo Mini-Album

2:00-4:00 Doodled Artist Trading Blocks

If you say pretty please you can come out and tour the trailer!

Thursday, June 5, 2014
Great American Stamp Store
8 Church St S, Westport, CT 06880
(203) 221-1229

10:30-11:30 Canning Jar Recipe Book mini-class
12:30-4:30 Chunky Book

Friday, June 6, 2014
Country Living Fair
Rhinebeack, NY
Meeting up with my sister to see what we can find! I’ll be staying overnight with Kathy- she and my mom recovered the cushions in the camper for me back in March. You can read about that here. Kathy has a gorgeous little sewing cottage so I will get post some pics for you to drool over.

Thanks to an introduction from my friend Jo Packham of Where Women Create, I am going to meet Jen, owner of Earth Angel, in her booth!

Saturday, June 7, 2014
West Springfield Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival
Will anyone else be going to this? Let’s plan to meet up! Gather at the camper and enjoy a cold beverage and then head in to the latest goodies for sale! Contact me at 703-283-2012. Catherine Matthews-Scanlon is on board! Who else wants in?

EDIT: Change in plan. The class at KeptCreations did not fill up. I am staying in Shokan with my sister for an extra day and heading to W. Springfield to the Stamp Show on Sunday since I don’t have class. You have to be flexible!

Sunday, June 8, 2014
Kept Creations
15 South Ave, Whitman, MA 02382
(781) 447-4010
CANCELLED
Noon- demo
2:00-4:00- Artist Trading Block Wood Tower
Visit the trailer and sign my guestbook!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Bella Art
1665 hartford avenue, johnston, ri 02919
401-383-0199 or info@bellaartonline.com.
11:00- 3:00 Chunky Book

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Inspiration Station
13 Furnace Ave.
Stafford Springs, CT 06076
(860) 684-2641

10:00-12:00 Delightful Box

1:00-3:00 demo

6:00-8:00 Delightful Box

Thursday, June 12, 2014
Life’s Memories and More
Schoolhouse Commons
1085 Park Street Palmer MA 01069
413-283-4448 info@lifesmemoriesandmore.com

12:30-3:00 Bloom Box

Friday- Saturday, June 13-14, 2014
Beautiful Impressions
30 Westbrook Place, Westbrook, CT 06498
info@beautiful-impressions.com
Friday , June 13
11-12 Washi Tape Canning Jar Recipe Book using Eileen’s ScoreBoards Canning Jar die.
6:30-7:30 Washi Tape Canning Jar Recipe Book
Saturday, June 14
Another Mini- Class! We’ll be making an Artist Trading Blocks.

Bring your camera- we have LOTS of samples!

Chunky Book featuring Eileen’s Square Box die, Clearsnap inks and CraffitiDirect stamps.

Sunday, June 15, 2014
Stamp and Scrap Nest LLC
1384 Hopmeadow Street (Route 10) Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 658-9023
e-mail: stampscrapnest@aol.com

12:30-3: Bloom Box

Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Scrap Happy Ohio
2445 w market st
wolf creek plaza
tiffin Ohio 44883

419-443-0882 scraphappyohio@yahoo.com

10:00-12:00- Art Journal
1:00-2:00- Recipe Book

Thursday and Friday , June 19-20, 2014
The Doodlebug
671 3rd Avenue | Jasper, IN 47546 | 1.812.482.4949
doodlebug@thedoodlebuginc.com

Thursday
2:00-4:00 demo
6:00-10:00 Chunky Book
Friday
10:30-12:30 Memories Mini
1:00-3:00 demo

Friday and Saturday, June 20-21, 2014
Mary’s Scrapden
1394 N. Green River Rd. Evansville, IN 47715 812-474-9099
marysscrapden@aol.com

Friday, June 20
6:00-10:00 Chunky Book
Saturday, June 21
10:00-11:00 Canning Jar Recipe Book
11:30-12:30 Birthday Box
1:00-3:00 Mini-Album
So happy to be headed back to see my friends at Mary’s! We will be busy here…

Don’t worry- thanks to my amazing Inspiration Team and Team ATB, there will still be plenty of amazing and inspirational projects posted while I am on the road. What a great group of designers I am blessed to have led by the dynamic Amy Bowerman of Plucking Daisies, my IT coordinator!

While you are here, scroll down and see what we have been up to… and please visit our sister site, The Artists on the Block, where you can see new Artist Trading Blocks being created and shared daily.

Thanks for stopping by everyone, and tune in tomorrow to find out what my first stop on the #PaperTrail will be…

Art with Heart May Flowers Challenge Winner & Top 3

31 May

Hello Everyone! As I’m gearing up for the #PaperTrail2 I didn’t get to posting the Winner and Top 3 of the Art with Heart Challenge yesterday. So let’s get right to it! We had such amazing entries this month how does one decide? It was a tough decision for sure!

Our winner this month is Claudine Criner! Claudine created this beautiful Bird House Artist Trading Block adorned with birds and blooms.

Stop by Claudine’s Blog to see more of this fabulous, flowering Artist Trading Block.

I wish I could choose all of the lovely projects entered in this month’s challenge we had such fantastic entries! You can see all of the beautiful projects linked up to our May Flowers Challenge HERE.

First up, we have this glittery bit of gorgeous created by Canadian Nickel Scrap’n using my Candy Drawer die!

Stop by Nicole’s blog for more details on this oh so pretty project!

There were so many beautiful floral Artist Trading Block’s linked up this month I had the toughest time of all choosing which ones to pick. They ALL deserve a top 3 mention in my opinion.

Like this phenomenal floral ATB created by Craft Art! Can you believe this was her FIRST ATB? Neither can I!

Stop by Craft Art for more glorious details.

Another “First” Artist Trading Block just bursting with blooms created by Mo Stokes rounds out our top 3!

Stop by Mo’s blog for a wonderful tutorial on how she created this innovative ATB design!

A big thank you to all for your continued support of the Art with Heart Challenge and for sharing your creativity with us here! A new challenge begins Tuesday June 3 with lots of creative inspiration from my Inspiration Team! If you missed any of the Inspiration Team projects from the May Flowers Challenge you can see them HERE.

Team ATB has also been busy this month creating Artist Trading Blocks with Altered Pages! You can find a full recap of all the amazing Artist Trading Blocks created by Team ATB and Altered Pages HERE.

In other Artist Trading Block news Team ATB is growing! Stop by and say hello to our newest team member Anne Redfern! You are in for an inspirational treat when you see Anne’s latest ATB creation. Check out the latest and greatest Artist Trading Block projects from Anne HERE.

I’ll be heading out on the #PaperTrail2 next week. I may be coming to your town! See if I’m coming your way HERE.

You can follow me on the #PaperTrail2 without leaving home here…

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Eileen

Inspiration Team May Flowers Recap

27 May

Hello everyone! Wow, the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team has outdone themselves this month with Sizzix design inspiration for our Art with Heart May Flowers challenge! Paper Flower projects abound with creative ways to use my Sizzix dies! In case you missed it here is a quick recap of the Inspiration Teams May Flowers projects and a brand new project from the fabulous Shelly Hickox!

Shelly created a gorgeous floral wedding album for her daughter’s anniversary using my Mini Album and Heart Flower dies. Stop by Shelly’s blog for more on this lovely wedding album project!

You won’t want to miss any of these pretty May Flower projects from the Inspiration Team! Here they are again for your “inspiration”…

Paper Flower Basket by Amy Bowerman

Paper Flower Food Jar by Michelle Zerull

Mixed-Media Artist Trading Block by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Metallic Artist Trading Block by Tracy Evans

Pop-up Artist Trading Block by Shelly Hickox

Cake Slice Box with Video Tutorial by Evgenia Petzer

Canning Jar Flower Vase by Donna Budzynski

Candy Drawer Chest by Beatriz Jennings

Floral Artist Trading Block by Rina Gonzales

Hydrangea Chandelier by Beth Watson

Floral Bag Caddy by Melissa Phillips

Garden Gnome Artist Trading Block by Amy Bowerman

Seed Packet Gift Card Holders by Amy Bowerman

There’s still time to enter the Art with Heart May Flowers Challenge and win a Sizzix prize pack! Link up your projects HERE by Thursday May 29, 2014 and come back on Friday to see the winner and top 3!

Eileen

Inspiration Team Tuesday: Paper Flower Projects

20 May

Hey everyone! The Inspiration Team is back with some fabulous May Flowers inspiration for you! These Paper Flower projects created using my Sizzix dies will have YOUR creativity blooming in no time!

Beth Watson created this gorgeous Hydrangea Chandelier using my Borders and Hydrangea die and my Leaves Die.

Stop by Beth’s blog for a fantastic step-by-step tutorial.

Amy of Plucking Daisies is on a paper flower making roll! She has created this lovely floral Gift Card Holder using my Seed Packet, Leaves and Fringe Flower die. Stop by Plucking Daisies for not 1 but 4 different ways to use the Seed Packet die to make Gift Card holders for a variety of occasions!

Amy didn’t stop at Gift Card Holders. She continued her paper flower making kick and created this Whimsical Garden Gnome Artist Trading Block! I can’t even believe how many of my dies she incorporated into this project. Stop by Plucking Daisies to get the scoop.

While we are on the subject of Gnomes and Artist Trading Blocks, if you are looking for more Artist Trading Block inspiration you needn’t look further than our sister team Team ATB! Stop by the Artists on the Block to see some amazing ATB creations from Team ATB, the Inspiration Team and Altered Pages!

Melissa Phillips created this beyond beautiful Shabby-chic caddy using my bag caddy die and fringe flower .

Stop by Melissa’s blog for more gorgeous details on this pretty project!

The Inspiration Team has done it again! Are you inspired yet? I thought so! Now it’s your turn to share YOUR Art with Heart for a chance to win a Sizzix prize pack! Link up your Art with Heart HERE...I can’t wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to stop by The Artists On The Block and check out the crazy amazing Artist Trading Block designs being created for our month-long “Block Hop” with Altered Pages!

You can also find your daily dose of ATB inspiration on our Facebook page.

Eileen

Gearing up for #PaperTrail 2!

19 May

In two short weeks, I will be headed out again on the #PaperTrail! We had so much fun in March up in New England, we are going back again to many of the stops we made on our first trip. But first there are two events in Pennsylvania.You are not going to believe who I have a meeting with! I am going to make you wait to hear this because it deserves a post of its own. And you will crack up when you hear how it all happened… [Read more…]

Inspiration Team Tuesday {May Flowers}

13 May

Hey Everyone! It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means? Lots of creative inspiration from my Inspiration Team! These talented gals never cease to amaze me with their creative use of my Sizzix Dies. Prepare to be amazed and most importantly, inspired to create some “Art with Heart” of your own.

First up we have the lovely Evgenia Petzer with an equally lovely project featuring my Cake Slice Sizzix Scoreboards die. Blooms and butterflies adorn this beautiful creation, perfect for a shower or thoughtful gift!

Evgenia has posted a video on how she created this gorgeous project that you can see HERE. Visit Evgenia’s blog for more beautiful paper creations and inspiration.

Donna Budzynski of Meme’s Art Place used my Canning Jar Sizzix Scoreboards die to create a rustic (and realistic) vase for real live flowers! Just wait till you see how she colored her mason jar to look just like the real thing!

Stop by Donna’s Blog to see more of this lovely canning jar flower vase.

Beatriz Jennings has put her pretty paper spin on this gorgeous chest of floral drawers using my Candy Drawer Sizzix Scoreboards die. Beatriz is the master of pretty papers, ribbons, buttons and trims! All are present here on this fabulous floral creation.

Check out Beatriz’s blog for more info on how to create this clever chest of drawers.

Finally, we have this lovely, flowery Artist Trading Block created by Rina Gonzales. Rina coupled my Heart Petal, Leaves and Artist Trading Blocks Dies with my new stamps from Craffiti Direct and Clearsnap Blends Inks! How Cool is that?

Stop by Mothership Scrapbook Gal to learn more about this lovely Artist Trading Block.

Want more Artist Trading Block Inspiration? Our “Block Hop” with Team ATB and Altered Pages is going on all month long every Tuesday and Thursday in May. You won’t believe the ATB’s being created for this hop! Stop by and see them HERE.

So how’s that for some floral Inspiration from the Inspiration Team? Now it’s your turn to share YOUR floral creations for the Art with Heart May Flowers challenge! You can link up your project HERE for a chance to win a fun prize.

Be sure to stop by each Inspiration Team Members Blog and let them know how much you LOVE their pretty projects!

Eileen