Eileen Hull

Three dimensional art... with heart

New ScoreBoard Vase Die a la Jonathan Fong

Jonathan Fong is an author, lifestyle expert and on air personality and also happens to be a friend of mine. We met about years ago at CHA. He was promoting his new book Flowers that Wow and was sporting a pair of pants with about 2000 tiny pictures of flowers on them. Of course we could not let him pass by our booth without getting the story on the pants! What a fun guy- we had a great visit. A few months later, he was in town for a speaking engagement at the Expo Center here in VA so we met up and had a little time to get to know each other and have been in touch ever since. He did a very cool project making Guest Towel Cupcakes for an Oprah audition video and inspired me to make some using my ScoreBoard cupcake holders which you can see in my blog post here. Anyway, when Jonathan found out I would be in town for CHA, he invited me to be a guest on his weekly web TV show, Style with a Smile. We had a great time making it and I’ll be sure to let you know when it airs. Many thanks to our production assistant, Lorine Mason!

I left him with one of my new ScoreBoard dies and got a note from him tonight along with this picture.

“Look, I made a vase using your fabulous die. It was for a friend who is in the musical “The Adding Machine.” So I made flowers out of the logo and put the logo on the matboard and cut the die. It looks so cool, thanks Eileen!”

Is that creative or what? Love it- thanks Jonathan!

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Back from CHA

I just watched the Cool2Craft webcast from CHA and wow- it appears there was a lot that I missed! I spent a most of my time in my booth where I met with manufacturers and art directors from the gift and stationery industry. I hope to convert some of my design work in the craft industry over to another line of products. If things work out I should be busy for a while. We stayed in a very interesting old hotel called the Figueroa. From what I understand, it used to be a YMCA- the decor was eclectic and interesting, if not the most up to date… but the price was right… and the other good thing was that it was really close to the Convention Center so we were able to walk in every morning.

There were lots of events and classes going on. Due to the snow, I missed the panel on Product Development I was supposed to sit on, but I did make it to the other events. The Designer Round Tables went really well and had great attendance. Our Sizzix class was lots of fun and I think the folks that took it enjoyed getting a glimpse of what is coming in the next few months. I liked meeting everyone a lot.

I also had the opportunity of meeting a bunch of Cool2Craft viewers who were there visiting the show (hi Hermy!) plus had a couple of minutes to hang out with my friends Lisa Fulmer, Andrea Currie, Ann Butler, Eco Heidi, Linda Peterson and Tiffany Windsor.

The Sizzix booth was just beautiful as always- many thanks to Deena Ziegler who created the Fresh Vintage project samples that appeared in the booth. They are out of this world. Deena has posted some pics of the booth- take a look at her blog. Here’s a shot of me in the booth. Isn’t this a cool logo the Art Department came up with?

I will tell you some more about a webisode we filmed next time! Have a great weekend everyone 🙂

CHA Sneak Peek #4

OK so I am kind of bummed right now as DC got slammed with a bad snowstorm last night. I got a text from Southwest saying that my flight at 9:05 today was cancelled. But my friend Lorine and I decided to go early (5:30 for a 7:00 flight) and hope to get out standby anyway. Unfortunately, when you do that, your luggage goes even if you don’t. So after spending 6 hours in the airport and not moving up the list at all, we came back home to regroup.

Luckily we do have a reservation for 12:40 tomorrow but I will miss sitting on a panel discussion called, Take it to Market which I was really looking forward to. Then I am supposed to moderate a discussion on Blog Hop Marketing for the Round Table Discussions and last is a Sizzix Triple Play class where I was going to teach a fun project from my new line of dies, Fresh Vintage, at 7. Might still make that one and am crossing my fingers.

So, here’s another sneak peek just for listening to my *sad story! This is the XL Caddy die- there’s so much you can do with this… I used it for a little notepad holder. The flowers are part of the die too and I colored them with Copic markers- such fun!

So *sad… I am sitting in front of the fire and just had a nice nap after being up all last night. Time for my dinner- Subway tuna on wheat. Life is not all that bad 🙂

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CHA Sneak Peek #3

This is a quick post because I am in the last phases of printing posters, packing and deciding what shoes to bring put in my CHA suitcase 🙂 But here’s a sample of the butterfly die that will be coming out as part of the Fresh Vintage collection. I am excited about this die because it’s a mini- ScoreBoard (Bigz size, not XL like all of the others have been) and comes with another set of cut out wings that are a cool overlay. I didn’t use the overlay here because the simplicity of the 20 layers from an old map book looked just right as it was. I curled the wing edges with a pen for movement. And there you have it my friends… much more will be coming later. Wish you all could be there at the show… See you as soon as I catch a breath!

CHA sneak peek #2

This week has been a blur. As I get ready for the big CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) Show starting next Saturday, I am feeling overwhelmed, excited and nervous. I am displaying my work in the License & Design Section. This is a place where artists and designers set up their work and hopefully attract the interest of manufacturers looking for the latest and greatest new thing. I don’t know why but it seems that all of my best ideas come to me at the last minute. Anyone else out there feeling my pain?

The one thing that I feel really good about is my new line of Sizzix dies that will be debuting at the show! The collection is called Fresh Vintage and the dies were designed to be used with paper and lots of other materials. I’m talking recycled cereal boxes, tissue paper, vinyl scraps, leather, fun foam, coffee filters, glitter chipboard, felt, fleece, bubble wrap, you name it. Here’s pic of one of the new ScoreBoards- a vintage suitcase that can be used to hold treasures, jewelry, a small gift or whatever you decide. The dies will be shipping in May.  Will try to post from the show!

CHA Sneak Peek!


I’m excited to share a look at some of my new Sizzix dies that will be released at the Craft and Hobby Show (CHA) in a few weeks. The collection is called Fresh Vintage and I can’t wait to show you the whole batch because I love it! Stay tuned for more…

A couple other things for you today… first of all, we have a winner of the Noodle Contest! Lynda’s Wreath made from noodles really blew our judge Jaclyn away! So Lynda will receive a $10 Anything gift card from Noodles and Company. Thanks to all of the contestants who sent in their entries- such fun!

I got my Creative Women newsletter today written by my designer friend (and Triple Play Blog Hopper), Melony Bradley. I always love to see what cool ideas Melony has to share and today I was surprised to see one of my designs in the newsletter. This New Year’s Resolution Board first appeared in All-Occasion Paper Crafting (2005). The funny part about it is that it’s been 6 years since I have submitted the project and those resolutions are still ones that I am trying to keep (obviously not too successfully!).

What a great job EcoHeidi Borchers did with her first show today! Here’s the link to the replay of her show.. I love all of Heidi’s eco-friendly and super crafty ideas and can’t wait to try some of her clever projects!

Back to work. CHA Show is 17 days away!