Eileen Hull

Triple Play Blog Hop starts this Thursday!

1 Nov

You may be wondering what this logo is all about. Well, myself and fellow Sizzix die artists Karen Burniston and Brenda Pinnick have teamed up to put together a blog hop that’s going to blow your socks off! The Sizzix blog is where it will start this Thursday- go there to see 60 (or so) fabulous designers’ versions of my ScoreBoard Pro House die! No two projects will be the same- I am dying to see what cool things everyone has done with theirs! Every Thursday for seven weeks a different die will be featured so stay tuned for lots of blog candy.

Use the navigation buttons to check out all of the fun blogs even before the hop starts- I have been doing this for the past week or so while testing to make sure everything works just perfectly for Thursday. This webring was designed for us by our friend and knower of all things web-related, Jen Goode. Jen, we owe you big time! You can also go to the Sizzix site and see the impressive list of participating designers.

I hope you can stop by for a giant serving of inspiration! Here’s the link to my YouTube interview on Cool2Craft with the Triple Play Blog Hop inside scoop. See you Thursday!

Terroriffic Tuesday #4

26 Oct

Vanessa shows us how to make a Cute
Felt Pumpkin in just a few minutes!

Get creative with Eileen Hull with her Pop
Up Bat card. Super festive!

Glory makes a beautiful Autumn
Wreath to hang on your door or wall.

Erika shares with us her cute Halloween
bandana that her dog Sebastian loves wearing!

Cheryl Ball wows us with an adorable Jack-o-lantern
Pin perfect for the season!

Sew a sweet Pumpkin
Placement with Phyllis Dobbs!

Crafty Chica gets her glow on with this Sci
Fi Senorita Head that is totally spooky!

Crafterella offers up some downloadable
custom labels that are super spooky and fun!

Make a spooky Undead
Terrorarium with Silvia Chenault.

Whip up some cute and quirky Moss
Monsters with Missy at Marvelously Messy!

Kate Pullen offers up a fun Pumpkin
Favor Box perfect to hand out at Halloween parties!

Get into the fall spirit with this Pretty
Fabric Flower from Ann Butler.

Pattiewack crafts up some Mummy
Barbies perfect for a haunting Halloween display!

Alexa a.k.a. Swelldesigner makes a bold Orange
and black Mary Jane candy wreath, perfect for hanging or eating!

This is for Karen

26 Oct

At CHA this summer, Karen Burniston, Sizzix pop-up genius, gave me one of her latest dies, the Pop-Up Bat. I am ashamed to say that it sat on my shelf for some time. I decided it was time to see what these pop-up dies were all about. Surprise, surprise… they are FUN! The directions were super easy and it came together quickly. I love how my little bat fits perfectly in the ScoreBoard Memo Holder. Pop-up books were my favorite growing up. Wouldn’t this be a fun card to send to a little kid?

I just followed the directions for creating the bat- cut it from black cardstock and assembled as directed. Then I cut a memo holder from orange black core matboard. I love this matboard because both sides of the board are already colored. It just takes a minute to run an inkpad along the edges, if you want them distressed. Some days I like to leave everything clean- it depends on my mood 🙂

The bat was taped into the fold of the memo holder, then I added some bat stickers I had on hand. A string was drawn for the spider to hang on and I did ink the edges of the folder in black. On the front, I printed “beware” on the computer and added that to the memo holder cover. The folder is held closed by a hair elastic and some bright buttons by Blumenthal Lansing. They have a cool new site, by the way, that you might want to check out.

Better get this done soon and in the mail- Halloween is just a week away!

Terroriffic Tuesday #3 links to all of the other cool and creepy projects!

19 Oct

Use a 2-liter bottle to make a super cute Halloween cupcake dome with Pattiewack!

Glory shows you how to make Creepy Spider Biscuits with spider Halloween stencils and edible color spray!

Make a funky and functional Plaid Skull&Crossbones Skirt with Excell Crafts!

Vanessa and Erin team up to make Awesome Halloween Cookies in a Jar Crafts complete with free easy to download sticker and label printables!

Cheryl Ball shares her beautiful Embroidery Floss Acorns – the perfect fall accent.

Korinne whips up a spectacular Vintage Style Halloween Wreath on her Crafterella blog.

Make Glow in the Dark Jewelry Using Polymer Clay and Rubber Stamps with Kate at the Rubberstamping About.com page!

Learn how to make festive Pom Pom Pumpkins on the Marvelously Messy blog!

Paint a super easy Pumpkin Pin with Ann Butler to accent your fall wardrobe!

Be a hit at the costume contest with this Corpse Bride Costume by the Crafty Chica!

Alexa Westerfield a.k.a. Swelldesigner shows you how to make a Snooki Painted Pumpkin inspired by the popular Jersey Shore Guidette!

Eileen Hull shares a Cute Halloween Bookmark project that will melt your Halloween heart!

Sebastian is faster than a speeding bullet in his Superman Costume featured on the Sew DoggyStyle blog!

Phyllis Dobbs wows us with this festive Spider Apron perfect for Halloween baking!

Silvia shows you how to make a No-Sew Fuzzy Monster Cuff – the perfect craft project for all ages!

That’s it for this week! If you are interested in playing in my fun Terrorific Tuesday roundup, e-mail Alexa at swelldesigner (at) gmail (dot) com and she’ll send you the details!

Terroriffic Tuesday #3

19 Oct

Here’s a bookmark made from my favorite material. This was especially fun to work with because it is a color core matboard. If you did a bevel cut, instead of the regular white core, you would have orange. Love this black and orange combo! I used some sheet music to die cut an H for Halloween, added a rub-on pumpkin up top and wrote my message in a glittery copper metallic pen by Sakura. I tied 2 Halloween-y buttons to ribbon and that was it. Quick and fun gift idea…

FaveCrafts Blog Hop

15 Oct

Check out the FaveCrafts Blog Hop! That will take you to a bunch of cool projects that FaveCrafts designers have been working on in the past month. Here are pix of what I have been up to. For the how-to’s, click on my header and scroll down the page. Hope you are having a great fall so far!