Eileen Hull

Eileen Hull Sizzix Card Making Ideas plus CHA Sneak Peaks

20 Jan

Hello everyone! I’ve made it to CHA and after a long journey. I’ve fought wind, rain, ice, snow to find myself in sunny Arizona for Creativation! In my absence the Inspiration Team will continue to share their Sizzix Card Making Ideas in honor of the launch of our new serious “Make it Monthly”. The Make it Monthly series will feature a new technique every month that you can use for your creative endeavors. Stay tuned at the end of this post for the January Make it Monthly technique and a sneak peek of my new Sizzix Collection debuting at CHA.

Sizzix Card Making Ideas

Julia Aston is bringing the hoopla with this darling Birthday Card. Julia used my Embroidery Hoop die and Eyelet Lace embossing folder to create this innovative card design. Contrasting colors inked over the textured lace embossing give these easy to assemble card project serious impact.

Stop by Julia’s Blog for more details on how to create this fabulous faux embroidery card!

Pam Bray shares a Valentine’s Day trio of Sizzix card making ideas! Pam’s romantic designs feature my Place Card Die, 3-D Vase die and the Twist and Style Tool used in a variety of ways.

Visit Pam’s Blog for a heARTy tutorial on how to create these lovely Valentine’s Day projects yourself.

Wow some amazing Sizzix Card Making Ideas! If you would like to play along with the January Make it Monthly Technique you can check out my Twist and Style Heart Card technique HERE and share what your project in the linky below.

You can also find more Sizzix Card Making Ideas from the Inspiration Team HERE.

CHA Sneak Peeks

As you may know Scotty and I are at the CHA show and you can see us and preview my upcoming Sizzix Collection on the Creativation Show floor if you are attending the event. For those of you who couldn’t make it to the show fear not the IT has some sneak peeks of their projects to share. Stop by their blogs for a peek at what’s in store.

Tracy Evans CHA Sneak Peek

Lisa Hoel CHA Sneak Peek

Michelle Zerull CHA Sneak Peek

Julia Aston CHA Sneak Peek

Diana Hetherington CHA Sneak Peek

Anne Redfern CHA Sneak Peek

You can find more Sneak Peeks and behind the scenes happenings from CHA by following me on Facebook. Stay tuned next week for more Sizzix Card Making Ideas!

Eileen

Show Us Your Card Techniques

13 Jan

To kick off our new “Make it Monthly” Technique Tutorial the Inspiration Team will by sharing Card Techniques throughout the month of January! Card and Tag making is a timeless crafting experience and it’s always fun to have a few creative card tricks up your sleeve. Leave it to the Inspiration Team to get your creative card mojo flowing with their clever card technique tutorials.

Pam Bray starts us off with a stand out card creation filled to the brim with card techniques. Pam used a plethora of Eileen Hull Sizzix dies and products for this stunning card. Each thoughtful layer of Pam’s Bee-YOU-tiful card is a creative technique that you can use to add some wow to your cards and tags.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Card Techniques : Be Yourself Card Tutorial by Pam Bray

Visit Pam’s Blog for cool techniques using a brayer and my embossing folders, paper flower ideas with Paper Flower Party Sizzix dies, Twist and Style Tool Tricks, plus fun ways to use my Clearsnap Blends inks! WOW!!

Tracy Evans shares a masculine mixed-media card that is capital A amazing! Down to the last detail Tracy shows you every step you’ll need to take to create this stunning card. You’ll learn many cool ways to use mixed-media in your own card and tag making ventures with this detailed tutorial.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Card Techniques : Masculine Mixed-Media Card Tutorial by Tracy Evans

Stop by Tracy’s Blog where she’ll show you how to pair Sizzix dies like my Luggage Tag and Banners and Pennants to create a masculine masterpiece!

Anne Redfern has a quick and easy card technique to share. Anne’s simple stenciling technique is easy to recreate and is sure to add serious WOW factor to your card creations. You won’t believe how easy it is to make a lovely floral card like Anne’s with just ONE Eileen Hull Sizzix die!

Eileen Hull Sizzix Card Techniques : Heart and Soul Flower Stenciled Card Tutorials by Anne Redfern

Head over to Anne’s Blog where she shows you how to use my Heart and Soul Flower Sizzix die to create this heart felt card.

Eileen Hull's Make it Monthly: Twist and Style Heart Card Technique with Clearsnap Blends

How’s that for some creative Card Techniques? My Inspiration Team never ceases to amaze me! Stay tuned for more Card Techniques using Eileen Hull Sizzix dies, Clearsnap Blends , my new Twist and Style Tool and other crafty products in the upcoming weeks. In case you missed my Make it Monthly Heart Card Tutorial you Can check it out and play along HERE.

I’ll be at CHA all week so if you are in the area stop by and see me and Scotty! I’d love for you to check out the gorgeous samples from my new collection designed by the Inspiration Team. Can’t make it to CHA? Keep an eye on my Facebook page where I’ll by sharing “sneak peeks” of the IT’s fab creations.

Eileen

Visit the Creativation Cafe…

9 Jan

On January 19-23rd, the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) show, re-branded as Creativation, will open in Phoenix, AZ. This is a trade show where the newest craft products are on display for all to see, touch and drool over. Visit the Creativation Cafe (Booth #843/1042) for free Make & Takes taught by talented professional CHA Designers! This event is open to store owners, retailers, press and other attendees and will be open throughout the show.

The anchor of the Creativation Cafe is my 1976 Scotty camper. We are making the trip out to AZ on Paper Trail 11 and driving it right onto the show floor! *I set up last year but that was in Anaheim so it will be fun learning the ropes in a new venue (?)

I always breathe a sigh of relief when the awning is up! That thing is surprisingly heavy.

Getting there…

…and open for business!

Please stop by and make some of the awesome projects- there will be two Make & Takes going on at a time, so grab a seat and have some fun! You will leave with a cool new make and probably a new friend or two. This is where it’s happening, folks! Last year we had lines down the aisle….

Not only will we have Make & Takes but Designer Ambassadors have volunteered to help in the booth to answer questions and show you around.

You never know what will be happening next! Also pay no attention to that mess in the background. It was off camera 🙂

Learn the latest techniques with the newest products!

You never know who you might run into (and have to take a selfie with)…

Didn’t you know? Jimmy is an extremely talented crafter and has been to more stores than you could imagine 🙂

We even had Mark Hill, the CEO of the Craft & Hobby Association, over for a visit!

Ahh it brings back memories… and I am so looking forward to making new ones this year….

So here’s the schedule and links to all of the Designers’ blogs. Feel free to check them out. And you never know when we might decide to GO LIVE on Facebook…

Make sure to follow me on Facebook and Instagram so you don’t miss anything. It will almost be like you are there!

On Sunday, we also have some expert designers who are sharing with tips on how to grow your business during the Designer Round Tables. This is free and you will learn so much from these experienced artists- I have sat in on several and always come out glad that I did- there is so much to be learned!

Saturday, 1/21

9:00-10:00

Make and Take: Scrappy Camper Sisters and Yolie Burke

Designer Ambassadors: Anita Scroggins and Eileen Hull

10:15-11:15

Make and Take: Ann Strecko Koeman and Christie Troxell

Designer Ambassador: Patt Bell

11:30-12:30

Make and Take: Susan M. Brown and Carol Foldvary-Anderson

Designer Ambassador: Christie Troxell

12:45- 1:45

Make and Take: Susie Bentz and Karen Bearse

Designer Ambassador: Rita Barakat

2:00- 3:00

Make and Take: Terri Kolte and Rina Gonzales

Designer Ambassador: Susie Bentz

3:15-4:15

Make and Take: Marjolaine Walker and Katie Berry

Designer Ambassador: Rina Gonzales

4:30-5:30

Make and Take: Eileen Hull and Beth Watson

Designer Ambassador: Betsy Burnett and Mitsyana Wright

Sunday, 1/22

9:00-10:00

Make and Take: Lorrie McCullers and Anita Scroggins

Designer Ambassador: Christie Troxell and Marilyn Hughes

Creativation Cafe: Designer Round Tables

11:00 AM-12:00 Rina Gonzales– Post Conference Follow Up

12:30 PM-1:00 Marji Kemper– Teaching at Stores & Retreats

1:15 PM -1:45 Cherish Flieder– Art Licensing

2:00 PM-3:00 Kathy Cano Murillo– Time Management for Social Media, Blogging & Designing

3:15PM-4:15 Laura Kelly– Working with Brands to Build your own Brand

4:30-5:30

Make and Take: Tanya Ruffin and Rita Barakat

Designer Ambassador: Karen Bearse and Beth Watson

Monday, 1/23

9:00-10:00

Make and Take: Ann Strecko Koeman and Yolie Burke

Designer Ambassador: Susan M. Brown and Patt Bell

10:15-11:15

Make and Take: Terry Ricioli and Marjolaine Walker

Designer Ambassador: Ann Strecko Koeman

11:30-12:30

Make and Take: Christie Troxell and Rita Barakat

Designer Ambassador: Trish Cortez

12:45- 1:45

Make and Take: Eileen Hull and Laura Kelly

Designer Ambassador: Yolie Burke and Patt Bell

Hope you will visit the Creativation Cafe whether it’s in person or online!

New Inspiration Team Member!

5 Jan

Today we are super- excited to introduce Mitsyana Wright, our new Inspiration Team member! It turns out she will be going to CHA and we will actually meet in person in just a couple of weeks. 🙂

Mitsyana blogs at Up On Tippy Toes. You will see beautiful projects like this on her blog…

Here she took the Sizzix Needle Book to make an adorable little notebook. Her style is bright and clean and she has quite the magic touch with ScoreBoards!

See how she made this Beautiful Sizzix Teacup here.

And everyone loved this Halloween Train Case!

But my personal favorite might be this Doughnut Holder! I had no idea you could fit a doughnut in there!

But then there’s this awesome Passport Book?

And the Preppy Train Case…

Mitsyana has a beautiful clean fresh style. Please follow her blog and get to know her. You can also follow on Facebook and Instagram…

Leave a comment and let Mitsyana know which is your favorite project!

Thanks for stopping by…

Double Embossing Technique

2 Jan

Hi everyone- welcome to 2017! Today I am sharing the Double Embossing Technique- a great way to add dimension to cards, tags and other projects.

We are excited to be introducing Make it Monthly, a new feature here! We show a technique and then you can share what YOU have been working on by posting in the linky at the end of the post.

Valentine’s Day is coming up so I decided to make a card for my husband.

There are three new techniques I played around with here:

Double Embossing- that’s embossing with heat
Embossing with pressure in an embossing folder
Using the Twist & Style tool to add a wire element to a card.

I really like the combination of the soft background and hard wire on top. The rich gold embossing and a twisted wire shape is guaranteed to melt your sweetie’s heart 🙂

ColorBox™ Blends and Sizzix dies are the perfect combination! The matboard base is the perfect blank surface and it’s so easy to add color and style. ColorBox™ Blends are craft inks so they stay wet longer- great for heat embossing and also for blending colors into each other.

You will need:

661426 Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder- Eyelet Lace
656492 Sizzix Matboard Pack, White
660425 Sizzix Big Shot
661113 Sizzix Twist & Style Tool
Clearsnap ColorBox™ Blends inks by Eileen Hull– Stop, Melon, Sunshine, Wildberry
A-2 card base, gold metallic
yarn
gold embossing powder
heat gun
adhesive- SuperTape 1/2″
stapler
rubber sentiment stamp
soft wire- pink, gold
fun foam

Instructions

Trim a piece of matboard to 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. Emboss matboard in Eyelet Lace folder.
Apply Blends inks to surface of matboard, blending colors into each other so that the entire surface is covered.
Once color has been added, sprinkle gold embossing powder randomly over the matboard and heat. The embossing powder will stick to the areas that are wet, creating cool patches of gold.
Fold two 30″ lengths of gold and pink wire in half and twist using the Twist & Style tool (watch this video to see how it works). Repeat three times so you have three 15″ twisted wire strands.
Twist ends together and place on Twist & Style anchor. Braid the three strands together. Lay the piece flat on work surface with two ends pinched together at the bottom.
Find the middle of the wire braid and pinch into the center, creating a heart shape. Secure the two loose ends together by wrapping with a single piece of wire.
Stamp a sentiment on a torn piece of paper and ink around edges using the Wildberry Blends ink.
Position elements on card and staple wire heart in place. Adhere sentiment with double sided adhesive.
Place matboard art on card base, using fun foam underneath for dimension.
Add fiber bow!

Now let’s see what you are up to creatively! Add a pic of your latest card, tag or other creations to our linky here…

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MidCentury Gift Box Set by Christie Troxell

31 Dec

Here’s the last project of 2016- a MidCentury Gift Box Set by Christie Troxell, one of our Guest Designers for December!

Christie blogs at Ritzy Parties – visit her site to see more unique projects and events she has coordinated.

She covered the Sizzix Flower Pocket die with coordinated patterned paper to create the Gift Box and added rickrack for a dash of style.

The Flower Pocket is embellished with a beautiful Pansy flower and jeweled center.

The package that goes inside the pocket is adorned with a paper leaf from the Spring Leaves die. The gift is wrapped in coordinating papers.

This project is a delightful way to start off the New Year- thanks for sharing this awesome MidCentury Gift Box Set, Christie!

And we have lots more in store for you in 2017…

Please follow my Paper Trail adventures! I leave in less than two weeks for the Craft & Hobby Association show in Phoenix AZ with vintage trailer Scotty in tow. Scotty will be parked on the trade show floor again this year. The journey there and back is bound to be another adventure and I hope to sprinkle in some Facebook Live videos along the way and, of course, at the show. Get a sneak peek of my new Sizzix collection coming out in March… it’s new dies and a new product that is my first attempt in a new direction!

We will be starting a new feature on the blog this coming Monday. There will be a chance for you to share what you have been working on too so we hope you will join us.

Last but not least we have an announcement coming soon about the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team…

Follow me on social media and journey along the Paper Trail on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Health, happiness and peace to you in 2017, friends!