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New Sizzix Collection & Forgotten Projects Finished

16 Apr

Eileen Hull happenings & her new Sizzix collection…

I’m back from Creativation! What a great time – so exciting to see new products and trends and best of all, catch up with my industry friends!

There were color wheels all over the show floor – YAY! 🙂 I saw a good number of cute little astronauts and space themed products too, along with nostalgic references in designs. I love to watch trends!

I’m happy to say that the new May 2025 Bundle is now available for pre-order in my Etsy shop. There are five items in the set: Bigz XL Handbound Journal ($48.99), Journal Hardware Bigz ($34.99), Colour Wheel Stencil ($24.99), Rainbow Wheel die ($24.99) Swatch Cards stamps ($24.99). The set is coordinated to work together but each piece also stands alone. I know you love having options!

I’m offering the Bundle at $144 (if purchased separately, cost would be $158.95) PLUS free shipping in the US. It’s now available for pre-order HERE! The Bundle will be released on May 1 and will ship immediately after. I’m so excited to see what you all do with it!

If you live outside the US, purchase from your local store. If they don’t carry it, you can ask them to order it for you. We have a list of stockists in the Eileen Hull Fan Club – check the files section.

Mark your calendars!

The May 2025 Launch Party is coming on May 1 at noon Eastern! Join the team and I for a look at the new dies, stamps, and stencils and all that can be done with them! Team members will be joining me from around the world to share their tips and techniques – I CAN’T WAIT! 🙂

Creative Team designers finishing more UFOs:

For our April theme, the Creative Team designers are either finishing up projects that have been sitting for a time (aka UnFinished Objects), or revisiting a project and putting a new spin on it with different dies. This should be fun! (We’d love to see you share your UFO projects in the Fan Club too.)

Pam Bray found a blank cutout from the Display Stand Die in her stash and decided to turn it into a coffee note desk organizer. Soo cool! You can see more details about this handy make in her post.

Elizabeth Robinson also had a journal cover cut out that had languished for ages. She took her Pocket Notebook start and got to work completing it! You can find all the detail photos here.

Jenny Marples has a flip through of this gorgeous Mini Album journal to share with us. It’s packed full of Eileen product goodness so take a moment to peruse it!

Virtual Craft Event coming!

Don’t forget to sign up for the four day virtual BellaCon craft workshop event coming in May! If you want a ticket that includes the swag, make sure to get your ticket early – there is only enough swag for the first 125 people and it is a LOT! Get your ticket HERE!

Don’t miss the Eileen Hull lives for the week:

Here’s the info on our lives this week!

Tuesday at 6:00 Eastern, I am doing a sneak peek preview of the Handbound Journal! Wait till you see how many ways this book goes together! I’m using Lindy’s Magical Shakers to decorate the covers – so fun! Click HERE to watch 🙂

On Thursday, it’s time for another project with Realeather! This week we are making a Cowgirl Chic Journal and it has been so much fun because it’s not really my style… but it could be! Kind of free and cool. Hope you can join me…

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join the 8400 other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends. Above all, make sure to answer the questions so we know you are legit! Watch her Lives at Eileen Hull Designs Facebook or her YouTube on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Tune into Eileen’s live videos! (You can watch the replays on her YouTube channel or Eileen Hull Designs Facebook.)

Halloween & Fall Projects with Eileen Hull

17 Oct

It’s our last week for a look back at past Halloween and Fall projects made with Eileen Hull’s dies. That is because next week Eileen’s new collection will be making its official debut! Join us for the release party on October 22nd at 12 noon Eastern! For now, let’s get a last dose of Fall inspiration:

Lisa Hoel used Eileen’s Post Box Die to create a “fortune” teller’s box. It even lights up! Check out the tutorial here.

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Perfect for your fall decor, the queen of banners Madeline Arendt shares this beautiful example made with the Sunflower and Card Caddy Dies. Find the details in her post.

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Teresita Arvelo created this album with all the fall feels using the Frame Pocket Journal Die. So lovely!

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More Halloween & Fall projects ahead…

Learn how to make this super cute treat box for your favorite trick or treaters from Sue Eldred! She used the Card Caddy Die for the base.

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Designer Tonya Trantham cleverly used the Geometric Box Die to create this stylized pumpkin decoration. The tutorial is here.

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Susie Bentz has some favorite Harry Potter / Halloween themed Tiny Book Die projects to share. Such great inspiration! Don’t miss the other examples in her post.

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For both Halloween and fall projects, check out this flashback post from Elizabeth Robinson! To see all the details of these fab journals, pay her post a visit.

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Come back next week for Eileen’s Release Party of her newest collection!

You can find the other Halloween and Fall project posts here and here.

Get connected with Eileen:

Find it on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Halloween & Fall Wrap Up – Be Inspired with Eileen Hull’s Dies!

27 Oct

Welcome to our Halloween and Fall wrap up post for October! We hope all the inspiration throughout the month has sparked your creativity. Have you been sharing your projects in the Eileen Hull Fan Club? 😉 There is a packed post here for you this week so get comfy and scroll on…

Sue Eldred created a Field Notes & Specimen Card Die autumn journal filled with all the cozy fall feels. Be sure to visit her blog to see the creative way she bound this album. You’ll want that technique in your toolbox!

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Designer Lisa Hoel created a “Halloween Party in a box” – a Slotted Treat Box that is! This Plus Die cuts a large box that had room to really pack in the festive details. See all the photos, inside and out, in Lisa’s blog post.

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Cuteness overload! Check out this darling little notebook Elizabeth Robinson made by decoupaging a fall napkin onto a Pocket Notebook cover. Eileen sells mixed packs of fun paper napkins in her etsy store that are perfect for all sorts of paper crafting projects. See how Elizabeth created hers (and photos of journal insides) on her blog.

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More Halloween & Fall wrap up projects ahead, keep scrolling…

Jenny Marples has great attention to the details and it shows in this fabulous fall themed box she created using the Slotted Treat Box Die. She ended up hand sewing all the zig zag stitching. Impressive Jenny and worth the effort. The felt leaves add such a nice touch too. Pay Jenny’s blog a visit for more.

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Madeline Arendt has a whole collection of Halloween and fall projects gathered in her post! (Seriously, there are over a dozen makes, all wonderful.) You must go see! This little Shadowbox Frame scene is one of my favorites.

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It’s Harry Potter Halloween time for Susie Bentz! She had previously made a Halloween Tiny Book and decided to keep going by making more little books she imagined would be found in the Hogwarts library. Love them! See all the details in her post.

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Lastly, Sarah Lizzie also had some fun with one of Eileen’s paper napkin lots from her etsy store. She made this spooky little Passport Book that fits the season perfectly. Find her how-to in her blog post!

Whew! That was an epic post to be sure. Come back next week to find out what the November theme will be!

If you missed the last posts, you can find them here, here and here.

Get connected with Eileen:

Found on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join the nearly 8000 other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends. Above all, make sure to answer the questions so we know you are legit! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Creative Fall Themed Projects Using Eileen Hull Dies

19 Oct

Happy autumn everyone! This month here on the blog we are celebrating fall themed projects made with Eileen Hull’s versatile Sizzix dies. We’ve seen some inspirational makes over the past few weeks and there are more for you this week too. Scroll on…

Eileen Hull herself is getting in on the fall theme with this gorgeous decoupaged Pocket Notebook journal. She documented the creation of it over the course of three different making sessions. For Part 1 of the decoupage journal project, watch the free class Eileen just taught at Fave Crafts. Part 2 and Part 3 are viewable on her YouTube channel. Check it out!

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Designer Tonya Trantham made a pretty slimline fall themed card. The base is cut using the Journal Die and she decorated it with flowers cut using the Floral Silhouettes Die Set found only at Scrapbook.com. This style of card is a great way to use up scraps of patterned paper! Find all the details in Tonya’s blog post.

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Bonus Fall Themed project from Sue Eldred…

She made this colorful and bold sunflower door hanger using Eileen’s Sunflower Die. As Sue says, it’s the perfect die for making large paper cut flowers! Pay her blog a visit for the how-to.

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Join us next week for more Fall themed projects for your inspiration!

If you missed the last posts, you can find them here and here.

Get connected with Eileen:

New on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Besides inspiration, you will also find die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

If you missed Eileen’s Live from Tuesday, 10/17 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. Eileen has some Gel Press fun with leaves while making her leaf print journal. Watch Part 1 on replay here. Part 2 is the subject of her Thursday, 10/19 live!

Saving Travel Memories Wrap Up!

27 Jul

This month we’ve been looking at ways of saving travel memories. Eileen Hull’s dies and stamps are perfect for documenting your vacations and travels! Her various journal dies are great for making little albums for a start. Of course, you can go beyond albums and make home decor pieces too and Eileen’s dies are also well suited for that. Let’s see what the designers have for us this week and wrap up the month!

Let’s kick off with a fabulous fishy (in a very good way) Folio journal created by Jenny Marples! The WOW factor is strong with this make! Apparently fellow teamie Elizabeth Robinson has a collection of gorgeous digital paper kits for sale and Jenny used one called ‘A Little Fishy‘ for her journal. You MUST visit Jenny’s blog to see allllllll the inside photos. Prepare to be amazed.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - Saving Travel Memories journal
#EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen — Seriously, how did I miss that Elizabeth has designed these wonderful digital kits?????

Designer Madeline Arendt created a useful little travel journal to keep in the car. You can keep track of travel info, receipts etc. in a stylish way. Madeline used the Pocket Notebook Die to make it fit perfectly in the glove box but any of Eileen’s journal dies can easily used to make your own road trip journal. Love it! The map on the cover is perfect. See all the details on Madeline’s blog.

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For added inspiration, here are some throw-back saving travel memories projects:

Last summer, Lisa Hoel created two tag journals to document her family’s camping trips. She housed each journal in holders made using Eileen’s Camper and Truck Dies. What a fun idea! Pay her blog a visit to see inside the journals and for the tutorials.

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Jennie Atkinson also has a fun project to share from last summer. She used Eileen’s Treasure Box Die and created a vintage feeling shadow box to commemorate her childhood visits to the seaside. There are so many wonderful details included! You can get a closer look in her blog post.

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Sizzix Chapter 3 release next week!

Stay tuned, next Tuesday, Aug. 2nd, we will be having a live Release Party and all the trimmings. Wait until you see Eileen’s new dies in action!

Did you miss the previous July posts? You can find them here, here and here.

Get connected with Eileen:

New on the Sizzix Website – the Eileen Hull Hub! Here you can find inspiration, die assembly videos and exclusive content. Check it out today and watch it grow!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 6,7oo other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends – make sure to answer the questions! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Eileen didn’t have a live this week but she did share a how-to video for making leather earrings using her Shadowbox Elements die set and leather! It’s a fun easy project that would make a great gift. Check it out HERE.

Holiday Time Projects with Eileen Hull

24 Nov

… and a #eileentailgateparty wrap up! (More on that later.) In the meantime, happy Thanksgiving to our US readers and even if you aren’t here in the States, any day is a good day to count your blessings. We are continuing our look at holiday time projects made with ever versatile Eileen Hull Sizzix dies and products! Let’s see what the designers have for us this week:

Sarah Lizzie used Eileen’s Display Stand Die combined with the Post Box Die to create this darling “Letters for Santa” decoration. What would you ask Santa for for Christmas? (more Eileen dies LOL). Check out Sarah Lizzie’s blog post for the tutorial!

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Designer Jenny Atkinson created a lovely fall journal for documenting the season using the Pocket Notebook Die. Find plenty of photos and a video tutorial over on her blog.

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Putting the 3-D Sweater Embossing Folder to good use, Elizabeth Robinson created this fabulous Notepad holder. Doesn’t it look like a ‘real sweater’? Wow! She used prints made with the Gel Press as her backgrounds to emboss. Find the links to her video tutorials in her blog post!

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Madeline Arendt has a whole slew of Christmas projects in her blog post! She has ideas for both decorating and gift giving so head on over and peruse the inspiration. (and there is a new garland! 😉 )

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If warm and cozy is your thing, then Sue Eldred has you covered! She also used the 3-D Sweater Embossing Folder to make a homespun Christmas card sure to bring a smile to the face of its recipient. See her post for more details.

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Now for the Tailgate Party wrap up!

Last week, Eileen teamed up with nine guests from Sizzix and independent craft store owners to create special projects made using her Vintage Truck Die. It was loads of fun! Here is what Eileen had to say about it:

Wow – wasn’t that Tailgate party fun? And impressive? The creativity was flowing for sure. I hope that you were inspired to craft along with us. If you missed it, here’s the replay link.

There was also a giveaway you could enter by sharing your own vintage truck makes! There were so many great projects and creative ideas! Sizzix picked two lucky winners, Angie Self and Denise Evans. Congrats to the winners! Below is a slideshow of the entries:

Visit next week for more inspirational seasonal makes!

Did you miss this month’s posts so far? See them here, here and here.

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 5,ooo other members to share ideas, inspiration, sources, challenges and make some fabulous friends – make sure to answer the questions! Watch her Facebook Lives at Eileen Hull Designs on Tuesdays at 6:00 Eastern and Thursdays at 4:00 to for project ideas, techniques, inspiration and creative community. Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 11/23 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. Eileen shows us how to make a farmhouse style Full Size Journal! The link is here for replay on Facebook. The live got cut off in the middle, so the Part 2 link is here.