Eileen Hull

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January Friendship Theme + Getting Organized!

This month the project theme for the Inspiration Team is “Friendship”. They will be mixing and matching past releases of Eileen’s dies. Their makes will be sure to spark your own ideas and send you delving into your Eileen stash!

First up is Jennie Atkinson with her zippered pouch. Fabric is fabulous! She used various Thinlits Die Sets (Envelope, Folder & Flowers, Shadowbox Elements and others) to cut out the shapes she appliqued to the pouch. See the details in the video: 


Pam Bray created a lovely card showcasing friendship that is perfect to send to a friend! That would be some happy mail for sure. She used the Damask Embossing Folder, Fan Favorite Stamps, Plate & Pattern Stencil Set and the Charms Die Set. Check it out on her blog!
 


Message from Eileen Hull:

Hi friends – hope you had a great weekend! Looks like we are snowed in for a couple of days and I am loving it 🙂 

2025 is already getting busy. It’s hard to keep track of it all unless you have a system. For the first few lives of the year, I will be setting up a journal for myself to keep track of everything so the details are managed. I will be using the Journal die, one of my favorites. You can find it HERE in my Etsy shop if you don’t have it already. Of course, if you don’t have that one, use one you have! Here are the links to this week’s videos – just click on the graphic and it will take you right to the event. In case you missed them, here are links to Part 1 and Part 2.

Watch Part 3 today!

Watch Part 4 on Thursday…


Organizing News!

I started cleaning out the studio in order to be ready (and not embarrassed!) for my video on January 26 sharing how I store my dies. Click HERE to see the calendar and links to all of the other crafters that are part of Cara Brandon and Dana K. White’s Declutter & Get Organized collaboration. Glad to know I am not the only one who struggles with organizing issues.

It is quite a task but at least I can walk through my studio now! I am determined to get it where I want so I am able to find everything and feel motivated to create here. It’s hard to say good bye to some items because I am sentimental and things have memories attached, but I am getting more and more ruthless 🙂 I want the space!

As you know, it gets worse before it gets better and there are many piles in here. So you may not be seeing my face for a few weeks in my videos, unless I can figure out how to blur my background. 🙂 Also we are getting two bathrooms renovated which is going to take 5 weeks and involve early mornings and lots of noise.

Classes with Eileen!

On January 31-February 26, I will be traveling to Florida to teach two full days of classes at Crafting at the Nest! If you live anywhere nearby, I hope you can join us! 


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.)

Using Eileen Hull Dies – Journal Fodder Wrap Up

Here we are at the tail end of June! It’s wrap up time for our journal fodder theme. Have you gotten lots of new ideas for your own creations? We hope so! It’s been inspiration overload for sure. Let’s see what the designers have for us this week…

Lisa Hoel got busy with the Snail Mail and Mini Slimline & Tickets Die Sets and made a whole passel of stamps to use in future projects. You can fit a lot of detail on those little stamps. There are more sets of them to see on Lisa’s blog so pay it a visit!

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull - Make Journal Fodder using your Eileen Hull Sizzix dies #eileenhull #teameileen #sizzix #mysizzixstory

Designer Elizabeth Robinson created a pile of journal fodder goodness to match a pack of patterned paper she has. She put the Shadowbox Elements, Mini Slimline & Tickets and Journaling Card, Envelope & Windows Die Sets to good use! So pretty! You’ll see all the details on her blog.

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - Make Journal Fodder using your Eileen Hull Sizzix dies #eileenhull #teameileen #sizzix #mysizzixstory

Fab Journal Fodder idea ahead…

Susie Bentz has a simple but fabulous fodder idea for you! Behold, Alpha Dots! Bright colors, a punch, the Tile Alphanumeric and Journaling Card, Envelope & Windows Die Sets combine to make the perfect fun accents for your projects. Find the how-to in Susie’s post.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - Make Journal Fodder using your Eileen Hull Sizzix dies #eileenhull #teameileen #sizzix #mysizzixstory

Next week we’ll see what’s in the works that’s new!

Have you seen the other posts from June? You can see them here, here and here. Don’t miss all the great ideas!

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!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join the 7700 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.

If you missed Eileen’s Live from Tuesday, 6/27 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. Eileen shares her Daiso store haul and begins a garden journal for her Mom! Check it out here.

Greeting Card Inspiration with Eileen Hull

This month is all about greeting card inspiration! Give them, mail them, hoard them – it is fun to create handmade works of art. Let’s see what the Inspiration Team has for us to check out this week!

Jennie Atkinson created a lovely trio of cards using scraps from a favorite pad of patterned paper. She also utilized the Card Caddy Die to cut the cards so they have a fancy edge. Eileen’s dimensional dies can do 2-D too! Find all the details in Jennie’s blog post.

Jennie Atkinson for Eileen Hull - Greeting Card Inspiration for you! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory #EileenHullTakeover

Designer Maggi Harding is a queen of layering and the intricate cards she made for the month are fabulous! She used the Skinny Mini Elements Die to good effect. Seeing the patterned paper peeking through is a treat. See all the steps and the second, masculine themed card she made in her blog post.

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull - Greeting Card Inspiration for you! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory #EileenHullTakeover

Educator Team member Sue Eldred used the Skinny Mini Elements Die in a completely different and equally stunning way. Check out the bold design of her fall floral stained glass card! Find out her techniques on her blog.

Sue Eldred for Eileen Hull - Greeting Card Inspiration for you! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory #EileenHullTakeover

Susie Bentz made a delightful set of CAS cards and a Card Caddy holder for them. The little houses are from Eileen’s Shadowbox Elements Die Set (so cute!) A set like this would make a great gift! See the rest of the cards and details on Susie’s blog.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - Greeting Card Inspiration for you! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory #EileenHullTakeover

One of the cards from the set:

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - Greeting Card Inspiration for you! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory #EileenHullTakeover

More greeting card inspiration for you next week…

If you missed the Chapter 3 release wrap-up, you can find it here and last week’s post 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!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join the 7000 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.

Eileen is on a cruise this week! (so jellie) She took a break from all her vacay fun to tell us “Hi” this morning. You can watch that here.

Eileen Hull Chapter 3 Tutorials & Inspiration

Eileen Hull Chapter 3 inspiration continues with more tutorials from the Team. We’ve been sharing all month long and hope you have found ideas and techniques to use! Go to this link to watch the Release Party replay if you missed it at the beginning of the month. Here is what Eileen has to say about her new dies,

“I am so excited to share my Chapter 3 Sizzix die collection! Each piece in the set stands alone but also coordinates with the others to make a truly versatile and valuable addition to your collection.

The ScoreBoards Skinny Mini Book Box is a really great size – it measures 6 3/4″ x 4″ with an adjustable built in spine from 3/8″ to 2 1/4″. This die may be used to create a book by die cutting two covers OR a box if you add the side pieces to the covers. If you add the box supports, it will hold mini-slimline size cards.

The Skinny Mini Elements Thinlits will cut a cool star pattern that perfectly covers the front of the Skinny Mini book or the front of a slimline card. And you can also expand the size of the design to create a whole page pattern.

I have been wanting to make a Card Caddy Die for a while… so many people are making cards these days that I figured that they would love to have the ability to make a really pretty container to hold them. I love the shape of this box and it goes together so quickly – also fun to decorate! It will hold cards up to 5 1/4″ wide.

The 3D folder is called Woven Leather and it looks so realistic! Makes a great background for cards, journal pages or covers.“

If you missed the Blog Hop, here is the post where you can find all the links.

The new dies:

It's Eileen Hull's Chapter 3 Release Party with her newest Sizzix dies!
So many possibilities!

Eileen Hull Chapter 3 inspiration coming right up…

Designer Lisa Hoel is sharing the tutorial for her Skinny Mini postcard box that she created for the release. She envisioned it as a gift to give someone who just moved into a new home. It contains stamps, new address labels and postcards to mail off. Check out her blog post with all the details!

Lisa Hoel - New Eileen Hull Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory
Main structure made with the Skinny Mini Book Box Die!
Lisa Hoel - New Eileen Hull Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory

Using Eileen’s Card Caddy Die, Madeline Arendt made a desk organizer extraordinaire! I love how she combined five caddies together to make this super useful project. Be sure to visit Madeline’s blog to find out how to make one of your own.

Madeline Arendt - New Eileen Hull Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory
Madeline Arendt - New Eileen Hull Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory
So clever!

As seen on social media…

Joyce Miller shares her work online in the Eileen Hull Fan Club so be sure to join to see more of her lovely makes! Here’s another look at some of the projects she made for the Release Party:

A sea-worthy Card Caddy!
Who wouldn’t want to receive such a festive birthday card?

Next week we’ll wrap up Eileen Hull’s Chapter 3 release!

As you can see, the designers have a lot to share. Check back next week to see the wrap up! Past weeks’ posts can be seen here, 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!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join the nearly 7000 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.

If you missed Eileen’s catch up Live from Thursday, 8/25 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. She shows us alternate ways to construct the Skinny Mini Book Box Die. You can watch that replay here.

Marvelous Makes Made Using New Chapter 3 Dies

Did you miss Eileen Hull’s new Chapter 3 Die Release Party at the beginning of the month? Go to this link to watch the Party replay! The inspiration was fabulous! For the rest of the month the designers will be sharing tutorials for their amazing projects made with the new Chapter 3 dies. Here is what Eileen has to say about her new dies,

“I am so excited to share my Chapter 3 Sizzix die collection! Each piece in the set stands alone but also coordinates with the others to make a truly versatile and valuable addition to your collection.

The ScoreBoards Skinny Mini Book Box is a really great size – it measures 6 3/4″ x 4″ with an adjustable built in spine from 3/8″ to 2 1/4″. This die may be used to create a book by die cutting two covers OR a box if you add the side pieces to the covers. If you add the box supports, it will hold mini-slimline size cards.

The Skinny Mini Elements Thinlits will cut a cool star pattern that perfectly covers the front of the Skinny Mini book or the front of a slimline card. And you can also expand the size of the design to create a whole page pattern.

I have been wanting to make a Card Caddy Die for a while… so many people are making cards these days that I figured that they would love to have the ability to make a really pretty container to hold them. I love the shape of this box and it goes together so quickly – also fun to decorate! It will hold cards up to 5 1/4″ wide.

The 3D folder is called Woven Leather and it looks so realistic! Makes a great background for cards, journal pages or covers.“

If you missed the Blog Hop, here is the post where you can find all the links.

The new dies:

It's Eileen Hull's Chapter 3 Release Party with her newest Sizzix dies!
So many possibilities!

Onward to the inspiration…

Tonya Trantham created a beautiful little box using the Skinny Mini Book Box Die in her signature shabby chic style. I love how Tonya always combines multiple elements in such a pleasing way. Visit her blog to see her tutorial!

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull - New Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory

Designer Jenny Marples created a Skinny Mini Book Box Die project also and turned it into a journal. I’m always a big fan of Jenny’s mixed media wonders and this make is no exception! You will not want to miss the extensive tutorial to be found on her blog.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - New Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory
Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - New Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory

‘Out of the box’ thinking:

Lastly, super clever Susie Bentz turned the Skinny Mini Book Box into a cigar box with a pull out drawer! Whaaaat?? I love it! This is such a great idea to use the die to make a gift box and could be adapted to all sorts of themes. Susie shows you how to create it in her blog tutorial.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - New Chapter3 Dies, all the inspiration! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen #mysizzixstory

More new Chapter 3 dies projects coming your way next week!

As you can see, the designers have a lot to share. Check back next week to see more! Past weeks’ posts can be seen 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!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join the nearly 7000 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.

If you missed Eileen’s catch up Live from Tuesday, 8/16 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. She makes a pencil box using the Skinny Mini Book Box Die. You can watch that replay here.

Travel Memories with Eileen Hull’s Dies

Happy July Eileen Hull fans! This month the creative theme is “Travel Memories”. How do you like to preserve the memories of your trips and travels? Here we like to use Eileen Hull’s dies and stamps of course! Her various journal dies are perfect for making albums. Over the course of the month, I’m sure we’ll see other very creative ways to document those travel memories too. Let’s jump into this week’s inspiration…

Pam Bray used Eileen’s Full Size Journal Die and a patterned paper collection to create a gorgeous album! It is full of pockets, flaps and other fun elements – plus places ready to add those travel memories. Pay her blog a visit to see all the photos and a video of the fab insides.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull - Travel Memories, creating with Eileen's Sizzix dies! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen

Designer Sarah Lizzie used the Passport Book Die, an old favorite, to create this cute little travel book. It may be small, but you can pack a lot of memories into it! Check out her blog for a step by step tutorial.

Sarah Lizzie for Eileen Hull - Travel Memories, creating with Eileen's Sizzix dies! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen

Wow! Karen Bearse pulled out all the stops (and crafty supplies) to create this mixed media Full Size Journal wonder. I also spy parts made with Eileen’s Snail Mail and Shadowbox Elements die sets plus her stamps. Find out all the details for this fab travel journal on Karen’s blog!

Karen Bearse for Eileen Hull - Travel Memories, creating with Eileen's Sizzix dies! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen

More Travel Memories inspiration next week!

Did you miss the last week’s post with Eileen’s 4th of July centerpiece tutorial? You can find it 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 has a tutorial for these beautiful cards in the summer issue of Bella Crafts free magazine. Download your copy today!