Snowman Die Archives - Eileen Hull

Introducing the 2025 Eileen Hull Creative Team!

29 Jan

Hi friends, Eileen here. So much is going on here but the big news is that I’m happy to announce the 2025 Eileen Hull Creative Team!

What a collection of talent we have here – I’m so happy that many returning members are back with us! Some team members have been part of the Educators group and have moved over so now everyone is on one team! I’m so excited to work with these special talented creators for 2025 – lots of surprises are coming your way 🙂

Please make sure to follow each team member and give them some love by subscribing to their channels and drop them a comment so they know their work is appreciated. Thanks again to every team member- each one brings their own spin and I love seeing them all! Here’s a list of the team and where you can find them:

Madeline Arendt
Teresita Arvelo
Jennie Atkinson
Susie Bentz
Pam Bray
Sharon Curtis
Sarah Elizabeth Dodd
Sue Eldred
Maggi Harding
Lisa Hoel
Jenny Marples
Amy Powers
Elizabeth Robinson
Margaret Sidenstick
Tonya Trantham

On Tuesday’s live, I finished up what we started last week – we used the Gift Box Die to create an organizer for my newly cleaned off desk! Watch the first part where we constructed the container HERE. See how simple it is to construct these boxes and keep ephemera at your fingertips. Or use them for a desk organizer in your office – they fit anywhere!

On Thursday, Margaret Sidenstick joined me for a new monthly feature where we take a die and find an alternate way to use it. Margaret made a half size Journal and I made a Paper Sorter using the Journal die. Watch HERE!

Still getting organized in 2025!

I am still at it, going through boxes and supplies, working on the #TIDYUP2025 Challenge we have going on in the Eileen Hull Fan Club Facebook group. If you want to be part of it, just take before and after pics of your space and share with us all. It keeps me going and I get great tips on ways to store things. More giveaways coming soon!

Inspiration from the 2025 Eileen Hull Creative Team…

This month the project theme for the Creative Team is “Friendship”. The designers are going back to any of Eileen’s dies or products in their stashes and creating some wonderful projects to inspire you! We have the last projects to share here plus the Round Up video for the month!

Sue Eldred created a Family Game Night box using the Skinny Mini Book Box Die. It’s the perfect size for holding some dice and a deck of cards! Cute and clever! Find all the details in Sue’s post.

Designer Lisa Hoel made a whimsical card to send to a friend. She used the Snowman Box Die, Sweater 3D Embossing Folder and Fan Favorites Stamp Set in its creation. Check it out on her blog for details!

Elizabeth Robinson also created a card. Those colors are so pretty! Products used are the Fan Favorites Stamp Set, Bookmark, Pockets & Toppers Die Set, Floral Pocket & Paperclips Die Set and Watercolor Flowers & Lattice Stencil Set. More details in her post.

January project Round Up!

Check out the Round Up video to see all the fab projects made by the Creative Team this month:

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.

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Seasons’ Greetings Creations with the Inspiration Team

18 Nov

It’s time for holiday crafting! All this month Eileen Hull’s Teams are getting festive and in the swing of the seasons. There is a decided nip in the air now though and a shift towards the winter and Christmas makes! Let’s see what Seasons’ Greetings the Inspiration Team has in store for us this week…

Anna-Karin has a fun and fabulous mixed-media snowman card to share with us. Wait until you see how she made the vellum ‘snow’ background! You will not want to miss the technique on her blog post. She topped the background with a snowy Snowman Die cutout decked out with all the wonderful details.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson for Eileen Hull - Seasons' Greetings creations, Snowman Die mixed media card! #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix #mymakingstory

Merry Mittens are the theme for Elizabeth Robinson’s makes. She is batch making Mitten Christmas cards (commendable!) and also shares how to make a cute mitten bookmark. (Great idea for a companion gift to go with a new book!) It has a great shabby chic look with a little touch of bling. Check out her blog post for all the details!

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - Seasons' Greetings creations, Mitten Die mixed media card! #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix #mymakingstory

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - Seasons' Greetings creations, Mitten Die mixed media bookmark! #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix #mymakingstory

If you are not already a part of the Eileen Hull Fan Club Facebook group you will want to join pronto! Nov. 27th is going to kick off a fun (and free) Christmas journal event called Comfort & Joy that takes place within the group. Tonya Trantham is getting ahead of the game and has already created the cover for her event journal! Visit her blog for the details. 😉

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull - Seasons' Greetings creations, Christmas journal! #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix #mymakingstory

Jenny Marples experimented with felt and created a soft, embroidered Post Box pocket. Wow! It turned out wonderfully! All those stitched felt elements are fabulous. Jenny explains how it all came together on her blog so don’t miss that.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - Seasons' Greetings creations, felt Post Box Die pocket! #eileenhull #ehinspirationteam #sizzix #mymakingstory

Visit us next week for more Seasons’ Greetings creations from the Educator Team!

Did you miss the previous posts from November? You can find them 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.

As mentioned above, we will be having a great event that will be taking place in the Eileen Hull Fan Club! You can find out more information here. Join creatives from all around the world to make a journal documenting past and present holiday traditions. Eileen and teams will be providing inspiration, techniques and practical ways to create your own personalized journal using any of Eileen’s Sizzix Journal dies as a base. The Event takes place throughout December on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Eileen Hull Fan Club private group… so join now (and please answer the questions!) We can’t wait to get started – let’s sprinkle some comfort and joy in each other’s lives.

Crafting Seasons’ Greetings Inspiration

11 Nov

We are getting well into the holiday season now. Here in the USA Thanksgiving is in about two weeks! All this month on the blog, Eileen Hull’s Teams are crafting hard to bring Seasons’ Greetings inspiration to you! Last week we kicked it off with some festive makes from the Inspiration Team and it continues on with this week’s projects. Let’s take a look…

Time to get crafty!

Julia Aston created a beautiful stand to hold photos of holiday memories using Eileen’s Display Stand Die. The festive patterned paper and darling little trees and deer really make this project special. See Julia’s blog post for all the details and instructions!

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - Crafting Seasons' Greetings with Sizzix #eileenhull #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

Designer Mitsyana Wright used Eileen’s new Teacup Die to create this absolutely adorable Christmas card. Just because a die is a Scoreboards die, you don’t have to use it only to make 3-D projects. As Mitsyana shows us, you can use them to cut patterned paper and use the elements on things like cards! See all the details in her blog post.

Mitsyana Wright for Eileen Hull - Crafting Seasons' Greetings with Sizzix #eileenhull #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

Stitching up some Christmas cuteness is Susie Bentz! She was inspired to turn a card design she previously made into felt Christmas Snowman Mitten ornaments. Eileen’s steel rule dies make short work of cutting heavier substrates! You will not want to miss Susie’s instructions and variations in her blog post. Head on over to check it out.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - Crafting Seasons' Greetings with Sizzix #eileenhull #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

Keep going, more Seasons’ Greeings crafting inspiration follows…

Maggi Harding also created some beautiful Christmas cards using Eileen’s dies. Who wouldn’t want to receive one of these in the mail? The mitten card has a slot for a gift card and the snowman card is a step out card (love that card format!) See Maggi’s blog post for the details and many more photos!

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull - Crafting Seasons' Greetings with Sizzix #eileenhull #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

In our final set of cards for the week, Jenny Marples has some delightful snowman cards to share with us. I really love the atypical color scheme that she chose. It pays to have a stash of leftover papers and scraps from previous projects! See Jenny’s blog post for tips on using that stash to jump start your card making.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - Crafting Seasons' Greetings with Sizzix #eileenhull #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

Visit us next week for more Seasons’ Greetings crafting inspiration from the Team!

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! Winners for the contest were announced and Eileen shows us how to make a cute project using the Post Box Die. Join in and see the replay. There are some new technical difficulties with embedding Facebook videos into these blog posts, so FOLLOW THIS LINK to watch the show.

Epic Christmas in July Post!

29 Jul

Is it really the end of July? We’ve been keeping cool all month with lots of fantastic makes using Eileen Hull’s newest Sizzix dies, the Snowman and Mitten Box. Today we’re going to wrap it up with an epic Christmas in July post full of festive projects!

Get comfy and grab a beverage…

because there are so many to share! First up we have Elizabeth Robinson’s clever creation using the Snowman Die – she used it to make a holder for her glasses! I love it! It’s a great landing spot for things that get easily mislaid. You could use something like this for your phone or car keys too. Elizabeth shares the details of her Snowman Die hack on her blog.

Elizabeth Robinson for Eileen Hull - it's an epic Christmas in July post on the blog! Don't miss makes using Eileen's new Sizzix Dies, the Snowman and Mitten Box. #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Tonya Trantham used the Snowman Die plus past Eileen dies to create a fabulous mini Christmas journal. Inside is full of flaps, tuck spots and all sorts of darling bits and bobs. You must head over to her blog post and see all the detail photos of the inside pages. You won’t be sorry!

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull - it's an epic Christmas in July post on the blog! Don't miss makes using Eileen's new Sizzix Dies, the Snowman and Mitten Box. #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Mixed media magic is once again offered up by Karen Bearse in her full tutorial on how to create this fun Mitten tag. It would be fabulous as a Christmas ornament or gift tag (especially for an owl lover!) Paint, ink, embossing, this tag has it all.

Karen Bearse for Eileen Hull - it's an epic Christmas in July post on the blog! Don't miss makes using Eileen's new Sizzix Dies, the Snowman and Mitten Box. #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Keep going, more to see…

Designer Jenny Marples has been finding inspiration in Eileen’s new dies all month long! She has multiple projects to share. First there are these fabulous Christmas cards made using nifty mixed media techniques (see her tutorial!) and the Mitten Box Die:

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - it's an epic Christmas in July post on the blog! Don't miss makes using Eileen's new Sizzix Dies, the Snowman and Mitten Box. #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Jenny also just posted this brand new project – a Snowman accordion book. She used gel plate prints to good effect for the inner pages. Check out her tutorial for all her tricks and tips! I love all the textures and colors she achieved in this darling little book.

Last but not least Julia Aston has a cute cork fabric journal to share with us. In June we had a collaboration with Belagio to use their awesome cork fabric (check out the weekly June posts to see if you missed it). Julia used it to make a little snowman journal. Be sure to head on over to her blog to see the instructions and photos of the insides.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - it's an epic Christmas in July post on the blog! Don't miss makes using Eileen's new Sizzix Dies, the Snowman and Mitten Box. #eileenhull #mymakingstory

See, it was an epic Christmas in July post wasn’t it?

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit! Did you miss the other July posts? Find them here, here, here and here. Next week it will be a new month and a new theme! Hmmm, what will it be? Guess you’ll have to come and see!

Join Eileen on her twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs – Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. Become a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club- a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Please join our group and don’t forget to answer the questions! Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday is linked below. She has been on the road and has now landed at the beach house. Watch below for a tour!

Stay Cool with Christmas in July Creations

22 Jul

Have you been enjoying all the wonderful festive Christmas in July creations this month? We’ve all been having fun making things using Eileen Hull’s newest Sizzix dies, the Snowman and Mitten Box. From the looks of all the awesome projects you are posting in the Fan Club, you are too! This week we have a handful of projects from Eileen’s Educator Team! Grab a frosty beverage, get comfy and scroll on…

Beat the heat and build a snowman:

Designer Madeline Arendt used the Snowman Die to make a so so cute snowman garland! It would look wonderful on a fireplace mantel or stretched across a door way. Head on over to her blog to see more photos of the whole garland and her tips and tricks for making your own garland.

Madeline Arendt for Eileen Hull - stay cool with Christmas in July creations and Eileen's newest Sizzix dies, the Snowman & Mitten Box! #mymakingstory #eileenhull

Jennie Atkinson used the Mitten die to create these gorgeous and frilly mitten ornaments. They have all the vintage feels with bits of lace, buttons and Victorian vibes. The tutorial on her blog shows many detail photos and all the steps on how to create these beauties yourselves.

Jenny Atkinson for Eileen Hull - stay cool with Christmas in July creations and Eileen's newest Sizzix dies, the Snowman & Mitten Box! #mymakingstory #eileenhull

If you are a die hard holiday card maker (start now!) you will not want to miss this fabulous example from Kathy Clement. Using a Christmas paper collection from Authentique and the Mittens as a focal point, I think you will agree this card is a stunner that any loved one would be excited to receive and display! Kathy shows you how to make this unique card structure in a tutorial on her blog so don’t miss it.

Kathy Clement for Eileen Hull - stay cool with Christmas in July creations and Eileen's newest Sizzix dies, the Snowman & Mitten Box! #mymakingstory #eileenhull

Sarah Lizzie also made some darling Mitten Christmas tree ornaments with a retro feel. These die are so versatile you can adapt them to any style. That gold foiled paper Sarah used will look so pretty with tree lights twinkling on it. Peruse her blog post for more photos and the how-to!

Sarah Lizzie for Eileen Hull - stay cool with Christmas in July creations and Eileen's newest Sizzix dies, the Snowman & Mitten Box! #mymakingstory #eileenhull

Come back next Wednesday for a last look at Christmas in July creations!

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit! Did you miss last few July posts? Find them here, here and here.

Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday is linked below. She shows us how to jazz up the insides of our journal by using envelopes.

Summertime Christmas Inspiration with Eileen Hull’s New Dies

15 Jul

Summertime Christmas inspiration continues here on Eileen Hull’s blog! In case you missed it, on July 1st Sizzix released two new dies designed by Eileen, the Snowman and Mitten Box Dies. We had a big party and a blog hop full of fabulous creations. Each week has showcased more new projects made with the dies and this week is no exception!

The Inspiration Team has been busy…

Pam Bray made a whole coordinated set of projects using the new dies. Last week we saw the frosty mitten gift card box and now she’s sharing the matching Tiny Book and Tiny Book Case set. They are so cute! There are lots of detail photos on Pam’s blog so don’t miss that.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull - summertime Christmas inspiration with the new Sizzix Snowman and Mitten Box Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

These new dies are good for more than just 3-D projects! Susie Bentz used the snowmen cuts in a pair of CAS Christmas cards. I really like the clean look and how she added illustrative details to the snowmen. See her blog post for some fun techniques to get more use out of your dies.

Susie Bentz for Eileen Hull - summertime Christmas inspiration with the new Sizzix Snowman and Mitten Box Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

If you spotted this beauty during the Blog Hop and wondered how Anna-Karin Evaldsson worked her mixed media magic, wonder no more! Anna-Karin has a complete tutorial in her blog post where she spills all her secrets. Aren’t these colors and textures just divine?

Anna-Karin Evaldsson for Eileen Hull - summertime Christmas inspiration with the new Sizzix Snowman and Mitten Box Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Did I mention that the Bigz Dies (which these are) cut through thick materials like butter? Well, they do! Lisa Hoel effortlessly cut the pieces out of felt to create her little stitched mitten Christmas tree ornament. You can see more on her blog post.

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull - summertime Christmas inspiration with the new Sizzix Snowman and Mitten Box Dies #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Come back next week for more summertime Christmas inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit! Next Wednesday we will get to see some festive makes from the Educator Team so be sure to come back for a look see. Did you miss last few July posts? Find them here and here.

Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday is linked below. She finishes off a wonderfully colorful felt and embroidery project and opens up some Happy Mail!