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Gel Press Collaboration with Eileen Hull

Eileen Hull dies and Gel Press are a match made in heaven! The Gel Press collaboration has been going on all month and the projects have been truly inspiring! You can find the past blog posts here, here and here. Also check out the Gel Press YouTube channel to see what cool stuff they are doing with Eileen’s journal bases and to find scores of tutorial videos. Gel Press printing is a whole lotta fun! Add in Eileen’s versatile dies and a whole new world of creativity opens up. This is the last week for our official collaboration but I think our love affair with gel printing will continue on.

This week the Educator Team is up to bat! Jennie Atkinson is tantalizing us with a few sneak peeks of collaboration projects made using Eileen’s new Chapter 1 dies about to be released on Feb. 1st. So tempting! I can’t wait to see the whole projects – they look wonderful.

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Sarah Lizzie created a beautiful Full Size Journal with gel printed covers. I love those soft colors! Wouldn’t this make a lovely gift? Sarah Lizzie has a video with all the details on her YouTube channel. Visit her blog post for more info and a link to video.

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Keep scrolling, more Gel Press collaboration goodness ahead…

Getting busy with her Gel Press plate, Madeline Arendt experimented with printing on fabric. I think she was very successful, just look at the beautiful results! She covered board of her journal covers with fabric and batting to give them a softer look. Be sure to pay her blog a visit to find out all the details.

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Sue Eldred also had fun experimenting with creating backgrounds with her Gel Press. She tried using die cuts as masks and had great success with this technique. There really is no end to the creative results you can achieve with gel printing! In her blog post you can see her process and the great projects she made from her prints (like this Tiny Book):

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Gel Press Creative Team shares:

Eileen sent blank journal kits to the Gel Press Creative Team members and we’re excited to see what they do. Marjoline Walker made a bold traveler’s journal from Eileen’s Full Size Journal cuts and her video is posted on the Gel Press YouTube Channel. Do you need to get organized? Carolyn Dube created an art caddy organizer from an older Eileen cube die (try the available Gift Box Die). Genius way to organize supplies! Don’t miss these informative videos!

We hope that you will play along with us this month too. Share your creations with us in the Eileen Hull Fan Club on Facebook and other social media channels. Tag your projects with #gelpressobsessed so we can find them. We are going to have so much fun!

Visit next week for the Ch. 1 Release Party on Tuesday, Feb. 1st!

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.

Follow the Gel Press social media accounts as well so you don’t miss anything: Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 1/25 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. Eileen did a Q&A session and you can watch that replay here.

Eileen Hull + Gel Press, We’re Teaming Up!

What goes together like peanut butter and jelly? Eileen Hull dies and Gel Press! The Teams are having a collaboration with Gel Press this month to see what magic can be made when both products are combined. Make sure to check in at the blog at each week to see what comes of our Gel Press journeys. Also check out the Gel Press YouTube channel to see what they are doing with Eileen’s journal bases. Gel Press printing is a whole lotta fun! Add in Eileen’s versatile dies and a whole new world of creativity opens up! One warning, we will not be held responsible for any sudden compulsions to make gel prints all day without regard to the need of doing laundry, cooking, feeding the dog or sleeping. Although your dog may have words with you. 😉

Elizabeth Robinson is up with a fabulous journal covered with gel prints. (And I’m seriously coveting her seahorse pen!) Isn’t her cover beautiful? Elizabeth is a long-time fan of her gel plates and you can see her tutorial video on her YouTube channel. Don’t miss all her tips and tricks!

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Jenny Marples shares how to use a small Gel Press plate as a stamp to add layers to her mixed media. Some serious gel printing magic is going on in the pages of Jenny’s newest Full Size Journal. Head on over to her blog post and prepare to be inspired and learn new techniques!

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Experimenting was the name of the game for designer Tonya Trantham and you can tell she had fun! She created a colorful and cheerful little notebook – perfect for those on the go “field notes”! Pay her blog post a visit to see how she did it and what the insides look like.

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Gel Press Creative Team shares:

Eileen sent blank journal kits to the Gel Press Creative Team members and we’re excited to see what they do. Ana Bondu of the team now has Part 2 of her Collaboration video posted on the Gel Press YouTube Channel. Designer Lynne Forsythe also has a great video posted where she shows how to make a Valentine Tiny Book. Don’t miss them!

We hope that you will play along with us this month too. Share your creations with us in the Eileen Hull Fan Club on Facebook and other social media channels. Tag your projects with #gelpressobsessed so we can find them. We are going to have so much fun!

Visit next week for more Eileen Hull dies + Gel Press collaboration projects!

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.

Follow the Gel Press social media accounts as well so you don’t miss anything: Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 1/18 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. On her Tuesday 1/18 Live Eileen shared lots of tips about cutting and embossing leather in your makes and you can watch that replay here.

Wrapping Up 2021 – Favorite Projects

It’s hard to believe Christmas is in just a few days! I hope that you are getting a chance to drink in some peace and aren’t too busy. This month we are wrapping up 2021 with the designers sharing their favorite Eileen Hull projects from the year. We have three more ladies sharing today so let’s take a look!

Jennie Atkinson is the queen of soft shabby chic style and clever die hacks! Her 2021 picks show unusual ways to use Eileen’s dies (that boat is made with the 3-D Camper Die!) and they are so beautiful to boot! Head on over to Jennie’s blog to see all the details and links to the original tutorial posts.

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Educator Sue Eldred picked out her Top 3 projects too. She always has great ideas for using Eileen’s dies! Her favorites for the year make good use of various journal dies so you won’t want to miss all the details in her blog post.

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Sarah Lizzie of Shining Bright also had fun looking back over her crafty makes for the year and has three to share with us. Sarah Lizzie has creative and eye catching projects as her favorites so you will definitely want to head to her blog to see all the details.

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Bonus project!!

Tonya Trantham has been busy this month and has another cute and clever bonus project to share with us! She used the journal page binding die from the Bookbinding and Label Die Set to line a tray and turn it into a tag holder. She has some tags already completed and says she is going to make more to match. This is such a great idea and would be perfect for organizing journaling cards or other ephemera. Find the tutorial on Tonya’s blog.

Wrapping up 2021 – concluded! 😉

We have a special event going on right now in the Eileen Hull Fan Club! Eileen kicked off the Comfort & Joy event off with a Facebook Live in the group. She covered how the event will work and what you can expect. This event is only for Fan Club members so all of the posts/videos/lives will take place within the group. If you miss a live show, you can always watch the replay. 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!

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Watch Eileen’s 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 Pajama Party from Tuesday, 12/21 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. Eileen shows us how to use her dies for gift wrapping and shares lots of samples from the Teams! The link is here for replay on FaceBook.

Favorites of 2021 – Project Inspiration!

December is the month the Team designers are taking a look back over the year and doing favorites of 2021 projects posts. It’s been a crafty year and Eileen Hull’s products really let our creativity shine! Let’s see what inspiration they have for us today…

Julia Aston is sharing her favorites in her blog post. She definitely has a lovely assortment of makes and you can get lots of ideas from her. This Folio Journal is full of interesting tuck spots and flippy bits. Go take a look!

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If you caught the Eileen Live show where Maggi Harding joined her, then you saw this gorgeous Full Size Journal cover as a work in progress. Maggi has finished it now and you can see all the photos on her blog. It is so eye catching!

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Susie Bentz had some trouble picking her Top 3 favorite projects but she persevered and here we go! I am so glad her Harry Potter monster Tiny Book made the cut because I think that is just so fab and creative. Find all the info and links to the original tutorial posts on Susie’s blog.

Visit next week for more favorites of 2021 projects!

Did you miss the Tailgate Party wrapup post? You can find it 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, 12/2 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. Eileen shows us how to make Vintage Truck Gift Card Ornaments! The link is here for replay on YouTube.

Summer Adventures with Eileen Hull

Happy June everyone! Are you mentally in gear for summer? The Teams of Eileen Hull are and they’re busy cooking up ‘Summer Adventures’ projects with her always versatile Sizzix dies. What does summer mean to you? Camping, gardening, vacationing, and time at the beach or pool? We’ll cover all the bases over the course of the month.

Designer Karen Bearse is here to kick us off with a super cute caddy organizer embellished with a camper trailer made with Eileen’s 3-D Camper Die. Nothing says summer like a roadtrip with your llama! 😉 Travel on over to Karen’s blog to see the tutorial.

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Lisa Hoel’s goal was to create a cheerful and summery project and she succeeded! Check out this cute gift container with iced tea bags. It doubles as a summer decor piece! The base is made from Eileen’s 3-D Tea Cup Die. You can see more photos and a tutorial on Lisa’s blog.

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Pam Bray created a lovely flowery card. It is always such a joy to see the garden come back to life after being asleep all winter. Bring on the flowers! Pam’s paper flowers are a perfect touch. Visit her blog post for all the details and how-to.

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Tonya Trantham is embracing summer flower power too in this delightful Tiny Book project. She makes magic with a coordinated 6×6 paper collection and the insides are just as wonderful as the outsides. Don’t miss all the details on her blog!

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Visit next week for more Summer adventures with Eileen Hull and her fab dies!

Thanks for visiting and see you next week. In case you missed the May “Unconventional Materials” themed posts, you can find them HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. They are full of unusual projects and inspiration!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 5,5oo 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, YouTube and Pinterest.

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 6/1 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. (Or right here, right now!) She shares how to make a Tag Book using the Waterfall Die.

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Unconventional Materials & Sizzix Wrap Up

We have more projects made with unconventional materials and Eileen Hull’s Sizzix Dies to share with you this week! That is the theme we’ve been working with for this month of May and Eileen also wants to see your projects made with creative materials and her dies. In fact, there is a contest going in the Facebook Fan Club so be sure to join the group if you haven’t already. (You have until the end of the month to enter the contest!) This is our May wrap up post and we have several awesome projects from the Educator Team and some ‘Part 2’ posts from last week. Grab a beverage and get comfy.

Inspiration awaits…

Jennie Atkinson is the one who is responsible for this month’s theme. (Bravo Jennie!) Find out the story in her blog post. In the meantime, look at the beautiful tag book she created! Whatever did she use for the base? 😉 Better go find out! You can see it here.

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Designer Sarah Lizzie has created a nature journal that contains bona fide leaves, twigs and other materials she gathered. She did a lovely job combining it all into a pleasing whole. Check out her tutorial to find out how it all came together.

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Waterfall alert! This is such a great feature to include in your journals.

Taking one for the team, Sue Eldred ahem, obtained, some candy wrappers to use for the cover of her Tiny Book. Sue, I applaud your dedication and use of unconventional materials! Those foil wrappers make such a pretty collage. Visit her blog to find out how she did it!

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Madeline Arendt took a little trip to the Dollar Store to look for unconventional materials to use with Eileen’s Sizzix dies. She found some very creative supplies! Would you believe the cover for this album is a padded mailing envelope? See all the details and instructions in her blog post.

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“Part 2” posts from last week…

Last week both Lisa Hoel and Tonya Trantham had “Part 1” projects to share with you. Their projects covered so much ground they couldn’t be contained in a single post! They are back this week with the rest of the story. Let’s take a look:

Lisa Hoel shared the cover of her Submarine Tunnel Book made with the Folio Journal. This week we get to see the insides, complete with tutorial! Take an undersea journey through the octopus’s garden and learn how to make your own tunnel book in her blog post.

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull – May is "Unconventional Materials" month! What sort of things has the Team used with Sizzix dies? #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting
The cover with “porthole”.
Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull – May is "Unconventional Materials" month! What sort of things has the Team used with Sizzix dies? #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting
Tunnel book inside!

Part 2 of Tonya Trantham’s explosion Tiny Book shows us all the wonderful details inside. Tonya says she calls it an explosion book because it’s so cram jammed with goodies you can’t close it! I think it’s wonderful. Don’t miss out on all the detail photos and tips in Tonya’s blog post.

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull – May is "Unconventional Materials" month! What sort of things has the Team used with Sizzix dies? #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

Visit next week for a new month and a new theme!

Thanks for visiting and see you next week. In case you missed it, past May posts are HERE, HERE and HERE.

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 5,5oo 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, YouTube and Pinterest.

If you missed Eileen’s Facebook Live from Tuesday, 5/25 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. (Or right here, right now!) She shares her shopping treasure haul and how to make some cute little clips you can use in your journals.