Eileen Hull

Pocket Notebook Release Party Winners!

12 Oct

Thanks for following our blog hop last week- now it’s time to announce the Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party Winners!

The Pocket Notebook is a Scoreboards die, which means it was designed to cut and score matboard to get a perfect result every time. This goes together so quickly! Watch this Facebook Live that I did at Craft Stash while I was in the UK to see how to put it together.

There were so many fantastic projects designed by the Eileen Hull Inspiration and Education Teams on the Pocket Notebook Release Party! Take another look at this impressive collection…

The Pocket Notebook die is so very versatile and who doesn’t like having lots of ideas to consider when creating your own book? Click here to take another look around this amazing collection of projects! And when you’re done, please leave the designers some love. They have worked hard to inspire you.

DRUMROLL PLEASE

The Pocket Notebook Release Party winners are:

Rosemary Meadows- you’ve won the Pocket Notebook- woohoo
Patricia Zukowski you will get a $25 Etsy store gift certificate!

And for commenting on the Thursday Release Party Facebook Live:

Kassandra Tousignant
Keisha Siebert- you will both get surprise packages!

Winners, please message or email me (eileenhull@aol.com) your mailing addresses. I will get your prizes out… thanks everyone for hopping along with us!

I hope to see you on my twice weekly Facebook Live shows at Eileen Hull Designs– Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST and Thursdays at 4:00 pm EST. The Eileen Hull Fan Club is a friendly, talented and encouraging community of crafty folks that you will want to meet. Request to join the group and don’t forget to answer the questions! Visit my Etsy store to find many of the products used in these awesome projects <3

Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party

3 Oct

Hi everyone- it’s Eileen here. I’m back from my travels and so excited to bring you the Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party! The Inspiration Team and Education Team have been hard at work creating some absolutely fabulous projects to inspire you…

I am so happy to introduce the Sizzix Pocket Notebook Die!

On the die, you get all of the pieces you need to make an entire book- the cover, pages, latch and pen loop! The Pocket Notebook measures 6 3/4” x 4 1/2” with a spine that can adjust from of 3/8” to almost 2”! String it with elastic, hemp, ribbon or twine. So many option for this fun die!

Eileen’s Inspiration and Education teams have combined to show us their amazing Pocket Notebook ideas. Please follow the Blog Hop to see all of the fabulous projects, techniques and videos!

There are also two GIVEAWAYS- the Pocket Notebook die and a gift certificate for Eileen’s Etsy store. To enter to win, leave a comment on each of the posts. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, October 8 on Eileen’s Facebook Live show.

Thanks for hopping along with us today!

I hope you have enjoyed our Sizzix Pocket Notebook Release Party! Please make sure to visit all of the blogs and leave a comment in order to be entered in the giveaway. Many thanks to my teams for their beautiful projects and for passing along ideas to use with the new product <3

I will be on Facebook Live today at 4:00 Eastern at Eileen Hull Designs with a couple of special guests 🙂 Please join us!

You are invited to 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. Join on Facebook and don’t forget to answer the questions! You can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Fall Garden Journal

1 Oct

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. Well I’m a day late and a dollar short but gosh golly I am taking over Eileen’s blog! I figure she is still jet lagged from her UK Paper Trails trip so she won’t notice me sneaking around over here. 😉 I created a fall garden journal using a ton of Eileen’s different dies and also her Molten Dimensions Embossing Powders.

How to Make it!

The Journal Die (biggest one) serves as the main cover. Then when you open it…

Inside I used the Notebook Die as well as the Giftcard Folder & Label 2 Die. (Save the seeds from your annuals!!)

You can see more photos and some tutorial tips over on my Garden Journal blog post. Check it out! Also, stay tuned for the BLOG HOP PARTY coming this Thursday on the 3rd! We are going to celebrate the official release of Eileen’s new Pocket Notebook die! The journal die family is growing, sniff sniff. It’s so sweet…

Thanks for taking a peek at my Fall Garden Journal!

Notebook Emboss Technique

26 Sep

Hello Eileen Fans!!! Supreme Mystic Minion Karen Bearse here to share a Notebook Emboss Technique! The Inspiration Team continues the blog takeover while Eileen is away in Ireland.

While the boss is away, the Minions will play!!!

A while back I did a blog post for Topflight stamps using Eileen’s Notebook die cut. Did you know that Topflight Stamps carries Eileen’s Embossing powder?

For a full tutorial you can see it on my blog here. It includes a quick & easy, yet visually eye catching technique that creates a batik like look. I also did a demo live on Eileens facebook page. There was a crazy Minion takeover so in case you missed it & if you follow Eileen you can see it here.

I hope you have a chance to tryout this Notebook Emboss Technique!! Have an inky day!!

Another Way to Use the House Ornament Die

23 Sep

Treat Boxes Made with the House Ornament Die

Hi friends, Maggi here and I’ve taken over Eileen’s blog today to show you another way to use the new House Ornament Die. This die is so versatile and has so many uses besides being an ornament. I’ve used it to make the cutest spooky Halloween treat boxes filled with chocolates and a surprise for my scrappy bff’s! (Hmm, wonder how many of my bff’s will see this blog post?!)

Treat Boxes Made with the House Ornament Die

Tutorial:

These are really quick and easy to make, especially if you make them from design paper rather than covered, painted, stamped and/or inked mat board. I selected some fun Halloween 12 x 12 papers and cut them in half so that the paper is 6″ x 12″. Then, I ran the paper through my die cutting machine (I have a Vagabond).

Crease Pad

The trick to using paper with these dies is to use a crease pad in place of one cutting pad. If you use the regular sandwich like when you are cutting a mat board design, more than likely the paper will cut through where the creases should be. Using the crease pad will cut the paper and add crease lines where they should be!

You need to cut two pieces with the House Ornament die, then apply Eileen’s Red Liner Tape to the small flaps on the left. Join the two pieces together as shown in the 2nd photo below.

Fold into a box shape pressing the other tab inside the box, securing the tape to the house side wall. You have two flaps on the bottom, cut one off and secure the other with the tab inside the box.

The Windows

Next, let’s give those windows some definition ’cause they are not so visible. Eileen’s House/Pocket Stitchlits just happens to have a window frame that fits these windows perfectly. Cut two window frames and adhere to the outside over the window cutouts. Isn’t it great how Eileen’s dies work together!

That’s all there is for the basic assembly of the box but now, we have to gussy it up! Add some flowers and ribbons at the top and on the sides, add stickers or whatever you like.

The House Ornament die also cuts a small house so I used that to create a door. I just cut the top off to take off the point, you can see my door on the house below on the right.

I also wanted to add some tags to my boxes so I used the adorable little house that comes with this die to make a cute little tag. AND because in my world, more is better, I added a small circle tag that I cut with Eileen’s Credit Card Sleeve and Tags die set.

Treat Boxes Made with the House Ornament Die

Eileen Hull Designs Dies by Sizzix Used:

House Ornament – Sizzix ScoreBoards L Die

House/Pocket Stitchlits – Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK

Credit Card Sleeve & Tags – Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK

Thanks for joining me today while Eileen is visiting some of you across the big pond!

Maggi xxoxo

Fall is in the Air House

16 Sep

Hi everyone it’s me, Tonya! If you have been following along you know Eileen is away teaching classes. So today I’m “taking over” the blog to show you how I created this simple Fall is in the Air House!

Creating the House

To start this project, cut two House Ornament Diecut from matboard. Cut the flap off one of the house diecuts on the bottom as seen in the photo below.

Ink an Art Dauber with Butter Chalk Ink from the Cornucopia Chalk Paintbox Inks. This set of inks was used for the whole project including inking both house diecuts. Place the Mandala Art Screen on top of the house diecut and load a spatula with Extra Heavy Gel (Matte) Apply the gel over the art screen. Complete the same steps for second house diecut and let both diecuts dry. This was my first time I ever used extra heavy matte gel and I discovered I absolutely LOVED it!

Next ink Art Daubers with Harvest, Dark Brown and Pumpkin Spice Chalk Inks and randomly ink both house diecuts. Once dry, adhere both house diecuts together and add gems around both sides of the roof.

Decorating the House

I must have been in a crafting zone because I forgot to take photos of the steps of how I put the flower together. YIKES! Cut six flowers and one leaf from crinoline fabric from the Journaling Card, Flowers and Leaves Diecuts. The glass tray was inked with Red Barn and Dark Moss Chalk Inks, and water was added to both inks. Six flowers were placed into the Red Barn and the leaf was placed into the Dark Moss Inks. All diecuts were completely covered before I removed them to dry. The final step for the flower was adhering all together. I added the leaf to the back of the flower before adhering to the corner of the roof.

The tiny chipboard flower I inked with Red Barn. The Watercolor Paper leaf was inked with Mint Chalk Inks. The leaf was added to back and a sequin to the center of flower. I then placed a Foam Pop Dot to the back of the flower and above the window. The house was finished by tying a bow from cording and adding to the side of the roof. I hope you have been following Eileen as she travels and her Inspiration Team as they share their some fun crafting ideas!

Thanks for stopping by, hope your day is wonderful and enjoy creating!