Eileen Hull

Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects with Stampotique

15 Jun

Hey everyone! The Inspiration Team returns to bring you more Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects with Stampotique! All month long the IT and Stampotique DT will be joining forces to bring you twice the inspiration. You will be amazed at what you can create with your Sizzix dies and Stampotique Stamps. Be sure to check out the Stampotique Designer Projects and join in on their designer challenge. In the meantime let’s see what the Inspiration team has in store for you this week.

Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects with Stampotique

Anne Redfern shares a stamped Passport Book project that will have your artful heart all a flutter! Anne’s project features Stampotique Stamps on the inside and out detailed with Clearsnap Blends inks and more!

There are more stamped surprises within the pages of this HeARTfelt Passport Book so head to Anne’s Blog for a look inside plus a tutorial.

Nicole Wright brings back the forgotten art of letter writing with a stamped Letter Card Basket creation. Nicole’s Basket features the Patio Lights set from Stampotique and each card in the set uses a different stamp from the Stampotique Originals MASSIVE catalog.

Visit Nicole’s Blog for more details on her lovely Letter Card Basket.

Julia Aston has a wonderful, watercolored Mug project to share. Julia’s make features my Mug and Make it 3D dies with fabulous floral stamps from Stampotique. The Watercolored stamping is just magnificent on this project.

Check out Julia’s Blog to find out how you can create this project.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson shares a sweet and sentimental Passport Book Project inspired by her son’s love of airplanes. Each page is awe inspiring and packed with Stampotique goodness! What wonderful memories AK’s kids will have when they flip through these lovely books over the years.

Fly over to Anna-Karin’s blog for a detailed tutorial and gorgeous photos.

Jenny Marple’s has a delicious looking stamped basket project to share. On the outside Jenny’s creation is covered in Stampotique and on the inside it is filled with cherry bon bons….YUM!

Visit Jenny’s blog for more scrumptious details.

Tracy Evan’s ,our resident gardening guru is sharing a beautiful floral basket creation to match her mini book from last week. This bit of loveliness is covered in bright springtime hues. What’s more, it carries a powerful message…”cultivate kindness”. A little kindness goes a looooong way!

Stop by Tracy’s Blog for more details on her beautiful basket project.

I do hope you’ve enjoyed this weeks round of Eileen Hull Sizzix projects with Stampotique as much as I have! You won’t want to miss the Stampotique Designer Projects so be sure to click the link and check them out.

You can find all of the stamps and dies used in these projects by following the links below…

Stampotique Originals Stamps

Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies

Heartfelt Sizzix Collection with Stampotique

9 Jun

Hey everyone! This month the Inspiration Team will be using the Heartfelt Sizzix Collection with Stampotique to bring you fresh and fun project ideas! We are teaming up with the Stampotique team to give you twice the inspiration. Stampotique Originals has countless stamps designed by artists for artists so you are sure to find a stamp or 70 that tickles your fancy. Let’s have a look at what these two talented teams have stamped up for your this week.

Heartfelt Sizzix Collection with Stampotique

Julia Aston starts us off with a darling little project featuring the 3-D Tea Cup die and Stampotique stamps! Julia’s project serves up creativity and treats you can actually eat! Fabulous stamping, felt flowers and expert inking using Clearsnap Blends abound in this cute and clever project.

Stop by Julia’s Blog for a cuppa’ creativity and a detailed tutorial on how to create this Tea Cup Treat Holder.

Pam Bray shares an “oh-my-gorgeous” mixed-media Passport Mini Album project. Pam’s creation is buzzing with creativity and dimension. If the outside cover is any indication of what the pages inside contain get ready for some serious stamping techniques!

Run don’t walk over to Pam’s Blog for a peek inside the pages of this marvelous mixed-media Mini Album!

Tracy Evans also has a fun floral Passport Album to share with you. Tracy’s creation features cool blue-green hues that set the tone for summer fun! This mini album is covered inside and out with Stampotique Stamps and mixed-media techniques!

Head to Tracy’s Blog for more creative details on how to create this pretty stamped Passport Book Mini Album.

Jonathan Fong shares an incredibly creative Stamped Frida Kahlo Doll! Jonathan’s project is stamped fabric, stuffed, stitched and covered with felt Sizzix die cuts to create one AMAZING art doll.

Visit Jonathan’s Blog for a full tutorial on how to create your own stamped and stitched art doll with the Heartfelt Sizzix Collection and Stampotique!

Jenny Marple’s ends our inspirational journey today with a beautiful Basket featuring Stitched Houses from Stampotique! Jenny’s basket design is filled with creative techniques from stamping and distressing to adding faux stitching details. What’s more, it also serves a practical purpose…holding addresses!

Don’t miss Jenny’s full tutorial on her Stitched Houses Address Card Sizzix Basket!

Hope you’ve enjoyed these creative projects featuring the Heartfelt Sizzix Collection with Stampotique! Check out what the Stampotique team has created HERE and join in on some of their fun challenges!

Stay tuned next week for more Stampotique fun!

Eileen

Ultimate List of Kunin Felt and Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects

2 Jun

Hey everyone! Wow I can’t believe we are into June already. For the entire month of May the Inspiration Team has been collaborating with Kunin Felt to inspire you with amazing Felt Projects featuring my new Heartfelt Sizzix Collection. Today we are recapping all the tutorials we’ve seen this month with the Ultimate List of Kunin Felt and Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects! You can catch up on projects you may have missed AND check out some cool new projects.

Ultimate List of Kunin Felt and Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects

Anna-Karin Evaldsson shares a gorgeous Felt Flower Basket using Kunin Felt along with my Basket and Stitchy Flowers dies from the Heartfelt Sizzix collection. As always an informative tutorial on how to assemble and distress your basket is included along with lovely stepped out photos!

Ultimate List of Kunin Felt and Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects: Felt Flower Basket Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Head to Anna-Karin’s blog for all the lovely details on how to create this Felt Flower Basket.

Anne Redfern shares the perfect photo holder project! How cute is this Felt Camera Photo Holder? Anne used my Journal Die and carefully placed felt pieces to create this adorable make.

Ultimate List of Kunin Felt and Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects: Camera Photo Holder Tutorial by Anne Redfern

Check out Anne’s Blog for more “snapshots” of the steps she took to make this amazingly creative Camera Photo Holder.

Ultimate List of Kunin Felt and Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects

Hope you enjoyed this months Ultimate List of Kunin Felt and Eileen Hull Sizzix Projects you can find all of these fun felt creations by following the links below:

Stay tuned next week for a new collaboration filled with fresh inspiration!

Eileen

Kunin and Sizzix Heartfelt Project Tutorials

26 May

Hey everyone! We are back again with MORE Kunin and Sizzix Heartfelt Project Tutorials! All month long we have been collaborating with the Kunin DT and sharing projects created using Kunin Felt and my new Heartfelt Sizzix Collection. Today we have tons of inspiration plus a special announcement!

Kunin and Sizzix Heartfelt Project Tutorials

Our first project comes from new Inspiration Team member Jenny Marples ! I’m sure many of you are familiar with Jenny’s lovely makes and if not be sure to have a browse through her blog as creative inspiration abounds. Her inaugural team project is a real stunner. Jenny shares a fabulous felt Passport Book Journal covered in Stitchy flowers and exquisite stitched details.

Stop byJenny’s Blog to welcome her to the team and check out her tutorial for journal binding tips and more!

Jonathan Fong has a sweet felt project that you can wear! Well maybe not you personally, but these felt Baby Booties are easy to create and too cute to “boot”!

You won’t believe which Eileen Hull Sizzix dies he used. Can you guess which ones? Head to Jonathan’s Blog to find out!

Have you ever considered using Patina on Felt? Karen Bearse has and her Pocket Journal is proof that this is a technique you will definitely want to try! This Pocket Journal is embossed and accented with Patina fun felt die cuts from my new collection.

Check out Karen’s Blog where she shares all the steps plus a bonus technique where she uses the Twist and Style tool to add wire detailing.

Susie Bentz shares a dynamic duo of All Occasion cards. These cheerful card designs are full of texture thanks to Kunin Felt die cuts and embossed elements using Eileen Hull Sizzix dies new and old.

Visit Susie’s Blog for a full tutorial on how to assemble these All Occasion Cards.

Nicole Wright shares a unique journal project using the House Pocket die. You’ll feel right at “Home” crafting a cute felt journal like this one!

Head on over to Nicole’s Blog where she shows all the steps to create this adorable House Pocket Journal with Kunin Felt and the Eileen Hull Heartfelt Sizzix Collection.

Lisa Hoel has a fantastic felt journal to share. Lisa’s project is covered in fun felt flowers, stitching and all over loveliness! A Butterfly clip flutters over this gorgeous floral journal to complete the look. There are even more fun felt details inside!

Flutter on over to Lisa’s blog for more lovely details and a look inside her fab Felt Flower Journal.

Laura Bray from the Kunin Team ends us off with a Patriotic embroidery hoop project perfect for Memorial day weekend!

You can check out Laura’s “Home of the Brave” project and more Kunin Felt creations HERE.

Stay tuned next week for more Kunin and Sizzix Heartfelt Project Tutorials plus a recap of all the amazing creations we’ve seen this month. Wishing a happy Memorial Day weekend to all of my stateside friends!

Eileen

Kunin Felt with Eileen Hull’s Heartfelt Sizzix Collection

20 May

Hello everyone! Today we have more project tutorials featuring Kunin Felt with Eileen Hull’s Heartfelt Sizzix Collection. We’ve seen lot’s of creative ways to use Kunin Felt with my new collection so far this month. Check out the latest batch of projects from the Inspiration Team and Kunin DT below.

Kunin Felt with Eileen Hull’s Heartfelt Sizzix Collection

Michelle Zerull starts us off with a fabulous felt flower project! These felt flowers are absolutely gorgeous and easy to create with Kunin Felt and my new Heartfelt flower dies.

Visit Michelle’s Blog for a quick tutorial on how to create these beautiful felt blooms and tips on how to add depth to your felt projects.

Tonya Trantham has a lovely China Doll Journal project to share. Tonya used White Felt and Colorbox blends to create a fun background for her journal. She also used stichly flower die cuts to accent the China Doll and Journal cover.

Check out Tonya’s Blog for more details on this adorable Passport Journal project.

Diana Hetherington has a unique idea for using the House Pocket Die. With the help of Kunin Felt Diana has turned the House Pocket into an adorable banner adorned with stitchy flowers, butterflies and stitchy words!

Head to Diana’s Blog to learn how to create your own Felt House Pocket Banner.

Kunin DT member Rina Gonzales has a Simple Greeting Card project to share featuring Felt Butterflies. Stop by the Kunin Blog for a supply list and steps!

Hope you enjoyed this weeks round up of Kunin Felt projects. You can check out all of the amazing products from Kunin HERE. Looking to get your hands on some of the new dies from my Heartfelt collection? You can find my latest Sizzix products and more HERE.

Stay tuned next week for more project tutorials featuring Kunin Felt with Eileen Hull’s Heartfelt Sizzix Collection!

Eileen

Sizzix Bloom Journal

15 May

I had so much fun creating this Sizzix Bloom Journal! This project was originally published over on A Vintage Journey. They invited me be a Guest Creative Guide to celebrate their third birthday. And you know I am always up for a party 🙂 I decided to share it here too since I really like how it came out.

Unfortunately I do not have a lot of process photos as I got caught up in the fun of creating and forgot to snap photos along the way.

The Bloom Journal I made was a fun experiment. My friend Ann Butler has a line of iridescent paints with Earth Safe Finishes and I had been waiting for a chance to use them. I decided to make a book using my new Sizzix Journal die, being released any day now! This is already one of my favorite dies because it is a blank canvas just waiting for you to put your style on it.

I started by running the die through the machine with mat board twice- cutting two covers, latches, labels and tabs (I wound up only using the covers on this project). The Journal is a ScoreBoards die which means it is specially designed to cut and score thick material like matboard and chipboard- anything up to 1/16”. I love mat board because it is so sturdy and the smooth surface accepts inks, paints, and mists really well.

I laid my two covers out and treated the surface of the mat board with Earth Safe Finishes Gel Medium. On top of that I dry brushed Lagoon and Limelight Iridescents on both sides of the covers. Off to a good start! Then I spread some Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste over a floral Prima stencil and let that dry.

While the covers were drying, I decided to make my 3D flowers. I used the Heart & Soul Flower, Spring Leaves and new Stitchy Flowers and cut stacks of them from crinoline, coffee filters and felt. I layered them and secured the centers with a brad. Then starting with the inside petals, I scrunched each one into the flower center until all were wadded up and looking quite unremarkable. Then for the fun- fluffing! Next thing I knew there were a bunch of nice fluffy flowers. I colored some of them with sprays I had made from my Clearsnap ColorBox Blends ink and left a couple just plain white. I also inked the leaves and set them aside.

Next I added gold Deco Art Metallic Lustre Wax Finish on top of the Journal cover, using a piece of dry wall tape as a stencil. I dusted some gold metallic powder on top of the whole cover with a paintbrush to make it sparkle. (We found this gigantic jar when we were going through my mother-in-law’s house after she died. I have no idea what it was meant to be used for).

Once the covers were dry, I glued the center tabs together to assemble the Journal cover, using binder clips to keep them together as they dried. (You could also stitch the spine together or use hot glue.)

I decided to add a twisted wire word, and since it’s spring, “bloom” seemed appropriate. I used my Sizzix Twist & Style tool to twist some soft aluminum wire into a perfect coil, them shaped the word to fit across the Journal. It was stapled to the front of the Journal with the Tiny Attacher.

I glued some white cheesecloth down and then placed the flowers on the bottom of the Journal.

Additional elements were needed though…

Lately I have been finding mismatched vintage earrings and bracelets in thrift stores and adding them to my boxes and books. So I went to a jar of bling I had recently acquired and added a gold leaf pin. I noticed that a few rhinestones were missing- no matter… there were extra crystal beads in the jar too. I glued the crystals over the gaps and it looked fine. I also found a library file card for an artistic work called “Wild Roses”. It seemed to be the perfect addition along with two gold letter “r’s” (for roses!).

My friend Jenny Marples had used some kraft packing paper to create inserts for a Journal she had made and I really liked how that looked. So thanks Jenny- I borrowed your idea 🙂 I crumpled a large sheet of brown kraft paper, smoothed it out and folded and cut the sheet into pages 8 1/2” x 8”. I folded the signature in half and sewed down the center on my sewing machine.

Now it was time to add the gold metallic elastic to the book. I wove it from the inside of the cover through the top left hole, then through the top right hole, brought it down through the bottom right hole and through the bottom left hole, and formed a rectangle with the elastic. The elastic should be tied so there is enough tension to keep the inserts in the book but not so tight there is no give.

The pages have such a cool feel to them as you page through the book! I haven’t had time to write in it yet, but my plan is to gesso the pages and use them to practice my lettering in.

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