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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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One of the cards from the set:

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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.

Card Creations & New Chapter 1 Dies from Eileen Hull

Have you been inspired this month to make some card creations and send someone a little happy mail? The Inspiration Team has been cranking out the greeting cards to share with you. I am always amazed at how makers can use the exact same dies and have their projects be so wildly different. It just goes to show how versatile dies are as tools! Eileen has three new Sizzix Chapter 1 dies that just got released, the Mandala Thinlits Die, the Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers Thinlits Set, and the Folio Journal XL Die. The first two Thinlits sets are proving very popular with the teams for card making! Let’s take a look…

Elizabeth Robinson created a beautiful floral card using the two new Thinlits dies and some gorgeous colors of cardstock. Who wouldn’t love to get a cheerful card like this in the mail? You can find more info on Elizabeth’s blog so check that out.

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For a completely different but equally beautiful look, Anna-Karin Evaldsson used the Mandala Die and the Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers Set as well but gave it an inky vintage vibe. See, versatility! 😉 The possibilities are endless. Find Anna-Karin’s tips and tricks in her blog post.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson for Eileen Hull - January is cards month! New Chapter 1 Sizzix dies are here. #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Mitsyana Wright’s card creation is full of 3-D flower magic. Look at those beautiful blooms backed by a Mandala Die cutout. Fabulous! Mitsyana has a complete tutorial on her blog so head on over and don’t miss it.

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Keep going, more card creations to see…

I am loving how Jenny Marples cut the flowers from the Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers Die Set out of vellum. Popping off from the mixed media background, they still let you see a bit of it through the petals. Delightful! Don’t miss Jenny’s post with all the details.

Jenny Marples for Eileen Hull - January is cards month! New Chapter 1 Sizzix dies are here. #eileenhull #mymakingstory #sizzix #ehinspirationteam

Susie Bentz has really been busy and made some more cards to share with us. These Teacup cards are so cute! Check out her blog post for her CAS card tips!

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Visit again next week for projects from the Educator Team!

Join us next Wednesday for more card creations. Make a few yourself and spread some happy mail around to your friends and family. If you missed the last few posts, 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.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! She shares happy mail and experimenting with fun materials to make unique book covers! 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.

January Theme: All About Cards

Hello there Eileen Hull fans and happy new year! Here we are in January and theme this month is all about cards. You may think that “3-D” dies are only good for three dimensional projects but they are also very useful for your “2-D” projects too. The Inspiration and Educator Teams are going to treat you to a whole lineup of greeting cards made using Eileen’s dies in novel ways. You won’t want to miss out on the inspiration and techniques they will be sharing! Let’s take a look at what the Inspiration Team has for us today…

Pam Bray has created a beautiful card using Eileen’s Tea Cup Die. What a great combination of textures, colors and dimensional elements! Wouldn’t it brighten a friend’s day to receive this card in the mail? You can find more details and instructions on Pam’s blog.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull - January is all about cards on Eileen's blog. See the inspiration from the Team. #eileenhull #sizzix #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

Designer Lisa Hoel made a set of thank you note cards with the Mitten Box Die. These are going to come in very handy for her Christmas thank yous she’ll be sending out soon! Lisa used a variety of techniques to decorate the cards and you can find the tutorials on her blog.

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull - January is all about cards on Eileen's blog. See the inspiration from the Team. #eileenhull #sizzix #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

Karen Bearse put a twist on the theme and created a fabulous little Post Box to hold the art cards that she loves to make. It would also be a perfect container to hold a slew of handmade gift tag cards. Karen has a full tutorial about how this all goes together plus some construction tips. Check it out in her blog post!

Karen Bearse for Eileen Hull - January is all about cards on Eileen's blog. See the inspiration from the Team. #eileenhull #sizzix #mymakingstory #ehinspirationteam

Thanks for stopping by!

Join us next Wednesday for more card makes. Remember January is all about cards. 😉 Make a few and spread some happy mail around to your friends and family.

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.

Below is the link for Eileen’s Tuesday Facebook Live! She shares to make a quick and easy Z-fold greeting card. 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.

Double Embossing Technique

Hi everyone- welcome to 2017! Today I am sharing the Double Embossing Technique- a great way to add dimension to cards, tags and other projects.

We are excited to be introducing Make it Monthly, a new feature here! We show a technique and then you can share what YOU have been working on by posting in the linky at the end of the post.

Valentine’s Day is coming up so I decided to make a card for my husband.

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There are three new techniques I played around with here:

  • Double Embossing- that’s embossing with heat
  • Embossing with pressure in an embossing folder
  • Using the Twist & Style tool to add a wire element to a card.

I really like the combination of the soft background and hard wire on top. The rich gold embossing and a twisted wire shape is guaranteed to melt your sweetie’s heart 🙂

ColorBox™ Blends and Sizzix dies are the perfect combination! The matboard base is the perfect blank surface and it’s so easy to add color and style. ColorBox™ Blends are craft inks so they stay wet longer- great for heat embossing and also for blending colors into each other.

You will need:

Instructions

  1. Trim a piece of matboard to 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. Emboss matboard in Eyelet Lace folder.
  2. Apply Blends inks to surface of matboard, blending colors into each other so that the entire surface is covered.eileen-hull-delight-17
  3. Once color has been added, sprinkle gold embossing powder randomly over the matboard and heat. The embossing powder will stick to the areas that are wet, creating cool patches of gold. eileen-hull-delight-15
  4. Fold two 30″ lengths of gold and pink wire in half and twist using the Twist & Style tool (watch this video to see how it works). Repeat three times so you have three 15″ twisted wire strands.eileen-hull-delight-9
  5. Twist ends together and place on Twist & Style anchor. Braid the three strands together. Lay the piece flat on work surface with two ends pinched together at the bottom. eileen-hull-delight-12
  6. Find the middle of the wire braid and pinch into the center, creating a heart shape. Secure the two loose ends together by wrapping with a single piece of wire. eileen-hull-delight-11
  7. Stamp a sentiment on a torn piece of paper and ink around edges using the Wildberry Blends ink.eileen-hull-delight-1
  8. Position elements on card and staple wire heart in place. Adhere sentiment with double sided adhesive.
  9. Place matboard art on card base, using fun foam underneath for dimension.
  10. Add fiber bow!eileen-hull-delight-6

Now let’s see what you are up to creatively!  Add a pic of your latest card, tag or other creations to our linky here…