Team ATB Archives - Eileen Hull

Artist Trading Blocks to Love

14 Feb

Happy Valentine’s Day! On this special day devoted to love Team ATB and the Inspiration Team have some projects to share that will have you thinking outside the box, or as we like to call it “being an artist on the block!” Check out these Valentine’s Day themed Artist Trading Blocks I just know you will LOVE.

Anne Redfern has a lovely Artist Trading Block you are sure to fall madly in love with created with Deco Art Mixed-Media paints and techniques from Andy Skinner. What’s not to love about that? Stop by Anne’s blog for more lovely details.

Pam Bray has a fresh take on ATB construction with this oh-so-lovely Love Notes Mini-Album Artist Trading Block. Pam is becoming quite the mixed-media maven and I just know you will love her detailed tutorial on this project. See Pam’s love notes HERE.

Shelly Hickox shares a Shabby Valentine’s Day ATB full of Tim Holtz goodness. It’s no surprise Shelly’s Artist Trading Block was selected as a blogworthy link this month. Stop by Shelly’s blog and see more of this Shabby Valentine’s Day ATB.

Donna Budzynski created an extra special Valentine’s Day ATB Treat Tower to complement her cookie box treat back. This project is sealed with the best kind of kiss…Hershey’s! Stop by Donna’s blog to see more.

Nicole Wright has an angelic way to use my new 3-D oven die with this super cute cupid project. Want to see more lovin’ ways to use the 3-D oven? Stop by Nicole’s blog.

Tracy Evans also has a heart stopping ATB project featuring Deco Art Mixed Media products. Stop by Tracy’s blog for a heart-felt tutorial.

How’s that for some Lovely ATB inspiration? We would love to see what you are working on so please share your projects to love with us HERE for a chance to win one of my new Sizzix dies!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Eileen

Eileen Hull Inspiration Team Favorite Projects of 2014

5 Jan

To say that 2014 was a great year would be a SERIOUS understatement! So much has happened this past year. I’ve launched two new collections, two design teams, hosted the Art with Heart challenge and gone on the creative adventure of a lifetime not once but thrice! I can only imagine what lies ahead in 2015…big things are coming. For now I want to take a moment to share the favorite projects of my fabulous Inspiration Team designers that they created in 2014. (How did I get so lucky to have these lovely ladies creating with my Sizzix designs? Somebody pinch me 🙂

Shelly Hickox never fails to create lovely projects but I must say I was quite tickled to see she had chosen her gorgeous Botanical Tea Canister as her favorite as it is one of my favorites too. Every detail is downright gorgeous don’t you think?

Stop by Shelly’s blog for a cuppa tea and a heaping spoonful of creativity!

Michelle Zerull has a fresh picked project as her favorite, this adorable Button Flower arrangement made with my Food Jar die! If this project isn’t “cute as a button” I don’t know what is!

Stop by Michelle’s blog to “smell” the button flowers and learn how to create a cutie patootie arrangement like this.

While we are on the subject of cute jar projects how about this fantastic Fourth of July Mason Jar banner selected by Rina Gonzales as her favorite IT creation in 2014? Pretty nifty eh?

Learn how to party with the red, white and blue over at Rina’s Blog.

Tracy Evans chose her Holiday Candy Drawer Cabinet as her personal favorite. This project is a real stunner indeed!

Prance on over to Tracy’s blog to soak in all of the glorious details featured on this lovely creation.

Holiday projects are always a big hit in the craft world. This Christmas Tree Cookie Box by Lisa Hoel was a BIG hit for sure! Doesn’t this project make you wish we could leave the tree up just a little longer?

Stop by Lisa’s blog for more lovely photos of this fun and festive project.

Oxana Moupasiridou selected this oh-so-unique gift card holder created using my garden gate album! Wow! these gals never cease to amaze me with the creative ways they use my dies. We don’t call them the “Inspiration Team” for nothing.

Swing by Oxana’s blog for more details on how to create this fun gift card holder.

Anne Redfern also chose her Cookie Box project as a favorite. How cool is this? I love how Anne transformed the cookie box into an adorable sewing box! What seamstress wouldn’t want one of these beauties?

Get stitching over to Anne’s blog for more details on this clever cookie box Sewing kit.

Pam Bray chose her Back-to-School Memo Block as her favorite project. She keeps this little lovely on her desk to this day and who can blame her? Just wait till you see how she created this project from an ATB!

Stop by Pam’s blog to learn how to put the “Fun” in functional with your very own ATB memo block.

Anna-Karin Evaldsson used paper scraps and my Coupon Bag die to create this fetching supply Nautical Blueprint Supply organizer! Prepare to be amazed at Anna-Karin’s creative construction using my Sizzix dies. She’ll also treat you to some ever fabulous mixed-media techniques!

Swim on over to Anna-Karin’s blog for a sea of creative inspiration.

Donna Budzynski chose the samples she created using my new Vintage Kitchen collection as her favorite projects. Yes, I do mean projects in the plural sense! Who could choose just one?

I chose this marvelous mixed-media canvas using my mug die but I urge you to check out all of the other Vintage Kitchen projects on Donna’s Blog. There’s a spoonful of sugar and whole lotta creative inspiration over there.

Diana Hetherington selected her mirrored artist trading block as her favorite project. Here’s what Diana says about this project and what it means to her, “I have to say for an ATB submission it is hard to choose.. I love them all but I think I will choose my first one as it is the one I keep out all the time as a ‘pinch me’ moment.”

Stop by Diana’s Blog to see the full spectrum of details and mixed-media techniques included in this project.

Amy Bowerman chose this Masculine mini-album complete with a Baseball theme as her favorite creation from 2014!

Get in touch with your scrappy side and America’s favorite pastime over at Amy’s Blog.

To see all of the projects created by the Inspiration Team and Art with Heart Challenge participants you can check out the link list below.

Art with Heart Challenge 2014 Links:

March “New Beginnings”
April “April Showers”
June “Summer Celebrations”
July “Red, White, and Beautiful”
August “Vintage Kitchen Sneak Peek” & Stencil Girl/Craffiti Blog Hop
September “Fall Back”
October “Tricks and Treats”
November “Favorite Recipes”
December “Holiday Traditions”

But wait there’s more!!! Stop by The Artists on The Block for our 2014 Recap where Team ATB and the Inspiration Team Designers are sharing their favorite Artist Trading Block projects!

I can’t express my gratitude enough to my wonderfully talented Inspiration Team, those that continue to participate and support the Art with Heart Challenge, Sizzix and all of our wonderful sponsors, and you dear reader! May only good things come your way in 2015!

Stay tuned tomorrow for the first Art with Heart Challenge of 2015!

Eileen

Art with Heart Challenge November : Favorite Recipes

12 Nov

Hello everyone! November is already well under way and we have a LOT going on this month. My new collection Vintage Kitchen will be available for purchase next week so check with your local stores. This is an extremely versatile collection perfect for holiday gifting and beyond! You can check out the entire Vintage Kitchen Sizzix Collection HERE. In the meantime the Inspiration team will be providing you with the “recipe” for their Vintage Kitchen creations in honor of the November Art with Heart Challenge “Favorite Recipes”.

We hope you will join in on the fun and share your favorite creative “recipe” by linking up a project at the end of this post. The winner of this challenge will receive an extra special prize, a signed Vintage Kitchen Die from the Paper Trail! Due to the upcoming holiday our challenge will be extended till November 30, 2014.

Need some creative juice to get you going? Have no fear, the Inspiration Team is Here!

Tracy Evans has a fabulous take on my new Canister Die. Cool colors and mixed media techniques abound!

Stop by Tracy’s Blog for all the steps on how to create this fun and functional project.

Pam Bray has not one, but THREE great project tutorials to share using her always amazing Sizzix and Graphic 45 combo.

Swing by Pam’s Blog for details on this project and more!

Anne Redfern also has a few tutorials to share with you using my new Cookie Box die from Vintage Kitchen.

Visit Anne’s Blog to get the scoop on how to create this darling sewing box and more uses for the cookie box die.

Donna Budzynski has a plethora of Vintage Kitchen tutorials for you! This gorgeous creamer and sugar project is just the icing on the cake!

Hop on over to Donna’s Blog where you will find details on how to create all kinds of projects with Vintage Kitchen dies from cards to mixed-media canvases!

Oxana Moupisaridou rounds us out with this darling creation made with my oven die. I just love Oxana’s attention to detail and you will too.

Visit Oxana’s Blog for steps on this project and a bonus cookie box creation you have to see to believe!

In addition to all of the Vintage Kitchen excitement Team ATB has a “Block Hop” with 100 Proof Press happening all month-long!

You can find the latest ATB creations from 100 Proof Press on Wednesdays HERE and Team ATB on Thursdays HERE.

I do apologize for the delay in announcing the winner of the Tricks and Treats challenge. I’ll be back on Friday with the Winner and Top 3!

Stay tuned next week for more Vintage Kitchen Inspiration from the Inspiration Team. We can’t wait to see your “Favorite Recipes”!

Eileen

An InLinkz Link-up

Art with Heart Challenge October “Tricks and Treats”

7 Oct

Hello Everyone! Happy October! In addition to a new Art with Heart Challenge, this month we have some new additions to the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team. I’m very excited to have the Team ATB gals sharing their creativity as part of the Inspiration Team as well as their knock your socks off Artist Trading Block designs on our sister site The Artists on the Block! I’ll be introducing each of our new team members throughout the month as they debut their Inspiration Team projects. In the meantime you can check out more of Team ATB’s amazing creations HERE.

Our theme for the October Art with Heart Challenge is “Tricks and Treats”. You can take the theme literally and show us your best Halloween projects or show your favorite crafty “Trick” and “Treat” us to some creative inspiration. Whatever you create I know we’ll be in for a “treat”!

Pam Bray has a bewitching Halloween Candy Box Artist Trading Block to share for her first Inspiration Team Project! Pam has been our resident Graphic 45 queen and her use of Steampunk Spells papers on this project is sure to leave you spellbound.

Stop by Pam’s Blog for more fabulous details on this Halloween themed ATB and welcome Pam to the Inspiration Team!

Lisa Hoel will drive you batty with inspiration as she shares mixed-media tricks and treats like this fantastic Halloween Candy drawer! I must say I am smitten by that bat drawer pull…how about you?

You’ll find details on this project and more on Lisa’s Blog. Fly on over and say hello and welcome Lisa to the Inspiration Team.

Next we have Tracy Evans with an over the top AMAZING Halloween Mini-Album! No your eye’s aren’t playing “tricks” on you, she really did put ALL those details into each and every page!

Stop by Tracy’s Blog for a look inside this amazing mini-album and prepare yourself for some absolutely stunning creative ‘treats’.

Shelly Hickox is always an innovator, and her latest Inspiration Team project is no exception. Shelly also created a Halloween Mini-Album but in a totally new way! That clever lass will flip your creativity upside down and show you how to use the mini-album die to create an oh-so-cool accordion album!

Shelly’s Blog has all the details you need on how to create this terrific Halloween Accordion Album!

In addition to loads of inspirational tricks and treats from the Inspiration Team we also have a special “treat” for the winning entry to our challenge this month. Since we are welcoming Team ATB members to the Inspiration Team I thought it would be fitting to offer one of my Artist Trading Block Sizzix Scoreboards dies as a prize. All you have to do is link up your “Tricks and Treats” project below and provide a link back to this post for a chance to win.

An InLinkz Link-up

We’ll be back with more creative Inspiration Team projects next Tuesday!

Eileen

PS I apologize for the delay in last months winners post #ScottyProblems 🙂 I will post the winners and Top 3 later this weeks….thanks for your patience.

Fall Fun Artist Trading Blocks

23 Sep

Hey everyone! We’ve had some wonderful Fall Sizzix project inspiration this past month. In honor of the first official day of fall I’ll be sharing some new fall Artist Trading Block projects from Team ATB and recapping all of the fabulous fall creations from the Inspiration Team! Grab a pumpkin spice latte and enjoy the show!

How fantastic is this Artist Trading Block cabinet created by Anne Redfern? I adore the Old Curiosity Shoppe Harlequin papers she used from Graphic 45 and those vials…Oh my! Are you ‘curious’ to see how Anne created this marvelous make? Run, don’t walk on over to Anne’s blog for more details!

Team ATB member Oxana never ceases to amaze us with her creative takes on the Artist Trading Block. Today Oxana is sharing not one but TWO new ways to use my ATB dies! How cool is this clever calendar? That clever gal used both of my ATB dies from the Cherished Collection to create this fabulous and functional piece of art…wow!

Next, Oxana shows another creative use of the ATB….a gift folder! The outside of this project is just as sweet as its contents. Stop by Oxana’s blog for more on these amazing Artist Trading Block projects and learn how to get more out of your ATB dies.

Finally we have the darling Diana Hetherington with another Fall inspired Artist Trading Block tutorial. Inky, mixed media goodness abounds in Diana’s fun fall ATB tutorial! Stop by Diana’s blog for some new Distress, Stenciling, and Embossing tricks for your next Artist Trading Block design!

In case you missed any of the Fall Back Projects from the Inspiration Team you can see them all HERE , HERE and HERE.

There’s still time to enter your Fall creations in the Art with Heart Challenge. You have until 8pm eastern time Thursday Sept 25. Share your Art with Heart HERE!

Eileen

Inspiration Team and Team ATB Blog Hop Recap

22 Aug

Hi Everyone! There has been a TON of creativity flying around these past few weeks! The Inspiration Team and Team ATB have joined forces with some great companies and design teams to bring you creative inspiration like you’ve never seen before! Today I will be recapping what’s been going on with The Inspiration Team and Team ATB. It’s going to be a blog hop extravaganza…prepare to be inspired.

We have reached the final day of our week-long Blog Hop with the talented ladies of StencilGirl. Just look at all these amazing projects featuring my Sizzix Dies, Craffiti Stamps, and StencilGirl Stencils! Talk about creative product combinations! You won’t want to miss a single project created for this hop so please visit the links below for loads of inspiration.

There is a fabulous prize pack up for grabs. All you have to do is comment on Blog Hop participants projects. The more comments you leave the more chances you have to win!

All comments left for the entire week August 18th – August 22nd on all blogs in the hop will be eligible for the giveaway. One comment per blog post.

Comments close Sunday, August 24th @ 11:59PM Central Time.

Winner will be announced on Tuesday, August 26th.

Check out all the products from the companies in our hop here:

StencilGirl Products

Eileen Hull for Sizzix

Eileen Hull for Craffiti Direct

Next, we have Team ATB joining forces with the Frilly and Funkie DT for their “Hip to be Square” Challenge. If you are a fan of the Artist Trading Block you are sure to find ATB inspiration in this “Block Hop”!

Check out the stunning ATB’s created by the Frilly and Funkie DT and enter the Hip to Be Square Challenge HERE. The winner will receive a gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique where you will find my Artist Trading Block dies and other hard to find creative supplies!

Team ATB has been hard at work rocking the block this month see their creative Artist Trading Block Designs Here, Here, and HERE.

*Enabler Alert* My ATB die is now on sale at The Funkie Junkie

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There’s still time to enter The Art with Heart Challenge for a chance to win a die from my new Sizzix Collection Vintage Kitchen (coming soon). Our challenge this month is “Anything Goes” so stop by and share your creations with us too!Eileen