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Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies – Tutorial Time!

10 Feb

Did you catch Eileen Hull’s new Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies live Release Party last week? We also had a Blog Hop with the Teams and there was certainly a ton of inspiration there for new die makes. For the rest of the month the designers are going to be sharing the tutorials for their creations so you can get all the how-to!

First, in case you missed it, the lineup of new dies:

Here is what Eileen has to say about them:

“I am so excited to share my Chapter 1 release with you! The dies in this collection are versatile, practical and fun to embellish. The Phone Stand, an XL ScoreBoards die, is a MUST – you need one for every room! Make for yourself, family, friends, for gifts or to sell – the die cuts the stand in one pass and is very easy to assemble.

The Book Box can be used to make a book or a box that holds A-2 greeting cards. What a great way to package handmade cards … or a quick and easy book! Add the Vintage Buttons folder to create vintage backgrounds for cards, journals, pages and tags. The 3-D effect is stunning when you add a little Luster Wax to bring out the highlights…

The Snail Mail Thinlits die cuts a postal pane that coordinates with two of Eileen’s Snail Mail Maker Forte stamps. This die was designed to use on the front of an A-2 card! The dies may be found in local scrapbook stores and Eileen’s Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EileenHull
Thanks to my teams for their gorgeous samples and support!”

What does the Inspiration Team have for us this week?

Pam Bray shows us how to use the Book Box Die to make a darling Valentine Candy Box with matching card. What a wonderful gift! (I applaud her choice of Dove chocolates to fill it. Yum!) You can find all the details about how she put this together over on her blog.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull – release for Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen

If bling is your thing, then Julia Aston has the perfect Phone Stand for you! It is so pretty and cheery. I’ll let you in on a secret too, she used patterned paper that looks like it’s alcohol inking. Find out all her tricky tricks in her blog post.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull – release for Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen

Keep scrolling, more Chapter 1 Sizzix dies inspiration to come…

Designer Maggi Harding was also getting her Valentine groove on. She made a beautiful floral Valentine box with the Book Box Die. (Surprises inside!) Using the Snail Mail Thinlits Die Set, she also created a fabulous Valentine’s Day card. These dies have so many possibilities! See all the details on her post.

Maggi Harding for Eileen Hull – release for Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen

Lisa Hoel has her tutorials ready for these two fun Phone Stands she created. One doubles as a photo holder and the other has a great industrial vibe to it. The phone stands are so easy to put together and can be embellished in so many ways! Find out how to make your own in Lisa’s blog post.

Lisa Hoel for Eileen Hull – release for Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies! #EileenHull #eileenhulldesigns #sizzix #mymakingstory #TeamEileen

Eileen Hull Teams updates!

Eileen here! I’m so happy to announce our Inspiration and Educator Teams for 2022!

We say a sad farewell to Julia Aston who has been an integral part of the Inspiration Team for many years. She and her husband have both retired and want some time to enjoy this new phase! We wish her the best and thank her for her many gorgeous projects and friendship- don’t be a stranger Julia!

We welcome Jennie Atkinson to the Inspiration Team – she has so many creative talents! She lives in Shetland, Scotland and enjoys knitting, appearing in plays and paper crafting. You may recognize her shabby feminine style from her work on the Educators Team, and we are so looking forward to seeing more from Jennie, including the great YouTube videos she has been sharing – don’t forget to subscribe!

There are two new Educator Team members too! We are so happy that Angela Beavers has joined – she owns a scrapbook store in Circleville, OH called Creative Chaos (don’t you love the name?). She is a whiz at 3D crafting and I know you will love seeing her fun makes!

The second new team member is Sharon Curtis! Sharon is a demonstrator for Sizzix on Create & Craft TV and I am always excited to watch when she demos my dies. She makes it look so easy to create gorgeous projects ON CAMERA (which is not easy at all!). Sharon shares lots of great YouTube videos – you should check them out and subscribe to her channel!

Returning Team members:

It makes me SOOOO happy to announce that the rest of the Inspiration Team has signed on for yet another year of creating together! The team is super talented and so generous in sharing their huge bank of crafty know-how. <3 They do so much for me and put up with my crazy schedule– a huge round of applause for my team! Click on their blog links and take some time to look \through their blogs and leave them some love. So many thanks to:
Karen Bearse
Elizabeth Robinson
Maggi Harding
Pam Bray
Lisa Hoel
Mitsyana Wright
Tonya Trantham
Jenny Marples
Susie Bentz
Anna-Karin Evaldsson (taking some family time but she will be back!)

Most of the Educator Team is staying on as well- HURRAY! I love seeing the way this team incorporates dies in with the other products that they work with. Their tutorials, videos and classes are so professional and I am honored that they have chosen to work with my dies! I’m looking forward to another creative year with:
Madeline Arendt
Sarah Lizzie Dodd
Cheryl Boglioli
Sue Eldred
Betsy Skagen
Debbie Bankston
Anita Houston
Wendy Cuskey
Bona Rivera-Tran
Cheryl Bodkin-Waters

Thanks to all of these creative people – you bless my life and I am so happy to know you.

Visit next week for more Chapter 1 Sizzix Dies inspiration!

Are you a member of the Eileen Hull Fan Club? Join over 6,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, 2/8 you can watch the replay on both her YouTube channel and in FaceBook. Eileen uses her Folio Journal Die and shows us how to make a quick and easy half size journal from it. You can watch that replay here.

Summer Adventures with Eileen Hull

2 Jun

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.

Karen Bearse for Eileen Hull - June's theme is Summer Adventures with Eileen Hull #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

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.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull - June's theme is Summer Adventures with Eileen Hull #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

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!

Tonya Trantham for Eileen Hull - June's theme is Summer Adventures with Eileen Hull #eileenhull #eileenhulldesigns #eileenhullsizzix #ehinspirationteam #eheducators #Sizzix #mymakingstory #diecutting

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.

https://fb.watch/5TPgfxkMV3/

Celebrate the Great Outdoors

2 Sep

Welcome to September! As you know, a new month means a new theme and this month we are going to celebrate the great outdoors in all its varied facets. From your backyard garden to the wilds, we are going to see it all! Eileen Hull’s dies are perfectly versatile “blank canvases” that you can adapt to any theme. Journals galore, gift containers, organizers, treat boxes – if you can imagine it, one of Eileen’s Sizzix dies can most likely help you to make it! I am really looking forward to seeing what nature inspired projects the Inspiration and Educator Teams dream up for September. Let’s get started now with three fabulous creations from the Inspiration Team…

Last month Pam Bray shared some beautiful inner pages from a junk journal she is working on and now she can show us the gorgeous matching Pocket Notebook cover! The colors and flowers make me think of a garden party. Find all the details on Pam’s blog.

Pam Bray for Eileen Hull - celebrate the great outdoors with nature themed projects using Eileen Hull's #sizzix dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Designer Julia Aston really got into the spirit of celebrating the great outdoors by creating a whole campsite! This marvelous scene has it all, a trailer, campfire, flora, fauna and a river that runs through it all. Wow! She cleverly used the Gift Box Die to create the backdrop. Julia has a tutorial and a ton of detail photos in her blog post so do not miss out on seeing that.

Julia Aston for Eileen Hull - celebrate the great outdoors with nature themed projects using Eileen Hull's #sizzix dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Another stunning journal from Karen Bearse is up next! We can be very grateful that Karen created this Pocket Notebook gratitude journal for her daughter and is sharing it with us (along with a fab tutorial full of mixed media techniques). Head on over to her blog to find out how you can make your own.

Karen Bearse for Eileen Hull - celebrate the great outdoors with nature themed projects using Eileen Hull's #sizzix dies! #eileenhull #mymakingstory

Next week will continue our celebration of the great outdoors!

Thanks for stopping by to pay a visit! All month long we will be featuring creations from the Teams. We hope you will join us and be inspired to create your own works of art.

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. Please join our group and don’t forget to answer the questions! Additionally, you can also find Eileen on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Below is the link for a special live online collaboration between Eileen Hull and Marly Bird. It was lots of fun and you won’t want to miss the replay!

Sizzix Travel Trailer Card with Distress Oxides Technique

3 Apr

Hello everyone! The month of April brings us the first signs of spring and a new Make it Monthly technique tutorial. This month’s tutorial is a Sizzix Travel Trailer Card with Distress Oxides Technique brought to you by our resident Mixed-Media technique guru. Tracy Evans! “Take the Scenic Route” with Tracy as she shows you how to use Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks with Eileen Hull Sizzix dies.

Sizzix Travel Trailer Card with Distress Oxides Technique

Today you’ll be creating a card using Eileen Hull’s Thinlits Travel Trailer combined with the Rick-Rack folder from Eileen’s Dots, Flowers and Rick-Rack set. You’ll also use Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks to color your Sizzix Die cuts and create a cool oxidized background for your card.

Sizzix Travel Trailer with Distress Oxides Technique by Tracy Evans

Supplies:

Cardstock
Thinlits Travel Trailer and Rick-Rack Folder (or Eileen Hull dies of your choice)
Spritz Bottle
Non-Stick Craft Sheet
Distress Oxide Vintage Photo and Broken China (or colors of your choice)
Distress Crayons

STEP 1: Apply Vintage Photo Distress Oxide to a non-stick craft sheet and spritz with water.

STEP 2: Cut a piece of white card 5″ x 7″ and swipe the card through the beads of ink.

Spritz the card with a little more water.

Dry the ink with a heat tool.

Dip the card into any remaining beads of ink and this time add bigger drops of water to the background.

Dry the card with a heat tool once again. Repeat these steps until you are happy with the coverage of ink.

STEP 3: Add Broken China Distress Oxide to a non-stick craft sheet and spritz with water.

Dab the card lightly onto the beads of ink.

Spritz the card lightly with water and then dry with a heat tool and repeat if necessary.

STEP 4: Blend Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink around the edges of the card.

Spritz the card lightly with water once you have finished blending ink around the edges.

Dry the card thoroughly. Here you can see how the ink oxidizes once water is added.

The end result will be a chalky, matte like finish.

STEP 5: Emboss card with an Eileen Hull Embossing Folder (Rick Rack border shown)

Sandwich the card between the Embossing Folder and run through a die cutting machine to emboss.

STEP 6: Highlight embossing by applying Broken China Distress Oxide to the raised area with an Ink Blending Tool.

Spritz the embossed border lightly with water and then dry with a heat tool.

STEP 7: Scribble Distress Crayon around the Rick Rack embossed area to add definition and smudge the crayon with a finger.

I love the shading the Crayon adds to the embossed area.

STEP 8: Die cut Eileen’s Trailer from white card.

Colour the Trailer with the Distress Oxides, applying with an Ink Blending Tool or piece of Cut ‘n’ Dry Foam.

Spritz the ink with water and then dry with a heat tool.

Continue to colour the Trailer parts with Distress Oxides and then assemble.

STEP 9: Add some Tim Holtz Chatter Tape for interest.

STEP 10: Take an old container and apply White Paint to the rim of the container, applying with a finger.

Press the container onto the background of the card.

The circle acts as a spotlight for the focal image.

Add delicate splatters of white paint to add a further layer of interest to the background.

This is the completed card which I matt onto a layer of card coloured with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink. I also added a Quote Chip for added interest.

I love how all the layers are visible in the design.

The Oxides add a total different feel to the background.

I also added a touch of shading around the Trailer to age a little further.

The touches of white really lift the design.

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the step by steps. Tracy x x

Thanks so much to Tracy for sharing her expertise on creating cards with Eileen Hull Sizzix dies and Distress Oxides. This technique is a must try! Be sure to share your creations made with Tracy’s Tutorial.

Eileen

Create Cards with Sizzix

19 Oct

Hello everyone! We are well on our way through October so I have asked the team to share some ideas on how to create cards with Sizzix and other Eileen Hull products for the end of the month. As predicted, when given a challenge the Inspiration Team delivers amazing project ideas and tutorials. I myself was blown away and I know you will be too. Come along with me and the Inspiration Team as they “show us their cards”.

Create Cards with Sizzix

Tracy Evans created an incredible mixed-media card featuring my Travel Trailer Sizzix Die and DecoArt Media products. Tracy modeled her trailer after my own Scotty! I’m so honored. This mixed media card is full of Tracy’s own mixed-media magic down to the last inky detail!

Travel to Tracy’s Blog for a detailed tutorial on how to created your own mixed-media style cards with Sizzix and DecoArt Media.

Pam Bray is taking us on a Safari Adventure with her creative card idea featuring my Embroidery Hoop die and Color Box Blends inks! Layers of Graphic 45 Safari Adventure papers create a gorgeous background for Sizzix die cuts and embossed papers colored with my new and improved Color Box Blends inks.

Go on a creative Safari at Pam’s Blog as she takes you through all the steps to create cards with Sizzix.

Anne Redfern shares a quick and easy card creation using my Canning Jar Sizzix Die, Spring Leaves Die and more! These Canning Jar Cards are too cute and look like they came from a fancy card store. No one needs to know you didn’t spend ages making them.

Stop by Anne’s Blog for the “Canned Goods” on how to create your own Sizzix Canning Jar cards.

Julia Aston shares a stunning clean and simple card with gorgeous copper leaves atop white card stock embossed with my honeycomb folder. The embossing on white lets the Alcohol inked Leaves (spring leaves die) take center stage. Julia’s card gives me all the Autumn feels…all. Of. Them.

“Fall” in love with this Autumn Card tutorial over at Julia’s Blog.

Tonya Trantham shares a new and innovative use for my Needle Book die with these cheerful felt flower mini cards! Tonya used dies from the Paper Flower Party collection. She stitched them up beautifully using simple stitches that give a big impact to these tiny treasures.

Get the scoop on how to create your own Needle Book Mini Cards at Tonya’s Blog.

Diana Hetherington is sharing a lovely clean and simple card trio in fabulous fall colors! Diana used my Spring leaves, Garland and Kitchen Labels Sizzix dies to create a great collection of quick and easy cards.

Visit Diana’s Blog for all three cards plus more details on how to create cards with Sizzix.

Wow talk about card making inspiration! Hope you’ve enjoyed creating cards with Sizzix and the Inspiration Team. Stay tuned next week for more creative card inspiration.

Eileen