Eileen Hull Inspiration Team

Hello everyone! I have some fun news to share, I am going to part of the brand new Eileen Hull Inspiration Team. This fabulous team will bring you a lot of inspiration on using Eileen's fabulous Sizzix dies. I've loved Eileen's dies every since I used them the first time. They are so clever and versatile and make 3-D projects very easy to make.

I've picked out a some of my favourite projects made with Eileen's dies. I am not good at picking favourites, since I always have too many. Here's an attempt:

One of my top favourites of Eileen's dies is the Candy Drawer die. I used it to make the base for this shadow box, which contains a lot of my favourite elements: ink, stamps, small meaningful details, a special photo and fun techniques. You can find the full tutorial here. I've also used the Candy Drawer die to make a Memory Children's Game, a gift box and a Chest of Drawers. I like to use dies in ways they were not originally intended.

This is the Chest of Drawers, made with the same Candy Drawer die. I use it to store my Tim Holtz Idea-ology embellishments. You can find a full tutorial here. I also made a large version of this as an Advent calender.

Another of my favourite projects with Eileen's dies is the Heart Shadow Boxes (the original tutorial is here), where I used similar photos of my grandmother, mother and myself to create three shadow boxes.

I love birds and I've made quite a few using the Bird die, these are some of them. It is also a tutorial.

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Eileen's dies aren't just for 3-D projects, I use them a lot on layouts and for cardmaking too. Here I used dies from the Picket Fence Collection.

 

I had so much fun making this Love ATC box, filled with ATC cards. The box was made with the Artist Trading Card Box die and I also used some of Eileen's great flower dies. You can find the tutorial here. 

 

Finally, four Inky Artist Trading Blocks. This is such a fun new concept, which Amy Bowerman came up with. I used family photos from different generations, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps and Distress Ink to make these. You can find the tutorial here. 



 

There is also a brand new challenge, the Art with Heart Challenge is a monthly celebration of creativity. Each month the Inspiration Team will be showcasing projects using Eileen Hull’s innovative Sizzix dies and following a broad theme left open to creative interpretation. We invite you to play along with us. We want this to be a place for everyone to create, inspire and share. We would love to see what you do with Eileen Hull’s products but this is not a requirement. There will also be prizes to be won. You can read more about the challenge here.

Our theme this month is 'New Beginnings'. I hope you will join us!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin