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Hello! It’s been a little while…. Let me (re)introduce myself!

Oh goodness me… where is 2025 going?! I realise that this post is likely popping into your emails completely out of the blue, you’ve probably forgotten who I am, what I do and why you subscribed to my blog! So, I thought I probably should take a moment to say Hi!

Hello! I’m Hannah! I’ve owned ‘StampinByHannah’ for 11 years, and have a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator for just as long. I absolutely love it! BUT life has been life-ing a lot recently, and so taking time to create anything, let alone photograph it, blog it or stick it on Social Media has sort of fallen off the list of priorities.

I’m a very busy mum of 3, with a very busy full time job (Yes, I am back at work after Maternity Leave number 3, and into a new role, with some slightly crazy hours at time). However, I’m getting back to having a little bit of time where I can craft or do something for me. And so that is what I’m going to do. Usually, I set myself some totally unrealistic goal of doing 300 videos and lives a month, and host a class and do all sorts of other things, but really I just need to get back to some regular crafting.

I’m making it sound like I haven’t crafted in ages… that’s not completely true. But, I haven’t crafted using Stampin’ Up! Much recently. This year I set myself a deadline of my 10th Wedding Anniversary to complete my wedding album. And, that is tomorrow! So, I have been working really hard on getting it all done. I will share it with you soon… once I’ve got my photo set up organised.

Anyway, really I just wanted to say “Hello! I’m still here, on my little corner of the internet, and I will be back to sharing some fun things with you very very soon!”. Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope to see you again 🙂

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In Colour Club 2025

I really love a club… they are great fun and a really nice way to collect a few bits each month. 

My In Colour Club fors this year gives you the chance to get all the In Colour bits for each colour over the course of 5 months. Each month you will receive a parcel in the post full of goodies that are in the same colour, plus some inspiration and a little something from me too! 

So, Month 1 COULD look like this;
Strawberry Slush Ink Pad and refill, Strawberry Slush Stampin’ Blend Duo, 6×6” sample of Strawberry Slush Two-Tone Cardstock, 4 sheets of Strawberry Slush A4 Card stock, Strawberry Slush Stampin’ Write Marker, Strawberry Slush Flat Pearls, and a roll of Strawberry Slush ribbon. 

Now, I know what I said about Cloud Cover, and that the ink isn’t available YET, so for the month that you are due to receive Cloud Cover I’ll drop you an email and ask if there is a different ink colour you might like instead, OR I can reduce the cost for that month to reflect that there are less products. 

Club will cost £46 per month for 5 months. Want to join in? Just click the button below to grab your spot!

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No orders will be placed with Stampin’ Up! Until the 6th May, and then the 6th of each month going forward for the 5 months of In Colour Club. Payments MUST be made prior to this date to allow me to place the order. Club packs will be processed and send out via Royal Mail within 10 days, depending on the date items arrive with me. I will inform affected individuals regarding delays or alterations.

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Inspire.Create.Challenge #186 | fun with colour….

Hello! Goodness me, I really have meant to get back to blogging and sharing over here, but life has been life-ing a bit recently! I can’t believe we are into February and I’m only just writing my first blog post of the year… Must do better!

Anyway, this week I thought I really need to be a better team player, and get back to regularly taking part in the Inspire.Create.Challenges, and so here we are.

This week’s challenge is to use any yellow, any pink and any blue on your project. I’ve used Crushed Curry, BubbleBath and Blueberry Bushel on this fun card using the Memorable Blooms stamps and dies from the most recent Mini Catalogue.

This technique is so fun… stamp your image and then colour around it with the same colour Stampin’ Blends as card stock your going to use (I’ve actually used Dark Daffodil Delight here as well don’t have a Crushed Curry, but the match is very close). Then die cut and arrange on your card front. I just love the white image on what looks like coloured card! Magic!

Don’t forget to share your creations over on the Inspire.Create Blog!

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InspireINK Blog Hop | Best of 2024

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Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah for our last blog hop of 2024. This month our theme is ‘Best of 2024’ and we are sharing our favourite makes of the year. I haven’t had a very creative year, although I have made a baby… does that count?!

I have a couple of cards that I want to share with you as my favourites… I really couldn’t choose between them! But they do both use the same suite of products; The Full of Life Suite from this years Annual Catalogue

Thank you so much for stopping by StampinByHannah today. Do check out the other ladies in this blog hop for more inspiration and to see their favourite projects of 2024.

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Stampin’ Inspiration; Yuletide Village

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah for this week’s Stampin’ Inspiration! This week I’ve been sharing projects using the Yuletide Village stamp set from the September – December Mini Catalogue. I really love this set, its perfect for a bit of colouring; alcohol markers or watercoloring, as well as looking just as lovely when left as stamped images.

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Stampin’ Inspiration: More Than Autumn…

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah for this week’s Stampin’ Inspiration featuring the More Than Autumn stamp set. I absolutely LOVE this stamp set, with its cute mini stamps of candy canes, gingerbread men and pumpkins, as well as coordinating dies too.

I have a few cards with this set, but first check out this weeks Stampin’ Inspiration YouTube video

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Seasons of Elegance Card Ideas

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah… sorry, it’s been a little while, been a bit busy with the baby. However, I am hoping that my plan for a posting schedule might be sustainable, at least for a little while.

Last week I shared a whole heap of projects using the Season of Elegance Suite from Stampin’ Up! Over on my Instagram, and I thought I probably should share them here too… as well as a new YouTube video!

So (hopefully) on a Monday evening, I’ll be sharing a round up of cards, as well as a YouTube video, likely on a theme; either a stamp set or a suite, to give you lots of inspiration all in one place!

This week, like I mentioned it Season of Elegance, which is a fabulous Mega suite from the September-December Mini Catalogue. There are 2 stamp sets, 2 die sets, a pack of Designer Series Paper, a 3D embossing folder, ribbon and embellishments! All in jewel tones, perfect for those festive projects.

Do let me know what you think of this format of post… and I hope to see you again soon

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InspireINK | Summer with some of the Cutest Cows…

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Welcome to StampinByHannah and to this months InspireINK blog hop. This month our theme is Summer, and because I have 2 very small children, our summer has looked like a lot of days out and visits to the farm! So, it just made sense to me to grab the Cutest Cows stamp set, and make a (quick) card.

Does this happen to anyone else? Where you need a card in a hurry, but what comes to you is using Stampin’ Blends and fussy cutting?! Yes, there is a punch for this cute cow, but I don’t have it, and so it was fussy cutting for me.

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Technique Tuesday Blog Hop | Collage stamping with Lovely and Sweet from Stampin’ Up!

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah! It’s been a little while since I last did a Blog Hop with the ladies from Crafty Collaborations, but I thought this month it was time to change that! So here we are with the August Technique Tuesday Blog Hop with the theme of Collage… which is right up my street! Any excuse to get a bit inky!

I grabbed the Lovely and Sweet Stamp Set for this one and the colour combination of Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Pretty In Pink and Summer Splash.

I Collage stamped the images around the bottom and left hand edges, and then finished the card with an embossed circle and a simple sentiment.

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InspireINK Blog Hop | With Sympathy….

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah for the July InspireINK blog hop! I am super excited to be getting stuck into some crafting again after 6 months of very little inspiration (or energy) and then a big craft room move (more of which I will share soon!). This month’s InspireINK blog hop’s theme is Sympathy, which is never the easiest occasion to craft for, and I have to admit to going slightly off-piste with this card. However, I think it would totally work for a sympathetic occasion, or just a ‘thinking of you’ even.

This card uses the Thoughtful Journey Suite, and a piece of the fabulous Basic Beige card stock (seriously, cannot put this away!). The background is embossed using the Layered Florals 3D Embossing Folder, which is so pretty, which I then distressed slightly with a nail file.

All the layers on this card are die cut using the Thoughtful Wishes dies, and cut from the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is also from the coordinating stamp set, and although the words are joined in a line on the stamp, I preferred the stacked look on this one.

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