Hannah McCurley - StampinbyHannah

25th April 2016

Make It Monday | Gift Card Holder

Gift Card Holder video tutorial featuring Flower Patch from Stampin' Up! UK

Now, before we go any further with todays project I need to remind you about this years Retiring List. The List was released last week and heaps of stuff has already sold out, left the building, goodbye and I really don’t want you to miss out on anything else. So, before you read today’s post go and check out the Retiring Products Page and grab yourself a bargain!

Right, with that out of the way today I’m sharing video tutorial! Yes, I managed to get some filming done (two videos for you lovely lot this week!) and here is the first!

This card was inspired by the gorgeous Jennifer McGuire. I love the idea of adding a gift card in a way other than with a glue dot!

The key to this card is really in the adhesive. You could use the sides of your Dimensionals, however coming on 1st June we have some great Foam Adhesive strips that would work amazingly for this.

And who needs a reason to send a gift card?!

Measurements:

Flower Patch Card – Card Base: Half A4 folded in half, Whisper White panel: 3 x 3″ (7.5 x 7.5 cm)

Cups Card – Card Base: 12 x 6″ (30 x 15 cm) Kraft Card scored at 6″ (15 cm), Whisper White Panel: 3 1/2 x 3″ (9 x 7.5 cm)

Product List

Flower Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set

[134207]

£23.00

Flower Fair Framelits Die

[133731]

£22.00

Cups & Kettle Framelits Dies

[140624]

£26.00

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

£15.00

Kraft 12″ X 12″ Card Stock

[133674]

£5.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

£6.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

23rd April 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | April 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Thank Card using Go Wild Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UK

Hello! Long time to see! I have really missed this hop over the past couple of weeks, I can’t wait to hop around and see what the girls have created with this weeks sketch from Karen

I was totally intimidated by this sketch. I have no idea why, but the whole thing really scared me. I stared at this sketch for over a fortnight before I had any inspiration what so ever, to the point where when Sam Johnson messaged me earlier in the week to remind me that the hop was this weekend, I had such a panic!

Once I had re-composed myself I started to look around my craft room. My shelves are currently looking kinda bare after I’ve removed all the stamp sets and embellishments that are retiring at the end of May. I don’t tend to share retiring products, I would hate for you to spot something I posted this week on my blog and go to shop only to find that it has already gone and you missed out. But please do use the link at the bottom of this post to check out the things that are retiring.

I almost used new products, but then felt bad that you wouldn’t be able to shop for them until 1st June – and that still feels like a very long way away!

I also apologise for this photograph, I took my camera away with me last weekend, and I think the travelling has upset it because I cannot get a clear crisp image for love nor money! Looks like its time for a new camera!

Anyway, this card uses the Suite Sayings stamp set (staying with us for another 12 months) as well as some Designer Series Paper that is retiring – Go Wild! oh, and that ribbon is on the goodbye list too (I’m not good at not using retiring products am I!)

Card Measurements:

Card Base – (Half A4 folded in half ) – 14.85 x 21 cm scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Card Layers – Whisper White Card stock – 14.2 x 10 cm, Designer Series Paper – 14.2 x 7 cm, Designer Series Paper – 14.2 x 2 cm

Whisper White Banner – 3 x 6.5 cm and cut into a banner

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22nd April 2016

Watercolour Week | Faux Watercolouring With Watercolour Wings

Faux Watercolour technique featuring Watercolour Wings from Stampin' Up! UK

I hope you have enjoyed this week of Watercolour, I have LOVED making the samples this week!

This final card is a bit of a cheat though – Faux Watercolouring. I know, it sounds silly, but just take a look…

This is so super simple! It doesn’t even require a brush!

Watercolour Wings is awesome, and I am so pleased that it is with us for another year too. The idea of this stamp set is that you are able to layer different inks and create a watercolour effect butterfly (Faux watercolouring in itself!) however, there is a massive trend around at the moment of sort of running watercolour, where the paint has run. Which is what I have done here. The butterfly is stamped in 3 layers; Pool Party, Marina Mist and Melon Mambo. After each layer the Watercolour paper was spritzed with water and dried with a Heat Tool to create these runs of ink and hard edges. So pretty!

The sentiment is taken from Balloon Celebration and the card is finished with a splatter of Gold Wink of Stella and some Clear Wink of Stella on the centre of the butterfly.

Product List

Watercolor Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139424]

£23.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126962]

£6.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Stampin’ Spritzer

[126185]

£2.75

Heat Tool – Uk Plug

[129054]

£27.00

Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140675]

£23.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141898]

£7.25

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.25

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

21st April 2016

Watercolour Week | Negative Space Watercolouring

Crazy About You Watercolour negative space Hello Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

I hope you are having a great week! today is my last day off work, back to the grind-stone tomorrow

Last weekend I headed to Telford for Stampin’ Up!® On Stage Local (and saw the awesome new annual catalogue!) and Team Training on Sunday where I provided a whole table of Watercolour inspiration! Most of the cards I shared were cards you guys have already seen, but I did make a few new ones – including this card

This card is super simple to make I promise! I am going to start writing the card measurements on my blog posts, I listened to another demonstrator (sorry I can’t remember who it was) on Saturday talk about making blog posts easy for readers to re-create the projects. This is something I have been trying to work out for a while. I use the same sized card quite often, but will try and remember to post the sizes – especially when I’m using odd sizes or doing fancy folds!

Ok, so this card uses the Hello You thinlits dies, die cut from Thick Whisper White card stock. I found a piece of scrap card stock (also Thick Whisper White) that was bigger than the die cut ‘Hello’ and used the Watercolour Wash technique that I shared on Monday to create a rainbow of colour.

The card is then a simple case of layering and re-assembling the ‘Hello’. I used Dimensionals for the larger pieces, but the little dot in the ‘O’ required a ball of Glue Dot, you can see it slightly, but it’s clear and I’m pretty sure your wouldn’t notice it without looking for it!

Card Measurements:

Card Base – (Half A4 folded in half) 21 x 14.85 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Card Layer – 10 x 14.2 cm

Product List

Hello You Thinlits Dies

[137363]

£22.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

£6.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

£6.50

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126945]

£6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Glue Dots

[103683]

£4.75

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

20th April 2016

On Stage Local | Telford April 2016

Hello! I thought I would pop onto the blog today and share my Stampin’ Up! On Stage Local experience from last weekend.

I LOVE attending Stampin’ Up! organised events, they are always loads of fun and I always come away filled with crafting inspiration, absolute joy, re-energised and with arm-fulls of new products! and this time was no exception!

Stampin’ Up! always treat us to a new bag – I love the style of bag they have used for the past 2 events, they are awesome crop bags and fit the Stampin’ trimmer in perfectly! So I now have two of these great bags, one from last November and one from last weekend. The bag always comes with things too; this time we had a cute branded pencil case (which I might use for make up in my handbag!), a lanyard, Prize Patrol Pin, and a brand new stamp set from the new Annual Catalogue.

One of the greatest things about going to events with other demonstrators is swapping. We all make a pile of cards or bags (mostly items that hold chocolate!), and share them with everyone. Swapping is a great way of getting a heap of inspiration, and I always come away with a heap of items I would never have made. This past few weeks have been completely insane for me though and so I didn’t get chance to make any swaps! But these are swaps and gifts from lovely ladies who didn’t want me to go home empty handed! Aren’t they sweet!

On Sunday I attended team training, and came home with even more Stampin’ goodies! and several challenges from my upline! I’m sure you will be seeing more of these items on the blog soon!

Before I HAD to share the cover for next years Annual Catalogue! Isn’t it gorgeous?! I am in love with this new idea book, there are so many awesome stamp sets and dies that I just HAVE to have! My must have list is LONG! lol.

I can’t wait to share what is inside with you! and will be doing an Open House event to launch it in June. (I will be sure to let you know the dates as soon I as can)

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

19th April 2016

Watercolour Week | Live with an Open Heart

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour technique An Open Heart

I just love this watercolour technique! It’s one I have actually it shared before, and I even have a Video Tutorial all about it! But, this card was inspired / CASE’d from the gorgeous Michelle Last and a card she created and share with us at a Team Training event back in February.

The background for this card is created using a piece of Watercolour Paper cut to 3 3/4 x 4 3/4″ (that’s a 1/4″ bigger than one of our larger clear blocks). Then you apply ink to the clear block, here I put Pool Party and Marina Mist on the top two 3rds of the block and Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow near the bottom. The easiest way to do this is to literally press the inkpad onto the block – I’m sure you could get the same effect but colouring the block with markers but I haven’t the time for that! Once the block is all nice and inky you spritz the block with water (a Stampin’ Spritzer is the best thing for this!) and get the block all wet so that the ink is almost running away! The quickly turn the block over and ‘stamp’ it onto the watercolour paper.

I left mine to dry but you could speed up the drying process with your Heat Tool, before using the Paper Piercer and Essentials Piercing Pack around the edge. I have used Basic Black ink to stamp the bird and sentiment both taken from An Open Heart.

I adhered the Watercolour paper onto the Crumb Cake card front, but there was just something missing. I thought about adding another layer of card stock, or some Designer Series Paper but just couldn’t decide on the colour. However, I did have a piece of this gorgeous Crumb Cake Stitched Satin ribbon sat in my ribbon scraps – Perfect. To attach it onto the now assembled card though, hmm. Simple solution, cut a slit in the folded side of the card base and tie the ribbon in a bow around the whole card front.

So pretty

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Product List

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Clear Block F

[118483]

£15.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133645]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126962]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Stampin’ Spritzer

[126185]

£2.75

An Open Heart Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[135002]

£16.00

Paper-Piercing Tool

[126189]

£3.75

Updated Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

[138371]

£7.25

Stampin’ Pierce Mat

[126199]

£4.50

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£6.50

Crumb Cake 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

[138428]

£8.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

18th April 2016

Retiring List 2016

As we approach the end of the 2015-2016 catalogue is time to say goodbye to some old favourites, check out the retiring list HERE! (if you are checking this page on Monday night, it may take a while to load as demonstrators and customers all check this page!)

Retiring products are offered at a discount and so many items fly off the shelves awfully quickly, I already know that the In-Colour items have gone!

Place your order using this months Code Club Code and I will (as always) send you free product, the more you spend the more you get for free!

Oh, and don’t forget that Weekly Deals end tomorrow too!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

18th April 2016

Make It Monday | Watercolour Wash

I did it! I finally got round to making another video tutorial for a Make It Monday! Yay!

This week here at StampinByHannah I have a heap of projects using Watercolour to share with you. I love watercolour, I love playing with inks and getting a little messy, creating one off pieces and generally having fun with ink! Yesterday I attended a Team Training day (more on that coming this week, but I will admit that this blog post was written last week!) and held an inspiration station based around watercolouring, so I have a mountain of samples to share with you, featuring a range of watercolouring techniques. But I thought I would keep it simple for Monday, and demonstrate a watercolour wash

This was my original card, and the wash here is in Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party, super pretty. This card would be perfect for a masculine birthday and so the sentiment it taken from Big News and has been heat embossed in white.

The key to an effective watercolour wash for me is to use an Aqua-Painter. I tend to prefer a traditional paint brush when watercolouring images, but for a wash like this one, the Aqua-Painter really comes into it own. The great thing about an Aqua-Painter is that the handle of the brush is full of water, which comes out onto your paper via the bristles of the brush which means that as you ‘wash’ over your card stock with the brush more water feeds out, diluting your ink further and giving you a super easy ombre effect.

Now for these cards as the colour starts to fade on your wash, I have added in a different colour to create a gradient and multi-colour wash. As usual there are no rules here, you could use just one colour or you could create a whole rainbow, who says you stick to just blues!

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I will be closing this order on the 30^th April 2016

Product List

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

£7.25

Island Indigo A4 Card Stock

[124390]

£6.50

Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126986]

£6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Heat Tool – Uk Plug

[129054]

£27.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th April 2016

Butterfly Basics Week – Watercolour Background

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Background Thinking of you card

I do hope that you have enjoyed this week of Butterfly Basics cards. I have another themed week planned for next week too – I’m away this weekend and On Stage, the 6 monthly Stampin’ Up! corporate event, and am attending a team training day on Sunday. I managed to volunteer myself into doing an inspiration station – a whole table of cards with one theme! So, next week I will share a whole heap of cards featuring one technique, but I’m going to leave you to guess which one!

While I’m talking about On Stage, don’t forget to check out my Facebook page and Instagram this weekend, as I am sure to share some photos of my adventures (but not new products, I’m not allowed to show you anything like that yet!)

This final card in my series of card featuring Butterfly Basics is probably my favourite. Purple is my favourite colour, and so I’ve selected 3 shades here to create this background; Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant. It is super easy to create this watercolour background, the trick it to let each colour and layer dry before adding the next, and creating ‘hard edges’ but speeding up the drying process with you Heat Tool.

The butterfly is stamped in Wisteria Wonder onto more Watercolour Paper before being die cut with the coordinating die from the Butterfly thinlits dies, and it adhered to the card with a few glue dots that are also holding down the loops of Metallic thread in Gold.

I wanted a neutral background / card base for this one, and so selected Tip Top Taupe, a colour I have to admit I haven’t used all that much recently, but am starting to really enjoy – probably should add a pack of card stock to my next order!

Don’t forget to shop using the Code Club Code to receive some great FREE product!

7AXEMZNA

I will be closing this order on the 30^th April 2016

Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

Butterflies Thinlits Dies

[137360]

£22.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126985]

£6.00

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126963]

£6.00

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126969]

£6.00

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

£2.75

Big Shot

[113439]

£99.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.00

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

£4.50

Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock

[138343]

£6.50

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

14th April 2016

Weekly Deals …. the end is nigh!

This is the very last set of Weekly Deals! These offers are awesome, shop today so you don’t miss them before the go!

1″ Square Punch

[124094]

£14.50

£10.88

Bear Hugs Framelits Dies

[140275]

£24.00

£18.00

Brights Sequin Assortment

[138389]

£4.50

£3.38

Calypso Coral Thick Baker’S Twine

[138412]

£3.25

£2.44

Celebrate Today Photopolymer Stamp Set

[137138]

£24.00

£18.00

Classy Designer Buttons

[138393]

£5.50

£4.13

Crazy About You Photopolymer Stamp Set

[137137]

£23.00

£17.25

Essence De Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set (French)

[141105]

£24.00

£18.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133645]

£6.00

£4.50

Peaceful Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139728]

£23.00

£17.25

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140697]

£24.00

£18.00

Rosenzauber Photopolymer Stamp Set (German)

[141107]

£24.00

£18.00

Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140712]

£19.00

£14.25

Watercolor Words Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138702]

£23.00

£17.25

White Perfect Accents

[138416]

£4.50

£3.38

I have used heaps of this items on cards and projects over the last few months. Crazy About You is an absolute MUST HAVE for me, and I can’t get enough of Suite Sayings or Rose Wonder either!

Drop by the shop today, don’t forget to shop using the Code Club Code to get yourself some extra Freebies at the start of May! Over the last few months I have sent out free stamp sets, packs of Designer Series Paper and some great embellishments to my Code Club shoppers. Just use the code each time you shop to join the fun!

Don’t forget to shop using the Code Club Code to receive some great FREE product!

7AXEMZNA

I will be closing this order on the 30^th April 2016

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

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