Hannah McCurley - StampinbyHannah

14th April 2016

Butterfly Basics Week – Sending Wishes Your Way

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics English Garden Card

I’m loving this week of cards featuring Butterfly Basics! I love this stamp set, it can be found in the Annual catalogue on page 124, under Artistic Expression – but don’t let that title put you off. Its a great set of stunning images and two great sentiments that are perfect for so many occasions.

This card also features a piece of English Garden Designer Series Paper as I continue my mission to get my Designer Series Paper used up rather than just sat (looking very pretty) on the shelf!

The fern is stamped in Old Olive and stamped off 3 times, all on the card, creating this great variation in colour. The flower stem was stamped over the top in Always Artichoke – I’m still not sure about this bit, but I LOVE the fussy cut flowers, a little tricky but well worth it

I love greens and pinks together, so fresh and pretty for spring

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Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

English Garden Designer Series Paper

[138440]

£10.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126972]

£6.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

£6.50

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

£9.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

12th April 2016

Butterfly Basics Week – Watercolour

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Birthday Card

Butterfly Basics is one of my favourite stamp sets from this years Annual catalogue (actually it was in last years Spring/Summer too!) It can be found on Page 124, and is in the Artistic Expression section. Although it was designed for Stamp Layering the flower image is great for a simple watercolour

The big key to watercolouring your stamped images is using the right ink to stamp with. I’ve used Archival Basic Black ink here as it is water-resistant, but you could also use Stazon. Memento is great for using with your alcohol markers but as it is water-based tends to run and bleed when used with watercolouring.

When watercolouring an image like this I smoosh my ink pad onto a large clear block and add some drops of water either from an Aquapainter or spritzer. I’m not great with an aquapainter (yet) so stick with my trusty paint brush. My current fav is a Soft grip number 5 round brush from Royal and Langnickels Crafter’s Choice range, which I only bought because they are purple! When watercolouring a small-ish image like this one I prefer to keep my brush quite dry with more ink that water which is why I prefer a brush rather than an Aquapainter because that way I have more control

So, my colour choices here are Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo for the watercolour and ink splatter, with accent stamping and sentiment in Sahara Sand

Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Bundle

[139323]

£46.75

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Stampin’ Spritzer

[126185]

£2.75

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

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11th April 2016

Butterfly Basics Week – Make It Monday

Stampin' Up! UK Make It Monday Blender Pen colouring Butterfly Basics

Welcome to a whole week of posts focusing on Butterfly Basics. I LOVE this stamp set, its super pretty and great for a host of techniques including; watercolour, stamp layering, blender pens on vellum, and die cutting (seeing as it coordinates with TWO die sets!) and can be found on page 124 of the Annual catalogue in the Artistic Expression section. I love this part of the catalogue, its the run wild section for me, where you can find stamp sets specifically designed for techniques and where your imagination can run away with you.

I know I did promise a video this week, but time ran away with me again – 3 shifts at work this week and then I’m off for 9 days! So, fingers crossed I get some filming done then!

So, today we are using our Blender Pens to colour on Vellum. I really enjoy this technique, and its a great way to introduce yourself to the joy of the blender pen! Blender pens contain a clear ‘ink’ that means that you can blend out the ink from your stamping, or use them to pick up coloured ink to colour an image. Blender pens work great on our Whisper White card stock, BUT you have to work fast, which is why I’ve used vellum today. Vellum is really slippy (non-porous) and ink takes much longer to dry on it, which makes it great for trying our your Blender Pens!

I’ve used my Stampin’ Write Markers today too. Scribble some marker onto a clear block and use the Blender Pen to pick up the ink – much less messy that doing the same with an ink pad!

Ok, so after you have stamped your image onto the vellum (I’ve used our Archival Basic Black ink) allow the ink to dry and then turn the Vellum over. Then, using your blender pens, colour the reverse side of the image. I used four colours here; Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry.

Because ink takes so long to dry on Vellum I used my Heat Tool to speed up the process. But you have to be super careful when heating Vellum that it doesn’t burn, use the first setting on the Heat Tool and keep taking the Vellum out of the heat every few seconds. The ink will dry much quicker this way.

Time for some finishing touches. Attaching Vellum to card stock can be tricky. I’ve used Fast Fuse here, because its clear and I’m attaching the Vellum to Whisper White Card stock it is easily hidden under the stamping.

The bow clip in the top corner helps to keep the free edge tidy, and I’ve added some Gold Wink of Stella to the flower to mirror the Gold in the Clip

What do you think? I love the soft colours you get when you colour on the reverse of the Vellum. You could just as easily colour the front, you just get more vibrant colour

Thanks for stopping by for this weeks Make It Monday, check back tomorrow for another card made using the Butterfly Basics Stamp set!

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Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Bundle

[139323]

£46.75

Blender Pens

[102845]

£9.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

£99.00

Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141898]

£7.25

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Bow Paper Clips Embellishments

[140559]

£5.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

£9.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£6.50

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8th April 2016

Masked Ink Blending

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Birthday Card

Hello there! Firstly, I have to apologise for the lateness of this post, I really don’t know what is happening to me at the moment but my energy is at an all time low. After hosting my monthly Card Class last night, I just could not get motivated to move this morning!

The card I’m sharing today has been working its way out of my brain since I checked the Global Design Project Blog on Monday, I’m just glad I got to make it before the challenge closed!I always enjoy a sketch challenge, but this card formed in my head (after I’d checked the Global Design Project Blog) but I didn’t put the 2 together until yesterday.

Now, trying to photograph a mainly white card is tricky, I hope you can forgive my slightly shaky skills.

At class last night the ladies were working through the current Annual catalogue working out their orders and someone mentioned that they loved this stamp set. I have to admit that my copy has been gathering dust slightly over the past few months, but it is definitely one of my all time favourites, I’m not sure if its the font, or the fern, or those flowers, or the fact that it coordinates with two die sets, but I love it!

Ok, So the sentiment is from Butterfly Basics, and is stamped in Blackberry Bliss (retiring soon!). After the ink was dry, I used a 1″ strip of sticky note tape as a mask and covered that sentiment, before ink blending over the sentiment with Sahara sand ink and my sponge. I love this technique at the moment, I get to get all inky but I still get to see sharp white on my card!

The butterfly is die cut from Pear Pizzazz card stock, and the card is finished with 3 dots of Gold Glimmer paper punched with the 1/4″ and 1/8″ handheld punches (the same as I did on this card earlier in the week!)

Thanks for checking out my blog today, and I will be back soon with another card featuring this awesome stamp set!

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Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies

[138135]

£15.50

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133642]

£6.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

£6.50

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

£4.50

1/4″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134364]

£8.25

1/8″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134365]

£8.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

£6.50

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7th April 2016

Weekly Deals are leaving….

Its so sad, but Weekly Deals are leaving us in 2 weeks time. Weekly Deals have been an awesome addition over recent months, but it is now time to say farewell – before the launch of some exciting Special Offers!

So, for the last 2 weeks of Deals, Stampin’ Up!® have made them super special!

Bermuda Bay Thick Baker’S Twine [138413] £3.25 £2.44	Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies [139659] £15.50 £11.63	Confetti Hearts Border Punch [137415] £20.00 £15.00	Endless Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set [138796] £14.00 £10.50	Flurry Of Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [139732] £19.00 £14.25
Gold 1/8″ Ribbon [134583] £4.50 £3.38	Greatest Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140706] £23.00 £17.25	Leaflets Framelits Dies [138283] £22.00 £16.50	Metal Rimmed Pearls [138394] £4.50 £3.38	Metallics Sequin Assortment [138390] £4.50 £3.38
Sonnengruß Clear-Mount Stamp Set (German) [141118] £16.00 £12.00	Souhaits Rayonnants Clear-Mount Stamp Set (French) [141115] £16.00 £12.00	Sunburst Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140725] £16.00 £12.00	Wild About Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set [138728] £19.00 £14.25

These deals are awesome, the Endless Thanks stamp sets is one of my current favs, actually I used it recently on this card

Sorry for the super short blog post today (and for not having a card for you!) I’m holding my last Card Class of the 2015 Annual catalogue tonight and I have a little bit more prep to do before I start on a massive to do list for work! I’m so busy today I’ve had to cancel my hair appointment! I know, I’m gutted! but never mind, my hair can wait another couple of weeks

Hope you have a great day, and don’t forget to grab those weekly deals using my current Code Club Code to get some free product from me!

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

5th April 2016

Rose Garden Congratulations

I’m loving playing with my big shot, framelits and thinlits at the moment. I have a set of cards coming later in the week that features a heap of different sets of dies, and really I probably should be sharing those first as this card uses one of the off cuts from those!

The leaf is taken from the Rose Garden thinlits dies, and is sponged with Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz inks to create a gradient effect. The Congratulations is taken from Big News – I love this stamp set, perfect for a whole heap of occasions – and is actually stamped in Old Olive and heat embossed but some how looks gold on here!

This card just needed an extra something, I had some Gold Glimmer paper left out on my desk from another project, so I grabbed some handheld punches (1/4″ and 1/8″ I think) and created a trio of sparkle. You could use traditional glitter, but this way was much less messy!

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Product List

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

£28.00

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Bundle

[140804]

£44.00

Big News Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[134018]

£29.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133645]

£6.00

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109130]

£4.50

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

£4.50

1/8″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134365]

£8.25

1/4″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134364]

£8.25

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

4th April 2016

Make It Monday | Layering Stamps

Stampin' Up! UK Stamp Layering Birthday Card

Hello! Welcome to another edition of Make It Monday! I was hoping to have another video for you this week but alas I completely ran out of time. Thinking of making a 3D project for next week though, so I will certainly film that.

This past few weeks have been hella stressful (nothing new there then!) with my hectic new job, unwell relatives, James starting back at university, and the end of Sale-a-bration I haven’t had a whole heap of time to craft. So I was overjoyed when James said he was working on Saturday morning – time to get my backside back in that craft room! You will see what I made in my Saturday morning craft session later on in the week, I had heaps of ideas for cards that I have been sat on for weeks, but trying to come up with an idea for Make It Monday was a struggle. I did however have a glamorous assistant!

I did what I always do when I’m struggling for inspiration – I grabbed a random stamp set off the shelf and pull out a pile of inks. I knew I wanted to use Watercolour Paper, but that was about as fair as I got in planning!

So, this was my jumping off point. As I have discussed on the blog before I love getting really inky, and adding heaps of ink and water to this piece of Watercolour paper seemed like a good idea, at the end of the day most of my crafting is a bit of an experiment anyway!

I set about creating a background on my piece of Watercolour paper, adding a boarder of that gorgeous foliage stamp from Awesomely Artistic in Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay and Lost lagoon, adding several spritzs’ of water after each stamping and using my Heat Tool to dry everything off. Once the boarder was stamped I grabbed for my Aquapainter and hit the centre of the Watercolour Paper with more ink and water, and finally splattering ink all over the place!

Stamp Layering is a super quick and easy technique, we have stamp sets designed just for this technique (ones with lots of smaller images are great, as are floral and foliage type stamps). So once I had my background dry I then added another layer of stamping in Lost Lagoon and Bermuda Bay using the fern stamps and that fabulous little splatter stamp!

At this point I have to admit, I had no idea what the hell this card was going to be used for! But Birthday seemed like a good idea, I am loving the Number of Years stamp set at the moment with those great number dies. These stamps are designed to look watercoloured, but if you add the ink to them with a Sponge Dauber (rather than the normal method of sticking the stamp in the inkpad) you can add multiple colours of ink and create a great blended effect. These numbers are inked in Mint Macaron and Bermuda Bay and spritzed with water before stamping.

It still needed a little something, a little something sparkly – Wink Of Stella in Gold! Lovely

Ok, So, time for a challenge – I would love to see what you create with either the technique or these colours! Leave a link in the comments below and I will select one winner to receive this card and a Gold Wink of Stella Brush!

Entries will close at 06:30AM BST on 11th April 2016 (Thanks when the next Make It Monday will go live!) and I will select a winner and contact them in due course

Good Luck!

Product List

Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139950]

£18.00

Number Of Years Photopolymer Bundle

[140811]

£44.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£6.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133644]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Big Shot

[113439]

£99.00

Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141898]

£7.25

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

1st April 2016

Congratulations Balloon Celebration

Stampin' Up! Uk Balloon Celebration Congratulations Card

There are so many great stamp sets in our catalogues that often I buy one because I love it, but then never get around to using all the stamps in the set! I really didn’t want that to happen to Balloon Celebration, a stamp set that I love so much I used it for my catalogue launch party back in January, but then never actually got around to using it again properly, until now.

This stamp set has a heap of great little images, and is great for far more than just birthday card with balloons on! Kylie Burtucci made an awesome card using this set a few weeks ago, and I just knew I wanted to CASE it for a friends wedding anniversary card last week.

Their wedding colours were white and a sort of soft champagne colour (something we don’t really have in our palette) so I opted for So Saffron instead.

The wedding card featured on my blog last year, I can’t believe its a year already since we were partying into the night at a Castle in County Durham, I also can’t believe that it is now almost 8 months since our wedding, crazy!

I had intended to get this card up a little sooner, as it does now feature some retired product, that gorgeous glitter tape – please Stampin’ Up! bring it back…..

Product List

Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140675]

£23.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126957]

£6.00

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

£6.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

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31st March 2016

Happy Birthday Husband

Stampin' Up! UK Mans birthday card Guy Greetings

It was James’ birthday on Good Friday, but what with the end of Sale-a-bration rearing its head I didn’t get around to posting the card until now.

James is always very supportive of my card making, but I think he gets a little nervous when it comes time for me to make a card for him. James is a manly sort of bloky sort of fellow, he doesn’t do flowers or pink or ribbon or anything remotely feminine at all (I am solely responsible for anything remotely ‘homely’ in our house, he would have a sofa and a fridge and a TV and call it home!) so cards aren’t really something he would spend time or effort in choosing, let along making for anyone!

I love creating super simple cards for James. He has started to make cards for me (just because he knows I like a handmade card) and always goes to town on ink blending and punches, he actually bought his own card blanks because he was too scared to touch my card stock (rightly so!). So, when it comes to make a card for James I like to keep things simple, in the hope that one day he might calm down on the ink and punches!

Anyway, this card features the stamp set Guy Greetings and Going Places Designer Series Paper. I love the travel theme of this paper, its a full stack of 6 x 6 papers printed with maps and street plans, along with some great marble type prints – all of which are great for guys.

‘Husband’ fits perfectly into the Washi Label punch, while I grabbed my Circle collection framelits and my big shot for the anchor. Both stamps are from Guy Greetings and are stamped in Lost Lagoon. I remember a few years ago watching Shimelle Lane on YouTube create these great Scrapbook layouts using masses of Patterned Paper and she ALWAYS inked the edges to get the to ‘go together’ and I thought I would use the same technique here, so once I had all my pieces I grabbed out my Sahara Sand ink and a sponge and inked all the papers – I love the effect

Even James said it loved it!

Success at last

Product List

Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set

[138828]

£32.00

Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack

[140581]

£7.25

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133644]

£6.00

Washi Label Punch

[138296]

£16.00

Circles Collection Framelits Die

[130911]

£24.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£6.50

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

31st March 2016

Sale-a-bration ends today!

I have a ‘proper’ blog post coming later, but I just want to let you know that today is the final day of Sale-a-bration. I am so sad that it is over, but cannot believe that we have got through the first 3 months of 2016 already!

I thought I would just give you a quick re-cap of the projects I have made with the Sale-a-bration freebies this year, you could also check out my Sale-a-bration 2016 Pinterest Board for more inspiration!

Ok, so how can you get Sale-a-bration freebies before they leave forever?!

Spend £45 and choose a free item, spend £90 and get to choose 2! Awesome!

Spend more than £200 and get an extra £20 worth of Stampin’ Rewards (in addition to a whole heap of Sale-a-bration freebies) to redeem against anything in either catalogue!

Choose to join my team of Stampin’ Friends and get to pick £160 worth of Stampin’ goodies and pay just £99

Product List

Botanicals For You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141237]

£0.00

Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack

[141019]

£0.00

What I Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141276]

£0.00

Memories In The Making Project Life Specialty Card Collection

[141018]

£0.00

Perfect Pairings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141261]

£0.00

Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper

[141022]

£0.00

Flowering Fields Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141303]

£0.00

Honeycomb Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141291]

£0.00

Pedal Pusher Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141312]

£0.00

Metallics Glitter Tape

[141020]

£0.00

Party Pants Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141327]

£0.00

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