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Stampin' Up! UK Just Saying Hello

Hello!

Sorry for my slightly late post for today, been trying to catch up on photographing my projects this morning, and time sort of ran away from me a little bit! I’ve actually been quite prolific this weekend, and have made a stack of cards – which makes me feel so much better as I was beginning to think that my crafting mojo had up and left! but a stressful weekend of work On Call has led me back to my crafty stress relief!

Anyway, I thought I would take a sketch challenge today, I’ve been following the Global Design Project for a little while, but actually jumping in and creating anything for one of the challenges has been somewhat of a challenge in itself! Well, this week I’m on holiday from my day job (thank goodness!) and so am taking time to craft and blog. So this morning I was having a little browse through Facebook and was reminded of this challenge by the lovely Michelle Last.

So here is my take on this weeks Global Design Project Sketch Challenge!

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I love a good sketch challenge! speaking of which the Simple Sketched Saturday Challenge Blog Hop is back this week! Yay! I have been sitting on my project for this weekend for a while, I can’t wait to share! anyway, getting back to THIS sketch challenge…..

Stampin' Up! UK Global Design Project Sketch Challenge

I’m still trying super hard to cut into my packs of Designer Series Paper. I am determined not to have heaps of the stuff left at the end of the this Annual catalogue (unlike last year!) and so am trying to use papers more on cards. Now, I know I have sinned here; layering two patterns one on top of the other without card stock between, but somehow I think it works. I love this paper in particular; its the English Garden Designer Series Paper from the annual catalogue, it is gorgeous! I’m a sucker for colour and at the moment I am totally in love with all things Rose Red.

Stampin' Up! UK Just Saying Hello

The ‘Hello’ is taken from the Hello Stamp Set (in this years Sale-a-bration offering) along with that cute smiley face. Hello is stamped in Rose Red and fussy cut with my paper snips. I am not a world expert at fussy cutting, but I give it my best, and I’m fairly pleased with this effort. The smiley face and ‘Just Sayin” (from Crazy About You) are both stamped in Marina Mist, as is the flower stamp in the background.

I loved creating this card, and will certainly be taking the Global Design Project challenge again!

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Pootlers Sale-a-bration Blog Hop!

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Oh yes, its that time again! Time for a Pootler’s blog hop. This week we are celebrating the launch of Sale-a-bration – the biggest promotion of the year – where Stampin’ Up! gives you a free gift for each and every £45 you spend! (in one order!). Plus there are great deals for hostesses and new team members too!

So, please hop around our blogs today, the girls have worked so hard to create some great projects featuring our free products, use the next and previous buttons at the bottom of this post to hop along to Anna and her wonderful project

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I will admit that thought I organise the Pootler’s blog hops, this time for me it has all been a bit of a mad rush. Over the 2 weeks of Christmas I managed to get 3 days off, and so my business has had to take a bit of a back seat. However, things are slowly getting back to normal, and with the launch of the latest catalogue and start of Sale-a-bration I’m all yours again.

This card features two of the Sale-a-bration products for this year. The Designer Series Paper is called Wildflower Fields. I love the colour combination of this paper, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Hello Honey and Old Olive, just gorgeous! I featured this paper last week as well, during my Sneak Peek feature, as I included some samples of it in my customer catalogues.

The Hello is taken from one of the limited time products also called Hello, only available until 15th February, this adorable stamp set would be perfect for children’s birthdays or new babies.

I’ve added a few sequins from the Brights Sequin Assortment that the lovely Sam (aka: Pootles) sent me last month, not only are they great colours (of course!) but there are several different shapes of sequins in the pack, circles, hearts and stars. And who doesn’t love a couple of sequins!

Hope you’ve enjoyed our hop today, see you again in 2 weeks for some great Spring / Summer catalogue inspiration

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Louise Thomas

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Lea Denton

Angelina Clark

Hannah McCurley

Anna Krol

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You are my greatest adventure….

I’m sure that no one except me is already thinking about Valentines day…. It’s not something we particularly celebrate (one of us is usually at work! and I am NOT paying all that money just to have dinner out!) but we do give each other a card.

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Manly looking Valentines are hard though, really hard! But this year it is a little easier thanks to Stampin’ Up! and the Going Global stamp set and Going Places Designer Series Paper. I’m loving the current selection of Designer Series Papers, Did you know that if you join my team during Sale-a-bration I will send you a 6 x 6 pack of Designer Series Paper for free!

This card uses a couple of punches; the Sweetheart punch coordinates with the stamp from Going Global, while the 3 smaller hearts are from the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack.

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Picture Perfect….

The brand new Spring / Summer catalogue launched in the early hours of this morning, and I’m totally in love with all of it! There is definitely something for everyone here, from cute images and dies that are great for children’s parties, to birthdays, and more thoughtful occasions, We have it covered this season

I have another reason to celebrate today, its my Birthday! and I have to say I have been well and truly spoilt by the husband; three new dresses, a mountain of bubble bath and bath bombs, chocolates and a new daylight lamp for my craft room. I am a lucky lady!

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I have had my hands on some of the new products for a month now, and a couple of bits and bobs a little longer (It was killing me not being able to show you what I brought home from Brussels!). This stamp set jumped out at me from the moment I saw it back in November; although one of my fellow demonstrators thought this gorgeous rose looked like a cabbage! I love it!

I’m a totally sucker for all things technique-y and this set is designed for 2 step stamping – layering one stamp over another – the rose is actually 3 different stamps, and the leaves are 2. There is also a beautiful bird stamp and a really unique starfish in this one too.

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The rose is stamped in Wisteria Wonder, some layers stamped off more than others. While the leaves are actually in Mossy Meadow, and both leaves and the rose are fussy cut (it didn’t take as long as you might think!) I pulled out my most loved embossing folder for this one, Lovely Lace, and embossed a piece of Wisteria Wonder card stock, before mounting everything together onto a Pear Pizzazz card base.

Have you got your copy yet, I’m off to Staples to get some more envelopes (bad planning, more catalogues then envelopes!) and I will be popping some more into the post later on today

Have a great day

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Spring Summer Catalogue!

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Welcome to a brand new Stampin’ Up! Spring / Summer catalogue! It’s launch day and I have a heap of exciting bits and pieces for you

I thought I would kick off the day here on my blog with a quick post to say that the new catalogue is now live, and that there are some awesome products in there! I did film an open box, but managed to forget to turn the sound on on my camera 🙁 however, I will try and get it up over the weekend.

If you live locally I have an Open House event on Saturday with great Make and Takes, samples, snacks and chat. I would love to see you there. Drop me a message for more details.

 

There are some great products in this catalogue, here is a sneaky peak of my favourites!

 

Have you got a copy of the catalogue? not yet? Download a copy or order one for FREE, I can’t wait for you to see it!

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1 day to go ……

before the launch on the latest Stampin’ Up! Spring / Summer catalogue!

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Can you tell I’m a little bit excited!

I have to admit that I haven’t got a project for you today, but the next few weeks of ideas and inspiration are awesome! I’ve been working super hard behind the scenes to give you more; did you know I send a Newsletter directly to your email each and every Thursday? I try and make sure there is an exclusive project in there each week, plus news about offers and classes. If you aren’t already subscribed you can sign up below

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Sale-a-bration Sneak Peak – Day 3

Stampin' Up! UK Sale-a-bration 2016 Wildflower Fields

Sale-a-bration is the biggest event on the Stampin’ Up! calender, its a great time for both Customers and team members to earn a heap of free goodies just for shopping! This year there are 11 products to choose from, with 3 leaving us early around Valentines day (but I know that there are some more to come!). Each time you spend £45 you get to choose one of these great items, but it gets better, because if you spend £90, you get to pick 2 products! and 3 items if you spend £135! Awesome!

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This cute card uses both sides of the same Designer Series Paper, Wildflower Fields, one of the items you could choose for free! I’ve been sending a sample of this paper out with my catalogues this year (use the Get a Catalogue button if you still haven’t got one!).

I hope you have enjoyed a sneak peak of Sale-a-bration, and have some ideas to use up that Designer Series Paper too!

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Sale-a-bration Sneak Peak – Birthday edition

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Before Sale-a-bration launches on Tuesday, I have a couple of sneak peak cards featuring one of the packs of Designer Series Paper that you can earn for FREE when you spend £45 between January 5th and 31st March 2016

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This paper is super pretty, the pack contains 12 Sheets, 2 of each of 6 designs, of 12 x 12 papers, and features some of my favourite colours. I love using Designer Series paper for colour inspiration, and this pack is going to inspire me for a while I think; I’m loving the colour combination; Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Old Olive and Whisper White.

The sentiment is taken from the same Suite Sayings stamp set as yesterday. This set is available in the Spring / Summer catalogue, which launches on 5th January 2016.

I’m really pleased with the way the bow turned out on this one. I adore the Bow Builder Punch, but it can be a little awkward to assemble. I usually use Mini Glue Dots to make the bow, but this time I made the effort and took the time to use Tombow glue, it was so worth it. It takes longer to use a wet glue, as you have to hold the pieces together until they are stuck, but the bow is less bulky, and super pretty once its done.

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Sale-a-bration Sneak Peak!

Stampin' Up! UK WildFlower Fields Designer Series Paper Sale-a-bration 2016

I’m Back!

I hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas and saw the New Year in safely. I decided to take 2 weeks off over the Christmas / New Year period this year, as my day job goes completely crazy over this time (I’ve managed to get 3 days off in the last 2 weeks), but I’m back to regular posting from Monday.

Over the weekend I have a series of 3 posts featuring some of the new Sale-a-bration papers, a sample of which I have been putting into my catalogues before mailing (I still have some left, please use the Get a Catalogue button if you want one!) and thought I would give you some ideas of how to use them!

Stampin' Up! UK WildFlower Fields Designer Series Paper Sale-a-bration 2016

The Designer Series Paper is called Wildflower Fields, and its one of the 11 items you can earn for FREE by spending £45 between 5th January and 31st March 2016. I have only used a tiny piece of it on this card, but I have two other cards coming over the weekend which feature a little more. The banner was cut using the Triple Banner Punch.

The stamp is also new, its from the Spring / Summer catalogue and is called Suite Sayings, I’m in love with this one, it features a great host of different sentiments, but they all coordinate with other stamp sets in the catalogue! Awesome!

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Crazy Crafters and Pootler Blog Hop

Stampin' Up! UK Rose Wonder Card

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah on this wonderful Sunday. Today I’m blog hopping again, but this time with a wonderful group of demonstrators from Australia!

We are showcasing some awesome products from the new Spring / Summer catalogue (or the Occasions catalogue if your in Aus) and had a tough challenge set by the lovely Sam Hammond Donald (Pootles) to only use one stamp set / one die or punch / one ink / one card stock! I will admit to have slightly bent the rules and have added both Whisper White card stock and White Craft Ink!

I hope you have enjoyed the hop so far, and remember to hit the NEXT button at the end of this post to continue along your journey of inspiration!

Stampin' Up! UK Rose Wonder Blog Hop

I knew this stamp and die bundle was on my ‘Must Have’ list as soon as I spotted it in the catalogue back in November. I love an intricate die, and this set is just stunning. So, when it came time to design my ‘hop’ project, Rose Wonder was the stamp and die bundle of choice, and the obvious choice for card stock had to be Rose Red!

Stampin' Up! UK Rose Wonder Card

As I have already mentioned I have slightly bent the rules, and used two colours of ink. I stamped the Rose onto the Rose Red card base in White Craft ink, before adding a layer of Vellum. I also have to admit that this also isn’t quite the truth, as I also stamped the rose onto the Vellum in Memento Black ink, before colouring the leaves with Pear Pizzazz ink and one of my favourite tools – my Blender Pen!

The die cut is actually designed to be the other way around, but it fit my card design better this way. This die cut pops out of the die so easily when you’ve used the Precision Plate on your Big Shot machine. It’s even easier if you use the brand new Big Shot Die Brush too (more on that coming soon!).

Stampin' Up! UK Rose Wonder Wink of Stella

This card needed a couple of extra finishing touches; the sentiment is taken from the same stamp set and die cut with another one of the dies from the bundle. I’ve also added some (Pootle) loops of Gold Metallic Thread and a trio of Metal rimmed pearls. The card still needed an extra special something though and so I have added a touch of glitter with the Brand New Wink of Stella Glitter Brush in clear to the vellum behind the die cut. Trying to get a photograph of the sparkly glitter was a little tricky as it is so super fine, but I think I managed it in the end.

Hope you are enjoying the hop. I’m hopping along too to see what the wonderful Michelle Mills has created, lets go….

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