Author: Hannah McCurley

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Weekly Deals!

Oh yes, Its Wednesday!

Our Festival of Trees journey will continue a little later today! but first, it is of course Weekly Deals Time!!!!

Stampin' Up! UK Weekly deals

How awesome are these deals!!!! I adore the two thinlit dies on offer this week! I have been eye-ing up the circle card thinlit for AGES! this may be the perfect opportunity to grab it! (seeing as I have an order in the waiting already!) These two thinlit dies create flip cards, and come complete with a selection of other dies to embellish your card with!  The framelits this week are also great! The Cannery set, coordinates with Perfectly Preserved – an older stamp set you may have in your collection, but is now only available in digital stamp form. The floral frame though coordinate with Daydream Medallions, which is gorgeous!

You guys already know how much I love all of the Tag a Bag gift items in our catalogue, and these bags are a super cute way to dress up sweeties and other small gifts (just in time for halloween!). Speaking of halloween, our digital download this week is Spooky Treats  – a MDS template pack allowing you to create sweet wrappers and other spooky treat labels!

I love the weekly deals! they always offer something you hadn’t really thought of, or had completely missed in the catalogue!

Stampin' Up! UK Pick a pack of Paper DSP Designer Series Paper

Dont forget as well as Weekly deals there are two other offers currently available!

First, Good Greetings is still available completely FREE when you spend more than £200!

And, Pick a Pack of Paper runs until the end of October!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

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All is Calm for the Festival of Trees (week)

Welcome to day 2 of our Festival of Trees week.

Today, I thought we’d have a non-traditional colour scheme – Blue, green and grey (Pear Pizzazz, Lost Lagoon, and Smokey Slate)

Stampin' Up! UK Festival of Trees All is Calm

 

This DSP, All is Calm, is diffinately I massive hit from this years Autumn Winter Catalogue, its a lovely blend of muted colours and that gorgeous Lost Lagoon (LOVE IT!!!)

This card uses a Pear Pizzazz card base, with Whisper White piece and that lovely DSP. The Tree is stamped in Pear Pizzazz with Lost Lagoon dots, and jewel highlights. That lovely ribbon is also from the Autumn Winter Catalogue, and can be found on page 22 (with that DSP!)

hope you like this cute card

See you again tomorrow for more Trees!

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Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

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12 Tags of Christmas! Festival Style!

Well, we’re really getting into it now! 11 weeks to go!

This tag is uses the Festival of Trees Stamp set – well, it is Festival of Trees week here @ StampinByHannah!

Stampin' Up! UK Festival of Trees

I made these tree using 3 of the stamps from the set – the solid tree shape, and the two complimenting stamps; the tree and the baubles! Made in two colours – traditional; using Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Real Red, and a non-traditional colour way of Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon and Smokey Slate!

I love these tags. The tags themselves are super simpe – 2×6″ Very Vanilla cardstock, punched at one end using the Scallop Tag Topper punch.

Easy Peasy!

 

 

Thanks for reading,

see you again tomorrow for more ideas using the Festival of Trees!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

x

 

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Festival of Trees Week!!!!!

Well Hello there! Welcome to StampinByHannah, and to Festival of Trees Week!

I love this stamp set! I have already made so many cards with it, used it in workshops, and had a go a little viral on Pinterest! Yay! and seeing as its Stampin’ Up! European Convention this coming Weekend (and I cant go 🙁 ) I thought I would celebrate blog style – with an awesome week of awesome cards!

Stampin' Up! UK Festival of Trees Under the Tree

I love this colour combination – its just so festive! The cardbase is in Garden Green, with a card front using the Under the Tree Speciality Paper (great for boxes with the gift box punch board to!) The Tree is stamped in Garden Green on one of the builder tags from the Under The Tree Tag a Bag Accessory Kit (which is also where the other tag and the bakers twine is from!).

That super cute sentiment is from a limited edition stamp set, available until the end of the month, if you place an order (or host a party) of over £200. I love it, it has a collection of lovely holiday sentiments all in this lovely handwritten font

 

 

Check back tomorrow for more cards using Festival of Trees

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Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

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Fancy Fold Friday – Zig Zag Fold

Hello! Welcome to the second in my series of ‘fancy fold’ cards!

This week, I’ve made a Zig-Zag fold card, using Real Red and Flashback DSP.

I do love designer series paper – I love patterns, and colour, and really I’m just a stationary geek! (yes, I love staples and paperclips too!), but I really struggle to use DSP on cards! I love using it for scrapbooking, I use masses of 12×12 papers on layouts and in Project Life, but on cards, I get a little stuck!

Stampin' Up! UK Zig Zag fold card Flashback DSP

This card, although it looks complex, is really simple to create. The cardbase is cut at 8 1/4 by 5 3/4, then (and this is the only complicated bit!) you need to line one corner of the cardstock up with the top corner of your papertrimmer, then line the corner diagonally opposite to it up with the 4″ line on your trimmer – this will create the slopping angle to the top of the card. The card is then embellished with the Flashback DSP cut the same as the cardbase, before trimming 1/2″ from the bottom edge, and cut into 2 1/2″ strips.

FFF - zig zag 1

The card was then completed with three punched flowers, stamped using the Something to Say stamp set, and punched using the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack. The sentiment is only available until the end of October, place an order (or host a party) of over £200, and earn this stamp set for FREE! its so super cute, and has some lovely sentiments for Christmas and Halloween crafting.

See you again next week

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Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

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100 Posts!

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah

Is this your first visit? If it is there are lots of ideas and inspiration already here, this is my 100th blog post!

I cant believe it! when I started StampinByHannah in June of this year I never expected to reach 100 posts! or even 1000 blog views! (we I reached last month, thank you all very much!)

So, for my 100th I thought I would give you something a little different.

I thought I would tell you a little more about me, and what I do, why I’m here, and what I can offer!

Stampin Up!

So, I’m Hannah and I run two websites, this one StampinByHannah, and The Handmade Weddings – where I produce and sell handmade wedding stationary.

When I’m not in my craft room, I’m probably at my day job (or night job as it appears to be at the moment) working as a nurse in a nursing home. It’s a job I love (not as much as crafting and being creative, but I do love it!)

I have a cat, Freda, and get married to James next August! So, I’ve now got just less than 10 months to finish planning, loose another stone in weight, make the cakes, flower arrangements, and of course all the wedding stationary!

Stampin' Up! UK Pick a pack of Paper DSP Designer Series Paper

I adore working with Stampin’ Up! I use their products all the time, not just for making things for the blog, but also cards for family and friends (and customers!), as well as for my Wedding Stationary business. The quality is just exceptional!

Over the next few weeks and months I have some awesome projects and ideas for you; last week we started a series on a Friday for special folds – Fancy Fold Friday, and this week I launched the 12 Tags of Christmas – a series coming to you each and every Monday from now until Christmas week! Next week is a busy week here on the blog – to celebrate the success of the Festival of Trees stamp set (its been the top seller for Stampin’ Up! UK for the past few weeks, I love it, and I’ve had a LOT of re-pins on Pinterest for my Festival of Trees projects) I am dedicating the whole week to Festival of Trees! thats 5 cards and 1 tag, all featuring the Festival of Trees!

I’m planning on some new classes launching in the new year, looking at cards and scrapbooking, in particular Project Life by Stampin’ Up! which is just awesome!

And I have lots of other exciting things coming really soon!

 

So, thank you all so much for reading and subscribing!

I now also have a monthly newsletter, e-mailed to your inbox at the beginning of each month! to subscribe to that drop me a message HERE!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

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Weekly Deals – 8.10.14

It’s Wednesday, that time of the week again! Weekly deals time!

Stampin' Up! UK Pick a pack of Paper DSP Designer Series Paper

Before we get into the Weekly deals, I just want to quickly remind you about the current joining promotion – running through to the end of the month – Pick a Pack of Paper gives you a FREE pack of designer series paper each month for 6 months! if you sign up to be a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator during October. I’ve talked about this before, and there is more information HERE. This is a great opportunity not only to earn £60 worth of DSP, but also to discover the benefits of becoming a demonstrator. There are many types of people who join Stampin’ Up! you don’t have to hold classes and events, your not forced into doing anything, you just have to sell £270 worth of catalogue priced product every 3 months! and your personal spend is included in that! so to be a hobby demonstrator, you need to spend £75 a month to remain active. Stampin’ Up! gives great opportunities – not only does being a demonstrator mean that you receive a 20% discount on every single Stampin’ Up! item, but there are demonstrator deals, pre-order periods, and free products available! (I’ve just earned 2 FREE stamp sets for my sales during the first 3 months of being a demonstrator!) Awesome! For more information about becoming a demonstrator contact me HERE!

 

So, the weekly deals!

As usual this weeks Weekly Deals are amazing!

Stampin' Up! UK Weekly Deals

Two different types of ribbon, cardstock, a great stamp set! a really cute punch, an embossing folder, beautiful buttons and as usual a digital download! The stamp set this week Geometirical – coordinates with other Stampin’ Up! products – 1″ circle punch and triangle punch, as well as the totally awesome Hexagon Hive Thinlit!

Gorgeous!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

x

 

 

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12 Tags of Christmas!

Hello there!

Can you believe it! There are 12 weeks left until Christmas! Time to sort the Cards, Presents, and food!!!!

As you have already seen, I’ve made a start on my Christmas cards, so I was thinking about something we could do, to celebrate the 12 weeks of Christmas! when the Scallop Tag Topper Punch arrived on my desk!

So, I introduce to you….. The 12 Tags of Christmas….. coming to you each Monday between now and Christmas!

Stampin' Up! UK Espresso Trim the Tree Tag Good Greetings

 

So, most of the tags in this series use the Scallop Tag Topper Punch, and so to fit in the punch each tag is 2″ wide. This tag uses two ‘tags’ at 2″ x 6″ one in Early Espresso cardstock and one in a piece of DSP from the Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper stack. I love these DSP stack, there are two in the annual catalogue and one in the current seasonal – with sheets measuring 6.5″ x 4.5″, and they have loads of really cool patterns and are great for card fronts and sweet little gifts!

Stampin' Up! UK Espresso Trim the Tree Tag Good GreetingsAs well as the Scallop Tag Topper punch this tag also uses the Modern Label punch, and this cute greeting from Good Greetings (our StampinByHannah product of the month! see HERE!)

The twine for this tag comes from the Under the Tree Tag a Bag Accessory Kit, you get loads and loads of Crumb Cake bakers twine (along with a heap of other goodies) for £7.25! LOVE!

Check back next week for more Tags!

 

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

x

 

 

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World Card Making Day 2014 – So Thankful for You!

Thank you continuing to read on, on this wonder World Card Making Day 2014!

This is my final card!

Stampin' Up! UK I Like You Elegant Butterfly

This simple card uses two punches (a bit like THIS card from earlier today!). First punch the Elegant Butterfly and then punch the Decorative Label around it!  I then added a stamped butterfly to the cardbase, and added the punched piece around it.

The sentiment is simply stamped from the I Like You hostess set underneath.

 

To receive one of the 12 cards I have made today, simply place an order HERE in the month of October

 

Check out all the products used in my World Card Making Day 2014 project HERE!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

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World Card Making Day 2014 – Lovely Letterpress

Stampin' Up! UK Letterpress Lovely Lace

This card was such a mess to make! LetterPress is one of the ‘hot topics’ in the crafty world at the moment! I had to have a go!

I grabbed my Lovely Lace embossing folder, and Melon Mambo ink. To get this look, where the ink is on the ‘flat’ part of the design, with the white embossing sticking up through it, you need to add ink directly to the embossing folder. I add my ink to the side with the Sizzix / Stampin’ Up! logos on. Be carefully not to get ink down into the design of the folder, or you will end up with ink on the embossed elements – which we want to stay white. Then, lay the cardstock in the embossing folder, closing the folder carefully so not to move the card and smudge the ink. The run this embossing folder / ink / cardstock sandwich through your Big Shot.

The next trick is to remove the cardstock from the folder without smudging the ink! I would suggest that you leave this to dry for a little while, the card will be very wet! and clean the embossing folder quickly – I made this card a couple of days ago (yes, I’m naughty, this is the power of the blog – I’m actually at work right now!), and I still have bright pink inky fingers!

But the result is so pretty!

I finished this card with a simple sentiment from I Like You!

 

Check out all the products used in my World Card Making Day 2014 project HERE!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

Thank you for stopping by www.www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk today

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