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18th December 201718th December 2017

Make It Monday | Fold Flat Giftbag

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Fold Flat Giftbag

I have a super cute video tutorial for you today! One of my favourite Christmas traditions is planning my gift wrapping, and these would make really sweet gift wrap for a special present.

These are super quick and simple to make… even the video is only 6 minutes long! I have used the Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper for both of these bags. This paper really did not shout ‘buy me’ when I saw it in the catalogue, but I got a sample in a Paper Share (more on those coming soon!) and feel in love with some of the B sides! It is always worth remembering that there are two sides to a piece of paper.

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper; 12 x 6″ (30.5 x 15 cm)

Score on the long side at 5-1/2 and 11″ (14 and 28 cm)

Score on the short side at 1″ (2.5 cm)

I grab two stamp sets for the sweet tags on these bags. The black bag has a tag using Christmas Pines, while the green one uses You’re So Sweet. Both bags are closed with one of my MUST HAVE products, the Gold Library Clips. Right, I’m off to buy more clips! See you again tomorrow for more fun Stampin’ Up! projects

Product List

Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper

[144163]

£10.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

£31.50

You’re So Sweet Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139440]

£17.00

Gold Library Clips

[144130]

£5.50

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

[133324]

£21.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

£9.00

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

8th December 2017

Christmas Countdown | Designer Series Paper Crackers…

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Designer Series Paper Crackers…

Christmas Countdown Video Tutorial Series StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! UK

Oh my goodness…. we are at Week 12 of this years Christmas Countdown! We are however, going out with a BANG (quite literally!)

I do appologise for the late-ness of this week’s Christmas Countdown. I had started to write it on Wednesday, but was called into the day job at very very short notice and didn’t get chance to get my post finished. But, I am up (not very) early this morning and I will Live Blog the rest!

Square Crackes Video Tutorial using Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

Yes…. we have CRACKERS! These are super quick and simple to make… and they only use a piece of Designer Series Paper that 6 x 5-1/2″ (15 x 13 cm), so you can get 4 out of a single piece of 12 x 12″ Designer Series Paper.

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 6 x 5-1/2″ (15 x 13 cm)

Score on the long side at; 1, 1-1/2, 2, 4, 4-1/2, and 5″ (2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 10.5, 11.5 and 12.5 cm)

Score on the short side at 1-1/4, 2-1/2, 3-3/4 and 5″ (3, 6, 9, and 12 cm)

The trick to make the ends of the crackers is all in the use of the Envelope Punch Board! Check the video for how it works…

Square Crackers Video Tutorial using Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I do hope that you have enjoyed this years Christmas Countdown! I am super sad that this is the last one…. but it does mean that my Techniques videos return next week, And I am SO excited about that!

Which has been your favourite Christmas Countdown project this year?

Chocolate Truffle Box

Twist and Close Candle Box

Cookie Packets

Hot Chocolate Stirrers

Calorie Free Advent Calendar

Origami Advent Calendar

Dress up your Chocolate

Year of Cheer Gift Card Set

Cutlery Wrappers

Bauble Gift Tags

DIY Baubles

Stampin' Up! End of Year Sale

Product List

Christmas Around The World Designer Series Paper

[144629]

£10.00

Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper

[144613]

£10.00

Envelope Punch Board

[133774]

£18.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Pool Party 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon

[144152]

£6.25

Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon

[144172]

£5.50

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

27th November 2017

Make It Monday | Be Merry Project Kit Tips and Tricks

Make It Monday How to Make Christmas ornaments using the Be Merry Kit from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Be Merry Project Kit Tips and Tricks

I love making my own decorations at Christmas time! I think it comes from being a child of the early ’90’s where the paper chain was king and every Christmas tree was topped with some sort of handmade (and usually deformed) Christmas angel. Stampin’ Up! make creating your handmade Christmas super simple with this fabulous kit. Be Merry is designed to give you 12 cute hanging rosette ornaments…. but as usual I have pulled the kit to pieces and have made not only some of the rosettes, but some cards too!

The kit contains everything you will need, except adhesives. Stampin’ Up! suggest that you need Fine-Tip Glue, Dimensionals and a Hot Glue Gun for this one, but I would actually suggest swapping the Fine-Tip glue for some Snail, I’ll come to why shortly!

Tips and Tricks

When pinching your mesh circles, twist the pinched end – this stops them from pinging open
Put your Hot Glue Gun on a Silicone Mat
Apply Snail Adhesive to the back of the sentiment die cuts before removing them from the carrier sheet
Separate your mesh circles BEFORE you start making your rosettes…. they are very stuck together!
Watch both my video and the Stampin’ Up! version before you start! and Have fun!

Like I mentioned at the top of this post, I have also had a play with the parts of this kit and made some cards too…

This one uses the centre of the tree die cut, which has been sponged in Old Olive ink to match the colours from the kit. I did supplement the kit with some stamping from Christmas Pines, like the ‘Christmas’ sentiment, stamped here in Old Olive.

The second card even made use the Rosette piece…

The rosettes are held together with a single strip of card stock. Cut this off and you have a straight piece of foiled card stock, I covered the now ‘raw’ edge with a piece of the Real Red ribbon from the kit, added one of the candy cane pieces and a Dapper Denim stamped sentiment from Christmas Pines to finish this one.

What will you be making with this kit? Share your creations with me on my Facebook page.

Before I go, I just want to let you know that Stampin’ Up! are offering FREE Postage and Packing TODAY ONLY!

Product List

Be Merry Kit

[144648]

£17.75

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

£6.25

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive Refill

[104331]

£4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

£9.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

£31.50

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

24th November 201719th November 2017

Christmas Countdown | Bauble Gift Tags using Christmas Pines from Stampin’ Up!

Christmas Countdown Bauble Style Gift Tags Video Tutorial using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Bauble Gift Tags using Christmas Pines from Stampin’ Up!

I am always being inspired by my crafty friends. I was lucky enough to spend a whole weekend with them a couple of weeks ago for Stampin’ Up! OnStage in Birmingham. We had heaps of fun chatting crafty, checking out the brand new Stampin’ Up! Spring / Summer catalogue (coming in January!)… and enjoying a fun team day filled with productivity tips, chocolate cake and LOTS of laughs. I am actually not sure if I will be invited to another, after me and my friends Sam and Julie spent the whole day in hysterics…. being generally inappropriate… and munching on sweeties rather than crafting!

This project was totally inspired by my friend Caroline, who made something similar for a video hop we did a few months ago.

These are super easy to put together using the Layering Circles framelits. These are a true work-horse in my craft room, they are ALWAYS out on my crafty table, and coordinate with so many projects, stamp sets and even other die sets too. I LOVE them, and totally couldn’t be without them. One of the things I love about the Stampin’ Up! circle dies is that they are sized perfectly for card fronts…. and that they have matching scalloped circles in the set too!

The stamp set I have used here is called Christmas Pines. You might have missed this one, it’s a little buried in the middle of the Annual catalogue…. but it is fabulous! I use it often for both Christmas and non-Christmas projects. AND it has a coordinating set of thinlits too… the Pretty Pines thinlets include that lovely ribbon die (actually there are two, one big and one small!) which is perfect for that added something that isn’t going to add a heap of bulk onto your card and make it difficult to post.

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

£31.50

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

£23.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

£7.25

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144086]

£6.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

£7.25

Pretty Label Punch

[143715]

£16.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

[144748]

£3.75

1/8″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134365]

£8.25

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

23rd November 201710th December 2017

Thoughtful Thursday | OnStage Team Gifts…

Stampin' Up! Onstage Team Gifts using Delightful Daisy from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday OnStage Team Gifts…

Thoughtful Thursday is the day of the week when I share things that I have sent, that have made me happy, or have formed part of my Mindfulness practice this week.

This week’s Thoughtful Thursday project is 3 cute little gifts I took with me to Stampin’ Up! OnStage a fortnight ago. Usually I go all out and make 50+ swaps; a set of similar projects that are swapped with other demonstrators for ideas and inspiration. However, this last few months have been pretty busy, and I just didn’t get chance to make anything (although my friend Angelina from Intatwyne Designs did remind me when I got there that I had made a heap of swaps for April’s event that I hadn’t used…… which I had completely forgotten about and STILL haven’t found!).

I bought some handcream mini’s for my team leader and 2 of my team mates. I am super privileged to be a part of a wonderfully supportive team, but 2 of the girls are just always there. We cheer each other on, share our bad days, and generally have a right laugh! So, to say thanks for putting up with me…. I wanted to give them a little something.

These were super simple to put together, they are a pretty classic Sour Cream Style pocket. I have made these before, and have a video tutorial on them too!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper: 4 1/2 x 5″

The daisy’s on the front of these was made using the fabulous Daisy Punch. They both use two daisy’s one in Whisper White, sponged with Night of Navy ink, and one punched in Night of Navy sponged with White ink.

Each gift had a tag on, using the Everyday Label punch and Merry Little Labels stamp set.

Product List

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper

[144137]

£10.00

Daisy Punch

[143713]

£16.00

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Bundle

[146030]

£30.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill

[145406]

£8.50

Twine Baker’s Whisper White

[124262]

£2.75

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

20th November 201714th November 2017

Make It Monday | Explosion Bag Video Tutorial using Foil Frenzy from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Explosion Bag using Foil Frenzy from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Explosion Bag Video Tutorial using Foil Frenzy from Stampin’ Up!

Welcome to this week’s Make It Monday! I spotted this project MONTHS ago on Pinterest and just HAD to have a go at making one myself! These cute bags are super easy to do, with just a single sheet of 6 x 6″ card stock or Designer Series Paper and no cutting! Awesome!

Aren’t they cute?!

Before I explain how to make these, I do have to add about this Designer Series Paper. It. Is. Stunning! Beautiful Foiled kraft heavy weight paper, that coordinated with Stampin’ Up! colours. Yes Please! Foil Frenzy Designer Series Paper is counted in a Speciality DSP, because of the foiling, but it is also thicker which makes it perfect for this project. I am sure that you could use standard weight Designer Series Paper too, but this paper holds a shape beautifully!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 6 x 6″ (15 x 15 cm)

Score at 2 and 4″ (5 and 10 cm) on the 1st side, rotate by 90 degrees and repeat

This will have created a sort of grid, diagonally score the squares in the corners of your Designer Series Paper from the corner of the paper to the point with the horizontal and vertical score lines cross. Repeat on all 4 corners

Mark the halfway point on two of the sides (opposite each other) and use this to create two scored triangles in the side centre squares

These bags are held closed with a circle die cut from the Stitched Shapes Framelits, and a couple of Neodymium magnets (worth a search on eBay if you don’t have some in your crafty stash! I think mine were only a couple of pounds with postage). The magnets are simply held in place with a glue dot and work really well to hold the bag closed, but you could use a hook and eye dot (not saying the brand name!) or piece a couple of holes and use some pretty ribbon.

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

KHY6B4B3

I will be closing this order on the 30^th November 2017

Product List

Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144125]

£11.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£8.25

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

£4.75

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

17th November 201710th November 2017

Christmas Countdown | Cutlery Wraps using Merry Little Christmas

Christmas Countdown Super Sized Treat Pockets Video Tutorial using Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Cutlery Wraps using Merry Little Christmas

I have been seeing this project all over Pinterest… but as a dinky treat holder, so today I am super-sizing it and making a fun Cutlery Wrap for you Christmas table!

These are a little extravagant… they use a WHOLE sheet of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, but I think they are so worth it. Particularly with this pack of DSP, this is Merry Little Christmas, the perfect mix of festive prints and generic patterns in Old Olive, Basic Black and Whisper White. It is certainly one of my Christmas Top Picks this year! I love it!

The wraps are super simple to put together and you could do 6 or 8 for your Christmas table in minutes. When I was talking to James about these he suggested adding some tissue paper for some extra dimension which would totally finish these off! I’m seeing maybe gold or silver napkins in these….

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 12 x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm0

Fold in half, diagonally, corner to corner

Then, with the folded, flat edge facing you, take on of the corners and fold it across. Creating a second flat edge, about halfway up your triangle. Fold the second corner over to match.

These don’t require any adhesive, as you then fold the top layer of the top of the triangle down, which holds the other two folds in place

(I think I probably explain this better in the video!)

These wraps are finished with a touch of stamping using Merry Little Labels and some die cutting with my favourite combination; Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Layering Circles.

What are you planning for your Christmas table this year?

Product List

Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper

[144621]

£10.00

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144795]

£18.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th November 201710th November 2017

Make It Monday | Cute Coffee Break…

Make It Monday Cute pockets using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday | Cute Coffee Break…

Welcome to Make It Monday! After a weekend away with some of my Stampin’ Sisters I think I might need a bucket of coffee this morning! I made these adorable packets for my October Customer gifts, I hope that by now they have arrived with everyone and I can safely share them with you!

These use the GORGEOUS Coffee Break Designer Series Paper… I grabbed this as part of the recent Designer Series Paper sale, and now I know that I NEED to get the stamp set too! I mean… self confessed coffee addict over here and I don’t have a coffee themed stamp set?! Something wrong there I think!

Measurements:

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper – 5 x 4-1/2″ (12.5 x 11 cm)

Score on the SHORT side at 2 and 4″ (5 and 10 cm)

This Designer Series Paper actually matches some of the dies in the coordinating die set, Coffee Cups Framelits. However, I fussy cut these cups myself.

The stamp is taken from Merry Little Labels (seriously, cannot get enough of this set!) and punched out with the Everyday Label punch.

Use the Code Club Code this month to get a FREE Stamp Set! This month I am so excited to be able to send you all a copy of the Seasons of Whimsy Stamp set… which is a Hostess Exclusive from the Autumn Winter catalogue! Just add the Code at checkout to bag your copy! These will be sent directly from me at the beginning of December.

Product List

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Bundle

[146030]

£30.50

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144795]

£18.00

Everyday Label Punch

[144668]

£16.00

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper

[144155]

£10.00

Coffee Cups Framelits Dies

[143745]

£27.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

£9.00

Seasons Of Whimsy Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144978]

£11.00

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

Sign up to my newsletter for weekly updates from me!

Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

3rd November 20172nd November 2017

Christmas Countdown | Dress up your Chocolate!

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown | Dress up your Chocolate!

Christmas Countdown Video Tutorial Series StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! UK

How many of us send little gifts to colleagues, teachers, the milkman, and other people that impact our lives over Christmas? What do you usually give? A cute little something? Coffee? Chocolate? Well… today’s video is for you! Today I have some chocolate bar wraps…. taking some boring chocolate to a really cute gift!

Christmas Countdown Video Tutorial Chocolate bar wrappers using Christmas Pines and Merry Little Labels from Stampin' Up!

Both of these wrappers use the same piece of Designer Series Paper from Merry Little Christmas. Designer Series Paper has two sides…. you can use both! Actually the wraps are both different too… the black one is simply wrapped around the chocolate bar, while the Old Olive striped version has been creased to fit around the chocolate perfectly. I love both!

Measurement:

Designer Series Paper; 6 x 9 1/2″ ( 15 x 24 cm)

The fronts have been dressed up using a couple of circles die cut from using the Stitched Shapes Framelits (I seriously CANNOT put these away!), a few pine leaves cut using the Pretty Pine Thinlits, and some stamping using Merry Little Labels!

Quick and Easy!

Product List

Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper

[144621]

£10.00

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144795]

£18.00

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

£23.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144082]

£6.00

Gold Faceted Gems

[144141]

£4.50

Bone Folder

[102300]

£6.25

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

£9.00

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

27th October 201725th October 2017

Christmas Countdown | Origami Advent Calendar

Christmas Countdown How to make an origami advent calendar using Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper

Hello! So, last week I shared my calorie-free advent calendar… well, today I have another…. but this time with calories! lots and lots of calories!

We have a bit of a Christmas tradition in our house, where I make my husband and advent calendar. I have made one each year for the past 4 years…. and I hope that I can continue in years to come. Each year I make something a little different from the year previous, and this year is no different.

These pockets look completed to put together but they are super simple. I found this project on Gathering Beauty and just had to put a StampinByHannah spin on it! Click the link to check out the tutorial!

Measurments:

Designer Series Paper – 12 x 2″ (30 x 5 cm)

Before I go…. the Be Merry Designer Series Paper is still on Sale until the 31st October! Check my Online Store for details

Product List

Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141936]

£15.00

Be Merry Designer Series Paper

[144111]

£10.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

£6.25

1/8″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134365]

£8.25

Twine Baker’s Whisper White

[124262]

£2.75

1″ Circle Punch

[119868]

£11.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

Sign up to my newsletter for weekly updates from me!

Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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