12 Days of Giftaways (Day 3) | Crafting Forever

StampinByHannah 12 Days of Giftaways (Day 3) Crafting Forever

Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday

This week’s Thoughtful Thursday is somewhat of a reminder to myself; Do Something Creative Everyday. I started crafting as an escape and a chance for some ‘me time’. I have discussed before about my anxiety, and recently my mental health hasn’t been the best… but my crafting has continued, my blogging has continued, and a continue to LOVE what I do! But sometimes I need a little reminder…

This is a cute little 3-1/2 x 3-1/2″ card, made from a piece of Night of Navy card stock cut to 7 x 3-1/2″ and scored on the long side at 3-1/2″. The pens are taken from the Crafting Forever Stamp Set, and after I stamped them in Night of Navy ink I used an Aqua-Painter to pull out some of the colour to colour the pens.

I am currently LOVING Berry Burst in every colour combination, but Berry with Navy is super pretty. So, the sentiment is stamped in Berry Burst on Watercolour Paper and I spritzed it with a little water to activate and move the ink to create this fun watercolour effect. I tried a few different combinations of circle framelits and punches for the boarder around the sentiment, but they were all too thick. So, I used a trick that is always handy to know, but I don’t used often… I ran the circular piece through the Night of Navy ink pad to give the edges a hint of Night of Navy!

The card is finished with a spritz of Berry Burst ink to tie it all together

We have reached Day 3 of my 12 Days of Giftaways today…I LOVE being able to give you something special when you shop… and I have some special things coming in the new year! So, as my Christmas gift to you I have a special gift for each person who shops over £45 for the next 12 days. Each day has a different gift, and you don’t need to worry about adding the Code Club Code (although please do to receive your December Card Kit!).

StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! 12 days of giftaways

Fine Print; This is not a competition and there is NO single winner, all customers WILL receive a gift. Please do not add it to your order, (unless of course you want duplicates!) as I will be sending this separately with your usual Customer Thank You pack….

All Thank You Gift Packs will be posted after the 12 Deals of Christmas have finished.

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12 Days of Giftaways (Day 2)

StampinByHannah 12 Days of Giftaways (Day 2)

Ok… So, my main blog post will be coming to you at 10AM today – it’s my fortnightly Inspire.Create.Challenge Design Team project, we have a fabulous sketch this week and I cannot wait to show you my creations! (yes… multiples!)

But I wanted to share my 12 Days of Giftaways post with you before that!

I LOVE being able to give you something special when you shop… and I have some special things coming in the new year! So, as my Christmas gift to you I have a special gift for each person who shops over £45 for the next 12 days. Each day has a different gift, and you don’t need to worry about adding the Code Club Code (although please do to receive your December Card Kit!).

StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! 12 days of giftaways

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Thoughtful Thursday | Butterfly Basics Get Well Soon Card

Butterfly Basics Get well soon card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday Butterfly Basics Get Well Soon Card

Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday

So, Thoughtful Thursday is basically part of my Stampin’ Up! new years resolutions; send more cards! I make literally hundreds of cards every year, and half of them never leave my office, and that NEEDS to change! (Because I am running out of room!). So, I have started to try and be more organised and make more cards for specific people, that I can send…. and this card is one of those!

How to make a classic Sending Wishes card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

So, this card was made for my lovely friend Charley who has been in hospital recently. I really hope that I manage to get this card posted before this blog post goes live! One of my absolute all time Stampin’ Up! favourite stamp sets is Butterfly Basics, but I haven’t managed to use it much recently…. that is until I spotted another card made using it on Facebook a few weeks ago!

The flowers in the background are stamped twice; once using Whisper White Craft ink for a subtle effect, then a second time in Versamark that was then heat embossed using White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

Get Well Soon card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is also heat embossed in White, and the card finished with a cute bow using the super soft Classic Weave Ribbon in Crumb Cake.

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Painted Harvest Valentines Card

Valentines Card using Painted Harvest and Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Painted Harvest Valentines Card

Now we are fast approaching Christmas, I am sure you are ‘over’ seeing heaps of Christmas crafts all over the place! So, what is the next big event we make cards for? Valentines? I am planning to give you HEAPS of valentines ideas over the coming month or so, and while pretty pink cards are lovely, my husband wont want one! But he might like this…

Painted Harvest Valentines card using Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

There are lots of layers going on on this card, but I’m still keeping things generally simple, and quick to make…

  1. Sunflower stamped in So Saffron
  2. Trio of leaves; stamped in Crumb cake and then stamped again for a dimensional effect
  3. Dots stamped in Tranquil Tide
  4. Trio of leaves stamped in Old Olive and punched out using the Leaf Punch
  5. Loops of Gold Metallic Thread
  6. A banner in Crumb Cake
  7. The Sentiment taken from Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamped in Old Olive and die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits

How to make a guy friendly Valentines card using Stampin' Up! products

Painted Harvest is carrying over into the new Spring Summer catalogue, but the bundle of the stamp set and the Leaf Punch is retiring on the 2nd January. Bundles are great, 1. because they are contain multiple products under one item number for easy ordering, but also because when you buy a bundle you save 10% (compared to if you bought the items separately). So, grab the Painted Harvest Bundle soon to save the fabulous 10%!

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Inspire.Create.Challenges 007 | Colour Challenge

Inspire.Create.Challenges Colour Challenge December 2017 using Lots of Love from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenges 007 | Colour Challenge

Inspire.Create.Challenge December Colour Challenge

This weeks Inspire.Create.Challenge has a festive feel, however, I made a very conscious decision NOT to make a Christmas card this week. Partly because I have made more Christmas cards this year than I have people to send them too, and partly because tomorrow is the LAST day to shop Stampin’ Up! to ensure your goodies arrive before the man in the red suit, and so I would expect that you have probably finished making this years cards too!

How to make a quick and simple valentine using Lots of Love from Stampin' Up!

Keeping things pretty simple this week… I’m sure we have enough to do without making complicated cards too. So, it’s an almost one layer affair with a Big ol’ sentiment and some accent stamping!

I love this type of card for a quick ‘thinking of you’ or ‘thank you’ card. I thought this would be perfect for a simple Valentines, or even a sympathy card. There are lots of times we send Love… and why not send it handmade!

Inspire.Create.Challenges Colour Challenge December 2017 using Lots of Love from Stampin' Up!

All the stamps here are from the Lots of Love stamp set. I am LOVING big sentiments at the moment, ones that fill the front of your card and make sending that handmade Love really quick and easy. Once that sentiment is stamped in Crumb Cake, it’s a simple case of adding leaves and flowers in the other colours in key areas. When I’m accent stamping like this, I tend to go for 3 groups of stamped images, the same way I do when I’m added embellishments. The eye loves a trio of things, and it helps to pull you around the card too.

We would LOVE to see what you do with this colour combination, check out the other Design Team members creations over at Inspire.Create.Challenges! 

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International Blog Highlights | All About Flowers

How to make a quick and easy floral birthday card using Birthday Blooms from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlights All About Flowers

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I had so much fun taking part in Kylie’s International Blog Highlight last month, that I knew I just HAD to do it again! This month’s challenge is ‘All About Flowers’ and while I have a small mountain of flower stamps, I have chosen to grab my favourite; Birthday Blooms.

All About Flowers Birthday Card using Birthday Blooms from Stampin' Up! for Kylie Bertucci's internationl blog highlights

I stamped the big bloom in Basic Grey onto Whisper White card stock, then sponged Fresh Fig ink over the bottom left hand corner before die cutting the whole thing using the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I don’t know about you, but I seriously can NOT put these away! They are most definitely one of my most used products in 2017.

Fun Floral Birthday Card using Birthday Blooms from Stampin' Up!

The flower is the main focus of this card, and so I tried to keep the rest of the card pretty simple. I love the hearts boarder stamp, but I can sometimes struggle to actually use it! Here it is stamped in Powder Pink. I stamped the sentiment, and put the card together, but it felt just a little plain. So, I added some Basic Grey splatter with a Stampin’ Write Marker.

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Make It Monday | Painted Harvest Customer Thank you’s

Make It Monday Customer Thank You Cards using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Painted Harvest Customer Thank you’s

Make It Monday

Every month I send Thank you cards and gifts to my customers, and November was no exception! I was hoping to get these out to everyone on Wednesday last week, but due to circumstances out of my control they only hit the Post Office on Friday. So, I hope that they arrived over the weekend, or that the Postman delivers them today.

Make It Monday Customer Thank You Cards using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

This month’s Customer Thank you cards using the December Stamp of the Month Club set Painted Harvest. I am over the moon that this stamp set is carrying over into next year.

My Thank You packets always include a hand stamped card, and a treat too. Then, if you shop using the Code Club Code Thank You packets also include a fun Card Kit to make 4 fabulous cards too! Starting from December 2017, I have a free online Card Class each month Live on my Facebook Page, using the Code Club Code means that you get the card kit for the cards we make in class. You can find the December Class HERE!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Painted Harvest Thank You Cards using Stampin' Up! products

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Repeat Stamping with Half Full

Repeat Stamping with Half Full from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Repeat Stamping with Half Full

I am LOVING the Half Full stamp set at the moment! My lovely team leader kindly gifted this stamp set to me at team training in November, and while it hadn’t appeared on my Must Have list, I have had heaps of fun making cards with it. (I even made my mother’s birthday card with it a few weeks ago!). I actually made this card at the same Team Training and got lots of ooohs and aahhs after I made it.

Stamping with the Half Full Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!

My favourite stamp in the Half Full Stamp Set is this one with the collection of wine glasses. The stamp actually only has 6 wine glasses on it, but I have stamped it repeatedly here to create this fun background. This can look really tricky, but is really simple… I actually free-hand stamped here, but I do have some ways you could ensure perfect placement too

  • Grab your ruler and pencil and draw feint lines across your card stock to use as a guide for stamping. Once you have stamped, give your ink a couple of minutes to ensure it is dry and erase the pencil
  • Use a stamp-a-ma-jig… I LOVE mine and use it all the time to ensure perfectly positioned images
  • Reserve your Stamparatus today…. although it won’t help with your stamp positioning until March 2018, this stamp positioner WILL revolutionise the way you stamp!

Festive Stamping with Half Full from Stampin' Up!

I choose to keep this card simple, and let that background stamping do most of the talking! However, I could not pass the chance to play with some Mini Gold Sequin Trim, or tie a bow in the GORGEOUS Basic Black Shimmery Ribbon!

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International Blog Highlights | Oh So Eclectic Love Card

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlights Oh So Eclectic Love Card

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Hello! I am so honoured to be blogging this evening. Regular readers of my blog will know that this is super late for me to be publishing a blog post, but I have a special reason. I took part in Kylie Bertucci’s International Blog Highlight in November, and was chosen in the top 10! So, tonight is the Top 10 blog hop to celebrate!

We had a theme; Love, which was the same theme as the card that I made a few weeks ago. Love…. in November / December is not really where my crafty mojo is (I’m in full Christmas mode), and so changing gear to Love was a little tricky. I pulled out my favourite Annual catalogue stamp set, and the coordinating dies though and started to play! And this is what I made….

How to make a fun Love card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

The Oh So Eclectic stamp set and the matching Eclectic Layers dies are just so pretty. A few weeks ago I spotted a card on Facebook where someone had created a card and inlay die cut the background die. You guys know I’m a sucker for a technique, and I haven’t done Inlay die cutting for ages!

Step by Step:

  1. die cut a piece of Whisper White card stock using the background die from Eclectic Layers, and remove all the diamond shapes
  2. die cut a piece of Dapper Denim card stock using the same die. Save the pieces from the inside
  3. adhere the piece of Whisper White to a card base (I’ve used Flirty Flamingo here)
  4. put a dab of glue in a few of the open areas on the Whisper White card stock, and add pieces of Dapper Denim from the die.

Kylie's International Blog Hightlights Love Card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!The piece that attracted me to this particular die set was the heart die. This die doesn’t cut but embosses a cute geometric heart pattern. I used the die repeatidley down the strip of Dapper Denim card stock, and then created a clutter of die cut and stamped pieces to finish the card.

I hope that you have enjoyed stopping off at StampinByHannah today, do check out the other Love themed projects in our Blog Hop tonight and I hope to see you again soon!

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Bike Ride with a dog….

Bike Ride guy card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Bike Ride with a dog….

I have two blog posts for you today… the second is coming to you later tonight, but I made both that card and this one within 10 minutes of each other so I thought I would share them (almost) together!

Cute Dog Card using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!

This card uses the Bike Ride stamp set and coordinating Build a Bike Framelits. I have had the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper out on my craft desk recently, and I took colour inspiration from the piece I have used here. Tangerine Tango always reminds me of my step-father in law who owns a classic VW campervan in a very similar shade of orange, which also always seems to lead me to Early Espresso.

The Bike Ride Stamp Set also features one of my favourite stamping techniques; 2-step stamping. The bike is made up of a number of stamps; the bike frame, wheels, wheel rims, seat, handles, and peddles. Oh Hello Friend Dog card using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!

The dog also uses a few stamps to create the multi-coloured image we end up with. How cute is this pup with his orange scarf!

The Bike Ride stamp set doesn’t include any sentiments, so I have pulled this one from Oh So Eclectic. It is stamped in Tempting Turquoise to tie into the Designer Series Paper and the ink Splatter in the background

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