Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | Bold Happy Birthday

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Birthday Card using Happy Birthday thinlit from Stampin' Up!

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Hello! Welcome to the Simply Sketched Blog Hop for September! This month we have been creating with a fabulous sketch from Dee 

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Birthday Card using Happy Birthday thinlit from Stampin' Up!

This card was really quick and simple to put together… once I had die cut all the pieces! I am loving the Happy Birthday thinlit for a quick and easy Birthday card at the moment. Here I cut it 4 times… 3 times in Crushed Curry and once from the gorgeous Champagne Foil. The secret is backing each piece of card stock with Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet before you die cut it… this way when you die cut this intricate die, each die cut has adhesive already on the back… basically making your own die cut sticker! This die is really easy to get lined up so stacking them is quick and painless too.

Measurements:

Card Base – Dapper Denim – 21 x 14.85 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Whisper White Mat – 10 x 14.3 cm

Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper – 9.5 x 13.8 cm

Whisper White Mat – 10 x 8 cm

Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper – 9.5 x 7.5 cm

I made this card for one of my brother-in-law’s birthday’s which was last week…. but James said it was girly…. so I had to make another! So, this card has no home…. if you would like me to send it to you, comment below with your current favourite adhesive and I will do a draw on Wednesday (4th October!)

 

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I’m So Grateful For You!

Fun Watercoloured Thank You card using Fine Tip Glue Technique and Remarkable You from Stampin' Up!

Today’s card features a fun technique that I have been sharing quite a bit recently… masking with Fine-Tip glue. I showcased this one at a recent Team Training event, and so have a fair few cards coming over the coming month or so that all have some masking. I do have a video sharing this technique over on my YouTube channel too…

Fun Watercoloured Thank You card using Fine Tip Glue Technique and Remarkable You from Stampin' Up!

I am in love with Tranquil Tide, and thought it was the perfect colour for this leave-y card. The leaves are taken from Remarkable You, and are stamped in Archival Basic Black onto Watercolour paper. Once the ink was dry, I covered the leaves in Fine-Tip Glue and allowed this to dry overnight.

Thank you card using Remarkably You from Stampin' Up!Then the next day I added a watercolour wash over the top in Tranquil Tide ink. The leaves covered in the glue remain white as the glue acts as a mask.

The sentiment is stamped in the same Tranquil Tide and punched out using the Everyday Label punch.This punch is just awesome, and a great addition to your punch collection. I punched a further label in black to create the layer behind.

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Global Design Project #106 – Oh So Eclectic

Global Design Project #106 Sketch Challenge card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

Its been a while since I took part in a Global Design Project challenge… it’s been just a little busy around here! but as soon as I saw this sketch yesterday I jumped into my craft room and created the card you can see below!

Global Design Project Sketch 106

I love a sketch with a circle… I think its because I love using circles on my cards. I am still obsessed with the Stitched Shapes Framelits dies, seriously if you don’t own these, they are an absolute must have! so handy to have a set of circles, squares and ovals… for such a good price too!

Oh So Eclectic card for the Global Design Project using Stampin' Up! products

This card uses the Oh So Eclectic stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue (have you seen my class using this set yet?) this stamp set is another one of my favourites, along with the coordinating die set and the Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper too. It was a pretty simple card to put together, the strip of Designer Series Paper is layered with a die cut in Berry Burst Card stock. This die actually only cuts the inside shapes, but it is really easy to cut around it and make this fun geometric shape

Global Design Project #106 Sketch Challenge card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

Then there is a piece of Berry Burst ribbon, one of those Stitched Shapes cut from Vellum, two Classic Labels and a bow in that same Berry Burst ribbon to finish.

You can find a video of this card over on my Instagram! Its the first time I’ve done one of these short videos over on Instagram, but it was loads of fun! will certainly have to do it again!

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StampinByHannah Facebook Live 21st September 2017

I went live on Facebook again this morning…. I am really enjoying doing these, I hope you enjoy watching them too! This week I have 3 fun cards for you… a quick and easy Christmas card, a fun Birthday card and a lovely Thank you card.

I will be live again next Thursday at 1PM…. check out my Facebook page and ‘Like’ to stay up to date with my Live videos!

I’m still trying to work out how to stop my videos being so wide….. but you can also find this video on my YouTube channel

To order from me check out my shop @ StampinByHannah.stampinup.net
Use the special Catalogue Launch Party code for more goodies and fun from me! – J2M7N9SC
…. this code will end on Sunday 30th September

Want a copy of the Autumn/Winter catalogue? Drop me an email with you name and address @ [email protected]

Merry Patterns stamp set is available for FREE during September and October for party hostesses and orders over £250. Raffle will close on the 30th September. See blog for details.

Find project details and videos, download the catalogue, and more… on my blog www.stampinbyhannah.co.uk

Share this video to win the cards I made… plus a little something extra. Closing date 30th September

Facebook Live Quick and Easy Christmas Card using Carols of Christmas from Stampin' Up!

This fun Quick and Easy Christmas Card uses the lovely Carols of Christmas stamp set that forms part of my Christmas Card club! Christmas Card club gives you 32 homemade Christmas Cards, 2 of each of 16 designs, along with a complete card kit and the Carols of Christmas Bundle…. You can find our more about that HERE!

Measurements;

Card Base – Old Olive – 29.7 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 14.85 cm

Die cut square of Champagne Foil, Scalloped Square of Real Red card stock, Stitched Shapes Square in Very Vanilla

Facebook Live Cute Girly Birthday Card using Sweet Cupcake from Stampin' Up!

I made this card twice… I wasn’t so keen the first time, so when I made it on video I stepped it up a little! Now I love it! This card uses the lovely Sweet Cupcake stamp set and coordinating Cupcake Cutout Framelits, and the Playful Background stamp set

Measurements;

Card Base – Blushing Bride – 29.7 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 14.85 cm

Strip of Blushing Bride – 4 x 10.5 cm

Scraps of Whisper White and Vellum

I adore this card…. I am not usually an ‘Orange’ person, but I combined with Soft Sky and that lovely Designer Series Paper I really like it!

Measurements;

Card base – Tangerine Tango – 21 x 14.85 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Soft Sky layer – 13.8 x 9 cm

Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper – 13.3 x 8.5 cm

Scrap of Very Vanilla die cut with the Stitched Shapes Oval dies.

Upcoming Facebook Live Dates:

28th September @10AM

19th October @10AM

26th October @10AM

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Painted Harvest Rainbows

Rainbow Than You card using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

I have been having heaps of fun recently playing with the Painted Harvest Stamp set! I love this set for classic looking Thank You cards, and it looks gorgeous paired with the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper. However, I got myself stuck in a Yellow rut with the Sunflower stamp one day last week…. and so decided to do a bit of Rainbow stamping to get my back in a colourful mood!

Rainbow Than You card using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

This card uses one of the leaves in the stamp set… which comes as two stamps designed to be stamped one on top of the other for a really dimensional look. I messed around for ages trying to pull out the perfect Rainbow of inks, and settled on; Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Dapper Denim and Rich Razzleberry.

The Thank You stamp is taken from Thankful Thoughts and is stamped in Basic Black ink.

I made a heap of these for some very special people who have helped me recently with my business, and while I am sure that they will see this blog post LONG before I manage to get them posted I hope that they love them when they eventually arrive!

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Mr. and Mrs. for Inspire.Create.Challenges #001

Inspire.Create.Challenge Wedding Card Colour Challenge using Year of Cheer from Stampin' Up!

Hello! Oh I am so excited … and a little nervous about today’s project! Today marks the start of something brand new here at StampinByHannah! Today is the launch of the Inspire.Create.Challenge Papercraft challenge blog… of which I am a Design Team Member and challenge coordinator! Every other Wednesday I will be sharing a project based around the challenge here on my blog… but I would LOVE you to join in too! You can find a heap of inspiration and ideas over on the Inspire.Create.Challenge Blog, as well as how to enter!

Inspire Create Challenge Colour Challenge #001

Our first challenge uses our challenge colours! I cannot wait to see what the other ladies have made using this slightly unusual colour combo!

Year of Cheer Wedding Card using Stampin' Up! products

I have used the Cheers to the Year Stamp set here to create a fun, yet simple wedding card. I love that swirly circle stamp… when I saw it in the catalogue it reminded me of THESE cards I made last year with a different stamp set. I have stamped the circles with Calypso Coral ink, and added the heart stamp from the same Cheers to the Year stamp set in Basic Grey.

Inspire.Create.Challenge Wedding Card Colour Challenge using Year of Cheer from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set and has been heat embossed in White on a strip of Calypso Coral card stock.

This card is finished with scattering of White Perfect Accents that I have pealed the backing off of because the stamped layer is Shimmery White Card stock and is just slightly off white. However, the camera hasn’t pick up on these particularly well.

Do go over to Inspire.Create.Challenges to see what the other lovely members of the Design Team have created…

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This Little Piggy…. Flying high with Embossing Paste

Fun encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

A few weeks ago I attended a Stampin’ Up! team training event… as was totally honoured to be asked to present a technique to the other ladies attending. First of all this scared the pants off me! I have been suffering recently with my anxiety and panic disorder, but I am trying really hard to push through… and I knew that the ladies coming would be happy and understanding! So I agreed. Then came the next problem….What technique to showcase!

I have been making heaps of cards projects recently using Fine-Tip Glue… and did a video recently on how to use this fab glue as a Mask. So… I have a heap of projects to share using Fine-Tip Glue. But I thought today’s card was particularly special…

She Believed she could, So she did Fun Encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

This card started life with the background… The card base is Soft Sky, with a Soft Sky layer on the top. This layer has fab dimension thanks to Stampin’ Up!’s Embossing Paste which I have used along with the Pattern Party Decorative Masks to create fluffy clouds.

Fun encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

The piggy was stamped in Basic Black archival ink, and then ‘coloured in’ using Fine-Tip Glue. This takes a while to dry, and I left it overnight. Once dry I added a hint of Powder Pink ink with a sponge over the top and die cut the piggy using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits dies. The ‘She Believed She Could’ sentiment is actually attached to the bottom of this piggy stamp, but I didn’t want it underneath our flying piggy here… so I used a Sticky Note to avoid inking it when I stamped the piggy and then stamped it separately, along with the ‘… So She Did’.

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Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Santa’s Suit Cards

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Swap card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Last weekend I attended a Stampin’ Up! Team Training event…. and made two different swap cards. I shared THIS ONE last week, and have the second one to share with you today. Swaps are sample cards that we make for other demonstrators when we go to events, swapping is so much fun, and a great way to see lots of different ways of using our fabulous stamps! This particular event had organised swaps, where we signed up to make a few swaps on a particular theme…. hence why I have two different cards, because I signed up for a colour challenge swap as well as a Christmas themed one.

Make It Monday How to make a cute Christmas Card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up! Team Training Swap card

This card uses the Santa’s Suit stamp set…. which might just be my favourite Christmas Stamp set this year, it’s so cute… AND it comes with coordinating dies! Win! The Father Christmas is a two step stamp (another reason why I love this set!), the outline is one stamp, and then there is a second stamp to colour it in! No more bad colouring! Yay!

Measurements:

Card base – Garden Green – 10.5 x 29.7 cm, Score on the long edge at 14.85 cm

Whisper White Layer – 10 x 14.3 cm

Be Merry Designer Series Paper -4 x 13.8 cm

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Swap card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up!

I’ve grabbed the Christmas Designer Series Paper from the annual catalogue. The Be Merry Designer Series Paper is one of those things that you could easily be missed… but it coordinates with a gorgeous stamp set and a heap of fun embellishments. I can also see this paper for projects other than Christmas…. as it has great mix of Christmas images and basic patterns.

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Pootlers Team Blog Hop | Snowflake Sentiments

Pootlers Team Blog Hop Christmas Card using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

Pootles Stampin' Up! Team Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to another Pootler’s Team Blog Hop! We love doing these hops, sharing what we love with all of you! This time we are all sharing projects made using items from the new Stampin’ Up! Autumn / Winter catalogue. I am totally in love with this catalogue, and had a very hard time writing my ‘must have’ list this year….. but there was one bundle that was right at the top of my list…. Snowflake Sentiments!

Pootles Papercraft Team Blog Hop Watercolour Christmas Card using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

This stamp set just screamed ‘Watercolour’ to me…. and I couldn’t help but make a Watercolour Smooshing card with it for my first make!

I love watercolour techniques (actually I love playing with techniques in general…. but watercolour is up there with my favourites!) and this one is particularly easy: Grab yourself a large Clear Block (or a tile, glass cutting matt, or other surface to use as your ‘palette’) and add ink to it…. I simply just smoosh my ink pad onto the block usually! add some water, and then pick up the ink and water mixture with a piece of Window Sheet (or one of those pieces that come with your photopolymer stamps!). This becomes your ‘brush’…. touch the Window Sheet to a piece of watercolour paper, and move it around to create some fun watercolour effects!

The background here is in Dapper Denim, Pool Party and Smoky Slate.

Pootlers Team Blog Hop Christmas Card using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment can be added to your watercolour paper before or after the watercolour process…. you get different effects depending on which order you do each step in, but be sure to heat emboss your sentiment in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder to ensure it really pops through that watercolour!

StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! Colour Inspiration Dapper Denim Pool Party Smoky Slate

This card was finished with that fun boarder die cut from the watercolour paper, and a couple of swirls die cut from Silver Foil Paper!

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This Little Piggy Birthday Card

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

I love making birthday cards for my family. Yesterday was my dad’s birthday, unfortunately he is out of the country this week with work, so instead we had a sort of farewell / birthday dinner a few weeks ago… which mum sort of sprang on me. I usually fairly organised when it comes to these special cards, but suddenly I need a card for my dad over a fortnight early!

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

This card uses This Little Piggy…. which I’m sure doesn’t immediately spring to mind when your thinking of men’s birthday cards, but I think it works! I did add a hint of Powder Pink watercolour to Mr. Piggy, but it was so light that the camera didn’t pick it up. This particular piggy stamp does come with a sentiment attached, I just masked it off with a piece of Sticky Note when inking the stamp with Basic Black Archival ink, but you could perform some stamping surgery and cut it off if you wanted to!

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

The Designer Series Paper is a strip 4 cm wide of the Colour Theory Designer Series Paper Stack in Dapper Denim. Have you noticed how much Dapper Denim I have used recently? I am currently on a bit of a use it all up mission…. I just have so much of it!

The sentiment is from Sweet Cupcake… I just love the cute birthday font, and it fits perfectly in the Classic Label punch too.

This card was finished with a spritz of Dapper Denim Stampin’ Write Marker. My dad loved it!

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