Cards - StampinbyHannah

10th February 2017

Birthday Card Club – Update!

Birthday Card Club Celebration Card using Balloon Adventures from Stampin' Up! UK

I LOVE sending out class packages and other special things in boxes, and the first round of Birthday Card Club members should have received their first month packages by now, So I think it is safe to share their Bonus Cards!

This is one of those totally magical cards, where it looks like it took ages, but actually it all came together really quickly. Those balloons are fabulous to stamp with, and here I stamped them off once before stamping them onto Watercolour Paper. Then came the fun bit, adding water with an Aqua-Painter, not only does this smooth the image on rough textured paper, but also softens the image, giving a really pretty look. I actually think I could have gone one step further and added some spritzing or more ink bleeding. But they are still pretty!

The Birthday Card Club is still taking sign-ups! I would LOVE you to join us in February for some wonderful birthday card inspiration. You can find all the information you need HERE or sign up using the form below!

[contact-form to=’[email protected]’ subject=’Birthday Card Club’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Address’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]

Question of the Day: What is your favourite type of card to make?

I LOVE making birthday cards for specific people, but I think my absolute favourites are Thank You cards for all the wonderful people who shop with me each month. I really enjoy sharing my love of stamping with them all!

Product List

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142823]

£24.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126951]

£6.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

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!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

9th February 2017

Timeless Textures | I knew you could

Congratulations Knew you could Card using Timeless Textures from Stampin' Up! UK

I think it was the beginning of last month, I mentioned that I had chosen Timeless Textures as a reward for helping out at Stampin’ Up! OnStage back in November. It has taken me this long to get round to using it! I feel so bad, because I LOVE it, its such a great combination of textures and floral prints, and I really don’t know why it took my so long to get it inky!

For all this stamp set appears grunge-y in the box, you can get some very girly, cute stamping out of it! I have CASe’d myself with this one, using the same layout as THIS card from OnStage 2015.

The flowers are stamped in Basic Black and I added colour with the Watercolour Pencils and a blender pen <3 while the background(s) are stamped with splatter stamps from the set

I love this sentiment, it’s from the Sale-a-bration set Designer Tee – so you could get it for FREE when you spend £45 this month! Awesome!

Question of the Day: What are you most proud of completing this month?

I have been working super hard during January to grow my business, and managed to add to my team of Stampin’ Friends during the first month of Sale-a-bration! Very pleased with that, I have a big goal of 5 team members before October, want to help me succeed? You can find out more about my team HERE!

Product List

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

£18.00

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143359]

£0.00

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Sweet Sugarplum 3/8″ (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

[141428]

£7.25

Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[133739]

£7.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Blender Pens

[102845]

£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 MK42UXHG. 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

8th February 2017

Sale-a-bration Wednesday | Delicate Details

Sale-a-bration 2017 wedding card using Delicate Details from Stampin' Up! UK

Are you Loving this years Sale-a-bration?!

It’s it just the most awesome event, heaps of free goodies just for grabbing your crafting essentials (or something a bit special too) I am loving the selection of Sale-a-bration items this year. But I think one of the sets that will likely stay in my long term collection is Delicate Details…. I can see some gorgeous wedding stationary being made with this one, and you could even get the stamp set for free when you buy the card stock! Awesome!

How pretty is this card? and super easy to do to, I added 3 of the boarder stamps from the set to a large clear block, and then stamped them repeatedly using Versamark ink. Then added white Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set it. The background was added in Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and Wisteria Wonder using the Sponge Brayer. The Congratulations sentiment is taken from the So In Love stamp set (which comes bundled with the MOST gorgeous dies ever!)

Want to get these fabulous stamps for FREE? Its really easy, each time you spend £45 in a single order during Sale-a-bration (now to the end of March) you get to choose a free gift! There are 12 to choose from; stamps, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, a card kit, and a great card storage tin in Gold! If you are ordering Stampin’ Up! will ask you which gift you have chosen once you have added £45 to your basket. Oh, and if you order multiples of £45 you get multiple gifts… so that means that if you spend £90 you get to choose 2, £135 you get 3 etc.

You can also get stamps from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogue for FREE, you just need to choose the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle and grab a Starter Kit! You will then get to choose 2 stamp sets for FREE, that could be a saving of £90! how awesome is that!

Question of the day: Which stamp sets are you going to choose for FREE in your Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle?

Of course, I don’t get to choose … I grabbed my starter kit almost 3 years ago and I am SO glad that I did! But if I had to choose, hmmm, I think it would be Letters for You and Butterfly Basics!

Product List

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143314]

£0.00

So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

[144739]

£43.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126969]

£6.00

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126963]

£6.00

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126985]

£6.00

Sponge Brayers

[141714]

£7.25

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 MK42UXHG. 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

7th February 2017

Global Design Project #073 | Crazy About that Watercolour…..

Watercolour Smooshing Hello Card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK #GDP073

Oh I am so sorry this post is a little late today! I got called into work for night shifts on Sunday and Monday night, and just did not get chance to make my Global Design Project Card yesterday… but its OK, I’ve caught up…. while I wait for the UPS man to deliver my latest goodies from Stampin’ Up! (I LOVE delivery day, don’t you?! It’s like Christmas, and I have some new goodies coming that I cannot wait to share with you!)

How fabulous are those colours?! I day dreamed about these colours at work last night, and made this card about 100 times in my head…. I was so pleased when it came out onto paper almost exactly how I dreamed it!

I have taken the three colours; Daffodil Delight, Emerald Envy and Watermelon Wonder and used the watercolour smooshing technique to colour the flower from Birthday Blooms. This technique is so fun! Take your ink pad (or a reinker) and add ink onto a large clear block, add water and then pick up the water / ink mix with a piece of Window Sheet. I think I use a piece of packaging that came with my stamps! and then use this to apply the colour onto the card stock.

To make sure I got the colours in the right place I stamped the flower in a very pale ink (Sahara Sand stamped off once) as a guide, once I had smooshed on the other colours I stamped the flower again in black ink over the top. Now, I would normally use my Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure that you couldn’t see the original flower, but I can’t find the clear sheet of my stamp-a-ma-jig at the moment…. read; craft office is a disaster zone and I really need to spend this evening cleaning it!

The sentiment is from Crazy About You and the Hello You thinlits (Love these!) and I die cut the Hello 4 times and stacked them together to make this cool dimensional sentiment. The finishing touches to this card were a bit of ink splattering and a trio of black Enamel shapes (that were once Garden Green in colour, but I have coloured them with a permenant marker to make them black… I LOVE them in black!). I have no idea what I was trying to say here, I am aware that the sentiment makes no sense what so ever, I am blaming a lack of sleep for my bad stamping, I mean really…. what was I going for?! lol

So, this is my corrected version!

Thank you for checking out my blog today, and I hope you have a great day

Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

£17.00

Crazy About You Clear Stamp Set

[138859]

£35.00

Hello You Thinlits Dies

[137363]

£22.00

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]

£8.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

£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 MK42UXHG. 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

6th February 2017

Make It Monday | Guys Birthday Card using the Nailed It Bundle

Make It Monday Male Birthday Card using Nailed It From Stampin' Up! UK

Welcome back to Make It Monday! I LOVE making these videos, I hope you enjoy watching them too. This week I thought I would share a male birthday card I made recently for my Father-In-Law.

Male birthday cards can be tricky, especially when you’re like me and most of your stamp collection seams to be flowers or butterflies! I prefer a ‘pretty’ style, and so guy cards can be a challenge, however, Stampin’ Up! have made guy cards super easy with the Nailed It bundle. Not only does it include a selection of tool (no I cannot name them, my husband will be very disappointed in me!) but handy extras like screws, and a great hexagon. I LOVE Stampin’ Up! bundles, they come with the stamp and the coordinating die set, and when you buy the bundle (rather than the separate items) you save 10% ! Win Win!

The Nailed It bundle also coordinates with some other great items in the Spring Summer catalogue; I am having heaps of fun with the Hexagon Dynamic Embossing folder, and I might have to grab a second pack of the Urban Underground Designer Series Paper! I have recently received a pack of the Urban Underground embellishments too, and I cannot wait to get those on a card!

Question of the Day: What is your favourite method of tackling a Men’s card?

I try and find a theme; tools, cars, or failing that a cool embossing folder and a big sentiment! anything to get back to making pretty cards with flowers and butterflies!

Product List

Nailed It Clear-Mount Bundle

[144735]

£38.50

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

£11.75

Urban Underground A4 Cardstock Pack

[142785]

£7.25

Urban Underground Embellishments

[142786]

£6.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Designer Tee Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143356]

£0.00

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 MK42UXHG. 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

4th February 2017

Global Design Project #72 | Crazy About You

Global Design Project Case the Designer Challenge using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK

Did you think I’d missed the Global Design Project this week? As if I would….. ok, so I almost did! but this CASE the designer challenge has been on my mind all week. I think I have made about 10 cards in my head, but only one out of actually paper (not that it is anything like what I had planned!)

How fabulous is this card from Krista Frattin, very pretty. The dotty background has been a feature of every single card I have imagined for this challenge this week, but how to execute this has changed a few times. Krista used one of the now retired dotty glassine bags, and I almost followed suit because I have a few of this left in my stash. But change my mind, opting to stamp with Whisper White Craft Ink into Vellum instead.

I had ideas of die cutting, and squares… and then I found my punch drawer instead! Although the circle is die cut using the Layering Circles dies. I intitially wasn’t aiming to use Krista’s colour combination, opting to use her card as a sketch, but I am pushing myself to make this a challenge at the moment, and her colours weren’t a combination I have used… So I did it! Calypso Coral, Cucumber Crush, Sahara Sand and Basic Black

I had also considered heat embossing and all kinds of things for this sentiment. But you know, sometimes simple is better, and so stamped in Basic Black onto Whisper White and cut out by hand won out this time.

Thanks for checking out my blog today. I hope to see you here again soon

Question of the day: How would YOU take on this card, I would love to see you versions. Make a card today and take a picture and share it with me on Facebook, go on, I dare you!

Product List

Crazy About You Clear Stamp Set

[138859]

£35.00

Flower Medallion Punch

[137417]

£16.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

£4.50

Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad

[101731]

£7.25

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126983]

£6.00

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138324]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

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 MK42UXHG. 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

1st February 2017

Online Card Class | Lift Me Up!

Lift Me Up Online Card Class from StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

Oh yes, It’s a brand new month and that can only mean one thing…. It’s time to launch a brand new Online Card Class!

This month, I am sharing my Lift Me Up! Class (I LOVE this one!) we are making 6 great cards all featuring these fabulous hot air balloons!

Class includes the Lift me up bundle (thats stamp and dies!) along with a Smoky Slate ink pad, and a pack of the lovely Carried Away Designer Series Paper PLUS all the card stock and instructional videos to make the cards!

You can sign up for class below using the form;

[contact-form to=’[email protected]’ subject=’Online Card Class’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Address’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]

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 MK42UXHG. 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

1st February 2017

Love Hearts Week | Distress Resist Congratulations Card

Love Hearts Week Distress Resist video tutorial using So In Love from Stampin' Up! UK

Ok, so it is Wednesday, and today – even though it is Love Hearts Week – I have a card project for you, because I couldn’t not share this card with you almost as soon as I had made it!

One of the many ways I find inspiration on a daily basis is YouTube, and one of the very lovely people I follow is the gorgeous Jennifer McGuire (I am going to try not to sound like some sort of crazy fan-girl now….) she shares some fabulous techniques, but she doesn’t use Stampin’ Up! inks…. so I like to test out her ideas using Stampin’ Up! products. Which is what I have done today.

This technique is really very simple; select your stamp (always a good place to start!) I love using line images for this, but you could totally use something more solid too. Ink it up in Versamark and stamp in onto Whisper White card stock. Heat set it or leave it for a while to dry, and then sponge ink over the top to get this cool, delicate effect.

You could totally add white or clear embossing powder after the Versamark to make a more vibrant image too.

And those blank Enamel shapes…. you’ll have to watch the video to see how I made those!

Question of the Day: What is your current favourite YouTube Channel

I don’t think I could possibly choose, I am enjoying watching fitness and diet theme-d videos at the moment

Product List

So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

[144739]

£43.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]

£8.25

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141394]

£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 MK42UXHG. 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

28th January 2017

Pootlers Blog Hop | Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

Sale-a-bration team blog hop Using Carried Away Lift me Up and Designer Tee from Stampin' Up! UK

Welcome to the Second Pootlers Team Blog hope of 2017! This time we are Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

What is Sale-a-bration?

It’s only the greatest Stampin’ Offer and event of the whole year! Sale-a-bration is in 3 parts;

Shop – spent £45 and get a free gift (you get one gift for each £45 you spend in an individual order, so if you spend £90 you get 2 items, £135 3 items etc),
Host – host a party or spend more than £200 in a single order to earn extra Stampin’ Rewards,
or Join – and get the greatest deal – £130 worth of awesome Stampin’ Up! goodies, plus 2 free stamp sets of your choice AND free postage, 20% off all future orders while your remain with the team, and access to awesome events, pre-order periods and our exclusive team group!

I have been playing with the Lift Me Up! bundle for months, (its been in my inky fingers since September last year when I was asked to make samples with it for the On Stage Local event in Telford!) but I have not got tired of it yet! It coordinate perfectly with the Sale-a-bration item; Carried Away Designer Series Paper which I have used in the background. I am currently taking every possible opportunity to use my favourite colour; Mint Macaron, before it sadly retires in June (get your refills now!)

The Sentiment is from another one of the Sale-a-bration items. Designer Tee, is designed to coordinate with the Custom Tee stamp and die bundle in the Spring / Summer catalogue, but I love that the sentiments fit with heaps of other stamp sets and occasions too. Side-note; how true is that sentiment!

I hope that you have enjoyed hopping along with me today, please click on the images below to check out the other ladies blogs!

1. Hannah McCurley	2. Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs	3. Karen Taylor	4. Sam Hammond Donald – Pootles
5. Anna – Anna\’s Paperbox	6. Start – Tinas Kreativbox	7. Lynn Ellis – Stamp with Peg	8. Fiona Whitehead
9. Heidi Smith	10. Lisa Emslie Little Owl\’s Crafts	11. Laurie Jennings Paperjay Crafts	12. Dee Copus-Read, Lady Dee Crafts
13. Helen Griffin UK	14. Jill Chapman Paper Daisy Crafting	15. Celebrating Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop	16. Anna Krol at Anna\’ Stampin\’ Cave
17. Pootlers Blog Hop – Sale-a-Bration 2017

Keila Calver

Question of the day: Which one of this years out-going In Colours are you going to miss most?

I am totally devastated to loose Mint Macaron, I have just about everything crossed that it might find its way back to us at some point…

Product List

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle

[144712]

£41.25

Carried Away Designer Series Paper

[143608]

£0.00

Designer Tee Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143356]

£0.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£7.25

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£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 join my Code Club, by using the Hostess code featured in the top right hand of my blog. 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 January 2017

Lucky to have a Special Reason

Special Friend Card using Special Reason from Stampin' Up! UK

I rarely get chance to make a card simply for the enjoyment of making, although I never make anything I don’t want to make just so I can blog it (although there are many projects I have made an not been a massive fan of once completed that have appeared here on my blog!). Anyway, a few weeks ago I decided I would just play, get out all my new stamps and just have fun….. and this card is the result.

This stamp set, Special Reason, was an all attendee give away at Stampin’ Up! OnStage back in November, and I immediately fell in love with it. However, paired with the coordinating framelits it’s even better! Stylish Stems includes a heap of great dies, that can be cut in various ways (and I love that Stampin’ Up! have made a video so I don’t have to!)

I am so looking forward to getting some time over the weekend to CASe some of those samples, quite fancy-ing a combination of the stamps and watercolour…. hmmm

I’m loving this colour combination too… I am all about the colour, its one of the many reason’s I love Stampin’ Up! the fact that I can grab inks, card stock and embellishments that are all the same colour is a big bonus for me! So the colours on this one are;

Aren’t they pretty? Click on the colour names above to see a whole heap of coordinating products in that colour!

Question of the Day: Tea or Coffee?

I’m a big coffee fan. I LOVE my Tassimo machine, although I’m supposed to be on a diet at the moment so my Tassimo pods have become something of a treat!

Product List

Special Reason Clear-Mount Bundle

[144720]

£41.25

Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack

[141642]

£9.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

£3.75

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£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!

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Hannah McCurley

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