Spread the Love

Jar of Love card using Stampin' Up! Uk products

I shared a sneaky peak of this card on my Instagram account earlier in the week; I love sharing sneak peaks and other behind the scenes bits and bobs over on Instagram, you can find me over there as ‘StampinByHannah’.

Jar of Love card using Stampin' Up! Uk products

The flowers and sentiment are taken from Jar of Love. I love this stamp set, although I haven’t used the jars stamps all that much, I just love the flowers too much!

I have paired a couple of inks to create these flowers; Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry for the larger flowers, and Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder for the smaller ones. The leaves are in Mint Macaron and Emerald Envy

Simple die cutting card using jar of love from Stampin up uk

I’m trying to use ribbon on my cards at the moment, for things other than bows too. The burlap ribbon is just so pretty like this, I love cutting one edge off and allowing it to fray a little before sticking it down with Fast Fuse Adhesive.


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Global Design Project 053 | Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder

Thank you card featuring Swirly Bird and Thoughtful Thanks from Stampin' Up! UK

Oh yes, I’m at it again! twice in 2 weeks playing along with the Global Design Project. This week its a colour challenge, and I am LOVING it! Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder!

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I’m loving Night of Navy and Watermelon wonder together, really classy. One of the fabulous design team used the Swirly Scribbles dies and Gold foil paper on their project this week and I just loved the look and so used it as my starting point for this card.

Thank you card featuring Swirly Bird and Thoughtful Thanks from Stampin' Up! UK

From the gold swirl, I stamped some of the cute flowers from Swirly Bird in Watermelon Wonder and Versamark (for a touch of Gold embossing) and die cut them using the matching framelits.

Swirly bird card using Stampin' Up! UK productsThe Thanks is taken from Thankful Thoughts, and is stamped in Night of Navy. I had thought about adding some ink splatter, but I’m glad I left it off, giving this clean card.

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Pootles Colour Challenge!

Pootles Colour Challenge using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up! UK

Pootles Colour Challenge

Right, its that time again, I’m on a challenge roll! My lovely friend Sam has this colour challenge on her blog every week and I have been trying for ages to join in but somehow life keeps stopping me – well not this week! I’m on annual leave from the day job this week and even managed to get the weekend off! (which was a last minute surprise!) so I managed to carve out sometime on Sunday to make a card for Sam.

Pootles Colour Challenge Birthday Card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

So, the colour challenge this week was to use:

I had so much fun creating the background of this card! I am planning a Make It Monday video, but it will be a few weeks before I get it to you (yes, I’m evening managing to film ahead of time!!!!)

This card uses Butterfly Basics, which is definitely one of my Must Have stamp sets, with the flowers heat embossed in white over the watercolour background.

Butterfly Basics Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and heat embossed in clear on Vellum.

I had so much fun taking part in this colour challenge….. right, I’m off to make another card for a different colour challenge, which you can see on Thursday!


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Make It Monday | Faux Metal Embellishments

Make it monday metal embellishments video tutorial using Christmas pines and Rose Garden from Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday with Stampin' Up!

I have a special Make It Monday for you this week, I am taking part in a challenge (nothing new there) set by the lovely Michelle Last for her team of Pinkies! The theme this month is heat embossing, and you can check out heaps of Heat Embossing ideas over on Michelle’s blog tomorrow – and vote for your favourite!

Make It Monday Faux Mental Embellishments Christmas Card using Christmas pines from Stampin' Up!

This technique looks really fancy, but is really really simple. Check out the video for all the details:

Top tips:

  • Detailed die cuts look best, I’m loving uses Rose Garden and Pretty Pines
  • Use Metal tone Embossing powder; Gold, Silver or Copper
  • Make sure your heat tool is good and hot before melting your embossing powder

Make It Monday Video tutorial faux metal embellishments using Christmas Pines and Rose Garden from Stampin' up! UK

I hope you have enjoyed this Make It Monday, don’t forget to pop over to Michelle Last’s blog tomorrow and vote for your favourite Heat Embossed card!


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August Thank You Cards

Merriest Wishes Christmas Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

Around the end of every month I send out Thank You cards to my online customers (If you place an order for collection you get your card with your order!). This past month I had a stack of cards to make and send, along with class kits for my Stamp of the Month Club too

Simple Christmas Card using Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

Now, the cards I sent had a slightly different sentiment, in that they were ‘Thank You’ cards, rather than Christmas ones, but seeing as I used the Thank You stamp from the Thoughtful Branches stamp set that has now sadly retired (although I do have a used copy available if anyone wants one!) I thought I would change it up for the blog.

The background and sentiment are taken from Merriest Wishes. I’m loving this stamp set, and it is my current Stamp of the Month too!

Gold Christmas Card using This Christmas and Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

The card is finished with a piece of the This Christmas Designer Series Paper and a strip of Gold Sequin Trim. Very pretty.

Right, I’m off shopping today, need to get some bits and pieces ready for my Stamping trip away next weekend! Yay!


September Stamp of the Month Club Online Card Class using Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK


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Pinkies Blog Hop | Shadow Box Card

Pinkies Team Blog Hop using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

blog hop logo (1)Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We’re showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!

Wow, I’m loving this new Autumn / Winter catalogue, there are just so many great products and ideas. I thought I would make a special card for the Pinkies Blog Hop this time. I’m usually a pretty simple card maker, but this style of card has caught my eye recently (during my hours of scrolling through Pinterest!) and I just had to have a go at making my own!

Christmas Pines Shadow Box Card using Stampin' Up! UK Products

My favourite bundle in this years catalogue is Christmas Pines; I just love the collection of sentiments and the fabulous detailed die cuts. I will admit that you will be seeing a whole lot of this stamp set in the coming weeks, but that’s a story for another day!

Pinkies Team Blog Hop using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

Measurements:

Card base: Basic Black card stock, 10.5 x 22 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 and 11.5 cm. You will also need a piece of card stock that measures 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Using the scoring blade on you Stampin’ Trimmer, draw a square on the front of your card base; line up the card stock at 2 cm and score from 2 cm down to 8.5 cm – do this on all 4 sides of the card front.

Using a ruler, draw  diagonal lines from corner to corner of the square you have just created. The use these lines as a guide to score another square 1 cm smaller than the previous. You should now have one square inside the other. Then, using a ruler and a  craft knife, cut along the diagonal lines. Fold on the score lines, creating your shadow area in the middle of your card.

For this card, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm card stock using the new Emerald Envy Glitter Stampin’ Emboss powder before adhering it to the centre of the card.

Christmas Card Shadow Box using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up!

The problem with this style of card is that it doesn’t fit or fold flat into a standard envelope. So I have also created a box for it to go in.

Measurements:

Box Base; 14 x 14 cm, scored on all four sides at 1.5 cm

Box Lid; 13.2 x 13.2 cm, scored on all four sides at 1 cm.

Both the card and the box are finished with the Presents and Pinecones Designer Series Paper and die cuts from the Christmas Pines bundle.

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September Stamp of the Month Club Online Card Class using Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK



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Global Design Project 052 | Thankful Thoughts

Thank you card using Thankful Thoughts From Stampin' Up! UK

Wow, it is SO long since I took part in any challenges! This summer has been so crazy; I have no idea how I have managed to keep to my regular schedule, but I have – and now, now things are getting back to normal, now my day job has settled down a little, and James has gone back to placement, I might actually have some time to get back to things here on my blog, some workshops and classes organised and event maybe some other bits and pieces done too!

This weekend is busy here on the blog though, I’ve managed to join in with the Global Design Project today, and then I have 2 awesome Blog Hops happening too! Yay!

Global Design Project CASE Teneale Williams

This week’s challenge is to CASE the gorgeous Teneale Williams. Teneale is so talented and her blog is always so inspiring, and totally worth checking out.

Case Teneale Williams Thank you card using Thankful Thoughts From Stampin' Up! UKI’m feeling quite bright and cheery with this card; loving the summery colour combination. I think it’s probably because I’ve spend most of my crafty time over the past few weeks working on Christmas-y projects. I was starting to get that festive feeling, but I think with the sunny weather I’m so not in the mood for Christmas crafting this week (saying that there are still festive projects coming this to you this week!)

Simple Thank you card using Thankful thoughts from Stampin' Up! UK

I used the card from Teneale as a sketch, which I then rotated by 90 degrees to create this card. The sentiment is from Thankful Thoughts, although the full stamp reads ‘Thank You So Much’ I selectively inked the stamp using a Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Marker.

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Sprinkles of Life Birthday Card

Sprinkles of Life Playful Backgrounds Birthday card using Stampin' Up! UK products

Making Birthday cards for our Young Adults are some of the trickiest cards I make all year, and it’s only made harder when that person is a boy! My brother-in-law turned 15 over the weekend, and I’m sure this card had no impact on his day, but I enjoyed making it anyway!Sprinkles of Life Playful Backgrounds Birthday card using Stampin' Up! UK products

This card uses Sprinkles of Life, and the coordinating Tree Builder Punch, with the ice-cream stamped in Tip Top Taupe, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and Flirty Flamingo – Neapolitan anyone?!

Sprinkles of Life Playful Backgrounds Birthday card using Stampin' Up! UK products

I put this card together, but it was a little bit plain. So I added a background stamped using Playful Backgrounds in Soft Sky.


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September Stamp of the Month Club!

September Stamp of the Month Club Online Card Class using Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

Stamp of the Month Club Stampin' Up! UK

Are you ready for the new Stamp of the Month Club? This month my Online Card Class is using the Merriest Wishes Stamp set and Die Bundle! and comes not only with the stamp set, but also all the card stock and threat – all ready cut for you to make 8 great cards, 2 of each of 4 designs. PLUS over the month of September I will be giving you a heap of other uses for the stamp set and dies!

The class also includes 4 Exclusive video tutorials and instructions for 4 cards.

September Stamp of the Month Club Online Card Class using Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

Kits will be posted on 30th September, and instructions will be emailed out at the same time. Booking closes on 25th September at 9PM.

Suggested extras:

  • Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad – 138326
  • Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad – 14396
  • Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126970
  • Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126949
  • Versamark ink pad – 102283
  • Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder – 133457

This class is available in the UK only.

You can sign up for class HERE! or click any of the card images on this blog post.


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Watercoloured Happy Ornament

Watercolour Happy Ornament from Stampin' Up! UK

Yes, The 2016 Autumn / Winter catalogue is now LIVE and you can shop to your hearts content! I am loving this catalogue, although I’ve had such a busy summer that I haven’t had chance to make much using my new goodies yet! I have however got a AWESOME Christmas themed online card class available this month… more on that Tomorrow!

Watercolour Christmas Card using Happy Ornament from Stampin' Up! UK

I’m sure I could have found a more exciting card for my first post from this catalogue, but I have only made a couple of bits, and they are for some exciting Blog Hops coming up this month, that and I couldn’t help myself I needed to watercolour!

Watercolour Happy Ornament from Stampin' Up! UK

The ornament is one stamp, and is only available in Wood Mount. Actually it is the only Wood Mount stamp I currently own! I know, its shocking, I LOVE Wood-mounted stamps but I have such limited space that Clear mount and photopolymer are wining out at the moment.

Right, I stamped the ornament onto Watercolour Paper using Versamark before heat embossing it in White Stampin’ Emboss powder. Then it is watercolour-ed in Soft Sky, Real Red, Crushed Curry and Cucumber Crush. I added a touch of Gold Wink of Stella to the metal bit of the bauble too.

Have you checked out the new catalogue yet? You can download a copy HERE, or request a proper copy HERE!


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