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October Sketch Challenge – Card 3

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge Festival of Trees

I am loving this challenge! I don’t think I have even made more than one card with a sketch before, let alone using my own sketches!

Last week I came across a lovely lady called Linda’s blog, when she played along with my sketch challenge – check out here AWESOME card here! I am yet to purchase the stamp set Linda used on her card, but it totally inspired me to use the Festival of Trees stamp set, and to rotate my sketch too! funny how my brain works!

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The sketch is really simple, and I think I had been thinking small – so lets jump out of the box!

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge Festival of Trees

Ok, so that sketch has now been turned on its head. The three trees are stamped from Festival of Trees in Garden Green and Soft Sky, and the Designer Series Paper is Season of Cheer.

I’m really enjoying playing with this sketch, check back next Wednesday for yet another card using the same inspiration. I would LOVE to see what you have made with this sketch too, post me a link to your blog here or post a photo to my Facebook page.

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12 Weeks of Christmas – Tree Decorations

Stampin' Up! Christmas Tree Decoration Merry Moments Designer Series Paper

Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

The 3rd in our series counting down to Christmas and this week we’re talking tree decorations!

Stampin' Up! Christmas Tree Decoration Merry Moments Designer Series Paper

How cute are these! I have a plan for a stack of these on my tree this year, in various different sizes.

I thought that a video was the best way to explain how to make these, but its really simple; take a square of Designer Series Paper and fold it in half diagonally to form a triangle. Fold this piece in half, then use your Paper Snips to cut two slits as shown in the video.

Once you have made your slits, open out the paper and curl the pieces to create the above shape

I used Mini Glue Dots and Fast Fuse to stick these ones, but I think they look super cute with mini staples! You can join them together with staples to form an adorable snowflake shape too!

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12 Weeks of Christmas – Gift Card Gift Box!

Stampin' Up! UK Gift Card Gift Box video tutorial

Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

Welcome to my Christmas project series this year! Each and every Sunday between now and the Big Day I be sharing a fun Christmas project; from cute gift packaging, to cards and even some home decor!

I love giving the gift of shopping (especially to awkward 15 year old girls! or boys who just want Games consoles!) but sticking a gift card into a card is super boring! Last year I made pop up gift card cards, but they just didn’t have the right amount of wow factor for me. I wanted a box, and that is what I have for you today.

Stampin' Up! UK Gift Card Gift Box video tutorial

Actually, this box is a really handy size for home-made chocolates, tealights or soaps too – just leave out the gift card insert. Check out the video tutorial for complete instructions, although the measurements can be found at the bottom of this post.

I’ve kept the decoration on this one fairly simple, with a piece of Designer Series Paper. Timeless Elegance on the Cherry Cobbler version, and Everyday Chic on the Real Red one. With some stamped and punched accent pieces (Don’t you just LOVE that bow!)

I’ve loving a bit of red this Christmas, but choosing between Real Red and Cherry Cobbler is proving to be a bit of a problem – they are both so beautiful! – so I have used them both here. The Cherry Cobbler Version is also made as a fold flat variation, to allow you to make a few of these and have them stored flat ready for assembly when needed.

Stampin' Up! UK Christmas gift card box

The gift card holder section of this box is an insert, punched with the Decorative Label punch to hold the card.

Measurements:

Box:

Card stock – 11 x 6″ (27.5 x 15 cm)

Score on the long side at 1, 5, 6 and 10″ (2.5, 12.5, 15, and 25 cm)

Score on the short side at 1 and 5″ (2.5 and 12.5 cm)

Insert:

Card stock – 10 x 4″ (25 x 10 cm)

Score on the long side at 3 and 7″ (7.5 x 17.5 cm)

Flip the cardstock over, and score again at 5″ (12.5 cm)

Designer Series Paper – 3 3/4 x 3 3/4″ (9.5 x 9.5 cm)

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The Wonderland of Northern Lights

Stampin' Up! UK Wonderland Ink blending Christmas Card

Hi there! Welcome to a brand new week of inspirational projects here at StampinByHannah. I hope you checked out the blog hop over the weekend, I have to say the girls put on an amazing show of projects and ideas this time around, and I will be planning another hop soon I’m sure.

If you are new here I post cards and inspiration almost every day of the week, and this week is super exciting as my 12 Weeks to Christmas starts on Saturday!

Stampin' Up! UK Wonderland Ink blending Christmas Card

I have to admit this card was a bit of a happy accident.

I made a batch of these for some lovely ladies who requested an Autumn/Winter Catalogue from me a few weeks ago, and I made a spare to keep and photograph for you my lovely blog readers. It’s a super simple ink blended background of Mint Macaron, Island Indigo and Night of Navy, with the Trees from Wonderland stamped across the bottom in our brand new Archival Black Ink. This particular sample sat on my desk for a week or so while waiting to be photographed, and when I came to take this picture I noticed the bleached dots! I’m guessing that we have had some rain come in through the open window above my desk, which has reactivated the ink and wicked away the colour. At first I was horrified, but the more I look at it, the more I really like the effect it has created.

Don’t you just love a happy accident!

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Pootlers Blog Hop | Decorating your Christmas Table

Stampin' Up! UK pillow box Christmas favour



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Hello! Welcome to the 3rd Pootler’s Team Blog Hop! I am so pleased you could join us! Everyone has worked so hard to create wonderful projects for you, please follow the hop around and leave comments on the fabulous blogs to come to.

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I have to admit that although I have been organising this hop for a couple of months, I only managed to actually create my project on Monday! but, never mind, I’m here now

Stampin' Up! UK pillow box designer series paper

If you are one of my regular readers you will know that my box of pre-order goodies sat lonely in my office for 3 weeks while I went off and got married. Coming back from honeymoon and getting back into crafting has taken a few weeks, and several days of playing with the new products, but this pillow box was one of the first things I made. I love cute packaging, but making my own boxes isn’t something that comes naturally to me, so this pillow box die is awesome! Anyway, when it came time to make my Blog Hop project (a littler later than planned) I looked around my craft room for inspiration and came across this little box, and I fell in love all over again!

Stampin' Up! UK pillow box Christmas favour

I made a second pillow box from Cherry Cobbler card stock this time, using the Seasons of Cheer Designer Series Paper as an accent. I will admit that the trees were a bit of an after thought, but they tie the pillow box favour into the rest of the project

Stampin' Up! UK Christmas Table Pootles Blog Hop

If I ever get a Christmas day at home, this is totally what my table is going to look like!

Stampin' Up! UK pillow box cutlery holder

The pillow box die is really versatile. Here I cut the tabs off one end, to create a cutlery holder. I adore this Designer Series Paper, I believe it was hand painted by one of the fabulously talented ladies at the Stampin’ Up! Home Office in Utah, and it is stunning! This tree paper has some wonderful Poinsettias on the reverse that are going to have to find their way onto the centre stage of a project or two! This pillow box is finished with a belly band of Vellum and Silver Glimmer Paper, with a tag and three vellum flowers punched from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

Stampin' Up! UK Christmas tag

Christmas just wouldn’t be with a tag. Last year I created 12 Tag of Christmas, and I have been thinking about doing something similar again this year, but I’m not sure yet. (Whatever I do will have to start soon though!). This tag features the same Designer Series Paper, Vellum and Glimmer paper combination, with those cute Itty Bitty flowers and the Love Peace Joy Stamp from A Little Something (the stamp set that comes bundled with the pillow box die).

Actually I can’t believe I have got to the end of my blog post without mentioning the Stamps! Shocking!

Hope you enjoy the rest of the hop, hop forward and check out what the wonderful Caroline has created this time.

See you again soon!

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Festive Fireplace Week – Tealight Holder

Stampin' Up! UK Festive Fireplace Tealights

Stampin Up! Festive Fireplace Week

Welcome to the final post in my Festive Fireplace week blog series, I do hope you have enjoyed it and found some inspiration. You can find all the other projects in this weeks worth of posts by searching for ‘Festive Fireplace’ in my search bar

Stampin' Up! UK Festive Fireplace Candles cat Christmas

This project comes with a bit of a disclaimer – DO NOT put real tealights inside! Please use electric tealights for this, I will not be held responsible for any accidents caused by this project!

Right, with that out of the way, fancy making one?

They are really simple to make, and I am loving the cat with the bow collar too. The Chocolate Chip version uses Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Tip Top Taupe, while the Soft Sky version uses Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz and Sahara Sand

Stampin' Up! UK Festive Fireplace Tealights

Measurements:

Card stock – 11 3/4 x 3″ (29 x 7.5 cm)

Score on the long side at 5″ (12.5 cm) rotate by 180 degrees and score 5″ again

Stamp your fireplace on both sides, lining the bottom edge up with the score lines you have just made, and cut out the centre of the fireplaces with a craft knife and metal ruler

Use Tear’n’Tape to attach vellum behind the fireplaces, and add mantle pieces, cats and any other decor items.

Form into a tent shape, rounding the corner with the Project Life by Stampin’ Up! corner punch, and joining the tops together with a staple.

Cover the staple with a bow, and insert your electric tealight

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Festive Fireplace Week | Vellum Shaker Card

Stampin' Up! UK Festive Fireplace Shaker card

Stampin Up! Festive Fireplace Week

I hope you are enjoying this week of blog posts, you can find the other projects in this series by searching for ‘Festive Fireplace’ in my search bar (near the top of the side bar). I am loving this stamp set, although this card didn’t turn out quite as I imagined.

Stampin' Up! UK Festive Fireplace Shaker card

The shaker part of this one was created using the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum; I cut a piece 2 1/2 x 6″ and scored at 3″, taped the two sides together leaving the top open, added some sequins from my stash (although there are some great sequins in this years annual catalogue, links below) and sealed the pocket with my handy stapler! I had planned to have this pocket open to the outside and inside of the card, but managed to stick the whole thing together before I had cut the hole! Silly me!

The Fireplace is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Very Vanilla, and the centre cut out with my trusty craft knife. The only further additions are then the garland atop the fireplace and the sentiment stamped in Mossy Meadow

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Festive Fireplace Week | Ink Blending

Stampin' Up! UK festive fireplace black cat christmas card

Stampin Up! Festive Fireplace Week

I don’t usually post a card on a Wednesday, but seeing as I’m posting all week about the same stamp set I thought I would add another card in here! Seeing as it is Wednesday though, please do go and check out this weeks Weekly Deals!

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 This card would look extra awesome with a bow of Early Espresso ribbon! and those Gold Basic Metal Buttons are a must, so pretty!

Stampin' Up! UK festive fireplace black cat christmas cardI’ve been getting inky in my craft room again with this one! The Fireplace is stamped in Sahara Sand, straight onto my Whisper White matt. Then, using my handy sticky notes I masked off the area inside the fireplace and added Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon and Tangelo Twist with a sponge.

Stampin' Up! UK festive fireplace week ink blending

The fire is stamped using other handy Stampin’ Write markers (Early Espresso,Tangerine Tango and Crushed Curry), colouring directly onto the stamp to get a multi-coloured effect, before die-cutting with those matching framelits (loving those!) and with a black cat added to finish.

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Wonderland!

Stampin' Up! UK Wonderland card

Hello!

This is likely to be a shorter post than usual today, as I am writing this on Wednesday night before this goes live on Thursday! I have never been this dis-organised with my blog, ever! But since getting home from honeymoon the world and his dog wants to see me, trying to change my name is turning into an enormous job, and so little things like writing my blog have slipped – still I haven’t missed a regular post yet! Although, I didn’t do my week in review yesterday, but that’s really because I have nothing to say!Stampin' Up! UK Wonderland card class

 

and, seeing as I have been crazy busy, I also haven’t made a great deal either! so, today I thought I would share one of the cards that you can make at home as part of my Stampin@Home class for September.

I am in love with this stamp set, Wonderland, those trees are stunning. Here, paired with that beautiful vellum and some gentle inking, I love this card!

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Seasons of Cheer!

Stampin' Up! Seasons of Cheer Designer Series Paper cardmaking

Hello!

welcome to a fresh new week here at StampinByHannah. I have to admit things are insane around here at the moment, I am struggling to get back into the swing of life after the Wedding and Honeymoon – 2 weeks away from home is too long I think 🙁 and so I am a little behind with my usual blog admin. I did however take a personal day last Friday, moved my craftroom to the sofa and make a stack of projects whilst catching up on the last few weeks of The Great British Bake off! Although, it did leave me wanting cake!

Stampin' Up! Seasons of Cheer Designer Series Paper cardmaking

I shared a sneaky peak of this card last week, totally outside of my usual style and comfort zone, however, that is my crafting aim at the moment – to step outside my comfort zone, to make cards I wouldn’t usually create, to share more of my creations, and to book some parties and classes outside of my home (if you want to host, please drop me an email!)

At this point, I have a confession to make, I LOVE patterned paper! I LOVE it! I have heaps and heaps of it, and I look at it, and I stroke it, and very rarely do I actually USE it! I find using Designer Series Paper on cards a real challenge. I posted recently in a Facebook group about this, and had a mountain of great suggestions and inspiration, and this card is born of that chat. I am a simple cardmaker, I’m a stamper, and one layer cards with minimal embellishment is my thing….well not anymore!

I am totally in love with this card, and that Designer Series Paper (its called Seasons of Cheer and its on page 29 of the Autumn / Winter catalogue!) and am loving playing with layers and matts, and ribbon and punches and loads of things that I had bought but never used because I was too scared to step out of my crafty bubble.

What do you struggle with when cardmaking?

(oh, that stamp, that’s new too, and it can be found in the Hello December 2015 Project Life by Stampin’ Up! stamp set!)

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