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10th September 20189th September 2018

Make It Monday | Dashing Along Designer Series Paper…

Simple Christmas Card using Designer Series Paper and Timeless Tidings from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday | Dashing Along Designer Series Paper…

So, today is Make It Monday, and I do have a video….. but I don’t actually have a card to make! I do have 3 cards to share with you though.

September sees a fun offer; Dashing Along Designer Series Paper is available for FREE when you place an order of £200. It is added automatically to your basket when you shop online. OR, you could also bag a pack of this stunning paper if you host a party which orders over the same amount.

This pack of Designer Series Paper contains 12 sheets, 4 of each of 3 double sided designs. It is designed to coordinate with the Dashing Deer Stamp and Die Bundle…. but of course, I didn’t grab that one in my Autumn Winter order did I?! Silly me! So, instead, I thought I would share how easily this Designer Series Paper coordinates with some of the other Stamp Sets in the catalogue.

The red card uses the fun Timeless Tidings stamp set that matches the Timeless Tidings Card Kit (still need to have a go at putting those together!), while the card with the strips of Designer Series Paper uses the Feathers and Frost stamp set.

This 3rd card, I think is my favourite, pairs the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper with the Merry Christmas To All Stamp and Die Bundle and a piece of that stunning Joyous Noel Glimmer Paper.

Want more inspiration using the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper? Check out my dedicated Pinterest Board!

Product List

Dashing Deer Wood-Mount Bundle

[149934]

£54.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

£8.00

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[148936]

£19.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147088]

£7.00

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

£8.00

Feather & Frost Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147771]

£20.00

Frosted Bouquet Framelits Dies

[147895]

£31.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£8.00

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Bundle

[149952]

£45.75

Joyous Noel 6″ X 6″ Glimmer Paper

[147817]

£14.00

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Hannah McCurley

8th September 20188th September 2018

Pootlers Blop Hop | Welcome Autumn / Winter 2018!

Pretty Floral Christmas Card using First Frost from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Pootlers Blop Hop | Welcome Autumn / Winter 2018!

Welcome to the Pootler’s Blog Hop! This time we are celebrating the launch of the 2018 Autumn Winter Catalogue… usually I get a sneaky peak of everyone’s projects as I coordinate the hop, but not this time, so I cannot WAIT to join you in hopping around everyone’s creations!

My absolute favourite suite in this years Autumn Winter Catalogue is the Frosted Floral Suite… it’s a pretty mix of watercolour effect stamps, gorgeous colours and shimmery Designer Series Paper! Yes… I did say that right; Shimmery Designer Series Paper! and Yes, you NEED to see it in real life. So. Pretty!

The flowers and leaves are stamped in Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron; which match perfectly with the colours in the Designer Series paper… or they did until I turned the paper over to use the back side, but I love the Neutral coloured paper against the hand stamped flowers.

The sentiment is die cut using the coordinating die set and the card is completed with a splattering of Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

Check out what the rest of the Pootlers Blog Hop team have been making with the new Stampin’ Up! Autumn Winter Catalogue….

Product List

First Frost Clear-Mount Bundle

[149943]

£45.75

First Frost Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[148420]

£20.00

Frosted Bouquet Framelits Dies

[147895]

£31.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

[133682]

£8.00

Frosted Floral 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[147800]

£13.00

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147092]

£7.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147100]

£7.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147106]

£7.00

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

[146927]

£5.50

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Hannah McCurley

7th September 2018

Peaceful Noel Christmas Card using Stampin’ Up! Products

Cute Christmas Card using Peaceful Noel from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Peaceful Noel Hand-stamped Christmas Card using Stampin’ Up! Products

Sorry this blog post is a little later then usual…. I prioritised having dinner with my extended family last night over writing my blog! I know, it’s shocking… but it turns out that my 18 year old Sister in law makes a mean Lasagne! So, today’s card….

I sent a sample of this card out with each of my first batch of the new Stampin’ Up! Autumn Winter Catalogue. I do have a few left so if you haven’t got a catalogue yet, get one ordered ASAP using THIS form!

Want to know how I created those corner details? Check the video for all the info…

I am a little bit in love with this stamp set; Peaceful Noel is the perfect Christmas stamp set with lots of winter-y images that layer beautifully and have a hint of that watercolour effect I love so much!

The other thing I love about this card is the colour combination; Sahara Sand, Merry Merlot, and Shaded Spruce with a hint of copper. So pretty…. especially with that stunning Merry Merlot/Copper Reversible Ribbon

Have you started to think about your Christmas Craft Projects yet?

Product List

Peaceful Noel Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147694]

£16.00

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

£8.00

Everyday Label Punch

[144668]

£17.00

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147112]

£7.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147088]

£7.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147117]

£7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

£4.75

Merry Merlot & Copper 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Reversible Ribbon

[147818]

£7.00

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

14th August 201814th August 2018

Go For Greece | Merry Christmas with Blended Seasons…

How to make a fun Coloured Christmas Card using Blended Seasons from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Go For Greece Merry Christmas with Blended Seasons…

I have been having a heap of fun with this month’s Exclusive stamp and die bundle: Colour Your Season… I shared a fun Facebook Live with you last week with heaps of ideas using it, and I have a free class download when you spend £45 in my shop this month using it too! The cards I’ve shared using the Blended Season’s stamp set, so far, have been pretty generic…. until now. Please let me share my first Christmas card of 2018!

I shared a sneaky peak of this one on my Facebook Page, and got a few questions about how I coloured the images. It’s really very simple, and I will do a Video Tutorial soon… but basically it’s just an ink pad and a Blender Pen. Blender Pens are different from Blends Markers (I know, it’s confusing!) but a Blender Pen contains clear ink, and allows you to pick up ink from the ink of a ink pads and colour with it (or spread Watercolour Pencil!)… they are an absolute staple in my craft room…

The trick is to be fairly quick, and not rub over the same spot of card stock too much as Blender Pens have a nasty habit of ‘piling’ card stock… and that’s not a pretty look!

The rest of the card came together pretty quickly, with some die cuts from the coordinating Stitched Seasons Framelits, and a Gold Faceted Gem to finish

Product List

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle

[149894]

£60.00

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[149016]

£36.00

Stitched Seasons Framelits Dies

[149013]

£31.00

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

[121694]

£8.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

£8.00

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

£8.00

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147050]

£7.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147090]

£7.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147093]

£7.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

£10.75

Gold Faceted Gems

[144141]

£4.75

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

8th December 2017

Christmas Countdown | Designer Series Paper Crackers…

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Designer Series Paper Crackers…

Christmas Countdown Video Tutorial Series StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! UK

Oh my goodness…. we are at Week 12 of this years Christmas Countdown! We are however, going out with a BANG (quite literally!)

I do appologise for the late-ness of this week’s Christmas Countdown. I had started to write it on Wednesday, but was called into the day job at very very short notice and didn’t get chance to get my post finished. But, I am up (not very) early this morning and I will Live Blog the rest!

Square Crackes Video Tutorial using Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

Yes…. we have CRACKERS! These are super quick and simple to make… and they only use a piece of Designer Series Paper that 6 x 5-1/2″ (15 x 13 cm), so you can get 4 out of a single piece of 12 x 12″ Designer Series Paper.

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 6 x 5-1/2″ (15 x 13 cm)

Score on the long side at; 1, 1-1/2, 2, 4, 4-1/2, and 5″ (2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 10.5, 11.5 and 12.5 cm)

Score on the short side at 1-1/4, 2-1/2, 3-3/4 and 5″ (3, 6, 9, and 12 cm)

The trick to make the ends of the crackers is all in the use of the Envelope Punch Board! Check the video for how it works…

Square Crackers Video Tutorial using Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I do hope that you have enjoyed this years Christmas Countdown! I am super sad that this is the last one…. but it does mean that my Techniques videos return next week, And I am SO excited about that!

Which has been your favourite Christmas Countdown project this year?

Chocolate Truffle Box

Twist and Close Candle Box

Cookie Packets

Hot Chocolate Stirrers

Calorie Free Advent Calendar

Origami Advent Calendar

Dress up your Chocolate

Year of Cheer Gift Card Set

Cutlery Wrappers

Bauble Gift Tags

DIY Baubles

Stampin' Up! End of Year Sale

Product List

Christmas Around The World Designer Series Paper

[144629]

£10.00

Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper

[144613]

£10.00

Envelope Punch Board

[133774]

£18.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Pool Party 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon

[144152]

£6.25

Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon

[144172]

£5.50

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

2nd December 2017

Simply Sketched Saturday Colour Challenge

StampinByHannah Simply Sketched Saturday Colour Challenge

Man, I have missed blog hopping with this group of lovely ladies! This month’s Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge blog hop is bitter sweet, not only is it the last one of 2017, its also the last time we are hopping under this name (although, we will be back in the new year even bigger and better!).

The lovely Dee set this colour challenge, and while I LOVE a good challenge, this scared the pants off me! I mean, seriously, I had a good few weeks of sitting and looking at these two colours before ANYTHING came to mind.

Fresh Fig is one of my favourite Stampin’ Up! colours, and I couldn’t help but make it the main focus of this card. The Designer Series Paper here is Year of Cheer, which comes in white with metallic foiling. While I do LOVE the look if it plain, I have taken a sponge brayer to it here and coloured in in Fresh Fig. This is one of my most used techniques at the moment, colouring Designer Series Paper to create totally custom projects!

The sentiment is stamped in Island Indigo using the Cheers to the Year stamp set, which is then die cut using the Layering Circles framelits.

To pick up on the Gold foiling from the Designer Series Paper I also die cut a scalloped circle from Gold Foil Paper as a matt for the sentiment.

The card is completed with a ribbon bow in Island Indigo Ombre Ribbon.

Product List

Year Of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144640]

£11.75

Cheers To The Year Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144928]

£16.00

Sponge Brayers

[141714]

£7.25

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144082]

£6.00

Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock

[144248]

£7.25

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

£3.75

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126986]

£6.00

Island Indigo 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon

[144233]

£6.25

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!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

1st December 2017

Christmas Countdown #11 | DIY baubles using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin’ Up!

Christmas Countdown DIY Clear Bauble using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown #11 DIY baubles using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin’ Up!

This Christmas Countdown project has become somewhat of a tradition in the McCurley household. I bought these clear, fillable baubles a few years ago, and I am sure that you could still find something very similar on Amazon or eBay. Each year I bring them back out and use current Stampin’ Up! goodies to make new filling for 2 of them…. my plan is to have a heap of different, personalised baubles on one of the Christmas Trees in my home. This year I am up to 3 different styles, and I love them all!

I have shared the previous two years of using these baubles, and have videos for each year. You can find them HERE and HERE.

As in previous years I have used the Layering Circles dies to cut out layers of card stock for the centres of my baubles. This year there are two different colour-ways; Dapper Denim, Champagne and Whisper White, and Cherry Cobbler, Gold and Very Vanilla. I don’t think I could choose a favourite, how about you?

Next week is the final Christmas Countdown of 2017! I cannot believe we are already into December, this year has been crazy and I am seriously hoping for a more relaxing 2018.

Product List

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144820]

£20.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

£7.25

Champagne Foil Sheets

[144748]

£3.75

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141394]

£6.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

£7.25

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

£3.75

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126966]

£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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

27th November 2017

Make It Monday | Be Merry Project Kit Tips and Tricks

Make It Monday How to Make Christmas ornaments using the Be Merry Kit from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Be Merry Project Kit Tips and Tricks

I love making my own decorations at Christmas time! I think it comes from being a child of the early ’90’s where the paper chain was king and every Christmas tree was topped with some sort of handmade (and usually deformed) Christmas angel. Stampin’ Up! make creating your handmade Christmas super simple with this fabulous kit. Be Merry is designed to give you 12 cute hanging rosette ornaments…. but as usual I have pulled the kit to pieces and have made not only some of the rosettes, but some cards too!

The kit contains everything you will need, except adhesives. Stampin’ Up! suggest that you need Fine-Tip Glue, Dimensionals and a Hot Glue Gun for this one, but I would actually suggest swapping the Fine-Tip glue for some Snail, I’ll come to why shortly!

Tips and Tricks

When pinching your mesh circles, twist the pinched end – this stops them from pinging open
Put your Hot Glue Gun on a Silicone Mat
Apply Snail Adhesive to the back of the sentiment die cuts before removing them from the carrier sheet
Separate your mesh circles BEFORE you start making your rosettes…. they are very stuck together!
Watch both my video and the Stampin’ Up! version before you start! and Have fun!

Like I mentioned at the top of this post, I have also had a play with the parts of this kit and made some cards too…

This one uses the centre of the tree die cut, which has been sponged in Old Olive ink to match the colours from the kit. I did supplement the kit with some stamping from Christmas Pines, like the ‘Christmas’ sentiment, stamped here in Old Olive.

The second card even made use the Rosette piece…

The rosettes are held together with a single strip of card stock. Cut this off and you have a straight piece of foiled card stock, I covered the now ‘raw’ edge with a piece of the Real Red ribbon from the kit, added one of the candy cane pieces and a Dapper Denim stamped sentiment from Christmas Pines to finish this one.

What will you be making with this kit? Share your creations with me on my Facebook page.

Before I go, I just want to let you know that Stampin’ Up! are offering FREE Postage and Packing TODAY ONLY!

Product List

Be Merry Kit

[144648]

£17.75

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

£6.25

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive Refill

[104331]

£4.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

£9.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

£31.50

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

24th November 201719th November 2017

Christmas Countdown | Bauble Gift Tags using Christmas Pines from Stampin’ Up!

Christmas Countdown Bauble Style Gift Tags Video Tutorial using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Bauble Gift Tags using Christmas Pines from Stampin’ Up!

I am always being inspired by my crafty friends. I was lucky enough to spend a whole weekend with them a couple of weeks ago for Stampin’ Up! OnStage in Birmingham. We had heaps of fun chatting crafty, checking out the brand new Stampin’ Up! Spring / Summer catalogue (coming in January!)… and enjoying a fun team day filled with productivity tips, chocolate cake and LOTS of laughs. I am actually not sure if I will be invited to another, after me and my friends Sam and Julie spent the whole day in hysterics…. being generally inappropriate… and munching on sweeties rather than crafting!

This project was totally inspired by my friend Caroline, who made something similar for a video hop we did a few months ago.

These are super easy to put together using the Layering Circles framelits. These are a true work-horse in my craft room, they are ALWAYS out on my crafty table, and coordinate with so many projects, stamp sets and even other die sets too. I LOVE them, and totally couldn’t be without them. One of the things I love about the Stampin’ Up! circle dies is that they are sized perfectly for card fronts…. and that they have matching scalloped circles in the set too!

The stamp set I have used here is called Christmas Pines. You might have missed this one, it’s a little buried in the middle of the Annual catalogue…. but it is fabulous! I use it often for both Christmas and non-Christmas projects. AND it has a coordinating set of thinlits too… the Pretty Pines thinlets include that lovely ribbon die (actually there are two, one big and one small!) which is perfect for that added something that isn’t going to add a heap of bulk onto your card and make it difficult to post.

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

£31.50

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

£23.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

£7.25

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144086]

£6.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

£7.25

Pretty Label Punch

[143715]

£16.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

[144748]

£3.75

1/8″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134365]

£8.25

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!

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

17th November 201710th November 2017

Christmas Countdown | Cutlery Wraps using Merry Little Christmas

Christmas Countdown Super Sized Treat Pockets Video Tutorial using Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Cutlery Wraps using Merry Little Christmas

I have been seeing this project all over Pinterest… but as a dinky treat holder, so today I am super-sizing it and making a fun Cutlery Wrap for you Christmas table!

These are a little extravagant… they use a WHOLE sheet of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, but I think they are so worth it. Particularly with this pack of DSP, this is Merry Little Christmas, the perfect mix of festive prints and generic patterns in Old Olive, Basic Black and Whisper White. It is certainly one of my Christmas Top Picks this year! I love it!

The wraps are super simple to put together and you could do 6 or 8 for your Christmas table in minutes. When I was talking to James about these he suggested adding some tissue paper for some extra dimension which would totally finish these off! I’m seeing maybe gold or silver napkins in these….

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 12 x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm0

Fold in half, diagonally, corner to corner

Then, with the folded, flat edge facing you, take on of the corners and fold it across. Creating a second flat edge, about halfway up your triangle. Fold the second corner over to match.

These don’t require any adhesive, as you then fold the top layer of the top of the triangle down, which holds the other two folds in place

(I think I probably explain this better in the video!)

These wraps are finished with a touch of stamping using Merry Little Labels and some die cutting with my favourite combination; Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Layering Circles.

What are you planning for your Christmas table this year?

Product List

Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper

[144621]

£10.00

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144795]

£18.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£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 my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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