Inspire.Create.Challenges - StampinbyHannah

17th October 201813th October 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 | Under the Mistletoe sketch challenge

Fun Christmas Card using Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 Under the Mistletoe sketch challenge

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fun sketch… I hope to see lots of you take part and add your creations to the Inspire.Create.Challenge Blog. You don’t need to blog to enter, you could upload your image to a gallery, Pinterest, or even Facebook (as long as the image is set to public of course).

I decided to keep things simple this week, and just let the Designer Series Paper do all the talking. This fun print is from the Under the Mistletoe Paper pack, which you might have missed if your looking in the Autumn Winter catalogue because its in the Christmas section of the Annual one instead.

The sentiment is in the Autumn Winter catalogue, its taken from Timeless Tidings, which I am getting heaps of use out of, although it is designed to go with the Timeless Tidings kit (which I still haven’t got round to making up yet!).

So, short and sweet today, do go and check out the other creations from the Design Team over at the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog… they have made some stunning projects this week.

Product List

Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper

[146921]

£10.25

Under The Mistletoe A4 Cardstock Pack

[146923]

£8.00

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[148936]

£19.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147114]

£7.00

Real Red 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Solid Ribbon

[144631]

£6.50

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3rd October 201830th September 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge 028 | Abstract Impressions Friendship Card

Fabulously Modern Floral Friendship Card using Abstract Impressions from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 028 Abstract Impressions Friendship Card

I have to say I LOVE setting the challenges for Inspire.Create…. but even I thought this one was mean! However, the girls have made some GORGEOUS projects with what could be a tricky colour combination. Do check out the Inspire.Create blog to see all the Design Team creations and to enter your own!

After several weeks of no crafting at all thanks to my Crafty Mojo disappearing, this colour combination was just what I needed to get me back into my craft room.

The background is embossed with one of my favourite embossing folders; Layered Leaves. This embossing folder makes for the most perfect background to floral cards, it’s subtle, and works in a whole heap of colours too! I LOVE it!

The stamped flowers are stamped in Calypso Coral stamped over Crushed Curry, and finished with Pear Pizzazz leaves. To complete the card I added a trio of die cut flowers using the coordinating Springtime Impressions dies along with a trio of Rhinestones.

Product List

Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Bundle

[148348]

£45.75

Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147513]

£24.00

Springtime Impressions Thinlits Dies

[146326]

£27.00

Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143704]

£8.25

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

£8.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

[146993]

£8.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

£33.00

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147140]

£7.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147087]

£7.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147101]

£7.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147104]

£7.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

£4.75

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5th September 201827th August 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge #026 | Merry Christmas To All

Inspire.Create.Challenge Merry Christmas To All Card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge #026 | Merry Christmas To All

I have told you all before how much I LOVE a sketch challenge… and I cannot wait to see what the rest of the Design Team do with this one! I have been pondering on it for a while; trying to work out what I was going to do with that Heart image… in the end I’ve chosen to change it to a circle and die cut it out.

I have been playing around with Designer Series Paper a fair bit recently, I made THIS card for my Brother in Law last week and used a piece of Designer Series Paper to cover the entire front of the card. I liked the effect so much I thought I would do the same here with this stunning Joyous Noel Designer Series Paper.

The Merry Christmas sentiment is taken from the new Merry Christmas To All Stamp and die bundle. How perfect is that glitter-y die cut?! To adhere it to the card, I added some Multi-purpose Adhesive Sheet to the back of the Glimmer Paper before it was die cut, the adhered it over the top of the die cut circle. To stop it sticky were I didn’t want it to, I covered uncovered adhesive with powder from my Embossing Buddy.

The sentiment is completed with the Christmas heat embossed in White onto a scrap of Tranquil Tide card stock.

Check out the rest of the Inspire.Create.Challenge Design Team’s creations over on the blog, and enter you projects using the sketch to!

Product List

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Bundle

[149952]

£45.75

Joyous Noel 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[147816]

£13.00

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

[144252]

£8.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£33.00

Joyous Noel 6″ X 6″ Glimmer Paper

[147817]

£14.00

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

[144106]

£9.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

25th July 201814th July 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge #023 | Congratulations Twinkle Twinkle

How to use Designer Series Paper in your card making featuring Twinkle Twinkle from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge #023 Congratulations Twinkle Twinkle

Hello! Oh my goodness, I feel like these challenges are coming around awfully quickly at the moment! I’m sure it’s because we’ve changed how we organise them slightly, and so I only made my challenge card for challenge 22 last week… but nothing has changed for you so really that is completely irrelevant! I do hope you enjoy our challenges, do pop over to the Inspire.Create blog and see the other members of the Design Team’s creations!

This sketch totally lends itself to a card that uses big pieces of Designer Series Paper! I love this type of card as they come together really quickly but look fabulous too. My card for today features the Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper that is predominately designed for baby cards, and so that is what I have made today pairing it with the coordinating stamp set; Little Twinkle. However, this paper is full of generic patterns that I can see being put to a heap of uses plus it’s heavy on the Night of Navy too so it’s perfect for guy cards!

The hardest bit of this card was making sure the measurements were right. First I cut the piece of Whisper White as a mat for the Designer Series Paper, then I worked out how big each piece of Designer Series Paper needed to be based on that measurement.

Measurement:

Card base: Night of Navy; 29.7 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 14.85 cm

Whisper White; 9.5 x 13.8 cm

4 pieces of Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper; 4.5 x 6.65 cm

Whisper White; 10.5 x 2.5 cm

Product List

Little Twinkle Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146452]

£18.00

Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper

[146284]

£10.25

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£8.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£9.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147110]

£7.00

Twinkle Adhesive-Backed Sequins

[146287]

£6.50

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Hannah McCurley

27th June 201824th June 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge 021 | Fun Children’s Card using Swirly Bird

Fun card for a little boy using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 021 Fun Children’s Card using Swirly Bird

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge was a tricky one of me! I don’t make many cards for kids…. seeing as I don’t have any of my own… you wouldn’t think I actually set the challenges for Inspire.Create.Challenge would you?!

A few months ago the lovely Sarah-Jane from the Inspire.Create team gave me THIS pretty card, it’s been sitting on my card display ever since…. and this weekend I decided that the idea would be perfect for a kids card!

The sail boat comes from the Swirly Bird stamp set. I’ve stamped it here in Lemon Lime Twist, night of Navy and Grey Granite (stamped off once)… and fussy cut it before adhering it to the Whisper White square die cut using the Layering Squares Framelits. The scalloped Lemon Lime Twist Square uses the same set of dies.

The background uses 3 die cuts of Night of Navy using the coordinating Swirly Scribbles dies… to adhere them to the card base I did add some Multi-Purpose Adhesive sheet to the back of the card stock before die cutting, but you could use liquid glue to get the same effect.

Don’t forget to check out the other Kid’s Card inspiration over at Inspire.Create.Challenge, and create your own and share it with us there too!

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141749]

£23.00

Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

[141497]

£25.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£8.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

£8.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

£33.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147110]

£7.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147145]

£7.00

Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147118]

£7.00

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

[144106]

£9.25

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Hannah McCurley

13th June 201810th June 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenges #020 | Sketch Challenge with Rooted in Nature

How to make a pretty thank you card with a tree from Rooted in Nature from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenges #020 Sketch Challenge with Rooted in Nature

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fun and fabulous sketch challenge! You can check the challenge and the other Design Team Members projects out over at Inspire.Create.Challenges

Ok, so I have a confession… this is the second card I made for this challenge (I plan to share the other one with you on Saturday!)… but this one is my favourite! This happens to me often, when I make a card for an occasion, go away, fall out of love with it and make something else! I’m sure I’m not the only person this happens to!

I do have a bit of an obsession with the Rooted in Nature bundle…. but I’m not apologising for sharing it with you! This bundle HAS to be one of my top picks from the new Stampin’ Up! 2018 Annual Catalogue!

This large tree in particular is one of my favourite pieces, along with it’s coordinating die! I’ve kept the colour combination simple; with Sahara Sand, Tranquil Tide and Whisper White.

The card is finished with a bow in Crumb Cake Nature’s Twine

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

£67.50

Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper

[146338]

£10.25

Nature’s Twine

[146342]

£8.25

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

£8.00

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

[144252]

£8.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147117]

£7.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147146]

£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!

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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Hannah McCurley

30th May 201828th May 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenges #019 | Grapefruit Grove Home Decor

Inspire.Create.Challenges In Colour Challenge using Grapefruit Grove and Share What You Love from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenges #019 Grapefruit Grove Home Decor

This week I am sharing a whole weeks worth of inspiration featuring the new Stampin’ Up! 2018-2020 In Colours… which happens to tie in quite nicely to this weeks Inspire.Create.Challenges Colour Challenge…

One of my most favourite times in the Stampin’ Up! calendar is the release of the new In-Colours…. and this year certainly did not disappoint! These 5 fun, bright colours are going to be awesome to use during the summer, and I can see some fabulous Christmas crafting coming with Call Me Clover too!

Today’s project is a fairly simple one… borne from the need to update my Office decor! I’ve had this frame in my craft room for a couple of years, I shared the original creation HERE…. but it was starting to look tired… and I could not pass up the chance to use the Exclusive Statement of the Heart stamp before it retires Tomorrow! The frame is THIS one from IKEA (I LOVE IKEA… don’t you?!)

Today is Grapefruit Grove day in my week long celebration of all things ‘In Colour’ and I just HAD to use this piece of the Share What You Love Designer Series Paper and the Statement of the Heart Stamp Set from the Share What You Love Bundles, along with some of the pieces from the Share What You Love Embellishment Kit, Pearlised Doilies and a hint of Vellum too!

This week I am sharing a daily PDF download of each project with my Email subscribers, feel free to subscribe HERE.

Do pop over to Inspire.Create.Challenges to see the work of the fabulous other members of the Design Team have made with these fun In-Colours…

Product List

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[146926]

£25.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

£6.50

Pearlized Doilies

[146936]

£4.25

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147142]

£7.00

Share What You Love Embellishment Kit

[146928]

£10.25

Nature’s Twine

[146342]

£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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Hannah McCurley

16th May 201813th May 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge 018 | Lemon Zest Sunshine Birthday Card

Inspire.Create.Challenge Card making Theme Challenge Lemon Zest Birthday Card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 018 Lemon Zest Sunshine Birthday Card

As we head towards summer here in the UK we are all hoping for some more Sunshine… but you know, you can always make your own! For me Sunshine says Bright colours and fun…. and I hope that my card for Inspire.Create.Challenges fits that brief!

It has been FAR too long since I pulled this stamp set off my Stamp Shelf! Lemon Zest is so fun… and it has a coordinating punch… but it’s one I have really struggled to use! So, this is a bit of a two part challenge for me this week, one, to make a card that says ‘Sunshine’ and two, to make something with this fabulous Stamp Set!

The card itself is Old Olive, with layers of Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White, a splatter of Old Olive ink… and then I’ve gone to town with circle dies!

It’s always really easy to forget what sentiments a theme’d stamp set like this contains… but how lovely is that Happy Birthday?

I cannot wait to see you ‘Sunshine’ cards over at Inspire.Create.Challenge, do check out the other Design Team inspiration too!

Product List

Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143808]

£18.00

Lemon Builder Punch

[143712]

£16.00

Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Bundle

[145360]

£30.50

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

£7.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers

[131259]

£27.50

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

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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Hannah McCurley

2nd May 201828th April 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge 017 | Share What You Love Sketch Challenge

Inspire.Create.Challenge 017 Sketch Challenge with Share What You Love from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 018 Share What You Love Sketch Challenge

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a sketch! I do LOVE a good sketch challenge, and while I’m sharing heaps of Share What You Love inspiration this week I thought I would continue to do that here too…

I’ve kept things simple again this week… as I made this project on Saturday afternoon… but using the Share What You Love Designer Series Paper you really don’t need to do much else! It’s simply stunning!

This is also the first time I’ve given you a peak at one of the new In-Colours here on the blog! This card features the brand new Grapefruit Grove, as well as one of the returning favourites; Mint Macaron (having a party to celebrate this one!). While it’s not a colour combination I think I’ll be reaching for often, I quite like it!

Don’t forget to head over to Inspire.Create.Challenge to see the creations from the rest of the Design Team, and to share your creations with us to!

Product List

Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148042]

£20.00

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[146926]

£25.00

Share What You Love A4 Cardstock Pack

[146346]

£8.00

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147142]

£7.00

Classic Stampin’ Pad Assortment In Color 2018-2020

[147153]

£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

18th April 201814th April 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge 016 | Farewell Dapper Denim…

Fine Tip Glue Techniques with Beautiful You from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 016 Farewell Dapper Denim…

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fun farewell to the 2016-2018 In-Colours… I cannot quite believe that we’ve had these for 2 years already! I thought as we bid these colours goodbye, I would update one of the projects I made to introduce them! You can find that blog post HERE!

These cards use one of my favourite techniques; Masking with Fine-Tip Glue. It’s super easy to do, but it does take a little time as the glue has to dry (and it’s better if you leave it overnight). Here I have stamped two of the images from the Beautiful You stamp set onto Very Vanilla Notecards, using Archival Basic Black ink (but staz-on would work just as well). Then use Fine-Tip glue to ‘colour in’ the stamped images, making sure to cover the area fully.

Once the glue is dried, you can then stamp over it. I’ve used Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach, Dapper Denim, and Emerald Envy, and one of the stamps from Touches of Texture. Where the glue is the ink won’t stick. Then, take a Stampin’ Sponge and sponge on more ink, making sure to wipe away the ink from the glue.

I can hear you asking why I haven’t used Flirty Flamingo… well, it’s one of the colours coming back as part of the Stampin’ Up! Colour Revamp! I am super excited about this, and will be sharing all of the details about that with you really soon!

Don’t forget to pop over to Inspire.Create.Challenges and see what the other members of the Design Team have created with these fabulous colours! And, if we have inspired you… why not share your makes with us over there too…

Product List

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

£25.00

Very Vanilla Note Cards & Envelopes

[144236]

£5.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

£6.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Touches Of Texture Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143251]

£30.00

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141394]

£6.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

£6.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

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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