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Inspire.Create.Challenge #091 | Sweet Strawberry Sketch!

This week’s Inspire.Create is a fun sketch. Pop over to the blog to see the sketch, as well as the other fabulous Design Team creations. While I do love a sketch, I also love to change things up a bit, and so I used this sketch as more of a jumping off point than a recipe!

Watercolour Thank you card using Sweet Strawberry from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

This watercoloured panel has been sat on my desk for a few weeks, just waiting for the right project. It uses the Sweet Strawberry stamp set, stamped in Stazon and watercoloured in Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Fresh Freshia and Balmy Blue.

Watercolour Thank you card using Sweet Strawberry from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Because the stamped panel is such a feature, I chose to keep the rest of the card super simple, and added the heat embossed sentiment on black card stock to pick up on the black stamping.

Pop over to the Inspire.Create blog and add your own creations this week!

Product List


Sweet Strawberry Photopolymer Stamp Set
[154394]
£17.00
Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock
[147007]
£8.25
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
[149612]
£8.25
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
[101406]
£9.25
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad
[147050]
£7.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
[147094]
£7.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
[147095]
£7.00
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad
[155611]
£7.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad
[147105]
£7.00
Water Painters
[151298]
£11.25
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
[121688]
£8.25
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£8.75
Basics Embossing Powders
[155554]
£17.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #090 | Home Decor with Pansy Patch

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge theme is ‘Home Decor’, something that I don’t often venture into with my paper crafting to be honest. However, I do love a bit of decorating and accessorising my home, and when I do push myself to make something, it always makes me happy when I look at it.

I have been having a great time playing with the Pansy Patch suite from the new Stampin’ Up! Annual catalogue, and one of the cards in the catalogue really caught my eye. So, this is a CASE (copy and selectively edit) project of one in the new catalogue. I think it works well in a frame, what do you think?

The pansy’s are stamped using several stamps, but they are super easy to line up and create wonderfully lifelike blooms.

The large flower is stamped in Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Bumblebee (stamped off), Calypso Coral and Blackberry Bliss. While the smaller one is Polished Pink (stamped off), Polished Pink, Calypso Coral and Bumblebee. The leaves are Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen.

The Designer Series Paper is from the coordinating paper pack, and I added a layer of vellum embossed using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder.

The ‘Smile’ sentiment is from another stamp set, Lovely You, and is stamped in Evening Evergreen onto a scrap of Soft Seafoam card stock.

The piece is finished with a couple of the Bumblebee trinkets, which did mean I couldn’t put the glass in the frame, but I think I can live with that!

Pop over to the Inspire.Create blog for more Home Decor inspiration and to add your own creations too.

Product List


Pansy Patch Bundle (English)
[155674]
£47.50
Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[155807]
£10.75
White Vellum A4 Card Stock
[106584]
£9.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock
[159228]
£9.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad
[147101]
£7.00
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad
[155670]
£7.00
Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad
[153116]
£7.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad
[147092]
£7.00
Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad
[155712]
£7.00
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad
[155778]
£7.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad
[155576]
£7.00
Stitched So Sweetly Dies
[151690]
£30.00
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock
[147012]
£8.25
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock
[147012]
£8.25
Bumblebee Trinkets
[155568]
£7.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #089 | Brushed Blooms Just Because

This weeks Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fabulous opportunity to use some really bold colours! I love colour, its one of the reasons I love Stampin’ Up! but these 4 in combination are a little bright, even for me!

However, I decided to embrace the bright, and keep the rest of the card super simple. I have shared a few projects using the Brushed Blooms bundle this week, I absolutely love it! It’s such a shame its not carrying forward into the new Annual catalogue.

This card is completed with a sentiment from Brushed Blooms and a die cut layered flower from the coordinating die set.

Pop over to the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog to check out the other Design Teams ideas with this bright colour combo, and to share your own creations

Product List


Brushed Blooms Bundle
[156231]
£46.75
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
[121688]
£8.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock
[159228]
£9.00
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad
[147096]
£7.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
[147095]
£7.00
Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad
[153117]
£7.00
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad
[147093]
£7.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
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Inspire.Create.Challenge 088 | Cardmaking Inspiration using Tasteful Touches

So, today’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is to use a card by the lovely Jo Blackman as inspiration. Jo’s card uses some fabulous pieces of Designer Series Paper, but I’m currently in a ‘need a quick card in a hurry’ phase of crafting, and so instead of cutting all that paper, I found some paper with a similar printed effect instead!

Quick and simple card using the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Again I’ve reached for In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, which I am so happy to see is staying with us into the new catalogue! I am loving all the textures in this paper at the moment and I think it makes some really interesting projects

Inspire.Create.Challenge card using In Good Taste DSP from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The sentiment is from Tasteful Touches, and is die cut from the coordinating Tasteful Labels dies

Do hop over to Inspire.Create for some more cardmaking inspiration

Product List


Tasteful Touches Bundle (English)
[154098]
£45.00
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper
[152494]
£20.00
Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride
[131287]
£8.25
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
[147110]
£7.00
Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon
[151326]
£7.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #087 | In Good Taste

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah! I’ve been a bit quiet recently. I had all the good intentions at the start of March to get back into regular content, but then it all went a bit strange, and my craft room was forgotten for a few weeks.

However, I was a little bit organised, and already had this card made ready for this week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge, so yay for me 3 weeks ago!

This weekends challenge is a sketch, and I love what the rest of the Design Team have created with it. Do pop over to the Inspire.Create blog to check them out and leave them all some love.

I’ve pulled out the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper for this one, I just love the textures. However, when I checked the inventory on this on Friday it was low in stock, and retiring, so do be quick if you don’t want to miss it!

The Tasteful Touches however, and the coordinating Tasteful Labels dies are both carrying forward to the new catalogue! Yay!

I’m not usually madly keen on fussy cutting, but I couldn’t resist cutting that flower… and then the sentiment just sort of happened to! It took a little while, but I totally think it was worth it this time!

Product List


Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
[153086]
£8.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock
[159228]
£9.00
Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock
[150888]
£8.25
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper
[152494]
£20.00
Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English)
[152562]
£21.00
Tasteful Labels Dies
[152886]
£29.00
Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder
[152718]
£8.25
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
[153118]
£7.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£8.75
White Stampin' Emboss Powder
[109132]
£5.50
Paper Snips
[103579]
£9.25
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #087 | Fun with Brushed Blooms

Do you ever buy a stamp set, and then are so intimidated by it that it sits unused? Brushed Blooms is one of those stamp sets for me; I absolutely love the painted effect florals, and brush strokes, but could I find a way to use it? Nope! So, I took this weeks Inspire.Create.Challenge as an excuse to get it inky, and I really like the result.

I have to admit that I also did a fair bit of Pinterest scrolling before making this card too, and so there is some other external inspiration.

The colour combination here is really classic; Crumb Cake, Night of Navy and Basic White. So pretty! and the card was really simple and quick to put together.

I am loving using those Stitched Rectangle at the moment and so they had to make an appearance on this card too.

The theme this time for Inspire.Create is Anything Goes! So, why not hope over and add your latest creation for us to see!

See you soon

Product List


Brushed Blooms Bundle
[156231]
£46.75
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock
[106577]
£8.25
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
[121685]
£8.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock
[159228]
£9.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock
[159228]
£9.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
[147110]
£7.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
[147116]
£7.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies
[151820]
£33.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
[144220]
£4.75
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #083 | Quick and Easy birthday with Darling Donkeys

Hi all! Gosh, it’s been a mad couple of weeks. Poor baby boy had to have his 8 week vaccinations, and that’s basically had me sat on the sofa cuddling him for the past week, leaving me with no time to craft. However, I did manage to find 10 minutes a couple of weekends ago to have a quick colour of the fabulously fun Darling Donkeys for this weeks Inspire.Create.Challenge.

The theme this time around is ‘Cute Critters’ and we have so many in the Stampin’ Up! catalogues at the moment, I can’t wait to see what you all come up with.

This Donkey is stamped in Memento Black ink, and coloured using both Light and Dark Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends, with a hint of Dark Mossy Meadow and Dark Poppy Parade for that rose.

Darling Donkeys is one of the current Sale-a-bration stamp sets, and is available for free when you spend £45 before the end of February.

I’ve paired this chap with some of the new Colour Family Designer Series Paper in Gray Granite. This paper will be available in the next Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue, or you can get it now if you grab a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit.

Do check out the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog for more inspiration and to add your own Critter Creations!

Product List


Darling Donkeys Cling Stamp Set
[155264]
£0.00
Gray Granite A4 Cardstock
[147008]
£8.25
Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[152485]
£10.75
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[154904]
£8.50
Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[148547]
£8.50
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
[147275]
£8.50
Stitched Nested Labels Dies
[149638]
£33.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #076 | In the Garden with Painted Poppies

Hello! So, this week’s inspire.create.challenge is a theme, and we’ve got a bit of a spin on floral, in that the theme is Garden. I will admit I’ve gone down a bit of a floral route with Painted Poppies, and possibly more meadow than Garden, but I really like this fairly simple card design.

With Sympathy card using Painted Poppies from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The Poppies are stamped in Memento Black ink, which is my absolute favourite Black ink ever I think. It’s so crisp, and a true black tone, plus its great to use with Stampin’ Blends, which is what I have done here. The Poppies are coloured with both light and dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend pens. Instead of laying down a flat colour, I’ve added the colour in dots which gives this lovely textured look.

Stampin' Blends and Painted Poppies card using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

The bottom edge is a cut die, cut from Basic Black card stock, such a pretty finish.

Pop over to the Inspire.Create blog to check out more Garden inspired projects and to add your own creations too!

Product List


Painted Poppies Cling Stamp Set
[151599]
£21.00
Painted Labels Dies
[151605]
£33.00
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock
[121694]
£8.25
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
[121688]
£8.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
[147275]
£8.50
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #073 | Fancy Fold

Hello! Gosh, I didn’t mean to miss Inspire.Create.Challenge a fortnight ago, but if you saw my Facebook Live last week you’ll know that I might have broken my wrist! As it turns out now, I don’t think it is broken (they didn’t X-ray me at the time), but two weeks in a splint has definitely been worth it because now it’s feel much better.

Anyway, this week’s challenge is Fancy Fold. And once again I sat and stared at the challenge image for ages! I set these challenges, they are all my fault, but when it comes around to actually making something my brain switches off!

But, a fancy fold card I did make! I love this style of card, it’s one I use fairly often for birthdays and special occasions.

Playing with Patterns Z Fold happy Birthday card using Stampin' Up! Playful Alphabet dies with StampinByHannah

Fancy Fold Measurements;

This fun Z fold is so easy to create;

Night of Navy card stock; 14.8 x 21 cm, Scored on the long side at 4.5 and 10.5 cm

Whisper White card stock; 4 x 14.4 cm, 6 x 14.4 cm, and 10 x 14.4cm

Playing with Patterns Designer Series Paper; 3.5 x 13.8 cm, 5 x 13.8 cm, and 5 x 13.8 cm

The circles are taken from the Layering Circles dies, and Stitched Shapes dies. I really like that stitched edge, it just adds a nice finishing touch to a boring circle!

Z fold card using Playing with Patterns from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The sentiment is in two parts. The stamp is from Well Said, where the die cut letters are part of the same suite as the Designer Series Paper; Playing with Patterns. I love this die set, Playful Alphabet, it’s got some handy duplicate letters too! Personally, I would recommend the new Adhesive sheets with them though, as they can be a bit fiddly to stick down!

I would LOVE it if you would pop over to the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog, the Design Team have made some fabulous Fancy Folds to inspire you. Also, you can add your own creations to the blog post there too!

Product List


Playing With Patterns Suite Collection
[154137]
£77.25
Playing With Patterns 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[152490]
£10.75
Playful Alphabet Dies
[152706]
£32.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock
[106577]
£8.25
Purple Posy A4 Cardstock
[150887]
£8.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
[147110]
£7.00
Well Said Cling Stamp Set
[148796]
£42.00
Layering Circles Dies
[151770]
£33.00
Stitched Shapes Dies
[152323]
£28.00
Adhesive Sheets
[152334]
£9.25
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #070 | Watercolour with Ornate Style!

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fun colour combination (although it did hurt my head a little bit trying to come up with a card this week!).

Inspire.Create.Challenge cardmaking colour challenge Stampin' Up! Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana

I’d been in my craft room for a while before I managed to make this card. I’d been trying to sort out my catalogues ready to post, and had YouTube on in the background, and I’m sure whichever card maker I was “watching” did something with watercolour. And so that sort of led me to create this;

watercolour Thank you card using Ornate Style from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This pretty floral stamp is from the Ornate Style Stamp set, our sneaky peak of the new Annual catalogue. Here I’ve stamped it in Versamark onto Watercolour Paper and heat embossed it with clear powder before watercolouring it with the colours from the challenge.

Pretty floral watercolour card using Ornate Garden from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I wanted to keep the sentiment pretty simple, leaving the focus on the watercolouring. The ‘Thanks’ is taken from the other stamp set in the Ornate Garden Suite, Ornate Thanks. It is simply stamped onto a flag of Vellum with Night of Navy ink. I did leave this to dry for several hours before adding it to the card.

Do pop over to the Inspire.Create Blog to check out what the rest of the Design Team have been creating with this fun colour combination, and add your own makes too!

Product List


Ornate Garden Suite Collection (English)
[154153]
£127.75
Ornate Style Cling Stamp Set
[152572]
£20.00
Ornate Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[149471]
£17.00
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
[149612]
£8.25
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£8.75
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder
[109130]
£5.50
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
[147110]
£7.00
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad
[147091]
£7.00
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad
[147097]
£7.00
White Vellum A4 Card Stock
[106584]
£9.25
Banner Triple Punch
[138292]
£22.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock
[106577]
£8.25
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