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Make It Monday | Coffee Break Box Tutorial

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Cute Box using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Coffee Break Box Tutorial

Make It Monday

Hello! Happy Monday! If you are anything like me your day has to start with one thing… COFFEE! right?! Actually, if I’m working my day job, I don’t have my first coffee until about 2 hours after I get up (half 5 is just too early, even for coffee!) but if I’m having a crafty day in my home office coffee happens much earlier! Actually I currently have a bit of an obsession with my Tassimo machine, and the Costa Latte’s… although I am sure that they are doing nothing for my waistline!

Quick and fun Box tutorial using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

Aren’t these adorable?! I am just LOVING that Designer Series Paper. So much so that it forms a large part of the cards we are making in Stamp of the Month Club this month!

Measurements:

Card stock; 6-1/2 x 6-1/2″ (16 x 16 cm)

Score on the 1st side at; 2, 3, 5 and 6″ (5, 7.5, 12.5, and 15 cm)

Score on the 2nd side at; 1, 5 and 6″ (2.5, 12.5 and 15 cm)

Designer Series Paper

2 pieces at 1-3/4 x 3-3/4″ (4.5 x 9.5 cm)

2 pieces at 3/4 x 3-3/4″ (2 x 9.5 cm)

How to make a fun milk carton top box using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I can’t decide if my favourite part of this box is the Gold Library clip, or the Corrugated oval, both are just so cute! This box would be perfect for some individual coffee sachets, or a pack of those breakfast biscuits, and I am sure you could find HEAPS of uses for it too! Let me know what you put in yours in the comments section below

Product List

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Coffee Break A4 Cardstock Pack

£7.25

Corrugated Elements

£3.25

Gold Library Clips

£5.50

Simply Scored

£27.00

Classic Label Punch

£16.00

All Things Thanks Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Make It Monday | Petal Palette Team Swap Card

Petal Palette Just Because card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Petal Palette Team Swap Card

Make It Monday

On of the many joys of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is being part of a team, a group of like-minded people, sharing crafting and stamping. I absolutely LOVE being a part of the team. One of the things we do when we get together for events is swap… we each make a stack of the same card (or box, bag, notebook, or other crafty project) and then swap our project for others that other people have made. They are a great way of getting a heap of inspiration very quickly! Well, we recently held a postal swap for new catalogue inspiration, all coordinated by my lovely friend Amanda Charlesworth.

Make It Monday Petal Palette Team Swap card using Stampin' Up! products

I love creating cards with lots of White Space, particularly when making for swaps as it keeps things simple and nice and easy to mass produce. I did only make 6 of these, but it would have been just as easy to whip up a bigger batch.

I have been really enjoying the Petal Palette stamp and die bundle. You can buy the stamps and the dies separately, BUT I would suggest buying them together as you save 10%. I am such a sucker for a good font, and this stamp set not only has a great font, but really useful sentiments too.

How to use a blender pen with Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

If you would like to join in with our next Team Swap, and join my fabulous and growing team of Stampin’ Friends, you can… and now is a great time to do it as Stampin’ Up! have an awesome joining offer on during Sale-a-bration. You can find all the Sale-a-bration joining info on THIS Sale-a-bration Spotlight post, or if you have any questions do check out my Joining FAQ’s.

Ready to join… You can sign up right HERE!

Product List

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle

£56.50

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£32.00

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

£31.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

£14.50

Blender Pens

£10.75

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Versamark Pad

£7.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Basic Black Metallic Thread

£2.75

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Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Men’s Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin’ Up!

How to Make a quick and easy mens card video tutorial using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Quick and Easy Men’s Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday

I have a quick and easy card for you today. One of the ways that I maintain my crafty mojo is by CASing (Copy and Selectively Edit!) and today I have CASE’d the Stampin’ Up! catalogue. The catalogue actually used to be called an idea book… and that is exactly how I use it. My catalogue is constantly in use, its always open on either my crafty desk or my office one, looking for ideas.

How to Make a quick and easy mens card video tutorial using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

Ok, so this card uses Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Write Markers to selectively colour the sentiment stamp. I LOVE doing this, and have done it quite a bit recently. There are a couple of things to remember when you’re stamping with Stampin’ Write Markers

  • Use the side of the brush tip to colour your stamp
  • Use the lightest colour of marker first, and work to the darkest (particularly if your colouring a stamp where the ink colours will touch) to avoid your dark inks contaminating your lighter markers
  • Get plenty of ink onto your stamp; colour each part of the image several times, and colour in different directions to prevent a streaky looking stamped image
  • Stampin’ Write Markers use the same ink as your Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink Pads and are water-based, so the ink WILL dry on your stamp. Re-activate your ink before you stamp by breathing on it.

I love my Stampin’ Write Markers SO much that I have a fabulous Stampin’ Write Marker Club… this club gets your all 38 markers over 4 months and comes complete with a handy case to store them in too! You can find all the information about club HERE!

Make It Monday Men's Card Stampin' Up! Catalogue Case using Truly Tailored

I have another fabulous video exclusively for my Newsletter Subscribers today… you can subscribe using the Pink bar at the top of the page or the form in sidebar 🙂

Product List

Truly Tailored Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Truly Tailored Clear-Mount Bundle

£30.50

True Gentleman Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock

£7.25

True Gentleman A4 Cardstock Pack

£7.25

Night Of Navy 3/8" (1 Cm) Corduroy Ribbon

£7.25

Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers

£22.00

2016-2018 In Color Stampin' Write Markers

£13.50

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Make It Monday | Fun Heart Happiness Card

How to Make a cute card using Heart Happiness from Stampin' Up! with Video Tutorial

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Fun Heart Happiness Card

Make It Monday

This week I have a whole week of Love themed projects and a whole heap of Valentines inspiration. Today’s card is one you might recognise from Saturday, but I loved it so much that I just HAD to make a video!

How to Make a cute card using Heart Happiness from Stampin' Up! with Video Tutorial

I can’t decide which is my favourite version of this card; the Night of Navy and Gold, or this Fresh Fig and Silver (I am a purple and silver girl at heart!). My favourite part of this card is the Glimmer paper Amazing! I am in LOVE with this die so much… It’s taken from the Celebrate You Thinlits dies, which you can find as part of Sale-a-bration. Have you checked out the Sale-a-bration goodies yet? They are totally awesome! There are two tiers of products this year; Level 1 items can be chosen as your Free gift when you place a £45 order, while Level 2 items (which is what this die is) can be picked as your Free gift when you place a £90 order.

There is a fair bit of Heat Embossing on this card. I will admit I have a bit of a heat embossing addiction at the moment (Did you see my January Facebook Live… ALL the cards had Heat Embossing!). This is one of those WOW techniques for me, I just can’t help be totally memorised by watching a dull looking powder turn into shine-y loveliness! I do have a couple of Heat Embossing top tips:

  • Use your Embossing Buddy! – This is one of those items that you never buy because pretty stamps take priority right?! but seriously, this thing is amazing… rub it across your card stock before you start, and it stops the powder sticking where it shouldn’t
  • Take your Embossing Powders out of the tiny pots! – I store my Embossing Powders in larger tubs, it stops me making such a mess!
  • Get your Heat Tool good and hot before you start trying to melt your powders … it stops your card stock warping quite so much

Make It Monday How to create a quick and easy Heart Happiness card using Sale-a-bration goodies from Stampin' Up!

Ok, so that is my card for today. I have a super cute card for you tomorrow, so please do check back! Oh, and have you signed up for my emails yet…. I have a fabulous card for my subscribers today too!

Product List

Heart Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set

£15.00

Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£0.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

£0.00

Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Versamark Pad

£7.75

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Silver Glimmer Paper

£4.50

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

£6.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

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Make It Monday | Body Shop Self Closing Bag Tutorial

Make It Monday Video Tutorial How to Make a Self Closing Bag using Stampin' Up! Products

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Body Shop Self Closing Bag Tutorial

Make It Monday

It was my Birthday a few weeks ago, and one of my Sister-in-Laws (I am not giving my brother any credit for any presents ever again!) gave me a whole bunch of Body Shop goodies. One of the things she gave me was some gorgeous hand cream, and I just HAD to make a cute bag for it!

Make It Monday Cut Self Closing Bag Tutorial using Just Add Colour Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

This Self Closing bag is really simple to make. However, I did manage to get in wrong the first time… using the wrong blade on my trimmer to trim rather than score my Designer Series Paper! #fail!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper: 6 x 4 1/2″ (15 x 12 cm)

Score on the SHORT side at 2 and 4″ (5 and 10 cm)

Score on the LONG side at 1″ (2.5 cm) on the side that you want to be at the bottom of your bag

Put your Designer Series Paper into your Simple Scored with the SHORT side at the top, and the skinny strip before the score line, at the top… and score at  1 1/2 and 3 1/2 inches (or 4.5 and 9.5 cm)

Make It Monday Video Tutorial How to Make a Self Closing Bag using Stampin' Up! Products

Aren’t they cute?!

Product List

Just Add Color Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.50

Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack

£9.00

All Things Thanks Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Everyday Label Punch

£16.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Twine Baker's Whisper White

£2.75

Simply Scored

£27.00

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Make It Monday | Birthday Card Week!

Make It Monday How to make a quick and simple birthday card using Picture Perfect Party Designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Birthday Card Week!

StampinByHannah Independent Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Birthday Card week

Ok, so last Friday was my birthday… but one day isn’t long enough to celebrate is it?! So, this week I have a WHOLE WEEK of fabulous birthday inspiration for you! Today’s card is super simple, but the Designer Series Paper is just so stunning that it’s such a shame to cover it up!

Make It Monday How to make a quick and simple birthday card using Picture Perfect Party Designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!This Designer Series Paper is special, it features actual photographs of fabulous birthday images; confetti, cookies, donuts, party hats and more! The Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper features in this year’s StampinByHannah Birthday Card Club. Club sign up’s close on Sunday 14th January. You can find all the details over on the Birthday Card Club Page.

So, I have kept this card super simple with a piece of that fabulous Designer Series Paper, and a simple Heat Embossed Sentiment. Quick and Easy for those times you need a card in a hurry!

Make It Monday How to make a quick and simple birthday card using Picture Perfect Party Designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

Have you checked out the Sale-a-bration Freebies yet?

Sale-a-bration is the biggest event of the Stampin’ Up! year… so far we have 13 fabulous FREE items to earn when you spend £45, and I know that there will be some more coming in February too. Which one is your favourite?

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2018

Product List

Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

£15.00

Picture Perfect Party 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

£9.00

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Versamark Pad

£7.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

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12 Days of Giftaways (Day 7) | Make It Monday with Picture Perfect Birthday

Make It Monday Video Tutorial How to use a cardmaking sketch with Picture Perfect Birthday from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah 12 Days of Giftaways (Day 7) Make It Monday with Picture Perfect Birthday

Make It Monday

Hello! Happy New Year!

It is Day 7 of my 12 Days of Giftaways today, you can find all the details at the end of this blog post. However, it is also Monday… which of course means it is time for a Make It Monday video tutorial!

I have a special video for you today… after my blog post last Wednesday for Inspire.Create.Challenges. I had already made two cards with the current sketch challenge, and I shared my tips for using a sketch last week, but I wanted to share my process with you too.

Make It Monday Inspire.Create.Challenges Sketch Challenge using Coffee Cafe from Stampin' Up!

This card was the first card I made with THIS sketch… and although I like it, the card I shared with the Inspire.Create.Challenges Design Team is my favourite of the bunch! This is also the first card I have made with the Coffee Cafe Stamp set and coordinating Coffee Cups framelits.

When I first saw / Designed the sketch I saw Embossing paste in the top horizontal piece. Embossing Paste is a great way of adding that little something extra to your cards, a bit of extra dimension and some texture. I coloured it here using a drop of Crumb Cake reinker, for a tone on tone effect, but you can leave it white for something a little bolder.

Cute Friendship Coffee card using Coffee Cafe from Stampin' Up!

The white splatter on this card was created by mixing a drop of Whisper White Craft Ink Re-inker with water on an Aqua-painter, then banging the painter off a pen to create splatter… I LOVE doing this but it does make a bit of a mess. I made some Christmas tags at the last minute last week and did the same thing… and managed to cover my desk, tool caddy, phone and myself in White splatter!

Ok, so the card I made on the video uses the Picture Perfect Birthday Stamp Set and coordinating Designer Series Paper. This stamp set features in my 2018 Birthday Card Club … Club sign ups are closing really soon (7th January!) so sign up this week to grab your place!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial How to use a cardmaking sketch with Picture Perfect Birthday from Stampin' Up!

I kept this simpler for this card, letting that Designer Series Paper do all the talking! The Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper features some fabulous photo-real birthday images as well as some really fun generic patterns in fun colour combinations!

12 Days of Giftaways…

We have reached Day 7 of my 12 Days of Giftaways today…I LOVE being able to give you something special when you shop… and I have some special things coming in the new year! So, as my Christmas gift to you I have a special gift for each person who shops over £45 for the next 12 days. Each day has a different gift, and you don’t need to worry about adding the Code Club Code (although please do to receive your January Card Kit!).

StampinByHannah 12 Days of Giftaways featuring Stampin' Up! goodies!

Fine Print; This is not a competition and there is NO single winner, all customers WILL receive a gift. Please do not add it to your order, (unless of course you want duplicates!) as I will be sending this separately with your usual Customer Thank You pack….

All Thank You Gift Packs will be posted after the 12 Deals of Christmas have finished.

Product List

Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

£15.00

Picture Perfect Party 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

£9.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Coffee Café Photopolymer Bundle

£41.25

Embossing Paste

£7.25

Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill

£8.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

£3.50


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Make It Monday | Fold Flat Giftbag

Make It Monday Fold Flat Giftbag Tutorial using Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Fold Flat Giftbag

Make It Monday

I have a super cute video tutorial for you today! One of my favourite Christmas traditions is planning my gift wrapping, and these would make really sweet gift wrap for a special present.

Make It Monday Fold Flat Giftbag Tutorial using Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!These are super quick and simple to make… even the video is only 6 minutes long! I have used the Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper for both of these bags. This paper really did not shout ‘buy me’ when I saw it in the catalogue, but I got a sample in a Paper Share (more on those coming soon!) and feel in love with some of the B sides! It is always worth remembering that there are two sides to a piece of paper.

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper; 12 x 6″ (30.5 x 15 cm)

Score on the long side at 5-1/2 and 11″ (14 and 28 cm)

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

Make It Monday Fold Flat Giftbag Tutorial using Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I grab two stamp sets for the sweet tags on these bags. The black bag has a tag using Christmas Pines, while the green one uses You’re So Sweet. Both bags are closed with one of my MUST HAVE products, the Gold Library Clips. Right, I’m off to buy more clips! See you again tomorrow for more fun Stampin’ Up! projects

Stampin' Up! End of Year Sale

Product List

Pick A Pattern Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

£31.50

You're So Sweet Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Gold Library Clips

£5.50

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

£21.00

Simply Scored

£27.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

£9.00

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Make It Monday | Painted Harvest Customer Thank you’s

Make It Monday Customer Thank You Cards using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Painted Harvest Customer Thank you’s

Make It Monday

Every month I send Thank you cards and gifts to my customers, and November was no exception! I was hoping to get these out to everyone on Wednesday last week, but due to circumstances out of my control they only hit the Post Office on Friday. So, I hope that they arrived over the weekend, or that the Postman delivers them today.

Make It Monday Customer Thank You Cards using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

This month’s Customer Thank you cards using the December Stamp of the Month Club set Painted Harvest. I am over the moon that this stamp set is carrying over into next year.

My Thank You packets always include a hand stamped card, and a treat too. Then, if you shop using the Code Club Code Thank You packets also include a fun Card Kit to make 4 fabulous cards too! Starting from December 2017, I have a free online Card Class each month Live on my Facebook Page, using the Code Club Code means that you get the card kit for the cards we make in class. You can find the December Class HERE!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Painted Harvest Thank You Cards using Stampin' Up! products

Before I go, I just want to let you know about this  fabulous offer going on today….

Stampin' Up! FREE SHIPPING

Product List

Painted Harvest Photopolymer Bundle

£30.00

Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set

£19.00

Leaf Punch

£14.50

Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Clear Faceted Gems

£4.50

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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

Make It Monday

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!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Stampin' Up! Be Merry Kit Tips and Tricks

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!

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

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…

Be Merry Kit alternative ideas using Stampin' Up! products

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…

Be Merry Kit alternative ideas using Stampin' Up! products

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!

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza Free Shipping

Product List

Be Merry Kit

£17.75

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

£6.25

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive Refill

£4.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

£3.75

Paper Snips Scissors

£9.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

£31.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator