Make It Monday | Explosion Bag Video Tutorial using Foil Frenzy from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Explosion Bag using Foil Frenzy from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Explosion Bag Video Tutorial using Foil Frenzy from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday

Welcome to this week’s Make It Monday! I spotted this project MONTHS ago on Pinterest and just HAD to have a go at making one myself! These cute bags are super easy to do, with just a single sheet of 6 x 6″ card stock or Designer Series Paper and no cutting! Awesome!

Make It Monday How to make a no cut no stick bag using patterned paper

Aren’t they cute?!

Before I explain how to make these, I do have to add about this Designer Series Paper. It. Is. Stunning! Beautiful Foiled kraft heavy weight paper, that coordinated with Stampin’ Up! colours. Yes Please! Foil Frenzy Designer Series Paper is counted in a Speciality DSP, because of the foiling, but it is also thicker which makes it perfect for this project. I am sure that you could use standard weight Designer Series Paper too, but this paper holds a shape beautifully!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 6 x 6″ (15 x 15 cm)

Score at 2 and 4″ (5 and 10 cm) on the 1st side, rotate by 90 degrees and repeat

This will have created a sort of grid, diagonally score the squares in the corners of your Designer Series Paper from the corner of the paper to the point with the horizontal and vertical score lines cross. Repeat on all 4 corners

Mark the halfway point on two of the sides (opposite each other) and use this to create two scored triangles in the side centre squares

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Explosion Bag using Foil Frenzy from Stampin' Up!

These bags are held closed with a circle die cut from the Stitched Shapes Framelits, and a couple of Neodymium magnets (worth a search on eBay if you don’t have some in your crafty stash! I think mine were only a couple of pounds with postage). The magnets are simply held in place with a glue dot and work really well to hold the bag closed, but you could use a hook and eye dot (not saying the brand name!) or piece a couple of holes and use some pretty ribbon.

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Make It Monday | Cute Coffee Break…

Make It Monday Cute pockets using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday | Cute Coffee Break…

Make It Monday

Welcome to Make It Monday! After a weekend away with some of my Stampin’ Sisters I think I might need a bucket of coffee this morning! I made these adorable packets for my October Customer gifts, I hope that by now they have arrived with everyone and I can safely share them with you!

Make It Monday Cute pockets using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

These use the GORGEOUS Coffee Break Designer Series Paper… I grabbed this as part of the recent Designer Series Paper sale, and now I know that I NEED to get the stamp set too! I mean… self confessed coffee addict over here and I don’t have a coffee themed stamp set?! Something wrong there I think!

Measurements:

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper – 5 x 4-1/2″ (12.5 x 11 cm)

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

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Coffee Break Customer Gifts using Stampin' Up! stamps

This Designer Series Paper actually matches some of the dies in the coordinating die set, Coffee Cups Framelits. However, I fussy cut these cups myself.

The stamp is taken from Merry Little Labels (seriously, cannot get enough of this set!) and punched out with the Everyday Label punch.

Stampin' Up! Code Club Stampin' Rewards Hostess Club November 2017

Use the Code Club Code this month to get a FREE Stamp Set! This month I am so excited to be able to send you all a copy of the Seasons of Whimsy Stamp set… which is a Hostess Exclusive from the Autumn Winter catalogue! Just add the Code at checkout to bag your copy! These will be sent directly from me at the beginning of December.

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Make it Monday | 2 Step Stampin’ with Good Tidings

Make It Monday video tutorial how to make a fabulous Christmas card using 2 step stamping and Good Tidings from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make it Monday | 2 Step Stampin’ with Good Tidings from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday

Welcome to Make It Monday! I have two blog posts coming to you today… because I have a fabulous club launching this afternoon (and this project is quite a big sneaky peak!).

I have been playing around with the Good Tidings stamp set for ages! You guys know I’m such a sucker for a technique, and 2 step stampin is certainly one of my favourites. I just love being about to create a fun, detailed, multi-coloured image quickly and easily…. and for that, this stamp set is Perfect!

Make It Monday 2 Step Stamping with Good Tidings from Stampin' Up!

This card uses an unusual colour combination… and not one that you might think of when making your Christmas projects! But I really LOVE the effect when the colours are layered together.

The leaves and berries both use 2 stamps to create this image, and while they are detailed they are easy enough to line up… and even if you’re a little off, it still looks pretty! The trick is to find parts of the two stamps that line up and match exactly. One the leaf stamps its the insides of the images, where there is a cut out for the berries. You could use a Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure perfect placement, but because these are photopolymer stamps and are therefore see-through it is not necessary.

Make It Monday video tutorial how to make a fabulous Christmas card using 2 step stamping and Good Tidings from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is also taken from the Good Tidings stamp set. Stamped and heat embossed in White onto a Basic Black die cut stitched circle. I did try something on the original card that I didn’t do in the video… and that was to add a hint of Whisper White craft ink with a sponge dauber for a chalkboard effect… I kinda like it! What do you think?

Because this card is on a Basic Black card base, I also created an inside layer to give you somewhere to write. The inside layer simply features a single holly leaf using the same colour combination as the front. I did make another card using Good Tidings a few weeks ago, which you can find HERE!

Make It Monday Good Tidings Christmas Card Inside using Stampin' Up! products

The card is finished with a trio of the Black Rhinestone Jewels… I cannot get enough of these! They are just so pretty.

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Make It Monday | Scissor Charm Matchbooks

Make It Monday Pootles Inspired Scissor Charm Matchbooks using Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday | Scissor Charm Matchbooks

Make It Monday

Happy Monday! I hope that you are well… it is that start of a fabulous new week here at StampinByHannah! I have a fantastic new Club coming tomorrow that I am SO excited about…. but first I have my Make It Monday video!

This week’s Make It Monday features the Thank You Gifts that I sent out to the ladies and gentlemen that shopped with me in September. Did you know that each month I make each customer a handmade card and a fun gift…. just as a special ‘Thanks’ for supporting me and my business. I sent my Thank You packs out at the start of the following month, usually about the second week of the month, just because I wait for my Code Club goodies to arrive from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday Pootles Inspired Scissor Charm Matchbooks using Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

These cute matchbooks use the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper which is currently available on Sale as part of the Designer Series Paper Buy 3 Get 1 Free deal (ends 31st October!). I am LOVING this Designer Series Paper… it is a collection of autumn toned pretty patterns, some sunflowers, some leaf prints, but mostly just really cool generic autumnal prints…. oh and its watercoloured (Yum!).

The Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper coordinated with the Painted Harvest stamp set, and the leaf punch which are also featured on this project…

Click the Link to be taken to the video 🙂

Measurements –

Early Espresso Card Stock – 14.8 x 5 cm (5 3/4 x 2″)

Score on the long edge at; 6 and 13 cm (2 1/4 and 5″)

Designer Series Paper – 4.5 x 4.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/4″)

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Scissor Charm Matchbooks using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

What’s inside… Scissor charms. Yes, that is charms for your scissors… the in shape of scissors! well… I was amused! These ones were found on eBay… just by searching ‘Scissor Charms’. I think they are really cute!

I hope they are already on your crafty scissors?!

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Make It Monday | Customer Thank You Cards using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday customer thank you cards using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Welcome to Make It Monday! I do hope that you’re Monday is fun and filled with lots of coffee (I think mine might be…. lots of coffee and lots of crafting planned for today!)…. I have a fun card project for you today.

Each and every month I spoil my customers with a handmade card and a fun little gift… plus some extras if you use the Code Club Code! And today’s project is the card I sent everyone that shopped with me in September.

Make It Monday video tutorial Fun Thank you card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

This card is a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) card of THIS card by Teneale Williams. It uses the gorgeous Oh So Eclectic stamp set and the coordinating Eclectic Layers dies. I almost used the Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper too… but I loved this patterned and it’s from Delightful Daisy instead!

https://youtu.be/D-8H6uLdhAk

This month there is a fabulous offer on on selected packs of Designer Series Paper. Buy 3 get 1 FREE…. I picked up a heap of paper last week, because, well, it would be rude not to right?! This offer runs through to the 31st October. I LOVE our Designer Series Paper! Not only because the patterns are gorgeous, but the quality is perfect, it is just thick enough that it doesn’t crack when you score it…. AND it matches the Stampin’ Up! ink colours for completely coordinated crafting!

Make It Monday customer thank you cards using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

These should have hit your letterboxes over the weekend… along with a cute little gift (more on that next Monday!)

See you again soon

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Make It Monday | Square Framelits Box with Lid

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Large Lidded Box using Birthday Blooms from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

I’ve had to have a bit of a shuffle around this week… as you may know I always (try) to work a few weeks ahead with my blog projects (gives me time for my life to fall apart around me and still get things made for you!) and so when I filled my planner with my projects and ideas for October I had planned to share my September Customer Thank You Cards with you today…. except that Stampin’ Up! released an AMAZING! offer last week which has sent the warehouse into a bit of a spin! This means that my Code Club gifts are stuck somewhere between Stockton on Tees and Germany…. and so I can’t share the cards I haven’t yet been able to send! So…. they will hopefully be filling this slot next week, and in the meantime I have a fabulous Video Tutorial for you…

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Large Lidded Box using Birthday Blooms from Stampin' Up!

I made this box a few weeks ago for a team training event…. which I am sure that you are all well and truly sick of me waffling on about now! but I wanted a fun 3D project for my display, and this was it!

The whole box is designed around the Layering Square Framelits and coordinating Stitched Shapes framelits. And while the original features the Birthday Blooms stamp set, with a hint of Touches of Texture in Island Indigo and Crumb Cake…. The video’d version is in Berry Burst and Smoky Slate

Measurements:

Box Base – 11 1/2 x 5 1/2″

Score on the long edge at 2 3/4, 5 1/2, 8 1/4 and 11″

Score on the short side at 2 3/4″

Box Lid – 3 13/16 x 3 13/16″ (sorry that this is such an odd measurement, but it makes sure that the lid fits snuggly!)

Score on all 4 sides at 1/2″

Make It Monday Large Box with Lid using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

While the original box uses the Fine Tip Glue Masking Technique the version in the tutorial video uses more traditional Embossed resist to create a pretty effect.

The snowflake stamp is taken from the Snowflake Sentiments…. I am loving this stamp and die bundle at the moment! Check out my Online Card Classes page tomorrow for a fun card class featuring this stamp set. Here it was heat embossed in clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder before I added Berry Burst ink with a sponge over the top. The clear embossing powder resists the ink and leaves a white snowflake showing through the bold pink!

Don’t forget that the Stampin’ Up! World Card Making Day Offers End TOMORROW! Grab a heap of great stamp sets for 15% off…..

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Make It Monday | Oh So Eclectic Layered Tag

Make It Monday Fun watercoloured tags using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Ok, so I have a confession to make…. I was supposed to film a video for Saturday about how to use the Embossing dies that come in the die set I’ve used today… but the end of last week was a bit of a disaster and I didn’t get to it… So, I will leave my top tips for using Embossing dies down at the bottom of this post instead. And I have managed to film 4 How To… videos for Saturday for the next 4 weeks already… I don’t really know how I missed this week! Oh Well…. on with today’s project!

Make It Monday Fun watercoloured tags using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

These sweet tags have been made with the Oh So Eclectic bundle from Stampin’ Up! You can find all the directions in the video below… but here are my top tips for using Embossing Dies.

There are 3 dies in the Eclectic Layers thinlits dies that don’t cut (and a couple more in the Build a Bike set too!). These dies are designed to be used the same as a cutting die, but rather than cut they leave an impression of the image instead.

  • Use your standard cutting sandwich in your Big Shot… Magnetic Platform and two standard cutting plates
  • Use a thicker card stock for a better impression… I like using Watercolour paper, Thick Whisper White or Thick Very Vanilla
  • Add Colour with a sponge or brayer after to enhance the embossing

https://youtu.be/oI116Ukmse8

The tags were created with a 2″ wide strip of Watercolour paper… main as this is the width of the Tag Topper Punch! With the embossing dies, a hint of watercolour and some die cuts this project was done in a flash… what is your favourite quick make? Share it with me over on my Facebook Page I would LOVE to see….

Before I go… I just wanted to remind you about my current Card Class… we are using the gorgeous Oh So Eclectic stamp set and die bundle, along with the Layered Leaves embossing folder and a heap of other goodies to make 10 totally individual cards…. you can find out more HERE!

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Make It Monday | Painted Harvest Thank You cards

Make It Monday

This weeks Make It Monday video is features my Thank You cards from August! I love sending a little something to every single person that chooses to shop with me, everyone receives a handmade thank you, and those that use the Code Club get an extra something too! You can always find my current Code Club Code in the sidebar of this blog, and I release a new one at the start of every month

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Painted Autumn Thank you card using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

This classy card uses the Painted Harvest suite from the new Autumn Winter catalogue. I still have a few copies of this catalogue left… do let me know if you want one! This suite includes the gorgeous Painted Harvest stamp set and the pretty Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper… both of which I have used on this card!

Measurements:

Card base – Crumb Cake – 29.7 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 14.85 cm

Very Vanilla Layer – 14.3 x 10 cm

Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper – 10 x 10 cm

Tranquil Tide Strip – 10.5 x 1 cm

Make it Monday video tutorial Customer Thank you card using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

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Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Santa’s Suit Cards

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Swap card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Last weekend I attended a Stampin’ Up! Team Training event…. and made two different swap cards. I shared THIS ONE last week, and have the second one to share with you today. Swaps are sample cards that we make for other demonstrators when we go to events, swapping is so much fun, and a great way to see lots of different ways of using our fabulous stamps! This particular event had organised swaps, where we signed up to make a few swaps on a particular theme…. hence why I have two different cards, because I signed up for a colour challenge swap as well as a Christmas themed one.

Make It Monday How to make a cute Christmas Card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up! Team Training Swap card

This card uses the Santa’s Suit stamp set…. which might just be my favourite Christmas Stamp set this year, it’s so cute… AND it comes with coordinating dies! Win! The Father Christmas is a two step stamp (another reason why I love this set!), the outline is one stamp, and then there is a second stamp to colour it in! No more bad colouring! Yay!

Measurements:

Card base – Garden Green – 10.5 x 29.7 cm, Score on the long edge at 14.85 cm

Whisper White Layer – 10 x 14.3 cm

Be Merry Designer Series Paper -4 x 13.8 cm

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Swap card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up!

I’ve grabbed the Christmas Designer Series Paper from the annual catalogue. The Be Merry Designer Series Paper is one of those things that you could easily be missed… but it coordinates with a gorgeous stamp set and a heap of fun embellishments. I can also see this paper for projects other than Christmas…. as it has great mix of Christmas images and basic patterns.

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Make It Monday | Faux Stained Glass meets Happy Birthday Gorgeous!

Make It Monday Team Training Swap card Faux Stained Glass technique using Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

I blogged a card using this technique a few weeks ago, after making THAT card I was working on some swap cards for a recent team training event (that was yesterday, and I will tell you more about it later in the week!) and couldn’t help but use the same design and technique. I love attending crafty events, particularly when they are with my team or Stampin’ Up! One of our favourite things to do at events is to swap creative ideas. This particular swap had a theme, a colour combination of; Island Indigo, Soft Sky, Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White.

Make It Monday Team Training Swap card Faux Stained Glass technique using Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

I love the soft look of this card. The Faux Stained Glass technique is a really lovely way to get more out of your Stampin’ Write markers…. Please check the video tutorial for full details.

Measurements:

Card base – 29.6 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 14.8 cm

Whisper White – 12.8 x 8.5 cm

Vellum – 12.8 x 8.5 cm

Island Indigo – 10.5 x 1 cm

Make It Monday Team Training Swap card Faux Stained Glass technique using Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

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