Category: Sale-a-bration

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Valentines Blog Hop | Love You a Bunch…

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah for today’s Valentines Blog hop. In the UK we tend to only send a single Valentines card to our partner… and this might be an option for the card I send my husband this year.

Valentines card ideas using Thanks a Bunch from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2023 with StampinByHannah

I’ve used the Thanks a Bunch stamp set, which is currently FREE as part of Sale-a-bration. I wasn’t sure about Carrots as a theme for stamps when I first saw it… but its a super fun set to stamp! Here I’ve stamped the carrots in So Saffron and Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Calypso Coral, but I’ve seen some fabulous purple carrots on Social Media too!

The background is something I’ve been meaning to try for ages. Such a simple idea, lines drawn with a Stampin’ Blend pen. I’ve used Light Old Olive for these (and I used a ruler), but I think I’d go darker and bolder next time.

Love you a Bunch Thanks a Bunch stamp set from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration with StampinByHannah

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Quick card idea using Adorable Owls from Stampin’ Up! | Facebook Live Replay

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah today… for a Facebook Live Replay! Yes… I am BACK with Live videos twice every week. I go Live on YouTube on a Wednesday evening, and Facebook on a Sunday night. I would LOVE you to join me next week

The Adorable Owls stamp set is available for FREE with a £45 order during Sale-a-bration. Here I’ve used Stampin’ Blends in Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron and Orchid Oasis to colour him in.

The other stamp set here is the Hand-Drawn Dots background stamp, and then the die cuts use the Beautiful Shapes dies.

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Technique Tuesday Blog Hop | Heat Embossing with Beautifully Happy from Stampin’ Up!

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah! This month’s Technique is Heat Embossing… probably something I do on about 80% of my projects, I just LOVE it! Nothing better that a sentiment heat embossed in White on a piece of Basic Black card stock! But, I haven’t done that today.

This card is a bit special, as I made it for my aunt’s 70th birthday this month (I know she wont see this… so I’m not worried about sharing before the big day!). I had a lot of fun watercolouring this image. It’s from the brand new Beautifully Happy stamp set which is FREE with a £90 order during Sale-a-bration which starts on Thursday.

Hand stamped Birthday card using Beautifully Happy from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2023 with StampinByHannah

Both the image and the sentiment are heat embossed in Gold. This is one of my watercolour top tips actually, to heat emboss the image because it sort of keeps the ink where you want it, and makes watercolour a bit easier.

The flower is coloured with Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo and Orchid Oasis. I wasn’t sure when I pulled the colours off my shelf, but now I really like it.

The frame is from Framed Florets, and the background is stamped in Pear Pizzazz onto Pear Pizzazz card stock using one of the more solid stamps from the set.

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Pootlers Video Hop | Sale-a-bration special!

Hello! Today is a little bit special, I have a video for you, but more than that it’s a video linked to a bunch more inspirational crafty videos. I absolutely love being a part of Stampin’ Up! and our team has 3 fun events to celebrate the release of the new January to June Mini Catalogue, the start of Sale-a-bration and another special something! You can check out the Blog Hop that was a few weeks ago.

I’m not going to waffle to much here, I did enough in the video. But do hop over to the dedicate YouTube playlist to see all the videos.

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Time to Sale-a-brate Berry Blessings with the Pootlers Blog Hop!

Welcome to StampinByHannah and the first Pootlers Team Blog Hop of 2021! This time we’re sharing a heap of projects using the new Sale-a-bration gifts.

There are a bunch of really cool Stamp Sets and Designer Series Paper packs that you can currently receive for FREE with an order of over £45! How cool is that?!

Berry Blessings

I thought I would create with the Berry Blessings stamp set today. This stamp set comes with a pack of Designer Series Paper and so requires a £90 spend, BUT it also coordinates with the Sweet Strawberry stamp set and punch bundle from the new Mini Catalogue!

Quick and simply card using Berry Blessings from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2021 with StampinByHannah

One of the reasons I love this stamp set (and Sweet Strawberry) is that you don’t need to get the markers out to colour the images… as they all have a outline stamp and then a filled stamp to colour the image!

This card uses Misty Moonlight for the card base and the blueberries, and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves and sentiment.

Simple Stamping using Berry Blessings FREE during Sale-a-bration 2021 from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I couldn’t pass the opportunity to stamp with blueberries either… they are my daughters absolute favourite fruit, I think she’d eat them at every meal if she could!

Check out the rest of the teams creations by clicking the images below, and I hope to see you here at StampinByHannah again soon

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Product List


Berry Blessings Bundle (English)
[157613]
£0.00
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
[153086]
£8.25
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
[153118]
£7.00
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
[147104]
£7.00
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Home to Roost Birthday Card

So, today I thought I would share my final Sale-a-bration make of 2019… and James’ birthday card!

Home to Roost Birthday Card for Sale-a-bration using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

Home to Roost is available for FREE when you spend £45 before Sunday night! I cannot believe that Sale-a-bration is so nearly over… however, that does mean that we are closer to the start of the new Annual Catalogue and something very exciting that launches on Monday!

Bright and fun guys birthday card using Home to Roost from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

My top tip for guys cards is to keep things fairly simple. Here I stamped the Rooster onto Watercolour paper using Staz-on. I did use my Stamparatus for this to ensure a really deep, crisp, black image onto the bumpy paper.

Then, to add some texture I added some dots of Fine Tip Glue and let it dry really really well before watercolouring the piece in Crushed Curry, Blueberry Bushel and Real Red inks.

The other texture on the card is the embossed front using the hexagons Dynamic Embossing Folder, and then adding the watercoloured panel with dimentionals to a piece of Crushed Curry Card stock.

How to decorate the inside of a card using Home to Roost from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I couldn’t not decorate the inside of this card (James always requests something special on the inside when I’m making a card for him to send!) and so I added some stamping and a strip of Crushed Curry card stock to finish.

Check out the the Sale-a-bration deals before they end on Sunday

Product List


Home To Roost Cling Stamp Set
[149736]
£0.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
[121688]
£8.00
Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
[143231]
£8.25
Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set
[148618]
£21.00
Watercolor Paper
[122959]
£4.75
Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry
[131288]
£8.00
Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad
[101406]
£8.25
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
[131158]
£3.50
Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
[147176]
£3.50
Real Red Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
[103287]
£3.50
Fine-Tip Glue Pen
[138309]
£6.50
Aqua Painters
[103954]
£16.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies
[145372]
£28.00
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Four All Seasons Joy Fold Birthday Card

Hello! Can you believe we are almost at the end of Sale-a-bration 2019… in fact we only have another few days as the fabulous offers end on Sunday night!

To see what Sale-a-bration is all about check my earlier blog post HERE!

Today’s card is a card I made a few weeks ago for one of my Sister-in-Law’s birthdays. I needed something a little bit special, because with my current Baby Brain actually getting around to buying her a present didn’t happen (she did get a gift card though so she can treat herself to something), and so I reached for the very lovely Painted Seasons stamp set, Designer Series Paper and coordinating dies.

Joy Fold birthday card using Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I have been loving using these stamps and the Designer Series Paper which you can get as a bundle for FREE with a £90 order, and then the dies that match are just a must have!

This is a really easy Fancy fold card to put together. You can find all the measurements on THIS blog post from a couple of years ago.

Joy fold card using Painted Seasons from Stampin' Up! for Sale-a-bration 2019 with StampinByHannah

Then on the inside I made a little Designer Series Paper pocket to hold the gift card, simply by measuring the gift card and chopping a bit off the top. I did use a 2″ circle punch to notch the top of the pocket and make retrieving the gift a little easier too!

There isn’t a whole heap of stamping on this one really, as the paper says everything! But I did add a few succulents in coordinating Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party along with the Berry Burst Sentiment taken from Needle and Thread.

Don’t forget to check out the last few bits of Sale-a-bration goodness, or think about taking up that fabulous Joining Offer before its too late!

Product List


Painted Seasons Bundle
[150349]
£0.00
Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper
[149574]
£0.00
Basic Gray A4 Card Stock
[121689]
£8.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad
[147145]
£7.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
[147107]
£7.00
Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad
[147143]
£7.00
Needle & Thread Photopolymer Stamp Set
[148724]
£20.00
Four Seasons Framelits Dies
[150074]
£26.00
2" Circle Punch
[133782]
£17.00
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Home to Roost | Sale-a-bration

This is another card I should have posted last week… and really its just a sneaky peak of the sort of project you can expect in my Email Newsletters.

I try and send an email out each week, it doesn’t always happen, but the intention is there! And I am trying super hard to get a creative project into every single one… I used to send exclusive video tutorials, but for the time being I’m sticking with PDF downloads while I get to grips with late pregnancy / early motherhood!

Home to Roost card using Sale-a-bration stamps from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This card uses the oh so fun Home to Roost stamp set which is FREE during Sale-a-bration (while stocks last, until the end of March).

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Just Add Ink 445 | Embossing with Country Floral from Sale-a-bration!

I have been having so much fun taking part in Just Add Ink challenges every weekend. This week I’m a little ahead of my usual schedule as I have been off on Annual Leave this past week and so managed to get my card made on Friday!

This week, Just Add Ink has become Just Add Embossing! I have to admit that for all I often Heat Emboss sentiments, my collection of embossing folders often gets forgotten about! However, one of the new Sale-a-bration items is the most gorgeous Embossing Folder, and I spotted THIS card on Instagram on Thursday that I just HAD to CASE! So, this week’s Just Add Ink challenge was right up my street!

Sale-a-bration Happiness Card using Country Floral Embossing Folder from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This embossing folder is one of those thicker ones, so the dimension is just awesome! Here, I’ve pulled one of my favourite colours of all time, Fresh Fig, and embossed it, layered it onto a piece of Whisper White and then added it to a standard sized Gray Granite card front.

Of course, I haven’t just left it there! Because although this embossing folder is beautiful, the card needed a little extra something. So, I pulled out another product I haven’t used in a while (actually so long, I had to hunt my craft room to find it!), Shimmer Paint! To add a hint of shimmer to the embossed panel, I dabbed Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint onto the panel using a rag… but you could use a sponge, brayer, or your fingers!

Simple Embossed card using Country Floral from Sale-a-bration 2019 and Needle and Thread from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Because I really wanted to keep the embossing the main focus of this card, the rest is really quite simple. The sentiment (also embossed as it goes!) is taken from Needle and Thread, and the card is finished with a trio of Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2nd release with StampinByHannah

Product List


Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
[149698]
£0.00
Needle & Thread Photopolymer Stamp Set
[148724]
£20.00
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad
[147118]
£7.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock
[144248]
£8.00
Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint
[147044]
£7.50
Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins
[146933]
£6.50
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£8.25
White Stampin' Emboss Powder
[109132]
£4.75
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So Hoppy Together Customer Thank You Cards

Sorry for the slight delay in today’s blog post… I should have written this yesterday, but I had a terrible bout of Pregnancy Fatigue yesterday afternoon and I just needed to sleep! Things are better today though, and have a day in my craft room planned, so I’m getting this written so that I can get to crafting!

Stampin' Up! Customer Thank You cards using So Hoppy Together from Sale-a-bration 2019 with StampinByHannah

I had great fun a few weeks ago at a local craft fair, it was during the snow and so foot fall wasn’t great. But, it’s OK because it gave me time to make my January Customer Thank You cards! These stamped up really quickly, the time was taken hand colouring all those cute frogs with Stampin’ Blends!

So Hoppy Together is one of this year’s Sale-a-bration free items, that you can earn when you spend £45 between now and the end of March.

I stamped the frogs in Gray Granite ink, and then used both Light and Dark Granny Apply Green Blends to colour them. No fancy techniques, just laying the colour on.

So Hoppy Together Thank you cards using Stampin' Blends with StampinByHannah

The Thanks sentiment is from one of my go to Stamp Sets; Thankful Thoughts. Stamped simply in Gray Granite onto an Everyday Label in Very Vanilla

I’ve got another craft fair this coming Saturday at the Durham Tees Hotel on Teesside Airport. Maybe I’ll see you there!

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration joining offer 2019

Product List


So Hoppy Together Cling Stamp Set
[149725]
£0.00
Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set
[141522]
£18.00
Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock
[147014]
£8.00
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock
[106550]
£9.00
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad
[147118]
£7.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
[147274]
£8.50
Light Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Marker
[146876]
£4.25
Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Marker
[146877]
£4.25
Everyday Label Punch
[144668]
£17.00
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