Just Add Ink #446 | Abstract Impressions

Well, this week’s Just Add Ink challenge was a bit of a head scratcher for me! The challenge is to create something using this image as inspiration…

Just Add Ink 446 Cardmaking Inspiration Challenge

I noted that a lot of the Design Team had taken the blue, and that beautiful background and used the Tin Tile Embossing Folder. Which is very nice, but not something that I own (I know, I shouldn’t admit to not having everything in the Stampin’ Up! catalogue… but my craft room really isn’t big enough to hold everything!). So, I took the flowers as inspiration instead, and the layout of the image.

Kindness Changes Everything Pretty Floral card using Abstract Impressions from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah for Just Add Ink

I did want to take some of the texture from the inspiration piece, and so embossed this fabulous die, from the Springtime Impressions Thinlits, onto a piece of Bermuda Bay card stock using the Big Shot Embossing Mats.

The floral panel on the side uses the Abstract Impressions Stamp Set, and a heap of bright and fun colours…

  • Pineapple Punch and Mango Melody
  • Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay
  • Flirty Flamingo and Lovely Lipstick
Fun embossed floral card using Springtime Impressions from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The sentiment is also from Abstract Impressions and is stamped in Lovely Lipstick before being punch out with the Everyday Label punch.

This card is finished with a hint of Whisper White Flax Ribbon

Do pop over to Just Add Ink and check out what everyone else has made using the fab image as inspiration!

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Sale-a-bration Update!

Hey folks! Wow.. where did this week go! I should have had this blog post up for you yesterday, however, I felt awful and so didn’t get around to writing it (to be honest I didn’t get very far off my sofa yesterday either!). Never mind, I do feel better today, and so have made it up to my craft room this afternoon for a spot of crafting and blog admin.

Sale-a-bration!

We are now in the 3rd (and final) month of Sale-a-bration 2019! I cannot believe we are into March already, this year is flying.

Sale-a-bration is the BIGGEST event in the Stampin’ Up! calendar. It is a sort of super sale… but with a bit of a difference. There are 3 parts: SHOP, HOST and JOIN and each gets you fabulous benefits!

SHOP

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

When you spend £45 (or multiples of £45) you get to choose a FREE gift! How cool is that! There are some awesome stamp sets, Designer Series Papers, a kit and more! And we had new items added yesterday… so do pop over to my store to check them all out

Sale-a-bration FREE items…


HOST

For all this is designed for party hostesses, you can use this part of Sale-a-bration to be a super savvy shopper! When you spend £200 in a single order, Stampin’ Up! will give you a extra £20 in Stampin’ Rewards. These are like free credits to spend on ANYTHING in the Stampin’ Up! catalogue.. and there is a LOT of items for £20 or less…

Sale-a-bration Stampin' Up! Stampin' Rewards

JOIN

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

This one is my fav! Grab a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit during Sale-a-bration and not only do you get all the usual benefits to being a part of something just truly amazing, you get a fully customisible kit of goodies of a value of £170 with free P+P… and if you choose the bumper kit you get a fabulous bag too!

There are so many great things about being a Stampin’ Up! Demo…. the kit is awesome value on its own, but then there is the ongoing discount of at least 20%, quarterly exclusive magazine, pre-order periods for all catalogues and offers, exclusive Facebook groups, Events, friendships, and so much more!

You can find out more about joining on my Joining Page, or check out my Joining FAQ’s… or you can JOIN NOW!

Sale-a-bration Coordination!

I mentioned this in my Facebook Live a couple of weeks ago, but the products finally went Live yesterday. So, now, in addition to those fabulous free stamps you can choose as part of Sale-a-bration, you can also purchase the coordinating dies! No more fussy cutting of that fun frog!

Sale-a-bration coordination

Sale-a-bration Coordinating Products


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Stampin’ Up! Spring Summer Catalogue Team Swaps!

Oh my! I was supposed to get this blog written and up for you last week….better late than never right! Actually, I’m glad I waited because it turned out I had one missing when I shared them with you on a Facebook Live a couple of weeks ago.

I love taking part in card swaps. As a team we tend to have a swap for each new catalogue, and then we also swap at Live events too! Taking part in project swaps are a great way to get heaps of ideas and inspiration, and are a fabulous way of meeting people when we all get together. The next time we all get together as a Team is for OnStage in April, I wasn’t planning on going this time as I’ll be 37 weeks pregnant, but I was convinced by my naughty team leader a few weeks ago… but I wont be swapping (can’t do everything!)

This time we swapped in small groups, so only had to make 5 cards. I made this card using the Needlepoint Nook suite, and shared a video tutorial of it a while ago.

Cute Friendship card using Needlepoint Nook from Stampin' Up! with video tutorial from StampinByHannah

Do you want to see the cards I received?

This card was made by Rebecca Kevan; I just LOVE those fabulous butterflies from Sale-a-bration!
Christine Bettany made this cute Butterfly NoteCard
The ever talented Kaye Mellor sent this one using Memories and More from the Spring Summer catalogue
Tina from Germany made this card, and hand coloured the image using Stampin’ Blends
Sarah Haigh was on a Needlepoint Nook kick like me with this fun card!

You can join in with our next team card swap, and our other fabulous team events… and now is great time to join the team with a fabulous Sale-a-bration Starter Kit!

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March Card Class | Needlepoint Nook

Oh I am super excited for my March Card Classes! Not only do I have my usual Card Class (both In Person and Online), but also a fun Facebook Live Online Card Class using Painted Seasons!

March’s Card Class uses the gorgeous Needlepoint Nook suite! I LOVE this suite, it features a pretty stamp set and Designer Series Paper with stitched details.

As usual this month, we are making 5 all occasion cards using all aspects of this suite.

Needlepoint Nook Monthly Card Class in Darlington UK

The Details…

February Card Class takes place on the 19th March 2019 at the Durham Tees Hotel, Durham Tees Valley Airport.

New class attendees always receive a gift from me. Bring your own tool kit and adhesives. Tool kits are available to order along with your class kit, and my Adhesive shop is also available on the day

Class Pack Options…

This month there is a difference between the In Person and Online class packs, because the dies are required to complete these projects. You can choose to add the dies to your In Person kit.

Class Kit (£35) – In Person

  • Needle and Thread Photopolymer Stamp Set
  • 1/2 Pack of Needlepoint Nook Designer Series Paper
  • Night of Navy Ink Pad
  • All the card stock required, plus envelopes for each card

Class Kit (£50) – Online ONLY

  • Needle and Thread Photopolymer Stamp Set
  • 1/2 Pack of Needlepoint Nook Designer Series Paper
  • Night of Navy Ink Pad
  • All the card stock required, plus envelopes for each card
  • PLUS a Sale-a-bration freebie of your choice!

Tester Pack (£15)

  • All the card stock and Designer Series Paper required to complete the 5 cards (In person ONLY)
Stampin' Up! Class Kit
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BOOKING CLOSES 11th MARCH 2019 10PM

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Needlepoint Nook Double Fronted Card | Facebook Live

This week’s Facebook Live is a bit of a waffle-y one… I’ll warn you from the get go! But I’m super happy with the card, so I hope that you enjoy!

I’ve got a few things going on at the moment; 2 fabulous card classes in March and my Stash Builder Club too… so before we jump to the video I thought I would give you a quick over-view

  1. March Card Class using Needlepoint Nook launches tomorrow! So check back to the blog for that!
  2. My March Facebook Live Online Card Class launched earlier in the week. I am super excited about this one, I have 5 fun cards already made using the Painted Seasons Bundle from the Sale-a-bration 2nd Release that I cannot wait to share with you. There are 2 options for this class; either Class only, or class and cardstock pack. Check out THIS blog post for all the information!
  3. Stash Builder Club… I LOVE this club. I did it a couple of years ago, and was reminded about it yesterday! It’s a monthly club that lasts 6 months, and each month you get to choose £25 worth of Stampin’ Up! goodies PLUS one of those months you also get to spend the Stampin’ Rewards and get at least £15 worth of goodies for FREE! Find out more and sign up HERE!
Needlepoint Nook Double Fronted Card using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

This fun fold, Double Fronted Card is super easy to make and is a lovely way to Jazz up a special card.

Measurements:

Highland Heather Card Base: 21 x 14.85 cm, scored at 10.5 cm. This is a standard sized card using A4 card stock, then cut 5 cm off one side

Very Vanilla: 20.5 x 14.3 cm, scored at 10.25 cm (or just folded in half!)

Short and sweet blog post this week… but I thought I would quickly write it before James gets himself out of bed!

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InspireINK | A Card for a Special Lady…

InspirInk Blog Hop Header Stampin' Up! team blog hop

This month’s InspireINK blog hop is dedicated to those special ladies, whether that’s you mum (seeing as Mother’s Day is fast approaching), your best friend, Avon lady, or the woman in the post office!

I decided to keep my card a little generic, rather than explicitly Mothers Day, but you could really easily add a different sentiment to make it suitable for what ever the occasion

Mothers Day card using Time for Tea from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I have been trying to use some of my recently unloved stamp sets. It’s so easy to get carried away with the newest stamps on our shelves, but its really not fair to the others for them to be left out… so this card uses the Time for Tea bundle from the Annual catalogue.

I’ve used the 2-step stamping technique here to create those pretty leaves. The outline stamp was stamped first in Mossy Meadow, then the solid image added after in Mossy Meadow stamped off first. Then, the leaves are die cut using the coordinating dies too!

From me to you card using Time for tea from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The other elements are also take from the Time for Tea bundle, except for that stitched circle (that’s from the Stitched Shapes Framelits… one of my MUST HAVE products!)

I’ve finished this card with a trio of Needlepoint Nook Mini Buttons.

Check out the rest of the Blog Hop to see more cards for that Special Lady…

InspirInk Blog Hop team blog hop Stampin' Up! UK

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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

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March Facebook Live Online Class | Painted Seasons!

Oh I am super excited to share this with you this afternoon! I been toying with the idea of doing some extra classes for a while, and with the Sale-a-bration 2nd Release being so gorgeous I couldn’t resist making a class out of it!

Painted Seasons Class from StampinByHannah to celebrate Sale-a-bration 2019!

This fabulous stamp and Designer Series Paper bundle is FREE with a £90 order, and it has some coordinating framelits coming on the 1st March too!

While I’ve used the stamps, dies and papers in this class, I’ve designed the class so that you could use an alternative bundle and papers instead!

This class will take place in an exclusive Facebook Group, with the Live video taking place on the 16th March at 11AM. During class we will be making 5 fabulous cards, with the opportunity for you to stamp along, ask questions and share your creations!

Painted Seasons Online Card Class Cardstock Pack from StampinByHannah

There are 2 options for this class; either Class ONLY or Class and Cards stock. I’ve chosen NOT to include the stamps for several reasons, 1. I understand that the £90 price point is high, and I want as many of you as possible to join in with this class, 2. I’ve designed the class around sketches, and so you could use any stamps you have to make some stunning cards!

Card stock pack includes 10 pre-cut and scored card bases, along with mats, layers and die cut pieces for the cards in this class, PLUS 5 Whisper White Envelopes. Every pack also includes a fabulous gift from me!

Prices:

Class Only – Access to the Facebook Group, Facebook Live video, and downloads of sketches and card designs using 2 stamp and die bundles – £10

Class and Card stock Pack – Access to the Facebook Group, Facebook Live video, and downloads of sketches and card designs using 2 stamp and die bundles – PLUS card stock to make 10 cards, die cuts and envelopes and Postage – £20

Book you place!

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Booking closes on 9th March for Card and Card stock option, and the 15th March for Class ONLY.

Payments will be requested via PayPal invoice. This does not require a PayPal account, just a credit or debit card.

Invitations to the Facebook group will be issued once Payment has been received, and not before 1st March.

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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!

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Inspire.Create.Challenge #037 | Incredible Like You

It took me two cards to get something I liked for Inspire.Create 036, and its taken me two cards again today! Sometimes creativity is really hard, and recently my crafty mojo has been somewhat Missing In Action! However, I have managed to create a fun card for today’s colour challenge, and I’m really rather pleased with this one…

Inspire.Create.Challenge Stamping Colour Challenge

This time we are creating with a rather soft colour palette, and I think that was my struggle. However, I knew I wanted to use the Incredible Like You Stamp Set. This set coordinates with a fun Card Kit, but works just as well on its own too!

Pretty Floral Adore You card using Incredible Like You from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I started this card by die cutting that sentiment piece using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits, and then drawing around it onto my card stock in pencil. This allowed me to stamp the flowers exactly where I wanted them around the sentiment.

The flower is stamped using 2 stamps, the first stamped off and then the second layer stamped in full strength ink, both stamped in Mint Macaron.

I just adore you 2 step stamping card using Incredible Like You from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The card is finished with some random stamping of some of the little elements in a somewhat diagonal line across the sentiment and a scattering of sequins too!

Click over to the Inspire.Create blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have made and enter your own creations in our challenge

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

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