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Thoughtful Thursday | OnStage Team Gifts…

Stampin' Up! Onstage Team Gifts using Delightful Daisy from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday OnStage Team Gifts…

Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday

Thoughtful Thursday is the day of the week when I share things that I have sent, that have made me happy, or have formed part of my Mindfulness practice this week.

This week’s Thoughtful Thursday project is 3 cute little gifts I took with me to Stampin’ Up! OnStage a fortnight ago. Usually I go all out and make 50+ swaps; a set of similar projects that are swapped with other demonstrators for ideas and inspiration. However, this last few months have been pretty busy, and I just didn’t get chance to make anything (although my friend Angelina from Intatwyne Designs did remind me when I got there that I had made a heap of swaps for April’s event that I hadn’t used…… which I had completely forgotten about and STILL haven’t found!).

Stampin' Up! OnStage Sour Cream Team Gifts handcream Just for you Thoughtful Thursday using Stampin' Up! products

I bought some handcream mini’s for my team leader and 2 of my team mates. I am super privileged to be a part of a wonderfully supportive team, but 2 of the girls are just always there. We cheer each other on, share our bad days, and generally have a right laugh! So, to say thanks for putting up with me…. I wanted to give them a little something.

These were super simple to put together, they are a pretty classic Sour Cream Style pocket. I have made these before, and have a video tutorial on them too!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper: 4 1/2 x 5″

Sour Cream pockets using Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

The daisy’s on the front of these was made using the fabulous Daisy Punch. They both use two daisy’s one in Whisper White, sponged with Night of Navy ink, and one punched in Night of Navy sponged with White ink.

Each gift had a tag on, using the Everyday Label punch and Merry Little Labels stamp set.

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Product List

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Daisy Punch

£16.00

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Bundle

£30.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill

£8.50

Twine Baker's Whisper White

£2.75

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Half Full Birthday Card

Red Wine Watercolour Birthday card using Half Full from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Half Full Birthday Card

I realised on Sunday morning that I hadn’t made a Birthday card for my mum (her birthday was yesterday!). Does this happen to other people? I make mountains of cards, but actually remembering to make a card for a loved one seems to fall off my radar! But it’s OK, because I realised also that I had a new stamp set in my collection! Half Full is a fabulous wine-theme’d stamp set, designed by Million Dollar seller Linda Bauwin, and gifted to me by my team leader at team training last weekend.

Watercoloured Wine Birthday Card using Half Full from Stampin' Up! by StampinByHannah

The Half Full stamp set can be found in the Autumn Winter catalogue, and comes with a bunch of fun Christmas-y sentiments, but nothing for birthday. So, I grabbed by favourite Happy Birthday stamp from the Butterfly Basics stamp set, and stamped it in Basic Black into Crushed Curry card stock.

My mum LOVES Red Wine… and so I pulled out Cherry Cobbler ink for the wine, and set about watercolouring! I haven’t watercoloured in a while (I know, it’s shocking!)… but this stamp set is just perfect for watercolour, or Stampin’ Blends. I love the watercolour effect here, created using a almost dry Aqua-Painter and several layers of ink…. and I might have had some kitchen roll to blot some of the excess ink off too.

#birthday #wine #wineoclock Watercoloured birthday card using Half Full from Stampin' Up!

The card is finished with a bow in Garden Green Stitched Satin Ribbon, and a strip of Champagne Foil!

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Product List

Half Full Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£20.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Champagne Foil Sheets

£3.75

Watercolor Paper

£4.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Aqua Painters

£15.50

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

£7.25

Banner Triple Punch

£21.00

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

£33.00

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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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Product List

Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Simply Scored

£27.00

Glue Dots

£4.75

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Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza!

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza Black Friday Cyber Monday Stamping Sale

StampinByHannah Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza!

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza Black Friday Cyber Monday Stamping Sale

Tomorrow sees the start of the 2017 Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza! There are HEAPS of fabulous offers on stamp sets, dies, accessories, inks, ribbons and more! Shall we jump straight in, I have SO much to tell you!

There are 3 parts to this sale!

  1. 24 Hour Flash sale on the 20th November (that’s Monday!)
  2. A week long Sale of a HEAP of fabulous goodies with up to 40% off!
  3. A second 24 Flash Sale on the 27th November… more details of this one coming next weekend!

Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza! Part 1…

These deals are available on the 20th November ONLY!

Stampin' Up! Online Extravaganza Black Friday Cyber Monday Stamping Sale

Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza! Part 2…

 

There are a fair few framelit sets that are 10% off…. please do check that buying them as part of the Online Extravaganza is cheaper than using the 10% bundle and save deal that happens all year when you buy SOME coordinating stamps and dies together.

 

Add any of the above deals to your Starter Kit for an even better deal!

You can download the full list HERE with all the offer codes and prices.

 

Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza! Part 3…

More information coming soon!

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Stampin’ Write Marker Club

Stampin' Write Marker Club Stampin' Up! UK StampinByHannah

StampinByHannah Stampin’ Write Marker Club

Stampin' Write Marker Club with StampinByHannah

I have a super fun Club launching today… We have recently seen the Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Markers, but did you know that we already have a fabulous collection of pens in the Stampin’ Up! collection? Yes, the Stampin’ Write Markers are fabulous for colouring, journalling, stamping and much much more! I use these all the time, and I couldn’t be without them…

Stampin' Up! Many Marvelous Markers Stampin' Write Marker Club

Stampin’ Up! sort their colours into 4 colour families; Brights, Subtles, Regals and Neutrals, and I will sort your markers into the same groups. So, each month for 4 months you will receive one colour family worth of Stampin’ Write Markers. That is 12 pens each month, and one month where you also receive the case.

This awesome collection of 38 markers costs £99 to buy the collection in one go with the case, but I have a solution to spread that cost.

How to use your Stampin' Write Markers Pen Club Stampin' Up! UK

So, give me the details:

  • 4 people, over 4 months
  • one set of markers each month
  • get the case as a bonus
  • costs £25 each month

 

How do I join in?

It’s super simple… just complete the form below. I will then drop you an email with all the information about how to pay. I do use PayPal to process debit and credit card payments, but you don’t need to have a PayPal account, just a credit or debit card.

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Club sign up is open now! Grab your spot….. I cannot wait for you to get your hands on these fabulous markers!

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Christmas Countdown | Cutlery Wraps using Merry Little Christmas

Christmas Countdown Super Sized Treat Pockets Video Tutorial using Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Cutlery Wraps using Merry Little ChristmasChristmas Countdown Video Tutorial Series StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! UK

I have been seeing this project all over Pinterest… but as a dinky treat holder, so today I am super-sizing it and making a fun Cutlery Wrap for you Christmas table!

Christmas Countdown Super Sized Treat Pockets Video Tutorial using Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

These are a little extravagant… they use a WHOLE sheet of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, but I think they are so worth it. Particularly with this pack of DSP, this is Merry Little Christmas, the perfect mix of festive prints and generic patterns in Old Olive, Basic Black and Whisper White. It is certainly one of my Christmas Top Picks this year! I love it!

The wraps are super simple to put together and you could do 6 or 8 for your Christmas table in minutes. When I was talking to James about these he suggested adding some tissue paper for some extra dimension which would totally finish these off! I’m seeing maybe gold or silver napkins in these….

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 12 x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm0

Fold in half, diagonally, corner to corner

Then, with the folded, flat edge facing you, take on of the corners and fold it across. Creating a second flat edge, about halfway up your triangle. Fold the second corner over to match.

These don’t require any adhesive, as you then fold the top layer of the top of the triangle down, which holds the other two folds in place

(I think I probably explain this better in the video!)

Christmas Countdown Super Sized Treat Pockets Video Tutorial using Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

These wraps are finished with a touch of stamping using Merry Little Labels and some die cutting with my favourite combination; Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Layering Circles.

What are you planning for your Christmas table this year?

Product List

Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Introducing the Stamparatus!

StampinByHannah Introducing the Stamparatus!

Stampin' Up! Stamping Positioning Tool Stamparatus

Oh Yes! It is finally (almost) here! Stampin’ Up! Stamp Positioning Tool the Stamparatus is one of the most anticipated tool releases I have seen all year! I am SUPER excited to get my hands on this baby…. and look forward to perfectly stamped images!

Stampin’ Up! have been working HARD for the past 2 years on this fabulous new Stampin’ Tool… The Stamparatus is the new tool from Stampin’ Up! giving you perfect stamped images every single time.
Now, I know we have seen a ton of similar tools over recent years, but this one is definitely different.

Here are all the details:

  • Compatible with Stampin’ Up!’s red rubber and photopolymer stamp
  • Foam mat to use with photopolymer stamps
  • Rulers and gridlines for quick measuring
  • 2 open sides so you can stamp on larger paper
  • two reversible plates: a total of 4 surfaces to work with
  • 2 magnets to hold the paper in place
  • Magnet storage areas
  • Retail Price–59,00 €/£44.00

You can find out more in the Stampin’ Up! Video….

So… how do you get one?

Well, Stampin’ Up! are trying something new with this one. The Stamparatus will be available to be reserved from tonight! These will then be delivered around the first of February. To get yours you will need a Stampin’ Up! online account, and the details of how to get yours can be found HERE. Stampin’ Up! have also put a fabulous FAQ together too. This is different from the usual ‘pre-order’ as you don’t need to pay until it is officially available, and you can cancel at any time.

Ordering opens at 9PM tonight…. and I expect that the first batch will sell quickly, so move fast to get yours reserved!

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Thoughtful Thursday | Fresh Floral Birthday Card

Thoughtful Thursday Fresh Floral Designer Series Paper Birthday Card for my Sister in Law using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday Fresh Floral Birthday Card
Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday

Oh I do love a good theme-d series here at StampinByHannah! This week sees the start of something I have been working on for AGES! Thoughtful Thursday!

Now… I will be using these Thursday blog post to share the cards I make for specific people, including birthday cards, thinking of you cards, and card just because. I LOVE sending an unexpected card, they are just so much fun!

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Birthday Card using Stampin' Up! Products

So today’s card might not be the most unexpected card ever… but it is the first birthday card I have made for this person! My Brother’s fiancee, Rebecca. It was her birthday last weekend, and I’m not sure she even knows that I write this blog so it is definitely safe to share it here today!

This card is also a second take on the Inspire.Create.Challenges sketch challenge for this week (You should TOTALLY check out what the Design Team has made this week, they are Awesome!)

Thoughtful Thursday Fresh Floral Designer Series Paper Birthday Card for my Sister in Law using Stampin' Up! products

I am ever so slightly obsessed with this Designer Series Paper for fabulous Birthday cards at the moment. I made a card for my Sister-In-Law, Bella’s 18th Birthday using it last week! It is the Fresh Floral’s Designer Series Paper Stack… a classic mix of floral patterns, perfect for birthdays (or any occasion) all in this years In-Colours. This stack is bigger than the standard Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper packs, but it is well worth it, I use it all the time!

The Happy Birthday Thinlit is totally the star of this show though. Die cut 3 times, twice in Fresh Fig and once in the Beautiful Champagne Foil and stacked for extra dimension. It makes for a great centre-piece on your Birthday projects. I always apply the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets the back of my card stock before I die cut this die, it just makes it SO much easier to stick together!

Inside a Fresh Florals Birthday card

I couldn’t leave the inside of this card plain. So I added a sheet of Whisper White card stock, with strip of that Fresh Floral’s Designer Series Paper and a splatter of Fresh Fig ink too.

I hope Rebecca LOVED this card as much as I do….

Product List

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

£20.00

Happy Birthday Thinlits Die

£18.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

£3.75

Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

£9.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00

2017-2019 In Color Stampin' Write Markers

£13.50


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Inspire.Create.Challenges #005 | Season’s Greetings

Inspire.Create.Challenges Sketch Challenge using Year of Cheer from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenges #005 | Season’s Greetings

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is my personal favourite, we are using a Sketch this week! I LOVE a sketch, partly because I LOVE moving all the elements around and making something that looks nothing like the sketch at all, and partly because I love seeing what other people do with them!

I haven’t altered the sketch very much this week because I needed a quick card because I was away at Stampin’ Up! OnStage last weekend time hasn’t been my friend.

Inspire Create Challenges Stampin' Up! sketch challenge

As the challenge coordinator for Inspire.Create.Challenges I have been aiming to keep our sketches nice and simple. One so that it’s not a lot of work for the AWESOME Design Team, but also to make sure they aren’t too complex for a new card maker to follow along with. I LOVE this sketch, you guys know how much I use my circle dies… and this sketch just gave me another excuse to get them out (not that I needed one!)

Silver Christmas Card for Inspire.Create.Challenges using Year of Cheer from Stampin' Up!

This card uses the lovely Year of Cheer Designer Series Paper (Can you tell I’m in love with this a bit at the moment, it was on my Christmas Countdown project last week too!). The paper does come in Whisper White, with Metallic foiling (Yum!), but I have added colour here with a Sponge Brayer. So, I had intended for the added colour to be Smoky Slate to match the card base, but apparently my Sponger Brayer wasn’t quite as clean as I thought I was! I made 8 of these, and some of them have more than a hint of Tranquil Tide about them!

Measurements:

Card Base – Smoky Slate – 21 x 14.85 cm, scored on the long edge at 10.5 cm

Whisper White Layer – 14.3 x 10 cm

Year of Cheer Designer Series Paper – 9.5 x 4.7 cm

Inspire.Create.Challenges Sketch Challenge using Year of Cheer from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment circle is taken from the Cheers to the Year stamp set. I decided to embrace the Tranquil Tide and go with some stamping and card stock in the same colour, while the sentiment picks up on the hint of metallic from the Designer Series Paper and is Heat Embossed in Gold.

I thought that was going to be the card finished, but it just looked a little bare. So, I hit my ribbon draw and came up with this really pretty 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon in Whisper White for some cute bows.

I cannot wait to see what you make with this sketch! Don’t forget to join in over at Inspire.Create.Challenges.

Product List

Year Of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.75

Cheers To The Year Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£16.00

Sponge Brayers

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Versamark Pad

£7.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Whisper White 1/8" Sheer Ribbon

£5.50

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International Blog Highlight | Love

Pretty Love card using Touches of Texture from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlight | Love

Before I get started with tonight’s blog post, I just want to take a moment to celebrate. As I logged into my blog to write this post I happened to note the number of posts I have written – 999 – which makes THIS blog post, post number 1000! So, as you read this blog post, I just want to say Thanks! Thanks for stopping by, Thanks for supporting my business… do check out the rest of my blog (maybe not all of it! that may take a while) and a comment or two on your travels.

Kylies International Blog Highlight banner

This month’s Blog Highlight theme is; Love.

Now, November is not a very Love-y month in my household. It’s halfway between our wedding anniversary and our dating anniversary, although it is the month my parents got married. Still, things are busy busy around here at the moment with issues around the sale of our home, James’ finishing his degree and me being away for 2 weeks this month.

However, I recently listened to a Podcast about developing gratitude (I’m on a bit of a self-help kick at the moment in a bid to ward off my worsening anxiety) which suggested writing love notes to your spouse. This is something we have NEVER done, but I think the idea is lovely…. so, this card is heading for my wonderful Husband James.

Love you card using Touches of Texture from Stampin' Up!

I know he will say its girly, but that is fine…. I had LOADS of fun making it, and it’s what I write inside that is most important anyway!

So… this card, there are 2 stamp sets at work here; Touches of Texture and Labeler Alphabet. Touches of Texture is one of those stamp sets that I LOVE, but find REALLY hard to use! I actually made this card twice, the first time I layered loads of the texture stamps together, it looked like a dogs dinner and I turned the card stock over and started again! (Never forget, there are two sides to a piece of card stock!)

Pretty Love card using Touches of Texture from Stampin' Up!

The side of the card is stamped in Pear Pizzazz. I think this is my favourite stamp in this set, its looks like a sample of a piece of vintage lace; very pretty. I made some wedding table settings with it a few months ago that were stamped in Sahara Sand on Very Vanilla it looked very classic.

It just looked a little plain with just the stamping, so I added a piece of Gold Washi Tape from the Year of Cheer Washi Pack.

The flowers are stamped in Archival Basic Black, and coloured in using Watercolour Pencil and Blender pen. I haven’t used my Watercolour Pencils for AGES,  and with the launch of Stampin’ Blends at the start of the month I realised that they had been sat on my shelf unloved. The flowers were the die cut using the largest oval Stitched Shapes framelit, and some Gold Heat Embossed splatter added thanks to the Touches of Texture stamp set again!

Inside of Love card for Kylies Blog Highlight using Touches of Texture from Stampin' Up!

I even managed to stamp the inside of this card with the Touches of Texture stamp set, picking up on the colours from the flowers on the front.

I hope that you have enjoyed my project this evening. Do check out Kylie’s Blog for the other wondering Love themed projects and don’t forget to vote for your favourite too!

Product List

Touches Of Texture Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£30.00

Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

£15.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

£14.50

Blender Pens

£10.75

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

Year Of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape

£8.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator