Birthday - StampinbyHannah

1st December 2016

Masked Birthday Card with Butterfly Basics

Happy Birthday Butterfly Basics card Stampin' Up! UK

Yes, it’s another Birthday card! I know, I’ve been trying to spread them out a bit, but somehow I have ended up with a few still waiting to be blogged about… they have all be sent though so I’m trying to remember which cards I haven’t shared yet!

I sent this to my gorgeous sister-in-law at the beginning of the month, yes it really has taken me all month to get round to sharing! I know, it’s shocking!

I love love love this technique! The flower is stamped onto Whisper White in Archival Basic Black ink, and then ‘coloured in’ with Fine-Tip Glue. Then comes the absolute KEY to this technique, leave it to dry overnight!

The glue acts as a mask, so that when you stamp, or sponge, or watercolor over the top the areas with the glue stay white. It is so pretty here in Melon Mambo.

Question of the day: Do you make batches of birthday cards, or are you like me and a bit of a last minute annie?!

Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

£6.25

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Brights Enamel Shapes

[141680]

£8.25

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

28th November 2016

Make It Monday | Christmas Card and Gift Card Holder using Christmas Pines

Make it Monday video gift card holders and vouchers Stampin' Up! UK

Before I get into this weeks Make It Monday, I just want to let you know that TODAY ONLY we have a great Flash Sale going on! Check out all the details HERE!

I’ve been making a few of this style of card with a matching gift card envelope for customers ordering Gift vouchers recently. They are super speedy makes and look really sharp.

And the design works with just about any sentiment too! I mean, that Christmas card looks awesome with the Emerald Envy Glitter Embossed sentiment

The gift card holders are super easy to make with the Gift Card Envelope and Trim Thinlits dies. The die not only cuts the shape, but scores the fold lines too, so you can make a gift card holder in 10 minutes!

The sentiments on both these cards were totally hand stamped, but if you’re not confident stamping straight you could just as easily use a Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure level sentiments

Question of the day: What’s your favourite type of gift? I LOVE receiving gift cards, I know I’m a bit odd with that one, but I just loving being given the gift of shopping! I hate getting bath stuff, last Christmas I got 10 bottles of bubble bath! I don’t know if my family are trying to tell me something! lol

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

£31.50

Emerald Envy Glitter Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[142668]

£5.50

Gift Card Envelope & Trims Thinlits Dies

[135854]

£30.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Heat Tool – Uk Plug

[129054]

£27.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

1st November 2016

Bunch of Blossoms Birthday Card

Yes, I still have birthday cards to share, this past month has been crazy, and November isn’t much better – there are at least 2, if not 3 birthday’s in November and one of them is a big one! better get my thinking cap on!

I sent this card to my Aunt for her birthday at the Start of October, and I know that she LOVED it!

I have to say first of all, how fresh is this colour combination! Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive, with Whisper White. There are three stamp sets at work here (sorry!); Bunch of Blossoms, Rose Wonder and Playful Backgrounds. Those bubbles are stamped in Flirty Flamingo onto Flirty Flamingo card stock – loving a bit of tone on tone!

One of the many wonderful things about Stampin’ Up! is the coordination of products, and this card jut proves this again – the matching stamp and punch used to create the flower, the tone on tone stamping, the matching ink and card stock colours, and don’t start me on those In-Colour Enamel Shapes!

Product List

Bunch Of Blossoms Photopolymer Bundle

[142345]

£31.50

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140697]

£24.00

Playful Backgrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141920]

£14.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

£7.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

£7.25

2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

[141410]

£8.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

27th October 2016

Love you Lots Birthday Card

Childrens birthday card using love you lots from Stampin' Up! UK

I am still sharing my heap of family birthday cards, I had so many birthday’s this month and actually had a couple of custom card orders to make too. I shared the birthday card I made for my mum to send for the same gorgeous little girl last week, but just had to share the card that I sent as well.

How cute is that elephant?! I have been told that the recipient of this card LOVED the elephant, and I have to agree, just something about the sketchy look!

This elephant is from the Love you Lots stamp set, which is one of a collection of sets that you can choose from when you spend over £150, or host a party that spends more that £150. £150 is like Stampin’ Up!’s magic number, at this number you start to earn Stampin’ Rewards, aka FREE ££££ to spend on anything you like in the catalogue, including the Reward Exclusives.

The 3 is stamped and die cut using the wonderful Large Numbers dies and Number of Years stamp set, actually the Happy Birthday is taken from the same set.

Hope you love this simple birthday card as much as a cute little 3 year old!

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I will be closing this order on the 30^th October 2016

Product List

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

£8.00

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

£24.00

Large Numbers Framelits Dies

[140622]

£28.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Pop Of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper

[141648]

£11.75

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

21st October 2016

Cute Birthday Shaker Card

Simple Shaker Birthday Card using Guy Greetings and Lots of Love from Stampin' Up! UK

I mentioned a few weeks ago that this time of the year is CRAZY with birthdays in my family, and I really needed a quick, fun card for my cousin…. and this is what he ended up with!

This shaker was super simple to put together I took me less than 15 minutes (including fussy cutting that frog!). The secret here is Foam Adhesive Strips. The card is a 4 x 4″ card with a layer cut to 3 3/4 x 3 3/4″, with a circle die cut from the centre (with a piece of Window sheet attached behind it). I then run my Embossing Buddy across the Window sheet to remove some of the static and stop those gorgeous sequins from sticking too much!

The Piece of Whisper White behind was embossed with the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder, for some extra texture. The Foam Adhesive Strips are then attached to the back of the circle piece, bending these around the circle is super easy (as I will demonstrate in Monday’s Make It Monday video!!!). I would suggest using the Foam to attach the edges of the card to the card base as well as around the shaker window – just because they are thicker than Dimensionals and you want your card front to be the same height all the way across right?!

Product List

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

£8.00

Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set

[138828]

£32.00

Pacific Point A4 Card Stock

[116202]

£7.25

Window Sheets

[142314]

£4.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Brights Sequin Assortment

[138389]

£4.50

Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126951]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

£7.25

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

17th October 2016

Make It Monday | Pretty Floral Birthday Card

Make It Monday Faux Suede Technique using Garden In Bloom from Stampin' Up! UK

Hello! Welcome to Monday at StampinByHannah!

I shared this card on Wednesday last week, but just HAD to make a video tutorial, to go along with it.

So, the flower centres on these cards use the Faux Suede technique. I’m loving adding the extra dimension and texture this technique creates onto my cards. It is super simple too – take your punched / die cut shapes and bend and fiddle with it until the layers of the card start to separate, then just pull the layers apart. The reason it’s called Faux Suede is that the fibres in the card look kinda fuzzy when pulled out, and it looks like Suede! How cool!

Hope you love this card as much as I do, would LOVE to see your creations using the Faux Suede technique, share with me on my Facebook page and you might get a special something in the mail!

Product List

Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139433]

£23.00

Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140273]

£14.00

Blossom Builder Punch

[141469]

£16.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119247]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th October 2016

Giant Card in a Box | Children’s birthday card

Giant card in a box using Sweet Cupcake and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UK

October is a little bit mad for Birthdays in my family, and this past weekend I was invited to my cousin’s daughter’s 3rd birthday party. I actually have 2 cards to share for this one event, seeing as I made a card for my mum to send (this one) as well as the card we sent too.

I could not pass up the opportunity to use the Number of Years stamp set (and actually used it on both cards, will have to remember to share that card next week!), along with Sweet Cupcake. The colours here are Rose Red and Blushing Bride, with a touch of Tip Top Taupe and Sahara Sand for the cake bases.

Measurements:

Card stock – 29 x 14 cm (plus 2 pieces that measure 9 x 5 cm)

Score on the Long side at 7, 14, 21 and 28 cm

Score on the short side at 7 cm

I have done a video on how to put one of these cards together, but it was a really really long time ago – you can check it out HERE!

Product List

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

£24.00

Playful Backgrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141920]

£14.00

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle

[142232]

£38.50

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

£7.25

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

4th October 2016

Happy Birthday Snow Friends!

Boys Birthday Card using Snow Friends from Stampin' Up! UK

I think I have mentioned before that I really struggle making cards for James’ brothers and sisters, and this week I was asked (at the last minute as usual) to make a card for one of James’ younger brothers. However, this time I didn’t find it quite so bad….. maybe because I had the awesome Snow Place stamp set to play with.

Now, there is a little bit more of a back story to this card – James and his brothers spent a lot of time in a local seaside town when they were growing up, and this particular seaside town (Redcar) has some strange street furniture…. a family of Penguins that stand on the sea front. So, when I was looking through my stamps to find that perfect stamp set and I spotted my penguin friend I knew he was coming to stamp with me!

Now, I wonder if anyone local to me will have already realised where I am going next ….. yes, that Ice Cream. One of our local traditions is going to the sea side and eating a particular type of Ice Cream – something called a Lemon Top, which basically is vanilla soft whip Ice Cream with really tart Lemon Sauce on the top (can you tell I’m not really a fan!), and seeing as Snow Place comes complete with an Ice Cream, a Lemon Top it had to be.

This card is finished with the watercolour stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Stamp set in Cucumber Crush, and a Happy Birthday from Guy Greetings!

Product List

Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139738]

£23.00

Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer Stamp Set

[137167]

£22.00

Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set

[138828]

£32.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138324]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

30th September 2016

Frosted Medallions Birthday Card

Simple Birthday card using Frosted Medallions and Tin of Cards from Stampin' Up! UK

I spent most of last Sunday crafting, I set myself up in my lounge surrounded myself with stamp and paper and ink, and began to craft away….. I sat there for 6 hours and made a bunch of cards. I love bulk crafting like that, just being able to sit down and craft away. Anyway, after I had packed up and put everything back in its proper place, James got home and said ‘I need two cards before Tuesday’ well, I wasn’t going to have time on Monday to make anything, which meant that I needed to make 2 cards… now!

James’ Granny and his brother share their birthday (and I had completely forgotten about them!), so 2 birthday cards were needed, ASAP. I’ll share Josh’s card on Tuesday next week, but this one is the card I made for Granny. I say card, but really I made 3, stamping wasn’t my friend! My original plan was for a sort of one layer card, with the sentiment stamped and masked, and then the medallions from Frosted Medallions stamped around the outside, but I just couldn’t get the stamping right, so instead I added the sentiment stamped on a die cut. No one will ever know that there is some seriously messy stamping underneath the Happy Birthday (well, they wouldn’t if I hadn’t told you!)

The Happy Birthday is taken from the Tin of Cards stamp set, and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry. I’m sure you will have noticed my current obsession with the Layering Circles framelits, but I just cannot get enough of these, they are just the most perfect way of adding a sentiment.

This card is finished with a sprinkling of sequins taken from Blushing Bride sequin trim and a bow of Rich Razzleberry ribbon.

Product List

Frosted Medallions Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142189]

£18.00

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

£15.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Blushing Bride Sequin Trim

[138400]

£4.50

Ribbon 3/8″ (1 Cm) Trio Pack

[142021]

£10.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

26th September 2016

Make It Monday | Ombre 2-Step Stamping

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake and Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up! UK

Hello! Welcome to Make It Monday! I am loving making these Monday videos for you all, and I am hoping that you enjoy them too. I had so much fun making the card, I can’t stop looking at it! I actually filmed this one a few weeks ago, and had sort of forgotten about it, but when I found it again on my desk this morning … I’ve fallen in love with it! I might have to get my Wink of Stella out though, because I think it might need an extra bit of sparkle… what do you think?

As usual all the details are in the video. But I just want to mention about this fabulous Stamp and die bundle! I love the cupcake, and it’s great for birthdays, but there are some great everyday sentiments in here too; and those dies … I cannot get enough of those! Oh, and you know that when you buy the stamps and dies together you save 10%! There are heaps of bundles in both the Annual and Autumn / Winter catalogues (I did count them, but I now cant remember how many!) But there is a whole section of the store where you can find them all! HERE!

The Ombre pads come in a few colours now; we have Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Emerald Envy and even a Basic Black one! They are great for solid images and stamp just and beautifully as our regular Stampin’ Pads, but they have the advantage of being able to get those different tones of the same colour without having to stamp off and make a mess! Saying that, I make a mess anyway….I’m sure my Stampin’ sisters will agree with me that I am really good at making a mess when I craft!

I’m loving that colour combination too; Rich Razzleberry and Tip Top Taupe, very pretty. But then again, Rich Razzleberry is purple, and I am such a sucker for anything remotely purple! I had a friend once who would buy me presents just because they were purple… I ended up with some very strange gifts!

Right, that’s all from me today folks, have a fabulous Monday, oh, before I go just a quick reminder that I have a Facebook event tomorrow night, LIVE on my Facebook page at 7PM! don’t forget to check it out

Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle

[142232]

£38.50

Rich Razzleberry Ombre Stampin’ Pad

[141609]

£8.25

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

[130517]

£18.00

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

£2.75

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock

[138343]

£7.25

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

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