Leadership Blog Hop | Team Events with Stampin’ up!

Stampin' Up! OnStage November 2018

StampinByHannah Leadership Blog Hop | Team Events with Stampin’ up!

Stampin Up Leadership Blog Hop

Welcome to the Leadership Blog Hop… we are a group  of 5 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who are currently working together to support our other Stampin’ Sisters (and brothers) while our Team Leader is away on the Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip to Alaska!

I had heaps of ideas of what I could share with you today…. and then my day job took over this week, and actually getting something made in time provided a little too much. However, I still wanted to let you know about some of the fun things we do as Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators!

Stampin’ Up! Events…

Stampin' Up! OnStage November 2018

My favourite part of being a part of Stampin’ Up! is events…. of all kinds! Every 6 months Stampin’ Up! host a fabulous Demonstrator Exclusive event; OnStage! The next one is coming in November, but tickets go on sale next month. OnStage is SO much fun… we get to spend the day with hundreds of like-minded Demonstrators, get to see the next catalogue before anyone else, get to take home an exclusive bag full of products too!

Team Events…

BUT we also have team events! Our next team retreat is in September… and we have a jam packed weekend of crafting planned in a luxury hotel in Manchester! I am SO excited…. and more than a little nervous because I’ve managed to volunteer to present too! We also have heaps of Online events… with a busy Facebook group, videos, challenges and much more!

I’ll share the challenge I’ve set the team over on my Facebook Page next weekend…. Because if I share it with you now, it’ll spoil the surprise for them.

You can join in with our events by joining the team right now, and if you do Stampin’ Up! will thrown £63 worth of ink pads into your kit for FREE! How cool is that!

Thanks for joining me today; now hop on over to Heidi’s blog where I know she has a fun creative project for you!

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Go For Greece | Hello Floral Frames!

Pretty Hello card using Floral Frames from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Go For Greece Hello Floral Frames!

Go for Greece Blog Hop

I have already shared one card using the Floral Frames bundle today but seeing as I made these two one after the other, it just seemed right to share them together too! How pretty is this stamp set! It might just be one of the prettiest in the catalogue!

Floral Frames Hello card with die cutting and embossing using Stampin' Up! products

I don’t very often combine products. But I have today because, I die cut and layered everything up and then thought the card looked a little plain. I almost always assemble the card before I glue everything down, just to check that I haven’t missed something… so glad I did today because I am running really low on Soft Sea Foam card stock, really need to add that to my next order! So, because I decided the card was a little plain, I added some dry embossing to the background using the Lovely Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder, and then covered most of it with this fabulous frame!

Fun die cut and embossed Hello card using Floral Frames from Stampin' Up!

The frame, and the leaves are both designed to be used with the new Stampin’ Up! Big Shot Embossing Mats. I’ve done a couple of videos using these, and I LOVE them!

To get this effect…

  1. Die cut the frame and the leaves using a standard sandwich (Magnetic Platform, Cutting Mat, card stock, die, Cutting mat), making sure to washi-tape the die to the card stock so that the card stock doesn’t fall out before the next step.
  2. Then run the dies back through the big shot, using the thin blue embossing mat (Big Shot platform, Cutting mat, Die, Card stock, Blue embossing mat, white Impressions pad). This then gives a subtle embossing onto die cuts for an extra pretty touch!

To finish the card I added a couple of the flowers from the stamp set in Poppy Parade, and stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler, before popping it all up on lots of dimensionals!

Thanks for joining me today, do check out these other talented ladies on the hop… and I hope to see you again soon

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International Blog Highlight | Travel with Bike Ride from Stampin’ Up!

International Blog Highlight Travel themed Congratulations Card using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlight Travel with Bike Ride from Stampin’ Up!

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Kylie’s challenge for this month was to create a Travel theme’d project… now, while this makes sense as many Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators gather for a trip to Alaska, it proved tricky for me. I really don’t have many stamp sets with a travel theme! There is a whole suite of goodies aimed at Travel Theme’d projects in this years Annual catalogue… but it hasn’t found it way into my craft room just yet. So, I stood, and stared at my stamp shelves for a while… before I realised I have the perfect travel theme’d set… Bike Ride!

Bike Ride is one of those really cool stamp sets that layers together to make something really great… and works perfectly with the Stamparatus! Here the bike has been stamped in a combination of Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Memento Black.

Because bicycles don’t usually float, I needed to find a why of grounding it on the card… and instead of placing it at the bottom, or adding a shadow with a Blends Marker… I decided to use the Petal Pair’s Embossing Folder. I LOVE the look of this, but it is a little tricky, and has creased the card stock… but I don’t think you can tell too badly!

Fun Congratulations card with a bicycle using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is taken from the Hostess Exclusive Stamp Set Hand-Delivered… I LOVE this font SO much! and the card is completed with a trio of Self-Adhesive Sequins (which I am a little addicted to!)

What’s you favourite finishing touch?

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Go for Greece | Pretty Floral card with Abstract Impressions

Fun Floral Thank You card using Springtime Impressions from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Go for Greece Pretty Floral card with Abstract Impressions

Go for Greece Blog Hop

Oh Man! I cannot believe I managed to miss this blog hop last month! May totally killed me…. I’m blaming the settling in period of this new job, but really I think it just slipped my mind. It’s ok though because I’m back this month, and I have new goodies to share with you to!

Tomorrow I’m sharing the goodies I got in my first Annual Catalogue order with the lovely people who have subscribed to my weekly Stampin’ Inspiration emails, but I’ll give you a little sneaky peak….

Create a fun floral card using dies and Abstract Impressions from Stampin' Up!

Last week the Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team made some awesome card with the new Abstract Impressions bundle…. and I took inspiration from a few of their creations in the making of this one. My video tutorial on Friday also uses this fab bundle, for a really cool technique!

I LOVE the bundles in the Stampin’ Up! catalogue… Did you know, that if you buy a bundle you save 10% over buying the stamps and dies separately? I think that is totally awesome. So far I have collected a fair few of the bundles in the new catalogue, and I am sure that there will be some more finding a space in my craft room shortly too!

Fun Floral Thank You card using Springtime Impressions from Stampin' Up!

This pretty floral card also uses one of my favourite new colours; Lovely Lipstick is one of the 2018-2020 In Colours. These colours only stick around for 2 years, before they are retired and replaced. This helps to keep the Stampin’ Up! colour line really fresh and on trend…. but this colour has quickly become a true favourite, and I just KNOW that I’ll be stocking up on card stock and re-inkers soon!

The large corner die from the Springtime Impressions dies (part of that bundle!) was cut from a piece of Very Vanilla card stock that I had popped some Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet on the back off. Once it was cut I added colour using Stampin’ Sponges for this fun effect.

Go for Greece Blog Hop pretty floral card using Abstract Impressions from Stampin' Up!

The background is stamped in Blushing Bride, and then I have added some details in Gold…. oh and that pretty Heat Embossed sentiment too!

Check out the creations of some of the other ladies in the Go for Greece group below….

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International Blog Highlights | Swirly Bird Baby Card…

Cute little bird baby card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlights Swirly Bird Baby Card…

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Oh my! This month’s Blog Highlight was a challenge! I’m just coming onto the phase in my life where everyone is having babies… and so making baby cards isn’t something I’ve done all that much of! I have just bought one of the baby themed stamp sets from the Annual catalogue because one of my best girl friends is due a baby any day…. but neither have arrived yet! So, I had to turn to my existing stamp collection…. and at that point I got stuck!

Pinterest to the rescue… and THIS card from the lovely Pat Tecza… and so this card was born!

How to make a fun baby card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

I haven’t taken Swirly Bird off the shelf for ages… I’d forgotten how much I love it! The card base has been stamped in Soft Sky ink onto Soft Sky card stock for a fun tone on tone effect. Then there is a hint of something special with a couple of stripes of Washi Tape down the right hand side

Cute little baby congratulations card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

The Congratulations is taken from the Home Life bundle. I’ve been using this one a LOT recently, it’s got some really handy sentiments… and don’t get my started on that font!

I completed this card with a fun double bow in Pool Party solid Bakers Twine.

Check out everyone else’s fun Baby themed card ideas HERE! Where you can also vote for your favourite…

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Pootlers Team Blog Hop | Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

How to create a fun Congratulations card using Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Pootlers Team Blog Hop Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

Pootles Stampin' Up! Team Blog Hop

Welcome to StampinByHannah for the second Pootlers Team Blog Hop of 2018. This week we are sharing a heap of Sale-a-bration inspiration, and I cannot wait to see what the other ladies have made. You can find out first blog hop of 2018 HERE, where we shared Spring Summer catalogue goodies!

How to create a fun Congratulations card using Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

Sale-a-bration is awesome this year! There are so many great items that you can choose for free when you shop, my current favourite (it changes from week to week!) is the Amazing You stamp set and the Celebrate You thinlits. I LOVE when products coordinate, which is why I love Stampin’ Up! so much, and these two pair together wonderfully.

I used the Celebrate die twice, once to cut a piece of Gold Glimmer Paper and a second time to cut a piece of watercolour paper I had already coloured using Brusho. I am really enjoying playing with Brusho at the moment and am embracing the mess that comes along with it! There is one top tip for using the dies in the Celebrate You Thinlits… make sure that you back your card stock with Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet BEFORE you die cut it. This makes the words SO much easier to adhere to your project, as they are then basically fancy stickers!

Celebrating Sale-a-bration with Pootles and the team with Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

The Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets also work really well sticking to the Glimmer Paper (please don’t ask how many times and different adhesives I used in the making of this card, how many Celebrates I die cut!), and it sticks well to the ribbon too! The Night of Navy Crinkle Seam Binding is attached to the card stock with a strip of Fast Fuse, and I ruffled it a little as I stuck it down to create this effect.

Do check out the other projects created by the Pootlers… and thank you so much for checking out StampinByHannah today!

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InspireInk Blog Hop | Sparkly Amazing You…

Fun Heart Happiness Valentines Card for the InspirINK blog hop using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah InspireInk Blog Hop Sparkly Amazing You…

InspirInk Blog Hop Header Stampin' Up! team blog hop

Oh I am so excited about today’s blog post! You might remember last year, I took part in a monthly blog hop called Simply Sketched Saturday? Well, I co-run this monthly event with my lovely friend Sam, and we have changed things up a bit. (Can I just take a moment to look at our awesome new logo… its so damn pretty!)

InspirInk Blog Hop January Theme Sparkle Shimmer and Shine

This month’s theme is Sparkle, Shimmer and Shine… and I CANNOT wait to see what the girls on the team have made! We have 17 InspireINK blogs taking part this month, and you can see them all by clicking the NEXT button at the bottom of this blog post.

How to create a fun sparkly Valentines card using Heart Happiness and Amazing You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

Ok, so I have a confession to make about this card… it wasn’t my first creation for today’s blog hop, but I am SO glad that I didn’t settle for the card I had, because I LOVE this one! You can see the first version (very quickly) in my Make It Monday video this Monday, when I might just be making another version of this fabulously sparkly number!

There are two stamp sets at work on this card; Heart Happiness and the lovely Amazing You, as well as the Celebrate You Thinlits which coordinate. The large hearts are simply stamped  in Night of Navy while the stamp does all the work to get that multi-tonal effect. The little hearts are then stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Fun Sale-a-bration Heart Valentines card using Heart Happiness and Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is the star of the show here though, with Amazing die cut from Gold Glimmer Paper (I cannot get enough of Glimmer paper, or this die, at the moment!), and the other words taken from Amazing You heat embossed in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

I hope that you have enjoyed stopping by StampinByHannah today, and hope to see you here again soon! Please do hop along and see the rest of the InspireINK team…

InspirInk Blog Hop team blog hop Stampin' Up! UK

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International Blog Highlights | Truly Tailored

Fun card for guys using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlights Truly Tailored

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It’s that special day of the month again… Kylie’s International Blog Highlight. I LOVE taking part in these events, partly because I get to see heaps of creative ideas from loads of other Demonstrators around the world, but also because Kylie always comes up with a cool theme! This month is no exception, and I am sure that everyone has made some fabulous projects. This month we are sharing our favourite products from the Spring Summer (Occasions if your outside of Europe) catalogue and Sale-a-bration!

International Blog Highlights with Kylie Bertucci Mans Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

I LOVE the Truly Tailored Suite in the Spring Summer Catalogue. Initially I was drawn to the colour combination, although I did spend far longer than I would care to admit trying to see the Crushed Curry on the papers printed in the catalogue!

It is definitely there though, and using a bit of Crushed Curry Bakers Twine on this card has really helped to pull it out of the papers.

Using Designer Series Paper on a manly card using True Gentleman from Stampin' Up!

I hadn’t really thought about it until I came to right this blog post, but I think my choice of papers is my subconscious speaking to me…. because I really need to hurry up and pick my new glasses! I promise I’ll share a picture of them on my social media when they arrive!

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Pootlers Team Blog Hop | Petal Passion Best Wishes…

Fun and Floral Best Wishes card using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Pootlers Team Blog Hop Petal Passion Best Wishes…

Pootles Stampin' Up! Team Blog Hop

Welcome to StampinByHannah… today’s blog post is a super special one! I am privileged to organise our team blog hops, I LOVE doing them! Partly because I just love to share, but I get a sneaky peak of everyone’s projects and I know that this time the girls have made some totally awesome projects! I have been running the hop for 3 wonderful years, and I am so pleased to see so many members of the team taking part this time… we have 30 fabulous blogs for you today! Please take some time to check them all out and leave some comment love on your travels too.

How to make a fabulous Best Wishes card using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

The Petal Palette suite is my absolute favourite from the new Spring Summer catalogue! I am such a sucker for a stamp set with a good font, and this one has fabulous fonts, lovely sentiments and some gorgeous florals too. The stamp set coordinates with a fabulous set of dies, the Petals and More thinlits do more than just cut out some of the stamps, there are some lovely layering pieces in there too.

Pootlers Team Blog Hop with PootlesPapercraft using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

I coloured in the floral stamp with Stampin’ Up! Watercolour Pencils and blended the colours with a Blender pen, before using the coordinating die to cut it out. This floral stamp is then layered with two of the die cuts, and some stamping and Gold Heat Embossing to create the final effect.

Here is the list of the lovely ladies taking part in our Pootlers Team Blog Hop today, please check them out and leave some comment love too. Thanks for checking out StampinByHannah today, and I hope to see you again soon!

12 Days of Giftaways

We have reached Day 12 of my 12 Days of Giftaways today…I LOVE being able to give you something special when you shop… and I have some special things coming in the new year! So, as my Christmas gift to you I have a special gift for each person who shops over £45 for the next 12 days. Each day has a different gift, and you don’t need to worry about adding the Code Club Code (although please do to receive your January Card Kit!).

StampinByHannah 12 Days of Giftaways featuring Stampin' Up! goodies!

Fine Print; This is not a competition and there is NO single winner, all customers WILL receive a gift. Please do not add it to your order, (unless of course you want duplicates!) as I will be sending this separately with your usual Customer Thank You pack….

All Thank You Gift Packs will be posted after the 12 Deals of Christmas have finished.

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Sale-a-bration Kick Off Blog Hop | Amazing You

Sale-a-bration 2018 Congratulations Card using Amazing You and Celebrate You from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Sale-a-bration Kick Off Blog Hop Amazing You

Sale-a-bration Kick off Blog Hop with Janet Wakeland

Tonight I have a special blog post for you… I have joined with a host of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world to Celebrate the start of Sale-a-bration 2018. Sale-a-bration starts tomorrow and I have a special blog post going up first thing in the morning with all the details, but I have a fabulous card to share with you tonight using TWO of the fabulous Sale-a-bration free gifts….

How to make a fun Congratulations card using Sale-a-bration stamp set Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

This card uses the Amazing You Stamp set, and the coordinating Celebrate You Thinlits dies, both of which are FREE during Sale-a-bration. I wanted to keep this card fairly simple and let the sentiment do all the talking. The ‘Amazing’ is die cut from Champagne Foil Sheet, while the rest of the sentiment is stamped and heat embossed in White onto Basic Black card stock

The Designer Series Paper is another brand new product, from this year’s Spring Summer catalogue, and I am totally in LOVE with it. I am such a sucker for Black and White Designer Series Paper anyway, but this pack is gorgeous! Petal Passion Designer Series Paper is part of the Petal Palette Suite… and I have HEAPS of samples to share with you over the next few weeks!

Sale-a-bration 2018 Congratulations Card using Amazing You and Celebrate You from Stampin' Up!

The other cool bit of this card is the Gold Embossed Splatter. I saw this recently on the Stampin’ Up! Instagram page, and I just thought it was such a cool idea. It’s also super easy to do! I splattered a mix of White Craft Ink and Water onto my Whisper White card stock, then sprinkled over some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, but Stampin’ Up! suggested a mix of Multipurpose Glue and water.

So fun!

Check out the other Demonstrators taking part in the Sale-a-bration Kick Off Blog Hop, and I hop to see you here again soon!


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