Thoughtful Thursday | Butterfly Basics Get Well Soon Card

Butterfly Basics Get well soon card using Stampin' Up! products

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So, Thoughtful Thursday is basically part of my Stampin’ Up! new years resolutions; send more cards! I make literally hundreds of cards every year, and half of them never leave my office, and that NEEDS to change! (Because I am running out of room!). So, I have started to try and be more organised and make more cards for specific people, that I can send…. and this card is one of those!

How to make a classic Sending Wishes card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

So, this card was made for my lovely friend Charley who has been in hospital recently. I really hope that I manage to get this card posted before this blog post goes live! One of my absolute all time Stampin’ Up! favourite stamp sets is Butterfly Basics, but I haven’t managed to use it much recently…. that is until I spotted another card made using it on Facebook a few weeks ago!

The flowers in the background are stamped twice; once using Whisper White Craft ink for a subtle effect, then a second time in Versamark that was then heat embossed using White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

Get Well Soon card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is also heat embossed in White, and the card finished with a cute bow using the super soft Classic Weave Ribbon in Crumb Cake.

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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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Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Card using Swirly Bird

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Birthday Card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Happy Bank holiday Monday! I hope you are all planning a lovely relaxing day, I am of course off to work today… the joys of working in Social Care! However, just because it is a bank holiday doesn’t mean that I haven’t made you a fun Make It Monday video, I hope you enjoy this one, I had loads of fun making it!

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Birthday Card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

I was totally inspired by a sample I found on Pinterest, it used a totally different die set, but the idea of using swirly dies as flowers stuck. Swirly Bird currently comes bundles with the Swirly Scribbles dies (to save you 10%) but this bundle retires on the 31st May… you will still be able to get both the stamps and dies, but you won’t be getting that fabulous discount. You can check the Retiring list now, and don’t forget to use my Code Club Code for something extra special too!

Measurements:

Rose Red Card stock: half an A4 sheet, folded in half (21 x 14.8 cm, scored at 10.5 cm)

Whisper White: 10 x 14.3 cm

Make It Monday Video Tutorial card making quick and easy card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up! UK

The Happy Birthday sentiment comes from Butterfly Basics (another set I am excited to see carry over into the new Annual Catalogue!), I love the mixture of fonts on this one…. I am such a sucker for a good font… especially when it’s stamped in pink!


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Sale-a-bration Wednesday | Inside the Lines with a gorgeous Butterfly

Sale-a-bration 2017 Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper Sending Wishes Card Stampin' Up! UK

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Oh yes, it is Wednesday… and time to talk some more about Sale-a-bration! oh how I LOVE this sale! It is just awesome!

Now, I know that the Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper is totally designed for you to colour in…. but I am loving using it as it is – I will have to have a go at colouring soon though, I’m sure this card would look AMAZING with the paper coloured…..

Sale-a-bration wednesday Sending Wishes card using Inside the Line and Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up! UK

Did you know that you can get this fabulous Designer Series Paper for FREE? just by spending £45 before the end of March! Isn’t that just so cool, and how often to you get to choose your own free gift…. not often enough!

The stamp set and the die I have used on this card come from the Annual Catalogue, they are firm favourites of mine but haven’t had much use recently. The Butterfly Basics stamp set coordinates perfectly with the Butterflies thinlits dies, and that butterfly is stunning die cut from Basic Black card stock. I have manage a pop of metallic on this card with some loops of Copper Metallic Thread.

Sale-a-bration 2017 Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper Sending Wishes Card Stampin' Up! UK

Did you get chance to check out my Sale-a-bration bundles post from last week? I though I would share it with you again, it shows perfectly what you might choose in order to get one of the fabulous Sale-a-bration items!

How fabulous are those items! I had to put an order in last week (I had run out of Fast Fuse!!!! I know, I couldn’t believe it either!!!) and so choose the gorgeous Advant Garden stamp set… I cannot wait to have a play with it!


Question of the day: What colours would you colour this fabulous paper?

I’m reaching for my watercolour pencils…. so I might do an Old Olive and Melon Mambo combo!


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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!

Birthday card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up! Happy Birthday Pink Card

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!

Happy Birthday Butterfly Basics card Stampin' Up! UKThe 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.

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Pootles Colour Challenge!

Pootles Colour Challenge using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up! UK

Pootles Colour Challenge

Right, its that time again, I’m on a challenge roll! My lovely friend Sam has this colour challenge on her blog every week and I have been trying for ages to join in but somehow life keeps stopping me – well not this week! I’m on annual leave from the day job this week and even managed to get the weekend off! (which was a last minute surprise!) so I managed to carve out sometime on Sunday to make a card for Sam.

Pootles Colour Challenge Birthday Card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

So, the colour challenge this week was to use:

I had so much fun creating the background of this card! I am planning a Make It Monday video, but it will be a few weeks before I get it to you (yes, I’m evening managing to film ahead of time!!!!)

This card uses Butterfly Basics, which is definitely one of my Must Have stamp sets, with the flowers heat embossed in white over the watercolour background.

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The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and heat embossed in clear on Vellum.

I had so much fun taking part in this colour challenge….. right, I’m off to make another card for a different colour challenge, which you can see on Thursday!


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Butterfly Basics Week – Watercolour Background

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Background Thinking of you card

I do hope that you have enjoyed this week of Butterfly Basics cards. I have another themed week planned for next week too – I’m away this weekend and On Stage, the 6 monthly Stampin’ Up! corporate event, and am attending a team training day on Sunday. I managed to volunteer myself into doing an inspiration station – a whole table of cards with one theme! So, next week I will share a whole heap of cards featuring one technique, but I’m going to leave you to guess which one!

While I’m talking about On Stage, don’t forget to check out my Facebook page and Instagram this weekend, as I am sure to share some photos of my adventures (but not new products, I’m not allowed to show you anything like that yet!)

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Background Thinking of you card

This final card in my series of card featuring Butterfly Basics is probably my favourite. Purple is my favourite colour, and so I’ve selected 3 shades here to create this background; Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant. It is super easy to create this watercolour background, the trick it to let each colour and layer dry before adding the next, and creating ‘hard edges’ but speeding up the drying process with you Heat Tool.

Stampin' Up! UK Thinking of you Watercolour Background

The butterfly is stamped in Wisteria Wonder onto more Watercolour Paper before being die cut with the coordinating die from the Butterfly thinlits dies, and it adhered to the card with a few glue dots that are also holding down the loops of Metallic thread in Gold.

I wanted a neutral background / card base for this one, and so selected Tip Top Taupe, a colour I have to admit I haven’t used all that much recently, but am starting to really enjoy – probably should add a pack of card stock to my next order!


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Butterfly Basics Week – Sending Wishes Your Way

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics English Garden Card

I’m loving this week of cards featuring Butterfly Basics! I love this stamp set, it can be found in the Annual catalogue on page 124, under Artistic Expression – but don’t let that title put you off. Its a great set of stunning images and two great sentiments that are perfect for so many occasions.

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics English Garden Card

This card also features a piece of English Garden Designer Series Paper as I continue my mission to get my Designer Series Paper used up rather than just sat (looking very pretty) on the shelf!

The fern is stamped in Old Olive and stamped off 3 times, all on the card, creating this great variation in colour. The flower stem was stamped over the top in Always Artichoke – I’m still not sure about this bit, but I LOVE the fussy cut flowers, a little tricky but well worth it

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Thinking of you card

I love greens and pinks together, so fresh and pretty for spring


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Butterfly Basics Week – Watercolour

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Birthday Card

Butterfly Basics is one of my favourite stamp sets from this years Annual catalogue (actually it was in last years Spring/Summer too!) It can be found on Page 124, and is in the Artistic Expression section. Although it was designed for Stamp Layering the flower image is great for a simple watercolour

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Birthday Card

The big key to watercolouring your stamped images is using the right ink to stamp with. I’ve used Archival Basic Black ink here as it is water-resistant, but you could also use Stazon. Memento is great for using with your alcohol markers but as it is water-based tends to run and bleed when used with watercolouring.

When watercolouring an image like this I smoosh my ink pad onto a large clear block and add some drops of water either from an Aquapainter or spritzer. I’m not great with an aquapainter (yet) so stick with my trusty paint brush. My current fav is a Soft grip number 5 round brush from Royal and Langnickels Crafter’s Choice range, which I only bought because they are purple! When watercolouring a small-ish image like this one I prefer to keep my brush quite dry with more ink that water which is why I prefer a brush rather than an Aquapainter because that way I have more control

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Week Birthday cardSo, my colour choices here are Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo for the watercolour and ink splatter, with accent stamping and sentiment in Sahara Sand


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Butterfly Basics Week – Make It Monday

Stampin' Up! UK Make It Monday Blender Pen colouring Butterfly Basics

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Welcome to a whole week of posts focusing on Butterfly Basics. I LOVE this stamp set, its super pretty and great for a host of techniques including; watercolour, stamp layering, blender pens on vellum, and die cutting (seeing as it coordinates with TWO die sets!) and can be found on page 124 of the Annual catalogue in the Artistic Expression section. I love this part of the catalogue, its the run wild section for me, where you can find stamp sets specifically designed for techniques and where your imagination can run away with you.

Make It Monday Butterfly Basics Vellum Blender Pens

I know I did promise a video this week, but time ran away with me again – 3 shifts at work this week and then I’m off for 9 days! So, fingers crossed I get some filming done then!

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So, today we are using our Blender Pens to colour on Vellum. I really enjoy this technique, and its a great way to introduce yourself to the joy of the blender pen! Blender pens contain a clear ‘ink’ that means that you can blend out the ink from your stamping, or use them to pick up coloured ink to colour an image. Blender pens work great on our Whisper White card stock, BUT you have to work fast, which is why I’ve used vellum today. Vellum is really slippy (non-porous) and ink takes much longer to dry on it, which makes it great for trying our your Blender Pens!

Stampin' Up! UK Blender Pens on Vellum

I’ve used my Stampin’ Write Markers today too. Scribble some marker onto a clear block and use the Blender Pen to pick up the ink – much less messy that doing the same with an ink pad!

Stampin' Up! UK Blender Pens Stampin' Write Makers Vellum Colouring

Ok, so after you have stamped your image onto the vellum (I’ve used our Archival Basic Black ink) allow the ink to dry and then turn the Vellum over. Then, using your blender pens, colour the reverse side of the image. I used four colours here; Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry.

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Because ink takes so long to dry on Vellum I used my Heat Tool to speed up the process. But you have to be super careful when heating Vellum that it doesn’t burn, use the first setting on the Heat Tool and keep taking the Vellum out of the heat every few seconds. The ink will dry much quicker this way.

Stampin' Up! UK Vellum Birthday Card

Time for some finishing touches. Attaching Vellum to card stock can be tricky. I’ve used Fast Fuse here, because its clear and I’m attaching the Vellum to Whisper White Card stock it is easily hidden under the stamping. Stampin' Up! UK Make It Monday Blender Pen colouring Butterfly Basics

The bow clip in the top corner helps to keep the free edge tidy, and I’ve added some Gold Wink of Stella to the flower to mirror the Gold in the Clip

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Birthday Card

What do you think? I love the soft colours you get when you colour on the reverse of the Vellum. You could just as easily colour the front, you just get more vibrant colour

Thanks for stopping by for this weeks Make It Monday, check back tomorrow for another card made using the Butterfly Basics Stamp set!


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