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31st March 201829th March 2018

The End of Sale-a-bration 2018!

StampinByHannah The End of Sale-a-bration 2018!

Stampin' Up! Saleabration

Oh my goodness! Sale-a-bration ends tonight… at 10:59PM!

I have had HEAPS of fun making cards with this years Sale-a-bration freebies, and I thought I would share them all with you in one blog post… just in case you hadn’t quite made up your mind about which one you wanted most! You can click on each image to be taken to the original blog post, and therefore links to each of the products used.

Shop…

The first part of Sale-a-bration, gives you fabulous free gifts of your choice when you shop! There are 2 levels this year, some times are free with a £45 order and some bonus items are free with a £90 order.

Host…

The second part of Sale-a-bration gives you extra Stampin’ Rewards when you spend more than £200. Stampin’ Rewards are a bit like store credit… and for a £200 order you would normally get 10% credit to spend immediately. During Sale-a-bration Stampin’ Up! have bumped this up, and so will give you an extra £20… that’s at least £40 of free goodies when you spend £200. You have to redeem these credits immediately, but you can choose anything you like in the Webstore!

Join…

The 3rd and final part of Sale-a-bration is the joining offer. This is the greatest deal! Grabbing a Starter Kit is always a great choice, with £130 worth of goodies for just £99 and free postage, but its even better if you sign up before 10:59PM on Saturday with Stampin’ Up! giving you a further 2 stamp sets (from the Spring Summer or Annual catalogues) for FREE!

The Starter kit is completely customisible, but it’s just the start of what you receive by being a part of Stampin’ Up!…

At least 20% discount on ALL Stampin’ Up! orders
Exclusive Quarterly magazine jam packed with Inspiration, ideas and more…
Demonstrator only website with all the latest Stampin’ Up! news, sneak peaks, videos and more…
Access to pre-order periods for all new catalogues and products (the next one is in May!)
Invitations to exclusive Stampin’ Up! events
Access to Demonstrator own Facebook groups including several Exclusively for my team!
Monthly Exclusive Facebook Live call with me, featuring news, training and exclusive crafty projects
Monthly email from me, PLUS access to me when you need it!

You can find out more about Joining Stampin’ Up! HERE!

All of my Sale-a-bration 2018 Projects…

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

30th March 201829th March 2018

How to… Ink Blending with Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink

How to do Ink Blending with Stampin' Up! Classic Ink and StampinByHannah Video Tutorial

StampinByHannah How to… Ink Blending with Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink

I have been having so much fun with Ink Blending recently! On Tuesday I shared THIS card for the Go for Greece blog hop with the lovely Kylie Bertucci, and had a few comments about my ink blending… so I thought I would share a fun tutorial with you today.

I think that most of my Ink Blending top tips are in the video… so do check that out!

The stamp set at work here is the lovely Lovely Inside and Out. I LOVE this stamp set, its great for heaps of different occasions with a bunch of mix and match sentiments… and I cannot get enough of those background images too.

I have been having loads of fun with layering recently, and this card is a continuation of that! Not only have I layered ink blending and tone on tone stamping… but then the heat embossed sentiment is layered with a piece of Delicate White Doily, some loops of Black Metallic Thread and a trio of Glitter Enamel Dots.

Oh! before I go, Sweet Sugarplum (the colour I’ve used in this card!) is one of the 2016-2018 In-Colours… and it’s due to retire REALLY soon, along with Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Peekaboo Peach, and Flirty Flamingo! So, grab your In-Colour ink refills and card stock now before they sell out!

Product List

Lovely Inside & Out Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144011]

£18.00

Lovely Inside & Out Clear-Mount Bundle

[145324]

£37.75

Lovely Words Thinlits Dies

[143733]

£24.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

£7.25

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Delicate White Doilies

[141701]

£2.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Basic Black Metallic Thread

[141695]

£2.75

Glitter Enamel Dots

[144200]

£6.25

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

27th March 201827th March 2018

Go for Greece Blog Hop | Picture Perfect Birthday Card

How to create a fun birthday card using Picture Perfect Birthday from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Go for Greece Blog Hop Picture Perfect Birthday Card

Oh man, I am SO excited for today’s blog hop! I have been taking part in more and more blogging events recently, with Inspire.Create.Challenge every other week, plus Kylie’s blog highlights once a month and the InspireINK blog hop. But, today’s event is even more special! I have joined with a fabulous group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators around the world, all of whom are working towards the Stampin’ Up! 2019 incentive trip to Greece.

This birthday card was inspired by the recent Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop. This fabulous group of super talented woman are just inspiring, and I just LOVE the projects they produce each and every month.

I made this card for one of my Stampin’ Besties’ for her Birthday last week. It uses the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set and coordinating Picture Perfect Party, which will also be the StampinByHannah Stamp of the Month for April. I had heaps of fun creating this one, and I might just have had a proper play with my new Stamparatus too! This fabulous new Stamp Positioning Tool (coming in June!) just makes lining up those two step stamped images just so easy!

This card features lots of lovely layers (my current crafting addition!)… with a corner of ink blending in Berry Burst with a hint of stamping over the top, Designer Series Paper and a heat Embossed Sentiment.

Product List

Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

[145519]

£15.00

Picture Perfect Party 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[145559]

£9.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Berry Burst Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144083]

£6.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Powder Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144084]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

27th March 201826th March 2018

Global Design Project 131 | Happy Easter with Hedgehugs from Stampin’ Up!

Watercolour background Easter Card using Hedgehugs from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Global Design Project 131 Happy Easter with Hedgehugs from Stampin’ Up!

Oh my! It has been a good while since I took part in a Global Design Project challenge, but I’m on holiday from my day job this week and therefore managed to craft yesterday… and so made this fun Easter Card to celebrate!

I have been having heaps of fun with the Hedgehugs stamp set this month, and have already shared a trio of fun cards on my Monthly Facebook Live video. The Easter challenge was a little tricky, because I haven’t got a single Easter themed stamp set this year, so I turned to these cute critters and the Labeler Alphabet for this one.

The background features a fun watercolour wash of Pear Pizzazz onto a piece of Shimmery White card stock. This is such a fun way to add a little extra something to a card, I am sure that it would have looked lovely in plain white, but you guys know I can’t resist an opportunity to watercolour!

Chocolate Chip

Pear Pizzazz

So Saffron

The card is finished with a stamped strip of So Saffron card stock using that Hedgehugs stamp set again, and a hint of a doily.

Do you make Easter cards? Or do you prefer to give chocolate?

Product List

Hedgehugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145879]

£18.00

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

£7.25

Chocolate Chip A4 Card Stock

[108599]

£7.25

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

£7.25

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126957]

£6.00

Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126979]

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141936]

£15.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Delicate White Doilies

[141701]

£2.75

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

24th March 201824th March 2018

InspireInk | Perennial Birthday Card

Soft and pretty Perennial Birthday Card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah InspireInk Perennial Birthday Card

Hello! Welcome to the InspireInk Blog Hop! This month we are all creating projects with a sketch designed by Keila… I had heaps of fun with this one!

I’ve kept this card fairly true to the sketch, but have used the Perennial Birthday Stamp set to create this pretty and soft card. This stamp set is perfect for creating your own Designer Series Paper, small stamps stamped repeatedly to create a pretty pattern. The Stitched Shape die cut Circle features this technique.

The colour combination here is the key to this card though, and it would make a very pretty wedding congratulations card.

This card is finished with a trio of Glitter Enamel Dots.

Please use the NEXT button below to hop around our blog hop today and see everyone’s lovely creations.

Product List

Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145760]

£20.00

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

£7.25

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

£7.25

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Powder Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144084]

£6.00

Glitter Enamel Dots

[144200]

£6.25

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

23rd March 201819th March 2018

How to make a card using Faux Watercolour with Watercolour Wings from Stampin’ Up!

StampinByHannah How to make a card using Faux Watercolour with Watercolour Wings from Stampin’ Up!

Today’s video features one of the those techniques that I use so often that I forget to mention it! I know… I’m so bad! But, it’s super pretty and really easy. I actually used this one on my husbands Valentines card this year.

Faux watercolour is super easy to do… all you need is a fairly solid stamp, Stampin’ Up! ink and an Aqua-Painter. It creates a really pretty, soft effect, and is a great way to add that extra something to a card. I do of course have a couple of Top Tips:

Use Thick Whisper White card stock, Shimmery White card stock, or Watercolour paper
Ensure your ink pads are well inked and nice and juice-y
Use an Aqua-Painter that has plenty of water in it, but don’t squeeze… the water will naturally come out of the Aqua-painter as you use it, but if you squeeze you might flood your card stock and spread the ink too far
Have fun!

Island Indigo

So Saffron

Tempting Turquoise

The sentiment on this card is taken from the Beautiful You stamp set, and is punched out with the 1-3/4″ circle punch and matted onto the Pretty Label punched from Island Indigo.

Product List

Watercolor Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139424]

£23.00

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

£25.00

Island Indigo A4 Card Stock

[124390]

£7.25

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

£7.25

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

£7.25

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126952]

£6.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126957]

£6.00

Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126986]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

1-3/4″ Circle Punch

[119850]

£16.00

Pretty Label Punch

[143715]

£16.00

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

22nd March 201819th March 2018

Thoughtful Thursday | Just Because with Remarkable You from Stampin’ Up!

Watercoloured Just Because Card using Remarkable You from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday Just Because with Remarkable You from Stampin’ Up!

This week’s Thoughtful Thursday is one of those cards that you can batch make and save, ready for you to pull out at a moments notice. I have even left the sentiment off, so that I can add an appropriate one just before I sent it.

This card uses the Remarkable You stamp set. I LOVE this stamp set for pretty sympathy cards, wedding cards, and Just Because type occasions. The images are pretty florals and this lovely Leaf print. Here it is stamped in Basic Grey Archival ink onto Whisper White card stock. Then I took an dry-ish Aqua-Painter and watercoloured the leaves with Pear Pizzazz ink. You can find another fun watercolour idea with this stamp set HERE!

The background is dry embossed using the Hexagons 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for some added interest. I LOVE these dynamic folders, they emboss beautifully! Here I did spritz the card stock with a good amount of water before I ran it through the Big Shot. This makes the card stock a little ply-able and gives an even deeper emboss.

So pretty

Product List

Remarkable You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139894]

£23.00

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143231]

£8.25

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

£7.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

£6.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[131160]

£3.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

21st March 201817th March 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge | Petal Palette Congratulations Card

Pretty Congratulations card with bird using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge Petal Palette Congratulations Card

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fabulous sketch… and it’s super special because in addition to the usual, and very talented, Design Team we also have the Gorgeous Kylie Bertucci hopping with us too! Do pop over to the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog to check out everyone’s creations AND to add your own!

I have a couple of cards for this challenge, I’ll post the first one today, and the keep watching for more inspiration coming at the weekend!

I had heaps of fun with this one! I’ve been playing a lot with layering recently, and I’ve been playing again here. That bottom cluster has stamping, die cutting and ink blending! But it all works together, as all the products coordinate AND the limited colour palette.

This past few weeks I’ve been having heaps of fun pulling out different colour combinations, and this is no exception! I cannot wait to see what you make with this sketch… don’t forget to add your entry to the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog

This fabulous bundle, Petal Palette, might be my most used item from the Stampin’ Up! Spring Summer Catalogue. It makes beautiful cards really simply with lots of coordinating stamps and dies, PLUS detail dies that just add that special something to your project!

Product List

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle

[145974]

£56.50

Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock

[144248]

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144082]

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper

[145589]

£10.00

Twine Baker’s Whisper White

[124262]

£2.75

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

20th March 201819th March 2018

Sale-a-bration | Thank You Eclectic Expressions

Fabulous Sale-a-bration Thank You card using Ombre Stamping and the Eclectic Expressions Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Sale-a-bration | Thank You Eclectic Expressions

I have been having heaps of fun with the Eclectic Expressions Stamp set. This is one of the sets that are available for FREE with a £45 order during Sale-a-bration (which ends on the 31st March!). When Eclectic Expressions first arrived in my craft room the first thing I saw was a fun Ombre pattern with those circles… and this card was born!

To create the fun Ombre I stamped two rows of each colour using the large circle stamp from Eclectic Expressions. I did try to create that mid-century circle effect… and I am sure that if I had had my Stamparatus when I stamped this I would have been more successful… but I still really love the effect created

The sentiment is also from Eclectic Expressions, and it’s stamped in Berry Burst onto a 1″ (2.5 cm) tall piece of Vellum which I wrapped around the card. I LOVE using Vellum on my cards, and this is definately one of my favourite ways of adding a sentiment too. The trick here is to stamp the sentiment FIRST… like, before you stamp anything else. This gives the ink plenty of time to dry, or you could add a layer of Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat emboss the sentiment for a quicker dry time

To stop the sentiment getting lost in all that Ombre Stamping, I added a couple of punched elements behind. There is a Whisper White Everyday Label and a Pool Party Classic Label, along with a couple of Leaves punched from Champagne foil and a trio of Glitter Enamel Dots to finish.

Product List

Eclectic Expressions Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147338]

£0.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£7.25

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

[144249]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144083]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126986]

£6.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144085]

£6.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

[144748]

£3.75

Everyday Label Punch

[144668]

£16.00

Classic Label Punch

[141491]

£16.00

Leaf Punch

[144667]

£14.50

Glitter Enamel Dots

[144200]

£6.25

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

19th March 201819th March 2018

Make It Monday | Amazing You Sale-a-bration Eclipse Card

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

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Amazing You Sale-a-bration Eclipse Card

I cannot believe it has taken me quite so long to create an Eclipse card! Pinterest has been full of these for probably about 12 months, and at one point I resisted jumping on the band-wagon… until now! The Celebrate You Thinlits just lend themselves perfectly to this technique, and after I created my husbands Valentines card using it, I just HAD to make another just for you!

I am still loving the Amazing You Stamp Set and Celebrate You thinlits that are available for FREE during Sale-a-bration! That flower is just so pretty, and I am going to be really sad to see it go at the end of the month. However, the Celebrate You thinlits WILL be available in the 2018-2019 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue… but surely its better to get them now for FREE than to pay for them in June?! right!

I think I’ve covered all my top tips for my Eclipse Card in the video…. but if you have any questions to use the comments section below to ask me

Isn’t that colour combination so much fun! I can see this one coming back out again soon… Remember that you can click the colour names above to see all the goodies available from Stampin’ Up! in that particular colour

The second stamp set at work here is Heart Happiness. I just needed something a little extra, and the hearts were just the perfect addition.

Before I go today, I just want to mention about Sale-a-bration! We are in the final 2 weeks of this fabulous offer… and Stampin’ Up! offered even more last week. Sale-a-bration ends on the 31st March, be sure to get your orders in before 10:59PM so you don’t miss out!

Product List

Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147215]

£0.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

[146840]

£0.00

Heart Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set

[145769]

£15.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144086]

£6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144083]

£6.00

Brights Enamel Shapes

[141680]

£8.25

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter my Code Club Code. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

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