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15th February 2017

Online Card Class | Special Reason

online-card-classes

Oh Yes! It’s the 15th of the month, which means….. its time for another Online Card Class Pre-Order! Yay!

This time we are playing with the Special Reason bundle! I LOVE this stamp and die set SO MUCH! I have already made heaps of cards with it (and I have another coming to you tomorrow!)

Special Reason from Stampin' Up!

This class makes 6 fabulous cards, 2 of each of 3 designs, and includes:

The Special Reason stamp and die bundle
1/4 pack of Gold Foil Paper
1/4 pack of Vellum
1 pack of Whisper White Bakers Twine
Exclusive video tutorials for each card
A complete kit of all the card stock you will need to complete the projects
PLUS One Sale-a-bration item!

Online Card Class using Special Reason from Stampin' Up! UK

You can sign up for class below, and you also have the option of adding the ink pads to your class kit too!

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I use PayPal to process your payments, please use the email address associated with your PayPal account. If you don’t have a PayPal account don’t worry you can pay with a credit or debit card.

Class booking closes on the 28th February at midnight. Once this Pre-order period has closed I will be placing the order with Stampin’ Up! I expect to be able to post out your class kits on or before the 9th of March, Video Tutorials will be sent by email after class kits have been posted. Postage and Packing is added to every class.

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th February 2017

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

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…..

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.

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!

Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143272]

£0.00

Carried Away Designer Series Paper

[143608]

£0.00

So Very Much Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143343]

£0.00

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143314]

£0.00

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

£0.00

3/8″ Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

[143601]

£0.00

Tasty Trucks Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143300]

£0.00

Any Occasion Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143348]

£0.00

Card Tin

[143833]

£0.00

Hey Chick Clear Mount Stamp Set

[143331]

£0.00

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143359]

£0.00

Pretty Pocket Card Kit

[143832]

£0.00

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!

Product List

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

£0.00

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

Butterflies Thinlits Dies

[137360]

£22.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

£2.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109130]

£4.50

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

14th February 2017

Make It Monday…. on a Tuesday | Thank You Cards!

January Customer Thank You Cards using Beautiful You from Stampin' Up! UK

Yes, I am sorry, it is definitely Tuesday today, but I am sharing the second part of my January Thank You gifts today

Each month I send the lovely people who shop with me a gift pack to say a special Thank You. These packs always include a hand stamped card, and a sweet treat (you can see January’s Sweet Treats on yesterday’s blog post!) and you can bump up your gift packs by joining my Code Club and using the Code when you order to get some free Stampin’ goodies – this month I sent Enamel Shapes.

Beautiful You is the most gorgeous Stamp Set, I am still having heaps of fun with watercolouring these images. However I chose to keep things simple for my Thank You cards (watercolouring piles of cards can be a little tricky!) and so I stamped my watercolour instead! I think I am on a bit of a Sweet Sugarplum kick at the moment, I have just made a stack of cards using this fabulous colour to kick of the next part of Sale-a-bration! (more of that next week!)

I don’t write inside the cards I send to customers… and I have no issue with you sending them on and taking credit for them either (anything to make your lives easier!) Do let me know if there is a stamp set you would like me to feature on my Customer cards… or if there is a sweet treat you fancy trying!

Measurements:

Card base: Sweet Sugarplum – half A4, folded in half

Matt: Embossed with the Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – 14.3 x 10 cm

Basic Gray: 7.5 x 7.5 cm and 4.5 x 4.5 cm

Whisper White: 7 x 7 cm and 4 x 4 cm

Question of the day: What is your current favourite sweet treat?

What, other than the fabulous Sweet Treats bundle?! lol, I’m a sucker for anything chocolate-y, actually I hit my local supermarket yesterday looking for bits for some upcoming projects (Easter is coming!) and found some egg shaped chocolates with a melt-y filling… yum!

Product List

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

£25.00

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

£7.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

£6.50

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141493]

£7.00

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

12th February 2017

Sunday Colour Splash | Need a Special Reason…. 96th Birthday card

Special Birthday card using Special Reason and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UK

We are so blessed in our family to have celebrated James’ Nannys’ 96th birthday in January. She is just such a special person, and so using the Special Reason bundle to make her card just made sense to me.

This card caused me so many problems! I had originally stamped and embossed the 96 onto Night of Navy card stock…. except I have totally lost the 6 die! I have turned my Crafty Office upside down trying to find it, I am hoping that it has fallen down the side of my desk (which is actually a chest of drawers) but moving everything to have a look hasn’t quite happened yet.

The Special Reason bundle is so fabulous, I am loving the dies so much. This bundle features in my next Online Card Class which launches on Tuesday…. I cannot wait!

Because this card was for James to give to Nanny, I had to stamp the inside too … it’s always James special request, that and that I put my details on the back. He is so funny

Right, what is the Sunday Colour Splash title all about….. well, I would LOVE to see you make a card with these colours.

Share your creations with me by clicking on the BLUE button below, and I will select a winner on Saturday 18th February 2017. The winner will be contacted by Email and announced over on my Facebook page, I will share the winning creation on my Sunday Colour Splash post next week… oh and I will pop a hand stamped card into the post for them too! Yay!

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

10th February 2017

Birthday Card Club – Update!

Birthday Card Club Celebration Card using Balloon Adventures from Stampin' Up! UK

I LOVE sending out class packages and other special things in boxes, and the first round of Birthday Card Club members should have received their first month packages by now, So I think it is safe to share their Bonus Cards!

This is one of those totally magical cards, where it looks like it took ages, but actually it all came together really quickly. Those balloons are fabulous to stamp with, and here I stamped them off once before stamping them onto Watercolour Paper. Then came the fun bit, adding water with an Aqua-Painter, not only does this smooth the image on rough textured paper, but also softens the image, giving a really pretty look. I actually think I could have gone one step further and added some spritzing or more ink bleeding. But they are still pretty!

The Birthday Card Club is still taking sign-ups! I would LOVE you to join us in February for some wonderful birthday card inspiration. You can find all the information you need HERE or sign up using the form below!

[contact-form to=’[email protected]’ subject=’Birthday Card Club’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Address’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]

Question of the Day: What is your favourite type of card to make?

I LOVE making birthday cards for specific people, but I think my absolute favourites are Thank You cards for all the wonderful people who shop with me each month. I really enjoy sharing my love of stamping with them all!

Product List

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142823]

£24.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126951]

£6.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

9th February 2017

Timeless Textures | I knew you could

Congratulations Knew you could Card using Timeless Textures from Stampin' Up! UK

I think it was the beginning of last month, I mentioned that I had chosen Timeless Textures as a reward for helping out at Stampin’ Up! OnStage back in November. It has taken me this long to get round to using it! I feel so bad, because I LOVE it, its such a great combination of textures and floral prints, and I really don’t know why it took my so long to get it inky!

For all this stamp set appears grunge-y in the box, you can get some very girly, cute stamping out of it! I have CASe’d myself with this one, using the same layout as THIS card from OnStage 2015.

The flowers are stamped in Basic Black and I added colour with the Watercolour Pencils and a blender pen <3 while the background(s) are stamped with splatter stamps from the set

I love this sentiment, it’s from the Sale-a-bration set Designer Tee – so you could get it for FREE when you spend £45 this month! Awesome!

Question of the Day: What are you most proud of completing this month?

I have been working super hard during January to grow my business, and managed to add to my team of Stampin’ Friends during the first month of Sale-a-bration! Very pleased with that, I have a big goal of 5 team members before October, want to help me succeed? You can find out more about my team HERE!

Product List

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

£18.00

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143359]

£0.00

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Sweet Sugarplum 3/8″ (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

[141428]

£7.25

Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[133739]

£7.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Blender Pens

[102845]

£9.00

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

8th February 2017

Sale-a-bration Wednesday | Delicate Details

Sale-a-bration 2017 wedding card using Delicate Details from Stampin' Up! UK

Are you Loving this years Sale-a-bration?!

It’s it just the most awesome event, heaps of free goodies just for grabbing your crafting essentials (or something a bit special too) I am loving the selection of Sale-a-bration items this year. But I think one of the sets that will likely stay in my long term collection is Delicate Details…. I can see some gorgeous wedding stationary being made with this one, and you could even get the stamp set for free when you buy the card stock! Awesome!

How pretty is this card? and super easy to do to, I added 3 of the boarder stamps from the set to a large clear block, and then stamped them repeatedly using Versamark ink. Then added white Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set it. The background was added in Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and Wisteria Wonder using the Sponge Brayer. The Congratulations sentiment is taken from the So In Love stamp set (which comes bundled with the MOST gorgeous dies ever!)

Want to get these fabulous stamps for FREE? Its really easy, each time you spend £45 in a single order during Sale-a-bration (now to the end of March) you get to choose a free gift! There are 12 to choose from; stamps, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, a card kit, and a great card storage tin in Gold! If you are ordering Stampin’ Up! will ask you which gift you have chosen once you have added £45 to your basket. Oh, and if you order multiples of £45 you get multiple gifts… so that means that if you spend £90 you get to choose 2, £135 you get 3 etc.

You can also get stamps from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogue for FREE, you just need to choose the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle and grab a Starter Kit! You will then get to choose 2 stamp sets for FREE, that could be a saving of £90! how awesome is that!

Question of the day: Which stamp sets are you going to choose for FREE in your Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle?

Of course, I don’t get to choose … I grabbed my starter kit almost 3 years ago and I am SO glad that I did! But if I had to choose, hmmm, I think it would be Letters for You and Butterfly Basics!

Product List

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143314]

£0.00

So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

[144739]

£43.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126969]

£6.00

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126963]

£6.00

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126985]

£6.00

Sponge Brayers

[141714]

£7.25

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

7th February 2017

Global Design Project #073 | Crazy About that Watercolour…..

Watercolour Smooshing Hello Card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK #GDP073

Oh I am so sorry this post is a little late today! I got called into work for night shifts on Sunday and Monday night, and just did not get chance to make my Global Design Project Card yesterday… but its OK, I’ve caught up…. while I wait for the UPS man to deliver my latest goodies from Stampin’ Up! (I LOVE delivery day, don’t you?! It’s like Christmas, and I have some new goodies coming that I cannot wait to share with you!)

How fabulous are those colours?! I day dreamed about these colours at work last night, and made this card about 100 times in my head…. I was so pleased when it came out onto paper almost exactly how I dreamed it!

I have taken the three colours; Daffodil Delight, Emerald Envy and Watermelon Wonder and used the watercolour smooshing technique to colour the flower from Birthday Blooms. This technique is so fun! Take your ink pad (or a reinker) and add ink onto a large clear block, add water and then pick up the water / ink mix with a piece of Window Sheet. I think I use a piece of packaging that came with my stamps! and then use this to apply the colour onto the card stock.

To make sure I got the colours in the right place I stamped the flower in a very pale ink (Sahara Sand stamped off once) as a guide, once I had smooshed on the other colours I stamped the flower again in black ink over the top. Now, I would normally use my Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure that you couldn’t see the original flower, but I can’t find the clear sheet of my stamp-a-ma-jig at the moment…. read; craft office is a disaster zone and I really need to spend this evening cleaning it!

The sentiment is from Crazy About You and the Hello You thinlits (Love these!) and I die cut the Hello 4 times and stacked them together to make this cool dimensional sentiment. The finishing touches to this card were a bit of ink splattering and a trio of black Enamel shapes (that were once Garden Green in colour, but I have coloured them with a permenant marker to make them black… I LOVE them in black!). I have no idea what I was trying to say here, I am aware that the sentiment makes no sense what so ever, I am blaming a lack of sleep for my bad stamping, I mean really…. what was I going for?! lol

So, this is my corrected version!

Thank you for checking out my blog today, and I hope you have a great day

Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

£17.00

Crazy About You Clear Stamp Set

[138859]

£35.00

Hello You Thinlits Dies

[137363]

£22.00

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]

£8.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

£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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

6th February 2017

Bonus Class | Cool Treats!

I am super excited to be releasing a special BONUS card class this week! Did you know, I release 2 Online Card Classes every month? You can find all the details for my current class over on the Online Card Class Page

But this week I am releasing a special EXTRA class, featuring the Cool Treats suite. This class makes 8 fabulous cards, 2 of each of 4 designs PLUS envelopes!

Suggested Extras

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Class costs £49, plus postage and packing. All my classes come complete with all the cards and embellishments you will need to complete your projects, as well as video instructions.

[contact-form to=’[email protected]’ subject=’Cool Treats Class’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Address’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Do you want a copy of the current Stampin%26#039; Up! catalogue to?’ type=’select’ options=’Yes,No’/][/contact-form]

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

6th February 2017

Make It Monday | Guys Birthday Card using the Nailed It Bundle

Make It Monday Male Birthday Card using Nailed It From Stampin' Up! UK

Welcome back to Make It Monday! I LOVE making these videos, I hope you enjoy watching them too. This week I thought I would share a male birthday card I made recently for my Father-In-Law.

Male birthday cards can be tricky, especially when you’re like me and most of your stamp collection seams to be flowers or butterflies! I prefer a ‘pretty’ style, and so guy cards can be a challenge, however, Stampin’ Up! have made guy cards super easy with the Nailed It bundle. Not only does it include a selection of tool (no I cannot name them, my husband will be very disappointed in me!) but handy extras like screws, and a great hexagon. I LOVE Stampin’ Up! bundles, they come with the stamp and the coordinating die set, and when you buy the bundle (rather than the separate items) you save 10% ! Win Win!

The Nailed It bundle also coordinates with some other great items in the Spring Summer catalogue; I am having heaps of fun with the Hexagon Dynamic Embossing folder, and I might have to grab a second pack of the Urban Underground Designer Series Paper! I have recently received a pack of the Urban Underground embellishments too, and I cannot wait to get those on a card!

Question of the Day: What is your favourite method of tackling a Men’s card?

I try and find a theme; tools, cars, or failing that a cool embossing folder and a big sentiment! anything to get back to making pretty cards with flowers and butterflies!

Product List

Nailed It Clear-Mount Bundle

[144735]

£38.50

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

£11.75

Urban Underground A4 Cardstock Pack

[142785]

£7.25

Urban Underground Embellishments

[142786]

£6.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Designer Tee Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143356]

£0.00

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 MK42UXHG. 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

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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