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4th February 2017

Global Design Project #72 | Crazy About You

Global Design Project Case the Designer Challenge using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK

Did you think I’d missed the Global Design Project this week? As if I would….. ok, so I almost did! but this CASE the designer challenge has been on my mind all week. I think I have made about 10 cards in my head, but only one out of actually paper (not that it is anything like what I had planned!)

How fabulous is this card from Krista Frattin, very pretty. The dotty background has been a feature of every single card I have imagined for this challenge this week, but how to execute this has changed a few times. Krista used one of the now retired dotty glassine bags, and I almost followed suit because I have a few of this left in my stash. But change my mind, opting to stamp with Whisper White Craft Ink into Vellum instead.

I had ideas of die cutting, and squares… and then I found my punch drawer instead! Although the circle is die cut using the Layering Circles dies. I intitially wasn’t aiming to use Krista’s colour combination, opting to use her card as a sketch, but I am pushing myself to make this a challenge at the moment, and her colours weren’t a combination I have used… So I did it! Calypso Coral, Cucumber Crush, Sahara Sand and Basic Black

I had also considered heat embossing and all kinds of things for this sentiment. But you know, sometimes simple is better, and so stamped in Basic Black onto Whisper White and cut out by hand won out this time.

Thanks for checking out my blog today. I hope to see you here again soon

Question of the day: How would YOU take on this card, I would love to see you versions. Make a card today and take a picture and share it with me on Facebook, go on, I dare you!

Product List

Crazy About You Clear Stamp Set

[138859]

£35.00

Flower Medallion Punch

[137417]

£16.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

£4.50

Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad

[101731]

£7.25

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126983]

£6.00

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138324]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

1st February 2017

Love Hearts Week | Distress Resist Congratulations Card

Love Hearts Week Distress Resist video tutorial using So In Love from Stampin' Up! UK

Ok, so it is Wednesday, and today – even though it is Love Hearts Week – I have a card project for you, because I couldn’t not share this card with you almost as soon as I had made it!

One of the many ways I find inspiration on a daily basis is YouTube, and one of the very lovely people I follow is the gorgeous Jennifer McGuire (I am going to try not to sound like some sort of crazy fan-girl now….) she shares some fabulous techniques, but she doesn’t use Stampin’ Up! inks…. so I like to test out her ideas using Stampin’ Up! products. Which is what I have done today.

This technique is really very simple; select your stamp (always a good place to start!) I love using line images for this, but you could totally use something more solid too. Ink it up in Versamark and stamp in onto Whisper White card stock. Heat set it or leave it for a while to dry, and then sponge ink over the top to get this cool, delicate effect.

You could totally add white or clear embossing powder after the Versamark to make a more vibrant image too.

And those blank Enamel shapes…. you’ll have to watch the video to see how I made those!

Question of the Day: What is your current favourite YouTube Channel

I don’t think I could possibly choose, I am enjoying watching fitness and diet theme-d videos at the moment

Product List

So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

[144739]

£43.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]

£8.25

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141394]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

28th January 2017

Pootlers Blog Hop | Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

Sale-a-bration team blog hop Using Carried Away Lift me Up and Designer Tee from Stampin' Up! UK

Welcome to the Second Pootlers Team Blog hope of 2017! This time we are Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

What is Sale-a-bration?

It’s only the greatest Stampin’ Offer and event of the whole year! Sale-a-bration is in 3 parts;

Shop – spent £45 and get a free gift (you get one gift for each £45 you spend in an individual order, so if you spend £90 you get 2 items, £135 3 items etc),
Host – host a party or spend more than £200 in a single order to earn extra Stampin’ Rewards,
or Join – and get the greatest deal – £130 worth of awesome Stampin’ Up! goodies, plus 2 free stamp sets of your choice AND free postage, 20% off all future orders while your remain with the team, and access to awesome events, pre-order periods and our exclusive team group!

I have been playing with the Lift Me Up! bundle for months, (its been in my inky fingers since September last year when I was asked to make samples with it for the On Stage Local event in Telford!) but I have not got tired of it yet! It coordinate perfectly with the Sale-a-bration item; Carried Away Designer Series Paper which I have used in the background. I am currently taking every possible opportunity to use my favourite colour; Mint Macaron, before it sadly retires in June (get your refills now!)

The Sentiment is from another one of the Sale-a-bration items. Designer Tee, is designed to coordinate with the Custom Tee stamp and die bundle in the Spring / Summer catalogue, but I love that the sentiments fit with heaps of other stamp sets and occasions too. Side-note; how true is that sentiment!

I hope that you have enjoyed hopping along with me today, please click on the images below to check out the other ladies blogs!

1. Hannah McCurley	2. Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs	3. Karen Taylor	4. Sam Hammond Donald – Pootles
5. Anna – Anna\’s Paperbox	6. Start – Tinas Kreativbox	7. Lynn Ellis – Stamp with Peg	8. Fiona Whitehead
9. Heidi Smith	10. Lisa Emslie Little Owl\’s Crafts	11. Laurie Jennings Paperjay Crafts	12. Dee Copus-Read, Lady Dee Crafts
13. Helen Griffin UK	14. Jill Chapman Paper Daisy Crafting	15. Celebrating Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop	16. Anna Krol at Anna\’ Stampin\’ Cave
17. Pootlers Blog Hop – Sale-a-Bration 2017

Keila Calver

Question of the day: Which one of this years out-going In Colours are you going to miss most?

I am totally devastated to loose Mint Macaron, I have just about everything crossed that it might find its way back to us at some point…

Product List

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle

[144712]

£41.25

Carried Away Designer Series Paper

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£0.00

Designer Tee Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143356]

£0.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£7.25

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

27th January 2017

Lucky to have a Special Reason

Special Friend Card using Special Reason from Stampin' Up! UK

I rarely get chance to make a card simply for the enjoyment of making, although I never make anything I don’t want to make just so I can blog it (although there are many projects I have made an not been a massive fan of once completed that have appeared here on my blog!). Anyway, a few weeks ago I decided I would just play, get out all my new stamps and just have fun….. and this card is the result.

This stamp set, Special Reason, was an all attendee give away at Stampin’ Up! OnStage back in November, and I immediately fell in love with it. However, paired with the coordinating framelits it’s even better! Stylish Stems includes a heap of great dies, that can be cut in various ways (and I love that Stampin’ Up! have made a video so I don’t have to!)

I am so looking forward to getting some time over the weekend to CASe some of those samples, quite fancy-ing a combination of the stamps and watercolour…. hmmm

I’m loving this colour combination too… I am all about the colour, its one of the many reason’s I love Stampin’ Up! the fact that I can grab inks, card stock and embellishments that are all the same colour is a big bonus for me! So the colours on this one are;

Aren’t they pretty? Click on the colour names above to see a whole heap of coordinating products in that colour!

Question of the Day: Tea or Coffee?

I’m a big coffee fan. I LOVE my Tassimo machine, although I’m supposed to be on a diet at the moment so my Tassimo pods have become something of a treat!

Product List

Special Reason Clear-Mount Bundle

[144720]

£41.25

Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack

[141642]

£9.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

£3.75

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

26th January 2017

Lift Me Up! | Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Card and PDF download using Lift Me Up from Stampin' Up! UK

I have already shared today’s card over on my Facebook page, but I love it so much that I couldn’t help but share it here too!

I have mentioned before about how I was given this stamp and die bundle to make display samples for a Stampin’ Up! event back in November. I had so much fun with it, and after playing with all my other new stamps recently I just keep coming back to this Balloon die.

You can find the full instructions for this card, and two other using the same stamp set in my PDF DOWNLOAD

Question of the Day: What is your favourite thing to do on a rainy day?

Stamping, of course!

Don’t forget to shop using the Code Club Code to receive some great FREE product!

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I will be closing this order on the 30^th January 2017

Product List

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle

[144712]

£41.25

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143231]

£8.25

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£7.25

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

25th January 2017

Sale-a-bration Wednesday | Dancing Inside the Lines

Sale-a-bration Inside the Lines from Stampin' Up!

Sale-a-bration is now in full swing, and I am loving it! There are so many great reasons to be a part of it!

For starters you can be a part of Sale-a-bration by simply shopping, spend £45 and choose one of the awesome Sale-a-bration freebies…. of course you could spend multiples of £45 and get multiple free gifts! Awesome!

This card uses one of my favourite freebies, the Inside the lines Designer Series Paper;

This particular piece of paper though, I cannot image colouring in… I just don’t have the patience for that. So instead, I grabbed out my Sponge Brayer instead.

Of course, there is another even more awesome way to get involved in Sale-a-bration! You could grab the ultimate Stampin’ bundle! The Ultimate Stampin’ bundle is £130 worth of stampin’ goodies of your choice (yes, it is totally customise-able), and then you can choose another 2 stamp sets from the Spring Summer or Annual catalogue for FREE, you get free postage and packing, and then 20% off all your Stampin’ Up! products while you remain with the team too. Awesome! I would love to welcome you to my team of Stampin’ Friends! just ask me how!

Question of the day: What is your favourite Stampin’ Up! stamp set?

I’m not sure I could choose, I’m loving Beautiful You at the moment, but Jar of Love still has a BIG place in my heart too, and Awesomely Artistic, Gorgeous Grunge… Butterfly Basics, Picture Perfect……. the list goes on and on and on!

Product List

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

£0.00

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

£25.00

Sponge Brayers

[141714]

£7.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

23rd January 2017

Make It Monday | Cute card using Sweet Cupcake from Stampin’ Up! UK

Make It Monday video tutorial using Sweet cupcake and watercolour pencils from Stampin' Up! UK

Welcome to Monday! I do hope this week is totally awesome for you…. I can make it even more awesome of course! Have you checked out my most recent Online Card Class yet? This class uses the fabulous Sweet Cupcake stamp and die bundle…. check the video to see exactly what comes in your class pack

I love the Sweet Cupcake stamp set. It is designed to work as a triple layer stamp, with both the cupcake base and the icing have 3 stamps to create a totally dimensional cupcake. However, I have only used the base layer to create this card…. and then added extra detail with Watercolour Pencils (obsessed with those!)

The watercolour pencils can be used either on their own – as regular pencils – with an Aqua Painter or a paint brush, or with a blender pen. So far my experiments with a blender pen seem to have better blended results that with an Aqua-Painter or a paint brush, but then I haven’t finished playing with them yet…

If you want to receive more information about my Online Card Classes, please complete the form below:

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Question of the day: What are your crafty plans for this week?

I’m working on upcoming classes and a heap of videos coming in February! very exciting!

Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle

[142232]

£38.50

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

£7.25

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126974]

£6.00

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

£7.25

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141481]

£7.75

Blender Pens

[102845]

£9.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

19th January 2017

Team Colour Challenge | Sweet Cupcake

Team Colour Challenge Thank You card using Sweet Cupcake from Stampin' Up! UK

Every now and again someone in my team of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators we set a challenge, sometimes its business related, and other times its creative. A few weeks ago we set a challenge to create a card using two colours (plus a neutral) that were selected at random – by random I mean I spun my colour caddy with my eye shut and pulled out two inks – Marina Mist and Smoky Slate!

My current Online Card Class features the Sweet Cupcake stamp set, and I was just gathering ideas for cards for my class when this colour challenge came up. So I took advantage of the free theme to make a card using Sweet Cupcake as practice. You can find out more about my Sweet Cupcake class on my Online Card Class page.

This card was pretty simple to put together; the cupcake is super easy to stamp even though its in 3 layers, they line up really easily, I thought I would share a video using this stamp set again so you can see how easy it is to stamp.

I would love you to join in! Just select two inks totally at random and use those colours to make a project! Share with me in the coordinating post over on my Facebook Page, and I will select a winner next week. Entries close, midnight (UK) on 25th January 2017, and I’ll announce the winner on my blog!

Thanks for checking out StampinByHannah today, and I hope to see you again soon

Question of the day: What is your favourite type of cupcake?

Me? I just love cake! any flavour, any size, although the more chocolate the better!

Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle

[142232]

£38.50

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141493]

£7.00

Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126962]

£6.00

Marina Mist A4 Card Stock

[121682]

£7.25

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

£7.25

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

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!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

18th January 2017

Sale-a-bration Wednesday | December Thank You Cards

Sale-a-bration thank you card using So very much from Stampin' up! UK

I am LOVING this Sale-a-bration! There are so many great products to get for FREE when you shop! you can check them out my clicking on the Sale-a-bration picture on the right (or at the bottom if your on a mobile device) of this blog post.

I made a stack of these for my December Customers. They are super simple to put together, and I made all the flowers during an hour long team call with my team leader a few weeks ago. I will quite often craft on calls to team members, or my team leader, also long as they are quiet crafty jobs! (ie: no big shot work!). The flowers on these cards use the Faux Suede technique, where you punch out the shape, and then manipulate the card stock back and forward until the layers of card stock separate. This then shows the fluffy fibres of the card stock and looks like suede! I did a Make It Monday a few weeks ago on this technique, complete with a video for you to enjoy!

Product List

So Very Much Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143340]

£0.00

Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper

[141654]

£10.00

Blossom Builder Punch

[141469]

£16.00

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

£4.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£7.25

Island Indigo A4 Card Stock

[124390]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

17th January 2017

Global Design Project #070 | Falling for you…. and a ladybird!

Global Design Project Celebration card using Falling in Love with Lots of Love from Stampin' Up! UK

Oh yes, I’m back working with a Global Design Project sketch again this week. I am planning for this to be my weekly Tuesday blog post, however last week was crazy from the second I opened my eyes on Monday morning, and the crazy didn’t end until Sunday night…. I’m hoping for calm this week (but something tells me everything is about to go pear shaped again!)

I love the simplicity of this sketch, and I did have a plan to keep things really simple…. but then I spotted the couple of ladybirds on my stamp shelves and things went a little differently!

But aren’t they just so cute! I knew I wanted to use Designer Series Paper for the banner across the card, and I haven’t been able to put this pack of DSP away recently – its the brand new Sending Love Designer Series Paper stack that features loads of lovely patterns, one side of the paper is love / Valentines themed while the other is great polka dots and other more neutral patterns, but all in Real Red and Whisper White.

Those cute Ladybirds are from the Love You Lots, this fabulous stamp set is available with Stampin’ Rewards… and seeing as you have even more Stampin’ Rewards during Sale-a-bration this would be the perfect time to get your hands on it!

Thanks for checking out my blog today, and I hope to see you again soon

Question of the Day: What are you doing today?

I’m off to the day job today, a lovely 9-5 day…. although I’m then off to the gym for the first time in, well lets just call it slightly too long! Wish me luck!

Product List

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

£8.00

Falling For You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143109]

£19.00

Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack

[142733]

£9.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

£7.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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