How To… Create Easy Ombre Backgrounds

How to Create an easy ombre background with Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK

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I am such a sucker for a great background on my cards, I love a simple card with a great background… and this one is super easy to create!

How to Create an easy ombre background with Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK

The secret is the great Stampin’ Up! Ombre Stampin’ Pads!

And a quick video! Awesome!

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Christmas Countdown | Easy Card using Christmas Pines

Easy Christmas Pines Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

Christmas Countdown using Stampin' Up! UK products

My favourite Stamp and die bundle at the moment is Christmas Pines. Did you know that when you buy a bundle, you save 10%? You can find all the current bundles over in my Webstore.

Quick and Easy Christmas Card using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

How cute is that Designer Series Paper?! This is Warmth and Cheer; I love this paper stack, for a start it has awesome festive patterns and some really lovely colour combinations, but also it’s 6 x 6″ pad, which makes is awesome for Card making, AND its only £9!

Measurements:

Card Base – Crumb Cake – 21 x 14.8 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Basic Black Layer – 10 x 14.3 cm

Whisper White – 13.8 x 6 cm

Designer Series Paper – 13.8 x 6 cm

Christmas Countdown Video Tutorial using Christmas Pines and Warmth and Cheer from Stampin' Up! UK

My favourite part of this card is that POP of copper! not only the Copper Metallic Thread, but that super shiny pine cone die cut from Copper Foil Paper – so pretty

Easy Christmas Pines Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The die cuts are adhered using Fine-Tip Glue. I have a couple of top tips for using this great adhesive:

  1. Stick with it! At first I wasn’t a fan, but as I have continued to use it, it gets easier – partly because I’ve learned it’s properties and therefore can control it better, but also because the bottle isn’t full anymore, making it easier to use.
  2. Use it one the silicone mat – saves me sticky fingers!
  3. You only need a tiny amount, can you see where it has spread on this card … that’s because I used too much (Ooops!) but I blame the video camera!

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Pootles Design Team | Glamper Greetings Christmas Card

Pootles Design Team Glamper Greetings Christmas Card using Stampin' Up! UK Products

Pootles Papercraft Design Team November 2016

Wow, I am so excited to be taking part in the Pootles Design Team this month! Each Thursday in November I will be posting a project using the fabulous Glamper Greetings Stamp Set from the Autumn / Winter catalogue. Each month Pootles aka Sam chooses a few members of her team to work with a selected stamp set, I was SO nervous waiting for my set to arrive, I had no idea what to expect, and so when I opened the envelope and this stamp set fell out I sat and laughed for about 10 minutes, before having a minor panic about what to make!

Stampin' Up! Glamper Greetings

You may have noticed that this post is a little later than my usual blog posts, and that is because there are 5 of us all posting at the same time, you can check out the other ladies projects (which are totally amazing!) over on Sam’s blog post for today.

Pootles Design Team Glamper Greetings Christmas Card using Stampin' Up! UK Products

Seeing as Glamper Greetings is in our Autumn / Winter catalogue I thought I would make my first card a Christmas one. I love the look of stamp sets that you can layer, but sometimes they are really tricky, not Glamper Greetings! I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to get the snow drift lined up on the top of the camper, and those lights strung across. I did stamp and mask the tree before stamping the camper though!

Pootles Design Team Christmas Card using Glamper Greetings from Stampin' Up! UK

I’m loving some wonky layering at the moment, the layer of Designer Series Paper is from the This Christmas Speciality DSP, and the card is finished with a bow using the Cherry Cobbler ribbon from the Silky Taffeta Combo Pack.

Measurements:

Card Base: Cherry Cobbler: 21 x 14.8 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Designer Series Paper: 8.5 x 12.8 cm

Very Vanilla card stock (for stamping): 7.5 x 11.8 cm


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November Stamp of the Month Club

Stitched from the Heart Stitched Shapes Framelits

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Welcome to the November Stamp of the Month Club!
This month we are making Christmas cards! Yay!
How cute are those mice! In order to celebrate the launch of our fabulous Stitched Shapes Framelits die, I am offering a great online card class using this fabulous die set!
How cool is that!
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All you need to do is purchase the Stitched Shapes framelit dies using the Stamp of the Month Club Code, and I will email you your FREE class at the end of the month!

What do I get as part of the Stamp of the Month Club?

Club members receive an Online card making class delivered via email, class includes videos for at least 4 projects as well as an instruction sheet. Club members also receive a kit of pre-cut card stock, envelopes and embellishments to complete the projects for that month delivered directly to their door. Kits are posted once club closes on the last day of the month

How do I join?

Joining is really easy! All you have to do is use the code when you order this months Stamp of the Month via my Stampin’ Up! webstore. Simple!

This months Stamp of the Month Code = 7SCZUDPF

So, Want else can I add to my order?
Well, anything, just as long as it includes this months Stamp of the Month stamp set! but I would suggest a few other things that will coordinate:

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Stitched from the Heart!

Stitched from the Heart Stitched Shapes Framelits

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Oh, I am so excited for these fabulous new dies from Stampin’ Up! I feel like I have been waiting forever for Stitched dies, but they are finally here….

Yay!

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To celebrate the launch of these AWESOME dies, Stampin’ Up! have also given us some great discounts off some great coordinating stamp sets:

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Bunch of Blossoms Birthday Card

Bunch of Blossoms Birthday Card using Playful Backgrounds from Stampin' Up! UK

Yes, I still have birthday cards to share, this past month has been crazy, and November isn’t much better – there are at least 2, if not 3 birthday’s in November and one of them is a big one! better get my thinking cap on!

I sent this card to my Aunt for her birthday at the Start of October, and I know that she LOVED it!

Birthday card using Bunch of Blossoms and Playful Backgrounds from Stampin' Up! UK

I have to say first of all, how fresh is this colour combination! Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive, with Whisper White. There are three stamp sets at work here (sorry!); Bunch of Blossoms, Rose Wonder and Playful Backgrounds. Those bubbles are stamped in Flirty Flamingo onto Flirty Flamingo card stock – loving a bit of tone on tone!

Bunch of Blossoms Birthday Card using Playful Backgrounds from Stampin' Up! UK

One of the many wonderful things about Stampin’ Up! is the coordination of products, and this card jut proves this again – the matching stamp and punch used to create the flower, the tone on tone stamping, the matching ink and card stock colours, and don’t start me on those In-Colour Enamel Shapes!


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Make It Monday | Pleated Designer Series Paper Card

Make It Monday Pleated Designer Series Paper card using Presents and Pine Cones and Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

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Hello! Wow, hasn’t Monday come around awfully quickly! I am off on Annual Leave this week (read, more time for Stamping!) as I am attending Stampin’ Up! On Stage Local on Saturday – I am so excited!!! I’m actually heading down to Telford on Thursday for a night away with James before meeting up with some Stampin’ friends on Friday.]

Make It Monday Pleated Designer Series Paper card using Presents and Pine Cones and Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

I am starting to get ready for my November Stamp a Stack event – This time we are making a stack of Christmas cards, and I have to admit that we may well be making a version of this card then too! But I love it.

The Designer Series Paper sale ends today, so don’t forget to grab your packs of Designer Series Paper while it’s on offer before its too late.

Measurements:

Card Base: 29.6 x 10.5 cm scored on the long side at 14.8

Whisper White Layer: 14.3 x 10 cm

Designer Series Paper: 26.5 cm x 6.5 cm

Score your piece of Designer Series Paper on the long side at 6.5, 8, 12, 13.5, 17, 18.5, 21, and 22.5 cm

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Pleated Designer Series Paper card using Presents and Pine Cones and Merriest Wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

How pretty is that Bauble? These stamps and dies are from the gorgeous Merriest Wishes bundle, I’m sure I will be sharing heaps of projects with this bundle in the next few weeks

This card is finished with a bow using the Emerald Envy Silky ribbon.

Thanks so much for checking out my blog today, don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter and to my YouTube channel while you here, and I will see you again tomorrow for 2 awesome blog posts!


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How To… Create Quick and Easy Birthday Cards

How to make a quick and easy birthday card video tutorial using products from Stampin' Up! UK

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Welcome to a brand new series of Blog Posts here at StampinByHannah! I’m not promising a How To… every week, but I will try (I have a few prepped and filmed already so I am hopeful!)

I recently spent the day stamping, making cards and generally having a great time crafting; I was prepping for an event and really needed some simple projects for someone who had never stamped before, and I came up with this great card:

Easy Birthday card using Tin of Cards and Playful Backgrounds from Stampin' Up! UK

In the interest of keeping things simple, check out the video:

Measurements:

Card base – half A4 (14.8 x 21 cm) scored at 10.5 cm

Card stock – 14.8 x 5.5 cm

Card stock for stamping – 14.8 x 5 cm

Plus scraps for die cutting

How to make a quick and easy birthday card video tutorial using products from Stampin' Up! UK


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Love you Lots Birthday Card

Childrens birthday card using love you lots from Stampin' Up! UK

I am still sharing my heap of family birthday cards, I had so many birthday’s this month and actually had a couple of custom card orders to make too. I shared the birthday card I made for my mum to send for the same gorgeous little girl last week, but just had to share the card that I sent as well.

Childrens birthday card using love you lots from Stampin' Up! UK

How cute is that elephant?! I have been told that the recipient of this card LOVED the elephant, and I have to agree, just something about the sketchy look!

This elephant is from the Love you Lots stamp set, which is one of a collection of sets that you can choose from when you spend over £150, or host a party that spends more that £150. £150 is like Stampin’ Up!’s magic number, at this number you start to earn Stampin’ Rewards, aka FREE ££££ to spend on anything you like in the catalogue, including the Reward Exclusives.

3rd Birthday card using Love you lots from Stampin' Up! UK

The 3 is stamped and die cut using the wonderful Large Numbers dies and Number of Years stamp set, actually the Happy Birthday is taken from the same set.

Hope you love this simple birthday card as much as a cute little 3 year old!


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Bunch of Blossoms Faux Watercolour Card

Watercolour Celebration card using Faux Watercolour and Bunch of Blossoms from Stampin' Up! UK

I have had this style of card in my head for weeks, but somehow getting the card out of my head and into the card stock was a bit of a struggle! I love following other Stampin’ Up! demonstrators, and find them so inspiring. This card was inspired by a couple of different demo’s, but mostly the lovely Dena from The Creativity Cave and the fabulous Faux Watercolour technique!Watercolour Celebration card using Faux Watercolour and Bunch of Blossoms from Stampin' Up! UKFor all this card looks totally different from my usual card bases, it actually comes from the same size of card stock – just scored on the short edge rather than the long one.

The key to this card really is Watercolour Paper. The Pink Pirouette layer of watercolour is put down first using an aqua-painter. I added several layers of colour, building up the intensity of the colour to the point where I was happy, and to create those pretty ‘hard edges’ I love when watercolouring.

Watercolour Bunch of Blossoms congratulations card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The leaves from the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set includes a couple of different sizes of leaves, this card uses the smaller leaf. Each leave is stamped into the Watercolour paper in Old Olive (making sure the Pink Pirouette layer is completely dry!). Before the Old Olive dries I ran an Aqua-Painter over the stamped image, this creates a Faux Watercolour, and a softer look than the original hard stamping.

I tried a couple of different ways of adding the sentiment, but settled on stamping and heat embossing with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

The card is finished with one of my favourite go-to finishing technique, droplets of Fine-Tip glue, so pretty!

Measurements:

Card base: 21 x 14.8 cm, scored on the short edge at 7.4 cm

Old Olive layer: 19.5 x 6 cm

Watercolour Paper: 19 x 5.5 cm


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