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12th October 2016

Global Design Project 057 – Colour Challenge

Global Design Project Colour Challenge using Garden in Bloom from Stampin' Up! UK

Hello! I am loving the colour challenge over at the Global Design Project this week; a great combination of Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron

Now, you guys no how much I love a bit of white space, and so White always features on my projects, but this time I just couldn’t picture using one of these colours for my card base either; so I have added a touch of Crumb Cake to ground my design. Now, I’m sure that adding a neutral was allowed by the GDP, but now I can’t find it in the guidelines, oh well! Here is my card anyway

I’m still holding onto the last moments of summer, even though it is getting distinctly cold around here, I’m just not ready for Winter and Christmas yet! And this colour combination felt summer-y to me, so I grabbed for Garden in Bloom and made a summer-y Birthday card!

The Rich Razzleberry flower was stamped separately and fussy cut, before being added to the card with a dimensional.

The sentiment is from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set, I’m still loving the combination of those fonts, so pretty.

The flower centres are super easy to do too – punched out using the Blossom Builder Punch, and then I used to Faux Suede technique to create these cute dimensional flowers (video on that one coming soon!)

Thanks for visiting StampinByHannah today, hope to see you here again soon!

Product List

Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139433]

£23.00

Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140273]

£14.00

Blossom Builder Punch

[141469]

£16.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119247]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

11th October 2016

Flower Patch Christmas Wreath

This card has been sat on my desk for weeks (actually it might even be months!) and I just haven’t got around to sharing it with you, I have no idea why, because I really love it! I think it was inspired by someone, maybe Steffi Helmschrott, but it has been that long since I made it that I cannot remember!

I love finding alternative uses for Stamp sets, and the wreath is actually created using the leaves stamps from Flower Patch. One of the great bonuses to using photopolymer stamps is being able to manipulate the images, and here I have bent the stamp into a curve. They are stamped in Emerald Envy, stamped off once for a softer look

The sentiment is from Christmas Pines and is stamped and heat embossed in Copper onto Vellum, so pretty.

Product List

Flower Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set

[134207]

£23.00

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

£31.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

£4.50

Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126949]

£6.00

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

£2.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£7.25

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

6th October 2016

September Thank You Cards!

September Customer Thank You Cards using Warmth and Cheer from Stampin' Up! UK

One of my favourite days of the month is the first, this is the day of the month I grab all your orders from Stampin’ Up! and make each and every one of you a Thank You card (and sometimes even an extra something!). Your orders are processed once you place them, that is all handled by Stampin’ Up! but I love to send you an extra special something when you choose me as your demonstrator.

I have been loving playing with our Designer Series Paper recently (as you may have noticed!) and although this particular pack isn’t included in the Fabulous Buy 3 Get 1 Free offer, I still think it is gorgeous! and you can get a sample of it in my Paper Share this week!

Warmth and Cheer is a cute mixture of traditional Christmas, meets the current crafting obsession for anything stitched! But my favourite sheets in this 6 x 6 paper stack are these 3, simple Crumb Cake and Black in patterns that really, could be used for any occasion (loving those stars!)

The Thank You is taken from a bigger stamp in the Me = Grateful stamp set, the stamp usually reads ‘Thank You for seeing me through some Dark Days’ but I’ve used a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker to just ink the ‘Thank You’ – isn’t that font just lovely!

In addition to the cards that I send to each and every customer, I send extra special gifts to those who use my Code Club! Each month I release a new Code Club Code, and when you enter the code at the checkout I send you an extra special something, it varies from month to month, some times its stamps, other times I send embellishments or accessories, but you will always get an extra something for using the club!

Product List

Me = Grateful Clear-Mount Stamps

[139319]

£18.00

Warmth & Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack

[141991]

£9.00

Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker

[100082]

£3.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

4th October 2016

Happy Birthday Snow Friends!

Boys Birthday Card using Snow Friends from Stampin' Up! UK

I think I have mentioned before that I really struggle making cards for James’ brothers and sisters, and this week I was asked (at the last minute as usual) to make a card for one of James’ younger brothers. However, this time I didn’t find it quite so bad….. maybe because I had the awesome Snow Place stamp set to play with.

Now, there is a little bit more of a back story to this card – James and his brothers spent a lot of time in a local seaside town when they were growing up, and this particular seaside town (Redcar) has some strange street furniture…. a family of Penguins that stand on the sea front. So, when I was looking through my stamps to find that perfect stamp set and I spotted my penguin friend I knew he was coming to stamp with me!

Now, I wonder if anyone local to me will have already realised where I am going next ….. yes, that Ice Cream. One of our local traditions is going to the sea side and eating a particular type of Ice Cream – something called a Lemon Top, which basically is vanilla soft whip Ice Cream with really tart Lemon Sauce on the top (can you tell I’m not really a fan!), and seeing as Snow Place comes complete with an Ice Cream, a Lemon Top it had to be.

This card is finished with the watercolour stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Stamp set in Cucumber Crush, and a Happy Birthday from Guy Greetings!

Product List

Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139738]

£23.00

Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer Stamp Set

[137167]

£22.00

Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set

[138828]

£32.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138324]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

3rd October 2016

Make It Monday | Note Card Box

Note Card gift Set using Fresh Fruit from Stampin' Up! UK

I spent the a weekend with a few of my Stampin’ Sisters, crafting a few weeks ago, and one of the projects we made was a fabulous note card and tag box – which I will admit I still haven’t finished! But it did inspire me to make something a little simpler this week.

The original box, in Mint Macaron, uses the Christmas Pines stamp set and coordinating Presents and Pinecones Designer Series Paper, while the video version is in Fruit Stand with the Fresh Fruit Stamp set.

Box Measurements:

Box Base – 9 1/2 x 4″, score on the long side at 1, 4 1/2, 5 1/2 and 9″ and the short side at 1″

Box Lid – 9 3/4 x 3″, score on the long side at 1 1/8, 4 5/8, 5 11/16, 9 1/4″, and the short side at 1″

Designer Series Paper – 1 piece 3/4 x 3 1/4″, 2 pieces 3/4 x 1 3/4″, and 2 pieces 1 3/4 x 3 1/4″

The note cards in this set at 3 x 4″ cards, created by cutting card stock to 4 x 6″ and scoring at 3″. The Designer Series Paper is cut to 2 3/4 x 3 3/4. Have I mentioned about the Designer Series Paper yet? No! For the month of October if you buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper, you can choose another pack for FREE! isn’t that awesome?!

The final part of this project is the envelopes. I make no secret of the fact that I adore the Envelope Punch Board, and I couldn’t make a project with Designer Series Paper without making my own custom envelopes! The punch board lists all the measurements you need for heaps of different card sizes, and so just by looking at the board I found that for 3 x 4″ note cards, you need a piece of 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper – that means that you get 4 of these envelopes from a sheet of 12 x 12! Handy! The board then instructs you to punch and score at 2 5/8″ to create the envelope.

Product List

Fresh Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141770]

£24.00

Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper

[141660]

£10.00

Fruit Stand A4 Cardstock

[141762]

£7.25

Stampin’ Trimmer

[129722]

£27.00

Envelope Punch Board

[133774]

£18.00

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

1st October 2016

Stampin’ Up! World Card Making Day Sale and Designer Series Paper Offer

Hello October!

October is such a special month for a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, not only is it the start of our Stampin’ Up! ‘year’ and therefore a month of reflection and goal setting, but also October is a month of great deals too!

The first offer only lasts for 5 days! but is a great opportunity to stock up on some great card making staples! I will definitely be stocking up on Fast Fuse! Oh, and the Designer Tin of Card Project Kit is just a MUST HAVE too!

But the other offer this month is even better….

There are so many great packs of Designer Series Paper in our current catalogues, and this offer is just a great excuse to test them all!

Right, that’s all for my super quick update! but one last thing before I go. Just a thought really, Have you thought of joining Stampin’ Up! and becoming a part of my fabulous team of Stampin’ Friends? If you join today, as the first day of a new calendar quarter you get a day shy of 6 months to sell / spend your first quarter minimum of £270! That means that you will be a demonstrator all the way through until the end of March next year, meaning that you’ll get your 20% discount all the way from now through Sale-a-bration (the biggest sale of the YEAR!). How awesome would that be?! for more information check out my Join My Team page, or message me today!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

30th September 2016

Frosted Medallions Birthday Card

Simple Birthday card using Frosted Medallions and Tin of Cards from Stampin' Up! UK

I spent most of last Sunday crafting, I set myself up in my lounge surrounded myself with stamp and paper and ink, and began to craft away….. I sat there for 6 hours and made a bunch of cards. I love bulk crafting like that, just being able to sit down and craft away. Anyway, after I had packed up and put everything back in its proper place, James got home and said ‘I need two cards before Tuesday’ well, I wasn’t going to have time on Monday to make anything, which meant that I needed to make 2 cards… now!

James’ Granny and his brother share their birthday (and I had completely forgotten about them!), so 2 birthday cards were needed, ASAP. I’ll share Josh’s card on Tuesday next week, but this one is the card I made for Granny. I say card, but really I made 3, stamping wasn’t my friend! My original plan was for a sort of one layer card, with the sentiment stamped and masked, and then the medallions from Frosted Medallions stamped around the outside, but I just couldn’t get the stamping right, so instead I added the sentiment stamped on a die cut. No one will ever know that there is some seriously messy stamping underneath the Happy Birthday (well, they wouldn’t if I hadn’t told you!)

The Happy Birthday is taken from the Tin of Cards stamp set, and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry. I’m sure you will have noticed my current obsession with the Layering Circles framelits, but I just cannot get enough of these, they are just the most perfect way of adding a sentiment.

This card is finished with a sprinkling of sequins taken from Blushing Bride sequin trim and a bow of Rich Razzleberry ribbon.

Product List

Frosted Medallions Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142189]

£18.00

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

£15.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Blushing Bride Sequin Trim

[138400]

£4.50

Ribbon 3/8″ (1 Cm) Trio Pack

[142021]

£10.00

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

29th September 2016

Hostess Exclusives | Pun Intended

Quick and Easy card using Pun Intended from Stampin' Up! UK

You may well recognise today’s card as you can find it on page 200 of the Annual catalogue. I have been struggling with a cold for the last week or so, and I was really struggling to get my creative juices flowing through all the coughing, so I chose to make a card from the catalogue (something I do quite often when I’m not feeling all that creative), I even made a ‘stepped up’ version for my email today.

This stamp set is one of the 8 current sets exclusive to those who host a Stampin’ party or spend more than £15o in a single order. Or, there is one other way of getting your hands on this awesome stamp set, Shop using my monthly Code Club Code and I will send you this awesome stamp set! I will be closing the current club tomorrow, but another will open on Saturday (you can always join in both months, and I will make sure you receive a different set next month!)

You can check out all the Stampin’ Reward exclusive stamp sets HERE.

I have created a Stepped Up version of this card for my Weekly Email this week, you can subscribe to my Weekly Emails at any time using the Subscribe button or the link in the footer of this blog post.

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 September 2016

Product List

Pun Intended Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141804]

£8.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Bow Paper Clips Embellishments

[140559]

£5.00

Gold Sequin Trim

[132983]

£4.50

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

£7.25

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

£21.00

Metallic Enamel Shapes

[141678]

£6.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

27th September 2016

Peace Joy and Love

Christmas Card featuring Peace This Christmas from Stampin' Up! UK

My goodness, where has this month gone! I cannot believe it is nearly October already!

I meant to share this card last week, but somehow it got left out! I know, I’m just as shocked as you are.

Now, I do have to admit, that this card is totally CASE’d from Linda Heller and one of her cards that I found whilst scrolling through Pinterest on the hunt for inspiration! But I just loved the simplicity of her card, and didn’t want to mess around with it too much.

We had great fun making this card at my most recent Stampin’ party, although I don’t think the ladies were too impressed with me when I asked them to use a Stamp-a-ma-jig! (otherwise known as my stamping best buddy!) we did have a laugh though, and found that it isn’t as complex as it looks, but would be easier if we all had 3 hands!

I made a video on using a Stamp-a-ma-jig a while ago, but I will share it again. I just think this tool is awesome and saves so much time / worry when wanted something stamped straight! Oh, and that fact that it only costs £11 is a bonus too!

Right then, that’s all from me today, keeping it short and sweet this Tuesday! Hope you are all well, and have a great crafty day!

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 September 2016

Product List

Peace This Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141570]

£16.00

Pine Bough Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141831]

£7.00

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

[141628]

£11.75

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

[101049]

£11.00

Gold 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Natural Trim

[141484]

£6.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

£7.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£8.25

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

26th September 2016

Make It Monday | Ombre 2-Step Stamping

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake and Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up! UK

Hello! Welcome to Make It Monday! I am loving making these Monday videos for you all, and I am hoping that you enjoy them too. I had so much fun making the card, I can’t stop looking at it! I actually filmed this one a few weeks ago, and had sort of forgotten about it, but when I found it again on my desk this morning … I’ve fallen in love with it! I might have to get my Wink of Stella out though, because I think it might need an extra bit of sparkle… what do you think?

As usual all the details are in the video. But I just want to mention about this fabulous Stamp and die bundle! I love the cupcake, and it’s great for birthdays, but there are some great everyday sentiments in here too; and those dies … I cannot get enough of those! Oh, and you know that when you buy the stamps and dies together you save 10%! There are heaps of bundles in both the Annual and Autumn / Winter catalogues (I did count them, but I now cant remember how many!) But there is a whole section of the store where you can find them all! HERE!

The Ombre pads come in a few colours now; we have Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Emerald Envy and even a Basic Black one! They are great for solid images and stamp just and beautifully as our regular Stampin’ Pads, but they have the advantage of being able to get those different tones of the same colour without having to stamp off and make a mess! Saying that, I make a mess anyway….I’m sure my Stampin’ sisters will agree with me that I am really good at making a mess when I craft!

I’m loving that colour combination too; Rich Razzleberry and Tip Top Taupe, very pretty. But then again, Rich Razzleberry is purple, and I am such a sucker for anything remotely purple! I had a friend once who would buy me presents just because they were purple… I ended up with some very strange gifts!

Right, that’s all from me today folks, have a fabulous Monday, oh, before I go just a quick reminder that I have a Facebook event tomorrow night, LIVE on my Facebook page at 7PM! don’t forget to check it out

Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle

[142232]

£38.50

Rich Razzleberry Ombre Stampin’ Pad

[141609]

£8.25

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

[130517]

£18.00

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

£2.75

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock

[138343]

£7.25

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

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