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22nd September 2016

Weekly Emails!

Christmas Pines Christmas Card Step it Up with Stampin' Up! products

Did you know that I send crafty emails out every Thursday?! Each Thursday email includes either a card-making instruction sheet or an Exclusive Crafty Video, and this week I’m starting a brand new series of videos within my emails – stepping up your cards!

We made this card at my Catalogue launch party last week, we had so much fun with those pine leaves! And I LOVE this card, but I was looking at it again earlier in the week and thought I could make a bit more of it. If you want to see the Exclusive video tutorial, you just need to Subscribe to my Weekly Emails! and I will make sure the tutorial makes it way to you.

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Bundle

[143496]

£49.50

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

£7.25

Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126973]

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock

[138341]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

20th September 2016

Christmas Pines | Tis the Season (well, almost….)

Tis the Season Christmas Card using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

Ok, so ‘The Season’ hasn’t quite arrived yet, but the time to start on your Christmas cards has! I know that Christmas prep has well and truly started in our house; lists of presents, thoughts of making Christmas Cake (chose not to bother, just defrosted 1 tier of our wedding cake instead!), plans for Christmas day, questions about which days we are working and which days are ours! as well as the endless debate over the colour theme for this year! So, maybe Tis the Season still fits….

So because we are now in the lead up to ‘The Season’ I’ve been put on a No Spend! Does this happen to anyone else? Where you are not allowed to buy anything before Christmas? I mean, we are really trying to save for our house deposit at the moment too, but anyway I am on an enforce ‘No Spend!’ and so I have only actually bought 3 stamp sets from the Autumn / Winter catalogue (and choosing which ones I was going to have was REALLY hard!) Anyway, the Christmas Pines bundle was my MUST HAVE set in this catalogue, and I have already made a heap of cards with this set. I have another coming this week if you are subscribed to my Weekly Emails.

So, this card uses the Christmas Pines bundle, along with the Presents and Pinecones Designer Series Paper (Yum! by the way!) and the Emerald Envy Ombre Stamp pad, oh and a trio of In Colour Enamel Shapes.

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Bundle

[143496]

£49.50

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

[141986]

£10.00

Presents & Pinecones A4 Cardstock Pack

[143213]

£7.25

Emerald Envy Ombre Stampin’ Pad

[141845]

£8.25

2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

[141410]

£8.25

Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126949]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

16th September 2016

Spread the Love

Jar of Love card using Stampin' Up! Uk products

I shared a sneaky peak of this card on my Instagram account earlier in the week; I love sharing sneak peaks and other behind the scenes bits and bobs over on Instagram, you can find me over there as ‘StampinByHannah’.

The flowers and sentiment are taken from Jar of Love. I love this stamp set, although I haven’t used the jars stamps all that much, I just love the flowers too much!

I have paired a couple of inks to create these flowers; Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry for the larger flowers, and Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder for the smaller ones. The leaves are in Mint Macaron and Emerald Envy

I’m trying to use ribbon on my cards at the moment, for things other than bows too. The burlap ribbon is just so pretty like this, I love cutting one edge off and allowing it to fray a little before sticking it down with Fast Fuse Adhesive.

Product List

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

[142342]

£48.50

5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

£6.50

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126983]

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

£9.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th September 2016

Global Design Project 053 | Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder

Thank you card featuring Swirly Bird and Thoughtful Thanks from Stampin' Up! UK

Oh yes, I’m at it again! twice in 2 weeks playing along with the Global Design Project. This week its a colour challenge, and I am LOVING it! Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder!

I’m loving Night of Navy and Watermelon wonder together, really classy. One of the fabulous design team used the Swirly Scribbles dies and Gold foil paper on their project this week and I just loved the look and so used it as my starting point for this card.

From the gold swirl, I stamped some of the cute flowers from Swirly Bird in Watermelon Wonder and Versamark (for a touch of Gold embossing) and die cut them using the matching framelits.

The Thanks is taken from Thankful Thoughts, and is stamped in Night of Navy. I had thought about adding some ink splatter, but I’m glad I left it off, giving this clean card.

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13th September 2016

Pootles Colour Challenge!

Right, its that time again, I’m on a challenge roll! My lovely friend Sam has this colour challenge on her blog every week and I have been trying for ages to join in but somehow life keeps stopping me – well not this week! I’m on annual leave from the day job this week and even managed to get the weekend off! (which was a last minute surprise!) so I managed to carve out sometime on Sunday to make a card for Sam.

So, the colour challenge this week was to use:

I had so much fun creating the background of this card! I am planning a Make It Monday video, but it will be a few weeks before I get it to you (yes, I’m evening managing to film ahead of time!!!!)

This card uses Butterfly Basics, which is definitely one of my Must Have stamp sets, with the flowers heat embossed in white over the watercolour background.

The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and heat embossed in clear on Vellum.

I had so much fun taking part in this colour challenge….. right, I’m off to make another card for a different colour challenge, which you can see on Thursday!

Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£7.25

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

12th September 2016

Make It Monday | Faux Metal Embellishments

Make it monday metal embellishments video tutorial using Christmas pines and Rose Garden from Stampin' Up! UK

I have a special Make It Monday for you this week, I am taking part in a challenge (nothing new there) set by the lovely Michelle Last for her team of Pinkies! The theme this month is heat embossing, and you can check out heaps of Heat Embossing ideas over on Michelle’s blog tomorrow – and vote for your favourite!

This technique looks really fancy, but is really really simple. Check out the video for all the details:

Top tips:

Detailed die cuts look best, I’m loving uses Rose Garden and Pretty Pines
Use Metal tone Embossing powder; Gold, Silver or Copper
Make sure your heat tool is good and hot before melting your embossing powder

I hope you have enjoyed this Make It Monday, don’t forget to pop over to Michelle Last’s blog tomorrow and vote for your favourite Heat Embossed card!

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I will be closing this order on the 30^th September 2016

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Bundle

[143496]

£49.50

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

£28.00

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

£7.25

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

[141628]

£11.75

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

£4.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Paper-Piercing Tool

[126189]

£3.75

Heat Tool – Uk Plug

[129054]

£27.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

£4.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

10th September 2016

Pootlers Blog Hop | Christmas Pines

Pootles Blog Hop Autumn Winter Stampin Up! Catalogue Christmas Pines

Hello! Welcome to our fabulous Pootler’s Team Blog Hop! We have 19 wonderful ladies blogging together today to show you heaps of great project ideas using new products from the Stampin’ Up! Autumn / Winter catalogue. Please use the Next and Previous buttons to navigate to the next blog in the chain, and remember to leave some comment love on your travels!

I have been having so much fun play with the Present and Pine-cones Suite from the new catalogue (page 18-22), and am totally in love with the idea of an Emerald Envy Christmas this year! I am not usually a green and red sort of person, I love a cool Christmas of blues, purples and silver, but this colour might just have me converted!

The Suite includes the Christmas Pines stamp and die bundle, as well as Designer Series Paper, Washi Tape, Ribbons, a great embossing folder and some super cute mini pine-cone embellishments.

The front panel of this card was embossed twice using the Pine Bough Embossing Folder to create an almost fully embossed panel. Really this card is pretty simple, with a few die cuts and some copper embossing (more of that on Monday!), but I think this would be a super easy card to make a few of for friends and colleagues for Christmas

Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Bundle

[143496]

£49.50

Presents & Pinecones A4 Cardstock Pack

[143213]

£7.25

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

[141986]

£10.00

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

£2.75

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

9th September 2016

August Thank You Cards

Merriest Wishes Christmas Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

Around the end of every month I send out Thank You cards to my online customers (If you place an order for collection you get your card with your order!). This past month I had a stack of cards to make and send, along with class kits for my Stamp of the Month Club too

Now, the cards I sent had a slightly different sentiment, in that they were ‘Thank You’ cards, rather than Christmas ones, but seeing as I used the Thank You stamp from the Thoughtful Branches stamp set that has now sadly retired (although I do have a used copy available if anyone wants one!) I thought I would change it up for the blog.

The background and sentiment are taken from Merriest Wishes. I’m loving this stamp set, and it is my current Stamp of the Month too!

The card is finished with a piece of the This Christmas Designer Series Paper and a strip of Gold Sequin Trim. Very pretty.

Right, I’m off shopping today, need to get some bits and pieces ready for my Stamping trip away next weekend! Yay!

Product List

Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Bundle

[144328]

£46.75

Merriest Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142066]

£18.00

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

[141628]

£11.75

Gold Sequin Trim

[132983]

£4.50

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

£4.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

8th September 2016

Pinkies Blog Hop | Shadow Box Card

Pinkies Team Blog Hop using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We’re showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!

Wow, I’m loving this new Autumn / Winter catalogue, there are just so many great products and ideas. I thought I would make a special card for the Pinkies Blog Hop this time. I’m usually a pretty simple card maker, but this style of card has caught my eye recently (during my hours of scrolling through Pinterest!) and I just had to have a go at making my own!

My favourite bundle in this years catalogue is Christmas Pines; I just love the collection of sentiments and the fabulous detailed die cuts. I will admit that you will be seeing a whole lot of this stamp set in the coming weeks, but that’s a story for another day!

Measurements:

Card base: Basic Black card stock, 10.5 x 22 cm, scored on the long side at 10.5 and 11.5 cm. You will also need a piece of card stock that measures 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Using the scoring blade on you Stampin’ Trimmer, draw a square on the front of your card base; line up the card stock at 2 cm and score from 2 cm down to 8.5 cm – do this on all 4 sides of the card front.

Using a ruler, draw diagonal lines from corner to corner of the square you have just created. The use these lines as a guide to score another square 1 cm smaller than the previous. You should now have one square inside the other. Then, using a ruler and a craft knife, cut along the diagonal lines. Fold on the score lines, creating your shadow area in the middle of your card.

For this card, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm card stock using the new Emerald Envy Glitter Stampin’ Emboss powder before adhering it to the centre of the card.

The problem with this style of card is that it doesn’t fit or fold flat into a standard envelope. So I have also created a box for it to go in.

Measurements:

Box Base; 14 x 14 cm, scored on all four sides at 1.5 cm

Box Lid; 13.2 x 13.2 cm, scored on all four sides at 1 cm.

Both the card and the box are finished with the Presents and Pinecones Designer Series Paper and die cuts from the Christmas Pines bundle.

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

8th September 2016

Global Design Project 052 | Thankful Thoughts

Thank you card using Thankful Thoughts From Stampin' Up! UK

Wow, it is SO long since I took part in any challenges! This summer has been so crazy; I have no idea how I have managed to keep to my regular schedule, but I have – and now, now things are getting back to normal, now my day job has settled down a little, and James has gone back to placement, I might actually have some time to get back to things here on my blog, some workshops and classes organised and event maybe some other bits and pieces done too!

This weekend is busy here on the blog though, I’ve managed to join in with the Global Design Project today, and then I have 2 awesome Blog Hops happening too! Yay!

This week’s challenge is to CASE the gorgeous Teneale Williams. Teneale is so talented and her blog is always so inspiring, and totally worth checking out.

I’m feeling quite bright and cheery with this card; loving the summery colour combination. I think it’s probably because I’ve spend most of my crafty time over the past few weeks working on Christmas-y projects. I was starting to get that festive feeling, but I think with the sunny weather I’m so not in the mood for Christmas crafting this week (saying that there are still festive projects coming this to you this week!)

Bermuda Bay

Sweet Sugarplum

Whisper White

I used the card from Teneale as a sketch, which I then rotated by 90 degrees to create this card. The sentiment is from Thankful Thoughts, although the full stamp reads ‘Thank You So Much’ I selectively inked the stamp using a Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Marker.

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Product List

Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141522]

£17.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

£7.25

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers

[131259]

£27.50

Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[133739]

£7.00

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

[141428]

£7.25

2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

[141410]

£8.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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