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I do love a good CASE…..

I read a fair few Stampin’ Up! blogs, I love looking through Facebook groups, Pinterest boards and seeing what other people have created.

This card was originally created by Amanda Fowler of Inspirin’ Inkin’.

Stampin' Up! UK Petal Potpourri Inspiring Inkin CASE Melon Mambo

It was the background of the original card that really inspired me, as much as I love this flower – and was after a different way to use it when I came across the original blog post.

To create the softly stamped background – Ink your background stamp with Sahara Sand ink. Stamp it off once, and lay it rubber side up on your desk. Place your cardstock on the top (gently!) and rub over small areas of the card with your fingers.

I used the new Something Lacy stamp here but it works just as well with the Dictionary or Chevron background stamps

This card is finished with one of those lovely Petal Potpourri punched flowers and a Melon Mambo button threaded with white Bakers Twine.

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Sale-a-bration on Sunday – Natures Perfection!

Well, I hope you have enjoyed Sale-a-bration week as much as I have!

Sale-a-bration ends on the 31st of March so you don’t have long left to grab the awesome stamps and accessories. Unfortunately the Blendabilities have been discontinued, and are no longer available.

 

My card for today, or rather, cards for today feature one of the new Sale-a-bration releases – Natures Perfection. Its a lovely mix of floral and leafy images, and is gloriously simple. I love it!

Stampin' Up! UK Natures Perfection Simply Wonderful

This first card is a mix of almost all the stamps in the set. I love bright colours, and here I have used Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive to create the frame of stamped images. I think this card would be gorgeous in neutral colours too… but I just couldn’t resist the lovely brights collection this time.

Stampin' Up! UK Natures Perfection Thinking of you

Onto something a whole lot simpler! The sentiment is from Crazy About You, and is stamped in Early Espresso to contract the Bermuda Bay of the flower. I love a versatile stamp set, and I think this proves that Natures Perfection is perfect for happy and sad occasions.

Stampin' Up! UK Natures Perfection Thanks

This final card is part of a Hostess gift I presented to one of my Sale-a-bration hostesses. As part of Sale-a-bration Stampin’ Up! challenged demonstrators to book 2 (or more) parties in March. Well, I managed it! and will soon be receiving my prize – another one of the many reasons I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. If you want to find out more about earning Free products, attending events, and making some great Stampin’ Friends, drop me a message HERE, or check out my Join Me page. I am currently being challenged again to find another new demonstrator before the end of Sale-a-bration! help me complete my challenge (gifts will be provided!), oh and if you sign up during Sale-a-bration Stampin’ Up! will reward you too with either a kit from spring/summer catalogue, or 2 Sale-a-bration items!

Stampin' Up! UK Sale-a-bration Natures Perfection

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Hello There Petal Potpourri!

After using the Hello There Hostess stamp set on Tuesday for my How To Use a Stamp-a-ma-jig, I carried on stamping and the card appeared on my desk! (don’t you just love it when that happens!). Recently I have found myself using more and more of the Subtles and Neutrals collections, I’m sure its my way of trying to force spring to arrive – it is still freezing here! but I love the rich colours of the Regals collection so I’ve pulled out Night of Navy for a few cards recently.Stampin' Up! UK Hostess Hello There Petal PotpourriOne of my favourite stamps from the Spring/Summer catalogue is Petal Potpourri – no fuss stamping, just 4 simple flowers and accents, with a matching punch – what more could a girl ask for! I stamped the solid flower across the cardstock in Night of Navy, and added some Hello There accents in Smoky Slate. The For You sentiment is from the Hello There hostess set, and is punched out with the 1 3/8″ circle punch.

Hello There is a hostess stamp set – have I explained what that means? Hostess sets are exclusively available to those who host parties with me OR if you place an order qualifying for Hostess Credits. To qualify for Hostess Credits you simply need to place an order over £150, and you receive £25 worth of Hostess Credits to spend! awesome!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Sending Wishes your way…..

Ok, So I have a little bit of news… I am a guest designer for a challenge blog soon (I’m not saying which one until nearer the time!) and this card was an attempt at one of the challenges – Clean and Simple – well, if you’ve been coming here for any length of time you’ll know, Clean and Simple is basically all I do. Or, so I thought!

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Design Team Perfect Plum

I saw these leaves, from Butterfly Basics, stamped around the card edge on Facebook a few weeks ago (sorry, can’t remember who it was) and stashed the idea in the back of my brain for a rainy day. Well, the time came. I stamped and stamped, and then released this card was the least clean and simple card I have ever made!

To be honest, I could have carried on and added more and more, but James had made tea, so this is where it stayed, but it still is definitely not Clean and Simple!

Back to the drawing board for me…

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Dotty for Petal Potpourri!

I just love the solid flower image from the Petal Potpourri Stamp set, I’ve stamped it here in Wisteria Wonder AND Old Olive (yes, those leave are just cut from the same flower, stamped in Old Olive!)
Stampin' Up! UK Petal Potpourri large polka dot embossing I am a simple card maker – as in I make simple cards – I may well be a simple person to! (I’ll let you decide on that one!), so I don’t use Embossing folders very often, but this card was just too plain. This is the Large Polka Dot embossing folder, on Basic Gray. Simple, but rich looking!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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How to get 6 (metric) cards from one sheet of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper!

I love 12 x 12 paper! I admit, I am a little addicted, and I don’t actually use it as often as I should!

When I received the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper I knew I was going to struggle to cut into it, its a gorgeous collection of floral themed papers all hand painted – it is stunning! But I knew I had to use this one particular piece in as large pieces as I could, and making 6 cards from one sheet of DSP was the way to do this.

I know a few US demo’s have made similar videos, but they use slightly different measurements to fit 8 1.2 x 11″ cardstock, rather than our A4

Stampin' Up! UK painted blooms petals giveaway

I just love the look of these cards, all different but definitely a set together!

And I couldn’t bear to split them up so, I’m going to give them away to you – to win these 6 cards all you have to do is place an order with me before midnight on the 28th of February 2015 – and I will select one random winner! awesome!

Stampin' Up! UK Painted Bloom Petals 6 cards from one DSP

But, how do you make them! well, I have a video for that!

Measurements:

For these cards you will need 3 sheets for A4 cardstock cut in half and folded to make 6 cards, and a sheet of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper

Cut 1.8 cm (3/4″) from the bottom of the 12 x 12 DSP

Cut your DSP in half at 14.3 cm (5 13/16″)

Then cut each piece into 10 cm (3 7/8″) pieces, you will have two little slivers of DSP left over

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Is There no Limit to you Awesomeness?

Hello! Happy Monday!

Sorry for the late post this morning, as you may know I work as a Nurse, and yesterday I was called into work at very very short notice. I usually work ahead of myself but this last few weeks have been crazy, and I ran out of posts!

Its OK; normal service will resume tomorrow!

So, today I thought I would share the card I made for my very first downline and member of my Stampin’ Team! Kathryn, when she joined me back in January

Stampin' Up! UK Big News Sale-a-bration join me

I recently earned some free stamp sets (one of the many many perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator) and I choose Big News, a great sentiment stamp set featuring Thank you’s and Birthdays, but also this great stamp – Is there no limit to your awesomeness? – well, if you’ve joined Stampin’ Up! then no, there isn’t! I heat embossed the sentiment in gold – so pretty.

The flowers are from Petal Potpourri, a great stamp set from the new Spring/Summer catalogue, which comes bundled with the Flower Medallion Punch. The background stamps are in Crumb Cake, stamped off once, and then the main image is stamped in Pool Party, and coloured with Blendabilities! Do you know you can use your Blendabilities with your Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink! Isn’t it awesome!

Do you know what else is awesome! that you can get Blendabilities for FREE at the moment if you choose them as your Sale-a-bration item for spending £45! Here I have used Calypso Coral and Coastal Cabana to colour the flower – and I didn’t pay for either set!

For more information about Sale-a-bration or Joining Stampin’ Up! click on the links at the top of the page

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Butterfly Basics

Hello and Welcome to a new week at StampinbyHannah!

This card uses the Butterfly Thinlits dies, from the Spring/Summer Stampin’ Up! catalogue. Isn’t it pretty.
Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Thinlits dies Butterfly BasicsWhen I first received these dies I had a good old play with them, trying to find the best way to get them to cut, which colours did I prefer, that kind of thing, and this is the card that resulted.

I adore the subtles collection cardstocks for spring, the colours are all just so pretty. Here I have used Soft Sky, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz.

There are now loads of videos on YouTube showing you some of the best ways to get these dies to cut. I am absolutely no expert on this one! I run them through my slightly tired Big Shot several times, rotating them and moving them across the cutting plates. Once they are cut I stand and poke all the pieces through with my pokey tool (or Stampin’ Up! Paper Piercing Tool), into a Sandwich bag to catch all the little bits. But these Butterflies are worth the effort, they are stunning on a card!

 

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Happy Zoo Babies!

I have had this card sat on my hard drive for a little while, neglected, and lonely. The last few weeks have been insanely busy around here, working 65 hour weeks, hen parties, classes, and running the blog, but I’m hoping I’m back on an even keel again now. I have come to see how much I can do, and I have a habit of saying yes to anything and everything, and I just can’t do it all. So, after having to pull out of a craft fayre last weekend, I took a step back and realised what I can fit into my life! and currently, craft fayres are not it!

So, after that ramble, I have a lovely card for you today.

Stampin' Up! UK Zoo Babies Hello You

I made this card before Christmas! for my cousin’s babies first birthday. I had just received my pre-order from the Spring/summer catalogue, so there are a few products used here.

For babies cards there is no stamp set better than Zoo Babies! I adore the cute animals and patterns, stamped in fun colours of course!

One of the first things to come out of my pre-order box was the lovely Hello You thinlits dies – four word dies; Happy, You, Thanks, and Hello, that work perfectly with the Crazy About You stamp set. So, well in fact that they come as a bundle! Crazy About You also comes in all 3 stamp types, Wood Mount, Clear Mount and Photopolymer! Awesome! These thinlit dies are fantastic, and so easy to cut and get back out of those dies! but I think my favourite thing about them is using the Transfer Adhesive Sheets to put them onto a card! If you haven’t experienced TAS yet, grab them now!

My favourite colour of the moment is still Lost Lagoon, and for a baby boy card it is perfect! paired with a piece of the Sweet Dreams DSP – lovely!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Sale-a-bration on Sunday – Project Life edition!

I love Project Life, I have written several times about my 2015 Project Life album, and I’m also using the Project Life system to document my wedding.

Project Life is a scrapbooking system from Becky Higgins, brought to us by Stampin’ Up! In both the Annual and Spring/Summer catalogues there are larger Project Life kits, with coordinating accessory packs and stamps. But we also have a great 30 card pack as one of our Sale-a-bration Freebie choices! awesome!

Now, although I love doing Project Life, I also love being able to get several projects from any item I buy! and so I love using Project Life cards for cardmaking

Stampin' Up! UK sale-a-bration Project Life

This card collection features a range of lovely colours and patterns, and is themed around fun days and summer activities.

I trimmed a 6 x 4 card to fit the front of my card, and added a 3 x 4 card with dimensionals. I did pre-stamp the 3 x 4 card using Perpetual Birthday Calender and a sentiment from Painted Petals, adding a trio of jewels to finish.

 

Sale-a-bration is the biggest Stampin’ Up! sale of the year – not only can you choose a FREE item (from a selection) for every £45 spend, but you can earn more Hostess Credits by holding a party, AND get some great free items by choosing to become a demonstrator!

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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