Celebrate with Ink Blending!

A few weeks ago my fabulous friend Amanda shared THIS fun card, and I just HAD to have a go at creating my own version.

I am such a sucker for a good technique, and I love some ink blending, but I haven’t done it for ages. Amanda’s card used a really pretty colour combination that I had not considered before and so I also used the same…

Ink Blended Celebrate card using Stampin' Up! supplies with StampinByHannah

I used a sponge (or 4) to add Melon Mambo, Highland Heather, Mango Melody and Coastal Cabana onto a piece of Shimmery White card stock. This method of Ink Blending starts off looking quite subtle, but the more ink you add the brighter the colours become. Once I had the ink nice and bright, I took some water and dropped it onto the piece to create a fun watercolour-y look, and add some texture.

I then left it to dry, before using the Stitched Rectangles to die cut this piece out.

How to create a pretty ink blended congratulations card using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

The ink blended panel is then popped up onto a Thick Whisper White card base with some dimensionals.

The sentiment is die cut from the Celebrate You thinlits dies which are sadly retiring at the end of May. I die cut 4 of these, and used another retiring item, the Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheets, to glue them together and give some more dimension to the card.

This card is finished with a trio of Glitter Enamel Shapes.

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Inspire.Create.Challenge 027 | Celebrate (our 1st anniversary!!)

Inspire.Create.Challenge Theme challenge Celebrate Card using Frosted florals Designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 027 Celebrate (our 1st anniversary!!)

Inspire.Create.Challenge 027 Celebrate

Wow! I have just written the Challenge blog post before I’ve written this one… and I got SO excited! I cannot believe that it’s now been a year since I started this fabulous challenge. So, before I get into the main blog post, I just want to reach out and give you all big squishy hugs of Thanks for sticking with us, taking part, leaving comments and more! We have NO plans to stop…. in fact, I’ve just set the team all the challenges up until Christmas!

Inspire.Create.Challenge Stampin' Up! Challenge Blog Theme Challenge Celebrate Theme Floral Celebrate Card using Stampin' Up! products

In order to Celebrate I thought I would use my favourite Designer Series Paper from the new Autumn Winter Catalogue. I am in LOVE with this Frosted Florals Designer Series Paper, 1. its floral and watercolour… and 2. its SHIMMERY! It’s so pretty… saying that I have covered most of it with a piece of Vellum, but you can still see the paper, so I think that’s ok!

There actually isn’t any stamping on this card, rather the sentiment is die cut using the Celebrate You thinlits. I haven’t pulled these out for ages, which is a shame really because they are lovely!

Fun Floral Celebrate card using Frosted Florals from Stampin' Up!

This card is finished with a trio of Glitter Enamel Dots.

Do pop over to the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog and check out the rest of the Design Team’s fabulous Celebratory Creations!

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Make It Monday | Amazing You Sale-a-bration Eclipse Card

How to make a fun eclipse card using Amazing You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Amazing You Sale-a-bration Eclipse Card

Make It Monday

I cannot believe it has taken me quite so long to create an Eclipse card! Pinterest has been full of these for probably about 12 months, and at one point I resisted jumping on the band-wagon… until now! The Celebrate You Thinlits just lend themselves perfectly to this technique, and after I created my husbands Valentines card using it, I just HAD to make another just for you!

Bright Fun and easy Eclipse card using Celebrate You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

I am still loving the Amazing You Stamp Set and Celebrate You thinlits that are available for FREE during Sale-a-bration! That flower is just so pretty, and I am going to be really sad to see it go at the end of the month. However, the Celebrate You thinlits WILL be available in the 2018-2019 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue… but surely its better to get them now for FREE than to pay for them in June?! right!

I think I’ve covered all my top tips for my Eclipse Card in the video…. but if you have any questions to use the comments section below to ask me

Isn’t that colour combination so much fun! I can see this one coming back out again soon… Remember that you can click the colour names above to see all the goodies available from Stampin’ Up! in that particular colour

How to make a fun eclipse card using Amazing You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

The second stamp set at work here is Heart Happiness. I just needed something a little extra, and the hearts were just the perfect addition.

Before I go today, I just want to mention about Sale-a-bration! We are in the final 2 weeks of this fabulous offer… and Stampin’ Up! offered even more last week. Sale-a-bration ends on the 31st March, be sure to get your orders in before 10:59PM so you don’t miss out!

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Facebook Live Online Card Class Re-Run | February 2018

Heat Embossing with Amazing You from Stampin' Up! Facebook Live video

StampinByHannah Facebook Live Online Card Class Re-Run February 2018

Stampin' Up! Facebook Live StampinByHannah UK

Last week saw the 2nd Facebook Live Online Card Class of 2018. This month we used the Amazing You Stamp set and coordinating Celebrate You thinlits from Sale-a-bration. I am completely in LOVE with this stamp set, seriously I have used it SO much and I still do not feel like I’ve used nearly enough!

Amazing You from Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team CASE card

This card was totally inspired by my friend Emma and one of her Artisan Design Team Creations. I just LOVE the black details and pops of colour!

Ombre Die Cutting with Celebrate You from Stampin' Up!

This card was just a nightmare during class… I made the original cards weeks ago (because class was supposed to be on the 6th February, but I had to delay due to work stuff), and I think when I made it the first time around I used Multi-Purpose Adhesive sheets more! Oh well… I’m sure it’ll make a funny blooper during the class!

You can get the Amazing You Stamp set for FREE with a £45 during Sale-a-bration, and the Celebrate You Thinlits are FREE with a £90 order (although they will also be in the 2018-2019 Annual catalogue too!).

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Techniques | How to create a dimensional sentiment with Celebrate You from Stampin’ Up!

Card Making Techniques Video Tutorial how to layer die cuts using Celebrate You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

StampinByHannah Techniques How to create a dimensional sentiment with Celebrate You from Stampin’ Up!

Stamping Techniques Series

I have a quick and fun Techniques video for you today. I am just LOVING the Celebrate You thinlits that are currently available for FREE during Sale-a-bration. Actually, before I forget Stampin’ Up! added some extra Sale-a-bration freebies this morning… you can check them out in my Online Store!

So, today’s technique… I have been  having heaps of fun stacking the die cuts from this thinlit set, and I thought I would share some of my top tips that might help you create some fabulously dimensional die cut sentiments!

Card Making Techniques Video Tutorial how to layer die cuts using Celebrate You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

This card is so cute! It’s a fun 4 x 4″ size, with a 3-3/4 x 3-3/4″ piece of Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper and a large die cut Stitched Circle in Vellum. Both the die cut and the Glitter Enamel Dot are strategically placed to cover the Mini Dimensionals I used to adhere the Vellum to the card. I LOVE adding Vellum with dimensionals, just because the Vellum is lifted slightly off the front of the card and it creates a lovely shadow effect.

Top Tips;

  • Use Multi-Purpose Adhesive Sheet on the back of your card stock before you start to die cut your sentiment
  • Die cut 3-5 pieces to give you a nice thick sentiment
  • Use your Silicone Mat to help you ensure that die cuts are lined up
  • It is easier to line up shorter words… so try a word like YOU before you head for something longer and swirly!

Card Making Techniques Video Tutorial how to layer die cuts using Celebrate You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

The ‘Thank’ is taken from one of the stamps in the All Things Thanks stamp set, and I selectively inked it with a Stampin’ Write Marker in Night of Navy to ensure that I just had the portion of the stamp I needed.

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Pootlers Team Blog Hop | Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

How to create a fun Congratulations card using Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Pootlers Team Blog Hop Celebrating Sale-a-bration!

Pootles Stampin' Up! Team Blog Hop

Welcome to StampinByHannah for the second Pootlers Team Blog Hop of 2018. This week we are sharing a heap of Sale-a-bration inspiration, and I cannot wait to see what the other ladies have made. You can find out first blog hop of 2018 HERE, where we shared Spring Summer catalogue goodies!

How to create a fun Congratulations card using Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

Sale-a-bration is awesome this year! There are so many great items that you can choose for free when you shop, my current favourite (it changes from week to week!) is the Amazing You stamp set and the Celebrate You thinlits. I LOVE when products coordinate, which is why I love Stampin’ Up! so much, and these two pair together wonderfully.

I used the Celebrate die twice, once to cut a piece of Gold Glimmer Paper and a second time to cut a piece of watercolour paper I had already coloured using Brusho. I am really enjoying playing with Brusho at the moment and am embracing the mess that comes along with it! There is one top tip for using the dies in the Celebrate You Thinlits… make sure that you back your card stock with Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet BEFORE you die cut it. This makes the words SO much easier to adhere to your project, as they are then basically fancy stickers!

Celebrating Sale-a-bration with Pootles and the team with Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

The Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets also work really well sticking to the Glimmer Paper (please don’t ask how many times and different adhesives I used in the making of this card, how many Celebrates I die cut!), and it sticks well to the ribbon too! The Night of Navy Crinkle Seam Binding is attached to the card stock with a strip of Fast Fuse, and I ruffled it a little as I stuck it down to create this effect.

Do check out the other projects created by the Pootlers… and thank you so much for checking out StampinByHannah today!

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Sale-a-bration Kick Off Blog Hop | Amazing You

Sale-a-bration 2018 Congratulations Card using Amazing You and Celebrate You from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Sale-a-bration Kick Off Blog Hop Amazing You

Sale-a-bration Kick off Blog Hop with Janet Wakeland

Tonight I have a special blog post for you… I have joined with a host of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from around the world to Celebrate the start of Sale-a-bration 2018. Sale-a-bration starts tomorrow and I have a special blog post going up first thing in the morning with all the details, but I have a fabulous card to share with you tonight using TWO of the fabulous Sale-a-bration free gifts….

How to make a fun Congratulations card using Sale-a-bration stamp set Amazing You from Stampin' Up!

This card uses the Amazing You Stamp set, and the coordinating Celebrate You Thinlits dies, both of which are FREE during Sale-a-bration. I wanted to keep this card fairly simple and let the sentiment do all the talking. The ‘Amazing’ is die cut from Champagne Foil Sheet, while the rest of the sentiment is stamped and heat embossed in White onto Basic Black card stock

The Designer Series Paper is another brand new product, from this year’s Spring Summer catalogue, and I am totally in LOVE with it. I am such a sucker for Black and White Designer Series Paper anyway, but this pack is gorgeous! Petal Passion Designer Series Paper is part of the Petal Palette Suite… and I have HEAPS of samples to share with you over the next few weeks!

Sale-a-bration 2018 Congratulations Card using Amazing You and Celebrate You from Stampin' Up!

The other cool bit of this card is the Gold Embossed Splatter. I saw this recently on the Stampin’ Up! Instagram page, and I just thought it was such a cool idea. It’s also super easy to do! I splattered a mix of White Craft Ink and Water onto my Whisper White card stock, then sprinkled over some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, but Stampin’ Up! suggested a mix of Multipurpose Glue and water.

So fun!

Check out the other Demonstrators taking part in the Sale-a-bration Kick Off Blog Hop, and I hop to see you here again soon!


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