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InspireINK | Valentines with Enduring Beauty

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Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah for the first InspireINK of 2024. This month we have a valentines theme, and I’ve gone for something pretty, and soppy!

I am loving the Enduring Beauty bundle, this fabulous bundle includes the stamps, dies and a fabulous set of masks that help to create this beautifully colour effect.

The colour combination here is Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia, Parakeet Party and Granny Apple Green.

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Global Design Project 310 | Love Ya Sweet Treats!

Well Hello! Bit of live blogging this afternoon. I had meant to share this card earlier in the week, but then somehow never quite got round to typing this post up, and suddenly its Friday afternoon and I just want to share.

This week’s Global Design Project Challenge is a sketch, and I have to say, this one was really tricky! I had so many ideas that I really struggled to pair things back and get a project made. Then I remembered a conversation I had with a demo friend last weekend about the Sweet Treats stamp set, and this card was born!

Valentines card idea using Sweet Treats from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This stamp set is a bit of a hidden gem, its in the July-December Mini Catalogue, and because it’s not overtly Christmas it’s easy to miss. It does coordinate with another stamp set and die bundle though and so there are heaps of things you could do with it. Here I stamped the cupcakes with Memento ink, fussy cut them, and then coloured them with Stampin’ Blends in Crumb Cake, So Saffron and Flirty Flamingo.

Cute handmade card with cupcakes from Sweet Treats from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Finished with a piece of Designer Series Paper from Hand-Penned, some Genial Gems, and a die cut from the same suite, this card could be used for a heap of different occasions but I’ve kept things similar with the ‘Love Ya’ from the Sweet Treats stamp set.

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Whale of a time Card for the Global Design Project

Hello! So, I’ve been trying to spend a little more time in my craft room recently, which I have to say, isn’t difficult as it’s been a much under used space in my house in 2020. Crafting has always been my escape, and I’ve really needed that recently, but have really struggled to find anything to create. So I turned to an old faithful; the Global Design Project, and used their challenge for this week as my starting point.

This week’s challenge is to use a card by one of their Design Team members as inspiration. The card was stunning, and I chose to take the card layout; basically using the card as a sketch for a new one.

Love card using Whale of a Time and Whale Done from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I’ve been really enjoying the current selection of Designer Series Papers from Stampin’ Up! and the Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper is no exception. For all this paper is a little more ‘theme-y’ that I would normally select, the patterns actually translate really well in small sections and aren’t all too fish-y. There are two separate pieces of the Designer Series Paper on this card; a small strip, and a 2″ punched circle.

I’m also really enjoying adding textures to my projects at the moment, and this card has a panel of embossed card stock using the coordinating Embossing Folder, as well as a piece of ribbon. When I’m embossing white cardstock, I tend to use the Thick Whisper White, just because it is slightly heavier than the standard and therefore gives a really crisp embossed finish.

Cute Love Whale Card using Whale Done from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The stamped Whale comes from the matching Whale Done stamp set. To get the ombre coloured effect I inked the stamp in Pool Party ink, and then added a hint of Shaded Spruce ink using a sponge.

This card is finished with a die cut seaweed from the Smooth Sailing dies.

Product List


Whale Of A Time Suite Collection (English)
[154126]
£61.00
Whale Done Bundle (English)
[154053]
£29.50
Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[152460]
£10.75
Seabed 3D Embossing Folder
[152700]
£9.25
Pool Party A4 Card Stock
[124391]
£8.25
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock
[140490]
£7.75
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock
[147006]
£8.25
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock
[147006]
£8.25
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
[147107]
£7.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
[147088]
£7.00
Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon
[152462]
£5.50
Smooth Sailing Dies
[149576]
£30.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #043 | Accented Blooms Colour Challenge!

Hey folks!

Well, this week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a bright and bold colour combination that I have to admit had me a little stumped at first. However, I do love the card that resulted!

Inspire.Create.Challenge Colour Combination 043 Granny Apple Green Pumpkin Pie Poppy Parade

As always with the Inspire.Create colour combinations we are allowed to add neutral colours and so I’ve added Basic Black to really made these colours POP!

Hello card Accented Blooms Watercolour for Inspire.Create.Challenge using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

The Accented Blooms stamp set is carrying forward into the new catalogue and since I’ve cleared by Stamp Shelves of items that are leaving us in the Last Chance list its really jumped out at me at a set I haven’t used for a while. Here it’s stamped in Stazon ink onto watercolour paper and then watercoloured with the colours from the challenge.

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set and while it does coordinate with the Tailored Tag punch, I have hand cut it on this occasion.

Watercolour Hello card using Accented Blooms from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This is where I got stuck! How to finish the card. In the end I plumped for a panel of Poppy Parade card stock embossed using the Country Floral Embossing Folder and a bow of retiring Black Shimmer Ribbon

Don’t forget to pop over to the Inspire.Create blog to check out the other bright and colour Design Team Creations as well as entering your own work into our gallery!

Product List
Accented Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set
[146681]
£19.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
[121688]
£8.00
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock
[121694]
£8.00
Watercolor Paper
[122959]
£4.75
Aqua Painters
[103954]
£16.00
Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad
[101406]
£8.25
Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
[147163]
£3.50
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
[105229]
£3.50
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
[119791]
£3.50
Basic Black 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon
[144129]
£6.50
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #033 | It’s Party Time, Party Favours with Mini Pizza Boxes

Fun Shimmery Party Favours using Mini Pizza Boxes from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge #033 It’s Party Time, Party Favours with Mini Pizza Boxes

Inspire.Create.Challenge Party Theme

It’s out very last Inspire.Create.Challenge of 2018, and we are going out with a BANG! This challenge will be open for entries for a whole 4 weeks (rather than the usual 2!) and we would LOVE to see your Party themed creations! Maybe your making Table Favours, Thank you Cards, Gift Bags, or some fabulous Decor projects, share them with us over on the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog!

Inspire.Create.Challenge Party Time Theme Challenge Hand Delivered Party Favour with Stampin' Up! Mini Pizza Boxes

At the most recent Stampin’ Up! event I sat with one of my Stampin’ Besties (Sam of Sam’s Crafty Things!) and I realised that I had never actually used one of the Mini Pizza Boxes that have been in the catalogue for a few years. So, when I got home the first thing I got out to craft with was these fab little boxes… and made this fun Party Favour Box. The Mini Pizza Boxes come flat packed, but the slot together really easily, and they are food safe too (and the perfect size for a hand made cookie to two!

I added a hint of colour to this one using a sponge brayer, but you could also colour them by sprintzing or painting.

How to make a fun Table Favour with Mini Pizza Boxes from Stampin' Up!

The stamped panel uses the Hand Delivered Stamp Set. This stamp set is one of the hostess exclusive sets in the Annual Catalogue. These sets are exclusively available to customers who either hosts a party that spends over £150, or places an online order of the same value.

I stamped it with Memento Ink, and then coloured the balloons with a selection of Stampin’ Blends. I did HAVE to add a hint of sparkle to some of the balloons using a paint brush and some Frost White Shimmer Paint, which gives the effect of those fun shimmery balloons.

Right, that’s all from me today, do pop over to the Inspire.Create blog and check out the creations of the other Design Team Members, and share your creations with us too!

Product List

Hand Delivered Photopolymer Stamp Set

£12.00

Mini Pizza Boxes

£5.50

Rich Razzleberry 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Velvet Ribbon

£7.50

Sponge Brayers

£7.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

£5.50

Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Call Me Clover Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

£8.50

Frost White Shimmer Paint

£7.50

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Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 | Thankful Card

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 Thankful Card

inspire.create.challenge thankful

Today’s blog post features a bit of a sneaky peak of some new products that launch tomorrow! Stampin’ Up! are releasing 2 fun stamp sets and a coordinating set of dies, a pack of embellishments and some unusual papers exclusively in November. I’ll have all the details on the blog tomorrow… but for now here is a sneaky peak of Happiness Surrounds

This card uses the Happiness Surrounds Stamp Set and Snowfall thinlits. I am loving layering stamped images at the moment and here there are stamps layered, with die cuts and then some heat embossing to finish.

The sentiment isn’t from these exclusive stamp sets, its taken from one of my old favourites; Thankful Thoughts.

I think that this colour combination is particularly fun too…

Granny Apple Green
Lovely Lipstick
Mango Melody
Pineapple Punch

I have a whole lot to be Thankful for at the moment… do check out my post from Monday if you’re not up to speed with what has been going on in my world recently! Thanks to everyone who has left such lovely comments on that post… I had no idea so many people read my little blog!

cute thankful card using Happiness Surrounds from Stampin' Up!

We would LOVE to see your Thankful card or other thankful projects over on the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog this week! You can share your projects with us using the link at the bottom of the challenge blog post

Product List

Happiness Surrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set

£16.00

Snowfall Thinlits Dies

£36.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Versamark Pad

£8.25

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.75

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InspireINK Blog Hop | Autumn Ombre with Timeless Tidings

Ombre inking Christmas Card using Timeless Tidings from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah InspireINK Blog Hop Autumn Ombre with Timeless Tidings

InspirInk Blog Hop Header Stampin' Up! team blog hop

This month’s InspireINK theme was chosen by the wonderful woman behind InspireINK; Sam Roberts! Sam chose the theme of Autumn…. which first made me think of leaves (don’t have any stamps of leaves really), and then being cold (not the best idea for the start of a card), and then of colours; rich yellows, oranges and reds of the leaves as they change and fall from the trees.

This thought then led me to ombre…. and some silhouette stamping, and so this card was born!

Ombre inking Christmas Card using Timeless Tidings from Stampin' Up!

The focus of this card is that background, which looks like it would be really complicated to do but actually is fairly simple. The trick is a Sponge Brayer; and a stack of ink colours!

I have shared video’s of how to use a Sponge Brayer before, but really all you need to do it ink up the brayer (evenly, which can be the tricky bit) and then gently roll the sponge back and forward across the card stock to transfer the ink. Start at the lightest colour and work your way darker, and only use a little ink at a time to prevent harsh lines.

The colours blended on this card are: Pineapple Punch, Mango Melody, Grapefruit Grove, Calypso Coral, Real Red and Cherry Cobbler.

Ombre inking Christmas Card using Timeless Tidings from Stampin' Up!

Once the ombre effect was complete; I used my Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment and the tree from Timeless Tidings in Memento ink.

I can’t wait to see what everyone else has made with the Autumn theme, check them out using the NEXT button below…

InspirInk Blog Hop team blog hop Stampin' Up! UK

Product List

Stamparatus

£46.00

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£19.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£8.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£9.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

£5.50

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Sponge Brayers

£7.50

Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

£5.50


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Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 | Under the Mistletoe sketch challenge

Fun Christmas Card using Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 Under the Mistletoe sketch challenge

Inspire Create Challenge Sketch Challenge 029

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fun sketch… I hope to see lots of you take part and add your creations to the Inspire.Create.Challenge Blog. You don’t need to blog to enter, you could upload your image to a gallery, Pinterest, or even Facebook (as long as the image is set to public of course).

Fun Christmas Card using Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I decided to keep things simple this week, and just let the Designer Series Paper do all the talking. This fun print is from the Under the Mistletoe Paper pack, which you might have missed if your looking in the Autumn Winter catalogue because its in the Christmas section of the Annual one instead.

Quick and Easy Christmas Card using fun Patterned Paper from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is in the Autumn Winter catalogue, its taken from Timeless Tidings, which I am getting heaps of use out of, although it is designed to go with the Timeless Tidings kit (which I still haven’t got round to making up yet!).

So, short and sweet today, do go and check out the other creations from the Design Team over at the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog… they have made some stunning projects this week.

Product List

Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper

£10.25

Under The Mistletoe A4 Cardstock Pack

£8.00

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£19.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Real Red 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Solid Ribbon

£6.50


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Inspire.Create.Challenge 025 | Simple Congratulations Card

Inspire.Create.Challenge Blended Seasons Congratulations Card

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 025 Simple Congratulations Card

Inspire.Create.Challenge Stampin' Up! Colour Challenge

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenges challenge is a bright and fun colour combination! We’ve had a fair number of grey days here recently, and I think that this colour combo should brighten anybody’s day!

Colour challenge Congratulations card using Stampin' Up! products for Inspire.Create.Challenge

I’ve been playing with the Blended Season’s Bundle again… I’m sorry, I know that this is two days in a row… but I just cannot get enough! I have actually now put it away in a drawer so I can’t see it, because I feel like every project this month has featured this fab stamp set!

August has been crazy, with most of my weeks spent on the road with my day job, so simple stamping is the absolute order of the day, and this card was whipped up in a matter of minutes. A base of Bermuda Bay with a mat of Basic Black to make the stamping POP!

Simple Stamping with Blended Seasons from Stampin' Up!

Fussy cutting isn’t my speciality, particularly fussy cut sentiments, but I think I just about got away with it here with the Congrats heat embossed onto Melon Mambo card stock, and layered over those Lemon Lime Twist stamped leaves. A hint of Bermuda Bay splatter and a trio of Rhinestones and this card is done!

Check out the rest of the Design Team’s creations over on the Inspire.Create.Challenges blog, and enter your own colour challenge creations

Product List

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle

£60.00

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£36.00

Stitched Seasons Framelits Dies

£31.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

£8.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£8.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

£8.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

£27.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

£4.75

Versamark Pad

£7.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

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InspireINK Blog Hop | Stitched All Around Embossed Anniversary Card

How to use Stampin' Up! dies to emboss

StampinByHannah InspireINK Blog Hop Stitched All Around Embossed Anniversary Card

InspirInk Blog Hop Header Stampin' Up! team blog hop

Thanks so much for stopping by here at StampinByHannah today, I LOVE taking part in the InspireINK blog hops with some of my Stampin’ Sisters. Today the very lovely Sally Shaw has picked our theme; Embossed Anniversary!

This is quite timely for me with my 3rd Wedding Anniversary in a couple of weeks time, I will share the card I make for my husband once he has actually seen it so today’s card is a bit of a twist on the theme. It does feature embossing, but the sentiment isn’t quite anniversary, can you forgive me for that? This card would make a really lovely card for an anniversary though, you’d just need to change the sentiment.

Embossing with cutting dies using the Stitched All Around Bundle from Stampin' Up!

This card uses the fabulous Stitched All Around Bundle, which has a lovely mix of cutting and embossing dies, as well as some really pretty stamps, and I am more than a little in love with that label piece!

To create the background I first stamped a piece of Gray Granite card stock with Gray Granite ink. Then I ran it through the Big Shot with the background die from the set. This die isn’t designed to cut at all, instead it embosses and it works really really well with the new Stampin’ Up! Big Shot Embossing Mats and the following Big Shot Sandwich;

  • Big Shot Platform,
  • Cutting Mat, Die (with the embossing edge facing upwards),
  • card stock,
  • THIN blue embossing mat
  • white impressions pad.

I do have a video on my YouTube channel showing this sandwich if you want to check it out.

Embossed Best Wishes card using Stitched All Around from Stampin' Up!

The circle piece is actually 3 dies layered together, with the heart and smaller circle embossed, before the outer circle was die cut. The card is completed with a heat embossed sentiment on a label cut from Merry Merlot card stock, and a trio of Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

Do hop along to check out the other Embossed Anniversary card creations, and I hope to see you again!

InspirInk Blog Hop team blog hop Stampin' Up! UK

 

Product List

Stitched All Around Clear-Mount Bundle

£44.00

Stitched All Around Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Stitched Labels Framelits Dies

£31.00

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Merry Merlot A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Big Shot Embossing Mats

£14.00

Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

£6.50


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