I don’t know about you, but I have started to give the gift of shopping more and more in recent years. One because I just don’t have the time to source and buy everyone a special gift, but also because I would much rather someone had something that they LOVE than something I think that they might like, but then ultimately spends years sat at the back of a drawer!
I’m sure that you LOVE to shop for your crafty and creative friends…. or maybe you have been directed here by your card making loved one…. but how to do you know what they need, or what they already own? This is where Stampin’ Up! Gift Cards brought to you by StampinByHannah is a great idea!
So, how to StampinByHannah Gift Cards work?
Its simple, just complete the form at the bottom of this post. I will the contact you to collect payment (I use PayPal for this). I will also pop a handmade card and voucher into the post for you, so you have something to actually gift.
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StampinByHannah Make It Monday Be Merry Project Kit Tips and Tricks
I love making my own decorations at Christmas time! I think it comes from being a child of the early ’90’s where the paper chain was king and every Christmas tree was topped with some sort of handmade (and usually deformed) Christmas angel. Stampin’ Up! make creating your handmade Christmas super simple with this fabulous kit. Be Merry is designed to give you 12 cute hanging rosette ornaments…. but as usual I have pulled the kit to pieces and have made not only some of the rosettes, but some cards too!
The kit contains everything you will need, except adhesives. Stampin’ Up! suggest that you need Fine-Tip Glue, Dimensionals and a Hot Glue Gun for this one, but I would actually suggest swapping the Fine-Tip glue for some Snail, I’ll come to why shortly!
Tips and Tricks
When pinching your mesh circles, twist the pinched end – this stops them from pinging open
Put your Hot Glue Gun on a Silicone Mat
Apply Snail Adhesive to the back of the sentiment die cuts before removing them from the carrier sheet
Separate your mesh circles BEFORE you start making your rosettes…. they are very stuck together!
Watch both my video and the Stampin’ Up! version before you start! and Have fun!
Like I mentioned at the top of this post, I have also had a play with the parts of this kit and made some cards too…
This one uses the centre of the tree die cut, which has been sponged in Old Olive ink to match the colours from the kit. I did supplement the kit with some stamping from Christmas Pines, like the ‘Christmas’ sentiment, stamped here in Old Olive.
The second card even made use the Rosette piece…
The rosettes are held together with a single strip of card stock. Cut this off and you have a straight piece of foiled card stock, I covered the now ‘raw’ edge with a piece of the Real Red ribbon from the kit, added one of the candy cane pieces and a Dapper Denim stamped sentiment from Christmas Pines to finish this one.
What will you be making with this kit? Share your creations with me on my Facebook page.
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StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Bauble Gift Tags using Christmas Pines from Stampin’ Up!
I am always being inspired by my crafty friends. I was lucky enough to spend a whole weekend with them a couple of weeks ago for Stampin’ Up! OnStage in Birmingham. We had heaps of fun chatting crafty, checking out the brand new Stampin’ Up! Spring / Summer catalogue (coming in January!)… and enjoying a fun team day filled with productivity tips, chocolate cake and LOTS of laughs. I am actually not sure if I will be invited to another, after me and my friends Sam and Julie spent the whole day in hysterics…. being generally inappropriate… and munching on sweeties rather than crafting!
This project was totally inspired by my friend Caroline, who made something similar for a video hop we did a few months ago.
These are super easy to put together using the Layering Circles framelits. These are a true work-horse in my craft room, they are ALWAYS out on my crafty table, and coordinate with so many projects, stamp sets and even other die sets too. I LOVE them, and totally couldn’t be without them. One of the things I love about the Stampin’ Up! circle dies is that they are sized perfectly for card fronts…. and that they have matching scalloped circles in the set too!
The stamp set I have used here is called Christmas Pines. You might have missed this one, it’s a little buried in the middle of the Annual catalogue…. but it is fabulous! I use it often for both Christmas and non-Christmas projects. AND it has a coordinating set of thinlits too… the Pretty Pines thinlets include that lovely ribbon die (actually there are two, one big and one small!) which is perfect for that added something that isn’t going to add a heap of bulk onto your card and make it difficult to post.
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StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown Cutlery Wraps using Merry Little Christmas
I have been seeing this project all over Pinterest… but as a dinky treat holder, so today I am super-sizing it and making a fun Cutlery Wrap for you Christmas table!
These are a little extravagant… they use a WHOLE sheet of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, but I think they are so worth it. Particularly with this pack of DSP, this is Merry Little Christmas, the perfect mix of festive prints and generic patterns in Old Olive, Basic Black and Whisper White. It is certainly one of my Christmas Top Picks this year! I love it!
The wraps are super simple to put together and you could do 6 or 8 for your Christmas table in minutes. When I was talking to James about these he suggested adding some tissue paper for some extra dimension which would totally finish these off! I’m seeing maybe gold or silver napkins in these….
Measurements:
Designer Series Paper – 12 x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm0
Fold in half, diagonally, corner to corner
Then, with the folded, flat edge facing you, take on of the corners and fold it across. Creating a second flat edge, about halfway up your triangle. Fold the second corner over to match.
These don’t require any adhesive, as you then fold the top layer of the top of the triangle down, which holds the other two folds in place
(I think I probably explain this better in the video!)
These wraps are finished with a touch of stamping using Merry Little Labels and some die cutting with my favourite combination; Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Layering Circles.
What are you planning for your Christmas table this year?
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StampinByHannah Global Design Project 113 Colour Challenge
I have NO idea what has happened this morning, I wrote a blog post, I published it, and then it magically disappeared! I have no idea what happened, other than the fact that when I went to copy the link the post was gone! I know that you will already have had this post in your email inboxes….and I am sorry for it appearing again.
I LOVE this colour combination from the Global Design Project this week. It screamed Christmas at me and so a Christmas card is what I made!
I have a bit of a thing at the moment for colouring Designer Series Paper, and I have recently pulled out all of the Designer Series Paper from the Autumn / Winter catalogue and put it on my desk so it gets used before it retires! So the top piece of paper was this fabulous pattern from Merry Little Christmas, and I took my Sponge Brayer to it with some Pear Pizzazz to create a fun ombre effect.
The die cuts are from Pretty Pines, and are die cut in the colours from the challenge. They are adhered to the card front with Fine-Tip Glue. I actually made this card twice (ironic seeing as I have had to blog it twice too!) as I wasn’t happy with the first sentiment. This version has the sentiment from Snowflake Sentiments stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched with the Everyday Label punch, while the first one was in Pool Party.
The card is finished with a few loops of Silver Metallic Thread and a scattering of Cherry Cobbler and Silver Metallic Enamel Shapes.
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StampinByHannah Stamp of the Month Club | Neutral Good Tidings Card
I have a another Good Tidings card to share with you today. Have you checked out this Month’s Stamp of the Month Club? It is awesome! Not only do we have a fabulous stamp set to play with but the class for this one is fabulous too.
This is one of those cards with lots of little details. Have you noticed the Designer Series Paper? It the GORGEOUS Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, which has been stamped with the detailed leave stamp from Good Tidings.
Then there is the stamped oval, die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits. The leaves and berries are stamped in Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip ink, but the bottom layer has been stamped off once for a paler tone of the same colour.
Have you spotted the hints of Gold? The sentiment is heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, but there is another hint too. Yes, there are 3 strands of Gold Metallic Thread wrapped around the card too.
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StampinByHannah Christmas Countdown | Year of Cheer Christmas Card Set
Welcome to this weeks Christmas Countdown … I am usually super organised when it comes to my blog, but this past few weeks things have gone a little awry and so I only managed to get this video filmed on Wednesday! Saying this though, I absolutely LOVE this project and cannot wait for you to see it!
One of the most easily missed products in this years Stampin’ Up! Autumn Winter catalogues is the Acetate Card Boxes! I LOVE these! They are great not only for packaging a set of cute Christmas cards, but I have seen them used to pack tealights, chocolates and many other sweet treats. I have made a set of simple Christmas Cards for you today, but I know that you could dress these up further and still get them into the box.
I kept the cards in this card set simple…. partly because that Designer Series Paper does ALL the work, and partly to keep the video to a reasonable length.
Card Measurements:
Card base – Crumb Cake – 29.7 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long edge at 14.85 cm
Year of Cheer Designer Series Paper – 14.3 x 10 cm
Crumb Cake card stock – 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Whisper White card stock – 7 x 7 cm
I have made this card set 3 times now…. the first at a team training event a few months ago. I shared a quick peak at that version in the video, it uses Painted Harvest (which we know is one my all time favourites). The second version uses another firm favourite, Santa’s Suit.
I have to say this one took the longest, thanks to die cutting Santa! But it was definitely worth it… Saying that, now I look at the photo, I realise that Santa has no hands! Might make it a little difficult to check that nice / naughty list this year!
Wrap Measurements:
Crumb Cake card stock – 29.7 x 8.5 cm
Whisper White card stock – 29.7 x 8 cm
This version uses the Merry Music Designer Series Paper for a slightly alternative Christmas colour combination.
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StampinByHannah Facebook Live | For the Love of Stampin’ Up!
I had intended for Facebook Live to be a monthly affair, but I am on Annual Leave from the day job this week and thought I would go Live again this week! Facebook Live is so much fun, I have the next one in my diary for the 1st December and I do hope that you can join me.
I made 2 cards this week, although the main reason for my broadcast wasn’t necessarily to share my love of card making, but more to share my LOVE of Stampin’ Up! There are so many reasons why… Not only the FABULOUS deal that you get on the Starter Kit, the 20% off all your stampin’ goodies, the catalogues, magazine, exclusive website, mountains of crafty inspiration, and the opportunity to earn free products, vouchers and holidays! I LOVE the community and the friendships. I am heading to Stampin’ Up! OnStage this weekend to be with around 700 of my Stampin’ Sisters to see the new Spring/Summer catalogue and I CANNOT wait!
The Starter Kit is always the best deal…. just £99 for £130 worth of Stampin’ Up! goodies of your choice, PLUS a stack of catalogues, order forms and other business gear. Not that you have to make a business of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, we welcome happy shoppers who just want that 20%, business builders, and everyone in between too.
That fabulous basket of Stampin’ Up! goodness just shows quite how much you can get in your Starter Kit! There is a stamp and punch bundle, a pack of Designer Series Paper, 2 packs of card stock, 4 ink pads, notecards and envelopes, embellishments and adhesives in there! Of course, what you put in your kit is totally your choice, but I always think its nice to see how far you cash can go!
Of all the good stuff that I selected for my Starter Kit there is only one stamp set left. Saying that it is a fabulous one! Work of Art has gathered dust on my shelves a little recently, but I do LOVE it! I took inspiration from the catalogue with this card, but I still think is is fabulous!
Measurements:
Card base – Berry Burst – 4 x 8″ (scored on the long side at 4″)
Whisper White Layer – 3-3/4 x 3-3/4″
We always need quick Christmas Cards… while I was searching my catalogue recently I spotted the Peace This Christmas stamp set. This stamp set carried over into the Annual Catalogue from last Christmas, and I still love it! This card was actually inspired by THIS card that the lovely Janice shared with the team at a Training event back in the summer.
Stamped in Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler, and Garden Green, this is a very Classic Christmas card… but with a bit of Masking (LOVE!) and you could totally dress this one up more with some embellishments or ribbons too! I would LOVE to see your version! Share it with me on my Facebook Page.
Measurements:
Card Base – Cherry Cobbler – 29.7 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long edge at 14.85 cm
Basic Grey layer – 9.3 x 13.6
Whisper White layer – 9 x 13.3 cm
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StampinByHannah Stamp of the Month Club | Good Tidings
Welcome to a new venture here at StampinByHannah! Here starts my fabulous new Stamp of the Month Club!!!
Each month I will be offering a fabulous card class subscription box…. including a complete card class, with 8 cards (2 of each of 4 designs), along with the stamp set and all the accessories you need to make the projects.
This months club features the fabulous Good Tidings Stamp set…. I really cannot get enough of this one. It makes such pretty, classic Christmas cards. There is a sneaky peak of one of the cards we are making as this weeks Make It Monday video.
What does this club contain?
Well, each month you will receive a stamp set, inks and embellishments to the value of approximately £35. PLUS you will also receive a complete card class, with a kit of goodies to make 8 cards, and Exclusive videos too. It is a great way to build your crafty stash, ensure you have perfectly coordinated projects and learn some fun techniques!
PLUS you will receive ALL Stampin’ Up! catalogues for FREE during your club membership.
November’s Stamp of the Month Club Kit…
Good Tidings Stamp set
Black Rhinestone Jewels
Emerld Envy Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad
Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad
Complete card kit for 8 cards (2 of each of 4 designs)
Exclusive video tutorials for each card
How much does it cost? and what is the minimum term?
Stamp of the Month Club costs £25 each month, and you can sign up for one month, or a rolling subscription. You can cancel at any time by emailing me at StampinByHannah[at]outlook.com.
If you own a product included in this months kit you can always swap it for something else of the same value… ensuring you don’t get duplicate items and wasted space in your craft room.
Club will open on the 1st of each month and close on the 15th.
Sign me up!
Just complete this form…. and I will be in touch with a PayPal invoice. This is just my way of collecting the payment, you just need a credit of debit card.
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StampinByHannah Make it Monday | 2 Step Stampin’ with Good Tidings from Stampin’ Up!
Welcome to Make It Monday! I have two blog posts coming to you today… because I have a fabulous club launching this afternoon (and this project is quite a big sneaky peak!).
I have been playing around with the Good Tidings stamp set for ages! You guys know I’m such a sucker for a technique, and 2 step stampin is certainly one of my favourites. I just love being about to create a fun, detailed, multi-coloured image quickly and easily…. and for that, this stamp set is Perfect!
This card uses an unusual colour combination… and not one that you might think of when making your Christmas projects! But I really LOVE the effect when the colours are layered together.
The leaves and berries both use 2 stamps to create this image, and while they are detailed they are easy enough to line up… and even if you’re a little off, it still looks pretty! The trick is to find parts of the two stamps that line up and match exactly. One the leaf stamps its the insides of the images, where there is a cut out for the berries. You could use a Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure perfect placement, but because these are photopolymer stamps and are therefore see-through it is not necessary.
The sentiment is also taken from the Good Tidings stamp set. Stamped and heat embossed in White onto a Basic Black die cut stitched circle. I did try something on the original card that I didn’t do in the video… and that was to add a hint of Whisper White craft ink with a sponge dauber for a chalkboard effect… I kinda like it! What do you think?
Because this card is on a Basic Black card base, I also created an inside layer to give you somewhere to write. The inside layer simply features a single holly leaf using the same colour combination as the front. I did make another card using Good Tidings a few weeks ago, which you can find HERE!
The card is finished with a trio of the Black Rhinestone Jewels… I cannot get enough of these! They are just so pretty.
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