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29th April 2016

Fancy Fold Friday | Z Fold Card

Fancy Fold Friday Z fold birthday card using Number of Years from Stampin' Up! Uk

Its Back!

Yes, I am bring back Fancy Fold Friday! As I have previously discussed, I attended a team training event a few weeks ago and my lovely friend Heidi put together this whole inspiration station of Fancy Fold Cards as well as 3 wonderful make and takes that were also fancy folds. I had forgotten how much I LOVE making fancy fold cards! So, in the spirit of doing what we love I have brought back Fancy Fold Friday.

Now, there is a video this week but I cannot promise a video tutorial every week (they are a whole heap of work!) but I will promised to ensure that each week comes with written instructions and measurements

I just love this stamp set! Number of Years is a great excuse to make numbered birthday cards. Saying that I don’t have a 24th birthday to send this card to – so if you do, let me know and I will send this card to you!

This style of card is awesome for birthdays as you get plenty of room inside for your lovely birthday message

Card Measurements:

Card Base: 29.6 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 7.5 and 14.85 cm

Inside Layers:

Designer Series Paper – 14.3 x 10 cm

Whisper White – 13.8 x 9.5 cm

Front Layers:

Card Stock – 11.8 x 7.5 cm

Whisper White – 11.3 x 7 cm

Designer Series Paper : 7 x 10 cm

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Product List

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

£24.00

Large Numbers Framelits Dies

[140622]

£28.00

English Garden Designer Series Paper

[138440]

£10.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

£6.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

Stampin’ Trimmer

[129722]

£27.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126973]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126962]

£6.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

£4.50

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

23rd April 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | April 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Thank Card using Go Wild Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UK

Hello! Long time to see! I have really missed this hop over the past couple of weeks, I can’t wait to hop around and see what the girls have created with this weeks sketch from Karen

I was totally intimidated by this sketch. I have no idea why, but the whole thing really scared me. I stared at this sketch for over a fortnight before I had any inspiration what so ever, to the point where when Sam Johnson messaged me earlier in the week to remind me that the hop was this weekend, I had such a panic!

Once I had re-composed myself I started to look around my craft room. My shelves are currently looking kinda bare after I’ve removed all the stamp sets and embellishments that are retiring at the end of May. I don’t tend to share retiring products, I would hate for you to spot something I posted this week on my blog and go to shop only to find that it has already gone and you missed out. But please do use the link at the bottom of this post to check out the things that are retiring.

I almost used new products, but then felt bad that you wouldn’t be able to shop for them until 1st June – and that still feels like a very long way away!

I also apologise for this photograph, I took my camera away with me last weekend, and I think the travelling has upset it because I cannot get a clear crisp image for love nor money! Looks like its time for a new camera!

Anyway, this card uses the Suite Sayings stamp set (staying with us for another 12 months) as well as some Designer Series Paper that is retiring – Go Wild! oh, and that ribbon is on the goodbye list too (I’m not good at not using retiring products am I!)

Card Measurements:

Card Base – (Half A4 folded in half ) – 14.85 x 21 cm scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Card Layers – Whisper White Card stock – 14.2 x 10 cm, Designer Series Paper – 14.2 x 7 cm, Designer Series Paper – 14.2 x 2 cm

Whisper White Banner – 3 x 6.5 cm and cut into a banner

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14th April 2016

Butterfly Basics Week – Sending Wishes Your Way

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics English Garden Card

I’m loving this week of cards featuring Butterfly Basics! I love this stamp set, it can be found in the Annual catalogue on page 124, under Artistic Expression – but don’t let that title put you off. Its a great set of stunning images and two great sentiments that are perfect for so many occasions.

This card also features a piece of English Garden Designer Series Paper as I continue my mission to get my Designer Series Paper used up rather than just sat (looking very pretty) on the shelf!

The fern is stamped in Old Olive and stamped off 3 times, all on the card, creating this great variation in colour. The flower stem was stamped over the top in Always Artichoke – I’m still not sure about this bit, but I LOVE the fussy cut flowers, a little tricky but well worth it

I love greens and pinks together, so fresh and pretty for spring

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Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

English Garden Designer Series Paper

[138440]

£10.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126972]

£6.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

£6.50

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

£9.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

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31st March 2016

Happy Birthday Husband

Stampin' Up! UK Mans birthday card Guy Greetings

It was James’ birthday on Good Friday, but what with the end of Sale-a-bration rearing its head I didn’t get around to posting the card until now.

James is always very supportive of my card making, but I think he gets a little nervous when it comes time for me to make a card for him. James is a manly sort of bloky sort of fellow, he doesn’t do flowers or pink or ribbon or anything remotely feminine at all (I am solely responsible for anything remotely ‘homely’ in our house, he would have a sofa and a fridge and a TV and call it home!) so cards aren’t really something he would spend time or effort in choosing, let along making for anyone!

I love creating super simple cards for James. He has started to make cards for me (just because he knows I like a handmade card) and always goes to town on ink blending and punches, he actually bought his own card blanks because he was too scared to touch my card stock (rightly so!). So, when it comes to make a card for James I like to keep things simple, in the hope that one day he might calm down on the ink and punches!

Anyway, this card features the stamp set Guy Greetings and Going Places Designer Series Paper. I love the travel theme of this paper, its a full stack of 6 x 6 papers printed with maps and street plans, along with some great marble type prints – all of which are great for guys.

‘Husband’ fits perfectly into the Washi Label punch, while I grabbed my Circle collection framelits and my big shot for the anchor. Both stamps are from Guy Greetings and are stamped in Lost Lagoon. I remember a few years ago watching Shimelle Lane on YouTube create these great Scrapbook layouts using masses of Patterned Paper and she ALWAYS inked the edges to get the to ‘go together’ and I thought I would use the same technique here, so once I had all my pieces I grabbed out my Sahara Sand ink and a sponge and inked all the papers – I love the effect

Even James said it loved it!

Success at last

Product List

Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set

[138828]

£32.00

Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack

[140581]

£7.25

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133644]

£6.00

Washi Label Punch

[138296]

£16.00

Circles Collection Framelits Die

[130911]

£24.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£6.50

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

11th March 2016

Thank you …… Kylie Bertucci!

Stampin' Up! UK Thank you card Crazy About You English Garden

Hello Everyone! I am so pleased to see you. This post is a little bit different from my usual postings, as I am taking part in Kylie Bertucci’s Blog Highlight! This is a totally cool concept whereby you can head over to Kylie’s blog HERE! and see heaps of really cool projects from Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators all over the world and vote for your favourites. Awesome!

So, for those of you who have never been here before, Hi! I’m Hannah and I live in Stockton-on-Tees, in the North East of England. I was thinking about a good way of describing Stockton-on-Tees and struggled slightly, but some pretty cool things have be invented here including the Friction Match, it is the site of the first public railway, and where the second series of Benefit Street was filmed. I think that’s enough about where I live…..

This card is actually a CASE of myself! When I went to make a card for this totally cool blog hightlight thingy I really struggled to come up with anything (I’m really fighting with crafters block at the moment, I’m blaming working 44 hours a week as a nurse on a dementia unit, I’m just really tired!). So, I was in my craft room a few days ago, starting to panic about not having anything made yet, and I spotted THIS card from a blog hop a few months ago sat on the card display, and so I thought I would make it again!

I love getting inky, and so this technique is one of my favourites, there are actually four colours in ink blended on this this card; Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Rose Red, and then I used Sahara Sand to tone the PINK down a little.

The little pieces of Designer Series Paper are scraps from English Garden, layered along with a piece of the gorgeous white Metallic Glitter tape from Sale-a-bration.

I really hope you have enjoyed this project, don’t forget to pop over to Kylie’s blog to see everyone else’s awesome projects AND to vote!

See you again tomorrow for this weeks Simply Sketched Saturday Blog Hop (This week’s sketch is really cool!)

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I will be closing this order on the 29^th March 2016

Product List

Crazy About You Clear Bundle

[139325]

£48.25

Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[133520]

£7.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

£3.25

Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126956]

£6.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126948]

£6.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Metallics Glitter Tape

[141020]

£0.00

English Garden Designer Series Paper

[138440]

£10.00

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

10th March 2016

Happiest of Birthdays to you!

I have loved showing my March class cards with you all! Have you booked your place at my April card class yet? check out my Card Class page for all the details

This was my favourite card to make, just because I got to colour the flower (again!) but using Stampin’ Write Markers. Now, I tend to use my markers to stamp with rather than colour, as they don’t blender well – however, I have embraced the lack of blending here love the effect.

Sorry for such a short post, but I’ve been super busy preparing for the Simply Sketched Saturday Blog Hop and a super special project.

See you again soon!

Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

£17.00

Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper

[140557]

£10.00

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

£99.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

3rd March 2016

Happiest of Birthday to you….

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Card Class Watercolour

Over the next couple of weeks I will be sharing some of the cards I designed for my March Card Class. Registration is now open for my April Card Class – just drop me an email for more info!

I loved making this card. You all know how many times I have watercoloured this flower from Birthday Blooms, but this was the first time I coloured it in blue, so soft and pretty. I took inspiration for this colour palette directly from the Designer Series Paper, where the flowers are Pool Party and Mint Macaron. I’m a sucker for colour, one of the many reasons I love Stampin’ Up!®. All the colours are gorgeous and work so well together, even when you might look at them and think ‘hmmm, maybe not’. So, here I’ve used Mint Macaron and Pool Party for the flower, Mint Macaron and Mossy Meadow the the leaves (it doesn’t look so odd in person!), with So Saffron for the centres and Blushing Bride for the halo around the image. I did colour some of the leaves with a light shade of Tip Top Taupe but its hard to see it in this photo

The card is finished with a strip of the Desigher Series Paper, a bow of Pool Party Glitter ribbon and one of the cute bow paper clips!

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Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

£17.00

Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper

[140557]

£10.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad

[133645]

£6.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126957]

£6.00

Pool Party 3/8″ (1 Cm) Glitter Ribbon

[140561]

£5.00

Bow Paper Clips Embellishments

[140559]

£5.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

19th February 2016

English Garden Birthday

Stampin' Up! UK Crazy About You birthday card

I’m sure many of you know that I make birthday cards for a nursing home, many care home residents don’t have anyone to send them a card except the home itself, and then its the cheapest card they can find. They smiles from the residents when they open a birthday card, a special, hand made birthday card – its wonderful.

So, the activities coordinator of this home approached me last month and asked for a batch of cards, so this is what I made ….

I have to say here, this is totally not my card design, and takes some serious inspiration from THIS CARD that I found on Pinterest.

I’m loving this Designer Series Paper, English Garden from this years Annual catalogue, its just so damn pretty! and features some gorgeous colours, and I’m STILL trying to use up my stack of Designer Series Paper and these cards a a great way of using up loads of paper, as each card uses 1/6th of a piece of paper.

The Happy is taken from the Crazy About You stamp and die bundle, another favourite pick from this Annual catalogue!

I made 6 of these cards, 2 in each colour and they were super simple and quick to put together, and the ladies absolutely LOVED them!

Are you interested in making some birthday cards for those older people living in our care homes (UK only) drop me a message and see how you can help me out with my latest project!

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I will be closing this order on the 23rd February 2016

Crazy About You Clear-Mount Bundle – 139325

Price: £48.25

English Garden Designer Series Paper – 138440

Price: £10.00

Blushing Bride A4 Cardstock – 131287

Price: £6.50

Hello Honey A4 Cardstock – 133685

Price: £6.50

Night Of Navy A4 Cardstock – 106577

Price: £6.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad – 131172

Price: £6.00

Hello Honey Classic Stampin’ Pad – 133643

Price: £6.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126970

Price: £6.00

Whisper White A4 Cardstock – 106549

Price: £7.25

Big Shot – 113439

Price: £99.00

Paper-Piercing Tool – 126189

Price: £3.75

Stampin’ Pierce Mat – 126199

Price: £4.50

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th February 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – Birthday Blooms

Welcome to the second Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge of 2016! It’s Sam’s birthday today so she’s left me in charge (silly lady!) and I am hoping that her card has arrived in time, otherwise this blog post is a bit of a spoiler! So, Happy Birthday Sam!

It’s a sad sketch today actually, this weeks sketch was designed by the lovely Debbie Bradley but unfortunately she has been unable to take part in the hop 🙁 Thinking of you Debbie xx

I’ve been dreaming of this sketch; seriously, I woke up one morning this week with my card fully formed in my head! If I had had the energy to get up at 5AM and make the card that would have been awesome, but I didn’t (sleep was much more important at 5AM) and so my card isn’t the one I was dreaming of….. but its similiar

I’ve been designed projects for my March cardmaking class this week and so this stamp set has been open on the desk. I love colouring and I have lost count of the number of times I have watercoloured this flower, but this time I’ve used Stampin’ Write markers. The flower is coloured in Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral, and the leaves are Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive, with a outline of Basic Black. I thought fussy cutting this would take AGES but actually, once I got going with my craft knife, it didn’t take that long. One of the things I enjoy doing once I’ve fussy cut something is to colour in the edge of the card stock – I just think it makes for a nice finished edge – so after I had cut, I ran my Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker around the edge.

This card had to have a piece of Designer Series Paper, like on most cards at the moment as I’m challenging myself to have as little Designer Series Paper left when this Annual catalogue ends in May. So this Designer Series Paper is from the Birthday Bouquet pack (LOVE!).

Seeing as this is a birthday card, I had to find a birthday sentiment that would fit – the birthday sentiment in the Birthday Blooms stamp set was just a little big – so I hunted through my stamp shelves and found this beauty from Endless Birthday Wishes. I did try stamping it and punching it out with the Washi Label punch but then it didn’t really fit. So I put on my big girl pants and stamped straight onto a card that I could have called finished! Scary, but it worked! Yay!

I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop, and don’t forget to wish Sam Johnson a very Happy Birthday when you come across her blog!

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 140658

Price: £17.00

Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set – 140273

Price: £14.00

Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper – 140557

Price: £10.00

Blushing Bride A4 Cardstock – 131287

Price: £6.50

Many Marvelous Markers – 131264

Price: £99.00

Pearl Basic Jewels – 119247

Price: £4.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad – 131172

Price: £6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad – 140931

Price: £6.50

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12th February 2016

January Thank you cards and Code Club gifts!

Stampin' Up! UK A Nice Cuppa Thank you card

I have been trying to get this post up for over a week, but for reasons totally outside of my control I didn’t manage to get gifts posted out to customers until the middle of the week.

I had great fun making these cards for this past month’s customer thank you cards using the A Nice Cuppa bundle and the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper.

How cute is that spoon!

This card was super simple to make, die cutting the cup from Old Olive card stock, and the milk jug from Very Vanilla, and that spoon from Gold Foil Paper. Adding a strip of Designer Series Paper and stamping the ‘Thank You’ in Watermelon Wonder.

Lovely

I have also sent this months Code Club Code gifts. I have to admit an error here on my part, usually the Code Club gift is a clear mount stamp set or some embellishments – but when I was ordering for you guys this month I managed to order wood mount by accident! Silly me, but I hope you love them as much as I do.

Want to know more about the Code Club and how you can get free product every time you shop? Check out my Code Club page and use the Code Club Code each time you order!

Have you placed an order but haven’t received a gift? It may be that you have selected to be a No Contact customer. You can go back into your Stampin’ Up! account and alter your contact status as shown in this picture

If your still struggling, or would like to know more, please drop me a message and I hope we can sort out your issues.

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I will be closing this order on the 23rd February 2016

A Nice Cuppa Photopolymer Bundle – 141074

Price: £34.75

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock – 138344

Price: £6.50

Old Olive A4 Cardstock – 106576

Price: £6.50

Gold Foil Sheets – 132622

Price: £3.75

Perfect Pairings Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 141261

Price: £0.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad – 138323

Price: £6.00

Watercolor Thank You Wood-Mount Stamp Set – 135377

Price: £8.00

Hello Honey 5/8″ Striped Cotton Ribbon – 138417

Price: £6.50

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