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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…..

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

Stampin' Up! UK Crazy About You thank you card

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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Product List

Crazy About You Clear Bundle

£48.25
Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£7.00
Stamping Sponges

£3.25
Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
White Vellum A4 Card Stock

£6.00
Metallics Glitter Tape

£0.00
English Garden Designer Series Paper

£10.00

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Happiest of Birthdays to you!

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Card

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

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Card

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.

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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!

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Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00
Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper

£10.00
Many Marvelous Markers

£99.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

 

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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!

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Card Class Watercolour

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

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Card Class

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

£17.00

Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Aqua Painters

£15.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Glitter Ribbon

£5.00

Bow Paper Clips Embellishments

£5.00

Watercolor Paper

£4.50

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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 ….

Stampin' Up! UK English Garden Birthday card

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.

 

Stampin' Up! UK Crazy About You birthday card

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!

Stampin Up! Uk Crazy About You English Garden

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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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – Birthday Blooms

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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

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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

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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.Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge - Feb 13 - 2

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!

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Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Card Class

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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.

Stampin' Up! UK A Nice Cuppa Thank you card

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.

Stampin' Up! UK A Nice Cuppa Thank you

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.

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January Code Club Code Gifts

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.

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Hello Flowering Fields

Stampin' Up! Flower Fields Sale-a-bration Card

I’m loving this years Sale-a-bration event. I really must day ‘Thanks’ to each and every person who has chosen to shop with me for the first time this year, I had a bumper January, and am hoping that this year is going to be awesome. I always send Thank You cards to those who choose to shop with me, with an extra special something for people who use my Code Club Code. If you haven’t received a card from me it may be that you have selected ‘No Contact’, if you think you have missed out, please drop me a message!

Stampin' Up! Flower Fields Sale-a-bration Card

This card uses one of my Sale-a-bration favourites, Flowering Fields. Stamped in Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry, with a piece of the coordinating Designer Series Paper Wildflower Fields.

The ‘Hello’ is from the Tin of Cards stamp set; I’m loving this font! I’m a sucker for a good font, and Stampin’ Up! are really knocking it out of the park with typefaces at the moment, just stunning. The Hello is stamped in Rich Razzleberry on a piece of Whisper White punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch. I’ve done a bit of punch layering (unusual for me) with a 1 3/8″ Old Olive circle and a Rich Razzleberry Scallop Circle in the 1 3/4″ size. Very pretty

Stampin' Up! Flowering Fields Hello

I added a piece of Whisper White Satin Ribbon and a bow to finish

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Celebrate….

Stampin' Up! UK Celebrate Suite Sayings Birthday Blooms

Over the past few months I have been trying to make cards with bright colours (trying to stave off the winter blues!) but I found myself making a monotone card last week. Does this happen to anyone else, when a project just arrives fully formed on the desk and you have no real idea how the hell it got there! It doesn’t happen often, but its wonderful when it does

Stampin' Up! UK Celebrate Suite Sayings Birthday Blooms

I spotted a card on Pinterest a few weeks ago that just used this one flower from Birthday Blooms. I have to admit that I had to go and look for the stamp, because I had completely over looked it! Shocking! I love a simple line image, and this is just perfect stamped in Early Espresso and blurred slightly with a blender pen.

You might recognise the sentiment, its from Suite Sayings (again, I know, I’m in love ok!), the stamp usually reads Celebrate You but I masked off the You with some of my trusty sticky label tape before inking in Early Espresso. I love this way of getting more out of your sentiment stamps, but y remember to remove that stick label before stamping or you may end up with an inky mess

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms monotone card

Even though the rest of the card is Early Espresso and Very Vanilla, I think the addition of the Typeset map paper matt really adds to this one. I’m still working my way through a backlog of Designer Series Paper, I do have a plan for most of it though, just got to find the time to make a heap of cards!

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Rose Wonder

Stampin' Up! UK Rose wonder birthday card

I’ve recently volunteered to make the birthday cards for the residents in the nursing home where I work. We have up to 69 residents at one time, so I probably should get cracking! There are also a heap of family birthdays in January, so you may well be seeing a whole heap of birthday cards on the blog in the coming weeks!

Stampin' Up! UK Rose Wonder

I am loving the Rose Wonder stamp and die bundle! The dies are so pretty and delicate, and the stamp set includes a host of really handy sentiments including birthday, wedding, and sympathy.

The Rose is totally the star of this card – to create this particular rose I die cut the flower from Lost Lagoon card stock and a matching piece of Designer Series Paper from the Going Places stack. I did the same with the leaves, using Mossy Meadow card stock and a similar piece of Designer Series Paper. I have been experimenting with adhesives to stick these dies down, I’m not normally a wet glue gal, however, I love using Tombow or the 2-way glue pen on these die cuts. I stuck the rose down to a piece of Very Vanilla card stock, and then inlaid the die cut pieces of the Designer Series Paper. This allowed me to fussy cut the rose and pop the whole thing up onto dimensionals. The leaves are stuck directly onto the Very Vanilla card front.

Stampin' Up! UK Rose wonder birthday card

The strange patterns on the card stock of the rose was a bit of a mistake, but by the time I had got the rose assembled I wasn’t about to start again! Once I had stuck all the pieces stuck I ran the Rose back through my Big Shot, this proved to be a mistake, as my rather battered big shot plates embossed their marks into my rose! oops!

The card was just a little plan, and so I added some Delightful Dijon ink onto the Very Vanilla card front with a sponge.

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Dear Friend…

Stampin' Up! UK Circle Card

I’m live blogging again today, before I spend a large part of the rest of my day scheduling posts for the next few weeks! I’m slowly getting back on schedule after a crazy Christmas, I’m sure everyone else is still in a period of adjustment after the New Year too (please say I’m not the only one!)

This past weekend I hosted my first event of 2016, we had a great time stamping and chatting – you can see what we made by subscribing to my Weekly Newsletter.

Stampin' Up! Uk Birthday Bouquet Dear Friend

I was totally inspired by a card I found on Pinterest for this one. I couldn’t wait to cut into this gorgeous Designer Series Paper here either, this is the brand new Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper; featuring a lovely mix of florals and small patterns, and some gorgeous balloons that I haven’t been able to cut yet!

Stampin' Up! UK Circle Card

Did you see that bow?! I know, I am totally shocked too! I love this ribbon, even someone as bow challenged as me can manage to tie this stuff, and it is SO pretty!

The Dear Friend, is taken from the Birthday Blooms stamp set (another new stamp set that I can’t put down!), stamped in Pool Party to coordinate with that ribbon and the lovely Designer Series Paper.

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