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22nd June 2016

Product Highlight | Affectionately Yours

Love and Affection Affectionately Yours Stampin' Up! UK

I am Loving the Affectionately Yours Suite (page 44-45), the stamps are super pretty and I cannot get enough of that fabulous Speciality Designer Series Paper!

But I think my favourite products from this suite are the Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Copper Metallic Thread! I just cannot get enough, the Copper thread just adds that extra special something to any project, and the Copper Embossing Powder is such a nice soft alternative to Gold (which I also LOVE by the way!)

I have used this suite as part of my Stamp of the Month Club this month. But you only have a few days left to join in, Club Closes on the 26th June. Join in NOW…

Product List

Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141545]

£14.00

Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper

[141632]

£11.75

Affectionately Yours Designer Washi Tape

[141635]

£7.25

Affectionately Yours A4 Cardstock

[141753]

£7.25

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

£2.75

Mint Macaron 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Mini Striped Ribbon

[141431]

£7.25

Watermelon Wonder 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Mini Striped Ribbon

[141433]

£7.25

Floral Affection Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141713]

£8.25

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

21st June 2016

A Fruity Thank You

Customer Thank You Cards using Fresh Fruit from Stampin' Up! UK

If you have ever placed an order with me you will know that I love to send a Thank You card to my customers. If you have ever shopped using my Code Club Code, you will know that you guys get even more! I just LOVE to spoil my customers, you are all awesome, and I wouldn’t be here without you.

I made a stack of these Thank You cards last week for the ladies that attended my Catalogue Launch Party at the beginning of the month. They also got cake and a notebook on the night too.

These cards feature the stamp set that is going to be my Stamp of the Month in July – Fresh Fruit! I have been LOVING making heaps of samples using this set, saying that there is fruit to be seen here! Just pretty flowers…

The colour combination was totally inspired by the matching Designer Series Paper – Fruit Stand – and I have used Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight and Watermelon Wonder on these cards. The Thank You was stamped first in Peekaboo Peach and masked off using a bit of sticky note, then the flower and leaves were added, and the cards finished with a strip of Designer Series Paper.

Product List

Fresh Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141770]

£24.00

Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper

[141660]

£10.00

Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock

[141422]

£7.25

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

£6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

16th June 2016

Sending a Smile Your Way

I have a new obseccion. I’m letting you know this now so that you are warned that you are likely to see heaps and heaps of this thing in the next few weeks. I LOVE the new cooper embossing powder! Love Love Love! It is so pretty and a great alternative to Gold.

This card was super easy to make. If I am remembering correctly it was one of the first cards I made with the Love and Affection suite, and I love the copper accents. Not only does it use the copper embossing powder but the Designer Series Paper also has copper foiling details too! I have also recently received the copper metallic thread too, and it is stunning!

Ok so, did you know that there is 10 days left to book your spot on my June Stamp of the Month Club?! This month’s club members get the Love and Affection Stamp set plus the 12×12 Designer Series Paper Affectionately yours, and the card stock to make 8 cards! with instructions. Awesome! Want to know more, check out my Stamp of the Month Club Page.

Product List

Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141545]

£14.00

Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper

[141632]

£11.75

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

£4.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

£6.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th June 2016

Make It Monday | Create Your Own Designer Series Paper

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Custom Patterned Paper using Stampin' Up! stamps

Welcome to a new week at StampinByHannah! This week is gonna be a busy one, I hope your ready!

Last week my gorgeous Team Leader challenged her team to create their own Designer Series Paper using stamps! I love a creative challenge, and for all I have made my own Designer Series Paper in the past it has been a while! So, I stamped some 3 3/4″ squares using the Swirly Bird stamp set, and then made a series of cards with them!

Can you tell that I’m loving the Swirly Bird! I really enjoyed creating these cards, probably because I got to use a whole heap of inks! I will list my colour combinations at the bottom of this blog post, because I think they are fab, but all inspired by the 2015-2017 In Colours; Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Tip Top Taupe.

I think the easiest way of ensuring success with this is to try and balance the stamps and white areas. You can see I haven’t filled the paper with the images, they have room to breathe, but there isn’t so much white that the stamped images are lost. I find the easiest way to do this is to stamp your largest images first, and then add the next largest, and work back to the smallest stamps. The colour combinations are also important, here I have used two shades of the same colour (Delightful Dijon and Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder and Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron and Island Indigo) with a pop of a contrasting colour and a neutral (Sahara Sand) to pull the cards together and ensure they don’t clash.

The cards all all finished the same way, with the Thank You from Endless Thanks heat embossed in White onto a piece of Basic Black Card stock. Super simple, but very effective.

Colour Combinations:

Delightful Dijon, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler and Sahara Sand
Mint Macaron, Island Indigo, Pumpkin Pie and Sahara Sand
Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Tempting Turquoise, Sahara Sand
Tip Top Taupe, Early Espresso, Emerald Envy, Sahara Sand
Cucumber Crush, Garden Green, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand

Measurements

Card Base – 8 x 4″ (20 x 10 cm), Scored on the long side at 4″ or 10 cm

Whisper White Matt – 3 3/4 x 3 3/4″ (9.5 x 9.5 cm)

Basic Black – 1 1/2 x 1″ (4 x 2.5 cm)

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141749]

£23.00

Endless Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138796]

£14.00

2015-2017 In Color A4 Cardstock

[138346]

£7.25

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138327]

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138324]

£6.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

3rd June 2016

Sending a Smile Your Way

Hello, Sorry if you were expecting a Fancy Fold Friday Card here today, this week has been a little bit crazy and I just haven’t had 30 seconds to design or film a card this week. I am however continuing my week of big news!

On Wednesday the brand new Annual Catalogue Launched! What a great day, I love this catalogue so much and would love to share it with you! If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and would like a print copy of the catalogue, I would love to send you one. Just complete my Request a Catalogue form!

On Thursday I launched my Stamp of the Month Club! This monthly event includes an Online Card Class, a Free Facebook Event and inspiration on my blog too! I thought I would share my first inspiration card here today.

I did share this card with my weekly newsletter subscribers a few weeks ago, but I love it so much I didn’t want you guys to miss out! If you click on the photo above it will also take you to the PDF instructions. I try to include these card instructions each week for my Weekly Emails subscribers, I hope you enjoy them!

Do you want to join in my Online Card Class? Check out my Stamp of the Month Club Page for all the information!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

2nd June 2016

Love and Affection Online Card Class

Stamp of the Month Club Stampin' Up! UK stampinbyhannah

Hello! Welcome to a brand new event here at StampinByHannah! Today I am launching my Stamp of the Month Club!

Each month you will have the opportunity to join in the club, each month includes an Online Class as well as a Free to attend Facebook event, plus heaps of inspiration each week on the blog! This months Stamp of the Month is Love and Affection.

Isn’t it gorgeous! I’ve been playing with this set loads over the past few weeks and have made a whole heap of cards to share with you.

Are you ready for my first Online Card Class? Ready?

This month we are making 8 cards, 2 of each of these 4 designs. The Class comes complete with all the card stock to make these cards, PLUS a full pack of the Affectionately Yours Designer Series Paper, the Love and Affection Stamp set and details photographic instructions for each card.

Registration is open now until the 26th June, and Kits will ship on 30th June 2016

You can register HERE or by clicking the image of the cards!

The Online Card Class is only available to my UK based customers.

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

30th May 2016

Make It Monday | Flirty Flamingo

Make It Monday using Pop of Paradise from Stampin' Up! UK

Hello! Oh, this is such a BIG week here at StampinByHannah! On Wednesday I have a heap of stuff to post as the 2016 Annual Catalogue goes live! I am so excited to shop with you from this awesome new book. I do have a couple of days of sneaky peaks before we get there though….

Starting with today’s Make It Monday!

This card is so fun! I will admit that this Flamingo stumped me when I first came across it in the catalogue. I have had the catalogue in my hands since mid-April, when I attended Stampin’ Up! On Stage, and the girls I was sat with that day will tell you I have absolutely no idea what happened on the stage as I couldn’t pull my eyes away from the catalogue, pen in hand, making notes of things for all of you! But this flamingo, which comes in a set that also includes a Pineapple, had me baffled! And then it appeared in the very short list available for demonstrators available to pre-order, and I didn’t buy it, but then my Facebook and Pinterest feeds filled up with Flamingos, and somehow this dude ended up on my stamp shelf! So, I have it, I MUST use it!

So, this is one of my first cards featuring the Flamingo. But I had this card in my head, particularly the technique I have used on the Flamingo itself.

The Flamingo was coloured using the In-Colour Stampin’ Write markers in Flirty Flamingo and Peekaboo Peach. I did a test stamp onto Whisper White, and this effect was just gorgeous, I will probably share that at some point – but not today. The Designer Series Paper on the side of the watercolour paper comes from two different packs (sorry!) the Black stripes are from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack, and the other piece with the beautiful gold confetti is from the new Pop of Pink Speciality Designer Series Paper, so super pretty.

I hope you enjoyed my waffle-y video today, I have to apologise that I won’t be posting a Fancy Fold Friday this week, but I do have several other videos coming this week instead!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

21st May 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | May 2016

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Card English Garden

Its that time again, I am so excited to see what everyone has made based on the sketch this month! I have chosen to use some Designer Series Paper that is on the retiring list and will sadly leave us on 31st May, but I am sure that some of the girls will show me some sneaky peaks of new products, and I cannot wait!

This months awesome Sketch is brought to us by Kathleen from lilypopcrafts.

My challenge with this sketch was the diagonal element. I selected the Designer Series Paper – English Garden – based on the flowers on the sketch, but new I didn’t want to cut the corner off my paper. I had a little play around with the paper before coming up with this paper curl idea. I curled the Designer Series Paper around my paper piercer (you could use a pencil or a paint brush, anything round would work to be honest) and held the curl with a few Mini Glue Dots.

The Happy Birthday is from the Tin of Cards stamp set, and fits perfectly into the Decorative Label punch. I really wanted to create a boarder around the sentiment, and so cut apart a further 2 decorative label punch pieces (in Melon Mambo) to create a boarder.

Once I had created the card I realised that it wouldn’t fit in a standard envelope, and so grabbed another piece of the same Designer Series paper and my Envelope Punch Board to create custom envelope.

Instructions:

Designer Series Paper – 8 7/8 x 8 7/8″ (I’m sticking to Imperial Measurements today, because I find them easier on the Envelope Punch Board)

Punch and Score on the first side at 3 3/8, and on the same sideat 4 1/8″

Rotate the paper by 90 degrees, line up the previous score lines with the marker on the punch board, punch and score. Repeat on all four sides.

Fold and burnish on the score lines, to create your envelope

I completed the envelope with a belly band of Night of Navy card stock (26 x 5 cm, Scored on the long side at 11, 12.5, 23.5 and 25 cm). The sentiment is heat embossed in white, and the flowers and butterfly are taken from the Garden in Bloom Stamp set.

Thanks so much for visiting StampinByHannah today, don’t forget to subscribe to my blog and Weekly Inspiration Email! and hop on to the next blog in our challenge

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I will be closing this order on the 30^th May 2016

Product List

English Garden Designer Series Paper

[138440]

£10.00

Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139433]

£23.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

£6.50

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£6.50

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

£6.50

Paper-Piercing Tool

[126189]

£3.75

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

£15.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Decorative Label Punch

[120907]

£16.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138327]

£6.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Envelope Punch Board

[133774]

£18.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

£4.75

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

19th May 2016

Go Wild with Watercolour Wings!

Watercolour Wings Card using Stampin' up! Uk products

Hello! Happy Thursday! I thought I would share a card I sent to a friend a couple of weeks ago with you guys today. I know this card has arrived, and so is ‘safe to share!’

This card uses the 2-step stamping technique I shared on Monday. However, instead of using Picture Perfect I grabbed Watercolour Wings! I am so super happy this stamp set is stopping around a while longer. I used the Designer Series Paper for the colour inspiration. I love that Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper coordinates exactly with our inks and card stocks – which means that we can take the colours from the papers and know that the colours work together. I did add a colour into the mix, seeing as Go Wild featured a totally neutral palate, I added a touch of Rich Razzleberry.

The butterfly is stamped in 3 layers; the base layer is Sahara Sand, with layer two in Crumb Cake and the final detail in Rich Razzleberry. I find it easier to die cut this butterfly (using the coordinating framelit die) before I stamp in the butterfly body – I cannot tell you how many headless butterflies I had before I figured that out!

This card was finished with a series of loops of Gold Metallic Thread behind the butterfly and the sentiment heat embossed in White.

Product List

Watercolor Wings Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139424]

£23.00

Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies

[138135]

£15.50

Go Wild Designer Series Paper Stack

[138441]

£7.25

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£6.50

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

£2.75

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

6th May 2016

Fancy Fold Friday | Diagonal Double Pocket Planner Insert

Fancy Fold Friday Diagonal Double Pocket Fold Planner Insert

I am loving being back with my Fancy Fold Fridays! I hope you are too!

I am not going to limit myself though just to cards, I know I love a fancy fold card as much as the next crazy paper lady however I am going to include some other folding projects too, and this is one of those.

Pinterest has a LOT to answer for here! I have a whole board of fancy fold ideas, and this popped up one day, I love the idea but the measurements are for 8 1/2 x 11″ card stock AKA: American sized paper! which when you live an A4 sized world is really annoying. But I chopped down a piece of 12×12 Designer Series Paper to give it ago anyway, and chucked it into my planner – I store heaps of cards and ideas in my planner including prototypes – and I had an epiphany, what an AWESOME planner insert! Plus, trying to cut a piece of 12×12 Designer Series Paper down to A4 is a bit of a nuisance.

I use an Erin Condren Life Planner (LOVE!) but you could totally fit these into other types planners just by punching the appropriate holes. They are a great place to store tickets, receipts, business cards and other important bits of paper.

The insert I am currently using uses the retiring English Garden Designer Series Paper which is so super pretty, but the one in the video uses a piece of the Neutrals Designer Series Paper stack, which includes pieces of Gold and Silver (so lovely) that would make gorgeous planner inserts!

Don’t forget to shop using the Code Club Code to receive some great FREE product!

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I will be closing this order on the 30^th May 2016

Product List

English Garden Designer Series Paper

[138440]

£10.00

Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack

[138435]

£20.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

£6.25

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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