floral phrases - StampinbyHannah

3rd April 201931st March 2019

Inspire.Create.Challenge 040 | Floral Phrases Thank You

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a classic colour combination challenge. I had heaps of fun with this one as it’s totally in my comfort zone and plays really well into my love of white space…

Inspire.Create.Challenge Stampin' Up! Colour Challenge

With such a classic colour combination I decided to pull out a classic stamp set as well. I adore the Floral Phrases stamp set, but I haven’t used it for ages!

Classic stamped Thank You card using Floral Phrases from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah for Inspire.Create.Challenge

Using just Memento Black ink and my Stamparatus to ensure perfect positioning this card came together in a snap. This stamp is really clever as it looks like there are different shades of colour, but really it’s just inked and stamped once!

Inspire.Create.Challenge 040 Black and White colour Cardmaking challenge using Floral Phrases from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

To add a little extra something I added a trio of Basic Black Faceted Dots.

Pop over to the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog to check out the other Black and White creations from the Design Team and share your creations with us too!

Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141767]

£17.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£8.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£9.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

Faceted Dots

[146910]

£5.50

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27th December 201719th December 2017

Inspire.Create.Challenge #008 | Sketch Challenge

Inspire.Create.Challenge Sketch Challenge using Fresh Floral from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge #008 Sketch Challenge

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fabulous sketch! I LOVE creating from a sketch and will often turn a sketch on its head and make something a little different. Seeing as the card I have created here is SO different from the sketch I thought I would share my process…. and I actually have a second card I made (first) with the same sketch coming later in the week!

So, how on earth did I get to this card from that sketch… well, I have a few sketch tips to share with you:

Literally turn the sketch on its head…. rotate it by 90 degrees, turn it upside down, flip it to the other side… a sketch can be really fluid and using one is all about interpretation
Take on the elements…. take each element individually, and move it, change its size, or change the shape altogether!
Play with colour…. remember that ultimately this is YOUR creation, and you can make it any colour, use any Designer Series Paper or stamps that you like
Check out what other people have done with the same sketch…. sometimes the sketch just doesn’t jump out at you, so check out the Design Team’s work and see what they have done, maybe they have some inspiration for you! This is one of the reason’s I just LOVE a sketch challenge!

This particular card came to me at about 11PM, once I was in bed… and I did managed to sleep, but it was the first thing I did when I got up the next morning! I just adore this Designer Series Paper, it is Fresh Florals from the Annual catalogue and the pack is a bumper 40 sheets using the 2017-2019 In Colours. The paper coordinates perfectly with the Floral Phrases stamp set (that also has some fabulous dies to go with it too!).

Product List

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

[144131]

£20.00

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141767]

£16.00

Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock

[144248]

£7.25

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144082]

£6.00

Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill

[145406]

£8.50

Clear Faceted Gems

[144142]

£4.50

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4th July 2017

Another venture into Shabby Chic….

Shabby chic congratulations card using Sheet Music stamp from Stampin' Up!

Ok, so a few weeks ago I attempted to make a shabby chic style card for my lovely friend Amanda…. just after I made that I discovered that I needed a congratulations card pretty quickly! My darling little brother popped the question to his lovely girlfriend…. and as a card maker, I HAD to send a hand made congratulations!

This card was super super simple to put together… although it does use a couple of stamp sets and a die set! But when your brother gets engaged I think that’s allowed. The background is the new Sheet Music background stamped in Crumb Cake onto Very Vanilla. I added some inking around the edges too, to add to the vintage / shabby effect. I actually added the same to a corner of the inside of the card too….

The sentiment is from Floral Phrases, stamped in Rich Razzleberry and heat embossed in clear onto Vellum.

That fabulously sparkly, gold glitter diamond was the whole inspiration for this card. I die cut the diamond using the Eclectic Layers dies in Gold Glimmer paper… but then, how to you attach something that detailed onto a card?! Well, Stampin’ Up! have that covered…. the new Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets. I LOVE these! They are super easy to use (and VERY sticky!) Just add the sheet to the back of your card stock before you die cut it…. and you have adhesive already on your die cuts! Awesome…. don’t worry, I have a video coming really soon!

Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141767]

£16.00

Sheet Music Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143970]

£13.00

Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies

[143774]

£27.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£8.25

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109130]

£4.50

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

£4.50

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

[144106]

£9.00

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27th April 2017

Floral Phrases Thank You Card

I recently cleared my craft room of stamps, dies, ribbons, punches, and anything else that is retiring at the end of May. I love this time of year…. the sun is shining (sometimes!), my craft room gets a bit of a spring clean, and we start to see prepare for the launch of the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. I won’t keep everything that I have that is retiring… I will be slowly getting rid of things probably during the summer but I will let you know when that happens!

So, I currently have a much reduced crafty stash…. which has done wonders for my creativity! Sometimes we feel we need this thing or that stamp to make great projects… but working with what is actually in your craft room rather than dreaming about this die or that stamp, I find anyway, yields much better results!

As I have removed all my retiring stamps from my shelf, I only have current and continuing products to play with…. and I am so excited for this stamp set to find it’s way into the new catalogue, along with a stunning pack of Designer Series paper to match it! This is Floral Phrases, and it has been seen in Night of Navy a LOT in the past 12 months…. just watch this space to see it in some fabulous new colours! Here I have stamped in Perfect plum.

This simple card is finished with a bow in linen thread and a trio of embellishments; two Enamel shapes – one in Perfect Plum, the other Elegant Eggplant – and a Rhinestone.

Simple and pretty, great for wedding thank yous I think!

Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141767]

£16.00

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126963]

£6.00

Perfect Plum A4 Card Stock

[108615]

£7.25

Regals Enamel Shapes

[141681]

£8.25

Linen Thread

[104199]

£4.25

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8th December 2016

Congratulations Card using Floral Phrases

Floral Phrases congratulations card using stamps from Stampin' Up! UK

As you will know if you have shopped with me, I LOVE to send cards to my customers, team members and other crafty friends, I don’t always need a reason, but I will send a card if someone has reached a milestone, or done something awesome. And so this card was one I made for one of the girls in the team a month or so ago for reaching one of her goals!

I have been trying not to stamp the Floral Phrases stamp set in Night of Navy, but its hard to avoid when using it with the coordinating Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper! The Floral image is stamped directly onto the DSP, and then the spatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge is heat embossed in Gold over the top.

I have already shared this card with the team too, we had a great night of crafty chat and card making on Facebook a few weeks ago, and I shared this as my Swap! The person I sent it to had already received it, so I knew it was safe! I’m planning on a few online team nights in the coming months on our Team Facebook Group, and I would love you to join us! You can find out more about joining my team HERE!

Question of the day: What crafty project are you working on this week?

I’m still trying to get a stack of Christmas cards finished ready for James to send to his work and University friends, as well as finishing my projects for my blog up until the end of the year, oh and prepping for my classes and events in the new year too! busy busy!

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22nd October 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | October 2016

Oh yes, It’s that time again! Time for the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! I LOVE taking part in this challenge every month, we have a great time working with a sketch set by one of our members, and this month it is the gorgeous Sally Shaw.

Now, this sketch scared the pants off me! I would consider myself quite well versed in working with a sketch by now, but really I had NO idea what I was going to do with this one. When Sally sent it over to me to create the graphic I sat for a few minutes trying to see a stamp set or some Designer Series Paper, or anything I could work with as a jumping off point. My brain chose this moment to loose all creativity…. I had nothing!

But, it’s Ok, because the other thing that my brain does to me on a regular basis is remind me of stuff, this image kept coming to me – always when I was driving, or a work…. never anywhere I could be creative to get this sketch onto paper! Typical! But the one thing that kept coming back was those two long thin boxes and the idea of replacing them with ribbon or twine.

And so the thought of Twine became my jumping off point! I have made a few cards with a similar design recently, there is just something about those Layering Circles that just makes me want to use them all the time!

Seeing as I had a brand new spool of Night of Navy Bakers Twine it seemed sensible to use it on this card, one I had a colour I found this lovely Designer Series Paper in my paper storage, and that then linked me to the coordinating stamp set; Floral Phrases. The band across the card (yes I know, its not on the sketch, I’m using some artistic licence here) is heat embossed in white onto Night of Navy – love that border stamp.

The Sentiment is taken from the Designer Tin of Cards stamp set. It has a heart on it, and it just felt completely right to cover it with an Enamel Shape, I nearly kept to the monotone theme and used a Night of Navy heart too, but then remembered another challenge I took part in ages ago with was about monotone with a pop of colour, and so added a Real Red heart instead.

So, seeing as I couldn’t get my head around the sketch at all when it first landed on my desk, I am really rather pleased with the card I have created this week!

I cannot wait to see what the others have made this month, why not join me and hop along to the next person in our Challenge by using the Next button below.

Product List

Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper

[141663]

£10.00

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141767]

£16.00

Designer Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141739]

£23.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£7.25

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Night Of Navy Solid Baker’s Twine

[141684]

£2.75

Brights Enamel Shapes

[141680]

£8.25

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10th October 2016

Make It Monday | Tall Skinny Gift Bag

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Tall skinny gift bag Floral Boutique From Stampin' Up! UK

Hello!

Yes, It is Monday, while your lamenting the end of the weekend, why not join in with my Make It Monday, check out the video tutorial (and maybe make along with me) and I hope that you start to feel better about the new week!

How cute are these! They each hold 3 Chocolates from a popular Children’s chocolate manufacturer.

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 4 1/2 x 6″ (12 x 15 cm)

Score on the Long side at 1″ (2.5 cm)

Score on the short side at 1, 2, 3, and 4″ (2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 cm)

I am loving this Designer Series Paper, its the Floral Boutique DSP (and the spotty pattern makes me think of Snow falling!) and it is one of the papers that you can get for FREE this month, Buy 3 get one FREE on Designer Series Papers all month long.

Product List

Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper

[141663]

£10.00

Gold Binder Clips

[141673]

£6.50

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

£9.00

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29th August 2016

Make It Monday | Floral Phrases Wedding Card

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Congratulations card using Floral Phrases from Stampin' Up! UK

Yay! Make It Monday has returned, sorry for the break, but what with work and my holidays filming sort of went out of the window! But, I am back now, and I cannot wait to get into more videos too.

Do you remember last week I shared THIS card? and said that I would do you all a video tutorial, well I’ve done it, and you can check it out below.

I really loved the Pool Party version of this card that I sent for the Wedding I attended a couple of Weekends ago, but I actually think this Night of Navy version is even better, bold and striking.

Measurements:

Half a sheet of A4 (10.5 x 29.7 cm)

Position the edge die at the very end of one side of the card stock, and then position the detailed die next to it. Run this through the Big Shot, repeat at the other end of the card stock with the larger detailed die.

Add a matt of Whisper White between the two die cut pieces, and score between the die cut and the Whisper White card stock

I’m loving these dies, they are just so pretty. I do have one more top tip though; the Precision Base Plate for your Big Shot is a MUST for this one, the die is so detailed. The Big Shot Die Brush is also something that I would consider if you were cutting a lot of these, it makes getting all those bits of card stock out of the die SOOOO much easier!

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Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Bundle

[142355]

£37.75

Floral Phrases Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[141764]

£23.00

Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies

[141482]

£26.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£7.25

1-1/4″ Circle Punch

[119861]

£14.50

1-3/8″ Circle Punch

[119860]

£14.50

Big Shot

[143263]

£99.00

Precision Base Plate

[139684]

£22.00

Big Shot Die Brush

[140603]

£10.00

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

23rd August 2016

Detailed Floral Wedding Card

Floral Phrases Wedding Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

Last week I spend several days down in South West Wales for a friends Wedding. I love making wedding papercrafts, and have made a few sets of wedding stationary over the past couple of years. Luckily for me, I didn’t have to make anything for this wedding, just a pretty card to wish the happy couple a great day.

Their wedding invitation was a bang on trend watercolour effect post-card in a pretty pool colour, so I took inspiration from that to make their wedding card. I do this quite often when making thank you cards, or cards for a specific event. Using colours or themes from the invitation / day / party to make the card.

The Floral Phrases stamp and die bundle is perfect for weddings; and would make beautiful invitations. If you grab the bundle (rather than the stamps and dies separately) you save 10%. I’m loving the HUGE selection of bundles in this years catalogue, there are just so many great chances to bundle and save!

The card was a little tricky to work out, I will try and get some proper measurements for you and maybe do a video in the next few weeks, but I had to make this particular card in a bit of a hurry so didn’t get the chance to write it down! It uses half a sheet of A4 (A4 cut length-ways). The die pack includes 3 dies, the two different sizes of details floral dies and one edge piece. I used the edge to cut off either end of the sheet of A4, and the cut the detailed dies – the larger one at one end and the shorter piece at the other.

The it was a simple case of scoring the card just underneath each die cut piece to form the card. The Whisper White piece of card stock required a little bit of trimming to get it to fit, but like I said, I will get the measurements and hopefully a video sorted for you in the coming weeks.

I added a sentiment using the 1-1/4″ and 1 3/8″ circle dies, with a hole punched at the top for a piece of bakers twine. After I tied the bow I did stick this to the top of the punched circles with a glue dot as it wanted to move around too much for my liking!

The sentiment inside is taken from the Floral Phrases stamp set (as was the outer sentiment), stamped in Pool Party to match the rest of the card.

What is your favourite type of card to make? I would love to know, let me know in the comments section below

Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Bundle

[142355]

£37.75

Floral Phrases Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[141764]

£23.00

Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies

[141482]

£26.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Twine Baker’s Whisper White

[124262]

£2.75

Big Shot

[143263]

£99.00

Precision Base Plate

[139684]

£22.00

Big Shot Die Brush

[140603]

£10.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

11th August 2016

Floral Congratulations

Rose Red Congratulations Card using Floral Phrases from Stampin' Up!

I have been making quite a few Congratulations card recently, friends getting married or moving house, I was a little disappointed when I noticed that I don’t have a New Home type stamp in my collection, but I felt that Congratulations worked well enough for a couple of friends who recently moved into their first House.

I’m just loving the floral image in the Floral Phrases stamp set, I have seen it coloured in with Stampin’ Write markers, but I love using it simply in a single colour. Here it has been stamped twice in Rose Red. The stamp does all the work for you here, no need to do anything other than stamp to get this fabulous multi-tone image. So pretty

The sentiment is stamped, again in Rose Red, on a strip of Very Vanilla card stock and layered with Rose Red Card stock. I had to add a few loops of Gold Metallic Thread to this one, I just couldn’t help myself! before adding the senitment with a piece of Adhesive Foam Strip.

Product List

Floral Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141767]

£16.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Rose Red A4 Card Stock

[108613]

£7.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£8.25

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

£2.75

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

£7.25

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