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Inspire.Create.Challenge #037 | Incredible Like You

It took me two cards to get something I liked for Inspire.Create 036, and its taken me two cards again today! Sometimes creativity is really hard, and recently my crafty mojo has been somewhat Missing In Action! However, I have managed to create a fun card for today’s colour challenge, and I’m really rather pleased with this one…

Inspire.Create.Challenge Stamping Colour Challenge

This time we are creating with a rather soft colour palette, and I think that was my struggle. However, I knew I wanted to use the Incredible Like You Stamp Set. This set coordinates with a fun Card Kit, but works just as well on its own too!

Pretty Floral Adore You card using Incredible Like You from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I started this card by die cutting that sentiment piece using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits, and then drawing around it onto my card stock in pencil. This allowed me to stamp the flowers exactly where I wanted them around the sentiment.

The flower is stamped using 2 stamps, the first stamped off and then the second layer stamped in full strength ink, both stamped in Mint Macaron.

I just adore you 2 step stamping card using Incredible Like You from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The card is finished with some random stamping of some of the little elements in a somewhat diagonal line across the sentiment and a scattering of sequins too!

Click over to the Inspire.Create blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have made and enter your own creations in our challenge

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2nd release with StampinByHannah

Product List


Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set
[148708]
£16.00
Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock
[121680]
£8.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies
[148551]
£33.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
[147094]
£7.00
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad
[147106]
£7.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
[147107]
£7.00
Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins
[148561]
£7.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #035 | Just a note with Gingham Gala

I had a moment last week where I realised I am almost NEVER on time with my submissions for the challenge blog that I founded… until now! So, when I realised, I immediately ran up to my craft room and made today’s card with the items on my desk. I was prepping for my January Card Class (which was last night) and had made a heap of cards using the fabulous Gingham Gala suite and Butterfly Gala stamp set.

Inspire.Create.Challenges Stampin' Up! Challenge blog Cardmaking Sketch Challenge

This week’s challenge is a super simple sketch… share what you do with this over on the Inspire.Create Blog!

Handmade Just a Note card using Butterfly Gala from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I have been having loads of fun creating butterflies in different colours, coloured in different ways, and layering different stamps together to create different looks. This butterfly is stamped in Gray Granite, and then the solid colour of the wings is stamped with two separate stamps inked up with Highland Heather stamped off once. The sentiment was then stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in Gold over the top.

Fun Just a Note hand stamped butterfly card using Butterfly Gala from Stampin' Up! with StampinByhannah

The butterfly was then die cut using one of the Stitched Shapes dies and layered with a piece of Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper and some of the GORGEOUS Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheets (FREE) from Sale-a-bration.

Sale-a-bration 2019 from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Product List


Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set
[148580]
£20.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies
[145372]
£28.00
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad
[147118]
£7.00
Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad
[147103]
£7.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£8.25
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
[109129]
£4.75
Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[148554]
£10.25
Gingham Gala A4 Cardstock Pack
[148557]
£8.00
Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets
[149712]
£0.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #034 | Hey Love

Oh. My. Goodness, It’s been a month since our last Inspire.Create.Challenge, but it’s still come around awfully quickly. This past couple of weeks I’ve been busy prepping for my January Classes and Events, and the Hey Love stamp set has been sat out on my desk quite a bit… So, it only seemed right for it to find it’s way onto my first Inspire.Create post of 2019 too

Cute Valentines Card using Hey Love from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

We have a fun colour combination for this challenge; Call Me Clover, Night of Navy, Pineapple Punch, Calypso Coral and Lovely Lipstick. While these bright colours make me very happy, having them all together gave me a bit of a headache. So instead I opted to use the power of White Space on this one.

Handmade simple Valentines Card using Hey Love from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Me and my husband don’t usually go for mushy Valentines Cards, and so I thought this simple design was a pretty perfect choice for him… and who doesn’t love a Crocodile wearing heart boppers!

Check out the Inspire.Create blog to check out the other Design Team Members creations and to share yours with us too!

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration options 2019

Product List


Hey Love Cling Stamp Set
[148644]
£18.00
Call Me Clover A4 Cardstock
[146992]
£8.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock
[106577]
£8.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies
[141705]
£33.00
Pineapple Punch A4 Cardstock
[146994]
£8.00
Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad
[147139]
£7.00
In Color 2018–2020 Stampin' Write Markers
[147159]
£13.75
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #033 | It’s Party Time, Party Favours with Mini Pizza Boxes

Fun Shimmery Party Favours using Mini Pizza Boxes from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge #033 It’s Party Time, Party Favours with Mini Pizza Boxes

Inspire.Create.Challenge Party Theme

It’s out very last Inspire.Create.Challenge of 2018, and we are going out with a BANG! This challenge will be open for entries for a whole 4 weeks (rather than the usual 2!) and we would LOVE to see your Party themed creations! Maybe your making Table Favours, Thank you Cards, Gift Bags, or some fabulous Decor projects, share them with us over on the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog!

Inspire.Create.Challenge Party Time Theme Challenge Hand Delivered Party Favour with Stampin' Up! Mini Pizza Boxes

At the most recent Stampin’ Up! event I sat with one of my Stampin’ Besties (Sam of Sam’s Crafty Things!) and I realised that I had never actually used one of the Mini Pizza Boxes that have been in the catalogue for a few years. So, when I got home the first thing I got out to craft with was these fab little boxes… and made this fun Party Favour Box. The Mini Pizza Boxes come flat packed, but the slot together really easily, and they are food safe too (and the perfect size for a hand made cookie to two!

I added a hint of colour to this one using a sponge brayer, but you could also colour them by sprintzing or painting.

How to make a fun Table Favour with Mini Pizza Boxes from Stampin' Up!

The stamped panel uses the Hand Delivered Stamp Set. This stamp set is one of the hostess exclusive sets in the Annual Catalogue. These sets are exclusively available to customers who either hosts a party that spends over £150, or places an online order of the same value.

I stamped it with Memento Ink, and then coloured the balloons with a selection of Stampin’ Blends. I did HAVE to add a hint of sparkle to some of the balloons using a paint brush and some Frost White Shimmer Paint, which gives the effect of those fun shimmery balloons.

Right, that’s all from me today, do pop over to the Inspire.Create blog and check out the creations of the other Design Team Members, and share your creations with us too!

Product List

Hand Delivered Photopolymer Stamp Set

£12.00

Mini Pizza Boxes

£5.50

Rich Razzleberry 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Velvet Ribbon

£7.50

Sponge Brayers

£7.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

£5.50

Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Call Me Clover Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

£8.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

£8.50

Frost White Shimmer Paint

£7.50

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Inspire.Create.Challenges 032 | Anything goes with Rooted in Nature

Hand Stamped Leaf Birthday Card using Rooted in Nature from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenges 032 Anything goes with Rooted in Nature

inspire.create.challenge 032 Anything Goes Sketch

As you may know, I set the challenges for Inspire.Create, and this time I thought I would be really mean and set a completely blank challenge! I cannot WAIT to see what you guys make for this one too… don’t forget to check out  the Inspire.Create blog to see the fabulous Design Team’s work and enter your own creations.

Inspire.Create.Challenge Anything Goes Sketch Challenge Happy Birthday Card using Rooted in Nature from Stampin' Up!

I had a fun day a few weekends ago (before my craft room was packed up ready for the Big Move!) making a bunch of birthday cards, and this just sort of happened! Stampin’ Up! have started a demonstrator campaign for Simple Stamping this month, and I am attempting to embrace this (because I am rubbish at it!). So, this card uses minimal products, and so is super easy for you to replicate!

In actual fact it uses 2 stamp sets; but only because the Rooted in Nature stamp set doesn’t have a birthday sentiment. So I grabbed one of the Hostess Exclusive stamp sets, Hand Delivered, for the sentiment. But other than that its one ink, 2 colours of card stock and 1 ribbon.

Manly Happy Birthday Card using Rooted in Nature from Stampin' Up!

This card would work for a girl birthday or a boy one! Although I suppose that I’ve girl-ed this one up by adding a heap of Shimmer Paint on those leaves and a pretty Frosted Epoxy Droplets

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£39.00

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£9.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Hand Delivered Photopolymer Stamp Set

£12.00

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

£8.75

Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets

£8.25

Frost White Shimmer Paint

£7.50

Tranquil Tide 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Velvet Ribbon

£7.50

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Inspire.Create.Challenge 031 | Festive Colour Challenge

Inspire.Create.Challenge Dashing Deer Colour Challenge Card

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 031 Festive Colour Challenge

Inspire.Create.Challenge Stampin' Up! Cardmaking Challenge

This fortnights Inspire.Create.Challenge is a pretty colour combination inspired by the oh so popular Joyous Noel Designer Series Paper from this years Stampin’ Up! Autumn Winter Catalogue. Now, be warned that this paper is While Stocks Last because it has been SO popular. So run, don’t walk to the Online store to grab yours today!

Clean and Simple Handmade Christmas Card using Dashing Deer from Stampin' Up!

Saying that, I haven’t used the Joyous Noel suite at all for today’s card, instead I have opted for the fabulously fun Dashing Deer instead. This pretty deer stamp is winning for me at the moment, I just cannot get enough of it! Here it’s been stamped in Merry Merlot and die cut using the coordinating Detailed Deer thinlits.

Inspire.Create.Challenge Dashing Deer Colour Challenge Card

The deer is layered over some copper heat embossed stamping and a piece of the copper trim, oh and some splatter in shaded spruce too! You could add even more to this card, with sequins, or rhinestones, or those stunning frosted Epoxy dots, however I chose to keep things simple and make a clean and simple (ish) card for this weeks Inspire. Create.Challenge.

Check out the other Design Team members colour creations over on the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog and enter your own projects too. Projects can be added from a vareity of places including your own blogs, public galleries, Pinterest, or even a public Facebook Post. We cannot wait to see them!

Stampin' Up! Snowflake Showcase

Product List

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Bundle

£46.75

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£20.00

Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies

£32.00

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

£8.00

Versamark Pad

£8.25

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.75

1/4" Copper Trim

£5.50

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Regals Stampin' Write Markers

£27.50

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Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 | Thankful Card

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 Thankful Card

inspire.create.challenge thankful

Today’s blog post features a bit of a sneaky peak of some new products that launch tomorrow! Stampin’ Up! are releasing 2 fun stamp sets and a coordinating set of dies, a pack of embellishments and some unusual papers exclusively in November. I’ll have all the details on the blog tomorrow… but for now here is a sneaky peak of Happiness Surrounds

This card uses the Happiness Surrounds Stamp Set and Snowfall thinlits. I am loving layering stamped images at the moment and here there are stamps layered, with die cuts and then some heat embossing to finish.

The sentiment isn’t from these exclusive stamp sets, its taken from one of my old favourites; Thankful Thoughts.

I think that this colour combination is particularly fun too…

Granny Apple Green
Lovely Lipstick
Mango Melody
Pineapple Punch

I have a whole lot to be Thankful for at the moment… do check out my post from Monday if you’re not up to speed with what has been going on in my world recently! Thanks to everyone who has left such lovely comments on that post… I had no idea so many people read my little blog!

cute thankful card using Happiness Surrounds from Stampin' Up!

We would LOVE to see your Thankful card or other thankful projects over on the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog this week! You can share your projects with us using the link at the bottom of the challenge blog post

Product List

Happiness Surrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set

£16.00

Snowfall Thinlits Dies

£36.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Versamark Pad

£8.25

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.75

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Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 | Under the Mistletoe sketch challenge

Fun Christmas Card using Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 029 Under the Mistletoe sketch challenge

Inspire Create Challenge Sketch Challenge 029

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fun sketch… I hope to see lots of you take part and add your creations to the Inspire.Create.Challenge Blog. You don’t need to blog to enter, you could upload your image to a gallery, Pinterest, or even Facebook (as long as the image is set to public of course).

Fun Christmas Card using Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I decided to keep things simple this week, and just let the Designer Series Paper do all the talking. This fun print is from the Under the Mistletoe Paper pack, which you might have missed if your looking in the Autumn Winter catalogue because its in the Christmas section of the Annual one instead.

Quick and Easy Christmas Card using fun Patterned Paper from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment is in the Autumn Winter catalogue, its taken from Timeless Tidings, which I am getting heaps of use out of, although it is designed to go with the Timeless Tidings kit (which I still haven’t got round to making up yet!).

So, short and sweet today, do go and check out the other creations from the Design Team over at the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog… they have made some stunning projects this week.

Product List

Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper

£10.25

Under The Mistletoe A4 Cardstock Pack

£8.00

Timeless Tidings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£19.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Real Red 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Solid Ribbon

£6.50


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Inspire.Create.Challenge 028 | Abstract Impressions Friendship Card

Fabulously Modern Floral Friendship Card using Abstract Impressions from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 028 Abstract Impressions Friendship Card

Inspire.Create.Challenge 028 Stampin' Up! Colour Combination

I have to say I LOVE setting the challenges for Inspire.Create…. but even I thought this one was mean! However, the girls have made some GORGEOUS projects with what could be a tricky colour combination. Do check out the Inspire.Create blog to see all the Design Team creations and to enter your own!

How to create a fun floral Friend card using Stampin' Up! products

After several weeks of no crafting at all thanks to my Crafty Mojo disappearing, this colour combination was just what I needed to get me back into my craft room.

The background is embossed with one of my favourite embossing folders; Layered Leaves. This embossing folder makes for the most perfect background to floral cards, it’s subtle, and works in a whole heap of colours too! I LOVE it!

There's So Much to Love About You Card using Abstract Impressions from Stampin' Up!

The stamped flowers are stamped in Calypso Coral stamped over Crushed Curry, and finished with Pear Pizzazz leaves. To complete the card I added a trio of die cut flowers using the coordinating Springtime Impressions dies along with a trio of Rhinestones.

Stampin' Up! World Card Making Day Sale 2018

Product List

Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Bundle

£45.75

Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00

Springtime Impressions Thinlits Dies

£27.00

Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£8.25

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

£8.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

£33.00

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

£7.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

£4.75


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Inspire.Create.Challenge 027 | Celebrate (our 1st anniversary!!)

Inspire.Create.Challenge Theme challenge Celebrate Card using Frosted florals Designer Series paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 027 Celebrate (our 1st anniversary!!)

Inspire.Create.Challenge 027 Celebrate

Wow! I have just written the Challenge blog post before I’ve written this one… and I got SO excited! I cannot believe that it’s now been a year since I started this fabulous challenge. So, before I get into the main blog post, I just want to reach out and give you all big squishy hugs of Thanks for sticking with us, taking part, leaving comments and more! We have NO plans to stop…. in fact, I’ve just set the team all the challenges up until Christmas!

Inspire.Create.Challenge Stampin' Up! Challenge Blog Theme Challenge Celebrate Theme Floral Celebrate Card using Stampin' Up! products

In order to Celebrate I thought I would use my favourite Designer Series Paper from the new Autumn Winter Catalogue. I am in LOVE with this Frosted Florals Designer Series Paper, 1. its floral and watercolour… and 2. its SHIMMERY! It’s so pretty… saying that I have covered most of it with a piece of Vellum, but you can still see the paper, so I think that’s ok!

There actually isn’t any stamping on this card, rather the sentiment is die cut using the Celebrate You thinlits. I haven’t pulled these out for ages, which is a shame really because they are lovely!

Fun Floral Celebrate card using Frosted Florals from Stampin' Up!

This card is finished with a trio of Glitter Enamel Dots.

Do pop over to the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog and check out the rest of the Design Team’s fabulous Celebratory Creations!

Product List

Frosted Floral 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

£13.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

£21.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

£8.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£9.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Glitter Enamel Dots

£6.50


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