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Inspire.Create.Challenge #090 | Home Decor with Pansy Patch

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge theme is ‘Home Decor’, something that I don’t often venture into with my paper crafting to be honest. However, I do love a bit of decorating and accessorising my home, and when I do push myself to make something, it always makes me happy when I look at it.

I have been having a great time playing with the Pansy Patch suite from the new Stampin’ Up! Annual catalogue, and one of the cards in the catalogue really caught my eye. So, this is a CASE (copy and selectively edit) project of one in the new catalogue. I think it works well in a frame, what do you think?

The pansy’s are stamped using several stamps, but they are super easy to line up and create wonderfully lifelike blooms.

The large flower is stamped in Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Bumblebee (stamped off), Calypso Coral and Blackberry Bliss. While the smaller one is Polished Pink (stamped off), Polished Pink, Calypso Coral and Bumblebee. The leaves are Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen.

The Designer Series Paper is from the coordinating paper pack, and I added a layer of vellum embossed using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder.

The ‘Smile’ sentiment is from another stamp set, Lovely You, and is stamped in Evening Evergreen onto a scrap of Soft Seafoam card stock.

The piece is finished with a couple of the Bumblebee trinkets, which did mean I couldn’t put the glass in the frame, but I think I can live with that!

Pop over to the Inspire.Create blog for more Home Decor inspiration and to add your own creations too.

Product List


Pansy Patch Bundle (English)
[155674]
£47.50
Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[155807]
£10.75
White Vellum A4 Card Stock
[106584]
£9.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock
[159228]
£9.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad
[147101]
£7.00
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad
[155670]
£7.00
Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad
[153116]
£7.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad
[147092]
£7.00
Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad
[155712]
£7.00
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad
[155778]
£7.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad
[155576]
£7.00
Stitched So Sweetly Dies
[151690]
£30.00
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock
[147012]
£8.25
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock
[147012]
£8.25
Bumblebee Trinkets
[155568]
£7.00
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Time to Sale-a-brate Berry Blessings with the Pootlers Blog Hop!

Welcome to StampinByHannah and the first Pootlers Team Blog Hop of 2021! This time we’re sharing a heap of projects using the new Sale-a-bration gifts.

There are a bunch of really cool Stamp Sets and Designer Series Paper packs that you can currently receive for FREE with an order of over £45! How cool is that?!

Berry Blessings

I thought I would create with the Berry Blessings stamp set today. This stamp set comes with a pack of Designer Series Paper and so requires a £90 spend, BUT it also coordinates with the Sweet Strawberry stamp set and punch bundle from the new Mini Catalogue!

Quick and simply card using Berry Blessings from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2021 with StampinByHannah

One of the reasons I love this stamp set (and Sweet Strawberry) is that you don’t need to get the markers out to colour the images… as they all have a outline stamp and then a filled stamp to colour the image!

This card uses Misty Moonlight for the card base and the blueberries, and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves and sentiment.

Simple Stamping using Berry Blessings FREE during Sale-a-bration 2021 from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I couldn’t pass the opportunity to stamp with blueberries either… they are my daughters absolute favourite fruit, I think she’d eat them at every meal if she could!

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Product List


Berry Blessings Bundle (English)
[157613]
£0.00
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
[153086]
£8.25
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
[153118]
£7.00
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
[147104]
£7.00
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Whale of a time Card for the Global Design Project

Hello! So, I’ve been trying to spend a little more time in my craft room recently, which I have to say, isn’t difficult as it’s been a much under used space in my house in 2020. Crafting has always been my escape, and I’ve really needed that recently, but have really struggled to find anything to create. So I turned to an old faithful; the Global Design Project, and used their challenge for this week as my starting point.

This week’s challenge is to use a card by one of their Design Team members as inspiration. The card was stunning, and I chose to take the card layout; basically using the card as a sketch for a new one.

Love card using Whale of a Time and Whale Done from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I’ve been really enjoying the current selection of Designer Series Papers from Stampin’ Up! and the Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper is no exception. For all this paper is a little more ‘theme-y’ that I would normally select, the patterns actually translate really well in small sections and aren’t all too fish-y. There are two separate pieces of the Designer Series Paper on this card; a small strip, and a 2″ punched circle.

I’m also really enjoying adding textures to my projects at the moment, and this card has a panel of embossed card stock using the coordinating Embossing Folder, as well as a piece of ribbon. When I’m embossing white cardstock, I tend to use the Thick Whisper White, just because it is slightly heavier than the standard and therefore gives a really crisp embossed finish.

Cute Love Whale Card using Whale Done from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The stamped Whale comes from the matching Whale Done stamp set. To get the ombre coloured effect I inked the stamp in Pool Party ink, and then added a hint of Shaded Spruce ink using a sponge.

This card is finished with a die cut seaweed from the Smooth Sailing dies.

Product List


Whale Of A Time Suite Collection (English)
[154126]
£61.00
Whale Done Bundle (English)
[154053]
£29.50
Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[152460]
£10.75
Seabed 3D Embossing Folder
[152700]
£9.25
Pool Party A4 Card Stock
[124391]
£8.25
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock
[140490]
£7.75
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock
[147006]
£8.25
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock
[147006]
£8.25
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
[147107]
£7.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
[147088]
£7.00
Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon
[152462]
£5.50
Smooth Sailing Dies
[149576]
£30.00
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Curvy Celebrations Blog Hop with the Pootlers!

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Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah and to the Pootlers Team Curvy Celebrations Blog Hop!

I LOVE being a part of this team, we have such fun together. This past week we’ve taken part in a Curvy Celebrations focused event, and so I thought that we should share some of our Curvy creations with you. I’m having a great time creating with the Quite Curvy bundle, and can’t wait to show you even more inspiration!

Once you’ve checked out my project, scroll to the bottom of this post for links to heaps more inspirational crafty projects using the Curvy Celebrations products.

This card was inspired by my very talented friend Verity, who made a really lovely card using the leaf stamp and a blue ink. I am still very much enjoying Misty Moonlight, and so this card was born!

The leave boarder stamp is stamped onto Fluid 100 watercolour paper and heat embossed in White, before I watercoloured the image with Misty Moonlight. I love this technique, but I know it can be a bit intimidating, do let me know if you’d like a Facebook Live tutorial on how I do it.

The Designer Series Paper is taken from the 2020-2022 In Colour stack, and I die cut the edge to add an extra detail. The paper is also layered over some more stamping, and the rough cut sentiment piece.

I almost left this card at that, but it just didn’t feel complete. So, I went hunting through my embellishment stash and came up with these pretty wooden leaves, and In Colour enamel dots.

Check out more Curvy Celebration Inspiration by clicking the boxes below, and I hope to see you here again soon

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Product List


Quite Curvy Bundle (English)
[156228]
£38.50
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
[153086]
£8.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
2020–2022 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[153070]
£10.75
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
[153118]
£7.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£8.75
White Stampin' Emboss Powder
[109132]
£5.50
2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots
[152480]
£7.50
In Good Taste Elements
[152476]
£6.00
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Christmas Gleaming Facebook Live Replay

Oh gosh, sorry this blog post is a bit later than usual. This past week my pregnancy tiredness has kicked back in and I’ve struggled to do much in the evenings. We spent yesterday at a birthday party, and then have had lunch out today, so this is the first real chance I’ve had to sit down and blog.

This week’s Facebook Live was so much fun! We created a fun card using Christmas Gleaming. I love this set, its a great mix of traditional Christmas but with a modern twist, and I was so pleased that it’s come back for another year! I’ve also got a fun Kit Class using it… more on that in a minute!

Quick Watercolour Christmas Card using Christmas Gleaming from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

One of the things I love about this set is how versatile it is. It looks great just simply stamped, or you can take it one step further with a wash of watercolour, or some heat embossing, and there are images in there that are lovely coloured with Stampin’ Blends too!

Christmas Gleaming Kit Class…

I’ve not released one of these for a while, but I love doing kits and classes! One of my goals for the next 12 months is to do things that I really enjoy, particularly when it come to Stampin’ Up! and that includes Facebook Lives and Online Classes. I would LOVE to be able to say these are going to be super regular, but its more likely that they will be alternative months, or when I find a stamp set that I really LOVE and can’t put down.

This kit class though is so much fun! I’ve designed 6 exclusive cards, using Christmas Gleaming, that you will only see if you grab this class!

The Kit includes:

  • Christmas Gleaming Stamp set
  • A Quarter Pack of the Brightly Gleaming Designer Series Paper
  • 6 card bases, envelopes and layers you need to create the projects
  • A complete set of instructions
  • and a special gift from me to you!

This class costs £25, plus £3.50 for postage, and is available in the UK. I will also be releasing the PDF instructions for sale in a few weeks if you live in the rest of the world.

To sign up for class, just complete the form below, before the 16th September 2020.

I use PayPal to process payments, but you don’t need a PayPal account just a credit or debit card, but all the details of how to pay will be included in your Welcome email.


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Cute Trimming the Town card using Stampin’ Blends | Facebook Live Replay

This week’s the Stampin’ Up! August-December Mini Catalogue went Live, and I thought I would share a card using some of the new goodies on this week’s Facebook Live!

Quick note… Facebook Lives are now every THURSDAY at 7PM (UK time). I’ve moved them to fit in better with my husband, as he pops out to the club on a Thursday evening and so I’m not taking away time from him. Hope to see you there this week

I can see heaps of uses for this stamp set outside of Christmas, new home cards or we’re moving notes, maybe a fun kids birthday card, or even just thinking of you. This is one of those stamp sets that is so versitile and I’m sure you’ll be using for years! Also, the dies that coordinate with it, also cute out some of the matching Designer Series Paper too. How awesome is that?

Cute house card using Trimming the Town from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah for Facebook Live

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Trimming The Town Suite Collection
[155105]
£69.75
Coming Home Bundle
[155144]
£44.00
Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper
[153491]
£10.75
Stitched Nested Labels Dies
[149638]
£33.00
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock
[121694]
£8.25
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
[153086]
£8.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
[147275]
£8.50
Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[153108]
£8.50
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
[144605]
£8.50
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
[144601]
£8.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
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Quick and easy notecards using Tasteful Touches from Stampin’ Up!

Hello!Well, I’ve got myself a bit behind again haven’t I! So, I’ve got a few blog posts coming out to you over the next week to catch up….

The first is this fun Facebook Live replay, making a set of quick and easy notecards featuring Tasteful Touches. I am loving this stamp set, after having a bit of a play with it at a recent virtual retreat.

Tasteful Touches Notecards using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah Facebook Live

There are 3 quick and easy cards here, all using ink blending (a technique I can’t get enough of right now!), and then I thought it would be nice to package them into a notecard set. Stampin’ Up! make these fabulous acetate boxes that are perfectly sized to hold up to about 6 cards and envelopes. They are great for a quick gift, or even if you were to sell bundles of cards at craft fairs.

Here, to jazz the box up a little, I’ve added a band of In Good Taste Designer Series Paper and added a die cut and some stamping.

Quick and Easy Notecards…

You can check out all the cards below, but here is the Facebook Live Replay;

You Are So Special Ink Blended card using Tasteful Touches from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah
Ink Blended notecard using Tasteful Touches from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah
You Are The Best ink blended card using Just Jade and Tasteful Touches from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Which card is your favourite?

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Tasteful Touches Bundle (English)
[154098]
£45.00
Just Jade A4 Cardstock
[153084]
£8.25
Bumblebee A4 Cardstock
[153082]
£8.25
Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock
[150888]
£8.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad
[153115]
£7.00
Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad
[153116]
£7.00
Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150080]
£7.00
Stamping Sponges
[141337]
£3.75
Acetate Card Boxes (C6)
[145486]
£6.50
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper
[152494]
£20.00
Just Jade 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon
[153621]
£5.50
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Inspire.Create.Challenge 065 | Hello Honey Bee

This week at Inspire.Create.Challenge we have a fabulous sketch challenge, I can’t wait to see what you all create with it. I love a sketch challenge, but right now, with so much going on having a sketch as a creative jumping off point can be really handy.

Hello Honey Bee quick and simple card using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

I have been really enjoying the Honey Bee bundle recently, particularly as it matches the Golden Honey Speciality Designer Series Paper which is FREE with a £45 order during Sale-a-bration!

Sale-a-bration ends at the end of this month, and there are still a heap of fabulous bargains to be had.

Quick and Simple Honey Bee card using Golden Honey DSP from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I’ve purposely kept this card simple this week, partly because its a simple sketch, by mostly because I just love that Bee stamp and wanted to give it the space it deserves.

Please pop over to the Inspire.Create blog and check out what the Design Team have created using the sketch. While you’re there, we would LOVE you to share your makes with us too!

Product List


Honey Bee Bundle
[153792]
£38.50
Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper
[152311]
£0.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
[121688]
£8.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
Noble Peacock Rhinestones
[149494]
£5.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£8.75
White Stampin' Emboss Powder
[109132]
£5.50
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Inspire.Create.Challenge #064 | The Gangs All Meer

Hello! Welcome to StampinByHannah today. If you’re new around here, every other Wednesday I share a project for the Inspire.Create.Challenges Design Team. I would LOVE you to pop over to the Inspire.Create blog and check out the other Design Team members creations, and maybe even share your own project with us too!

Inspire.Create.Challenge Colour Challenge Stampin' Up! Colour Combinbation idea

This time the Inspire.Create.Challenge is a very cool colour combination idea. So, we had to work with Night of Navy and Crumb cake, and then add a colour of our choice! Now, I would normally add a really bright colour to this, something like a Melon Mambo or Lovely Lipstick. But, when it came time for me to create something for this challenge, I also needed a card for my brothers birthday (and I didn’t think he would appreciate hot pink), so I added Seaside Spray for a tone on tone look

The Gangs All Meer Birthday Card using Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration products with StampinByHannah

I’m loving these cute meerkats at the moment, and I think they make a really fun Birthday Card. Here they are stamped in Memento Black ink and then coloured in with a Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend’s pen. The dots were hand drawn using the dark Night of Navy Blend too.

The Gangs All Meer is one of this years Sale-a-bration stamp sets, which means it is FREE with a £45 order!

Man's birthday card using The Gangs All Meer from Stampin' Up! for Inspire.Create.Challenge with StampinByHannah

The Happy Birthday sentiment is also taken from The Gangs All Meer, but the stamp is a longer sentiment. I selectively inked the stamp with Memento Ink so it simply said Happy Birthday for this card.

I would love you to pop over to Inspire.Create and I hope to see you again soon!

Product List


The Gang's All Meer Cling Stamp Set (English)
[152294]
£0.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock
[106577]
£8.25
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
[121685]
£8.25
Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock
[150889]
£8.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
Stitched Nested Labels Dies
[149638]
£33.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
Night Of Navy Dark Stampin' Blends Marker
[144039]
£4.25
Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker
[144582]
£4.25
Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150085]
£7.00
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Inspire.Create.Challenge 063 | Card with Movement

Oh here we go again, setting myself a challenge that I have no idea what I was thinking when I set it! I mean, Movement, what was I thinking here?! Anyway, I’ve come up with a simple but effective card that would be heaps of fun for a children’s birthday, of maybe the big kid in your life

Happy Birthday card using Bonanza Buddies from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This cute card is 4 x 4″, in Crushed Curry. I love a different sized card, and this size is great for a thinking of your note, or maybe a fun addition to a lunchbox or a suitcase.

The Bonanza Buddies stamp set is so super cute. I couldn’t resist the lovely Lion stamp, which is actually 3 stamps; one for the body and face, one for the mane and a third for his facial expression. Stamps like this are so fun as you can change the colour of each element and make him different each time.

Here the Lion’s body is stamped directly onto the card in Crushed Curry. I also stamped the body onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock to allow me to die cut his face separately. His mane is Pumpkin Pie and then is expression is in Memento Black. The Face and Mane were adhered to each other using a Dimensional, before being stuck to a concertina of card stock which gives the movement.

These are really simple to create. A strip of card stock 1 cm wide, scored at 1 cm intervals, and folded backwards and forwards.

Cute Moving Card using Bonanza Buddies from Stampin' Up! for Inspire.Create.Challenge with StampinByHannah

This card is finished with a scattering of sequins from the Sale-a-bration Metallic Bakers Twine and Sequin Pack which is currently FREE with a £45 order

What some more Moving Inspiration? Pop over to the Inspire.Create blog and check out the other Design Team creations, and enter your own makes too.

Product List


Birthday Bonanza Suite Bundle
[153929]
£65.25
Metallic Baker’S Twine & Sequins Combo Pack
[152314]
£0.00
Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry
[131288]
£8.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£9.00
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad
[147087]
£7.00
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad
[147086]
£7.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
[132708]
£5.50
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