Make It Monday | Crafting Forever with Blends

Hey folks!

I have had Stampin’ Blends in my crafty stash for a while now, but I have to admit that they aren’t something I have ever really got to grips with. While I was waiting for my baby girl to arrive a few weeks ago I took the opportunity to make a bunch of cards, and to play with my Stampin’ Blends.

Fun Crafting card using Crafting Forever from Stampin' Up! and Stampin' Blends with StampinByHannah

There is a fun new suite of products in the new Annual catalogue which features crafting items, and while I love a new stamp set I already have the Crafting Forever stamp set in my collection and I haven’t used it all that much. So, before jumping to buy new goodies, I thought I better use this one!

Here I stamped the scissors in Memento Black ink onto thick Whisper White card stock, and then set about using the Light and Dark Blackberry Bliss and Light and Dark Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends to colour them in.

I haven’t done massively complicated colouring. Each element was coloured in the light colour, with shadows added in the dark tone. I didn’t really attempt any blending, but even then I think this worked really well.

We are cut out to be Friends Crafting themed card using Crafting Forever with Stampin' Blends from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The sentiment is also taken from Crafting Forever, and is punched out using the Everyday Label punch and raised up on Dimensionals.

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Introducing 2019-2021 In Colour Club…

Hey folks!

So, yesterday I let you know about my 2019 Annual catalogue Paper Shares, and today I’m launching my 2019-2021 In Colour Club!

StampinByHannah In Colour Club 2019

Each year Stampin’ Up! release 5 brand new In Colours, and this year they are stunning!

In Colour Club…

Because they are so pretty, and because I know that you are like me and have to have them all… I thought I would start a fun In Colour Club this June.

As part of the club, each month you will receive a bunch of items using one of the 5 colours. Club lasts 5 months, so that by the end of October you’ll have them all!

Each month you will receive:

  • Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink Pad
  • Stampin Up! Classic Ink Refill
  • A roll of 1/2″ Scalloped Linen Ribbon
  • 4 sheets of Coloured Card stock
  • 8 pieces of 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper
  • A Stampin’ Write Marker
  • Faceted Dots

PLUS the PDF download for my Code Club Class and a monthly special gift too!

Each month will feature a different In Colour, but will also contain the above items.

Club costs £29.50 per month for 5 months. Each month payment will be collected via PayPal invoice. This does not require a PayPal account, just a Credit or Debit Card.

Want to join in, just complete the form below:

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Annual Catalogue Designer Series Paper Share!

Hello folks!

Sorry for the silence this week, but on the 11th May 2019 my darling daughter Niamh arrived, and so I have spent the last 2 weeks getting to know her and finding my feet as a new mummy! We are both doing well, and I am feeling more like my usual self again. Yesterday I managed to get the first batch of Catalogues bagged and ready to post, so they’ll be hitting the post office this afternoon. You can get a FREE copy of the new catalogue HERE!

Today though I wanted to let you know about my Annual Catalogue Designer Series Paper Shares.

This year there are 12 stunning packs of Designer Series Paper, and to buy them all it would cost you over £140! However, you can have them all, at a fraction of the price by joining in with my Designer Series Paper Share!

What is a Paper Share?

It’s simple, instead of you buying 12 packs of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper, you share it with 3 other people, and each person gets a 6 x 6″ share of each pack of paper. So, you still get all the patterns and prints, but in a smaller size!

What do I get?

Each share receives a 6 x 6″ Sample of each and every piece of Designer Series Paper in the catalogue. Each pack is labelled with the name and colours in each pack, AND you will also receive the PDF download of my June Code Club Class too!

Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper Shares Annual Catalogue 2019

How much is a Share?

OK, so each share costs £40, including postage and packing

How do I order?

I believe in keeping things simple (not just because with a new baby my brain is pretty full at the moment!) So, all you need to do is complete the form below. Then, between the 26th May and 3rd June I will send you a PayPal invoice which will need to be paid before 10PM on 3rd June. You don’t need a PayPal account, just a credit or debit card. Once the catalogue goes live I can then place the order for all your papers, and (providing there aren’t any back order situations) I will aim to have your shares out to you within 10 days.

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April Customer Thank You Cards

I might have made some changes to my Code Club in May, but my customers still receive a handmade card and sometimes an extra surprise too!

My April customers all received one of these cute cards at the start of this month. It uses the soon to be retired Share What You Love Designer Series Paper, along with a few goodies that are carrying forward too!

Quick and Easy Thank You card using Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

I LOVE a bit of Crumb Cake every now and again, and this card is a bit of a tribute to this lovely colour. The main panel of this card is embossed with the very lovely Country Florals Embossing Folder which is available in the new Annual Catalogue if you didn’t get your hands on it during Sale-a-bration.

Cute Thank You card using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The sentiment is taken from Petal Palette and is stamped in Early Espresso, die cut using the Rectangle Stitched Dies.

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Watercolour fun with Butterfly Gala!

Today’s card was totally inspired by the ever talented Debbie Hughes. Debbie does wonderful things with Watercolour, and her cards are always stunning and her recent watercolour butterfly card is no exception. For all Debbie works with another companies products, I could just see Butterfly Gala in her creation, and so just HAD to give it a bash!

Shabby Chic Watercolour card using Butterfly Gala from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Each butterfly is stamped in Staz-on ink onto a panel of Watercolour card stock. Because of the texture I use my Stamparatus for this job so that I can repeat stamp and get a clear image. I think each butterfly took 3 or 4 goes to get as bold an outline as I wanted.

Then each butterfly was loosely watercoloured. A single colour for each butterfly, Melon Mambo, Blackberry Bliss and Blueberry Bushel, and some coloured splatter added over the top.

Simple Shabby Chic note card using Butterfly Gala from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Then, once the watercolour was dry, I added an ink blended boarder of Crumb Cake ink around the piece with a sponge. I LOVE the texture this creates on the watercolour paper, so pretty!

To finish the sentiment, also taken from Butterfly Gala, is stamped onto a scrap of Blackberry Bliss card stock and heat embossed in White, some loops of Silver Metallic thread and a handful of sequins scattered across too.

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Inspire.Create.Challenge #043 | Accented Blooms Colour Challenge!

Hey folks!

Well, this week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a bright and bold colour combination that I have to admit had me a little stumped at first. However, I do love the card that resulted!

Inspire.Create.Challenge Colour Combination 043 Granny Apple Green Pumpkin Pie Poppy Parade

As always with the Inspire.Create colour combinations we are allowed to add neutral colours and so I’ve added Basic Black to really made these colours POP!

Hello card Accented Blooms Watercolour for Inspire.Create.Challenge using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

The Accented Blooms stamp set is carrying forward into the new catalogue and since I’ve cleared by Stamp Shelves of items that are leaving us in the Last Chance list its really jumped out at me at a set I haven’t used for a while. Here it’s stamped in Stazon ink onto watercolour paper and then watercoloured with the colours from the challenge.

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set and while it does coordinate with the Tailored Tag punch, I have hand cut it on this occasion.

Watercolour Hello card using Accented Blooms from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This is where I got stuck! How to finish the card. In the end I plumped for a panel of Poppy Parade card stock embossed using the Country Floral Embossing Folder and a bow of retiring Black Shimmer Ribbon

Don’t forget to pop over to the Inspire.Create blog to check out the other bright and colour Design Team Creations as well as entering your own work into our gallery!

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Get your Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Hello folks!

How to get your Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit in the UK

So, I wrote a blog post last week to let you know that this fabulous Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit was coming!

Get your Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin Kit in the UK!

Well, today is the day!

Pop over to my ONLINE STORE and grab your Paper Pumpkin kit before they sell out!

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FREE Piece of Cake Class with the Code Club!

Just a quick post from me today, with some sneaky peaks of the cards you could be making in this month’s FREE Piece of Cake Card Class!

I LOVE my Code Club, and this month I’ve changed things up a bit, so now when you shop using the Code Club Code you get access to a completely FREE class! How cool is that?! but actually, it gets better, because if you spend more than £45 I’ll even send you all the Materials to make the cards too… all you have to do is add the stamps and ink!

May 2019 Code Club FREE Cardmaking class using Piece of Cake from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

It’s really simple to join in, it really is just a case of adding the Code Club Code when you checkout!

May 2019 Code Club Code; TMZUHRQK

Orders placed between £25 and £45 will receive a PDF download emailed to them at the end of the month.

Orders placed between £45 and £150 will receive a PDF download emailed to them PLUS a card kit including a full pack of Gingham Gala Sequins sent in the post during the 1st week of June.

Orders placed over £150 will automatically receive both the PDF and card kit and don’t need to add the code…. PLUS you get to spend at least £15 worth of Stampin’ Rewards of your own too!

May Supply List:

  • Piece of Cake Bundle
  • Versamark and White Stampin’ Emboss Powder
  • Inks; Black, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue and Mint Macaron
  • Adhesives

Of course, you can substitute any of these items for things currently in your stash too

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Make It Monday | Stained Glass Technique with Beautiful Day

I am forever inspired by the work of other demonstrators. Last week I shared THIS card inspired by a fellow demonstrator on Instagram, and today I though I would share another card I made after seeing THIS fun card using the Stained Glass Technique from my Demonstrator friend Stacey Marsh.

Fun Stained Glass Card Making technique using Beautiful Day from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This technique is so fun, and so simple! In fact, I know I’ve shared it before, but this time I’ve made a subtle but significant change.

To start the Stained Glass Technique, heat emboss the large butterfly stamp from Beautiful Day onto a piece of Vellum using White Stampin’ Emboss powder. Then, on the reverse of the vellum, colour the butterflies using Stampin’ Blends. Last time I used Stampin’ Write Markers; which works just as well, however Blends dry quicker and therefore the risk of smudging the ink is much reduced.

Thinking of you butterfly card using Beautiful Day from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

To make the Blackberry Bliss Blend Colouring really POP I the mounted the Vellum onto a piece of Whisper White, and then added this to a card base of Blackberry Bliss.

The sentiment is also from Beautiful Day, and has been heat embossed in White onto Blackberry Bliss. To complete the card, I wanted to add something extra, and in rummaging through my stash of embellishments I found the Clear Epoxy Dots and thought they would be perfect!

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Paper Pumpkin | Hugs from Shelli!

I mentioned last week that Stampin’ Up! are releasing one of their fabulous Paper Pumpkin kits in the UK this month, and I thought it about time I shared some more details with you!

Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin UK Card Kit

What is Paper Pumpkin?

Paper Pumpkin is a crafty subscription box offered by Stampin’ Up! in the USA. Each month they release a new kit to make around 12 of something either cards, or 3D items, pillow boxes, gift tags and more!

This month the kit is available in the UK for the very first time and has been designed specially by Shelli the Co-Founder of Stampin’ Up! and so the kit is Hugs from Shelli!

Hugs from Shelli Card Kit Paper Pumpkin UK

The Hugs from Shelli kit includes 12 fabulous cards that are suitable for all occasions. They are super pretty and feature these lovely bird and floral images.

So, What comes in the Kit?

Stampin’ Up! haven’t shared the exact contents of the Hugs from Shelli Kit, however, we do know that the kit will make 12 cards; 3 of each of 4 Designs and comes with an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, ink spot, and adhesives as well as all the card stock and layers required to complete your projects. Oh, and 12 envelopes so you can send them too!

Do I need anything else?

Yes and no. So, the kit is a complete project kit, you don’t even need to add glue! BUT it doesn’t have a clear block so I would suggest you add a D sized clear block if you don’t already have one.

I would LOVE to think that this means that the kit might come to us more regularly here in the UK, the only way of doing this is to make sure that Stampin’ Up! sell out of the kit really quickly! So, I would LOVE you to order this on the 15th May!

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