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Big Day! for a great technique!

Sale-a-bration is the 3 month long BIG sale from Stampin’ Up! Finishing on 31st March 2015, it gives you a choice of 14 FREE items to choose from when you order £45, and each £45 spend gives you an extra item – so if you spend £90 you choose 2 gifts, £130 – 3 gifts etc. etc. Check out my Sale-a-bration page for more information!

This stamp set was designed for use with the fantastic Chalk paper and Chalk inks that are available in the latest Spring/Summer catalogue. But, I didn’t want to just show you what is in the Sale-a-bration booklet, so here we go with a great technique instead.

Stampin' Up! UK Big Day sale-a-bration Bokeh

This technique is everywhere right now! Bokeh is a photography technique, made popular but phone photo apps, where light is used to make spots on the lens of the camera – but it is also a really fun inky technique too!

Firstly, I sponged my piece of Whisper White cardstock with Pink Piroette, Perfect Plum, and Elegant Eggplant to create a coloured background. Then I took a piece of window sheet and created a mask by punching with a variety of sizes of circle. That window sheet mask then creates those fabulous white circles. Place your mask over your cardstock and apply White Craft Ink through the mask with a sponge dauber, the more ink the whiter the finish! I did this across the cardstock to create this look. Be warned though – Craft Ink is a pigment ink and takes a while to dry. I left mine overnight but you can dry it with your heat tool.

Once it was all dry I stamped the cake stamp over the piece in Sahara Sand, and finished the card with a cute tag.

 

This beautiful stamp set could be yours for FREE when you order £45! LOVE it!

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Best Day Ever … Everyday with Sale-a-bration!

Sale-a-bration is the 3 month long BIG sale from Stampin’ Up! Finishing on 31st March 2015, it gives you a choice of 14 FREE items to choose from when you order £45, and each £45 spend gives you an extra item – so if you spend £90 you choose 2 gifts, £130 – 3 gifts etc. etc. Check out my Sale-a-bration page for more information!

One of the great things about this years Sale-a-bration is the coordination between the Sale-a-bration products (as well as the coordination with Stampin’ Up! regular items!) and the Best Day Ever suite of items is awesome!

Stampin' Up! UK Best Day Ever Sale-a-bration In Colours

I love this stamp set! It doesn’t look like much in the catalogue, but once you get stamping, it makes it so simple to create really stunning inky projects! I’ve used a couple of the stamps to create a sort of stamped Bokah effect (more on that later in the week!)

This stamp set is one of the growing selection of Stampin’ Up! stamp sets that come in all three stamp types – Wood, Clear and photopolymer! Awesome! and its FREE!

But what other products coordinate? well, we also have some lovely Designer Series Paper and and fab accessory pack!

This beautiful stamp set could be yours for FREE when you order £45! LOVE it!

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Irresistible Creme Egg!

Sale-a-bration is the 3 month long BIG sale from Stampin’ Up! Finishing on 31st March 2015, it gives you a choice of 14 FREE items to choose from when you order £45, and each £45 spend gives you an extra item – so if you spend £90 you choose 2 gifts, £130 – 3 gifts etc. etc. Check out my Sale-a-bration page for more information!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this Designer Series Paper! It is simply Stunning!

Irresistibly Yours is one of the great Sale-a-bration products this year. Stampin’ Up! describe it as a ‘White Paper with a glossy white pattern … perfect for colouring with a variety of techniques – colouring reveals the pattern.’ When this first arrived even I was slightly underwhelmed! But once you’re brave and apply ink to it! WOW!

Stampin' Up! UK Irresistibly Yours Sale-a-bration SAB Creme Egg

Can you see what I can see? Yes, Easter IS coming! and what is the best thing about Easter (other than the meaning!) yes, that’t right – Creme Eggs! Each year James argues with me that you can get Creme Eggs after Easter, and every single year I am right when they disappear from the shelves! I love them!

I knew Creme Eggs HAD to feature in my build up to Easter. And this DSP is the perfect way to showcase them.

Stampin' Up! UK Sale-a-bration Creme Egg Holder

Measurements:

Cardstock (or Irresistibly Yours Designer Series Paper!) 2 x 10 5/8″ (2.5 x 27 cm)

Score on the long side at 4 1/4″ (10.7 cm) on each side

Insert the each end into the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

Score a 3 x 3″ (7.5 x 7.5 cm) piece of cardstock (or the same DSP) on each side at 1/2″ (1.2 cm)

Cut a 1″ circle in the centre of the square ready to hold your egg!

 

This beautiful Designer Series Paper could be yours for FREE when you order £45! LOVE it!

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Lotus Blossom – Sale-a-bration week!

Sale-a-bration is the 3 month long BIG sale from Stampin’ Up! Finishing on 31st March 2015, it gives you a choice of 14 FREE items to choose from when you order £45, and each £45 spend gives you an extra item – so if you spend £90 you choose 2 gifts, £130 – 3 gifts etc. etc. Check out my Sale-a-bration page for more information!

This week I have 7 projects! each one featuring a different Sale-a-bration item! And I thought I would kick off the week with a customer favourite – Lotus Blossom!

Stampin' Up! UK Sale-a-bration Lotus Blossom

I love this 3 step stamped flower! It is so pretty. I have previously shared a video of how I stamp the lotus blossom, as well as a whole heap of colour variations too! I think my favourite way to stamp is to use the most detailed image first with the darkest coloured ink. I then ink up the second stamp with the same ink, but stamp off once before layering over the first image, and finishing with the solid stamp in a lighter coloured ink.

The great thing about this stamp set is the handy tabs on each stamp. These tabs are a great way of ensuring your stamp lines up correctly. When positioning your stamp on your block ensure the tabs are all pointing in the same direction, and then stamp with them pointing to the same place.

This beautiful stamp set could be yours for FREE when you order £45! LOVE it!

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Sale-a-bration on Sunday – Stamping with Irresistibly Yours!

Welcome to another Sale-a-bration on Sunday!

A few weeks ago I demonstrating watercolouring on the Irresistibly Yours Designer Series Paper, and well, today I thought I would try stamping on it!

Stampin' Up! UK Sale-a-bration SAB stamping irresistibly yours flowers

I selected the stripy paper from the Irresistibly Yours Designer Series Paper pack, and stamped on it using the Something Lacy background stamp from the Spring/Summer catalogue, in Marina Mist ink. I just love the effect of this, and think it would look lovely with the Dictionary stamp or Positively Chevron

The flower is a series of flowers stamped and punched from Petite Petals, Flower Shop and Petal Potpourri, punched with the coordinating punches. I spotted this layer flower on another blog (I wish I could remember who’s, if it was you please leave a comment below) and just thought it was such a good idea! and so pretty.

The sentiment is from Crazy About You!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Hello There Petal Potpourri!

After using the Hello There Hostess stamp set on Tuesday for my How To Use a Stamp-a-ma-jig, I carried on stamping and the card appeared on my desk! (don’t you just love it when that happens!). Recently I have found myself using more and more of the Subtles and Neutrals collections, I’m sure its my way of trying to force spring to arrive – it is still freezing here! but I love the rich colours of the Regals collection so I’ve pulled out Night of Navy for a few cards recently.Stampin' Up! UK Hostess Hello There Petal PotpourriOne of my favourite stamps from the Spring/Summer catalogue is Petal Potpourri – no fuss stamping, just 4 simple flowers and accents, with a matching punch – what more could a girl ask for! I stamped the solid flower across the cardstock in Night of Navy, and added some Hello There accents in Smoky Slate. The For You sentiment is from the Hello There hostess set, and is punched out with the 1 3/8″ circle punch.

Hello There is a hostess stamp set – have I explained what that means? Hostess sets are exclusively available to those who host parties with me OR if you place an order qualifying for Hostess Credits. To qualify for Hostess Credits you simply need to place an order over £150, and you receive £25 worth of Hostess Credits to spend! awesome!

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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How to use a Stamp-a-ma-jig!

I have recently invested (not that it cost very much, but it was definitely worth the spend) in the Stamp-a-ma-jig from Stampin’ Up!

I had not realised how much I would use it, and will openly admit I bought it because I can’t tell you how useful something is without trying it first. I have to say, I think this is a tool that will definitely make it into my top 5 stampers tool kit!

Stampin' Up! UK how to use a stamp-a-ma-jig

There are so many ways to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig, but this is the way I use it most often….

Place the Acrylic Imaging Sheet with the shiny side down onto your grid paper, and butt the handle up against a corner, ensuring the corner of the imaging sheet is into the top corner of the T shape of the handle.

Ink up your stamp in a dark colour (Momento Black works particularly well). Put the corner of your stamping block into the top of the corner of the Stamp-a-ma-jig handle, slide the block down the corner to stamp onto the Imaging sheet. Your stamped image should now be on the imaging sheet

Remove the handle, position the imaging sheet onto your project, so that the image on the imaging sheet is where you want to stamp for real.

Place the handle back onto the corner of the imaging sheet in the same position it was before, and remove the imaging sheet – holding onto the handle ensuring it doesn’t move.

Ink up your stamp and stamp again, putting the corner of the stamping block into the corner of the handle, sliding the block down and back up to ensure a smudge free image.

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Sending Wishes your way…..

Ok, So I have a little bit of news… I am a guest designer for a challenge blog soon (I’m not saying which one until nearer the time!) and this card was an attempt at one of the challenges – Clean and Simple – well, if you’ve been coming here for any length of time you’ll know, Clean and Simple is basically all I do. Or, so I thought!

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Design Team Perfect Plum

I saw these leaves, from Butterfly Basics, stamped around the card edge on Facebook a few weeks ago (sorry, can’t remember who it was) and stashed the idea in the back of my brain for a rainy day. Well, the time came. I stamped and stamped, and then released this card was the least clean and simple card I have ever made!

To be honest, I could have carried on and added more and more, but James had made tea, so this is where it stayed, but it still is definitely not Clean and Simple!

Back to the drawing board for me…

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Sale-a-bration on Sunday – Best. Day. Ever!

Before I get into my card for today, Stampin’ Up! have just added some fantastic new items to Sale-a-bration! 

You can check them out HERE! 

Sale-a-bration is the biggest sale of the Stampin’ Up! calender, giving you free products each time you spend £45. Now you can choose from either the original Sale-a-bration brochure or from the new flyer, meaning that there are even more great reasons to shop in March! 

 

Welcome to another Sale-a-bration on Sunday!

I made this card back in January! at my monthly Crafty Crop (click on the Events tab at the top for more information), and then managed to loose it in my office! eek!

But its ok, it survived being abandoned high on a shelf (where I left it to dry!) and its here for you now.

Stampin' Up! UK Sale-a-bration SAB Best Day Ever Best Year EverThis card uses the 2014-2016 In-Colours; Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist and Mossy Meadow, along with the Best Day Ever Stamp set from Sale-a-bration!

I have to say, the photograph doesn’t do this card justice; the reason it had to be left to dry was that there are little beads of Crystal Effects across the stamping on this card, but it doesn’t show up very well on the photo 🙁

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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Pootlers Blog Hop! – Watercolour Stamping

Pootlers Blog Hop-001Hello! and Welcome to the very first Pootler’s Blog Hop! If you have found your way from Sam’s blog I hope you left a lovely comment, as we have a give-away! Leave a comment on each and every blog post on today’s hop and you could be in with the chance to win a fabulous Sale-a-bration goodie pack!

I have created a series of cards for our hop today, all using the Painted Petals Stamp set from the Spring/Summer Catalogue. This set is great as it allows us to create cards that make us look like watercolour masters – just using stamps!

Stampin' Up! UK Pootles Painted Petals repeat stamping

This first card uses the Painted Petals to repeat stamp. The focal image is stamped in Blackberry Bliss, with Pear Pizzazz leaves. The others are stamped in Wisteria Wonder, in a random pattern across the cardstock. I love the simplicity of this card. The ‘Thank you’ is stamped in Pear Pizzazz, and punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch, and layered onto a Blackberry Bliss 1 3/8″ circle.

Stampin' Up! UK painted petals watercolour blackberry bliss

This card uses the 2014-2016 In Colours – Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow. First the flowers were stamped onto the cardstock, then, instead of cleaning off the stamp (like I would normally do) I misted the stamp generously with water, and stamped again over the first stamped image to create a softer watercolour look.

Stampin' Up! UK Pootles blog hop painted petals watercolour video tutorial

These cards though are the main reason for this post! I watched the live streams of a recent Stampin’ Up! event in Florida, and the fabulous Shelli Gardener demonstrating this technique – and I fell in love! I have made a video tutorial of this technique, but it really is quite simple – Stamp your image onto Stampin’ Up! Watercolour Paper, I think a juicy ink pad works best for this, and I would also suggest using a dark / rich colour too – and then spritz it with water, allowing the water to move the ink – dry with your heat tool.

Stampin' Up! UK painted petals watercolour

I had to try it in one of my favourite colours – Lost Lagoon – but I have to say, I think the Blackberry Bliss version worked better, it still made a really pretty card.

Thanks for stopping by StampinByHannah today for this Hop! and I hope to see you again soon.

We’ve got some Blog Candy up for grabs – to be in with a chance of winning a bundle of goodies, including the Best Day Ever stamp set, the Best Year ever paper set and the co-ordinating ribbons and buttons, all you have to do is work your way through the hop before midday on Sunday and leave a comment on every blog.  The winner will be chosen at random and announced in the Pootles Craft Forum and here on Tuesday, 3rd March

Please Click the Link Image below to check out the next blog on our hop!

Pootlers Blog Hop Forward-001 Pootlers Blog Hop backward_2-001

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

If you like the project, or any of the products used, would like a catalogue, or to join my team, please contact me, or click on the ‘Shop NOW’ button at the top of the page. You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, About.me, and Tumblr (Links in the sidebar)

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