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Make It Monday | Coffee Break Box Tutorial

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Cute Box using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Coffee Break Box Tutorial

Make It Monday

Hello! Happy Monday! If you are anything like me your day has to start with one thing… COFFEE! right?! Actually, if I’m working my day job, I don’t have my first coffee until about 2 hours after I get up (half 5 is just too early, even for coffee!) but if I’m having a crafty day in my home office coffee happens much earlier! Actually I currently have a bit of an obsession with my Tassimo machine, and the Costa Latte’s… although I am sure that they are doing nothing for my waistline!

Quick and fun Box tutorial using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

Aren’t these adorable?! I am just LOVING that Designer Series Paper. So much so that it forms a large part of the cards we are making in Stamp of the Month Club this month!

Measurements:

Card stock; 6-1/2 x 6-1/2″ (16 x 16 cm)

Score on the 1st side at; 2, 3, 5 and 6″ (5, 7.5, 12.5, and 15 cm)

Score on the 2nd side at; 1, 5 and 6″ (2.5, 12.5 and 15 cm)

Designer Series Paper

2 pieces at 1-3/4 x 3-3/4″ (4.5 x 9.5 cm)

2 pieces at 3/4 x 3-3/4″ (2 x 9.5 cm)

How to make a fun milk carton top box using Coffee Break Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I can’t decide if my favourite part of this box is the Gold Library clip, or the Corrugated oval, both are just so cute! This box would be perfect for some individual coffee sachets, or a pack of those breakfast biscuits, and I am sure you could find HEAPS of uses for it too! Let me know what you put in yours in the comments section below

Product List

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Coffee Break A4 Cardstock Pack

£7.25

Corrugated Elements

£3.25

Gold Library Clips

£5.50

Simply Scored

£27.00

Classic Label Punch

£16.00

All Things Thanks Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Techniques | How to create a hard lines watercolour background

How to created hard lines watercolour background with Stampin' Up! inks

StampinByHannah Techniques How to create a hard lines watercolour background

Some weeks working out which technique to share can be a struggle… but not this week! I made the card in this post last week, after I spotted a card on one of the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Facebook groups, and just had so much fun creating the background that I knew I HAD to share it!

Pretty Wedding Card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

This card would be so lovely as a Wedding congratulations, or engagement card. I have used a sentiment from the Oh So Eclectic stamp set, mainly because it coordinates with the dies… but looking at it now a Congratulations sentiment would have worked better!

This is one of those cards with lots of layers… so I will give you a quick run down:

  • Watercoloured technique on Shimmery White card stock (check the video for all the details on this one!)
  • Die cut area using the Eclectic Layers dies. The whole watercoloured panel is popped up on Dimensionals, and I have added some of the die cut pieces back in (in an almost inlay die cut style) with some Gold Glimmer Paper pieces added in too
  • Two leaves punched from Champagne Foil with the Leaf Punch
  • A vellum Everyday Label (punched)
  • Flower die cut from the Eclectic Layers dies in Blushing Bride with a Clear Faceted Gem in the centre
  • Sentiment heat embossed in White, punched with the Classic Label Punch

The focus of this blog post isn’t that card though… it’s about the techniques right!

The background is created with a fun, and quick, watercolour technique that I am calling Hard Lines Watercolour (I’m sure someone else has a better name for it!). I LOVE doing this for a quick and easy background. It’s super pretty when you use a soft colour like Blushing Bride, but it can be really striking in a bolder colour too!

Fun and pretty Valentines card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

I think I have covered everything in the video… it’s really just about adding layers, and drying in between. Using a Heat Tool really helps as the ink drys before it has time to spread out, and therefore gives those lovely hard lines! I could totally play around with this for hours… different colours, different sized paint brushes, different amounts of water all create different effects but they are all so pretty.

The panel I created in this week’s Techniques Video has also been made into a card… and you can see that if you subscribe to my emails in my Stampin’ Inspiration Monday Video!

Product List

Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Bundle

£43.00

Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£21.00

Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies

£27.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

£7.25

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Aqua Painters

£15.50

Heat Tool - Uk Plug

£27.00

Gold Glimmer Paper

£4.50

Champagne Foil Sheets

£3.75

Leaf Punch

£14.50

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

£6.00

Everyday Label Punch

£16.00

Clear Faceted Gems

£4.50

Versamark Pad

£7.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Classic Label Punch

£16.00

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Thoughtful Thursday | DIY Happiness Jar

How to make a Happiness Jar using Blossom Builder Punch Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday DIY Happiness Jar

Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday

As I explained last week one of my New Years “resolutions” (I don’t do resolutions as a rule, but with 2018 came a list of things that HAD to change), was to be more consistent in my use of Mindfulness to help lessen my Anxiety issues. I have suffered from anxiety for a long time, and I have always been adamant that it would not rule my life, however during the last few months of 2017 it became apparent that it had.

So, one of the ways I have started to wok towards dealing with it is by using a Gratitude Journal. This led me to do a pretty extensive Pinterest search for Mindfulness… Yes, I really do have a secret board full of positivity quotes! And during January I started to write a Happy thing every day.

How to make a Happiness Jar using Stampin' Up! products

So, I have made this fun Happiness Jar to keep all my Happy Things in! I have chopped a load of Colour Theory Designer Series Paper into 3 x 3″ squares to write them on, partly because I have heaps of this DSP, and partly because its so bright and colourful and that makes me Happy!

The jar itself is a Korken from Ikea… which I had intended to use for Cookie mix as part of Christmas Countdown… but I think that this idea is better!

How to make a Happiness Jar using Stampin' Up! products

The cute tag was SO much fun to make (and that makes me happy too! It’s a simple tag of Island Indigo card stock punched with the Scallop Tag Topper punch. I did add some ink to the bottom, and some stamping from Picture Perfect Birthday.

The star of this is the flower though. I don’t make these very often, because they are a bit of a faff and definitely require the use of a hot glue gun. The flower uses the Blossom Builder Punch, punched 6 times out of Berry Burst card stock. To create some extra dimension I added some ink to the ends of the petals with a Stampin’ Sponge, and crinkled each petal before sticking them together with hot glue. The tag is completed with a Clear Facet Gem (which I also added with hot glue… just to make sure it doesn’t fall off in 6 months time!)

Product List

Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon

£6.25

Island Indigo A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

£21.00

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Stamping Sponges

£3.25

Blossom Builder Punch

£16.00

Clear Faceted Gems

£4.50

Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

£15.00

Versamark Pad

£7.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack

£9.00

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Inspire.Create.Challenges #011 | Hedgehugs

Quick and easy Hi There card using Hedgehugs from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenges #011 Hedgehugs

This weeks Inspire.Create.Challenges challenge is a fabulous sketch… I have waffled on before about how much I LOVE creating with a sketch, and I have previously shared my Sketch Top Tips with you too so this weeks card is simple and blog post short! Yes… it’s true… maybe!

Inspire.Create.Challenges Sketch Challenge 011

I have chosen to keep my card pretty simple for this challenge… and that isn’t unusual for me when I’m using a sketch. I have moved the circle a little but I have stuck fairly true to sketch this time. Life has been crazy busy recently with my day job, business, the impending end of James’ degree and all kinds of nightmares with house moving (which isn’t going well if your wondering!). So a simple card was really all I had time for!

How to make a cute card using Hedgehugs from Stampin' Up!

When I spotted the Hedgehugs stamp set in the Spring Summer catalogue I knew I HAD to have it. It’s just so cute! But I have really struggled to actually use it… So, when it came to making this card, I grabbed it as I knew that hedgehog would look super cute in a die cut circle!

Inspire.Create.Challenges 011 sketch challenge featuring Hedgehugs from Stampin' Up!

The hedgehog is stamped in Early Espresso ink, and I used Stampin’ Write Markers in Berry Burst and Powder Pink to add a little colour. I die cut him out after I stamped, and then added the sentiment after to ensure good placement.

I’ve finished this card with a strip of Wood Textures’ Designer Series Paper (I love this print, don’t you?) and a spritz of Early Espresso ink.

I would LOVE to see your creations with this sketch… why not share over at Inspire.Create.Challenges!

Product List

Hedgehugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

£9.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

2017-2019 In Color Stampin' Write Markers

£13.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00

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Sale-a-bration Spotlight | Why did I join Stampin’ Up!?

 

StampinByHannah Sale-a-bration Spotlight Why did I join Stampin’ Up!?

Stampin' Up! Saleabration

This weeks Sale-a-bration Spotlight post is a little different from the rest… I want to tell you a story.

I want to share part of my Stampin’ Story.

Why did I join Stampin’ Up! in the first place?

I have written before about why I continue with Stampin’ Up! and why I LOVE it so much. I adore being a part of a group of passionate crafty women, some of whom are my best friends in the world. I love being able to get a discount on crafty goodies I would have bought anyway, the ability to Pre-Order from new catalogues (I have some pre-order goodies coming this afternoon actually!), and being able to access a mountain of inspiration, including Facebook groups, the exclusive magazine, and weekly emails.

However, the reason I joined in the first place, I’m not sure I have ever shared before.

I was searching for a creative business; I had considered setting up an online shop, I had thought about making custom wedding stationary, I had thought about selling handmade cards and boxes at craft fairs. Years before I had come across the website of a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, and the idea came back to me as a way of getting quality products, cheaper. I discussed it all with James, he set about doing a heap of research, and came up with the suggestion of me joining and running a Stampin’ Up! business rather than travelling around the region for fairs.

My first email to my team leader included some very strange questions like “What do I do about Tax?!” and I think I signed up the very same day, 1st June 2014! Best. Decision. Ever!

I now have an online store, have made wedding stationary for myself as well as other people, and have done a couple of craft fairs (which I hated, and don’t plan on doing another!). But I have even more than that… I have the opportunity to earn free stamps, events and trips, I have a blog that I love, I have a wonderful team of stampers, and a growing business.

So, why am I waffling about this today?

Well, Stampin’ Up! have a fabulous joining offer during Sale-a-bration… a bumper Starter Kit that is totally customise-able by you! The perfect way to start a crafty business, get an increased mark-up on those items your already making for craft fairs, or just a fabulous discount off your crafty purchases.

The Starter Kit is just £99! I mean, lets just stop a moment, you can start your own business for £99… can you think of any other business you can start and be successful at for just £99 worth of investment?! Nope, I can’t either! So, the Starter Kit is just £99, PLUS during Sale-a-bration you can add an extra 2 stamp sets from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogue for FREE (that could be £90 if you pick the right sets!), you also get to pick £130 worth of Stampin’ goodies, and get FREE postage and packing on your kit! There are heaps of benefits of being a part of Stampin’ Up! The discount, events, magazine, inspiration, opportunities, friendships, coordinating products, pre-order periods, to name just a few

You can find out more about joining HERE, or check out my Joining FAQ’s… or if you want to join my team right now… you can click HERE!

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Team Swap Cards (and a bonus video!)

How to use a blender pen with Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Team Swap Cards (and a bonus video!)

 

Yesterday I shared the card I made for a recent Team Swap. Well today, I have the cards I received to share!

Swaps are just one fabulous part of being a part of Stampin’ Up! the team I am a part of just LOVE to swap. Swapping is traditionally part of in-person events, but as we are spread across the country, getting us all together is a challenge (and one we tend to reserve for Stampin’ Up! organised events!)… so, we do postal swaps instead. The idea is the same though, we make a batch of projects (usually cards because they are easy to post!), stick them in the mail, and get a bunch of inspiration back! I has such an exciting week last week as they all started to arrive!

We didn’t have a set theme for our swap (other than it had to use products from the Spring Summer catalogue!) but there is definitely a trend here…

This pretty card was made by Debbie Toner… this paper hasn’t found its way to my craft room yet, but it might have to now!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Painted with Love from Stampin' Up!

The second card was made by Vicky Thompson… I haven’t got this paper either! Think I’m going to have to put another order in soon!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

The next card was created by Laurie Jennings… I love that she’s added some sparkle with some Wink of Stella, and don’t get me started in that embossing folder! How did I miss that?!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

The final card is this lovely creation by Anna Sposato. Anna is one of my Inspire.Create.Challenge buddies and its lovely to have an Anna original in my craft room! She’s also used the Petal Palette suite, and Brusho! Love it!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up! I cannot wait for our next swapping opportunity, which will be at Stampin’ Up! OnStage in April! eeek… I’m excited already!

Product List

Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.50

Lots To Love Box Framelits Dies

£30.00

Sure Do Love You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£19.00

Sweet Soirée Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.50

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£32.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

£7.25

Scattered Sequins Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£9.00

Blushing Bride 1/4" Double-Stitched Ribbon

£6.25

Brusho Crystal Colour

£27.00

Tailored Tag Punch

£16.00

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Make It Monday | Petal Palette Team Swap Card

Petal Palette Just Because card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Petal Palette Team Swap Card

Make It Monday

On of the many joys of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is being part of a team, a group of like-minded people, sharing crafting and stamping. I absolutely LOVE being a part of the team. One of the things we do when we get together for events is swap… we each make a stack of the same card (or box, bag, notebook, or other crafty project) and then swap our project for others that other people have made. They are a great way of getting a heap of inspiration very quickly! Well, we recently held a postal swap for new catalogue inspiration, all coordinated by my lovely friend Amanda Charlesworth.

Make It Monday Petal Palette Team Swap card using Stampin' Up! products

I love creating cards with lots of White Space, particularly when making for swaps as it keeps things simple and nice and easy to mass produce. I did only make 6 of these, but it would have been just as easy to whip up a bigger batch.

I have been really enjoying the Petal Palette stamp and die bundle. You can buy the stamps and the dies separately, BUT I would suggest buying them together as you save 10%. I am such a sucker for a good font, and this stamp set not only has a great font, but really useful sentiments too.

How to use a blender pen with Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

If you would like to join in with our next Team Swap, and join my fabulous and growing team of Stampin’ Friends, you can… and now is a great time to do it as Stampin’ Up! have an awesome joining offer on during Sale-a-bration. You can find all the Sale-a-bration joining info on THIS Sale-a-bration Spotlight post, or if you have any questions do check out my Joining FAQ’s.

Ready to join… You can sign up right HERE!

Product List

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle

£56.50

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£32.00

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

£31.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

£14.50

Blender Pens

£10.75

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Versamark Pad

£7.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Basic Black Metallic Thread

£2.75

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Stamp of the Month Club | Coffee Cafe

Stamp of the Month Club Coffee Cafe Card Class with StampinByHannah using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Stamp of the Month Club Coffee Cafe

Stampin' Up! Stamp of the Month Club UK

Hello! Welcome to Stamp of the Month Club for February 2018! Can someone tell me what happened to January? I feel like I’ve miss-placed it somewhere…

This month’s club is awesome! I have a fabulously full card kit for you, complete with a fun class of 4 cards too, all using the Coffee Cafe Stamp Set and coordinating Coffee Break Designer Series Paper. I have had this class in my head for months, and last week I finally managed to get it out and into paper… so exciting!

Stamp of the Month Club Coffee Cafe Card Class with StampinByHannah using Stampin' Up! products

This months Stamp of the Month Club Kit contains:

  • Coffee Cafe Stamp Set
  • 1/4 pack of Coffee Break Designer Series Paper
  • A whole roll of Crumb Cake Class Weave Ribbon
  • A pack of Corrugated Elements
  • Linen Thread
  • Complete card kit for 8 cards (2 of each of 4 designs), with exclusive video tutorials!

There are also 2 fabulous upgrade options:

  1. Add the coordinating Coffee Cups Framelits; £22.25
  2. Add the 5 ink pads used on the cards (Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzaz, Smoky Slate, Soft Sky); £30

Quick and Easy Thank You Card using Coffee Cafe from Stampin' Up!

You can find a sneaky peak of this months club AND the video tutorial for this fun, quick and easy card in this Mondays’ Stampin’ Inspiration email. Don’t get my emails? Sign up HERE!

How much does it cost? and what is the minimum term?

Stamp of the Month Club costs £38 each month, and you can sign up for one month, or a rolling subscription. Price includes Postage and Packing. You can cancel at any time by emailing me at StampinByHannah[at]outlook.com.

If you own a product included in this months kit you can always swap it for something else of the same value… ensuring you don’t get duplicate items and wasted space in your craft room.

Club will open on the 1st of each month and close on the 15th.

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Techniques | How to colour your Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper

How to colour Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Techniques How to colour your Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper

Stamping Techniques Series

I am completely in love with the Petal Palette Suite in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Summer catalogue. I mean, what is not to love about floral stamps, sentiments in a pretty font and Black and White Designer Series Paper?! Its SO pretty, and I just cannot put it away! I have been using it a lot recently, and I hate to tell you, I’m not sick of it yet and there is more coming next week too…

Make It Monday How to use a Sponge Brayer with Petal Passion Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

The star of the show here is definitely the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper. This pack is purely Black and White and features a collection of floral and leafy prints. This makes it the perfect candidate for colouring. I have previously used Watercolour Pencils and a Blender pen, and there are heaps of Blends examples floating around Pinterest, but here I have chosen to use a Sponge Brayer.

Using a Basic Black card base always causes the question; Where do you write? Do you decorate the inside of your cards?

Well, here I have added a piece of Whisper White card stock on the inside, with a spot of stamping using the coordinating Petal Palette Stamp set and a hint of colour added with a sponge.

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Colour Petal Passion Designer Series Paper form Stampin' Up!

If you enjoyed today’s techniques video, you might enjoy my Facebook Live Online Card Class next Tuesday. You can find all the information over on my Facebook page, why not give me a Like while you’re there 🙂

Product List

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle

£56.50

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

£9.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

£7.25

Metallic Enamel Shapes

£6.50

Stamping Sponges

£3.25

Sponge Brayers

£7.25

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Thoughtful Thursday | How to make a Gratitude Journal

Thoughtful Thursday Gratitude Journal using Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper and Lovely Inside & Out from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday How to make a Gratitude Journal

Stampin' Up! UK Independent Demonstrator StampinByHannah Thoughtful Thursday

I have been mulling over this series for a while. I started it with a plan, and then I sort of bottled it a bit… but I have decided that it is time to start the series I intended. So, I started 2018 with a plan to use Mindfulness to help conquer my anxiety, and the first few weeks were great… but then I sort of fell of the wagon. So here we are at the 1st of February, and I am starting again (shall we call January a trail run?).

How to make a Gratitude Journal using Designer Series Paper with Naturally Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

One of my Mindfulness Practices is keeping a Gratitude Journal, which sounds really American and cheesy as a Brit… but it really really helps! When I do this on a regular basis I find that I manage to contain my negative thoughts and replace them with positive self-talk. This is SO powerful and prevents me from spiralling into a vortex of Anxiety and panic attacks about silly things.

I have recently been using the GLAD style of Gratitude; where GLAD stands for Grateful, Learned, Accomplishment and Delight. So each day I write down an event or feeling that matches each one of those prompts.

Thoughtful Thursday Designer Series Paper Notebook using Naturally Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

This journal is super easy to put together; as really its just copy paper and a piece of Designer Series Paper. These would make a really cute gift for a party hostess or a new team member too.

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper; Naturally Eclectic – 21.5 x 14.8 cm

5 sheets of copy paper cut in half

Directions:

  1. Fold each half sheet of copy paper in half. I didn’t bother to score first..
  2. Fold the Designer Series Paper in half
  3. Layer each piece of copy paper on top of each other, and then put this pile into the Designer Series Paper cover
  4. I have stapled mine together, but you could sew it (I have one of those long arm staplers for when I’m making wedding stationary… so I put it to use here!)

How to make a note book using Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

I added some extra decoration to the front cover with some layers of card stock and stamping using the Lovely Inside & Out stamp set. To keep it coordinated I picked out the colours in the Designer Series Paper; Night of Navy, Lemon Lime Twist, Soft Sky and Tranquil Tide. The stamp set has a collection of mix and match sentiments and I thought this one would be nice for the front of my journal.

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope to see you again soon

Product List

Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Lovely Inside & Out Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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