Make It Monday | Ombre 2-Step Stamping

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake and Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up! UK

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Hello! Welcome to Make It Monday! I am loving making these Monday videos for you all, and I am hoping that you enjoy them too. I had so much fun making the card, I can’t stop looking at it! I actually filmed this one a few weeks ago, and had sort of forgotten about it, but when I found it again on my desk this morning … I’ve fallen in love with it! I might have to get my Wink of Stella out though, because I think it might need an extra bit of sparkle… what do you think?

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake and Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up! UK

As usual all the details are in the video. But I just want to mention about this fabulous Stamp and die bundle! I love the cupcake, and it’s great for birthdays, but there are some great everyday sentiments in here too; and those dies … I cannot get enough of those! Oh, and you know that when you buy the stamps and dies together you save 10%! There are heaps of bundles in both the Annual and Autumn / Winter catalogues (I did count them, but I now cant remember how many!) But there is a whole section of the store where you can find them all! HERE!

The Ombre pads come in a few colours now; we have Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Emerald Envy and even a Basic Black one! They are great for solid images and stamp just and beautifully as our regular Stampin’ Pads, but they have the advantage of being able to get those different tones of the same colour without having to stamp off and make a mess! Saying that, I make a mess anyway….I’m sure my Stampin’ sisters will agree with me that I am really good at making a mess when I craft!

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake from Stampin' Up! UK

I’m loving that colour combination too; Rich Razzleberry and Tip Top Taupe, very pretty. But then again, Rich Razzleberry is purple, and I am such a sucker for anything remotely purple! I had a friend once who would buy me presents just because they were purple… I ended up with some very strange gifts!

Right, that’s all from me today folks, have a fabulous Monday, oh, before I go just a quick reminder that I have a Facebook event tomorrow night, LIVE on my Facebook page at 7PM! don’t forget to check it out


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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – September 2016

Watercolour card using Frosted Medallions from Stampin' Up! UK for the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge

Stampin' Up! Sketch ChallengeHello! I am so pleased to be back and sharing with the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! You may have noticed that we took last month off (August is just too busy already!) but we are back this month with a great challenge set by the gorgeous Mandy Barton! Although, we have no sketch! The challenge set to us was …. Anything Goes!

How scary! and I will admit that I have been wracking my brains on this one for most of the month, and actually only managed to create my project on Thursday evening! (and this blog post was only written at 8AM this morning, nothing like a deadline!) I am usually more organised, but this past week has been just crazy busy – I was at a team training event last weekend, and then my job has really kicked in this week too. Anyway, that’s enough of my moaning! Time for my card ….

Watercolour card using Frosted Medallions from Stampin' Up! UK for the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge

This stamp set was gifted to me last weekend, and although it had caught my eye in the catalogue it hadn’t found it’s way into my craft room – but my lovely team leader is just a little bit psychic and always managed to send me things that I either LOVE and use all the time, or things that I LOVE but haven’t managed to purchase yet! This medallion it just so pretty, and I couldn’t not heat emboss it as it’s first use!

Saying that, the heat embossing is a little bit special, and a mixture of clear and copper heat embossing. I heat embossed the medallion in Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder, and then while I still had the powder melted I added a few pinches of Copper Embossing Powder too.

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Frosted Medallions watercolour card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The background was created using Rose Red, Sweet Sugarplum and Tempting Turquoise. I just love this watercolour technique, I think I have a video on it somewhere, will have a look and share later in the week.

Oh, and before I go, the last totally cool technique I have used on this card is using the Fine-Tip glue pen to create little raised dots, that are almost like water droplets. So pretty!

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Weekly Emails!

Christmas Pines Christmas Card Step it Up with Stampin' Up! products

Did you know that I send crafty emails out every Thursday?! Each Thursday email includes either a card-making instruction sheet or an Exclusive Crafty Video, and this week I’m starting a brand new series of videos within my emails – stepping up your cards!

Christmas Pines Christmas Card Step it Up with Stampin' Up! products

We made this card at my Catalogue launch party last week, we had so much fun with those pine leaves! And I LOVE this card, but I was looking at it again earlier in the week and thought I could make a bit more of it. If you want to see the Exclusive video tutorial, you just need to Subscribe to my Weekly Emails! and I will make sure the tutorial makes it way to you.

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Christmas Pines | Tis the Season (well, almost….)

Tis the Season Christmas Card using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

Ok, so ‘The Season’ hasn’t quite arrived yet, but the time to start on your Christmas cards has! I know that Christmas prep has well and truly started in our house; lists of presents, thoughts of making Christmas Cake (chose not to bother, just defrosted 1 tier of our wedding cake instead!), plans for Christmas day, questions about which days we are working and which days are ours! as well as the endless debate over the colour theme for this year! So, maybe Tis the Season still fits….

Tis the Season Christmas Card using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

So because we are now in the lead up to ‘The Season’ I’ve been put on a No Spend! Does this happen to anyone else? Where you are not allowed to buy anything before Christmas? I mean, we are really trying to save for our house deposit at the moment too, but anyway I am on an enforce ‘No Spend!’ and so I have only actually bought 3 stamp sets from the Autumn / Winter catalogue (and choosing which ones I was going to have was REALLY hard!) Anyway, the Christmas Pines bundle was my MUST HAVE set in this catalogue, and I have already made a heap of cards with this set. I have another coming this week if you are subscribed to my Weekly Emails.

Christmas Card Using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UKSo, this card uses the Christmas Pines bundle, along with the Presents and Pinecones Designer Series Paper (Yum! by the way!) and the Emerald Envy Ombre Stamp pad, oh and a trio of In Colour Enamel Shapes.


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Make It Monday | Tag Topper Chocolate Pockets

Make It Monday Chocolate pocket using the Tag Topper Punch from Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday with Stampin' Up!

Hello! Wow, where did last week go?! Oh, well, it’s Monday again – time for Make It Monday!

I spent the weekend with a group of awesome women; crafting, eating and having heaps of fun! I have rambled for hours about how much I LOVE Stampin’ Up! and this weekend was a prime example of why I love it. This weekend wasn’t a Stampin’ Up! organised event, but a team event, organised by one of my lovely Stampin’ friends. Someone I would NEVER have met without this company, and I spend the whole weekend crafting (how often to we get to do that!), it was great to reset, take time for me, and I am so ready for what the next few weeks will bring!

Pop of Paradise Tag Topper Team Swap using Stampin' Up! UK productsHow cute are these! One of the things that we do when we get together is share and swap projects – we call them swaps, and its a massive part of any Stampin’ Up! event. Now, when I go to Stampin’ Up! organised events I make maybe 50 swaps, but because this was a smaller team event I made a swap for each person – so this time I made 22 of these. Actually I made 24, but that meant that I could leave a couple to say Thank You to the housekeepers / receptionist etc at the Hotel we stayed at.

Aren’t they super cute! Each pocket contains a bar of children’s chocolate (the same brand as those eggs with the toy in the middle!) – because chocolate / sweeties are another BIG theme at these events. James laughs at me, he always knows when I’m prepping for a crafty weekend away (he never remembers, no matter how many times I tell him I’m going!) when he sees the bags and bags of sweets sat in the office!

Make It Monday Chocolate pocket using the Tag Topper Punch from Stampin' Up! UK

These pockets use the Pop of Pink Speciality Designer Series Paper and coordinating Pop of Paradise Stamp set. I did also make some using the Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper too, seeing as I managed to cut enough paper for 18 pockets and then ran out of paper – Math isn’t my strong point!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 4 x 4 1/2″ (10 x 12 cm)

Score on the long side at 2 and 4″ (5 and 10 cm)

Tag Topper Punch Chocolate Pocket using Stampin' Up! UK products

The pockets are super simple to put together (as you can tell, a 5 minute Make It Monday video! even with my rambling is a miracle!). They are finished with the Tag Topper Punch at the top, and a staple at the bottom. Like I said I made 24 of these and it took me about an hour, from start to finish.

I would LOVE to welcome you to our next crafty weekend! Have you ever thought about joining Stampin’ Up! and becoming a part of my team of Stampin’ Friends? check out my Join My Team page, or drop me a message today, I am sure you won’t regret it!


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Pop Of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Pop Of Paradise Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine

£3.25
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50
Simply Scored

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Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

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Spread the Love

Jar of Love card using Stampin' Up! Uk products

I shared a sneaky peak of this card on my Instagram account earlier in the week; I love sharing sneak peaks and other behind the scenes bits and bobs over on Instagram, you can find me over there as ‘StampinByHannah’.

Jar of Love card using Stampin' Up! Uk products

The flowers and sentiment are taken from Jar of Love. I love this stamp set, although I haven’t used the jars stamps all that much, I just love the flowers too much!

I have paired a couple of inks to create these flowers; Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry for the larger flowers, and Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder for the smaller ones. The leaves are in Mint Macaron and Emerald Envy

Simple die cutting card using jar of love from Stampin up uk

I’m trying to use ribbon on my cards at the moment, for things other than bows too. The burlap ribbon is just so pretty like this, I love cutting one edge off and allowing it to fray a little before sticking it down with Fast Fuse Adhesive.


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Global Design Project 053 | Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder

Thank you card featuring Swirly Bird and Thoughtful Thanks from Stampin' Up! UK

Oh yes, I’m at it again! twice in 2 weeks playing along with the Global Design Project. This week its a colour challenge, and I am LOVING it! Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder!

colour-challenge

I’m loving Night of Navy and Watermelon wonder together, really classy. One of the fabulous design team used the Swirly Scribbles dies and Gold foil paper on their project this week and I just loved the look and so used it as my starting point for this card.

Thank you card featuring Swirly Bird and Thoughtful Thanks from Stampin' Up! UK

From the gold swirl, I stamped some of the cute flowers from Swirly Bird in Watermelon Wonder and Versamark (for a touch of Gold embossing) and die cut them using the matching framelits.

Swirly bird card using Stampin' Up! UK productsThe Thanks is taken from Thankful Thoughts, and is stamped in Night of Navy. I had thought about adding some ink splatter, but I’m glad I left it off, giving this clean card.

Thanks for checking out my blog today, and I look forward to seeing you here again soon.


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Clearance Rack Updated!

Stampin' Up! UK Clearance Rack

Stampin' Up! UK Clearance Rack

Hello! Good Morning!

Just a super quick post for me (in addition to my regularly scheduled posts, you can find today’s card HERE!) Just to let you know that the wonderful people at Stampin’ Up! have updated the Clearance Rack! Head over there NOW to get your hands on some fabulous bargains, including some punches!

Takeout Boxes

£5.50
£2.20
Tree Punch

£16.00
£9.60
Sleigh Ride Edgelits Dies

£17.00
£10.20
Red Foil Sheets

£3.75
£1.50
Real Red Pompom Trim

£5.50
£2.20
Note Tag Punch

£16.00
£9.60
Mini Muslin Bags

£9.00
£3.60
Bouquet Bigz L Die

£36.00
£21.60
Brights Candy Dots

£5.50
£2.20
All Boxed Up Kit

£12.75
£5.10
Noel Notes Simply Sent

£12.50
£4.99


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Pootles Colour Challenge!

Pootles Colour Challenge using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up! UK

Pootles Colour Challenge

Right, its that time again, I’m on a challenge roll! My lovely friend Sam has this colour challenge on her blog every week and I have been trying for ages to join in but somehow life keeps stopping me – well not this week! I’m on annual leave from the day job this week and even managed to get the weekend off! (which was a last minute surprise!) so I managed to carve out sometime on Sunday to make a card for Sam.

Pootles Colour Challenge Birthday Card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

So, the colour challenge this week was to use:

I had so much fun creating the background of this card! I am planning a Make It Monday video, but it will be a few weeks before I get it to you (yes, I’m evening managing to film ahead of time!!!!)

This card uses Butterfly Basics, which is definitely one of my Must Have stamp sets, with the flowers heat embossed in white over the watercolour background.

Butterfly Basics Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and heat embossed in clear on Vellum.

I had so much fun taking part in this colour challenge….. right, I’m off to make another card for a different colour challenge, which you can see on Thursday!


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Make It Monday | Faux Metal Embellishments

Make it monday metal embellishments video tutorial using Christmas pines and Rose Garden from Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday with Stampin' Up!

I have a special Make It Monday for you this week, I am taking part in a challenge (nothing new there) set by the lovely Michelle Last for her team of Pinkies! The theme this month is heat embossing, and you can check out heaps of Heat Embossing ideas over on Michelle’s blog tomorrow – and vote for your favourite!

Make It Monday Faux Mental Embellishments Christmas Card using Christmas pines from Stampin' Up!

This technique looks really fancy, but is really really simple. Check out the video for all the details:

Top tips:

  • Detailed die cuts look best, I’m loving uses Rose Garden and Pretty Pines
  • Use Metal tone Embossing powder; Gold, Silver or Copper
  • Make sure your heat tool is good and hot before melting your embossing powder

Make It Monday Video tutorial faux metal embellishments using Christmas Pines and Rose Garden from Stampin' up! UK

I hope you have enjoyed this Make It Monday, don’t forget to pop over to Michelle Last’s blog tomorrow and vote for your favourite Heat Embossed card!


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