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16th June 2016

Sending a Smile Your Way

I have a new obseccion. I’m letting you know this now so that you are warned that you are likely to see heaps and heaps of this thing in the next few weeks. I LOVE the new cooper embossing powder! Love Love Love! It is so pretty and a great alternative to Gold.

This card was super easy to make. If I am remembering correctly it was one of the first cards I made with the Love and Affection suite, and I love the copper accents. Not only does it use the copper embossing powder but the Designer Series Paper also has copper foiling details too! I have also recently received the copper metallic thread too, and it is stunning!

Ok so, did you know that there is 10 days left to book your spot on my June Stamp of the Month Club?! This month’s club members get the Love and Affection Stamp set plus the 12×12 Designer Series Paper Affectionately yours, and the card stock to make 8 cards! with instructions. Awesome! Want to know more, check out my Stamp of the Month Club Page.

Product List

Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141545]

£14.00

Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper

[141632]

£11.75

Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[141636]

£4.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126944]

£6.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th June 2016

Global Design Project #040 | Jars of Watercolour

Thank You watercolour Card featuring Jar of Love from Stampin' Up! Uk

Hello! I cannot believe it has been weeks since I joined in over at the Global Design Project! I have missed it, this weeks challenge is to CASE the Designer. This type of challenge always makes me a little nervous as the girls and guys over at GDP are so super talented, but I’m giving it a go

I love the stamp set Shawn De Oliveira has used on this card, and I almost used it as well. But I was totally drawn to the layout of this card, with the offset panel. So I thought I would use that instead.

Jar of Love was one of the stamp sets I knew I HAD to have when I first looked at the catalogue, those jars are just so adorable! I was actually making a different card when this one sort of appeared as if from no-where (I’ll be sharing the other card here on Saturday!)

That watercolour background was so easy to create; add ink to a large acrylic block and use an Aqua Painter to pick up the colour, and wash it onto the Watercolour Paper. I repeated it several times to get an intense wash of Flirty Flamingo.

I cant get enough of that pretty side panel either, stamped on Pool Party ink onto Pool Party card stock for a great tone on tone effect – similar to what Shawn had done with his card too!

I couldn’t use Jar of Love without using a jar could I?! so this one is stamped in Smoky Slate, with Pool Party ‘water’ and a bow of Flirty Flamingo. That ‘Thanks’ is in the same stamp set, is stamped in Smoky Slate too.

Thanks for checking out my blog today, hope you have a great day

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I will be closing this order on the 30^th June 2016

Product List

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

[142342]

£48.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

£7.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

14th June 2016

Oh! Jar of Love How You Light Up My Life!

Quick and Easy card using Jar of Love from Stampin' Up! UK

I am so sorry for the super corny title of this blog post, but I have been sat at my desk for about 10 minutes trying to think of something and that was the best I could do! I’m writing this first thing on Monday morning (for all you are reading this on Tuesday!) and its a strange week for me, I’m a lady of leisure this week as I finished my previous day job on Saturday, and don’t start the new one until next week. I am so excited for this new challenge! but instead of having an easy and relaxing week off I thought I would plan heaps of stuff for you instead! So, keep your eyes pealed for even more good stuff coming your way!

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Right, time for the card! We made this card last week at my Catalogue Launch Party. We had a great time making this card, and those little fireflies – so cute!

I have been playing around with card sizes recently and this is 4 x 4″. We stamped on the card base first with Bermuda Bay ink on Bermuda Bay card stock, before using the Bermuda Bay to stamp the jar on a 3 3/4 x 3″ piece of Whisper White. The sentiment was hand cut, but that bow is die cut using the coordinating framelits.

I had been struggling to find colour combinations for Peekaboo Peach, I’m just not a orange girl! but I really enjoyed this combination of Bermuda Bay, Peekaboo Peach, Smoky Slate and So Saffron. I would LOVE to see what you make with this colour combination! Let me see how this has inspired you by posting to my Facebook page, or emailing me a photo!

Product List

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

[142342]

£48.50

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£7.25

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

£6.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126957]

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th June 2016

Make It Monday | Create Your Own Designer Series Paper

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Custom Patterned Paper using Stampin' Up! stamps

Welcome to a new week at StampinByHannah! This week is gonna be a busy one, I hope your ready!

Last week my gorgeous Team Leader challenged her team to create their own Designer Series Paper using stamps! I love a creative challenge, and for all I have made my own Designer Series Paper in the past it has been a while! So, I stamped some 3 3/4″ squares using the Swirly Bird stamp set, and then made a series of cards with them!

Can you tell that I’m loving the Swirly Bird! I really enjoyed creating these cards, probably because I got to use a whole heap of inks! I will list my colour combinations at the bottom of this blog post, because I think they are fab, but all inspired by the 2015-2017 In Colours; Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Tip Top Taupe.

I think the easiest way of ensuring success with this is to try and balance the stamps and white areas. You can see I haven’t filled the paper with the images, they have room to breathe, but there isn’t so much white that the stamped images are lost. I find the easiest way to do this is to stamp your largest images first, and then add the next largest, and work back to the smallest stamps. The colour combinations are also important, here I have used two shades of the same colour (Delightful Dijon and Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder and Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron and Island Indigo) with a pop of a contrasting colour and a neutral (Sahara Sand) to pull the cards together and ensure they don’t clash.

The cards all all finished the same way, with the Thank You from Endless Thanks heat embossed in White onto a piece of Basic Black Card stock. Super simple, but very effective.

Colour Combinations:

Delightful Dijon, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler and Sahara Sand
Mint Macaron, Island Indigo, Pumpkin Pie and Sahara Sand
Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Tempting Turquoise, Sahara Sand
Tip Top Taupe, Early Espresso, Emerald Envy, Sahara Sand
Cucumber Crush, Garden Green, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand

Measurements

Card Base – 8 x 4″ (20 x 10 cm), Scored on the long side at 4″ or 10 cm

Whisper White Matt – 3 3/4 x 3 3/4″ (9.5 x 9.5 cm)

Basic Black – 1 1/2 x 1″ (4 x 2.5 cm)

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141749]

£23.00

Endless Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138796]

£14.00

2015-2017 In Color A4 Cardstock

[138346]

£7.25

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138327]

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138324]

£6.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

10th June 2016

Fancy Fold Friday | Double Front Card

Hello! Welcome to Fancy Fold Friday! I am loving the card this week. Whilst I was scanning through Pinterest a few weeks ago I spotted this style of card, something I hadn’t come across before, and I love it! I’ve kept it super simple for the video tutorial but I can see all kinds of fancy things happening with this fold.

One first glance this card doesn’t look like much….

Until you open it!

This card is super simple to create, You know I don’t do anything overly complicated! (one of the reasons why I’m a papercrafter and not a knitter, or a sew-er – that and I’m terrified of a sewing machine, but that’s a different story!)

So, this card uses the Gifts of Love stamp set from the new 2016 Annual catalogue. This is one of the stamp sets that is exclusive to Hostesses, or those who place orders of over £150 Online. This years hostess stamp sets are just fabulous, definitely worth spending that extra £ for. Oh, while I’m waffling about getting free stamps, Stampin’ Up! has a great offer this month when you spend £250, you get at least £55 of Stampin’ Rewards to spend on Hostess stamp sets or anything else you choose from the catalogue! how awesome is that!

Measurements:

Card Base – Rose Red – 14.8 x 15 cm, Scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Inner Card – Whisper White – 19 x 12.8, Scored on the long side at 9.5 cm

Matts – Old Olive – you need two of these – 10.3 x 6 cm

Layers – Whisper White – you need two of these – 9.8 x 5.5 cm

Product List

Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141796]

£9.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Rose Red A4 Card Stock

[108613]

£7.25

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Stampin’ Trimmer

[129722]

£27.00

Stampin’ Trimmer Cutting Blades

[126995]

£5.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

9th June 2016

Playful Designer Tin of Cards Card!

Designer Tin of Cards Playful Backgrounds Thank you card featuring Stampin' Up! UK products

I just LOVE being a part of Stampin’ Up! Last month, one of my demonstrator sisters organised a fabulous card swap. Card swaps are a great way of getting heaps of idea and inspiration, as well as giving me even more cards to share with you at classes and live events. I actually used one of the cards I received as part of the card swap as inspiration for one of my Make and Takes last night at my 2016 Catalogue Launch Party (and I will share that card with you next week!)

This was my swap card. I received the Designer Tin of Cards stamp set and Playful Backgrounds during a Stampin’ Up! event in April. I have already made heaps of cards with Playful Backgrounds but this was the first time I bust out the Designer Tin of Cards stamp set!

I am still totally obsessed with colour and the colour combination on this card is one I just adore; Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake. I made 12 of these cards is a flash! just a bit of simple stamping. LOVE!

Product List

Designer Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141739]

£23.00

Playful Backgrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141920]

£14.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131181]

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

£6.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

7th June 2016

Love You Lots Swirly Bird

Swirly Bird Love You Lots Stampin' Up! UK

Yep, I’ve been playing with Swirly Bird again! I’m loving the enormous combination of things you can make with this set; birds, boats, kites, flowers…. and I’m sure there’s more in there too!

I think this was one of the first cards I made with Swirly Bird a few weeks ago. I love when stamp sets come with coordinating dies for the smaller images, and this card uses all the smallest images from the stamps and dies.

Swirly Bird comes bundled with the Swirly Scribbles thinlits dies for a great 10% off! There are heaps and heaps of bundles in this years annual catalogue, I keep finding new ones that I hadn’t spotted before which is awesome!

The splatter in the background of this card is also from Swirly Bird, but the sentiment is taken from Love You Lots – one of the new Hostess Exclusive stamp sets.

I am totally inspired by colour at the moment, this happens to me in the spring/summer, colour becomes super important in my creative process. I love colour all year round, but even more so in summer. I would LOVE to see what you create using this colour combination too, leave me a link to your cards and projects in the comments below

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B7TH9MY6

I will be closing this order on the 30^th June 2016

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Big Shot

[143263]

£99.00

Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock

[141420]

£7.25

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£6.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

£8.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

6th June 2016

Make It Monday | Swirly Bird

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Featuring Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up! UK

I’m loving playing with some of the new stamp sets in this years Annual Catalogue. One of my current favourites is Swirly Bird, which doesn’t look like much it the stamp case, but once you start playing heaps of different images and ideas just seem to magically appear. This stamp set not only features a bird, but also a sail boat, flowers, and kites, and I’m sure much much more too…

I am loving the combination of Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry, and I’ve paired this with Pear Pizzazz and Smoky Slate here to create a really fresh colour combination. I can’t help but add Gorgeous Grunge to my projects at the moment, and so I couldn’t not add a splatter of Smoky Slate here. The Birthday greeting comes from the Tin of Cards stamp set which I am so happy has carried over as I just LOVE that font!

I hope you enjoy the video this week. I have been doing voice overs for Make It Monday videos, but really it takes so much longer that it just easier for me if I waffle while I work. Let me know what you think in the comments either here on the blog or over on my YouTube channel.

Right, that’s all for today folks! See you again tomorrow for another card using the Swirly Bird stamp set!

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

£6.50

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

£7.25

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131180]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131179]

£6.00

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

[130517]

£18.00

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

£15.00

Silicone Craft Sheet

[127853]

£5.50

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

£3.75

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

3rd June 2016

Sending a Smile Your Way

Hello, Sorry if you were expecting a Fancy Fold Friday Card here today, this week has been a little bit crazy and I just haven’t had 30 seconds to design or film a card this week. I am however continuing my week of big news!

On Wednesday the brand new Annual Catalogue Launched! What a great day, I love this catalogue so much and would love to share it with you! If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and would like a print copy of the catalogue, I would love to send you one. Just complete my Request a Catalogue form!

On Thursday I launched my Stamp of the Month Club! This monthly event includes an Online Card Class, a Free Facebook Event and inspiration on my blog too! I thought I would share my first inspiration card here today.

I did share this card with my weekly newsletter subscribers a few weeks ago, but I love it so much I didn’t want you guys to miss out! If you click on the photo above it will also take you to the PDF instructions. I try to include these card instructions each week for my Weekly Emails subscribers, I hope you enjoy them!

Do you want to join in my Online Card Class? Check out my Stamp of the Month Club Page for all the information!

To purchase any of the items featured in my projects please use the links above. To join my team of Stampin’ Friends select ‘Join My Team’ or send me a message!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

2nd June 2016

Love and Affection Online Card Class

Stamp of the Month Club Stampin' Up! UK stampinbyhannah

Hello! Welcome to a brand new event here at StampinByHannah! Today I am launching my Stamp of the Month Club!

Each month you will have the opportunity to join in the club, each month includes an Online Class as well as a Free to attend Facebook event, plus heaps of inspiration each week on the blog! This months Stamp of the Month is Love and Affection.

Isn’t it gorgeous! I’ve been playing with this set loads over the past few weeks and have made a whole heap of cards to share with you.

Are you ready for my first Online Card Class? Ready?

This month we are making 8 cards, 2 of each of these 4 designs. The Class comes complete with all the card stock to make these cards, PLUS a full pack of the Affectionately Yours Designer Series Paper, the Love and Affection Stamp set and details photographic instructions for each card.

Registration is open now until the 26th June, and Kits will ship on 30th June 2016

You can register HERE or by clicking the image of the cards!

The Online Card Class is only available to my UK based customers.

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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