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Fancy Fold Friday – Thinlit edition…..

Ok, So I thought I had finished Fancy Fold Friday (I’m planning on bringing it back soon, I just haven’t got round to making any Fancy Fold cards recently!), and then I found this on my desk.

I know that this really is cheating, but people are always so impressed with these cards, and they just look so complicated to make, but really they are so easy, and its all down to a die!

Stampin' Up! UK Circle Thinlit Festival of Trees

This card is created using the Circle  Card Thinlit die. Stampin’ Up! have 3 of these ‘flip card’ creating dies at the moment, this circle one, a label one, and a great snowflake one! Each die comes with a number of other dies to create a great card. These dies are wonderful! Trying to made a ‘flip card’ by hand is a right pain! This die, not only cuts the card to the right size, but cuts the flip shape AND creates the score lines! and all I had to do was run it through my Big Shot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwdGSYeIn44

To create this card I cut a piece of Real Red cardstock to the slightly bigger than the Circle Card Thinlit die, and ran it though my Big Shot. I also grabbed the scallop circle die from the same die set and a piece of Old Olive cardstock, and ran that through the Big Shot too!

I couldnt make one of these cards without using my favourite Festival of Trees stamp set, this time stamped in Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, and Real Red. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set, stamped in Real Red, and cut into a cute little banner.

The tricky bit of this card is cutting that DSP! The paper I have used here is from Santa and Co. (that one with the crazy dancing Santas!). To ensure that the DSP fits the card, I used the Circle Card Thinlit die again, but this time cut the DSP rather than cardstock. Then cut along the score lines to give me two pieces; one for the front and the other for the inside! Then its just a case of adding Snail adhesive and sticking it all together!

Over the next few weeks I will be revisiting some of my previous Fancy Fold cards, and adding videos! Like my Facebook page or Subscribe to my YouTube to stay up to date and get my latest projects straight away.

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Christmas Wishes Pocket Project

I do love a cute Christmas make – and this would be great to make for you children and grandchildren to remember why they love Christmas, why Christmas is so special, or to teach them a little bit about the Christmas story.

Before you watch the video, I recorded this a couple of weeks ago (and I forgot all about it!) and so I’m sorry for a waffle at the beginning about the Good Greetings offer which has sadly now ended.

 

 

I found a similar looking item in my local Craft Superstore, however, I thought I could totally make something similar at home.

Stampin' Up! UK Christmas Wishes Pocket

The measurements:

Cardstock = 8 x 4 1/2″ (20.4 x 11.5 cm)

A piece of cardstock that measures 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ (9.5 x 9.5 cm)

and 10 stripes that measure 3/4″ x 5″ (2 x 12.7 cm)

Score the short side at – 1/2″ and 4″ ( 0.6 and 10.2cm)

Score the short side at – 4 1/2″ (11.5cm)

Now, I think this would be a really cute idea to add to your Project Life or December Daily! but the pocket is too big!

So, to make a pocket which fits your project life: You need a piece of cardstock that measure = 6 1/2 x 4″ (16.5 x 10.2 cm), score the short side at 1/2″ and 3 1/2″ (1.2cm and 9cm), and the long side at 4″ (10.2 cm)

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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A Polar Pool Party…..

I love making Christmas cards, I take a heap of time over them every year. Most years I have made 50+ of the same card, this year, my first Christmas as a Stampin’ Up! UK demonstrator, I have made so many Christmas cards as samples, I don’t have to stand at my desk for hours over a weekend making all my cards! This is super exciting! I know it’s a small thing, but it just reminds me of the many reasons why being a Stampin’ Up! UK demonstrator is just the most awesome thing I have ever done!

Stampin' Up! UK White Christmas Pool PartySo, this is another one of my many Christmas cards!

I cut a piece of Pool Party cardstock in half, and folded it in half to create this side folding, but wide card. I stamped the trees from White Christmas in Pool party ink, on Very Vanilla cardstock, before adding the ‘Merry Christmas’ banner and polar bear in Smokey Slate. I added the Very Vanilla stamped piece onto the card base, but there was something missing.

I cut a lot of my cardstock down a little when making card bases (I just find it easier when doing ‘layer maths’) and so have a stack of strips of cardstock left over, which of course I keep! I added one of these cardstock strips in Smokey Slate to the top of the card, and added some of the ‘snow’ stamps from White Christmas.

Thats another Christmas card made, all ready for my family, friends or customers!

 

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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12 Tags of Christmas – Merry….

Its Monday! And in the lead up to Christmas, that only means one thing…… its time for another 12 tags of Christmas!

Stampin' Up! UK 12 tags of Christmas Seasonally Scattered

This tag is super duper simple!

The tag base is a 2″ x 6″ piece of Whisper White cardstock, punched with the Scalloped Tag topper punch.

I just adore the Seasonally Scattered stamp set, I will be so sad when it leaves us in January, but for now I’m planning on using it for as long as possible! So I used the Merry Stamp, in Real Red Ink, its just so beautiful!

I added some sparkle (I’m sorry, the picture does NOT do this one justice at all!) by dotting my 2-way glue pen around the image, and added some lovely glitter. I don’t use glitter all that often, I love sparkle but I generally opt for jewels and rhinestones over glitter, but every time I bust out the glitter I remember how much I love it, and wonder why it doesn’t get used more!

The string on this tag is the white bakers twine from the Tag a Bag accessory kit from the annual catalogue.

 

Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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All Around the World Stampin’ Challenge – AW 28 entry

I’m really trying to push myself at the moment, no only in my creativity, but also my business, my fitness (and so weight loss) and my job! I have a LOT going on! and I LOVE it!

But, sometimes a get stuck in a rut with cardmaking. This is when I turn to Pinterest, or YouTube, or a Challenge for inspiration.

This week, I took another look at the All Around the World Stampin’ Challenge Blog, a group of Stampin’ Up! demos from around the world, who complete 2 challenges a month, and have some amazing ideas. I am going to try and complete some of these challenges (not promising I’m going to take part every fortnight, but I will try!)

Stampin' Up! UK AW28 Festival of Trees Baked Brown Sugar Cherry Cobbler Mossy Meadow

The challenge this time was to use Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, and Mossy Meadow. This is why these challenges push me so much; I don’t own all the Stampin’ Up! Ink pads, I don’t have cardstock in every colour, and I definitely don’t have all the stamps! But, I do own the Many Marvellous Markers (and luckily for this challenge, the In-Colour 2013-2015 Stampin’ Write Markers).

So, I grabbed my Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler cardstock, along with a piece of Whisper White, my favourite stamp set from the seasonal catalogue, and my pens, and got to creating.

I used Mossy Meadow as my cardbase, with a layer of Cherry Cobbler (complete with pierced boarder!) and a layer of Whisper White. I stamped the Tree from Festival of Trees in Mossy Meadow (stamped off first) and added the tinsel in Versamark and Gold embossing powder.The tree pot I stamped in Cherry Cobbler (using my pens) and the star is Baked Brown Sugar and punched out using one of the Itty Bitty Accents punches.

I added the scribble backdrop of Baked Brown Sugar before popping the tree up with some dimensionals. The sentiment is stamped in Mossy Meadow, and the Basic Jewel Rhinestones coloured with Old Olive Blendabilities (have I told you how much I love those?! check out my latest Club for more!)

And that is my Challenge entry!

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Hannah Wilks

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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Fancy Fold Friday – Twist Turn Card

Its that time again! Fancy Fold Friday Time – and now we’re getting complex!

This week its the super cute Twist Turn Card!

I love this card, it make such a great birthday card, and is the perfect size to hold a gift card. Actually, while we’re on that – I love giving gift cards as gifts – who doesn’t love the gift of shopping?! lol, ok, but sometimes gift cards are really handy gifts (thinking here of any gamers in your life, I don’t know about you but I think £40 is an expensive gift, but I don’t mind contributing!) So, we give James’ younger brother gift cards, but trying to find a way to package them in a way that’s not really boring is a bit of a challenge. When I gave him a Twist Turn card for his birthday this year, I got a ‘ooooh, cool!’ a great compliment from a 13 year old I do believe! So, I haven’t included a way of attaching your gift card into the card, but that’s really because I use the Stampin’ Up! 2-way glue pen – if you use this adhesive when its wet (and blue) its permanent, but leave it to dry (and turn clear) it becomes re-positionable – and great for holding a gift card!

Stampin' Up! UK Twist Turn Card Gift card holder

Ok, so, to the card! The card base (Hello Honey, if you were wondering!), is cut to 8 1/4″ by 5 1/4″, score it on the long side at 2 5/8″ and 3 1/2″, and on the short side at 2 5/8″. Then, you need to make two diagonal score lines. Orientate the cardstock with the short side at the top, with the two score lines going horizontally near the bottom, draw a score line from the bottom score line at the edge of the cardstock, to the middle of the next score line, repeat on both sides – giving you an arrow pointing away from you. Fold on all the score lines. Stampin' Up! UK Twist Turn Card Gift card holder

 

The folds should be burnished well, of the card wont stand up well. The DSP used here is from the Moonlight DSP stack (LOVE!), and the stamps are from Everything Eleanor, and Something to Say, punched out uisng the 1″ circle punch, scallop circle punch, and Modern Label punch.

Let me know if you want a video tutorial for this (or anything other card)

See you again next week

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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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Pizza Box Style Chocolate Box!

I do love Chocolate! and papercraft – and how better to combine them, a super cute chocolate box!

Stampin' Up! UK Chocolate box pizza box style

 

 

 

Cardstock Measurements – 4 1/2″ 8

Score on the long edge at – 1″, 3 1/2, 4 1/2″, 7″

Score on the short edge at – 1″ and 3 1/2″

The cardstock for the top of the box measures – 2 1/4″ by 2 1/4″

 

 

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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Weekly deals – 5.11.14

Time for some more awesome weekly deals!

Stampin' Up! UK Weekly deals November 2014This weeks offerings include a lovely 8×8″ scrap-booking kit, and the Grateful Heart Thanksgiving Ensemble (MDS digital download) which makes lovely autumn themed party invitations. But also the Lovely Romance stamp set in wood mount, which coordinates with the Chalk Talk framelits. AND some great This and That goodies, Coaster Board, and the Triangle punch which could be a great addition to your crafty stash!

 

But wait, thats not all!

 

Stampin' Up! UK Blendabilities club

 

Also, I have an offer for you this week! Check out my new Blendabilities club!

Get all the Stampin’ Up! Blendabilities, along with momento ink (and refill), stamps, colour lifter pen, and Whisper White cardstock, for just £42.50 per month for 6 months. Each month you will receive at least 2 sets of Blendabilities, as well as a project and instructional video from me! How exciting, and a great way to get started with our Blendabilities – colour your projects happy!

 

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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White Reindeer …..

I just love the White Christmas stamp set, and although the trees are lovely, my favourite part of the stamp set is the ‘little detail’ stamps; the snow, the car, the snowman, and this great reindeer!

Stampin' Up! UK White Christmas dear

This card uses a Smokey Slate card base, with a Whisper White stamped panel.

I stamped the trees, banner, and sentiment in Smokey Slate, as well as a reindeer. I then created a mask and covered the hills, in order to protect the snow scene while I used a Finger Dauber to ink the sky using Soft Sky ink. I then stamped the reindeer again on a piece of scrap Whisper White cardstock, and fussy cut it (but not the antlers! I’m not that crazy!), before layering the reindeer over the original stamped reindeer with a dimensional!

Isn’t it cute!

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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12 Tags of Christmas – Under the Tree

Welcome to another 12 Tags of Christmas!

This week I used the Under the Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper – a wonderful heavy cardstock weight paper that is amazing for boxes and packaging, but has a hidden feature!
Stampin' Up! UK 12 Tags of Christmas Under the TreeOk, so, this tag is 6″ x 2″, and punched with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch.

The Under the Tree paper is coloured on one side, and kraft with a white pattern on the other. For this tag I used the Kraft side, and inked the tag with Old Olive Ink and a sponge. The white printed pattern acts as a resist, meaning that the Kraft cardstock takes the colour of the ink, but the pattern doesn’t! (this sort of thing always reminds me of some Tim Holtz products, and just screams to ink and spritz and alter). I then stamped the snowflake stamp from Trendy Trims in Early Espresso ink.

The tag was then finished with the Natural and Old Olive Two-Tone Trim (extra chunky bakers twine! LOVE!)

 

So, check back next time for another installment of our 12 Tags of Christmas!

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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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