Quick and easy Birthday Card with Itty Bitty Birthdays!

I needed a manly birthday card this week for my Brother. He is a nightmare when it comes to birthdays (or any other present buying occasion!) and often asks for things like socks! So this year, he got socks… because my brain does not have the energy or the space to think of something else! Nor does it have the time to design a fabulous card for him… I know it’s bad, but really when it comes to guys cards, I’m of the opinion that simple is better anyway.

Musical Birthday card for guys using Itty Bitty Birthdays from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Sam is really into music, so using the Sheet Music background stamp is always a pretty safe jumping off point for his card. However, I apparently didn’t clean it very well they last time I used it, because my Crumb Cake image has patches of red! However, I really quite like the look… so I rolled with it!

Birthday card using the Sheet Music Background Stamp from Stampin' Up! and Itty Bitty Birthdays with StampinByHannah

I try to make a big thing of the sentiment on guys birthday cards, particularly when they are simple like this one. One of my favourite sentiment stamp sets at the moment is Itty Bitty Birthdays; it has a selection of great sentiments for Birthdays and celebrations, and I particularly like this bold Happy Birthday. Here it’s stamped in Early Espresso and punched using the Classic Label Punch.

To add a little something to the sentiment I also added Classic Labels in Pacific Point and Call Me Clover to finish the card.

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Happy Birthday with Needlepoint Nook

I have been LOVING the Needlepoint Nook suite this month… and I have even more inspiration to share with you later in the month as my Monthly Card Class features this pretty suite too!

Happy Birthday with Needlepoint Nook from Stampin' Up! handmade card from StampinByHannah

This card uses just about every one of my favourite elements of this suite… that super pretty swirly stitched stamp, the sentiment font, those lovely faux stitched stamped flowers… and don’t get me started on how GORGEOUS the Designer Series paper is!

Hand stamped Birthday Card using Needle and Thread and the Needlepoint Nook suite from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Booking for my Needlepoint Nook Card Class closes on Monday! Places are still available for both In Person and Online options… Book today!

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Inspire.Create.Challenge 038 | Needle and Thread!

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a fun sketch. I really love designing these, and like to keep things really simple so that you can let your imagination go wild on creating something really special.

Inspire.Create.Challenge Card Making Sketch Challenge

One of the things I really like to do with a sketch is take all the elements and move them around! I know, it’s a bit naughty, but really a treat a sketch like a sort of jumping off point, rather than sticking to the design religiously. So this week, I turned the sketch around and make a landscape card, rather than the portrait one in the sketch!

Needlepoint Nook Card using Rectangle Stitched Framelits from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This card is really quite subtle, and has lots of white space… two of my favourite card making styles!

The Rectangle Stitched Framelits have become a permanent feature on my craft desk, and so they found their way onto this card too to die cut a pretty piece of Needlepoint Nook Designer Series Paper.

The main focus of this card is that Stitched Circle, with the sentiment from Needle and Thread and some second generation stamping in Mint Macaron.

And that really is all that there is to this card. Clean and Simple!

If you love this card as much as I do, my March Card Class also uses the Needlepoint Nook suite. This month is the last time that my classes will be available both In Person and Online for a couple of months while I take some time out of In Person events to have a baby… so if you’re local, I would LOVE to see you!

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Hey Love Baby Boy Card

I have finally reached that point in my life when all my friends from university and school are having babies! I know that I’m in amongst them too, but I don’t generally make cards for myself, I do however always send a gift and a hand made card to welcome their new arrival.

One of my university girls had a beautiful baby boy in mid-February, and although I made the card the day she told us he had arrived I didn’t get around to buying the gift until last weekend! So, this is going out a little later than I would have hoped. However, I always buy baby clothes and generally size WAY up (like 6-9 months!) so I know that this isn’t going to be wasted!

Hey Love Baby Boy card using Stampin' Up! supplies with StampinByHannha

At this point I have to admit that I really don’t own that many baby / children’s stamp sets (I know that this is going to change!) and so reached for a stamp set with some really cute images instead. Hey Love is really a Valentines set, but I think it totally works for baby cards too! (or birthdays, or just because!)

I stamped the Otter in Memento Black ink and used Smoky Slate Blends to colour him in, with a hint of Flirty Flamingo for that heart.

Welcome Little One Baby card using Animal Outings from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The sentiment is from Animal Outings, which Stampin’ Up! doesn’t list as a Baby set, but it does have this perfect Welcome Little One Sentiment.

I thought the card was a little plain, so used the Basket Weave embossing folder to add some texture and finished the card with a cute bow of Whisper White Bakers Twine.

What’s your go to set for baby / children’s cards? I would LOVE to know in the comments box below…

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International Blog Highlight | Love Celebrating You

I made this card about a month ago, in preparation for this month’s International Blog Highlight with Kylie. So long ago that I then completely forgot all about it, until I opened my diary to plan the week and found the note! Thank goodness for my bursts of being organised!

Love Celebrating You handmade encouragement card using card stock scraps for International Blog Highlights using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

This is one of those cards that looks deceptively easy… and it is, there are just a lot of little elements! I have been playing around with this card stock scrap, die cut, idea in my head for a while, and I just love the way it turned out on this card!

This is a great way to use a bunch of scraps of card stock. I cut a load of 1 cm wide stripes of card stock in Soft Sea foam, Mint Macaron, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay, and adhered them to a scrap piece of card stock using plenty of Tombow. Once it was dry, I then die cut this fab circle using the Stitched Shapes Framelits.

How to make a fun encouragement card using Stampin' Up! products including Hand Delivered with StampinByHannah

The other elements on this card are some more die cuts using the Stitched Labels Framelits, and the sentiment is heat embossed and from the Hostess set Hand Delivered.

Do pop over, check out Kylie’s Blog Highlight Blog post, and Vote for this card to win a place in the winners blog hop later in the month

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Home to Roost | Sale-a-bration

This is another card I should have posted last week… and really its just a sneaky peak of the sort of project you can expect in my Email Newsletters.

I try and send an email out each week, it doesn’t always happen, but the intention is there! And I am trying super hard to get a creative project into every single one… I used to send exclusive video tutorials, but for the time being I’m sticking with PDF downloads while I get to grips with late pregnancy / early motherhood!

Home to Roost card using Sale-a-bration stamps from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This card uses the oh so fun Home to Roost stamp set which is FREE during Sale-a-bration (while stocks last, until the end of March).

You can find out exactly how I put this card together by downloading my latest Email, and don’t miss out on other Email Exclusive projects by subscribing to my Email List HERE!

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Just Add Ink #446 | Abstract Impressions

Well, this week’s Just Add Ink challenge was a bit of a head scratcher for me! The challenge is to create something using this image as inspiration…

Just Add Ink 446 Cardmaking Inspiration Challenge

I noted that a lot of the Design Team had taken the blue, and that beautiful background and used the Tin Tile Embossing Folder. Which is very nice, but not something that I own (I know, I shouldn’t admit to not having everything in the Stampin’ Up! catalogue… but my craft room really isn’t big enough to hold everything!). So, I took the flowers as inspiration instead, and the layout of the image.

Kindness Changes Everything Pretty Floral card using Abstract Impressions from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah for Just Add Ink

I did want to take some of the texture from the inspiration piece, and so embossed this fabulous die, from the Springtime Impressions Thinlits, onto a piece of Bermuda Bay card stock using the Big Shot Embossing Mats.

The floral panel on the side uses the Abstract Impressions Stamp Set, and a heap of bright and fun colours…

  • Pineapple Punch and Mango Melody
  • Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay
  • Flirty Flamingo and Lovely Lipstick
Fun embossed floral card using Springtime Impressions from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

The sentiment is also from Abstract Impressions and is stamped in Lovely Lipstick before being punch out with the Everyday Label punch.

This card is finished with a hint of Whisper White Flax Ribbon

Do pop over to Just Add Ink and check out what everyone else has made using the fab image as inspiration!

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Sale-a-bration Update!

Hey folks! Wow.. where did this week go! I should have had this blog post up for you yesterday, however, I felt awful and so didn’t get around to writing it (to be honest I didn’t get very far off my sofa yesterday either!). Never mind, I do feel better today, and so have made it up to my craft room this afternoon for a spot of crafting and blog admin.

Sale-a-bration!

We are now in the 3rd (and final) month of Sale-a-bration 2019! I cannot believe we are into March already, this year is flying.

Sale-a-bration is the BIGGEST event in the Stampin’ Up! calendar. It is a sort of super sale… but with a bit of a difference. There are 3 parts: SHOP, HOST and JOIN and each gets you fabulous benefits!

SHOP

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration 2nd release with StampinByHannah

When you spend £45 (or multiples of £45) you get to choose a FREE gift! How cool is that! There are some awesome stamp sets, Designer Series Papers, a kit and more! And we had new items added yesterday… so do pop over to my store to check them all out

Sale-a-bration FREE items…


HOST

For all this is designed for party hostesses, you can use this part of Sale-a-bration to be a super savvy shopper! When you spend £200 in a single order, Stampin’ Up! will give you a extra £20 in Stampin’ Rewards. These are like free credits to spend on ANYTHING in the Stampin’ Up! catalogue.. and there is a LOT of items for £20 or less…

Sale-a-bration Stampin' Up! Stampin' Rewards

JOIN

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration joining offer 2019

This one is my fav! Grab a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit during Sale-a-bration and not only do you get all the usual benefits to being a part of something just truly amazing, you get a fully customisible kit of goodies of a value of £170 with free P+P… and if you choose the bumper kit you get a fabulous bag too!

There are so many great things about being a Stampin’ Up! Demo…. the kit is awesome value on its own, but then there is the ongoing discount of at least 20%, quarterly exclusive magazine, pre-order periods for all catalogues and offers, exclusive Facebook groups, Events, friendships, and so much more!

You can find out more about joining on my Joining Page, or check out my Joining FAQ’s… or you can JOIN NOW!

Sale-a-bration Coordination!

I mentioned this in my Facebook Live a couple of weeks ago, but the products finally went Live yesterday. So, now, in addition to those fabulous free stamps you can choose as part of Sale-a-bration, you can also purchase the coordinating dies! No more fussy cutting of that fun frog!

Sale-a-bration coordination

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Needlepoint Nook Double Fronted Card | Facebook Live

This week’s Facebook Live is a bit of a waffle-y one… I’ll warn you from the get go! But I’m super happy with the card, so I hope that you enjoy!

I’ve got a few things going on at the moment; 2 fabulous card classes in March and my Stash Builder Club too… so before we jump to the video I thought I would give you a quick over-view

  1. March Card Class using Needlepoint Nook launches tomorrow! So check back to the blog for that!
  2. My March Facebook Live Online Card Class launched earlier in the week. I am super excited about this one, I have 5 fun cards already made using the Painted Seasons Bundle from the Sale-a-bration 2nd Release that I cannot wait to share with you. There are 2 options for this class; either Class only, or class and cardstock pack. Check out THIS blog post for all the information!
  3. Stash Builder Club… I LOVE this club. I did it a couple of years ago, and was reminded about it yesterday! It’s a monthly club that lasts 6 months, and each month you get to choose £25 worth of Stampin’ Up! goodies PLUS one of those months you also get to spend the Stampin’ Rewards and get at least £15 worth of goodies for FREE! Find out more and sign up HERE!
Needlepoint Nook Double Fronted Card using Stampin' Up! products with StampinByHannah

This fun fold, Double Fronted Card is super easy to make and is a lovely way to Jazz up a special card.

Measurements:

Highland Heather Card Base: 21 x 14.85 cm, scored at 10.5 cm. This is a standard sized card using A4 card stock, then cut 5 cm off one side

Very Vanilla: 20.5 x 14.3 cm, scored at 10.25 cm (or just folded in half!)

Short and sweet blog post this week… but I thought I would quickly write it before James gets himself out of bed!

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Just Add Ink 445 | Embossing with Country Floral from Sale-a-bration!

I have been having so much fun taking part in Just Add Ink challenges every weekend. This week I’m a little ahead of my usual schedule as I have been off on Annual Leave this past week and so managed to get my card made on Friday!

This week, Just Add Ink has become Just Add Embossing! I have to admit that for all I often Heat Emboss sentiments, my collection of embossing folders often gets forgotten about! However, one of the new Sale-a-bration items is the most gorgeous Embossing Folder, and I spotted THIS card on Instagram on Thursday that I just HAD to CASE! So, this week’s Just Add Ink challenge was right up my street!

Sale-a-bration Happiness Card using Country Floral Embossing Folder from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

This embossing folder is one of those thicker ones, so the dimension is just awesome! Here, I’ve pulled one of my favourite colours of all time, Fresh Fig, and embossed it, layered it onto a piece of Whisper White and then added it to a standard sized Gray Granite card front.

Of course, I haven’t just left it there! Because although this embossing folder is beautiful, the card needed a little extra something. So, I pulled out another product I haven’t used in a while (actually so long, I had to hunt my craft room to find it!), Shimmer Paint! To add a hint of shimmer to the embossed panel, I dabbed Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint onto the panel using a rag… but you could use a sponge, brayer, or your fingers!

Simple Embossed card using Country Floral from Sale-a-bration 2019 and Needle and Thread from Stampin' Up! with StampinByHannah

Because I really wanted to keep the embossing the main focus of this card, the rest is really quite simple. The sentiment (also embossed as it goes!) is taken from Needle and Thread, and the card is finished with a trio of Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

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