This Little Piggy…. Flying high with Embossing Paste

Fun encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

A few weeks ago I attended a Stampin’ Up! team training event… as was totally honoured to be asked to present a technique to the other ladies attending. First of all this scared the pants off me! I have been suffering recently with my anxiety and panic disorder, but I am trying really hard to push through… and I knew that the ladies coming would be happy and understanding! So I agreed. Then came the next problem….What technique to showcase!

I have been making heaps of cards projects recently using Fine-Tip Glue… and did a video recently on how to use this fab glue as a Mask. So… I have a heap of projects to share using Fine-Tip Glue. But I thought today’s card was particularly special…

She Believed she could, So she did Fun Encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

This card started life with the background… The card base is Soft Sky, with a Soft Sky layer on the top. This layer has fab dimension thanks to Stampin’ Up!’s Embossing Paste which I have used along with the Pattern Party Decorative Masks to create fluffy clouds.

Fun encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

The piggy was stamped in Basic Black archival ink, and then ‘coloured in’ using Fine-Tip Glue. This takes a while to dry, and I left it overnight. Once dry I added a hint of Powder Pink ink with a sponge over the top and die cut the piggy using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits dies. The ‘She Believed She Could’ sentiment is actually attached to the bottom of this piggy stamp, but I didn’t want it underneath our flying piggy here… so I used a Sticky Note to avoid inking it when I stamped the piggy and then stamped it separately, along with the ‘… So She Did’.

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Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Santa’s Suit Cards

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Swap card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Last weekend I attended a Stampin’ Up! Team Training event…. and made two different swap cards. I shared THIS ONE last week, and have the second one to share with you today. Swaps are sample cards that we make for other demonstrators when we go to events, swapping is so much fun, and a great way to see lots of different ways of using our fabulous stamps! This particular event had organised swaps, where we signed up to make a few swaps on a particular theme…. hence why I have two different cards, because I signed up for a colour challenge swap as well as a Christmas themed one.

Make It Monday How to make a cute Christmas Card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up! Team Training Swap card

This card uses the Santa’s Suit stamp set…. which might just be my favourite Christmas Stamp set this year, it’s so cute… AND it comes with coordinating dies! Win! The Father Christmas is a two step stamp (another reason why I love this set!), the outline is one stamp, and then there is a second stamp to colour it in! No more bad colouring! Yay!

Measurements:

Card base – Garden Green – 10.5 x 29.7 cm, Score on the long edge at 14.85 cm

Whisper White Layer – 10 x 14.3 cm

Be Merry Designer Series Paper -4 x 13.8 cm

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Swap card using Santa's Suite from Stampin' Up!

I’ve grabbed the Christmas Designer Series Paper from the annual catalogue. The Be Merry Designer Series Paper is one of those things that you could easily be missed… but it coordinates with a gorgeous stamp set and a heap of fun embellishments. I can also see this paper for projects other than Christmas…. as it has great mix of Christmas images and basic patterns.

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How To… Stamping with Painted Harvest from Stampin’ Up!

As usual on a Saturday, I have a quick How To… video for you

This weeks video features the Painted Harvest Stamp set. My Online Card Class for this stamp set closes today! You can find out more about it HERE!

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Pootlers Team Blog Hop | Snowflake Sentiments

Pootlers Team Blog Hop Christmas Card using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

Pootles Stampin' Up! Team Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to another Pootler’s Team Blog Hop! We love doing these hops, sharing what we love with all of you! This time we are all sharing projects made using items from the new Stampin’ Up! Autumn / Winter catalogue. I am totally in love with this catalogue, and had a very hard time writing my ‘must have’ list this year….. but there was one bundle that was right at the top of my list…. Snowflake Sentiments!

Pootles Papercraft Team Blog Hop Watercolour Christmas Card using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

This stamp set just screamed ‘Watercolour’ to me…. and I couldn’t help but make a Watercolour Smooshing card with it for my first make!

I love watercolour techniques (actually I love playing with techniques in general…. but watercolour is up there with my favourites!) and this one is particularly easy: Grab yourself a large Clear Block (or a tile, glass cutting matt, or other surface to use as your ‘palette’) and add ink to it…. I simply just smoosh my ink pad onto the block usually! add some water, and then pick up the ink and water mixture with a piece of Window Sheet (or one of those pieces that come with your photopolymer stamps!). This becomes your ‘brush’…. touch the Window Sheet to a piece of watercolour paper, and move it around to create some fun watercolour effects!

The background here is in Dapper Denim, Pool Party and Smoky Slate.

Pootlers Team Blog Hop Christmas Card using Snowflake Sentiments from Stampin' Up!

The sentiment can be added to your watercolour paper before or after the watercolour process…. you get different effects depending on which order you do each step in, but be sure to heat emboss your sentiment in White Stampin’ Emboss Powder to ensure it really pops through that watercolour!

StampinByHannah Stampin' Up! Colour Inspiration Dapper Denim Pool Party Smoky Slate

This card was finished with that fun boarder die cut from the watercolour paper, and a couple of swirls die cut from Silver Foil Paper!

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Techniques Series | 2 Step Stampin’

Technique Card Making Video Tutorial 2 step stamping using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!

Stamping Techniques Series

This technique is one of my stamping favourites…. 2 Step Stamping. It requires a certain type of stamp, designed especially for it, but it creates stunning results. Stampin’ Up! have a whole heap of stamps designed for 2 Step Stamping…. I will list a few at the bottom of this post… but the one I am using today is Bike Ride.

I was lucky enough to receive this stamp set for free when I attended Stampin’ Up! OnStage last April. It is a fun mix of images, all based around a bicycle…. but I know that there are lots of ways to use it leaving the bike behind. Today though, I am using the lovely bicycle to create two cards; one for the girls, and one for the guys!

Girls and Guys cards video tutorial how to 2 step stamp using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!

This stamp set is special because its not just the bicycle that uses 2 Step Stamping, but the accessories also feature the same technique. The girls version uses Flirty Flamingo and Basic Black for the bicycle, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso for the basket, and Pear Pizzazz and Melon Mambo for the flowers. These stamps line up really easily without the need for a stamp positioning tool; like the Stamp-a-ma-jig

Technique Card Making Video Tutorial 2 step stamping using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!Both of these cards also feature a piece of the Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper… actually, its the same piece of Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper. I love that our papers are double sided, and quite often I have to debate which side I love more! I have toned down the brightness of the paper here by layering a piece of Vellum over the top, just to stop that lovely bicycle from getting lost.

One of my favourite features of this stamp set is the it comes bundled with coordinating dies…. no need to attempt to fussy cut that bike! All bundles in the Stampin’ Up! catalogue are a great deal, you get 10% off by buying a bundle compared to buying the stamps and dies separately!

The boys version uses Pacific Point, Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Tangerine Tango, and replaces the flowers with a stack of books!

Measurements:

Card Base – 29.7 x 10.5 cm, scored at 14.8 cm

Designer Series paper – 7.5 x 12 cm (although it will be shorter than this in the end, due to that fun ripped edge!)

Vellum – 7 x 12 cm

Techniques Series 2 Step Stamping using Bike Ride from Stampin' Up!

I have left sentiments off these cards; partly because I couldn’t think of a sentiment I wanted to use, but also these would be great ‘just because’ cards to send a kind note and make someone smile!


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This Little Piggy Birthday Card

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

I love making birthday cards for my family. Yesterday was my dad’s birthday, unfortunately he is out of the country this week with work, so instead we had a sort of farewell / birthday dinner a few weeks ago… which mum sort of sprang on me. I usually fairly organised when it comes to these special cards, but suddenly I need a card for my dad over a fortnight early!

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

This card uses This Little Piggy…. which I’m sure doesn’t immediately spring to mind when your thinking of men’s birthday cards, but I think it works! I did add a hint of Powder Pink watercolour to Mr. Piggy, but it was so light that the camera didn’t pick it up. This particular piggy stamp does come with a sentiment attached, I just masked it off with a piece of Sticky Note when inking the stamp with Basic Black Archival ink, but you could perform some stamping surgery and cut it off if you wanted to!

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

The Designer Series Paper is a strip 4 cm wide of the Colour Theory Designer Series Paper Stack in Dapper Denim. Have you noticed how much Dapper Denim I have used recently? I am currently on a bit of a use it all up mission…. I just have so much of it!

The sentiment is from Sweet Cupcake… I just love the cute birthday font, and it fits perfectly in the Classic Label punch too.

This card was finished with a spritz of Dapper Denim Stampin’ Write Marker. My dad loved it!

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StampinByHannah Facebook Live 7th September 2017

I started something new last week…..I love doing video tutorials, and I love talking with all of you, so I thought I would combine the two and start doing Facebook Live! Now, I would LOVE to be able to do this every week, but with my new work schedule I just can’t. I am hoping that I can do one every other week, on a Thursday…. but there will be weeks where this has to change. I have posted the date for the next one on my Facebook page, and will have a list of upcoming dates at the end of this post too.

If you haven’t check out my Facebook page yet, you can find it at facebook.com/stampinbyhannah

I’m still trying to work out how to stop my videos being so wide….. but you can also find this video on my YouTube channel

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Facebook Live Video Tutorial Create a non traditional Christmas Card using Carols of Christmas from Stampin' Up!

This cute card uses the Carols of Christmas stamp set and the new Merry Music Speciality Designer Series paper:

Card base – 21 x 14.85 cm, scored on the long edge at 10.5 cm

Merry Music DSP – 10 x 14.3 cm

Berry Burst Layer – 6.5 x 8 cm

Whisper White Layer – 6 x 7.5 cm

Facebook Live video tutorial how to make a cute card using Painted Harvest from Stampin' Up!

This fun card uses the Painted Harvest stamp set, and the coordinating Leaf Punch. I am LOVING this stamp set at the moment, and have an Online Card Class with this one at the moment. You can find out all the information HERE…. the class includes the bundle, along with a heap of other goodies, and 3 exclusive card video tutorials! Class sign up ends on the 15th…. and you can sign up by dropping me an email to stampinbyhannah(at)outlook.com

Card base – Early Espresso – 10.5 x 29.7 cm, scored on the long edge at 14.85 cm

Tangerine Tango Layer – 9 x 13.3 cm

Very Vanilla Layer – 8.5 x 12.8 cm

Strip of Very Vanilla that is 2.5 cm wide, and over 8 cm long for the sentiment

Facebook Live video Tutorial How to create your own Patterned Paper using Stamps Good Tidings Stampin' Up!This card is an alternative colour version of THIS card that I shared this morning! This version uses Old Olive, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo…. an can you tell that I made a mistake? I’m not going to point it out…. but do leave me a comment if you think you know

Card Base – Old Olive – 10.5 x 29.7 cm, scored on the long edge at 14.85 cm

Crumb Cake Layer – 10 x 14.3 cm

Whisper White Layer – 9.5 x 13.8 cm

Upcoming Facebook Live Dates:

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DIY Designer Series Paper with Good Tidings

Creating your own Designer Series Paper using Good Tidings from Stampin' Up!

I love finding different ways to use my stamps…. and one of the techniques I don’t do nearly enough is creating my own Designer Series Paper using stamps! I love doing this kind of repetitive stamping, creating something unique each time, and a truly hand made creation!
Handmade Christmas card with DIY Designer Series Paper with Good Tidings from Stampin' Up!

This card features the Good Tidings stamp set (I am totally in LOVE with this one!). This awesome stamp set creates two sizes of holly sprigs with some 2-step stamping. Did you see THIS card I made with this stamp set last week. I am also using a different colour combination from the traditional Christmas…. although I wasn’t sure that it was going to work when I first started stamping! The leaves are in Old Olive and Tranquil Tide, and the berries are Rich Razzleberry and Fresh Fig.

Creating your own Designer Series Paper using Good Tidings from Stampin' Up!

This rich colour combo is set against Early Espresso for a classic styled Christmas Card. The sentiment is also taken from Good Tidings, and is stamped in Tranquil Tidy, die cut with the Layered Circles framelits and layered with a scalloped circle of Early Espresso.

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Make It Monday | Faux Stained Glass meets Happy Birthday Gorgeous!

Make It Monday Team Training Swap card Faux Stained Glass technique using Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

I blogged a card using this technique a few weeks ago, after making THAT card I was working on some swap cards for a recent team training event (that was yesterday, and I will tell you more about it later in the week!) and couldn’t help but use the same design and technique. I love attending crafty events, particularly when they are with my team or Stampin’ Up! One of our favourite things to do at events is to swap creative ideas. This particular swap had a theme, a colour combination of; Island Indigo, Soft Sky, Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White.

Make It Monday Team Training Swap card Faux Stained Glass technique using Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

I love the soft look of this card. The Faux Stained Glass technique is a really lovely way to get more out of your Stampin’ Write markers…. Please check the video tutorial for full details.

Measurements:

Card base – 29.6 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 14.8 cm

Whisper White – 12.8 x 8.5 cm

Vellum – 12.8 x 8.5 cm

Island Indigo – 10.5 x 1 cm

Make It Monday Team Training Swap card Faux Stained Glass technique using Happy Birthday Gorgeous from Stampin' Up!

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How to….. Stampin’ Up! Trimmer Tour!

Stampin' Up! Trimmer Tour Video

Hello! I am just popping in really quickly this morning to let you know I have a fun video up on my YouTube channel this morning…. all about the Stampin’ Trimmer.

This is one of my most used and favourite tools in my craft room, and I hope you love it too.

Let me know if you are loving this fun How to…. series, and what you would love to see!

See you again soon!


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