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23rd March 2017

Global Design Project #079 | Theme Challenge

Global Design Project theme challenge using Carousel Birthday from Stampin' Up! to make a quick and easy fun birthday card

Right, lets get back on track… I am much better, my work hours are starting to even out again and I have a little more time to craft, much be time to take on another Global Design Project Challenge then!

This week’s theme challenge was a bit of a head scratcher…. I really wanted to use the Ferris Wheel stamp from Carousel Birthday but when I got the stamp set out the horse image jumped out of the box at me – so that is what I used!

I have been a bit naughty with this card actually, there are 3 stamp sets playing here… but I wanted a simple font for the sentiment, and I needed a bit of splater! sometimes 3 is better than 1, right?

The horse is heat embossed in Gold onto a circle cut using the Stitched Shapes dies; I am loving using them with the Layering Circles Framelits at the moment (can you tell?!). I almost coloured the image with Stampin’ Write Markers but it just didn’t feel quite right, so I grabbed for my current favourite stamp… the fine splatter from Touches of Texture. The splatter appears again on the background (a twice embossed sheet of Very Vanilla, embossed first with Gold Embossing powder then ran through the Lucky Stars embossing folder).

The sentiment is hand cut from Crazy About You and is simply stamped in Watermelon Wonder.

I hope you have enjoyed my card post today, particularly as I only made it at 10PM last night (yes, I quickly photographed it and got in on the blog scheduled for this morning! I am still a little behind with the rest of the week though!)

See you again soon

Product List

Carousel Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142832]

£17.00

Crazy About You Clear Stamp Set

[138859]

£35.00

Touches Of Texture Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143251]

£30.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

£4.50

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126974]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

22nd March 2017

Sale-a-Bration on Wednesday | 10 days left!

Yes, you read that correctly, just 10 days left to enjoy the perks of Sale-a-bration! I have LOVED Sale-a-bration this year, the freebies have all been amazing… and don’t get me started on that joining offer! But all good things have to come to an end, and this years Sale-a-bration ends on the 31st March… but it hasn’t ended yet!

So, why have I LOVED this year’s Sale-a-bration so much?

The FREE products have been AMAZING! seriously, free stamps just for spending £45!
Extra Stampin’ Rewards when you place an order of £200 or more!
The Joining offer …. seriously, TWO stamp sets totally FREE from the main catalogues, plus all the other awesome benefits of being a part of something awesome!

I have also achieved some personal goals too….

I have grown my team of Stampin’ Friends
I have earned FREE products of my choice
I have hit 1000 subscribers of my YouTube Channel
I have started my Online Card Classes and have a Random Act of Kindness event happening to celebrate the end of a fabulous 3 months!

but I still have a couple of other things I want to achieve, and I need your help in the next 10 days to help me do that….

I would LOVE to welcome another person to my group of Stampin’ Friends
and I am so close to a milestone sales goal that I can almost taste it!

So, can you help me?

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

21st March 2017

Nailed It in Bermuda Bay…

Mans card with tools using the Nailed It Bundle from Stampin' Up! to make an I'm Sorry Card

Tuesday, now, I normally share my Global Design Project entry for the week on a Tuesday, and I had intended to do that this week…. except my nice early finish from work turned into getting home at 7PM and so getting a blog post up for today was more important! however, I intend to make and share my entry on Thursday….

I am loving cutting tools using the Nailed It bundle at the moment… and don’t get me started on that paper <3 I just cannot get enough! Which is good really because with my crazy busy month I am a little behind on designing the cards for this month’s Online Card Class! I will share some sneaky peaks with you on Social Media over the weekend.

You can find out what is included in my March Online Card Class HERE, and I would LOVE to see you in class this month. Don’t forget that you class kit also includes a FREE Sale-a-bration item in addition to you fabulous other crafty goodies, exclusive videos and written instructions!

This card is put together in a similar way to the one I made a few weeks ago for Make It Monday (there’s a video for that one too!). The tools are stamped in Basic Grey onto Very Vanilla (to match the DSP!) and then coloured using the Basic Grey and Bermuda Bay watercolour pencils, blended with a blender pen to smooth out the colour. Then the card is finished with a few threads from a length of Bermuda Bay Thick Bakers Twine and some loops of Silver Metallic Thread.

Product List

Nailed It Clear-Mount Bundle

[144735]

£38.50

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

£11.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

£7.25

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Silver Metallic Thread

[138402]

£2.75

Bermuda Bay Thick Baker’S Twine

[138413]

£3.25

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

20th March 2017

Make It Monday | Sale-a-bration special!

Hello! Well, I suppose I should apologise for the lack of blog posts at the end of last week (and also a lack of a Make It Monday video this week!), I mentioned last week that I had to travel about 300 miles for a family funeral… well that went well, and I managed to get a bit of work done in the car on the way there and back, which was great seeing as the second I go home last Tuesday afternoon I was struck with a horrible cold. Now, I get colds quite regularly, but this saw me actually in bed for two days, I had to phone in sick to work, and if I’m not well enough to go to work, I am not well enough to film either! As I write this on Sunday afternoon, I find myself slowly recovering, but I still can’t film… well not if you want to understand what I am saying! So, I have the video that was meant to go up on Friday last week that I will schedule for this weeks 3D Friday and hopefully catch up with some more filming this coming week!

To make it up to you though I thought I would share 4 cards I made this morning with the Sale-a-bration Freebie Inside the Lines!

Ok, so this blog post is heading for the top of the ‘image heavy’ list! This first card was inspired by a sample I came across on Pinterest that had 3 panels of Designer Series Paper laid out like this. All 4 of the cards I have to share with you today use the fabulous Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper. I realised a few weeks ago when I posted another project using this paper into a Facebook sharing group, that I have used this paper a fair bit, but I tend to use it raw, no colouring, or colour added at all. So I though that really needed to change…. The paper here has a gentle layer of Flirty Flamingo added with a Sponge Brayer, and the card is finished with the sentiment from Beautiful You heat embossed onto a strip of Vellum and a trio of Enamel shapes (coloured with my black sharpie!)

This second card was actually the first card I made… or at least the first panel of paper I coloured. I pulled out my Watercolour Pencils for this one, I purposely kept things really soft… mainly because I also planned to colour a sample with my Stampin’ Write makers – which I did, it just hasn’t made it onto a card yet! The watercolour pencils are great! here I coloured the whole panel with Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie and Island Indigo, and then blended them with a blender pen to remove the pencil lines and blend the colours together.

This third card is actually one of the Make and Take projects from OnStage Local back in November! I am a naughty stamper at these things and find myself chatting more than making, but I try to make the projects when I get home. Anyway, I have changed the stamp set that the sample was designed to use, and grabbed for Floral Phrases for that Congratulations stamp. The single coloured panel here is coloured using Watercolour Pencils and a blender pen…. although I did almost leave it black and white!!

This final card is totally CASE’d from Rochelle Blok … and I couldn’t make a pile of cards with the Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper without leaving one un-coloured!! There are actually 3 Sale-a-bration freebies on this card; Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper, the sentiment is from Designer Tee, and the layer underneath the sentiment is a tiny piece of Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper from the Glimmer Paper Assortment.

There are only 11 days of Sale-a-bration left!!! you can find out all about Sale-a-bration on my latest Sale-a-bration on Wednesday post which you can find HERE!

Right, that is all from me today, I have a busy couple of weeks with my day job before my holiday to Amsterdam with my Stampin’ Up! girls at the beginning of April (can you tell I’m super excited!), so I probably should stop typing now and get organised for the week!

See you again tomorrow!

Product List

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

£0.00

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143359]

£0.00

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

£25.00

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

6″ X 6″ (15.2 Cm X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper Assortment Pack

[143831]

£0.00

Basic Black Baker’s Twine

[134576]

£2.75

5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

£6.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

£27.00

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter G2CDA7EA. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th March 2017

Sale-a-bration on Wednesday | The end is near….

Sale-a-bration ends in 15 days!!!! Oh my goodness hasn’t the start of this year gone quickly?!

Here is what Sale-a-bration could mean to you…

SHOP – earn a Sale-a-bration Freebie each time you spend £45 in a single order, earn multiple items by ordering multiples of £45 (for example, if you spend £90 you get two freebies!)
HOST – earn an extra £20 in Stampin’ Rewards when you place an order over £200
JOIN – Choose 2 stamp sets from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogues for FREE when you grab the starter kit!

There are still 15 items to choose from when you spend £45 (or multiples of £45) in a single order, but these items are now While Stocks Last! Grab them now before they leave us …. the Card Tin has already sold out over in the states!

The Joining offer is the best one we are likely to see all year, and now is the perfect time to take advantage…. you can find out more about Joining my Team HERE or over on my Joining FAQ page. I would LOVE to add another member to my group of Stampin’ Friends before the end of March…. can you help me achieve my goal?

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter G2CDA7EA. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

14th March 2017

Endless Masked Birthday Card

Handmade birthday card masking endless birthday wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

Super quick post today; I’m writing this in a bit of a hurry on Sunday night… in my Grandparents front room the night before my grandfathers funeral… however I have a happy card for you today

This simple but special card was made for my gorgeous mother in law a few weeks ago.

I love a good technique, and this card uses one of my favourites; masking! I used a strip of sticky note tape to mask before stamping the images from Endless Thanks in Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron and Bermuda Bay. The card is finished with a sprinkling of Enamel Shapes

Product List

Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140273]

£14.00

Endless Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138796]

£14.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131171]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126983]

£6.00

Brights Enamel Shapes

[141680]

£8.25

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter G2CDA7EA. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th March 2017

Make It Monday | Carousel Birthday Shaker Card Video Tutorial

Make It Monday Shaker Card tutorial using Carousel Birthday from Stampin' Up!

I was asked a question about this card a few weeks ago, and I realised that although this video has been on my to film list for months I hadn’t got round to filming it! I had great fun playing with the Carousel Birthday stamp set before OnStage last November, and even more fun when I realised that the ferris wheel stamp matches two of the circle dies from the Layering Circles perfectly!

I hope you enjoy the video… and do let me know if there is something else you would like to see. I love talking to you all about my creations, and would LOVE to see what you have made with this stamp set!

The Carousel Birthday stamp set coordinates with the Lift Me Up! Stamp and die bundle… particularly those cute cupcakes.

Right, that’s it from me for today, I have managed to write this blog post in the car…. and I’m starting to struggle with a touch of car sickness!

Product List

Carousel Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142832]

£17.00

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle

[144712]

£41.25

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

£32.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

£4.50

Brights Sequin Assortment

[138389]

£4.50

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

£7.25

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter G2CDA7EA. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

10th March 2017

3D Friday | Sweetie Packets with the Gift Bag Punch Board

3D Friday Sweetie Packets using the Gift Bag Punch Board and Me = Grateful from Stampin' Up! UK

On Monday I shared the card I sent as part of my February Thank You packs for my lovely customers, well today I though I would share the other thing that everyone received this month… a cute little packet containing a sweet treat, that is super simple to make using the Gift Bag Punch Board!

These are so easy to make! They take literally minutes, and a such a cute way to dress up a pack of sweeties. These ones also use the 2015-2017 In Colours, which are sadly retiring at the end of May (or more likely the beginning, seeing as they are likely to sell out pretty quickly!)

You can click on the names of the colours below to see everything that is available in each colour

The stamp is taken from Me = Grateful and I love that this stamp matched perfectly into the Decorative Label punch (that would be the awesomeness of Stampin’ Up!’s coordination again! LOVE IT!)

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 6 x 6″ (15 x 15 cm)

Using the Gift Bag Punch Board, line the edge of the paper up with the Start Line and punch, then score at the S line and the horizontal. More that score line and line it up with the Start, punch and score at S and horizontal again. Then move that score line to the Start line and punch again. Rotate your paper by 180 and punch at each of the 3 score lines and add the horizontal. Check the video for the assembly instructions

Product List

2015-2017 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack

[138432]

£20.00

Gift Bag Punch Board

[135862]

£18.00

Me = Grateful Clear-Mount Stamps

[139319]

£18.00

Decorative Label Punch

[120907]

£16.00

2015-2017 In Color Classic Stampin’ Pads

[142234]

£25.50

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter G2CDA7EA. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

9th March 2017

New Team Member Packets

Welcome to my team card using Stampin' Up! products

Did you see my blog post from yesterday? If not (why not!) but do go and check it out HERE! but I talked about the wonderful current Joining Offer from Stampin’ Up! I would LOVE to welcome you into my group of Stampin’ Friends…. but do you want to know what I sent to the last ladies that joined?

Just like I send things out to my customers every month, I also send things to my team! They get things from me when they join, as well as when they hit milestones or promotions, and some times just because! I LOVE sharing my stamping and they get some exclusive things just for them!

My lovely new team member Kathryn received a card and a matching note book, as well as some other exclusive goodies!

I spent a lovely hour or so cutting card stock to make these great colour samplers, and one of these is also included in my team member packs too!

I have a heap of information on my blog about joining Stampin’ Up! just click on my Join My Team button at the top of the page, or check out my Joining FAQ’s. Now is a great time to join Stampin’ Up! because you get to choose 2 stamp sets for FREE to add to your kit, as well as being able to choose £130 worth of Stampin’ Up! products and pay just £99 then get 20% off your future purchases!

Grab your Starter kit HERE and come and join my group of Stampin’ Friends!

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter G2CDA7EA. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

8th March 2017

Sale-a-bration on Wednesday | Time to join in the fun!

We are quickly approaching the end of this year’s Sale-a-bration! I cannot believe 2017 is going so quickly already…. how is already March… what happened to February?! anyway, the end of Sale-a-bration is coming, and I don’t want you to miss out!

Sale-a-bration is in 3 parts:

SHOP – earn a Sale-a-bration Freebie each time you spend £45 in a single order, earn multiple items by ordering multiples of £45 (for example, if you spend £90 you get two freebies!)
HOST – earn an extra £20 in Stampin’ Rewards when you place an order over £200
JOIN – Choose 2 stamp sets from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogues for FREE when you grab the starter kit!

The JOIN offer is by far the greatest deal of the year…. the starter kit (I much prefer to call it the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle!) costs just £99 and it fully customisible with £130 worth of Stampin’ goodies, it also comes with FREE postage and packing, and those 2 stamp sets as an extra! PLUS you then get to be part of something AMAZING!

Can I take a moment to tell you all the wonderful things Stampin’ Up! has done for me…. I joined back in June 2014, partly because I wanted my own business, but more because I LOVE the products, I LOVE crafting and I just wanted to give it a try…. well, almost 3 years later it has totally changed my life! I have done things and been to places I would never have been to, I have found a wonderful bunch of crafty friends, and I have even more opportunities that I thought when I joined in 2014… I am currently working towards a trip, I have been selected for Design Teams, and I I get to play with wonderful crafty goodies without having to pay for them!

I would LOVE to welcome you into my growing group of crafters….my wonderful team get a heap of benefits from me (as well as the great benefits from Stampin’ Up!) including a welcome pack (I’m sharing that tomorrow if you want to see it!), as well as exclusive video tutorials, and access to the videos for my Craft Classes for Free. They also get all the benefits of being in a smaller team, with the bonus of having the support and friendship of a much larger group of crafty friends too.

I’m sure you have more questions about joining Stampin’ Up! I have my own FAQ HERE, or there is another written by Stampin’ Up! HERE

If you want to join you can grab your Starter kit HERE! and I look forward to adding you to the exclusive Facebook groups, Pinterest Boards and chatting with you on a one to one basis too!

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!

Please support StampinByHannah, and enter G2CDA7EA. For orders of over £150 please do not use this code, as you are entitled to your own Hostess benefits!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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