Online Card Class | Special Reason

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Oh Yes! It’s the 15th of the month, which means….. its time for another Online Card Class Pre-Order! Yay!

This time we are playing with the Special Reason bundle! I LOVE this stamp and die set SO MUCH! I have already made heaps of cards with it (and I have another coming to you tomorrow!)

Special Reason from Stampin' Up!

This class makes 6 fabulous cards, 2 of each of 3 designs, and includes:

  • The Special Reason stamp and die bundle
  • 1/4 pack of Gold Foil Paper
  • 1/4 pack of Vellum
  • 1 pack of Whisper White Bakers Twine
  • Exclusive video tutorials for each card
  • A complete kit of all the card stock you will need to complete the projects
  • PLUS One Sale-a-bration item!

Online Card Class using Special Reason from Stampin' Up! UK

You can sign up for class below, and you also have the option of adding the ink pads to your class kit too!

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I use PayPal to process your payments, please use the email address associated with your PayPal account. If you don’t have a PayPal account don’t worry you can pay with a credit or debit card.

Class booking closes on the 28th February at midnight. Once this Pre-order period has closed I will be placing the order with Stampin’ Up! I expect to be able to post out your class kits on or before the 9th of March, Video Tutorials will be sent by email after class kits have been posted. Postage and Packing is added to every class.


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Sale-a-bration Wednesday | Inside the Lines with a gorgeous Butterfly

Sale-a-bration 2017 Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper Sending Wishes Card Stampin' Up! UK

Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Oh yes, it is Wednesday… and time to talk some more about Sale-a-bration! oh how I LOVE this sale! It is just awesome!

Now, I know that the Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper is totally designed for you to colour in…. but I am loving using it as it is – I will have to have a go at colouring soon though, I’m sure this card would look AMAZING with the paper coloured…..

Sale-a-bration wednesday Sending Wishes card using Inside the Line and Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up! UK

Did you know that you can get this fabulous Designer Series Paper for FREE? just by spending £45 before the end of March! Isn’t that just so cool, and how often to you get to choose your own free gift…. not often enough!

The stamp set and the die I have used on this card come from the Annual Catalogue, they are firm favourites of mine but haven’t had much use recently. The Butterfly Basics stamp set coordinates perfectly with the Butterflies thinlits dies, and that butterfly is stunning die cut from Basic Black card stock. I have manage a pop of metallic on this card with some loops of Copper Metallic Thread.

Sale-a-bration 2017 Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper Sending Wishes Card Stampin' Up! UK

Did you get chance to check out my Sale-a-bration bundles post from last week? I though I would share it with you again, it shows perfectly what you might choose in order to get one of the fabulous Sale-a-bration items!

How fabulous are those items! I had to put an order in last week (I had run out of Fast Fuse!!!! I know, I couldn’t believe it either!!!) and so choose the gorgeous Advant Garden stamp set… I cannot wait to have a play with it!


Question of the day: What colours would you colour this fabulous paper?

I’m reaching for my watercolour pencils…. so I might do an Old Olive and Melon Mambo combo!


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Make It Monday…. on a Tuesday | Thank You Cards!

January Customer Thank You Cards using Beautiful You from Stampin' Up! UK

Yes, I am sorry, it is definitely Tuesday today, but I am sharing the second part of my January Thank You gifts today

Video Tutorial featuring Beautiful You from Stampin' Up! UK

Each month I send the lovely people who shop with me a gift pack to say a special Thank You. These packs always include a hand stamped card, and a sweet treat (you can see January’s Sweet Treats on yesterday’s blog post!) and you can bump up your gift packs by joining my Code Club and using the Code when you order to get some free Stampin’ goodies – this month I sent Enamel Shapes.

Beautiful You is the most gorgeous Stamp Set, I am still having heaps of fun with watercolouring these images. However I chose to keep things simple for my Thank You cards (watercolouring piles of cards can be a little tricky!) and so I stamped my watercolour instead! I think I am on a bit of a Sweet Sugarplum kick at the moment, I have just made a stack of cards using this fabulous colour to kick of the next part of Sale-a-bration! (more of that next week!)

January Customer Thank You Cards using Beautiful You from Stampin' Up! UK

I don’t write inside the cards I send to customers… and I have no issue with you sending them on and taking credit for them either (anything to make your lives easier!) Do let me know if there is a stamp set you would like me to feature on my Customer cards… or if there is a sweet treat you fancy trying!

Measurements:

Card base: Sweet Sugarplum – half A4, folded in half

Matt: Embossed with the Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – 14.3 x 10 cm

Basic Gray: 7.5 x 7.5 cm and 4.5 x 4.5 cm

Whisper White: 7 x 7 cm and 4 x 4 cm


Question of the day: What is your current favourite sweet treat?

What, other than the fabulous Sweet Treats bundle?! lol, I’m a sucker for anything chocolate-y, actually I hit my local supermarket yesterday looking for bits for some upcoming projects (Easter is coming!) and found some egg shaped chocolates with a melt-y filling… yum!


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Make It Monday | Sending Love Hearts …. January Thank You Gifts

Make It Monday Love Hearts Mini Gift Bags January Thank you Valentines using Sending Love Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday

My Make It Monday has two parts this week… yes, it carries on into Tuesday! That means that I have videos for you today and tomorrow, Yay! oh, and something special coming on Friday too.

Each month, at the end of the month, I send every single person who has shopped with me a little something to say ‘Thanks’, I have changed up my gift packs for 2017 and they now include a hand-stamped card, a treat and my monthly update. I am really enjoying putting these together, and cannot wait to get started on my February ones!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Valentines Love Hearts Gifts using Sending Love Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UK

These cute mini gift bags contained packs of Mini Love Hearts sweeties. They use a tiny piece of the gorgeous Sending Love Designer Series Paper from the Spring Summer Catalogue. Now, I’m sure you are thinking, ‘Yes Han, its lovely, but its almost Valentines day, and I am never going to use all that paper!’ well, I challenge you to grab a pack, because I can be sure that you will use this paper for all sorts of occasions. One side of each piece is love-themed, but the other is more of a generic print; dots, stripes etc. and even the paper that I have used today could be used outside of Valentines season, its just so pretty. I can actually see some of the patterns used a Christmas… Seriously, a pack of paper for all year!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 14 x 7.5 cm (5 1/2 x 3″)

Score on the long side at 2, 6, 8 and 12 cm (3/4, 2 3/8, 3 1/8, 4 3/4″)

Score on the short side at 2 cm (3/4″)

Make It Monday Love Hearts Mini Gift Bags January Thank you Valentines using Sending Love Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UKThe sentiment is taken from the So In Love stamp set (that comes bundled with the most gorgeous thinlits dies!) and is stamped in Real Red, and punched out with my favourite punches. You can find the details of these in the product links below

All of the ones that I sent out were closed with a bow, I think this is my favourite way of closing cute bags like this one… even though I am definitely bow challenged!


Have you checked out my Sunday Colour Splash Challenge? This week we are creating cards with a fabulous Colour Combination…. you can check it out and enter HERE!


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Sunday Colour Splash | Need a Special Reason…. 96th Birthday card

Special Birthday card using Special Reason and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UK

We are so blessed in our family to have celebrated James’ Nannys’ 96th birthday in January. She is just such a special person, and so using the Special Reason bundle to make her card just made sense to me.
Special Birthday card using Special Reason and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UK

This card caused me so many problems! I had originally stamped and embossed the 96 onto Night of Navy card stock…. except I have totally lost the 6 die! I have turned my Crafty Office upside down trying to find it, I am hoping that it has fallen down the side of my desk (which is actually a chest of drawers) but moving everything to have a look hasn’t quite happened yet.

The Special Reason bundle is so fabulous, I am loving the dies so much. This bundle features in my next Online Card Class which launches on Tuesday…. I cannot wait!

Special Birthday card using Special Reason and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UKBecause this card was for James to give to Nanny, I had to stamp the inside too … it’s always James special request, that and that I put my details on the back. He is so funny

Right, what is the Sunday Colour Splash title all about….. well, I would LOVE to see you make a card with these colours.


Share your creations with me by clicking on the BLUE button below, and I will select a winner on Saturday 18th February 2017. The winner will be contacted by Email and announced over on my Facebook page, I will share the winning creation on my Sunday Colour Splash post next week… oh and I will pop a hand stamped card into the post for them too! Yay!


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How To….. Get FREE Stamps!

Don’t you just LOVE a freebie? and how often to you get FREE crafty goodies….. not often! Well, you can get FREE stamps (and Designer Series Paper, ribbons, project kits, etc.) during February and March.

I am LOVING the Sale-a-bration goodies this year (and the new ones that are coming on the 21st are just AWESOME!!!) to get Sale-a-bration goodies for yourself all you have to do is spend £45 in my Online store. You can check out all the items HERE

But, the best way to get FREE stamps is to grab the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle… because not only do you get £31 worth of FREE goodies with your kit, you get to pick a further 2 stamp sets for FREE, then you get 20% off your future orders, and there are so many opportunities to earn free products while you are a part of Stampin’ Up! too …. you can redeem demonstrator rewards (also called Flex Points) for free stamps, there are demonstrator offers, and many many other ways to get free Stamps too.

I would LOVE to welcome you into the team. For more information you can check my Joining Page, or check my Joining FAQs


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Birthday Card Club – Update!

Birthday Card Club Celebration Card using Balloon Adventures from Stampin' Up! UK

I LOVE sending out class packages and other special things in boxes, and the first round of Birthday Card Club members should have received their first month packages by now, So I think it is safe to share their Bonus Cards!

Birthday Card Club Celebration Card using Balloon Adventures from Stampin' Up! UK

This is one of those totally magical cards, where it looks like it took ages, but actually it all came together really quickly. Those balloons are fabulous to stamp with, and here I stamped them off once before stamping them onto Watercolour Paper. Then came the fun bit, adding water with an Aqua-Painter, not only does this smooth the image on rough textured paper, but also softens the image, giving a really pretty look. I actually think I could have gone one step further and added some spritzing or more ink bleeding. But they are still pretty!

The Birthday Card Club is still taking sign-ups! I would LOVE you to join us in February for some wonderful birthday card inspiration. You can find all the information you need HERE or sign up using the form below!

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Question of the Day: What is your favourite type of card to make?

I LOVE making birthday cards for specific people, but I think my absolute favourites are Thank You cards for all the wonderful people who shop with me each month. I really enjoy sharing my love of stamping with them all!


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Timeless Textures | I knew you could

Congratulations Knew you could Card using Timeless Textures from Stampin' Up! UK

I think it was the beginning of last month, I mentioned that I had chosen Timeless Textures as a reward for helping out at Stampin’ Up! OnStage back in November. It has taken me this long to get round to using it! I feel so bad, because I LOVE it, its such a great combination of textures and floral prints, and I really don’t know why it took my so long to get it inky!

Congratulations Knew you could Card using Timeless Textures from Stampin' Up! UK

For all this stamp set appears grunge-y in the box, you can get some very girly, cute stamping out of it! I have CASe’d myself with this one, using the same layout as THIS card from OnStage 2015.

The flowers are stamped in Basic Black and I added colour with the Watercolour Pencils and a blender pen <3 while the background(s) are stamped with splatter stamps from the set

Timeless Textures Congratulations Card using Stampin' Up! UK Stamps

I love this sentiment, it’s from the Sale-a-bration set Designer Tee – so you could get it for FREE when you spend £45 this month! Awesome!


Question of the Day: What are you most proud of completing this month?

I have been working super hard during January to grow my business, and managed to add to my team of Stampin’ Friends during the first month of Sale-a-bration! Very pleased with that, I have a big goal of 5 team members before October, want to help me succeed? You can find out more about my team HERE!


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Sale-a-bration Wednesday | Delicate Details

Sale-a-bration 2017 wedding card using Delicate Details from Stampin' Up! UK

Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Are you Loving this years Sale-a-bration?!

It’s it just the most awesome event, heaps of free goodies just for grabbing your crafting essentials (or something a bit special too) I am loving the selection of Sale-a-bration items this year. But I think one of the sets that will likely stay in my long term collection is Delicate Details…. I can see some gorgeous wedding stationary being made with this one, and you could even get the stamp set for free when you buy the card stock! Awesome!

Sale-a-bration 2017 wedding card using Delicate Details from Stampin' Up! UK

How pretty is this card? and super easy to do to, I added 3 of the boarder stamps from the set to a large clear block, and then stamped them repeatedly using Versamark ink. Then added white Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set it. The background was added in Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and Wisteria Wonder using the Sponge Brayer. The Congratulations sentiment is taken from the So In Love stamp set (which comes bundled with the MOST gorgeous dies ever!)

 

Want to get these fabulous stamps for FREE? Its really easy, each time you spend £45 in a single order during Sale-a-bration (now to the end of March) you get to choose a free gift! There are 12 to choose from; stamps, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, a card kit, and a great card storage tin in Gold! If you are ordering Stampin’ Up! will ask you which gift you have chosen once you have added £45 to your basket. Oh, and if you order multiples of £45 you get multiple gifts… so that means that if you spend £90 you get to choose 2, £135 you get 3 etc.

You can also get stamps from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogue for FREE, you just need to choose the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle and grab a Starter Kit! You will then get to choose 2 stamp sets for FREE, that could be a saving of £90! how awesome is that!


Question of the day: Which stamp sets are you going to choose for FREE in your Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle?

Of course, I don’t get to choose … I grabbed my starter kit almost 3 years ago and I am SO glad that I did! But if I had to choose, hmmm, I think it would be Letters for You and Butterfly Basics!


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Global Design Project #073 | Crazy About that Watercolour…..

Watercolour Smooshing Hello Card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK #GDP073

Oh I am so sorry this post is a little late today! I got called into work for night shifts on Sunday and Monday night, and just did not get chance to make my Global Design Project Card yesterday… but its OK, I’ve caught up…. while I wait for the UPS man to deliver my latest goodies from Stampin’ Up! (I LOVE delivery day, don’t you?! It’s like Christmas, and I have some new goodies coming that I cannot wait to share with you!)

Global Design Project Colour Challenge Blog

How fabulous are those colours?! I day dreamed about these colours at work last night, and made this card about 100 times in my head…. I was so pleased when it came out onto paper almost exactly how I dreamed it!

Watercolour Smooshing Hello Card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK #GDP073

I have taken the three colours; Daffodil Delight, Emerald Envy and Watermelon Wonder and used the watercolour smooshing technique to colour the flower from Birthday Blooms. This technique is so fun! Take your ink pad (or a reinker) and add ink onto a large clear block, add water and then pick up the water / ink mix with a piece of Window Sheet. I think I use a piece of packaging that came with my stamps! and then use this to apply the colour onto the card stock.

Global Design Project #GDP073 Watercolour smooshing how to

To make sure I got the colours in the right place I stamped the flower in a very pale ink (Sahara Sand stamped off once) as a guide, once I had smooshed on the other colours I stamped the flower again in black ink over the top. Now, I would normally use my Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure that you couldn’t see the original flower, but I can’t find the clear sheet of my stamp-a-ma-jig at the moment…. read; craft office is a disaster zone and I really need to spend this evening cleaning it!

#GDP073 Colour Challenge Watercolour Smooshing technique card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK

The sentiment is from Crazy About You and the Hello You thinlits (Love these!) and I die cut the Hello 4 times and stacked them together to make this cool dimensional sentiment. The finishing touches to this card were a bit of ink splattering and a trio of black Enamel shapes (that were once Garden Green in colour, but I have coloured them with a permenant marker to make them black… I LOVE them in black!). I have no idea what I was trying to say here, I am aware that the sentiment makes no sense what so ever, I am blaming a lack of sleep for my bad stamping, I mean really…. what was I going for?! lol

So, this is my corrected version!

Watercolour Smooshing Hello Card using Crazy About You from Stampin' Up! UK #GDP073

Thank you for checking out my blog today, and I hope you have a great day


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