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17th February 2017

3D Friday | 5 Sided Twist 'n' Close Box

3D Friday Video Tutorial Pootles inspired Twist and close box using Stampin' Up! UK Products

Welcome to a brand new series of blog posts and videos! I am so looking forward to this… although I am a little nervous!… 3D items aren’t always my friends, however I am giving it a go… and there might be a couple of Fancy Fold Cards from time to time too…but this week I thought we would kick off with something a bit special (and inspired by my friend Sam aka: the 3D queen!)

This adorable little box uses less than half a sheet of A4 card stock, and the measurements mean that you could totally make this using US paper sizes too! I love a cute box, but sometimes getting them closed (and to stay shut) is a bit of a challenge, not with this one… it stays closed all by itself, just by the action of the card stock!

Measurements:

Card stock – 8 x 4 1/2″ (21 x 12 cm)

Score on the long side at 1 1/2, 3, 4 1/2, 6 and 7 1/2″ (4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 cm)

Mark the card stock on the same long side at 3/4, 2 1/4, 3 3/4, 5 1/4 and 6 3/4″ (2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 cm)

Score on the short side at 1 1/2 and 3″ (4 and 8 cm)

Designer Series Paper – 1 x 8″ ( 2.5 x 21 cm)

The Designer Series Paper I have used on this one is FREE! as part of Sale-a-bration… Inside the Lines is designed to be coloured in, but I have to say I am enjoying using it as it is!

Question of the day: What will you make this box for?

I had intended it for lip balm, but actually you could fit loads of different things in here, and I can already see a even smaller version for a posh chocolate!

Product List

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

£7.25

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

£0.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

£6.25

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

£9.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

16th February 2017

Global Design Project #074 | Special Reason for a Sketch

Global Design Project 074 Sketch challenge Special Reason Love Card using Stampin' Up! products

Hello!

Yes, once again I am playing along with the Global Design Project. I like to get these onto my blog during the first half of the week normally, but this week my scheduling went a bit peculiar and so here we are on a Thursday! This weeks Global Design Project Challenge is a sketch, and a lovely sketch it is too…

I am having great fun at the moment playing with the Special Reason bundle … so much so that it is my current Online Card Class! Yay! I have altered the sketch a little, in that I needed to change the shape of the bottom of the banner, but otherwise I have kept fairly true to sketch (unusual for me!)

Once I had cut and shaped the banner, using the Triple Banner Punch, I used one of the dies from the Stylish Stems die set (bundled with Special Reason) to cut this pretty flower. This set of dies is special… it cuts the inside shape of the flower, leaving it inside the cardstock. So, I then cut it again in Pool Party and used the out-line die to cut out the flower. To adhere the two together I sponged the middle of the back of the Pool Party flower with Tombow to give me a bit of wiggle room and allowing me to get both flowers perfectly lined up!

The stripy background is a regular feature of a GDP sketch, and I almost re-created it with ink… but I had a lovely delivery of Designer Series Paper this week, and so went with polka dots instead. The Pool Party Designer Series Paper is taken from the Subtles Designer Series Paper stack, a mountain of paper in four generic prints; dots, stripes, script and floral – very pretty. The only other colour here is Tip Top Taupe for the heart and the sentiment.

Thanks so much for checking out my blog today. If you live in the UK and don’t have a Demonstrator I would LOVE you to order from me, let me know if you want a catalogue and sign up for my latest Online Card Class using the link below

Product List

Special Reason Clear-Mount Bundle

[144720]

£41.25

Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack

[138437]

£20.00

Sweetheart Punch

[133786]

£14.50

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

£21.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

£7.25

Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock

[138343]

£7.25

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

£4.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th February 2017

Online Card Class | Special Reason

online-card-classes

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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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th February 2017

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

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…..

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.

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!

Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143272]

£0.00

Carried Away Designer Series Paper

[143608]

£0.00

So Very Much Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143343]

£0.00

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143314]

£0.00

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

£0.00

3/8″ Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

[143601]

£0.00

Tasty Trucks Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143300]

£0.00

Any Occasion Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143348]

£0.00

Card Tin

[143833]

£0.00

Hey Chick Clear Mount Stamp Set

[143331]

£0.00

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143359]

£0.00

Pretty Pocket Card Kit

[143832]

£0.00

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!

Product List

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

[143830]

£0.00

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

Butterflies Thinlits Dies

[137360]

£22.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

£2.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109130]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

14th February 2017

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

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!)

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!

Product List

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

£25.00

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

£7.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

£6.50

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141493]

£7.00

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!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th February 2017

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

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!

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″)

The 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!

Product List

Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack

[142733]

£9.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

£7.25

Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126949]

£6.00

1/8″ Circle Handheld Punch

[134365]

£8.25

Very Vanilla 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Satin Ribbon

[142794]

£5.50

Gold Binder Clips

[141673]

£6.50

So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

[144739]

£43.00

1-1/4″ Circle Punch

[119861]

£14.50

1-3/8″ Circle Punch

[119860]

£14.50

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 MK42UXHG. 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

12th February 2017

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.

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!

Because 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!

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 MK42UXHG. 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

11th February 2017

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

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 MK42UXHG. 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 February 2017

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!

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!

[contact-form to=’[email protected]’ subject=’Birthday Card Club’][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Address’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]

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!

Product List

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142823]

£24.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

£4.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126951]

£6.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

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!

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

9th February 2017

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!

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

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!

Product List

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

£18.00

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143359]

£0.00

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Sweet Sugarplum 3/8″ (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

[141428]

£7.25

Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[133739]

£7.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126976]

£6.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

£6.50

Blender Pens

[102845]

£9.00

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 MK42UXHG. 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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