Swirly Bird - StampinbyHannah

27th June 201824th June 2018

Inspire.Create.Challenge 021 | Fun Children’s Card using Swirly Bird

Fun card for a little boy using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenge 021 Fun Children’s Card using Swirly Bird

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge was a tricky one of me! I don’t make many cards for kids…. seeing as I don’t have any of my own… you wouldn’t think I actually set the challenges for Inspire.Create.Challenge would you?!

A few months ago the lovely Sarah-Jane from the Inspire.Create team gave me THIS pretty card, it’s been sitting on my card display ever since…. and this weekend I decided that the idea would be perfect for a kids card!

The sail boat comes from the Swirly Bird stamp set. I’ve stamped it here in Lemon Lime Twist, night of Navy and Grey Granite (stamped off once)… and fussy cut it before adhering it to the Whisper White square die cut using the Layering Squares Framelits. The scalloped Lemon Lime Twist Square uses the same set of dies.

The background uses 3 die cuts of Night of Navy using the coordinating Swirly Scribbles dies… to adhere them to the card base I did add some Multi-Purpose Adhesive sheet to the back of the card stock before die cutting, but you could use liquid glue to get the same effect.

Don’t forget to check out the other Kid’s Card inspiration over at Inspire.Create.Challenge, and create your own and share it with us there too!

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141749]

£23.00

Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

[141497]

£25.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£8.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

£8.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

£33.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147110]

£7.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147145]

£7.00

Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147118]

£7.00

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

[144106]

£9.25

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Hannah McCurley

10th April 20185th April 2018

International Blog Highlights | Swirly Bird Baby Card…

Cute little bird baby card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlights Swirly Bird Baby Card…

Oh my! This month’s Blog Highlight was a challenge! I’m just coming onto the phase in my life where everyone is having babies… and so making baby cards isn’t something I’ve done all that much of! I have just bought one of the baby themed stamp sets from the Annual catalogue because one of my best girl friends is due a baby any day…. but neither have arrived yet! So, I had to turn to my existing stamp collection…. and at that point I got stuck!

Pinterest to the rescue… and THIS card from the lovely Pat Tecza… and so this card was born!

I haven’t taken Swirly Bird off the shelf for ages… I’d forgotten how much I love it! The card base has been stamped in Soft Sky ink onto Soft Sky card stock for a fun tone on tone effect. Then there is a hint of something special with a couple of stripes of Washi Tape down the right hand side

The Congratulations is taken from the Home Life bundle. I’ve been using this one a LOT recently, it’s got some really handy sentiments… and don’t get my started on that font!

I completed this card with a fun double bow in Pool Party solid Bakers Twine.

Check out everyone else’s fun Baby themed card ideas HERE! Where you can also vote for your favourite…

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141749]

£23.00

Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

[141497]

£24.00

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

[131292]

£7.25

Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131181]

£6.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£7.25

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141394]

£6.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

Home Life Photopolymer Bundle

[145311]

£50.25

Basics Pack 3 Washi Tape

[144223]

£7.25

Pool Party Solid Baker’S Twine

[144353]

£2.75

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Hannah McCurley

17th April 2017

Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Card using Swirly Bird

Make It Monday Card making Video Tutorial Birthday Card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up!

Happy Bank holiday Monday! I hope you are all planning a lovely relaxing day, I am of course off to work today… the joys of working in Social Care! However, just because it is a bank holiday doesn’t mean that I haven’t made you a fun Make It Monday video, I hope you enjoy this one, I had loads of fun making it!

I was totally inspired by a sample I found on Pinterest, it used a totally different die set, but the idea of using swirly dies as flowers stuck. Swirly Bird currently comes bundles with the Swirly Scribbles dies (to save you 10%) but this bundle retires on the 31st May… you will still be able to get both the stamps and dies, but you won’t be getting that fabulous discount. You can check the Retiring list now, and don’t forget to use my Code Club Code for something extra special too!

Measurements:

Rose Red Card stock: half an A4 sheet, folded in half (21 x 14.8 cm, scored at 10.5 cm)

Whisper White: 10 x 14.3 cm

The Happy Birthday sentiment comes from Butterfly Basics (another set I am excited to see carry over into the new Annual Catalogue!), I love the mixture of fonts on this one…. I am such a sucker for a good font… especially when it’s stamped in pink!

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

£33.00

Rose Red A4 Card Stock

[108613]

£7.25

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

£7.25

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

5th April 2017

Global Design Project #081 | Endless Birthday Wishes with a Swirly Bird

Global Design Project #081 Endless Birthday Wishes with Swirly Bird Stampin' Up! Birthday Card

I always enjoy taking part in Global Design Project Challenges, but I think the colour ones are my favourite. I love being given a set of colours I had never thought of using together and seeing what I can create, saying that this week’s colour challenge was a little different

I always enjoy using Night of Navy and Whisper White together, but that Free Choice was tricky! I have a couple of go to choices…. Watermelon Wonder or Melon Mambo…. but I didn’t want to use them this time. So I spun my Colour Caddy with my eyes closed and selected an ink that way, so ended up with Flirty Flamingo!

My current Online Card Class uses the Swirly Bird Bundle, I LOVE this stamp set. I have had so much fun making cards with Swirly Bird ready for my ladies (and gentlemen) this month. The coordinating dies not only cut out some of the stamped images, but add to the cards you make with accent pieces like this swirl!

The only (little) issue with Swirly Bird is that it doesn’t include any sentiments… however, there are some lovely sentiment sets in both the Annual and Spring Summer catalogue. This card uses Endless Birthday Wishes, (how cute is that font!) I love this stamp set, but it doesn’t come of the shelf very often… maybe I’ll have to get it out again soon!

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140273]

£14.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£7.25

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

£7.25

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

24th January 2017

Global Design Project 071 – 3D Squishy bag!

Global Design Project 3D challenge Pop of Pink squishy bag

I LOVE taking part in challenges! I am trying to join in with the Global Design Project every single Tuesday (which to be honest is a challenge in itself!) but I am currently also challenging myself in other ways too, I think 2017 might just be the year of the challenge!

I will openly admit that this challenge scared the pants of me (and I almost didn’t bother this week!) 3D is a really struggle for me, I am not blessed with that skill of being able to see a 3D project and then make it! and I had a quick look through my die collection, but there is nothing 3D in there either….. so I turned to Pinterest and remembered THIS fabulous project by my lovely friend Sam, I had been meaning to have a go at this bag, well this was my opportunity!

The bag itself is really simple;

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 12 x 6″ (30.5 x 15 cm)

Score on the long side at 3 3/4, 5 3/4, 9 1/2 and 11 1/2″ (9.5, 14.5, 24, 29 cm)

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

I have used the Pop of Pink Speciality Designer Series Paper (which I have been hoarding, because it is just so damn pretty!) and it sent me onto a bit of a Gold kick! The panel on the front of the bag is 2 x 2 3/4″ and I coated it in Versamark and heat embossed it in Gold embossing powder! The layer on the top is 1 3/4 x 2 1/2″ of Whisper White, and I’ve used the Swirly Bird stamp set to add a touch of Flirty Flamingo (all that Gold was getting a bit too much!)

Thanks so much for checking out my little corner of the internet today, and I hope to see you again soon!

Product List

Pop Of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper

[141648]

£11.75

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

£3.75

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

£4.50

Gold 5/8″ Satin Ribbon

[134547]

£6.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

£6.00

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

15th September 2016

Global Design Project 053 | Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder

Thank you card featuring Swirly Bird and Thoughtful Thanks from Stampin' Up! UK

Oh yes, I’m at it again! twice in 2 weeks playing along with the Global Design Project. This week its a colour challenge, and I am LOVING it! Gold, Night of Navy and Watermelon Wonder!

I’m loving Night of Navy and Watermelon wonder together, really classy. One of the fabulous design team used the Swirly Scribbles dies and Gold foil paper on their project this week and I just loved the look and so used it as my starting point for this card.

From the gold swirl, I stamped some of the cute flowers from Swirly Bird in Watermelon Wonder and Versamark (for a touch of Gold embossing) and die cut them using the matching framelits.

The Thanks is taken from Thankful Thoughts, and is stamped in Night of Navy. I had thought about adding some ink splatter, but I’m glad I left it off, giving this clean card.

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30th August 2016

Scribble-y Tin of Cards

Congratulations card using Tin of Cards and Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up! UK

I’m sure I’m not the only one who had an urgent scrabbling around at the end of last week to make a card for the lucky Students in the family who received their GCSE results! My Sister-in-law got her results last Thursday, and the whole family is so super proud of her and the results that the rest of us could only dream off (read: swot!) But, still, I needed a card…. in a hurry!

Cards for teenagers are always tricky (I have another teenage birthday card at the end of the week!) but I’m quite happy with this one. The combination is awesome, bright and fun! Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron and Basic Black.

You know how I’m a sucker for a good font, and I picked this sentiment totally based on the fact that I LOVE the font. It’s taken from Tin of Cards, and is stamped in Memento Black ink. I did actually die cut the sentiment out, using a circle framelit, before mounting it behind the scribble die cut.

I hadn’t played with the Swirl Bird stamp set or coordinating dies in a while, but they just seemed perfect for this card. The splatter is from the Swirly Bird set, in my early card making details like that were totally missing, but I’m loving adding extra details and elements onto my cards, I did almost add some loops of Metallic Thread to this one, but I decided that might be too much! (I know, I’m not sure that is a thing either!)

This one is finished with a touch of Wink of Stella on each one of the flowers for a bit of added sparkle!

Product List

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

£15.00

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

2015-2017 In Color A4 Cardstock

[138346]

£7.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Big Shot

[143263]

£99.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.25

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

30th June 2016

Sailing Away with a Swirly Bird

Sailing Boat Thank You Card using Swirly Bird from Stampin' Up! UK

You guys know how much I love a stamp set that I can use in multiple different way for multiple different occasions, and Swirly Bird is definitely one of those stamp sets that I am head over heals with!

How cute is this card?! I think it would be an awesome card for a little boys birthday, or a Hello baby boy card, however I have plumped for my standard Thank You card (I make so many Thank You cards I love having a heap on hand at all times for all you lovely customers and blog readers).

The boat is actually from the Swirly Bird stamp set! There are heaps of images in this stamp set, a boat, a bird, swirly bits and bobs, great fun.

The ‘sea’ is one of the dies from the coordinating die bundle – Swirly Scribbles – in Pool Party to match the Pool Party / Dapper Denim / Rose Red Boat. I’ve actually in-lay die cut it this time, but my goodness it was tricky, definitely one to do if you have plenty of time!

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

£7.25

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

£7.25

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141394]

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126982]

£6.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141522]

£17.00

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

13th June 2016

Make It Monday | Create Your Own Designer Series Paper

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Custom Patterned Paper using Stampin' Up! stamps

Welcome to a new week at StampinByHannah! This week is gonna be a busy one, I hope your ready!

Last week my gorgeous Team Leader challenged her team to create their own Designer Series Paper using stamps! I love a creative challenge, and for all I have made my own Designer Series Paper in the past it has been a while! So, I stamped some 3 3/4″ squares using the Swirly Bird stamp set, and then made a series of cards with them!

Can you tell that I’m loving the Swirly Bird! I really enjoyed creating these cards, probably because I got to use a whole heap of inks! I will list my colour combinations at the bottom of this blog post, because I think they are fab, but all inspired by the 2015-2017 In Colours; Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Tip Top Taupe.

I think the easiest way of ensuring success with this is to try and balance the stamps and white areas. You can see I haven’t filled the paper with the images, they have room to breathe, but there isn’t so much white that the stamped images are lost. I find the easiest way to do this is to stamp your largest images first, and then add the next largest, and work back to the smallest stamps. The colour combinations are also important, here I have used two shades of the same colour (Delightful Dijon and Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder and Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron and Island Indigo) with a pop of a contrasting colour and a neutral (Sahara Sand) to pull the cards together and ensure they don’t clash.

The cards all all finished the same way, with the Thank You from Endless Thanks heat embossed in White onto a piece of Basic Black Card stock. Super simple, but very effective.

Colour Combinations:

Delightful Dijon, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler and Sahara Sand
Mint Macaron, Island Indigo, Pumpkin Pie and Sahara Sand
Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Tempting Turquoise, Sahara Sand
Tip Top Taupe, Early Espresso, Emerald Envy, Sahara Sand
Cucumber Crush, Garden Green, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand

Measurements

Card Base – 8 x 4″ (20 x 10 cm), Scored on the long side at 4″ or 10 cm

Whisper White Matt – 3 3/4 x 3 3/4″ (9.5 x 9.5 cm)

Basic Black – 1 1/2 x 1″ (4 x 2.5 cm)

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141749]

£23.00

Endless Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138796]

£14.00

2015-2017 In Color A4 Cardstock

[138346]

£7.25

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138327]

£6.00

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138325]

£6.00

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138324]

£6.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£7.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

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Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

7th June 2016

Love You Lots Swirly Bird

Swirly Bird Love You Lots Stampin' Up! UK

Yep, I’ve been playing with Swirly Bird again! I’m loving the enormous combination of things you can make with this set; birds, boats, kites, flowers…. and I’m sure there’s more in there too!

I think this was one of the first cards I made with Swirly Bird a few weeks ago. I love when stamp sets come with coordinating dies for the smaller images, and this card uses all the smallest images from the stamps and dies.

Swirly Bird comes bundled with the Swirly Scribbles thinlits dies for a great 10% off! There are heaps and heaps of bundles in this years annual catalogue, I keep finding new ones that I hadn’t spotted before which is awesome!

The splatter in the background of this card is also from Swirly Bird, but the sentiment is taken from Love You Lots – one of the new Hostess Exclusive stamp sets.

I am totally inspired by colour at the moment, this happens to me in the spring/summer, colour becomes super important in my creative process. I love colour all year round, but even more so in summer. I would LOVE to see what you create using this colour combination too, leave me a link to your cards and projects in the comments below

Don’t forget to shop using the Code Club Code to receive some great FREE product!

B7TH9MY6

I will be closing this order on the 30^th June 2016

Product List

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Bundle

[142353]

£42.25

Big Shot

[143263]

£99.00

Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock

[141420]

£7.25

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£6.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

£6.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138326]

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126950]

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141395]

£6.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

£8.00

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