Team Swap Cards (and a bonus video!)

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StampinByHannah Team Swap Cards (and a bonus video!)

 

Yesterday I shared the card I made for a recent Team Swap. Well today, I have the cards I received to share!

Swaps are just one fabulous part of being a part of Stampin’ Up! the team I am a part of just LOVE to swap. Swapping is traditionally part of in-person events, but as we are spread across the country, getting us all together is a challenge (and one we tend to reserve for Stampin’ Up! organised events!)… so, we do postal swaps instead. The idea is the same though, we make a batch of projects (usually cards because they are easy to post!), stick them in the mail, and get a bunch of inspiration back! I has such an exciting week last week as they all started to arrive!

We didn’t have a set theme for our swap (other than it had to use products from the Spring Summer catalogue!) but there is definitely a trend here…

This pretty card was made by Debbie Toner… this paper hasn’t found its way to my craft room yet, but it might have to now!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Painted with Love from Stampin' Up!

The second card was made by Vicky Thompson… I haven’t got this paper either! Think I’m going to have to put another order in soon!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

The next card was created by Laurie Jennings… I love that she’s added some sparkle with some Wink of Stella, and don’t get me started in that embossing folder! How did I miss that?!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

The final card is this lovely creation by Anna Sposato. Anna is one of my Inspire.Create.Challenge buddies and its lovely to have an Anna original in my craft room! She’s also used the Petal Palette suite, and Brusho! Love it!

Pootlers Spring Summer Team Swaps using Petal Palette from Stampin' Up! I cannot wait for our next swapping opportunity, which will be at Stampin’ Up! OnStage in April! eeek… I’m excited already!

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Make It Monday | Petal Palette Team Swap Card

Petal Palette Just Because card using Stampin' Up! products

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Petal Palette Team Swap Card

Make It Monday

On of the many joys of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is being part of a team, a group of like-minded people, sharing crafting and stamping. I absolutely LOVE being a part of the team. One of the things we do when we get together for events is swap… we each make a stack of the same card (or box, bag, notebook, or other crafty project) and then swap our project for others that other people have made. They are a great way of getting a heap of inspiration very quickly! Well, we recently held a postal swap for new catalogue inspiration, all coordinated by my lovely friend Amanda Charlesworth.

Make It Monday Petal Palette Team Swap card using Stampin' Up! products

I love creating cards with lots of White Space, particularly when making for swaps as it keeps things simple and nice and easy to mass produce. I did only make 6 of these, but it would have been just as easy to whip up a bigger batch.

I have been really enjoying the Petal Palette stamp and die bundle. You can buy the stamps and the dies separately, BUT I would suggest buying them together as you save 10%. I am such a sucker for a good font, and this stamp set not only has a great font, but really useful sentiments too.

How to use a blender pen with Petal Palette from Stampin' Up!

If you would like to join in with our next Team Swap, and join my fabulous and growing team of Stampin’ Friends, you can… and now is a great time to do it as Stampin’ Up! have an awesome joining offer on during Sale-a-bration. You can find all the Sale-a-bration joining info on THIS Sale-a-bration Spotlight post, or if you have any questions do check out my Joining FAQ’s.

Ready to join… You can sign up right HERE!

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Why October is THE month to join Stampin’ Up!

Join Stampin' Up! UK

Grabbing a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit is a great deal at any time of the year…. but this month is extra special!

I LOVE being a part of Stampin’ Up! I love getting discounts off my crafty purchases, I love crafting with my lovely team, I love being able to get my hands on products first, I love being able to attend Stampin’ Up! events, and much much more!

Join Stampin' Up! UK

The Stampin’ Up! starter kit is the way to join Stampin’ Up! It costs just £99…. but is fully customisible with £130 worth of Stampin’ Up! products AND includes a full business start up kit of catalogues, order forms and more! Of course, you don’t have to make Stampin’ Up! your business, you are more than welcome to be a happy shopper getting that 20% discount for yourself!

But why join in October….

1. Join before the 15th to get the chance to add some fun new products into your Starter Kit! Yes, Stampin’ Up! are launching Stampin’ Blends, fabulous Alcohol Markers…. these are currently available to Demonstrators ONLY but you can add them to your Starter kit before the 15th October.

2. Your first full quarter doesn’t end until 31st March 2018! There are minimums Stampin’ Up! require you to meet to remain a demonstrator…. You must sell (or spend, Stampin’ Up! doesn’t mind if it’s you shopping or your class of 50!) £225 per quarter. Stampin’ Up! split the year into 4 quarters, and ask you to meet your minimum in each one… however, they don’t count the quarter you join in…. So if you join today you don’t have to worry about minimums until March!

3. October is the start of the Stampin’ Up! year…. so by joining this month you get a full 12 months to earn a heap of free goodies, trips and more!

What are you waiting for? Join HERE.… or you can check out my Joining FAQ’s!

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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!

Thank you so much for visiting StampinByHannah today… I would be honoured if you would sign up to my email newsletter while you are here (link in the side bar!)… and don’t forget to hop along to see what the other ladies have made with products from this wonderful catalogue!


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Sale-a-bration bundles!

Oh I LOVE a bargain?! Don’t you? I LOVE being able to share that deal with my friends, and I LOVE to make that deal even better…. well….. If you haven’t already checked out Sale-a-bration I strongly suggest that you do.

What is Sale-a-bration?

Sale-a-bration is the biggest sale of the Stampin’ Up! year. It comes in 3 parts; Shop (get a free item every time you spend £45), Host (get extra Stampin’ Rewards for orders and parties over £200), and Join (2 FREE stamp sets when you grab the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle!). And I LOVE it!

But, I want to make things super simple… so, I have put together 3 awesome bundles for you

Bundle Number 1 – I want ONE Sale-a-bration item please!

This bundle allows you to choose one Sale-a-bration goody for the Sale-a-bration Brochure. Amount = £45 plus £4.95 postage and packing

 

Bundle Number 2 – Give me more of that Sale-a-bration goodness!

This bundle allows you to choose TWO Sale-a-bration goodies from the Sale-a-bration Brochure. Amount = £93.50 plus £4.95 postage and packing

But why spend £93.50 plus £4.95 when you can spend £99 and grab the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle! Check out Bundle Number 3!!!!!

 

Bundle Number 3 – I want it ALL!!!!

This is the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle. It costs just £99, you get FREE postage, and then you get to choose TWO stamp sets from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogues for FREE! AND then you get 20% off future orders (while you remain a part of Stampin’ Up!) This bundle is my favourite, it is more than just stamps, ink and paper, it is gives you access to the world of Stampin’ Up! For more information about choosing your Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle and joining my team, check out my Team Page, or drop me an email! I would LOVE to talk to you more about becoming a part of Stampin’ Up!

 

To order any of the above bundles, you can either visit my Online shop and search for each item, or drop me an email and I will process your order directly (this is the easiest option! lol)
Speak to you all soon

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Make It Monday | Tag Topper Chocolate Pockets

Make It Monday Chocolate pocket using the Tag Topper Punch from Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday with Stampin' Up!

Hello! Wow, where did last week go?! Oh, well, it’s Monday again – time for Make It Monday!

I spent the weekend with a group of awesome women; crafting, eating and having heaps of fun! I have rambled for hours about how much I LOVE Stampin’ Up! and this weekend was a prime example of why I love it. This weekend wasn’t a Stampin’ Up! organised event, but a team event, organised by one of my lovely Stampin’ friends. Someone I would NEVER have met without this company, and I spend the whole weekend crafting (how often to we get to do that!), it was great to reset, take time for me, and I am so ready for what the next few weeks will bring!

Pop of Paradise Tag Topper Team Swap using Stampin' Up! UK productsHow cute are these! One of the things that we do when we get together is share and swap projects – we call them swaps, and its a massive part of any Stampin’ Up! event. Now, when I go to Stampin’ Up! organised events I make maybe 50 swaps, but because this was a smaller team event I made a swap for each person – so this time I made 22 of these. Actually I made 24, but that meant that I could leave a couple to say Thank You to the housekeepers / receptionist etc at the Hotel we stayed at.

Aren’t they super cute! Each pocket contains a bar of children’s chocolate (the same brand as those eggs with the toy in the middle!) – because chocolate / sweeties are another BIG theme at these events. James laughs at me, he always knows when I’m prepping for a crafty weekend away (he never remembers, no matter how many times I tell him I’m going!) when he sees the bags and bags of sweets sat in the office!

Make It Monday Chocolate pocket using the Tag Topper Punch from Stampin' Up! UK

These pockets use the Pop of Pink Speciality Designer Series Paper and coordinating Pop of Paradise Stamp set. I did also make some using the Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper too, seeing as I managed to cut enough paper for 18 pockets and then ran out of paper – Math isn’t my strong point!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 4 x 4 1/2″ (10 x 12 cm)

Score on the long side at 2 and 4″ (5 and 10 cm)

Tag Topper Punch Chocolate Pocket using Stampin' Up! UK products

The pockets are super simple to put together (as you can tell, a 5 minute Make It Monday video! even with my rambling is a miracle!). They are finished with the Tag Topper Punch at the top, and a staple at the bottom. Like I said I made 24 of these and it took me about an hour, from start to finish.

I would LOVE to welcome you to our next crafty weekend! Have you ever thought about joining Stampin’ Up! and becoming a part of my team of Stampin’ Friends? check out my Join My Team page, or drop me a message today, I am sure you won’t regret it!


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Pop Of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.75
Pop Of Paradise Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00
Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine

£3.25
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50
Simply Scored

£27.00
Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

£21.00
Handheld Stapler

£9.00


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Stampin’ Up! | Awesome Joining Offer!

Stampin' Up! joining June 2016

Stampin' Up! joining June 2016

Can you believe it?! Just for joining Stampin’ Up! in June you get to add 2 great stamp sets of your choice to your Starter Kit for FREE!!!!!

Our Starter Kit is always the best deal, where you get to pick £130 worth of great products from the catalogue and pay just £99! PLUS you get heaps of awesome benefits ….

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and by joining my team of Stampin’ Friends you get even more! I hold quarterly training / stamping events exclusively for my team, as well as having our own Facebook Group and Pinterest Board too!

I would love to talk to you about joining my team, just drop me an email today! 


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Team Training Make and Take

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration Thank You

Hello!

Did you know that each month I host a stamping event for those in my group of Stampin’ Friends (and any other demonstrators in my local area, drop me a message if you are a demonstrator and which is come!) I charge £5 for the event to cover the cost of a few make and takes and a bit of training (if anyone wants any! last time we had too much fun stamping!)

Stampin' Up! Uk Team Training Make and Takes

We had great fun stamping these cards with the great products available for FREE during Sale-a-bration! There are some awesome offers during Sale-a-bration this year, grab one of 11 products for FREE when you spend £45 (if you spend £90 you get to choose 2 FREE goodies!), or host a party and earn extra Stampin’ Rewards that you can spend on ANYTHING in either of our current catalogues! Or, maybe you want to come along to one of our Stampin’ Friends meetings, to join us you need to buy the Stampin’ Up! Starter kit – the greatest deal ever! – just £99 and choose up to £160 worth of goodies from the catalogues PLUS get 20% off all further purchases! Awesome right!

Oh, before I go though, I just want to let you know that that awesome ‘Hello’ stamp set is only available until the 15th of February, or while stocks last! so grab it quick!


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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge #4

Stampin' Up! Uk Sketch Challenge Hello Card Cherry on Top

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Thank you for joining us for another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! We’re so excited to be sharing this hop with you.  The products used are all available in the current Annual, or seasonal, Stampin’ Up!® Catalogues*.  Simply use the buttons at the bottom of the post to keep hopping!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Sketch 4

I love this sketch from Ania. I was sat looking at it one night, trying to work out how I was going to tackle it, when my lovely James turned to me and said “Have you not already made that one?” I was a bit confused, but he pointed out a gift I’ve been saving for one of my team members (I was supposed to have put this in the mail before this blog hope, but I’m waiting for some goodies that are going with it!)

Stampin' Up! UK Team Member gifts

So I made a card to coordinate with the gift bag and note pad I had already made!

Stampin' Up! Uk Sketch Challenge Hello Card Cherry on Top

The Designer Series Paper is from the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper stack. I’ve actually only used one piece, as the circles show the print on the reverse of the chevron! The yellow strip is a piece of the coordinate Washi Tape too. I love Washi, and use it all the time in my planner, but it doesn’t find its way onto cards very often. I thought it made a great addition though, and provides the horizontal element suggested in the sketch.

The Hello is taken from Crazy About You, and is punched with the 1 1/4″ circle punch, and mounted on a 1 3/8″ circle of Bermuda Bay card stock

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Stampin' Up! Card

The note pad element of my Team gift is a jotter sized notepad, I have made a video tutorial previously showing how I do this. I love making covered note books, and will often give them as customer and team gifts.

Click the Next Blog button to hop on over to the Wonderful Amy’s blog…

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Week In Review | Bonus Deals, Team Training and more!

Stampin' Up! UK Team Training

Hello! Its that time of the week again when I do my bit of live blogging. This is why this post always goes up mid-morning rather than at half six like my regularly scheduled content. I love doing these Wednesday posts, they are great fun, and give me the chance to share a little bit more of me with you

Weekly Deals

Stampin' Up! UK Weekly Deals Bonus Deals

Each and every Wednesday Stampin’ Up!® release a new set of Weekly Deals. This month there are more offers, BUT they are while stocks last, so grab them quick!

Sale: £5.08

Price: £7.25

Sale: £2.63

Price: £3.75

Sale: £15.75

Price: £21.00

Sale: £3.38

Price: £4.50

Sale: £3.15

Price: £4.50

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Team Training and Hostess Gifts

A few weeks ago I held some on-line team training with my team members. Each one received a pack of goodies in the post, and we put them together using one of my tutorial videos. I love doing team events and have another scheduled for the end of October. What to join in? Check out my Joining FAQ’s

Stampin' Up! UK Team Training

We made 4 cute cards, with envelopes, and a gift box – all designed to be used as a Hostess Gift. So, I will be giving this note card set away to my next Hostess! Message me today for more information about hosting a party with me – I bring all the crafty goodies and inspiration, you bring your friends (and some cake!) and together we get to make something really fun! I am currently looking for Hostesses for September and October – maybe we could make a start on your Christmas cards!

What have I been up to?

It’s still all go here! I’m done (almost) with the wedding prep – just the dress to collect on Saturday! So, now we’re onto packing and cleaning! 17 days to go!

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Stampin' Up! UK Code Club

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