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6th March 2017

Make It Monday | Use up those scraps…..

Make It Monday how to use your scraps of designer series paper using urban underground from Stampin' Up!

Oh yes, It is Monday! I hope the start to your week is made slightly more awesome by my Make It Monday Video! My week starts with hopefully a whole lot of sleep as I am on night shifts for a couple of nights (not very happy about it really… but needs must!). However, one of the great things about my little corner of the internet and my business is that my web-store is open 24/7, so even though as this goes live I will be ready for my bed, my shop is still open and ready for your orders…. I love that!

I sent these out to ladies and gentlemen who shopped with me during February (I am hoping that they have either arrived or should be arriving today!). I love sending out a little something to my customers, I hope you enjoy receiving them too!

This card is a great way to use up those bits of Designer Series Paper left over after you’ve cut card fronts or pieces for scrapbook pages out of it. I have used strips of Designer Series Paper that vary in size from 2.5 x 10 cm to 1 x 8 cm, but really you could use whatever you have in your scrap bin!

The Grateful stamp comes from the Designer Tin of cards stamp set… which I love but seem to forget to use! it’s got some lovely sentiments and font though….

This Designer Series Paper is called Urban Underground; its a lovely combination of Basic Black, Basic Grey and Delightful Dijon on a base of Very Vanilla and contains some lovely patterns. Although it is designed with those tricky men’s cards in mind I know you could get some more feminine cards out of it too. Actually while I’m talking about cards; my current Online Card Class uses this paper to make 6 great Men’s cards and you get a Sale-a-bration item of your choice for joining in… you can find all the info on my Online Card Class page, or by clicking the image below

Product List

Designer Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141739]

£23.00

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

£11.75

Urban Underground A4 Cardstock Pack

[142785]

£7.25

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143231]

£8.25

Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker

[100082]

£3.25

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

£21.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

£9.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

27th February 2017

Make It Monday | Stamp Layering with Avant Garden

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Stamp Layering Thank you card using Avant Garden from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration saleabration

Oh I have a great week of projects for you this week… a whole week, that’s 7 full days of projects using Avant Garden! I am loving this fabulous stamp set that is FREE during Sale-a-bration, all you need to do to claim your copy is spend £45 in my Online Store before 31st March

I will confess that I was totally struggling for inspiration for this Make It Monday, but I turned to my main source of inspiration (no, not Pinterest – although that comes a close second!) but the Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. One of the concerns I get a LOT when I’m talking to those of you thinking of joining my lovely team, is about inspiration and not being able to think of things to make for blog posts or classes or parties, and I have to say that Stampin’ Up! give us SO much inspiration that I don’t think that you ever need to look anywhere else…. not only do we have 3 fabulous catalogues filled with ideas every year, but demonstrators also get weekly emails, videos, and events all filled with inspiration, ideas and even techniques and tips! So, I don’t feel guilty for borrowing this card idea from the Sale-a-bration catalogue!

I have changed the colour combination, and added a layer of the gorgeous Sale-a-bration Glimmer Paper in Mint Macaron, but really its very similar to the card in the catalogue!

Stamp layering is one of my favourite techniques, getting all inky, playing with different colours and stamps, and every card you make is totally unique! Its really simple, particularly when you use a stamp set like Avant Garden, where the stamps are designed to layer with each other, grab a few inks that work well together and have a play (if you dont want to ‘waste’ card stock, use your grid paper or even some copier paper!)

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

MK42UXHG

I will be closing this order on the 28^th February 2017

Product List

Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143272]

£0.00

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

[143831]

£6.75

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

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141398]

£6.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

£4.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

24th February 2017

3D Friday | Mini Egg Milk Carton with Base Closure

3D Friday Mini Milk Carton using Oh Happy Day from Stampin' Up! UK

I have been working on this box in my head for months, I’m not the greatest box maker, but this box has followed me around, and driven me crackers …. So I decided that now was the time to make it!

I’m sure I could have come up with a slightly snapper title for it, but it is what it is….

They are so cute! The metric measurements make a slightly bigger milk carton than the imperial, it just made the measurements easier for me (and you!) to deal with

Measurements:

Card stock – 6 1/2 x 4 3/4″ (16.5 x 12 cm)

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

Score on the short side at 1/2, 2, 3 1/2, 4 1/2″ (1, 5, 9, and 11 cm)

Designer Series Paper – 1 1/4 x 1 1/4″ (3.5 x 3.5 cm)

The stamp set I have used on these is from the Oh Happy Day Card kit (and I think that this was the first time I have used it on a project!) I love these cute sentiments though, and I might have to pull it out again soon.

Product List

Oh Happy Day Card Kit

[142725]

£31.50

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

£7.25

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

£6.00

Regals Designer Series Paper Stack

[138436]

£20.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

£27.00

1″ Circle Punch

[119868]

£11.50

1-1/4″ Circle Punch

[119861]

£14.50

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Hannah McCurley

Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

20th February 2017

Make It Monday | A Special Reason to use lots of Glimmer Paper!!!

Make It Monday Video Tutorial Special Reason Card using Sale-a-bration Glimmer Paper Customer Thank You Cards using Stampin' Up! Products

Oh, I am so excited for this week! Tomorrow is the launch of 3 brand new and fabulous Sale-a-bration freebies!!! They are all so gorgeous, and I cannot wait to see what you make with them. I spent an afternoon last week making a whole heap of these cards using the new Glimmer Paper to make a bunch of cards for my lovely customers.

This new Glimmer Paper comes in 6 x 6 sheets, you get 12 sheets in 3 gorgeous colours for FREE when you spend £45 on Stampin’ Up! goodies. The colours in this pack are Bermuda Bay, Sweet Sugarplum and Mint Macaron and they coordinate beautifully with the Special Reason stamp and die bundle, as well as the Succulent Garden suite and Falling in Love Designer Series Paper. Speaking of Special Reason, this is my current Online Card Class, and you could choose this new Glimmer Paper as your class freebie when you join me in class too!

These cards are an edited version of one of the cards on the front of the new Sale-a-bration leaflet. I have sent out a bunch of these, but if you don’t have one there will be one available to download from my blog tomorrow when it goes live!

These cards were do fun to make, but I did have a totally disaster along the way! I had managed to put 3 of them together before my favourite Fast Fuse adhesive ran out! I had no idea I was so short of glue, and I don’t use non-Stampin’ Up! adhesives anymore (why would I, I’m saving 25% every time I buy it!), so I was so shocked when I checked in my back-up that there was a great big gap where my Fast Fuse refils usually sit! I shared this with the girls in the team, and they all found it hilarious that I was basically trying to make cards without glue! Although they did give me some great suggestions of alternatives! So, these cards were put together with a combination of Snail, Glue Dots and Tombow!

Product List

Stylish Stems Framelits Dies

[142750]

£28.00

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

£25.00

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

[141423]

£7.25

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

£7.25

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

£7.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

£6.00

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

6th February 2017

Make It Monday | Guys Birthday Card using the Nailed It Bundle

Make It Monday Male Birthday Card using Nailed It From Stampin' Up! UK

Welcome back to Make It Monday! I LOVE making these videos, I hope you enjoy watching them too. This week I thought I would share a male birthday card I made recently for my Father-In-Law.

Male birthday cards can be tricky, especially when you’re like me and most of your stamp collection seams to be flowers or butterflies! I prefer a ‘pretty’ style, and so guy cards can be a challenge, however, Stampin’ Up! have made guy cards super easy with the Nailed It bundle. Not only does it include a selection of tool (no I cannot name them, my husband will be very disappointed in me!) but handy extras like screws, and a great hexagon. I LOVE Stampin’ Up! bundles, they come with the stamp and the coordinating die set, and when you buy the bundle (rather than the separate items) you save 10% ! Win Win!

The Nailed It bundle also coordinates with some other great items in the Spring Summer catalogue; I am having heaps of fun with the Hexagon Dynamic Embossing folder, and I might have to grab a second pack of the Urban Underground Designer Series Paper! I have recently received a pack of the Urban Underground embellishments too, and I cannot wait to get those on a card!

Question of the Day: What is your favourite method of tackling a Men’s card?

I try and find a theme; tools, cars, or failing that a cool embossing folder and a big sentiment! anything to get back to making pretty cards with flowers and butterflies!

Product List

Nailed It Clear-Mount Bundle

[144735]

£38.50

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

£11.75

Urban Underground A4 Cardstock Pack

[142785]

£7.25

Urban Underground Embellishments

[142786]

£6.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

£14.50

Designer Tee Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143356]

£0.00

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

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