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Garden in Bloom

Stampin' Up! UK Garden In Bloom

I’ve got a bit of a confession to make this morning, this is not a card orginally designed by myself! I know, its shocking! but I’ve been feeling really unwell this week and trying to create was somewhere near the bottom of my list of priorities (curling up under the duvet came top!) and even still as I write this post my voice has gone AWOL.

However, Stampin’ Up!® do an amazing job at providing us with an enormous amount of inspiration and ideas in their catalogues, I could whip this card up in less that 10 minutes!

Stampin' Up! UK Garden In Bloom

Have you spotted the ‘You can make it’ boxes in this years catalogues? Well, this is one of those cards, there is also a whole section of my webstore dedicated to Project Ideas

Stampin' Up! UK Floral Birthday card

This card uses the Garden in Bloom stamp set, and coordinating English Garden Designer Series Paper. I love this stamp set, it allows you to create a wonderful array of gorgeous layered flowers, making you look like a true artist!

I have made on slight addition to this card since I took the photos, when I pulled this card to write this blog post I found that the vellum had begun to curl slightly at the left hand side. Vellum is a bit of a nightmare to attach with glue, as it is see through you can quite often spot the adhesives underneath. I orginally stuck it down with glue dots under the stamping (that also hold the bakers twine). But I didn’t want to stick a glue dot at one end, so I grabbed my 2-way glue pen, dabbed a dot onto the card stock and pressed the vellum down. Its definately dry, and I can’t see it! Awesome!

How you you attach Vellum?

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12 Weeks of Christmas | Advent Calender

Stampin' Up! UK Advent Calender 2015 Season of Cheer

Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

This week is my annual Advent Calender project! Yay! I LOVE making an advent calender each year, last year I made 25 little sour cream style bags (video tutorial still available), but this year I really needed to keep things really simple

So I turned to the Stampin’ Up!® Annual catalogue, and the Tiny Treat Boxes – you get 25 of these babies for just £6.25! add some Designer Series Paper and some numbers and you’re done! So easy

 

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These also use the lovely Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper, so pretty and bang on trend with the watercolour look! This Designer Series Paper was hand painted by a lovely lady at the Stampin’ Up!® Utah Home Office. I used about 5 pieces of this paper on this project, which is great as there are 12 sheets in each pack -loads left over!

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 5 pieces for each box – 1 3/4 x 1 3/4″ (4.5 x 4.5 cm)

Stampin' Up! UK Advent Calender 2015 Season of Cheer

The numbers on these are super cute too, taken from the Hello December 2015 Project Life Accessory Pack for 25 super quick numbers!

Definintly the easiest Advent calender I have made a in a few years!

What are you making this Christmas?

 

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Technique Tuesday | Watercolour Background

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour background video tutorial

One of my favourite things to do is play with colour. I love pulling inks out of my Colour Caddy and seeing how they work together, look next to each other and compliment each other to make some fabulous projects! Adding water to out Stampin’ Up!® inks is also pretty high up there on my list of favourite techniques at the moment, either using the inks as watercolour or making a colourful mess – I just love it!

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour background video tutorial

I created this card completely on video – I am trying to remember to turn on the camera when I am playing with inks and paper, you just never know if the card is going to turn into a masterpiece or a complete mess!

Colour is so important in card making, but Stampin’ Up!® make it so simple; with colour families of matching colours and coordinating products that all work together to help you create wonderful cards, and other items too.

So, before I waffle on forever about how much I LOVE Stampin’ Up!’s® colour palate, shall we watch the video tutorial?

See, creating this brightly coloured background is super simple; just four colour of ink and a heap of water. The colours used here are Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, Pumpkin Pie, and Watermelon Wonder. I did need to add some extra Watermelon Wonder as it began is dry pink, but with some extra ink added we succeeded in creating a lovely orange/coral tone for this card.

The stamping here is from Best Thoughts, one of the lovely Hostess Exclusives for this year – place an order of £150 or more to purchase this set, or host a party. Speaking of which have you heard about my latest Party offering? Book a party between 4th and 10th November 2015 and choose 2 FREE stamp set from my basket of Stamping Goodies! check the ad below for more details!

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Pinkies Blog Hop | Pillow Box Note Card Collection

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour Wings Note Card Collection

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Welcome to another Pinkies Blog Hop! As it’s World Card Making Day today, we hope everyone will get some time to craft, and we’ve created some lovely projects to help inspire you to create your own beautiful card. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour Wings Note Card Collection

I hope you’re enjoying our hop today. This is my first Pinkies Blog Hop (and hopefully not my last!) and I wanted to create something that would describe my style of crafting for this event. There are so many great stamp sets in this years Annual catalogue that picking one favourite is incredibly difficult, but I think Watercolour Wings is probably one of my most used. Its such a easy set to use, although the effect looks complicated. The butterflies are stamped from 5 different stamps – 4 layering butterfly wings, and a body – and each one is stamped in one colour!

Stampin' Up! UK Pinkies Blog Hop World Card Making Day

So the first, most solid stamp is inked and stamped off onto scrap paper 3 times before being stamped onto the card stock, the next stamp is stamped off twice, the 3rd stamp is stamped off once, and the final image is stamped straight onto the butterfly to create a lovely layered image. These butterflies also coordinate with the Butterflies Thinlits Die set – which is awesome because fussy cutting isn’t my friend!

The note cards themselves are 3 x 3″ cards in four of the most recent In-Colours; Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Delightful Dijon. Complete with a layer of the same card stock measuring 2 3/4″ square, matching butterfly and sentiment piece.

The Thank you sentiment is taken from Something to Say, stamped in Tip Top Taupe and punched out with the Washi Label punch. I found the punch a little long for the sentiment so inserted the punched piece back into the punch for a bit of a trim, before mounting on a full sized punch of the Washi Label.

Stampin' Up! UK World Card Making Day 2015

I couldn’t finish this project without making a pocket for the cards to go in, and without using my favourite item from the Autumn/Winter catalogue this year – The Pillow Box Die of course! I have used the die so much in the past few weeks, I’m sure regular readers of my blog are sick of the sight of it! Here I have created a Pillow Pocket by only putting the die off the edge of my card stock before cutting, so only one end has the pillow box closure. Finished with a belly band of Gold Designer Series Paper from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack and another one of those butterflies in Tip Top Taupe.

Oh, and of course no set of note cards would be complete without some envelopes, so I used the same Designer Series Paper to create 4 envelopes with the Envelope Punch Board.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop!

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CASing the Artisan Design Team!

Stampin' Up! UK Artisan Design Team Sprinkles of Life Happy Birthday CASE card

There are so many great things about being a Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator, one being the amazing about of inspiration – not only does each demonstrator regularly receive an Exclusive magazine filled with ideas and tips, but also the worldwide community of demonstrators share so many wonderful ideas through our Exclusive Social network – Stampin’ Connection. And then there is the Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team, a group of demonstrators hand-picked by Stampin’ Up! to provide inspiration to us and you!

I have been loving following the Design Team blog hops this year, and have taken a huge amount of inspiration from each and every one of them, but I have never copied a card – until now!

Stampin' Up! UK Artisan Design Team Sprinkles of Life Happy Birthday CASE card

I’ll let you follow the link to Alison’s original version of this card, from where I have taken my inspiration today.

This card uses the wonderful Sprinkles of Life stamp set – this years Ronald MacDonald House Charities Stamp Set – on watercolour paper to create a lovely watercoloured look, and punched out with the coordinating Tree Builder Punch (without a tree in sight!)

The Ice Cream itself is watercoloured using Marina Mist ink, while the cone is in Hello Honey. And the Blushing Bride watercolour circle is a bit of a cheat! I have yet to invest in the Circle Thinlits dies (though they are way up there on my list) so this circle is actually hand cut, using the base of a refill bottle of Stampin’ Mist as a template!

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Technique Tuesday| Acrylic Block Stamping

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Stamping

Watercolour is BIG news at the moment in card-making. Watercoloured backgrounds and images are really popular. At Stampin’ Up!® we have a great kit featuring the watercolour look (Watercolour Wishes) and have several stamp sets that allow you to look like a watercolour master without any of the mess – which is awesome, but I love playing with ink and water! But I understand that it can be a tricky look to pull off.

Well, today I have  quick and easy watercolour background technique for you that doesn’t even need a paint brush!

Stampin' Up! UK Acrylic Block Stamping Technique Tuesday Video Tutorial

This technique is super simple, but as always I have created a video tutorial for you.

The new Basic Black Archival Ink is great for this technique, it gives a crisp true black image, great for sentiments and silhouette images like the ones on the card above. But also it is awesome for watercolour techniques as it doesn’t bleed or run with water, and so has become my go to black for stamped imaged that I am planning to watercolour. This card would have worked just as well if I had used Memento or Stazon as the black stamping is done after the watercolour panel is dry.

My favourite card stock for this technique is the Shimmery White, as its slightly thicker than our standard Whisper White card stock, and allows you a little more time before the ink dries than Watercolor Paper. Plus, you get that lovely shimmery finish! I can see another packet of this coming home with me really soon!

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Watercolour Stamping

Top Tips:

  • Pull out your Stampin’ Pierce matt to stamp on, to ensure a full block of colour
  • Ink up your Acrylic Block and stamp directly onto your card stock without water for a darker, more textured look
  • Add water to your inked Acrylic Block before stamping to create the watercolour effect
  • Allow the water to dry naturally, hit it with your heat gun, or dab off the water with a clean cloth for different effects
  • Stamp over your watercolour panel with a black inked imaged for a cool silhouette effect

The stamp set I have used on this card is Butterfly Basics – definitely one of my favourites this year – lovely for feminine birthdays and other occasions, and it coordinated with two die sets and several other sets of stamps too!

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Festive Fireplace Week | Catalogue Case

Stampin' Up! UK Festive Fireplace

Stampin Up! Festive Fireplace Week

Welcome to a brand new week at StampinByHannah! I have great plans for this week, all using the Festive Fireplace bundle from Stampin’ Up!®

When the latest catalogue dropped through my door (well, popped into my email!) I fell in love with this stamp set. I think it’s probably the cat image, although I am still working out how to colour it like my Freda.

Stampin' Up! UK Festive Fireplace

This card is a CASE (copy and share everything) from the catalogue, and it just shows why I love this bundle – could I ever be bothered to cut out that fire? or the stockings? nope! but the dies are awesome!

I am also loving watercolour at the moment (more of that coming tomorrow!) and adding water to soften these images really makes this card gorgeous!

The only thing with this card is that it is all on Watercolour Paper, and so some of the dies needed to run through my Big Shot twice just because it is a thicker paper.

What is your favourite bundle in the new catalogue? Haven’t got one yet, get a physical copy HERE or digital copy using the link in the sidebar

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Alternative Uses for the Watercolour Wishes Card Kit

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour wishes gift packaging

The Watercolour wishes kit is awesome! I can’t remember if I have mentioned it much before, but this years Stampin’ Up!® kits are amazing. We have instant crafting satisfaction 8 times in the annual catalogue and 3 times in the brand new Autumn/Winter book too! That’s a whole lot of crafting! From cards, to stationary, to home decor there is something for everyone.

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour Wishes Thanks Card

My favourite kit by far is the Watercolour Wishes card kit, which makes 20 unique cards all featuring the totally on trend Watercolour look but without any of the mess! I have got to mention the stamp set that comes with this kit, it features 12 stamps covering all your most important everyday card making occasions

The great folks at Stampin’ Up!® have made a video to show you what’s in the kit and what the cards look like if you follow the instructions

However, I had to find some alternative uses for this kit. I just don’t need all that many cards (not when I make cards for my blog, and customers, and custom orders!), but I do use cute bits of packaging for gifts and things

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour wishes gift packaging

Aren’t they cute! I will admit to using the kit to make a different card, but I could not resist making that heart card into a sweet card for my new husband (not that there was an old one!) I also used one of the larger cards in the kit to make a handy folder style gift, just adding some of our lovely Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim as a closure.

That box is such a handy size. Taking one of the larger cards score at 1″ on all four cards, before creating the box base from a piece of Thick Whisper White card stock.

Measurements:

Lid – 8 1/2 x 5 1/2

scored on all four sides at 1″

Base – 9 7/16th x6 7/16th

scored on all four sides at 1 1/2″

The belly band was created by cutting a 1 1/2″ strip off the long side of a piece of A4 Watermelon Wonder card stock, and helps to hide the score line on the top of the box (it should have been a card remember!)

All three projects were finished using a couple of the embellishments from the kit; Washi Tape, Wooden Elements and Sequins!

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Christmas Countdown | White Christmas

Stampin' Up! Uk White Christmas Watercolour Video tutorial

This is another one of those stamp sets that carried over from last years Autumn/Winter release, and I am so pleased I just love it! The new Autumn / Winter catalogue goes live on Tuesday! I have posted out catalogues to those who received a Annual one, but if you haven’t got yours yet, let me know by requesting on using the button at the top of the page!

Stampin' Up! UK White Christmas

How cute is this polar bear! I masked him off and applied a watercolour wash of Soft Sky to get this cute watercolour card. Check out the video below for full details

What do you think? I’m loving that pop of Pear Pizzazz myself!

 

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Decorated Frames….. and some stamping too!

Stampin' Up! Decorated Frames Home decor stamping butterflies

Hi! Welcome to StampinByHannah! I hope you enjoy my blog, feel free to have a poke around, leave some likes, and follow along with some tutorials! Check out my latest Classes in the menu bar at the top of the page, and I can’t wait to hear from you!

Todays project was planned as one thing, but changed along the way to be something a little bit different! Stampin' Up! UK watercolour wings stamping tutorial

My big plan was a video tutorial decorating this photo frame. However, I started making my sample, added the two butterflies and a bow of Dotted Lace trim, and decided it as so gorgeous it didn’t really need any more – or really warrant a video tutorial either! However, the butterflies IN the frame (also beautiful!) could do with some explanation! The frame came from Asda for about £1.50

I am loving the Watercolour Wings bundle. This great stamp set, comes complete with two dies, one to cut the whole stamped butterfly and another smaller to coordinate with the Butterfly Thinlits dies.

Stampin' Up! Decorated Frames Home decor stamping butterflies

There are so many ink colours here. The framed version uses; Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay, Delightful Dijon, Wisteria Wonder and Soft Sky. While the un-framed one uses; Lost Lagoon, Mint Macaron, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Crushed Curry.

The Watercolour Wings stamp set includes three stamps to make this butterfly (plus four to layer a smaller butterfly, some accent pieces and sentiments). The most solid stamp should be stamped first, with the detailed pieces layering over the top. This is a photopolymer stamp set, so layering up those stamped images is super easy too!

Stampin' Up! UK watercolour WIngs

I couldn’t leave without a close up of that lovely die-cut on the frame. The larger butterfly is from the Butterflies Thinlits dies set, and is die cut from Wisteria Wonder Card stock, with the smaller Mint Macaron butterfly from the Bold Butterflies thinlits layered onto with some Tombow glue. The 1″ Dotted Lace Trim ties into a beautiful bow too. I used Tombow to adhere the embellishment to the frame, and left it to dry overnight.

Beautiful!

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