Hanna Stamps Blog Hop

Welcome to the Fan's Of Hanna Stamps blog hop. If you came from Jen's blog you are on the right track. If not swing on by to Frances blog to start the hop from the top.

I have a fun fall Riley card to share with you:





And here is a little treat box:

Now be sure to hope on over to Jackie's blog for more Hanna Stamps fun.

In the event you get lost on the hop or run into broken links here is a full list of participants for this fun hop:

1. Frances http://stampowl.blogspot.com/
2. Cindy http://cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com/
3. Silke http://silli-silli.blogspot.com/
4. Sandra http://daiseyfreak.blogspot.com/
15. Tracey http://www.trays-spot.blogspot.com/
16. Sparks http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com
17. Lorie http://www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/

18. Tanya http://lovepapernstamp.blogspot.com/
19. Laurie http://stampinvirgo5.blogspot.com/

20. Bek http://www.bloomingpink.blogspot.com/
21. Janet http://www.corrosivecreationsbyjanet.blogspot.com/

22. Kelly http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/
23. Michele http://www.enchantedstamper.blogspot.com/
24. Angela http://inmyquiettime.blogspot.com/

Hanna Stamps Guest Designer Call Submission

Hanna Stamps is currently having a call for some guest designers to fill slots over the next few months. I have loved Hanna for a long time, so I decided I had to give it a try. One (of the many) Riley's I have is the Garden Riley and I had a fun little idea for him. I made two things (although they could go together), one is an Apron Card and the second a fun little garden gift basket.


Garden Riley Apron Card:

Garden Riley Floral Fun Garden Gift Set:

I had alot of fun making these guys, especially with the orange and green colors. I colored Riley with Copic Markers. The apron card has a pocket in the back where you can store something fun. I have had the apron card template for many years now and I don't know what site I originally got it from. But I do remember way back when it was popular and I used to make them ALL the time. I figured for this fun garden project it would be awesome.

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Riley Hanging in the Leaves

Ahhh, the fall! Gotta love it. The cool brisk air, falling leaves pumpkin spice and pumpkin pie! Alrighty it's mid 70s here and muggy but we will get fall soon! This past week's Hanna Sketch challenge was perfect for a Riley. Here was the sketch from the Hanna stamps SCS forum:

Here is my take on this awesome Sketch. I used Pumpkin Patch Riley. I colored him in using Prismacolor/Copic markers and added stickles. I embossed the background with the branches cuttlebug folder and used my nesties to punch out some ovals. I used the Fiskars Pumpkin punch for the pumpkin in the lower right and I ran it through the CB. My pattern paper is from a Debbe Mumm stack pack.

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Challenge Cards

Here are a couple of challenge cards I worked on this weekend.

This one is for the Hanna Stamps challenge to use flowers. I colored Hanna using copics and addes some stickles to her bow, waistline and cuffs. My paper is by SU (Regal Rose and Certaintly Celeary) and the striped paper from a DCWV glitter stack pack. These great flowers I had on hand and I believe I picked them up at Michael's at some point.

This second card is for the bling challenge at Limelight Papercrafts. Did you know that Mandy carries Unity Stamps. I thought that was pretty awesome so I used my Unity Cupcakes for this challenge. Lots of stickles adorn the cupcakes for all the yumminess.

Well that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by.

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Lauren's Weekly Sketch Challenge

Here is what I started and finished with Lauren's weekly sketch. It was after I finished I thought about the sketch and thought I think I totally interpreted it wrong! HUM....

Here is the sketch:

So I was working on this late last night and got my post ready but then started thinking about the sketch. I interpreted it as the white section being the card for some reason and the black just being a background not part of the card. Yeah I'm koo koo! LOLOL!!!

So anyhow here is my Riley. I will try and play again later though! At least this Riley card fits well with the Hanna "fall" challenge going on.

I used SU and Debbie Mumm papers. My ribbon is from Joannes and I used the Fiskars Pumpkin punch for my pumpkin cutouts.

Be sure to check out the other sketch girls I'm sure they are not koo koo!

Alicia Weimen

Dawn Easton

Kim Gasper

Kirsten Dubosque

Kristy Vernon

MacKenzie Bruckler

Tamara

Thanks!

Featured Stamper Challenge

Yesterday I had some time to participate in the SCS Sunday featured stampers challenge. The featured stamper this week is Niki. I decided to make two cards which Case two of her fantastic cards.

This first one I call "Owl Hugs" is based on Niki's card here. I used Unity Stamps for this card. It combines the owl from the "Mixed Up Cuteness" kit and the mushrooms from the retired Kit of the Month from July. I used SU Mellow Moss and Really Rust with a pattern background from Debbie Mumm.

My second card is using the santa Riley stamp by Hanna Stamps. I cased Niki's card here. I used an awesome glitter pattern paper from the my Debbie Mumm glitter stack pack and colored Riley with copics and added flock to his beard. My sentiment is by Hero Arts.

I had a blast working on these cards and Niki's gallery rocks!

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Hanna Stamps Challenge

Kristi at Hanna Stamps has started a 1:1 swap challenge. A new challenge comes along once every two weeks. She posts the challenge then you make something and send it to your partner. The first challenge was a theme - Summer. So of course I pulled out my "Fun in the Sun" Hanna. I decided to do a 3-D altered item rather than a card so I pulled out a wooden from I picked up at Michael's and decorated it. First I painted it white with acrylic paint. The glittery chipboard letter pieces I had in my stash, but thought would work wonderfully for this project. I stamped and colored Hanna with Copics, then added Pink Stickles to her bathing suit. Here is her close up:

On the bottom I added a double flower and some bling.

Did you see the new Hanna's that were released this past week? There was a Cafe Hanna, Anthony and Bookworm Hanna. The Hanna release parties at Splitcoast are always a blast. I was so psyched I won a set also! I was just chatting away and they had a random giveaway. Kristi chatted something asking a question - What is your favorite drink? I immediately thought Oh good god COFFEE and chatted it. Then I was about to log off because I was so tired and right before I do I saw that I won something. I won for being the first one to answer Kristi's question! WOO HOO! SO for that I am getting Cafe Hanna!

That's it for now. Off I go to play with some goodies I picked up this weekend. Did you see that new roller wheel that will allow you to put your clear stamps on it and use it like a wheel? It's by Memory Essentials. I had seen it in a magazine I think Memory Makers and thought now that's cool I NEED one. I saw it at a stamp show I went to this weekend, so I will let you know how it works. I also picked up some foiling and fiber goodies as well as lots of embossing powders and some stamps of course. I've been getting back into using my embossing powders especially with all the great bold images out there. SO I ask you is heat embossing out? Because if it is I'm bringing it back! I just feel like you don't see it that much anymore, maybe that's why on vendor had powders 1/2 price! LOLOLOLOL!!!

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Riley lost his shorts...

OH MY! LOL! Did that grab your attention? Here is Riley just floating around in the water, but he left his trunks on the beach!!

I started with Stampin Up's Bliss Blue and used the Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots for the background. The sand layer is sandpaper. I cut and ripped a great piece by Best Creations for the water layer. What is cool about this paper is I used it for two totaly different projects. It's hard to see in the photos but it has alot of great glitter. Remember when I used the butterfly on this project here. I colored Riley (Hanna Stamps) using Prismacolor and Copic Markers and added some Cinnamon Stickles to his antlers and hoofs. I cut the beach ball and shorts out from this glitter paper by Imaginisce called Feel The Burn. Well, that's it for now.


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Hanna Challenge

The weekly Hanna Stamps challenge was to use more than one set to make one card. This was a fantastic challenge as I sent Hanna and Mikey on vacation! I think they are headed somewhere tropical hum......

I started with Stampin Up Mellow Moss. I used the square nestablities to cut the largest square out of Close to Cocoa. Then took a piece of paper from the DCWV travel stack pack and cut that using the next size square nestablity. I colored both Mikey and Hanna using Prismacolor markers (The Hanna is from Passport Hanna). I cut them out and had them snuggle together for their picture in front of the palm tree while vacationing on a tropical island. The sentiment is the Imaginisce glitter paper called Cool Pool Chatter found here. I cut out the words that I wanted to use and that's it. A simple but very effective way to get a great sentiment.

Well that's it for right now. I'll be back shortly to share some exciting news with you!!

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Hanna Stamps Challenge

Here he is Mikey from Hanna Stamps!

The challenge last Friday in the Hanna Stamps SCS forum was to make a masculine card, how can I not use Mikey! I started with SU Close to Cocoa as my base and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the distressed embossing folder. The great striped paper (which I ripped for some texture effect) is by Basic Grey the Sugared collection. Tamara will have some awesome Basic Grey posted soon in the MDC store. I colored Mikey using Prismacolor markers and then mounted him on this really new cool paper by Core'dinations will also be available at MDC. It's great textured paper which does not have a white core it has a color core. I did rip it a bit for texture and to show the color under Mikey, not sure how well the color shows in the picture but believe me it's pretty cool. In the corner I added the cute sentiment (Hampton Arts) in the TV set, isn't that cool? The set is part of the Mikey set as well.

If you like Hanna Stamps then you will want to check out their SCS forum for fun challenges and a release party this Thursday night. I can't wait to see all the new sets, 4 NEW sets. That includes 2 mini sets as well. I have been loving these Hanna's alot, they are sure to break the piggy bank! LOLOLOL! I have to say it's great to find a company whose images are so super cool and the owner is super nice.

Thanks all for now!

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Ready for some summer fun?

Well springtime seems to be here in the Northeast. It's been close to 70 and beautiful the last few days. I made this card (a little late) for Kristi of Hanna Stamps. The gals in the Hanna Stamps forum posted this little "challenge" to welcome Kristi back from her vacation. A nice idea I thought. Things have been super crazy around here with personal things so I have not had time to stamp much. I did however pull this out in a few minutes. Ok I admit I had Sophie already colored in and in my Hanna Stamps pouch. LOLOL! But I really wanted to get a Hanna challenge in. So here is my somewhat simple creation using the great Sophie from Hanna Stamps.

I started with Stampin up's Rose Red, the embossing is using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The great background paper is from Mothers & Daughters Creations. It is an awesome summertime fun GLITTER paper. I actually mounted it on SU Chocolate Chip. The brads are by Making Memories. Lately I've been using pop dots / dimensional quit often but my photos don't always show it. I tried to take a picture to show the dimension a bit....

Thanks for stopping by. I will have more samples using products from Mothers & Daughters Creations as well so be sure to check back.


I may not get a chance to post everyday but please continue to visit I hope to get back in the swing of things soon.

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Pineapple Riley

Each week in the Hanna Stamps SCS forum there is a challenge. Last Friday the challenge was to create a shaped card. I love shaped cards. Many times you can find cool templates online other times I make my shapes. For this challenge I made my own shape. I wanted to use this awesome Riley in the hammock and thought about what shape I can use. Well this Riley makes me think Hawaii! And when I think of Hawaii besides palm trees I think of pineapples! I remember when I went to Kauai and Maui for my honeymoon and the tropical fruit was amazing! So I tried my best to "draw" the pineapple shape. Actually I used PowerPoint and used one of the drawing lines to come up with the pineapple shape.

Details:

Image is Riley by Hanna Stamps. I colored him in using my Prismacolor and Copic makers. I mounted him on Stampin Up's chocolate chip. The cool flowers are from the Michael's bridal section and to them I added some stickles. The base of the pineapple is chocolate chip and these awesome background papers are by Cosmo Cricket, Fleuriste line. You can this great paper here. The awesome sentiment is a rub-on by Crate Paper and can be found here.

That's all for now. It was a busy weekend so I didn't get much done except Riley here. Hopefully this week I'll get some more done. And this week my new Hanna stamps should arrive!

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Hanna Challenge

Thursday night in the Hanna Stamps SCS forum 2 new Hannas were released. It was a fun party but sometimes so hard to keep up with all the chatter.

With this release they have two challenges going on. One challenge was to make a card so that the open side is about 1/2 inch shorter than the back. I definitely did fold my card leaving a bit more than a 1/2 inch I swear! :-) But then I decided to add some scalloped paper to the edge so I hope that you can still see it IS indeed shorter! :-) I also added some green glitter using a glitter pen to her shirt and shoes. I scrapped a few things before finishing this card. The green/brown color scheme was inspired by a show I was watching on HGTV the other night. They decorated a bedroom using greens/browns and it really turned out nice.

Details:
Getting Physical - Hanna Stamps
Chocolate Chip Paper - SU
Cosmo Cricket Paper
Ribbon by American Crafts
DCWV - Scalloped Paper

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Hanna Pumping Iron

Hanna likes to keep in shape and pump some iron. When I first saw this set "Getting Physical" by Hanna Stamps I had this idea in my head. I wanted to create a "template" card for her. Of course it's a working out set so dumbbells are the first thing to come to mind. I did not use a specific template so there is no credit to give except to myself (let me know if you have seen a dumbbell template out there though). I started with a hexagon shape (I used powerpoint to help me create nice straight lines) to create the sides and just added the middle. I started with a black base and used this awesome black/white/silver glitter paper from a DCWV stack pack. Hanna needs to be super glitzy! The "blue" hue paper I used is SU Tempting Turquoise. I used Primsacolor markers to color Hanna and Copics for the dumbells. I added some stickles to Hanna's dumbell for more glitz!

Don't forget that tonight is the big Hanna party in the Hanna Stamps SCS forum HERE. It's sure to be a blast and two new Hanna's will be revealed. From the sneak peeks I've seen they look fabulous!

Gotta run need to get the Margarita's ready for the party.

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Sophie Hits the Beach

This is Sophie waving hello from the beach sporting her new sparkly bikini. Sophie is on the newest additions over at Hanna Stamps.

This layout using Lauren's weekly sketch challenge. Don't you hate it when things just grow legs and walk off your desk? When I sat down to do this card I knew I had a "Beach" sentiment from Imaginisce. Of course I think it went into hiding because I can't find it! ERRR! :-) So I used "Sunshine" instead, also by Imaginisce. You can find some great Imaginisce stamps and this beach themed paper at Mothers and Daughters Creations. I decided to add some paper piercing in the left corner for an added touch. In the end I was feeling like this card was missing something. I toyed with adding other elements but then just decided less is more to just leave it be.

Details:
Paper: Wild Wasabi (SU), DCWV, Imaginisce
Stamps: Imaginisce (Mothers & Daughters), Hanna Stamps

Don't forget the next release party for Hanna Stamps is this Thursday in the SCS forum here.

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Hanna After Dark

Hanna is ready for her big night out in the city! Do you like her fancy dress? She picked that up on her shopping spree. Off she goes to drop off her new goodies and head out for the night! :-)

While in Michael's the other day I picked up new Cuttlebug folders. This city skyline was one of the 4 in the pack. I haven't used the small embossing folders but I saw this one and thought of Hanna. I embossed the city twice on this cool glitter paper by DCWV. Hanna herself is dressed in a great glittery outfit by DCWV and includes a matching bag. Her other bags were colored with Prismacolor markers. Her shoes are black and glittery as well. Miss Hanna just sparkles.

I don't' know what it is but for some reason I feel the need to cut out Hanna for my designs. I think it looks pretty cool though. I promise I'll try other ideas as well without cutting her out! LOLOL! It's been so much fun playing with these stamps. Today was a happy mail day as I just received my winning Hanna set "Getting Physical". I won this from Hanna Stamps last release party. And guess what this Thursday is? Another release party on the Hanna Stamps SCS forum a 9pm so check it out!

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Don't Eat the Cake!

Here she is CAKE SOPHIE! Sophie is the new moose on the loose at Hanna Stamps. Today is Friday and that means Hanna Stamps challenge time over in the SCS forum. This weeks challenge was to bring on the BLING! For my bling I chose to use glitter!! I used glitter background paper on the left from DCWV stack pack. Glitter brads from Making Memories and Stickles make the cake yummy. I colored Sophie using Copics and Prismacolor makers. The base is Stampin Up Regal Rose with Rose red accents. The background was embossed using the Cuttlebug. Finally, the great sentiment is from Imaginisce and can be found at Mothers & Daughters Creations. I also mounted the pretty flower layer with pop dots and Sophie is encircled with nestablities and she is also mounted with pop dots. This gives me a few raised layers.

I have some Friday enablers for you. There is still a little bit of time to save 10% at Starving Artistamps. See this link for all the great details! You have until March 30.

If you love some of the Riley's and Sophie's you have seen as well as the Hanna I posted yesterday you will want to keep your eyes peeled for Hanna Stamps next release. I believe it's really soon. Check out their forum on SCS here. I can't wait to see what's next. I love these stamps so cute and sweet. I definitely need to order more Hannas!

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Hanna Takes Manhattan

Here she is Hanna in the city!

This set "But I need it" from Hanna Stamps is awesome. I decided that Hanna really needed that shopping trip to the city. Looks like she picked up quite a few things while there. This is a picture of her on her after her shopping trip! :-)

I started with Stampin Up's Lovely Lilac. I used my Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss about 3/4 of the card. Check out the top of this card, it's a city skyline! This stamp is by Art Impressions. I picked it up some time ago at my local stamp store for a project I was working on at the time. I stamped it twice in a straight line using Versamark. I love the soft watermark look it provides. The cool patterned paper on the bottom is from K&Co., I picked up a few packs of these guys today at Joanne's on sale! I added the wonderful bridal flowers from Michael's in the corner with a dab of cinnamon stickles in the middle. The nice brown ribbon is by American Crafts, yet another bargain I got awhile back at AC Moore. LOLOL. The entire card is mounted on Stampin Up's Chocolate Chip.

Now onto Miss Hanna.....

I wanted to do something other than just color her in. So I started coloring using Sienna Brown Prismacolor marker for her hair. I used the skin white Copic for her skin and a purple glitter pen for her cool shoes. As for her outfit and bags, I cut it all out using patterned papers from Mothers & Daughters (dress) and my DCWV stack packs. Once she was all "pieced" together I cut her out. It is pretty tricky cutting her out she is very skinny, for a first time try I think it worked pretty well.

There you have it Hanna in the city!

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Riley is in the House!

Woo Hoo, Riley has arrived along with I Need It Hanna!! Very exciting I must say.

First let me share this card I made using coffee riley. This sketch is from the Hanna sketch challenge here. I decided that Riley really needed to sit in cool comfy chair to sit in. I pulled out some Cosmo Cricket paper and stamped Riley on that. Then I cut it out. Next I stamped Riley on plain white paper (Georgia Pacific White) and colored him in using Prismacolor markers. Then I cut just Riley out along with his scrumptious cupcake and coffee. I pasted him in the chair. The base is Stampin Up's Mellow Moss and the brown layer is Stampin Up's Close to Cocoa. I used my scallop nestablities to cut the circles. The background paper of the large circle is a Basic Grey paper. The Cuttlebugged (can I use that "word"? I think I made it up) layer is from a DCWV stack pack. Added some black brads, ribbon and paper piercing and there you have it! Edited to add: I used SU dimensionals to have the large scallop and Riley pop out so in person it is dimensional.

I'm a pysched that my new Rileys and Sophie have arrived. I will get them all ready to be inked tonight. And I have a Hanna in the house, I can't wait to get playing with that. I also think I have another Hanna coming from the contest I won so that should be cool.

If you have not checked out Hanna Stamps you need to now! The images are so adorable and one of a kind. They have Riley the Moose and Sophie the Moose. Of course Hanna herself and even Hanna's "friend" Mikey! Ok so I don't own all of them yet but they are great images. The customer service is also very impressive. Today when I received my stamps I just had to take a picture of how it is packaged to share in case you are not familiar. Check this out....


I think I'm done enabling for now. Off I go to start stamping.


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Garden Riley on the BEACH?

Here he is Garden Riley from Hanna Stamps. I love this awesome moose. Kristi at Hanna Stamps has a bunch of Riley's and now Sophie has arrived. I can't wait for all my new Riley's and Sophie's to arrive along with a couple of Hannas! If you haven't checked Hanna Stamps out you should. Kristi not only has one of a kind original designs but all kinds of other accessories in here store here... I wish I can say I am affiliated in some capacity but I just love her stuff.

Anyhow, I started coloring this Riley with my Copics. I decided he needed an outdoors background. In the end he ended up water his plants on the beach! I thought it was kind of cool even if it's not the scenery you would imagine. I added some glitter to the water drops and purple flower. The background paper is by Daisy D's and can be found at Mothers & Daughters Creations. Check out the cool texture paper on the bottom can you guess what I used? YES I used sandpaper. Since my Riley ended up on the beach I figured he needed some sand! LOLOL.

I have many Riley's coming by way so expect to see more of these great stamps from Hanna Stamps.

I also wanted to wish everyone a very happy Easter weekend. My weekend should be busy so just in case I don't get back to post until Sunday or Monday.

Thanks for looking!

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