I am married to Glenn and we have 2 adult children: Josh and Carlie. I live in the Northern Suburbs of Wollongong; just south of Sydney, NSW Australia.
I joined Stampin' Up! in August 2008. I'm having a great time playing with ink and paper and sharing my creations with you.
Thank you for visiting me in my corner of the blogosphere. I hope I inspire you along the way. I hold regular classes and workshops in my studio in East Corrimal and offer classes and tutorials by mail. I hope I can share stamping with you and your friends soon.
Take a look around. If I can help you with any of the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products please don't hesitate to ask me.
Happy creating,
Jenny
I have seen on Pinterest and around some beautiful projects colouring this gorgeous print from the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper. I have been saving this small piece of the paper for some time so I could colour it. I finally got to do it the other day. I have to say I was a little nervous. If I messed it up I didn’t have any more. It turned out OK. I coloured the piece with the Stampin’ Blends. They colour so smoothly and easily.
I kept the card simple. I layered the piece on to some black card and then a Pool Party card base. The “celebrate” was from the Celebrate You Thinlits and I cut one from Silver Foil and one from white card. Then off-set them to adhere them together.
Such gorgeous paper. I hope you have grabbed some before it is gone??
I have been asked often about how to cut your cardstock to make your cards. When people come to my classes the card is already cut for them but they want to know how to go about it at home. So finally I have put together a video to share with them but also with you if you are not sure. So for Wednesday’s WOW! #22we are looking at How to cut your card.
I hope you do find it useful and might be able to refer back to it when creating your own cards.
NB: I realised that there is some glare from the trimmer in the video. I apologise in advance for that but I hope it still gives you some idea.
Also, the measurements I give are for metric card. The US card size is different but I have mentioned about the measurements in the video.
The measurements I used in the video I have listed below so you can refer to them later. These are my personal measurements though. These measurements are for a standard card with equal layers.
Standard Card measurements
Card base: Cut A4 card at 14.8cm. Score on the long side at 10.5cm.
** For the layers for the standard card I decrease the card size by 4mm.
1st layer: Cut card 14.4cm x 10.1cm.
2nd layer:Cut card 14cm x 9.7cm.
For US Imperial card size: These are my understanding of the measurements. Do Check your own measurements.
Cardstock size is 8 1/2″ x 11″
Card base:Cut card in half at 5 1/2″. Score card on the long side at 4 1/4″
** For the layers I would suggest decreasing it by 1/4″ but check to see what you personally feel.
1st Layer: Cut card 4″ x 5 1/4″.
2nd Layer: Cut card 3 3/4″ x 5″. Hopefully these measurements are OK. 🙂
I hope this is helpful. I hope to bring you more Back To Basics videos in the future.
Awesome bargains to be had in the Clearance Rack now. Stampin’ Up! have just updated it. Many are items from the Holiday Catalogue that are clearing out. A lot are at 40% off. Seriously you have to check this.
Head to my store -> HERE to view them. If you order Online Please use the Host Code: HBMR929J Thank you kindly 🙂
Be sure to check on the Retired List too while you are there in store by clicking on the link in the left hand column.
Remember too, that for every $50 you get a little check on my VIS (Very Important Stamper) Loyalty card. Once you collect 10 you get free products up to $24.95.
With a new catalogue very soon I don’t often like to share projects with new products quite yet. You know, there are still so many lovely products that we have in our current catalogue to use. BUT, well I had to make this card – and share it with you right now. It’s just such a cute set I couldn’t help myself.
This new set is the Animal Outing set. So darn cute! And it is nice to see some Aussie animals. So these animals had to take a selfie. 🙂
I stamped out the images and then coloured them with the Watercolor Pencils. For the sky (which I think could have been a little darker on looking at it now), I lightly brushed over a clear block with the Aquapainter to wet it, then coloured on the block with the Pacific Point pencil. Then picked up the colour with the Aquapainter and washed over the background. I have to say these were the second images I coloured. For the first ones I coloured the images then the background with the Pacific Point pencil and lightly and washed over it. I wasn’t happy with how streaky it looked. So I redid the whole image. For the second time I coloured the sky first before the animals so I didn’t waste all that time … 🙂
Just a tip too when colouring: Lightly colour your images first with your chosen colour and lightly brush over with the Aquapainter. Leave it to dry and then go over parts of the image with the pencil adding highlights. It is much more effective. Also, Shimmery White card is the best for watercolouring I think. Watercolor Paper can be used but it is a lot more textured.
From another piece of card (9cm x 10cm) I cut a square from the centre using I think the 3rd largest square Framelits from the Layering Squares Framelits. I adhered the coloured piece behind it. On a card mat ( I used Pumpkin Pie on one and Old Olive on the other) I embossed those pieces with the Layering Leaves Embossing Folder. Tie around some Linen Thread and adhere this to your card base.
OK, I will get back to some of the awesome current products we have – and they are retiring very soon.
Hope your weekend is going great and you are having time to create.
I showed you my swap card I made for Onstage a couple of posts back. If you missed it then just head back 2 posts. Today I thought I would show you my swaps I received in return. I only made about 30 so just have a small number. It’s great swapping with other demonstrators to get new ideas and different ways of using a stamp set. You might like to see them.
Cards with Backgrounds.
These cards are created with either lovely paper (The Painted with Love Specialty DSP) or with a stamped background. The bottom left card uses the Texture Embossing Paste. The bottom right has a watercolour wash. Then you have a lovely scene using the Waterfront set.
Piggies and Birds
These are cute. 🙂
Flowers
So many variations.
Banners and Greetings
Add a sentiment and a little background. The bottom left card is a Baby Wipe technique like I used on my swap card.
3D
Some fun fold card and treat holders and other special pieces.
I hope you liked to see these. It’s always good to share new ideas.
As you might have heard, the Stampin’ Up! Onstageevent was last weekend and I went to Onstage in Sydney. For my interstate and overseas visitors I thought I should first show you the fantastic location that our event was held at. We have such a beautiful harbour and it was such a lovely Autumn day (well you could have thought it was Summer!).
Under the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge with the Opera House. Just happened to catch a ferry in the photo too. 🙂
This year Stampin’ Up! celebrate their 30th Anniversary. Of course with a birthday there must be cupcakes. Yummy!
There was some creating at the event of course. This was our table.
It was great to have 2 of my JEN’s INK team members at Sydney with me. I hope more can come next time.
We had Sara (CEO of Stampin’ Up!) with us in Sydney which was lovely and there were a number of fantastic presenters. (I wish I was that clever!). Lots of new ideas to think on.
Throughout the day there were a number of Video recordings shown. This one with Sara and her mum Shelli was quite entertaining as they showed a number of projects with new products. With the lighting it was hard to catch good photos of the projects they made. (sorry about that. Maybe it had something to do with a new phone too. 😉 )
I showed you my swap card using the Petal Palette bundle in the previous post. This is it below if you missed it. I have just managed to take photos of all the swaps I received in return. I will sort them and show you them in a later post.
I will show you this though. I call them my Onstage Survival Kits. They had a teabag, chocolate and post-it notes. It had a little tag using the Petal Palette set. These were for a few of my stamping buddies.
I will be back again soon so stop by and visit. If you went to Onstage drop me a comment and tell me which one you went to.
I will tell you more about Onstage shortly but I thought since it is Wednesday. It is time for Wednesday’s WOW! #21.
This card was my swap for Onstage in Sydney. I thought I would share this with you today and show you how I created it.
This is made with the Baby Wipe Technique. I had wanted to try this technique for some time and was reminded about it recently.
Here is how to create your own.
Below is a graphic for you to PIN but below is more details on how to do it.
1. Fold 2-3 Baby Wipes in half and lay them on a plate. A smooth plastic plate is best. I ended up using a couple of paper plates together as that is all I had suitable. Be sure to have a couple though as the ink leaks through. The paper plates are ok for a small number of inkings. Add dots of your first colour of reinker over different spots on the wipes. Then add your 2nd colour and lastly your 3rd colour. I think 3 colours are enough. The colours I used are Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango and Rich Razzleberry.
2.Ink up your stamp as you would normally on an inkpad.
3. Stamp your inked stamp onto your card. If you are stamping multiple of images then clean your stamp and ink your stamp again between each one. Your Baby Wipe Inkpad should last quite a number of stampings. I think I got 15-20 from the one inked wipe.
4. Complete your card as you like.
To finish my card.
Adhere the Bermuda Bay card mat to a Thick Whisper White card base. Cut the circular Border Thinlit from the Petals and More Thinlitsfrom Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and adhere down the left hand side of the Bermuda Bay Card. Adhere your stamped white card you had created with the Baby Wipe Technique on to the card. On the right hand side stamp the flower image from the Petal Paletteset in Bermuda Bay ink.
Stamp the bird in black on scrap white card and cut it out with the matching Framelit from the set. Stamp the sentiment on to Tangerine Tango card and cut with the Oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Raise both the bird and the sentiment off the card with Dimensionals.
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Have you tried the Baby Wipe Technique before?? I am keen to try it again. Each time you stamp it works out differently so give it a go if you haven’t.
Just to show you how different they can be. Here is all the stamped pieces when they were done. I inked the leaf in different positions on the wipe at times to get the variations.
In one way today is a sad day. We say Good-Bye to some much loved products. BUT this is just to freshen things up and make room for some gorgeous new products.
All the items are listed below. NOW PLEASE, if you like any of these don’t sit and think about it. They won’t hang around so you need to grab them NOW!
You can order online -> HERE.(Australian Residents only) **Please use the HOST CODE: 2W62VU32
OR
Contact me Directly to order.
NB: You will note all the inkpads listed. The Inkpads have been redesigned which is why they are listed.
There are some colours though that will be retiring in the Colour Revamp. This is to freshen the colour collections. I will bring more information about the Colour Revamp shortly but for now. Let’s see the new Colour Collections. These don’t include the Incolors.
Aren’t they nice??
For now though go and check the retired list. They are only While Stocks Last. Hurry! 🙂
The Petal Paletteis a gorgeous bundle that I have recently started playing with. We will be focusing on this set in class this week. I have added an additional time so hopefully you can come.
Create 3 beautiful cards using the gorgeous Petal Palette set. These cards were inspired by some lovely cards I found on Pinterest.
Here is a sneak peek.
Class details: Do check for the additional class time added.
Friday 13th April 10am RSVP: Wed 11th
Saturday 14th April 2pm RSVP: Wed 11th
****AND NOW
Tuesday 17th April 7pm RSVP: Sunday 15th.
All classes are held in my studio in East Corrimal. RSVP by emailing me at jghayward@yahoo.com
COST: $20 BYO: adhesives and scissors (an additional $5 is charged to use my adhesives)
**WEEKEND SPECIAL: Order the Petal Palette Bundle (CM $108) and receive 20% off COST = $86.40 + Shipping ($5.40) TOTAL = $91.80. Discount available for Wood mount as well. Orders can only be made directly through me not online.
I have only recently got the Petal Palettestamps and the Petals and More Thinlits. I have had time to play with them this past week. I thought I would start showing you some of the cards I have made.
This card today is actually the last card I made. I loved it so much I couldn’t wait to show you. 🙂
I stamped the flowers with Memento then coloured them with the Rich Razzleberry and the Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. I cut them with the matching dies. (no fussy cutting required!!!). I had planned to use them on a card I saw but was running out of time that day. In the night I was thinking about the card. You do that don’t you. 😉 This card came to me so I made it the next day as soon as I had time.
The White card is embossed with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. While that was available during Sale-A-Bration it will be in the next catalogue. Under the White card I added a strip of the Copper Foil sheet and adhered them straight to the Rich Razzleberry Card base. The sentiment was stamped and cut with the matching die in the Thinlits set and sponged lightly with ink around the edge. I played around with the positioning of the flowers and sentiment. I think that took the longest!! Once I worked out something I was happy with I raised up the flowers with Dimensionals as well as the sentiment.
I hope you like it.
I will be back soon with some more cards with this bundle. I must say it is a gorgeous one and I am glad I have finally got to play with it.
A Stamping Journey 