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.
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Happy creating,
Jenny
I showed you in yesterday’s post the cute Flip Top Treat Boxusing the Lots To Love Box Framelits. Here it is if you missed it but you can jump back to the last post though too and see more of it and the instructions.
This is actually a cute little Framelit set but there were parts that I wasn’t sure what they were used for. Like those little tiny arch shaped dies down at the bottom of the image below???
I found this video from Stampin’ Up! explaining the pieces and showing some great projects. I thought for my Wednesday WOW! #14this week we will take a look at this set. Very timely today being Valentine’s Day right. ❤ It does work well with the matching Sure Do Love You stamp set too.
That explains everything!
You can grab the Framelits in my store now -> HERE $57 AUS or grab the bundle and use them together. Clear mount stamp set is $84.50 AUS See that -> HERE.
Aren’t these projects pretty? These are from the current Occasions Catalogue and shows how gorgeous the products are especially with the beautiful Painted with Love Specialty Designer Series paper. SO much prettiness!
Thanks for visiting me today. Always nice of you to drop by whether you are from near or far. I hope your day has been a great one.
So it is Valentine’s Day here tomorrow apparently. We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day in a big way in Australia. You might give your “significant other” a little chocolate treat and I do give my 2 kiddies (well they are mostly adults now), a little chocolate treat.
I thought that this year I should do SOMETHING! I have had the Lots to Love Box Framelitsfor a couple of weeks and not used them. I had this in mind for about that long too. So I just managed to create it in time.
I call it a Flip Top Treat Box.I am sure you could use the idea for a Gift Card not just chocolates.
This is with the Flip Top open. Mmm! Chocolate Hearts!
It has a little card insert in it to add the Chocolates. I added a Glue Dot under each one to stick them them to the card. I added a loop of ribbon which was adhered to the end of the card and then I added a small red punched circle to cover it.
CREATE YOUR OWN FLIP TOP TREAT BOX
1. Cut 2 of the box shapes from the Lots To Love Box Framelits from your card.
On one piece which will be your top score it at half way along the long side of the box. This will be at 6cm (2 3/8″) which is from the scored line measurement not from the start of the curved edge.
2.Place adhesive on the underside along the long tabs ONLY to the half way point that will be adhered to the box. You don’t want to adhere the whole section or it won’t open. I added the adhesive on the curved end half.
3. Adhere the top piece to the bottom piece of the die-cut box. Your bottom piece will have the curved end to the opening end as shown in the photo below.
4. Decorate the box as you like. I used the Party Pandas set. The hearts were cut from the Lots of Love Box Framelits set. The sentiment was cut with the Layering Square Framelits.
So cute enough for Valentine’s do you think? Maybe it is a little late now to whip some up but file it away for another special Occasion.
I think this is my favourite card. I really like how it turned out. Can I say that?? Sometimes I am hesitant to say that about something I have made. But I like the effect of it and I have to say it is just chance really. When you use these Brusho Crystals you don’t know how it will work.
The butterfly is from A Beautiful Dayset. For the sentiment I masked the first word in the sentiment from the set to just stamp the “thinking of you” and heat embossed it in white.
To find out how to create this effect I have a video for you.
So what are your thoughts on the Brusho Crystals? Have you tried them? Do you think now you might give them a go? Let me know what you think. I would love to hear.
Just a reminder that my 15% off the Brusho Crystalsends at 8pm tonight. If you want to grab them and save money on then just drop me a comment or email me and I will get that sorted for you. Included is an information sheet to help you use your set of Brushos. I hope you will give them a try. I don’t think it is the last you will see of these from me.
Thanks for joining me in this. I hope you have had a great weekend.
What did you think of yesterday’s project?? I have a another project for you today.
We saw yesterday creating a background with the background. They are really fun to use them that way. This is another type of background. I don’t have a video for this one but I will walk you through it.
CREATING A BACKGROUND WITH THE BRUSHO CRYSTAL COLOURS
On this card I have used Shimmery White card and I have added the Brusho to dry card.
On your card sprinkle over your Brusho Crystals. I added the Brilliant Red in the right hand corner, a small amount of the Gamboge in the centre section and the Yellow on the left. Use the Spritzer and lightly spritz the card with water. It’s always magical watching the crystals dissolve and the colour emerge. It’s one of those moments like heat embossing. Do you feel that?? 🙂
Take your time and just play and watch what happens. You may want to spritz more or you may want to add more crystals. The “speckly” effect is created by sprinkling with the Crystals and only spritzing lightly so they are more spots than actually blended if that makes sense??
Leave your card to dry.
Once dry you can assemble the card. For this one I stamped the flowers from Birthday Blossomsin the corner and the sentiment at the top. I was going to stamp the sentiment and raise it up and I think I should have done that but never mind it’s more to see the Brusho effect. I love the thin White Organza ribbon. So soft and pretty to tie. The base card is Flirty Flamingo. It worked out a good match for it even with using the Red on the card. The bird from Birds and Blooms Thinlits were cut in Silver Foil.
Thanks for stopping by for this one. Come on by tomorrow. I think I have left my favourite until last.
We start today! I am excited to bring these projects to you for our Brusho Long Weekend. I have been playing with these Brushos (as I commonly call them) for the past few weeks. Each day over the next 3 days I will bring you a fun new project with a video and tips. I hope you enjoy them. Plus don’t miss out on the Special bonus savings this weekend if you are an Australian resident.
Warning: These Brushos are fun, addictive and at times messy. 🙂
DAY 1
My first project is creating a simple background similar to this one I have shown on this Dragonfly card.
Here is a video to create a washed out effect but I have also written a description below with a few tips.
NB.The above card was made a few weeks ago as I was still experimenting. For the card above I used watercolour card and sprinkled over the powder with the card dry and then wet it. It does give a slightly different effect. On watercolour card the colour doesn’t run as well. You can create a background like this or how I have in the video.
In the video: I chose to use Gloss cardand wet the card with the Aquapainter before I added the Brusho Crystals as the water enables the Crystals to spread easier.
Sprinkle over some Brusho Crystals lightly on your card after you have wet the card. I have used the Prussian Blue. You only need a small amount and for this technique I would keep it to one colour.
Spritz the card with water. Tilting the card will help make the colour run. Spritz lightly with more water if you think it needs more or you can sprinkle over more colour if need be. When you are happy with the effect, leave the card aside to dry. Once dry you can assemble the card.
On the card above I stamped the Dapper Denim base with the dots from the Dragonfly Dreamsset. A dragonfly was cut from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits in Gold Foil.I stamped a few of the dots from Timeless Textures in Versamark on my coloured card piece and heat embossed them in gold. The paper is from the Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper.
Just a note on the sentiment:I masked part of the sentiment from the Dragonfly Dreamsset and inked it with versamark. After I stamped it on the Dapper Denim card I heat embossed it in gold. It was cut with the smallest framelits in the Lots of Labels Framelits. I added a few loops of the Gold Thread behind the sentiment.
I hope you like this project. Each time you do it the effect will be different.
Come back tomorrow for a second project.
Grab 15% off your Brusho Crystals this weekend. (ends Sunday 11th 8pm). Details below. Includes an information sheet on ways to use your Brusho Crystal Colours.
It’s coming this weekend. It’s a Brusho Crystals Long Weekend and I am inviting you to be my guest.
I have been busy experimenting, preparing, creating and videoing ready for you. I have 2 face-to-face classes happening tomorrow and Saturday but I have some projects to share with you too. It all starts on my blog here tomorrow so be sure to stop by. If you haven’t already subscribed to my blog to get updates then click on the link in the right hand bar so you won’t miss out on the updates.
So what do I have in store?
I have 3 projects to share with youincluding some videos of different ways to use the Brusho Crystal Colours. The projects I share will be different to the ones I am doing in the classes but they will be special.
In addition, I have a special on the Brushosfor Australian residents only. (sorry folks!).
**Receive 15% off the price. RRP is $52 Take off $7.80 Weekend price = $44.20 (+S&H). This is for Australian residents only. Special not available in store. Contact me directly. Includes an information sheet on using your Brusho Crystal Colours. Offer ends 8pm Sunday 11th Feb.**
Watch It Wednesday’s and Wednesday’s WOW! are back for 2018. I have decided to combine them both in to Wednesday’s WOW! Each Wednesday I will bring you a stamping WOW! It might be a video, a tip, a product that has caught my attention or a special project. I hope you enjoy these episodes. You never know what I might uncover.
Today we have Wednesday WOW! #13.
Do you find sometimes you go through a catalogue and see a stamp or maybe a die set and think Mmm? Maybe? But it doesn’t really do it for you. I found that with the Sale-A-Bration setHeartfelt Blooms. Another flower set and the flowers weren’t all that exciting. What do you do with a stamp like that???
Well! I have been watching this little sleeper over the last few weeks and I have to say I am quite surprised with what this stamp can do. Firstly, this stamp is a different type of stamp. It is a “distinktive” stamp. Meaning that the stamp lays down the ink at different opacities. So you get different depths of colour. It gives a Photographic finish. Clever!
Stampin’ Up! have recently released a Youtube video highlighting this stamp. I was impressed. I thought I would share it with you if you hadn’t noticed it.
What do you think of this stamp? I would love to see some of your cards using this set. Why not email them to me and I might just share them here. (I might event send out a random prize of some handmade cards). I have just got this set so I look forward to playing with it.
There are so many different ways that people have used this set. Some people have coloured it with pencils, or with ink and daubers. They have cut and layered the flowers. If you want some inspiration, I have put together a Pinterest Board with this set. Head on over -> HEREto see them.
Now this stamp is a Free one. Really! Grab this as one of your Free Sale-A-Bration choiceswhen your order reaches $90 AUS. Available in Wood and Clear Mount. See it in store now -> HERE.
I was stumped this week for the Colour Inkspirations challenge. I love green and I use a lot of green but to use all these colours together was hard.
I tried a couple of different things and it just wasn’t working. This card was maybe the 4th stamped attempt. I went back to my 3rd attempt and ended up finishing up with this. Still not sure. It’s simple which is what I do but it’s just not enough I think. Anyway, I thought I would show you.
The lady from Beautiful You is stamped in each of the greens and then the centre filled with the pattern in the Sahara Sand. I used the Sahara Sand marker to fill in the hat.
The “dots” are from Timeless Textures. They were stamped in the Sahara Sand and then I stamped some with Versamark and embossed them in Gold. The sentiment and Banner is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous. I wrapped around some Gold Thread before adhering the card to a piece of the Bubbles and Fizz DSP. That worked well. The little flower is from theSprinkles of Life set and punched with the Tree Builder Bunch. That was an afterthought this morning when I looked at the card again in the light.
So nothing fancy and I didn’t have a lot of time this weekend. But I am putting it out there to have a go right. 🙂
I have been having lots of fun playing with the Brusho Crystal Colourslately. I will show you some of the projects over the next week or 2 but today I want to tell you about this week’s class for the local Peeps. And I have a special offer for the Brushosthis week whether you come to the class or not.
BRUSHO MAGIC CLASS
The Brusho Crystal Coloursare magical to work with. Just add water and you have incredible backgrounds and colours.
This weekend’s class we will be creating magic. These are the 2 cards we will make.
Along with these 2 fun cards we are making we will try out a few more ways to use them.
All materials included. Bring your own scissors and adhesives.
Friday 9th February 10am OR Saturday 10th February 2pm. WHERE: East Corrimal. (address given when you reply). COST: $15
RSVP: Wednesday 7th February.
BRUSHOS WEEKEND SPECIAL.
For next weekend only(available if you come to the class or not) Receive 15% off the price. RRP is $52 Take off $7.80 Weekend price = $44.20 (+S&H). This is for Australian residents only. Special not available in store. Contact me directly.
(If you receive this blog update as an email and you can’t see the image above then please pop over to the actual blog post and check it out).
I posted the image above on my Facebook Business page last week. It created a lot of discussion and lots of interesting statements of what people felt Stampin’ Up! is about. I thought I would share it all here and I would love to hear what you think PLUS I am going to draw someone at random to receive a prize.
Some of the things people on my Facebook page felt Stampin’ Up! was about to them is:
Creativity – through stamps, ink, papers, sharing ideas and inspiring each other.
Fun.
Making a difference in people’s lives. (Changing lives and enriching lives). This can be through sharing stamping with others and helping them feel excited about it. Also, giving support to them maybe through fundraising or help.
Memories – making them during events and get together’s and preserving our memories by scrapbooking them.
Relaxing and providing a “time out” for you.
Friendships – This was the most popular. It draws people in to share a common hobby/past-time. As a result friendships are formed and these can be long-lasting. For me personally, I have made friends with people from all over the world and I am very thankful for that. I wouldn’t have “met” them if it wasn’t for Stampin’ Up!
So, can you add anything else?? Why not drop me a comment and tell me your thoughts and what Stampin’ Up! means to you. Whether you are a Demonstrator or a customer. You might feel the same way as those mentioned above or it might be something else.
BLOG GIVEAWAY
I am going to pick a comment at random to win a Prize It is the Sale-A-Bration set – Heartfelt Blooms. (This is a gorgeous stamp giving a photographic appearance to the image)
This is only for Australian residents only BUT if you are from outside Australia then I will send you 5 handmade cards.
SO, Tell me: What is Stampin’ Up! about for you?
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If you want to know more about actually being in the Stampin’ Up! family, Sale-A-Bration is a great time to. You get $230 of Free products!!! Is that something that means a lot to you?
Find out more on my Blog Page ->HERE or drop me a comment or email to find out more. I have room for you to join with me on my JEN’s INK Team.
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