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
Do you have a wedding coming up? Or maybe a Learner Driver who just got their license? This one is a cool car to use.
The Hidden Gem this week is the Classic Wedding Bundle.
The Classic Wedding Stamp Set has the solid car image and other parts that you can fill in with the car outline, so you don’t even have to colour it if you don’t want to. Then there is all the fun elements in the Classic Wedding Dies that you can add.
This is an Online Exclusives. These get a little lost along the way so I’m going to feature different ones on our Hidden Gem posts each week. Online Exclusives are not in a catalogue but viewed online but you can get them directly from me or online too.
Sunday Suites today with the absolutely gorgeous Season of Elegance Suite Collection.
This suite oozes elegance. From textured paper and gold accents to stamp and die-cut images and sentiments. This is a large Suite Collection with all the elements beautifully coordinating creating artistic outdoor scenes, warm Christmas wishes with elegant greetings and labels, and sophisticated details through foiling and satin textures. Did I say gorgeous???
This is what the full Suite Collection includes.
Peaceful Season Bundle
Peaceful Evergreens Bundle
Season of Elegance 12″x12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper
The Peaceful Evergreens Bundle. In the Die set there are a number of tree shaped dies. Some diecut the stamped trees with other dies giving more detailed diecut trees. There is a also a dotty diecut shape to add a “snowy” effect on your projects. And notice the funny oval and tail shape dies? They create little bows to add which is fun.
The Peaceful Seasons Bundle. The stamp set contains numerous sentiments. Some you can combine together or use them on their own. There is the option to stamp the “Christmas”and Diecut it and layered. Or you can diecut the “Christmas” word and layer together. There is also some elegant label and banner shape dies.
The Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper. Featuring beautiful gold foil along with textured backgrounds in neutral and Christmas colours, this paper was hand painted to give your projects an artistic look, great for the Christmas season and other special occasions.
The colours in this paper are Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, gold, Gray Granite, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pretty Peacock, Real Red.
The Painted Trees Embossing Folder adds such detailed texture to your projects. The embossed card created with this folder can be used as a background look or as a statement in itself on a card front. It is beautiful.
What about some projects with this. These are created by Stampin’ Up! artists.
Just a tip with using the Embossing Folder. When you have embossed your card. Try daubering on some ink over the raised trees to give the trees some coloured definition.
The “square” shaped diecuts can be layered together to add directly to the front of the card.
Or layer the other elongated shaped diecuts.
These little Gift card pockets are dressed up with the diecut bows.
What do you think of the Season of Elegance Suite? So much to love.
This week’s card is using the Frosted Forest stamps and masks. You could use this idea with any tree stamp.
This is a Portrait Fold card. That’s what I’m calling it anyway. I’m not sure if it has a particular name. The fold is at the top of the card.
You can follow along with the video below. The full tutorial will be sent out in next week’s newsletter if you are a subscriber. If not check the side bar on my blog.
I have used the Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper and some sparkly Glimmer Paper.
I used just one mask in the Frosted Forest mask set. You can add other layers of ink if you would like to.
This is the card.
Embossing the card mat adds some extra texture. I have used the Timber 3D Embossing Folder on this one.
Hope you enjoy it.
Happy Crafting,
Jenny
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Need to order and you are in Australia? I would love to help you.
You can shop in my store Online -> HERE. OR contact me directly.
As a little gift this month Receive a Color Coach Wheel with all orders over $90. These are a great tool to help you choose colours when you are creating. I think you will find it so helpful.
If you need to order and you are in Australia I would love to help you. You can head to the store link just above OR contact me directly.
Happy Shopping,
Jenny
With your orders over $75 you also will receive a Tutorial Bundle of 36 projects to keep you creating. There are some beautiful Christmas projects to inspire you.
This is a simple card with the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper.
The paper has such pretty bird images. This one you don’t need too much with. I added the Love and Joy from the Greetings of the Season Stamps and diecut it with the Nested Essentials Die. I added a smaller one diecut with Red Glimmer Paper. It just adds a little sparkle to the simpleness.
This is one of the cards we made at our recent Nests of Winter Class. I usually start off with a simple card and then move on to more detailed ones. Such fun! If you are local in Wollongong come along. Or you can have the Card Kits mailed out to you if you are in Australia.
This is the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper.
It’s Sweet Sunday and we have something sweet today. Cake Celebrations. Cake can be pretty sweet right. Are you a sweet tooth for cake?
The Cake Celebrations Bundle has just been released this week as an Online Exclusives. Stamp your cake in layers in any colours of cake you like. Add fun toppings like a creamy layer or flowers. Don’t forget the candles. You can diecut some of the pieces out.
This is the Cake Celebrations Bundle.
There are the words that you can put together for any occasion and layers of cake to make it as high as you like. You don’t have to be a Baker for this one. Which is good because I can’t cook.
So you can make a cake for any occasion. And this cake is low-calorie so have as much as you want.
It’s Week 6 of our 12 Weeks of Christmas Series. Can you believe we are half-way through already!
This week’s project is a Gift Card Holder. It is so easy to create. It’s made with a standard White Envelope, some festive paper and matching ribbon.
You can see how to make one in the video below. Gift Cards are a popular gift for Christmas so I hope you get to make one for yourself.
This is the Gift Card I created in the video. I will share some other versions in a later post.
I decorated this one with the Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper. The words on the front are from the Trucking Along Stamp Set. The inside is one from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set.
You can PIN this now on Pinterest to come back to.
If you have missed out on past projects from the 12 Weeks of Christmas then be sure to head back some posts on my blog here Or head to Youtube. They are all on my Channel.
If you would like the written tutorial for these projects then be sure to subscribe to my newsletters. I send out a free tutorial each week. You can find the link to subscribe in the right hand column on my blog.
Have fun creating,
Jenny
Do you need supplies and you are in Australia? I would love to serve you.
You can head to my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: EXSTTBB6 Or contact me directly.
WOW! I just have to tell you. There are 2 new kits released this month. And they are amazing!! And there are new Online Exclusives available starting this month. Let’s check them out.
2 NEW KITS
The Nature’s Paintings Kit. Do you like colouring? They have black and white prints with the Watercolour pencils and Water Painter to colour the images. How stunning! There are 24 pages – 2 each of 12 designs. 11.4cm x 15.2cm. A little mindless colouring. Then you can frame them or trim them down for a card front. No stamping involved.
This would be a great one for crafting on the go. Just pack your colouring pad, pencils and brush and you are off.
Then there is the Layered Landscapes Kit. 4 different scenes with other pieces to give a dimensional look. All great images. 18.1cm x 18.1cm. They come with the frames so you can stand them on the Easel back or hang them on the wall.
Nearly every 2nd month Stampin’ Up! releases new products online to keep your creating fresh and interesting. This month in addition to the 2 new Kits there are some fun new stamps and papers.
Some of the my favourites. The Otterly Adorable Paper is just so cute.
The Otterly Amazing Bundle is – Amazing!
The Marbled Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper is just so beautiful.
Another great bundle for Birthdays. The Cake Celebrations Bundle.
You can see these and many more of the Online Exclusives Products in my store -> HERE.
Do you need some supplies for your Crafing and your are in Australia? I would love to serve you.
You can head over to my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: EXSTTBB6 Or contact me directly.
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