Author: Jenny Hayward

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

We are coming to the end of November which means:

Extravaganza will end Monday November 28th with the Flash Sale to finish it off on November 28th. Have you grabbed some of these items to tuck in with your Christmas pressies (for others of course!)?

Catch all the details HERE before they end.

Stitched Shapes Framelits with 25% off select stamp sets. If you don’t grab these Framelits now you will have to wait until they come out in the Annual Catalogue next year. See them HERE.

The Exclusive, Limited Edition Pop Up Scrap bin will finish at the end of November. These are especially to celebrate 10 years of Stampin’ Up! in Australia. I am giving one away with each order over $55 as a Thank you gift. Grab your own now with your orders. Find out about them HERE.

Every order over $20 from 21st – 31st November will go in the draw to win the cute set Cozy Christmas.

OK, I think you have some shopping to catch up on so you can have a chance to get one of those cool Scrap Bins – and to go in the draw. Not to mention the savings you will get on these specials.

You can find out all the details and Order at my store HERE.

cards, Christmas, Classes, Stampin' Up!

IT’S A SHINY CHRISTMAS!

November 26, 2016November 24, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Our next class is all shiny – Silver, Gold and Copper!

It will be our last class for the year.

Let’s celebrate the year by making some special ‘Christmas cards’ with lots of fun and Christmas cheer. Let’s make it “shine”.

WHEN: Saturday 3rd December at 2pm.
We will make one of each of these “shiny” cards.

COST: $25 – $5 discount with own adhesives.

Please RSVP by Thursday 1st December

cards, Christmas

CANDY CANE CHRISTMAS MOUSE!

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 Jenny Hayward

This Merry Mice set is so cute don’t you think?? I had fun colouring this little mouse. I Cased this card from my friend Leonie whom I think had Cased it off Pinterest.

I stamped the cute mouse on Thick Whisper White cardstock and have coloured some of it with the Aquapainter and inkpads. The smaller areas like the bauble and the leaves and also the ears and stars I used the markers. This piece was matted on Real Red then layered on to strips of the Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper. This is a great way of using up some of the scraps of patterned paper.

I meant to tie around the twine around the paper and the white card mat but forgot before I stuck it down. There was no point even trying to lift it without destroying it so I just went with a bow with the both twines. That’s all good though right. 🙂

Thanks for visiting.

cards, Techniques, Tutorials

COOL COFFEE CUP CARD!

November 23, 2016November 23, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I found this idea the other day to make these cute coffee cups. I don’t drink coffee but I love meeting up with friends for “coffee”. I loved the idea that you could make these cute cups with … The Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies. How clever! They make great sized coffee cups for a card.

This idea is from Susan Campfield on suestampfield.com HERE.

I put together a video on how to make it for you. View that -> HERE.

You can dress them up as you like. I have used the ‘Paisleys and Posies’ stamps and the Paisleys Framelits. The background is stamped with the ‘Timeless Textures’ set. The sentiment is from ‘Bella and Friends’ which I think is very apt for a friend to let them know you are thinking of them.

What a fun idea!

It just happens that the Home Sweet Home Thinlits are 30% off this week for Extravaganza. They are priced this week at $44.10. You can check out all the List for Extravaganza at my store HERE.

I hope you can make your own “coffee cup” cards.

3D projects, cards, Christmas

HOLLY, JOLLY GREETINGS TAGS!

November 22, 2016November 22, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Just a quick one for me today. I thought I would show you these really quick Christmas tags using the Holly, Jolly Greetings set.

These were inspired by tags I saw on Pinterest. I think the Whisper White card is cut to 5cm x 12cm (2″ x 4 3/4″) and the top punched with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch. The snowflake is stamped in Crumb Cake with the sentiment stamped in Real Red. There are a number of combinations you could make with these stamps for your sentiments. You can see the set below.

I added some small strips of the Candy Cane DSP with some Red Glimmer Paper. This is a great way to use up some of those small scraps you have lying around. I tied around some Real Red Twine and finished them with Rhinestones. It wouldn’t take long to whip up a number of these classy tags to dress up your gifts for Christmas.

Here is the set for you to see if you haven’t noticed it. This is in the Annual Catalogue p 34. ($49.00 W $35.00 C).

Thanks for visiting today. I hope your day/ night is great.

JUST A REMINDER:

Stitched Shapes Framelits still available to order until the end of November PLUS 25% off select stamps. See the details HERE. Please use the HOST CODE: YTKD9JKB

Extravaganza is on. Up to 40% off select products with Flash Sale on Monday 28th with additional items reduced. Go in the draw to win the set Cozy Christmas with a minimum $20 order. See the details HERE.

All orders over $55 in November receive the Exclusive limited edition Pop Up Scrap Bin as a Thank You gift from me for your orders. See these cute bins HERE.

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EXTRAVAGANZA IS ON WITH A ONE DAY SALE TODAY!

November 21, 2016November 20, 2016 Jenny Hayward

The Online Extravaganza has started today with a ONE DAY SALE BLITZ. There is 20-35% off select items for just today.

Here they are for you:

The Metallic Enamel Shapes Bundle (Metallics, Subtles, Brights, Regals and 2016-2018 In Color) 35% off = $48.91

Ombre Inkpads Bundle (Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Calypso Coral, Emeral Envy, Basic Black) 30% off = $55.13

Embellished Ornaments and Delicate Ornament bundle

* (Wood) 20% off = $78.40

* (Clear) 20% off = 67.20

Gift Bag Punch Board 30% off = $22.40

Gift Bag Punch Board 30% off = $22.40

TO ORDER:

You can ORDER ONLINE HERE. Please use the HOST CODE: YTKD9JKB

OR EMAIL/MESSAGE your order. (Before 8pm).

Extravaganza will continue for the rest of the week with huge discounts ending with another ONE DAY BLITZ next Monday the 28th. Check out the whole list in a previous post HERE.

GO IN THE DRAW TO WIN!

Every order over $20 this week will enter the draw to win the cute set ‘COZY CHRISTMAS’.

Off you go shopping now. You might have to buy yourself a Christmas present 😉

Jenny

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EXTRAVAGANZA IS COMING!!!

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Just in time for some Christmas shopping! From Monday 21st November to Monday 28th November – the Extravaganza is on!

What is this Extravaganza?

There are some fantastic discounts from 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% off select products. I think you will love them.

I will give you more details in the next couple of days.

BUT I want to tell you about the details for these extra specials available for ONE DAY ONLY.

On the 21st November and on the 28th November there will be a special 24 hour sale.

FOR MONDAY 21ST ONLY WE HAVE:

The Metallic Enamel Shapes Bundle (Metallics, Subtles, Brights, Regals and 2016-2018 In Color) 35% off = $48.91

Ombre Inkpads Bundle (Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Calypso Coral, Emeral Envy, Basic Black) 30% off = $55.13

Embellished Ornaments and Delicate Ornament bundle

* (Wood) 20% off = $78.40

* (Clear) 20% off = 67.20

Gift Bag Punch Board 30% off = $22.40

TO ORDER:

You can order these Online at my store HERE (Above items Monday only). Please use the Host Code – YTKD9JKB

OR Email or phone me.

If you want to see the full list of specials for all week, check it out Below. You can order any of these other items throughout the week.

Please use the above link to my store and the Host Code if ordering online.

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PLUS, GO IN THE DRAW TO WIN!!

Every order during Extravaganza over $20 will go in the draw to win the cute set

‘Cozy Critters’

Don’t forget also: 25% off a number of sets are still available until the end of November with the Stitched Framelits promotion. You can check the details out for this HERE.

Jenny

cards, Christmas

STAR OF LIGHT CHRISTMAS!

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I realised I hadn’t posted these cards yet. They have been sitting in my drafts folder for weeks! Oops! Now you can get to see them. 🙂

I didn’t get this set, Star of Light at first when the Holiday catalogue came out. I wasn’t sure about it and after all I still had the star framelits from the Annual Catalogue. I got to play with this set at our stamping weekend, and well … I kinda liked it. I may have this set now. 😉

This is the first card I made.

The “swirly” star pattern is heat embossed in Copper. The sentiments and small stars are stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I cut one of the larger stars in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and the smaller one is cut from Copper Foil sheet with the matching Starlight Thinlits. A pearl is added for some glam.

This is quite a simple card really but makes and impact I think.

For the next card the layout is based on the Freshly Made Sketches #217.

The base card is Real Red and the paper is from the Candy Cane Lane DSP pack. I heat embossed the “dots’ in gold on white card. There are so many star shapes in this Thinlits pack to give you so many options. (You can see them down below). I cut a large one in Real Red and the more detailed on in Gold Foil. Before I added it to the card front I looped around some Gold thread.

The sentiment is heat embossed in Gold onto vellum. Just be gentle when heat embossing the vellum. 🙂

Here is the set and the Thinlits if you haven’t noticed them yet. What combinations can you make?? Can you see the sentiments in the set too? They are really lovely. With these gorgeous sentiments and the varying shaped Thinlits, it doesn’t take much to make quick fancy cards with them.

They are available for $84.50 as a bundle in my store HERE. So why not go and grab them.

Don’t forget with a minimum order of $55 you will receive the limited edition Pop Up Scrap Bin for Free from me as a Thank you!

See you soon,

Catalogues, Onstage, Personal Ramblings, Stampin' Up!

ONSTAGE LIVE BRISBANE REVIEW!

November 14, 2016November 14, 2016 Jenny Hayward

It has been over a week now since I have returned from Brisbane for Onstage Live. I haven’t stopped since getting back. I now have had a few minutes to look at the photos I took and thought I would share a few of the fun moments.

It was very exciting to be a part of. Brisbane held the Live event running over 3 days of fun presentations, seeing gorgeous new products and great business sessions. Some of the presentations were telecast to centres around the world where the Onstage Local events were being held for one day.

Brisbane is a beautiful city – with even a beach right in the middle of the city!!

The event opened with these amazing guys. Swagamama is a local hip-hop break-dance group. Their performance was incredible with their choreography and acrobatics. You didn’t know where to look next.

Even the President Rich Jutkins is not afraid to stamp. He did a good job too. 🙂

Shelli of course demonstrated some gorgeous projects.

I am not going to share too many of the new products at the moment but I will share just one project Shelli made. Isn’t it gorgeous with the new Dragonfly Thinlits. Ooh! look is that Watercolour pencils?? 😉

There were so many fantastic presentations showing new products coming up in the Occasions Catalogue and for Sale-A-Bration. So many great new techniques too that I just have to try. I might show you some of the projects at a later date though so I don’t give too much away at the moment. 😉

At the end of the last day things were going a little downhill – fast!! I won’t say too much about this but it was very hard for Sara and Shelli to keep it together. It is a bit blurry but just shows the mayhem! Sweet innocent shelli 😉

We already had Rich showing how he could stamp and he mentioned then it would be so much worse if he was on stage with Sara and Shelli. So …… They got him up right at the end for him to finish the project. Pressure was on!

Here is my name badge with ribbons. It is only a small little collection from others but I was pleased with my achievements for this past year.

With some of my stamping buddies, Leonie (left) here and Sarah (right) one of my downline at the great sign.

It was so good to see Shannon West again from the US Home Office. She is so gorgeous.

Onstage is such a fun, inspirational event. I am looking forward to Onstage Local in Sydney in April.

Thanks for looking. It was just a little insight in to the fun.

Jenny

If you would like the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogue sent out to you Mid December for FREE then just stop by and fill out the request form HERE. (Australian residents only).