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

cards, Stampin' Up!

FOXY CATS!

November 11, 2016November 11, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Since I have got back from Stampin’ Up! Onstage last week I have been running. I think in circles more so but anyway… I haven’t had a lot of time to go through my photos to share with you as yet but I hope to very soon. In the meantime I still have cards to share.

Today is a card with cats!!

These cats are made with the Fox Builder Punch. I am not a fan of foxes so I haven’t got this punch but I used this punch on our stamping weekend. I found this idea on Pinterest so thought I would make a card with this. I thought it was a cute idea.

The cats are stamped in Crumb Cake and Early Espresso using the ‘Foxy Friends’ set. The sentiment is from the set ‘Better Together’. The leaf and the curvy spray of leaves is from the ‘Foxy Friends’ set too. A good thing with the stamps being photopolymer I could curve the spray before I inked it to match the White oval piece that I had already cut with the Oval Layering Framelits.

The base is Sweet Sugarplum and the paper is from the Playful Palette Paper stack. Before I adhered the cute cats and the Oval sentiment piece I swirled around some Silver Thread and tied around some Sweet Sugarplum Ruched ribbon.

These cats look pretty happy don’t you think. 🙂

Have an awesome day wherever you may be.

cards, Stampin' Up!

STITCHED FRAMELITS ARE HERE AND GET 25% OFF SELECT SETS!

November 8, 2016November 22, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have been eyeing off these type of Framelits for a while and I am so excited that Stampin’ Up! have released them. And early! These will be available in the 2017 Annual Catalogue but why wait until then. Get them now during November.

These ‘Stitched Shapes’ Framelits create a “dotty” stitched effect around your cut shape. They are $50 and there are 12 dies in all in Circles, Squares and Ovals.

They will co-ordinate with many of the current sets but Stampin’ Up! have announced 25% off select sets that will work well with these.

Here they are for you.

Greetings From Santa Hang Your Stocking

Christmas Pines Merry Mice

Tin Of Tags Suite Season

Oh! What Fun Baby Bear

Blooms and Wishes

DO YOU WANT MORE??

If your order is over $55 you will receive a limited edition, exclusive Pop-Up Scrap Bin FREE to celebrate Stampin’ Up!’s 10th Birthday in the South Pacific region.

TO ORDER:

Order Online HERE. ** Until the 28th November please now use the HOST CODE: YTKD9JKB

*Please note: your Pop-up Scrap bin will be sent separately so please leave your name and contact details when you order online.

Contact me Directly by email at jghayward@yahoo.com

Thanks for your order

cards, Onstage, swaps

THIS WAS MY ONSTAGE SWAP!!

November 4, 2016November 6, 2016 Jenny Hayward

As you may know the Stampin’ Up! Onstage event is on right now and I am in Brisbane for the Live event. It is very exciting! Part of the fun of the event is swapping with other demonstrators. It’s great sharing ideas and meeting up with others.

I had grand plans for swaps again this year but with college assignments, Stampin’ Up! stuff, family stuff and life it just didn’t work out. I had my design worked out though.

Although I didn’t get to make a number of them as swaps I made one ready for the display board at Onstage.

So here it is. I was inspired by cards on Pinterest for this. This is using the set ‘Paisleys and Posies’.

To create this. First cut a circle using the Layering Circle Framelits from scrap paper. The scrap paper is the same size as your Whisper White mat and you will cut it near the top of your paper. This is your mask piece.

Lay the scrap piece over your white card mat and stamp your images. On this card I have used Flirty Flamingo. Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum and Mint Macaron inkpads. Stamp your sentiment on the white card in Black.

I layered the card on to a Peekaboo Peach card base. Then finish with a diecut flower from the ‘Paisleys Thinlits’ and an adhesive pearl in the centre.

I hope you like the card anyway. At least I can share it with you.

We are having a fantastic time at Onstage. I so love catching up with my demonstrator friends. I can’t wait to share the exciting new products coming very soon. So watch this space. 🙂

Now just before I sign off today too since we are talking about Onstage and swapping. I posted Live on my business Facebook page yesterday about the craziness of swapping. You might be able to catch that there still if you head to my page. The link is in the right hand side bar. My first attempt at Facebook Live but I hope to bring more to you soon. 🙂

I hope you have an awesome weekend.

Jenny

Catalogues, Stampin' Up!

CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF STAMPIN’UP! IN AUSTRALIA WITH YOUR FREE GIFT!!

November 2, 2016November 22, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Stampin’ Up! are celebrating 10 years in the South Pacific Region this year. To mark this awesome occasion they have released an exclusive, limited edition Pop Up Scrap Bin.

You can receive your special Scrap Bin Free when you place a minimum $55 order with me. As these are “while stocks last” this will only be available until November 12th.

To place an order:

~ Order Online: Please now use the Host Code: YTKD9JKB

* If you order online your scrap bin will be sent separately so please be sure to add your contact details to the order.

~ Or you can contact me directly.

Thank you for your order.

cards, Christmas

HOLLY JOLLY IN MINT!

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Here is another card using Holly Jolly Greetings. I have CASED this off Pinterest but I quite liked the idea. I am not sure who the original creator is.

The base is Mint Macaron. The snowflakes are stamped in Mint Macaron. The “JOY” is heat embossed in silver which gives a nice shiny finish. The “spots” are stamped in Smoky Slate. I liked how the ribbon is tucked behind the sentiment.

To do this cut a larger circle from your stamped Whisper White card. Wrap the Mint Macaron Sheer Linen Ribbon around the white card before adhering it to your card base. After you have heat embossed the “JOY” sentiment then cut with a smaller circle from the Layering Circles and raise it off your card with Dimensionals. Add some Rhinestones for the bling factor.

Thanks for visiting. Stop by again soon,

cards

HOLLY JOLLY GREETINGS IS PRETTY DAPPER!

October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 Jenny Hayward

OK, some times these blog post titles gets a bit strange. BUT, well, what else do I call it?? 🙂

This card is using the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set which you will find in the Annual Catalogue. I looked over this set so many times in the catalogue but on our weekend I got to play with it and now I love it. I might have even bought my own set now!

The Base card is Dapper Denim. Hence the Dapper in the title 🙂

First off I Heat embossed in White Embossing Powder on to Whisper White card. Then sponged Dapper Denim ink over the card. I sponged it a bit heavier over the snowflakes. (maybe a bit too heavy, but anyway!). Ink it until you are happy with the colour. Then you can go over it with a tissue to wipe off the ink from the embossed areas. I really like the magic of this as you wipe over the images. It makes the images shine. I added some stars stamped in Dapper Denim over the card.

I wanted to add some copper to this. I matted the card onto some Copper Foil Sheet. Just a tip: I cut a rectangle from the centre of the copper mat so I don’t waste it as it is just hidden under the cardstock. I am sure you can have a use for that.

I cut a “merry” from the Christmas Greetings Thinlits from Copper foil too. The Christmas is from the Holly Jolly Greetings set. I thought it needed something else so added a Copper Mini Pinecone embellishment in the corner tied with some Baker’s Twine. I think I have been converted to copper too.

Hope you like it. Have a super wonderful day wherever you are.

Jenny

You can order your own ‘Holly Jolly Greetings’ set in my store HERE now.

Classes, Stampin' Up!

HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS CLASS!

October 23, 2016October 23, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Come and join us this week if you are in the Wollongong area. I think you will love this class.

It’s a Holly Jolly Christmas Stamp A Stack.

Here are the details.

We will make 6 cards. (3 each of 2 designs)

When: Friday October 28th at 10am or 7.30pm at my place in East Corrimal.

Cost: $20. $5 discount if you bring your own adhesives.

Please RSVP by Wednesday 26th. Can’t make it?? Let’s make a special time for you and maybe a few friends. Let me know.

I hope you can come. Can’t make it?? Let’s make a special time for you and maybe a few friends. Let me know.

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!

PEEKABOO PEACH FAIRY!

October 23, 2016October 23, 2016 Jenny Hayward

This is another project I made on our stamping weekend. Originally I stamped and coloured this Fairy from Fairy Celebration for the Panel card I showed a few posts back but I thought it was a little detailed to go on the card. So I created another card to put this on.

The fairy is stamped on to Watercolor card and coloured with the Aquapainter. (Don’t look too closely at the colouring. I have a bit to work on with that). I did finish it with the Clear Wink of Stella Brush but you can’t quite see the sparkle unfortunately. The sentiment is stamped on a strip of the Watercolor card.

I wanted the rest of the card to be kept simple so I adhered a piece of the Playful Palette DSP on to the Peekaboo Peach base card and then could assemble the coloured piece and the sentiment. It was finished off with a White Baker’s Twine bow and some Rhinestones. I thought the sentiment was a bit bare so I cut a small flower from Blushing Bride from the little flower in the Flourish Thinlits.

I hope you like this one. It was the first time I have played with this set.

Thanks for visiting

Jenny

cards, Personal Ramblings, Stampin' Up!

CRAFT ALIVE REVIEW!

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 Jenny Hayward

All of a sudden it is Thursday! Where has this week gone to? I have had every intention of getting back here to share our exciting weekend at the Craft Alive Fair but there has been so much happening. So here we are today.

Craft Alive is a big Fair of papercraft and needlework exhibitors held in various large centres on the East Coast of Australia. I am so excited it has now come to Wollongong AND we got to have a stand there this year. I thought you might like to see our little display. It was such fun to share in this with my stamping sisters Leonie and Vanessa.

This was set up day. It took 5 hours to put together. Such a huge day but we were so pleased with the final display.

We had so many positive comments about our stand which was nice. We added stars on the space near the tree which I think just finished it off.

We had 6 Lucky Draw prizes over the weekend which some lucky visitors received a stamp set and some lovely embellishments. Of course you have to have them under the tree.

This photo was courtesy of the Craft Alive Facebook page. We were kept busy having a card for the visitors to make.

The Make and Take card was very popular so I thought I would show you. Everyone loved the Cookie Cutter set. This card was Cased from Jillstamps.

Thanks for sharing in this with me. I still have more cards from our stamping weekend. I might have to hit you hard with them all next week to catch up so stay tuned.

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Techniques

CUPCAKE PANEL CARD!

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have been wanting to try one of these Panel Fold cards for some time and finally got a chance to on our stamping weekend. Here is the final result.

It can fold flat for postage which is good. They are so quick to make.

I also got to play with this ‘Sweet Cupcake’ stamp set. This is a great 2 step stamp set in which you can build on the layers to get the dimension effect. It also has matching dies too to cut these sweet cupcakes out.

There are a number of different tutorials for these Panel Cards on the internet. You can find the one I used HERE. For mine I teamed it with the Playful Palette DSP stack. It needed something in the corner so I cut a little “flower” shape from the Flourish Thinlits in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and added a Rhinestone in the centre of it.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day,

Jenny