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

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STACKS ON WITH SPRINKLES OF LIFE!

July 29, 2015 Jenny Hayward

This was a a fun card I made a couple of weeks ago at our stamping weekend – and using ‘Sprinkles of Life’. I couldn’t wait to show you it.

Do you like lots of scoops on your ice-cream?? 🙂

How about some more!

Hehe!! The card lifts up. Look at all those colourful ice-cream scoops. I don’t really know what you call this type of fold – Fold out top card??? I found the idea for it on Pinterest and thought the ‘Sprinkles of Life’ set would be great for this.

It is very simple to make. Cut your sheet of card in half vertically and score in half and then on one side score in half again. Then fold on the score lines so a “v” shape is at the top – if that makes sense. I hope I have explained it clearly. Then you can decorate the card how you like. When assembling the card I didn’t really know how many “scoops” I would need and how many colours so I just kept adding to it. I layed them all out without sticking them down and rearranged them several times. I didn’t want to have 2 of the same colour when you fold it up. Once I had that sorted it gently slid them off the card and stamped around the edge with the “sprinkles” and then adhered each scoop on top of the icecream cone.

Of course we had to have the bling. I used Dazzling Diamonds with 2 way glue on each scoop. What a sparkly mess that was! The sentiments were stamped and then cut with the ‘Lots of Labels’ Framelits. I added a Dazzling Diamond label underneath each of the sentiment labels. Then finished it off with adhesive rhinestones.

You could try this type of card with lots of different images. See how you go.

Have a great day,

Jenny

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SPRINKLES OF LIFE WEEK!

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I thought it would be fun to share some ‘Sprinkles of Life’ cards leading up to my Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser on the weekend. I have been having a play with this set and the punch to make some samples. I have to say this is such a great set. It is so versatile. I hope to show lots of ways you can use this set.

Firstly, this card I am sharing is a version of one shown at the South Pacific Convention back in late April.

Now I have to say when I made this card I didn’t look closely at the colours used in the original. I was looking at it today and I think I missed the point. Every cloud has a silver lining …… but I stamped my clouds in Tip Top Taupe ??????? Seriously, what was I thinking!!! I think I was so excited to use the new Incolors and new products then that I just went ahead and made it. When I stamped the greeting I stamped it once in the Tip Top Taupe and then in Smoky Slate and cut the “silver” out and adhered it over the top. That’s my silver!!! I embossed the Mint Macaron mat with the Fluttering Embossing Folder. I think now I see this card again I will go and add some Dazzling Diamonds to the bottom of the clouds. That will give it a “silvery” glow right?? 🙂

I have some more cards to share so stop by again soon,

Jenny

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HELPING RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES – FROM ANYWHERE YOU ARE!!

July 27, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Ronald McDonald House provides accommodation and support for sick children and their families during their stay in hospital. Sometimes this can be for months on end. But, we can make a difference for their stay. Join me in my Ronald McDonald House Charities event this Saturday. If you can’t make the day there are a number of ways you can help still so please take a minute to read on.

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Let’s join together in a fun afternoon of games, laughs and creating while we raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities – and wearing your silly socks!!

SILLY SOCKS FOR SICK KIDS

WHEN: Saturday August 1^st at 2pm at my place, East Corrimal
We will make 3 great projects using the RMHC stamp set by Stampin’ Up! “Sprinkles of Life”.COST: Class only $20 (I will donate $3 to RMHC)
OR
Buy the stamp set and matching punch $64 (See the stamp set below). Price includes $3 donated to RMHC by Stampin’ Up!, 10% off the stamp and punch price and a Free class.

RSVP: Wednesday 29th July. Places are limited so book early. (THURS. ABSOLUTE LATEST)

WHAT TO BRING:
:Scissors and adhesives.
: Small change to join in some fun games while we fundraise.
: Wear Silly Socks for some fun plus a gold coin donation.
**(Socks can be mismatched, funky, lots of pairs at once, on your hands. Whatever you want. There will some prizes!)
: Don’t forget your smile and a sense of fun!

OPTIONAL: Bring along some blank cards to send to RMHC for them to use for the families there. These could be Kid’s Birthdays, Thinking of You, Sympathy, Get Well. (they can be handmade or store bought. They don’t have to be using Stampin’ Up! products). You can send your blank cards to RMHC anytime for them to use. :)Here is one of the cards we will make.

CAN’T MAKE IT???
You can still help out if you can’t make it. How??

Donate through my RMHC fundraiser page Here.

AND/OR

Order your stamp and punch set. (Receive 10% off the price until August 1^st. $3 is donated to RMHC.

AND/OR

Donate your blank cards for RMHC to give to the families that stay. Cards must be to me by August 7th.

Here is the fun ‘Sprinkles of Life’ set that you can find on p189 of the catalogue.

Thanks for supporting this great cause. Let’s bring a smile to these young sick kids and their families. I look forward to seeing you there.

Jenny

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SPRINKLES OF LIFE CUPCAKE!!

July 23, 2015 Jenny Hayward

On our stamping weekend a couple of weeks ago I used the ‘Sprinkles of Life’ stamp set. I wanted to get some samples made for my Ronald McDonald House Charities Fundraiser next week. (Have you registered for it yet??? You can find all the details on this post HERE).

This card is one I made that weekend. It came together very quickly. I did CASE it from Pinterest.

The base card is Blushing Bride. The white mat is run through the Big Shot with the Chevron Embossing Folder. The next layer is Melon Mambo and then Whisper White for the image. For the cupcake, I stamped the smaller cone/basket in Crumb Cake and coloured it slightly with the aquapainter and inkpad. The icing on top was stamped on scrap card in Blushing Bride and then lightly coloured with the aquapainter and inkpads. I stamped a few “sprinkles” in different colours on top. This was punched out with the Tree Builder Punch and raised up with dimensionals. The “cherry” was stamped, coloured and then punched out and raised up off the icing. The sentiment was stamped in Melon Mambo. Yum! Is it good enough to eat do you reckon??

I have a few more ‘Sprinkles of Life’ cards to share so stay tuned.

Jenny

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BIRTHDAY BLOSSOMS TRI-FOLD CARD!

July 21, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Here is one of the cards we made at our stamping weekend. I like the way this turned out. Andrea first made it and had CASED it from Pinterest. (Sorry I don’t know who the original creator was). Of course, we all really liked it and had to copy. 🙂

The base card is Pink Pirouette and the frame is Tip Top Taupe. To make the frame I used the ‘Lots of Labels’ Framelits using 2 framelits together. I used the smaller framelit that I used for the frame to cut a window in the front of the card. I stamped the flowers and leaves in Tip Top Taupe in scrap white card. The great thing is the flower matches the Pansy Punch – no cutting!!! You do have to cut the leaves out but that is OK. I went around the outlines on the flowers and leaves with the Markers (Pink Pirouette and Mint Macaron) and I coloured the centres in. I added some pearls for some glam. The small flowers were inked in Pink Pirouette and then stamped off before stamping on the base card in the bottom left corner.

Now open wide …..

The smaller flowers were stamped on a piece of Whisper White in Tip Top Taupe and coloured with the markers again. The greeting was stamped in Soft Suede. You can’t quite see but I added tiny pearls to all the centres.

Now open it out….

I inked up the small flowers again in Pink Pirouette and stamped them off on scrap paper. Then I stamped them on the next flap along the edge on the right side. I repeated this a few times of inking, stamping off and stamping on the card.

Do you want to know the dimensions??? It is basically a standard base card and score the card in 1/3rd’s. If that makes sense?? I did make this card a little taller though (15.4cm x 21cm). It is easy to make your own and just a little different to the standard card.

Thanks for visiting me today. Have a super wonderful day today 🙂

Jenny

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MAKING CARDS FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES!!

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 Jenny Hayward

SILLY SOCKS FOR SICK KIDS

You might have heard by now that Stampin’ Up! supports Ronald McDonald House Charities. Let’s join together with me to raise money for this great organisation. Ronald McDonald House provides accommodation and support for families with young children undergoing treatment in hospital.

We can help them out in a fun afternoon of games, laughs and creating while we raise money for them – and wearing your silly socks!

WHEN: Saturday August 1^st at 2pm at my place, East Corrimal

We will make 3 great projects using the RMHC stamp set by Stampin’ Up! “Sprinkles of Life”.

COST: Class only $20 (I will donate $3 to RMHC)

Buy the stamp set and matching punch $64

(which includes $3 donated to RMHC by Stampin’ Up!, 10% off the stamp and punch price and a Free class).

RSVP: 25^th July. Book ASAP as places are limited. If ordering the stamp and punch payment must be made when replying (You can still order on the day though).

WHAT TO BRING: Scissors and adhesives.

: Small change to join in some fun games while we fundraise.

: Wear Silly Socks for some fun Plus a gold coin donation. (Socks can be mismatched, funky, lots of pairs at once, on your hands. There will some prizes!)

: Don’t forget your smile and a sense of fun!

OPTIONAL: Bring along some blank cards to send to RMHC for them to use for the families there. These could be Kid’s Birthdays, Thinking of You, Sympathy, Get Well.

CAN’T MAKE IT???

You can still help out if you can’t make it. How??

Donate through my RMHC fundraiser page Here.

And/OR

Order your ‘Sprinkles of Life’ stamp and punch set. (Receive 10% off the price until August 1^st. $3 is donated to RMHC.

AND/OR

Donate your blank cards for RMHC to give to the families that stay.

Here is the fun stamp set if you haven’t checked it out already.

You can RSVP for this fun event or order the set and punch by emailing me.

Thanks for supporting this great cause. Let’s bring a smile to these young sick kids and their families.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Jenny

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HALF CIRCLE POP-UP!

July 15, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Here is one of the first cards I will share from my Stamping Weekend. Each of us had a Make and Take to share. I chose this one. I completely CASED it, but that’s OK Right??? 🙂 I came across this cool Half Circle Pop Up Card by Julie Davison and loved the idea of it. The other girls liked it this weekend too. I will give you the link for it further down. Here is the card.

On this card I have used the ‘Watercolor Wings’ stamp set and ‘Tin of Cards’ set. I love this set for the sentiments even if you weren’t making the kit. The colours are Bermuda Bay and Pool Party. The fun part is when you open the card. Check it out.

Surprise!!! The butterfly pops up.

I love how the butterfly pops up. You can see how that works in the close-up in the photo below. You have a little strip of acetate across the circle. Love it!!

The Pool Party piece at the top of the card is embossed with the Fluttering Embossing Folder. I didn’t realise I had embossed this on the opposite side until I was putting the card together but I don’t think it matters. I still went with it. The little butterfly is from the ‘Butterfly Basics’ set.

If you would like to make this type of card yourself, then head over to Julie’s blog HERE and she has a video and the PDF instructions. It is such a WOW card – and it really is very simple to create.

Have fun making them. I can’t wait to try this card again. My mind is buzzing with all the different stamps you could try this with.

Come back soon. I have lots more projects to share.

Jenny

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WEEKLY DEALS THIS WEEK ARE FUN!!

July 15, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I am liking this week’s Weekly Deals. So many fun products to use on your cards. Add some classy pearls or sponge on a fun design. Check them out.

What do you like the look of??

If you are ordering Online (HERE) – please use the Hostess Code U3MMAK6F. That will be sweet! This one will be open until Friday. Or you can order directly from me. (Australian Residents Only).

Jenny

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A FUN STAMPING WEEKEND!

July 13, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Don’t you love it when you can get away with your stamping buddies and stamp to your heart’s content. Bliss!!! So fun to share ideas and inspire each other and laugh and have fun. I thought I would show you the results of my weekend of stamping. Well actually it was a little less than a weekend as I arrived mid Saturday morning. I am showing you them all in a group now but over the next couple of weeks I will show you them individually.

Such a variety! It was good fun to try some new techniques and play with some new sets. I do hope you like them. Stay tuned for some upcoming posts on these ones.

Have a great day and I hope you can get creative today,

Jenny

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BLACKBERRY BOUNTIFUL BORDER

July 9, 2015 Jenny Hayward

At our South Pacific Convention back in May I had a play with this set ‘Bountiful Border’ in our Product Playground Area. Now I will say I think this set can get overlooked in the Catalogue (p120 $30). I think it is a bit hard to work out all the parts of the stamps. I had a play and stamped the images and brought the piece home – and then it sat on my table. I finally put it together last week and thought I would show you.

I first stamped the stem in Mossy Meadow and then inked up the petals in Blackberry Bliss. Being a photopolymer set you can easily see to line up the petals on to the stem. It might take a little playing around to get used to it. When inking the dots in the set I found it easier to leave the stamp on the desk face up and very lightly touch the stamp with the inkpad. I gently stamped it off first before stamping on the card. I repeated this a couple of times around the flower stem. I added some Burlap Ribbon and the Razzleberry Cotton Ribbon. It matches in quite well I think. The greeting is from ‘Wetlands’ and was punched out with the Large Oval punch. I added some gold sequins around the card to finish. I find glue dots the easiest way to adhere these to card.

So what do you think?? I am pleased with the final result.

Thanks for stopping by.

I am getting excited. I am going away for the weekend for some fun stamping time with my buddies. Stamping 24/7!!! Well maybe we have to have a “little” sleep and there will be lots of chatter. I can’t wait to show you some of the projects we made next week.

Have a great weekend.

Jenny