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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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

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‘AWESOMELY ARTISTIC GIFT BAG’

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 Jenny Hayward

When I was at the South Pacific Convention back in late April (yes that long ago!!), I had a play with the Gift Bag Punch Board. This is a new punch board in the catalogue. I am sure by now you have seen lots of fun bags and boxes using this new tool. I haven’t got one but I recently assembled the bag I made. I wasn’t sure how I was going to finish it off I guess that is why it took so long. 🙂 I thought I would show you the finished result.

I used my favourite set ‘Awesomely Artistic’. Check it out!

I stamped the blossoms and the “dotty” strip in Soft Sky on to the Soft Sky Bag base. The sentiment frame was stamped in Smoky Slate on Smoky Slate card with the greeting stamped in Tangerine Tango. This was cut with the Project Life Framelits. The dragonfly was stamped in Tangerine Tango and fussy cut. I had to add some Silver Metallic Thread loops. I only just received that thread THAT DAY! Whoop! I tied off the bag with the White Cotton Ribbon.

Check out a close-up of the thread loops.

Hope you like it? If you do a quick search for the Gift Bag Punch Board you can find lots of different ways of using this board. If you check out on Pinterest there will be LOTS more ideas. 🙂 Check out the Stampin’ Up! Youtube video below to see how easy it is to use. (If you receive this blog post by email you might need to go directly to my blog post to view the video. Sorry. Sometimes the video links get missed)

Thanks for checking out my ‘Awesomely Artistic’ bag.

Have a great day,

Jenny

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WATERCOLOR WISHES KIT NOW AVAILABLE!

July 3, 2015 Jenny Hayward

After a little waiting, the Watercolor Wishes Kit is not available to order!! Exciting! I think you are going to love this kit.

In this kit you receive enough materials to make 20 cards – ie pre-printed cards in 3 different sizes, 2 mini ink pads, lots of embellishments, dimensionals, a clear block AND ….. A 12 piece Photopolymer stamp set (which you will love!). COST FOR ALL THIS IS ONLY $61.

Here you can check it out closer.

This is the stamp set. These are sentiments you could use for nearly every occasion. I love the cute font too. 🙂

Look at all the cards you can make with it – and you will have the stamp set to make cards over and over!

If you want to see more with this kit. Why not check out the short Stampin’ Up! Video. (If you receive this by Email, you might want to head to the blog post directly to see the video if it is not showing.)

If you want to ORDER ONLINE, Head HERE to my store. Please use the Hostess Code AU9PMWHQ This is available until Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Jenny 🙂

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YOU’RE SO SWEET TREAT BAG AND CARD!

July 2, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Recently I showed you a card made with the ‘You’re So sweet’ set. If you missed that just pop back 2 posts. Today I have a gift bag and card I made with the set.

I saw the Treat Bag on Pinterest initially and just changed it a little. The paper is from the paper stack ‘Cherry On Top’. I made the bag with the Mini Treat Bag Thinlets. The little star is in the set which I could cut inside the stamped star. How neat!! I just added a star strip cut with the star die in the set in Crushed Curry and a DSP banner. The greeting label is cut with of the little dies in the Thinlets set too.

Then I made a card. Using some more of the ‘Cherry On Top’ Paper Stack I added a strip down the side of the Cucumber Crush base card. I stamped the greeting banner from the ‘You’re So Sweet’ set first on Crushed Curry in Crushed Curry and then on Whisper White in Bermuda Bay. I cut the white one out with the banner framelit in the Treat Bag Thinlets and cut the Crushed Curry one out by hand. It needed something else under the banner so I cut a strip of Watermelon Wonder card and flagged the ends.

See the cute balloons?? I made them with the 1″ circle punch and the owl punch. I punched out the bottom part of the owl and trimmed it and adhered that piece under the punched circle. I added some White Baker’s Twine underneath. Cute hey!! Sorry I think so anyway 🙂

I think they make a cute gift set what do you reckon?