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, Catalogues, Classes, Stampin' Up!

THE CATALOGUE IS LAUNCHING!

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 Jenny Hayward

The excitement is building. The new Catalogue starts TOMORROW!! Lots of new goodies to see. I had my Catalogue Launch on Saturday. It was a huge day and I thought I would show you some photos. There are lots of photos so I apologize is advance. 🙂

I had 2 sessions on the day with lots of lovey ladies. Yet I didn’t take a photo of the groups! Not to worry, you can see some of the display.

New Product display of colours and ribbon!

This is a close-up of the flowers. These flowers were inspired by a display I saw at Convention.

Close-uo of the flowers using Moonlight DSP paper Stack and Clear Faceted Buttons.

Who wants a Party?? Book a Party, Pick a prize envelope

Colour Comparison with the new InColors (far right on the chart) — Colour Comparison with the new In Colors (far right on the chart)

There were other displays with the Blendabilities and Project Life but I think I have bored you enough 😉

So onwards to tomorrow now. The new Catalogue. Can’t wait!

Have a happy Day 🙂

3D projects, cards

“SOMETHING FOR BABY” CARD IN A BOX!

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I have just received the new “Something For Baby” set from the new Catalogue. It is so cute. I do have a few baby cards to make but I just had to make one of the ‘Card in a Box’ type cards first. I have to show you it.

Isn’t it the cutest?? (or can I say that about my own card!) I think all the images in the set are so cute and they all work together so well, PLUS no hand cutting. Just use the matching framelits!

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It was such fun to put together. I have used the ‘Moonlight’ DSP paper stack which is also from the new catalogue. These paper stacks are great. The papers are just slightly larger than a card front so they are much easier to use and store. There are 48 sheets in the stacks with 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. You can check them out when you get your new catalogue. I have used some of the new Incolors coming out – Hello Honey, and Lost Lagoon. I also added Basic Gray and Sahara Sand.

Here you can check out the side views.

Little booties and No, I didn’t have to hand cut these either! I added some White Baker’s Twine bows.

A little Bib with another White Baker’s Twine bow and a Rhinestone to finish it off.

These “card in a box” cards do take some time to create but the whole process is fun.

I have been busy with a lot more creating getting ready for my Catalogue Launch this coming weekend. I can show you all the creations after the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are enjoying some creating today.

Jenny

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cards, My DIgital Studio

DIGITAL BON VOYAGE!

June 19, 2014 Jenny Hayward

My son Josh heads off to Fiji today for 4 weeks with Year 13 Gap Year Program that he has been doing this year. They will be involved in the communities there providing care, support and ministry training. It is a huge endeavour and while I am very excited for him to go and for all that he will experience, as a Mum it is hard to see them fly the nest. 😦

I wanted to make a card to send him off with but I didn’t have any stamps suitable so I made one on MDS (Stampin’ Up! Digital software program). I am still finding my way around MDS but I SO LIKE it when I can just click ‘Undo’ if I am not happy with something I have put on there. No wastage of card!! After it was done I just printed it off on our printer. So here is my card.

I used the Digital sets: World Tour and Travel Log. The Background DSP is ‘Made from Scratch’ (I think!).

Thanks for looking. I am off to console myself now. I might just play with real ink and stamps today.

Have a Happy Day 🙂

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BLAST OFF FOR A 1 YEAR OLD!

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I made this card a few weeks ago now just before Convention but with the excitement of Convention and the new Catalogue I hadn’t got around to showing you this yet. This card was made for one of my Great Nephew’s 1st Birthday. This is using ‘Blast Off’ which is on the retiring list. It is such a cute set. Here is the card.

It was quite fun stamping and cutting these little characters out. For the grey “moon” I cut 2 circles from Smokey Slate cardstock using the Circle Framelits and with one I punched out holes using the Crop-A-Dile and a small circle punch. I then adhered them together and sponged the edge all around and over it randomly. I used ‘Gorgeous Grunge’ to create little splodges in Daffodil Delight. For the spaceman I taped some White Baker’s Twine to the back of him and to the back of the moon to let him “float” around. A cute little card for a cute one year old.

Make sure you grab this set before it leaves us in 2 weeks. Then it is gone!! You can check this cute set out below.

In the meantime, Happy Stamping 🙂

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Catalogues, Classes, Stampin' Up!

DON’T MISS OUT ON MY CATALOGUE LAUNCH!!

June 14, 2014June 14, 2014 Jenny Hayward

The excitement is building! The new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue is out VERY SOON. My Catalogue Launch is booking out very quickly and I don’t want you missing out on all the fun we will be having. The 2pm session is almost Full. There are some places in the 10.30am session. If you are in the local Wollongong area then drop me a message and come along. I can’t wait to show you the new products – New stamps, New Incolors (VERY NICE!), Project Life and Blendabilities – and more. So much to share. Here are the details.

Can’t make it but would love a Catalogue?? If you are local it is $5 Pick-up or I can mail one out to ANYWHERE in Australia for a small postage cost.

Why not get a group together and have your own Private Catalogue Party?? With me or without me (where is the fun in that!)

Hope to see you on the 28th June.

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PROJECT LIFE FOR YOU!!

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Hands up if you have piles of photos lying around in boxes or they sit saved on your computer??? Yep, me too. I have tried Scrapbooking. I find it a complex process. I never have the right products and I can’t seem to convey what I want. It all just takes too much time. Well I think I have found the answer. I certainly want to organise those piles of photos I have lying around. Have you heard the buzz about Project Life? Stampin’ Up! have partnered with Becky Higgins to bring to us exclusive Project Life products to help you manage your memories in a simple, quick fashion. Check this video out for more insight.

So if you want to get organised then you can start ordering your products FROM TODAY!! Don’t delay. Those piles of photos are not going to go away!

Head to my store here to check out the products that are available to order now.

Others will be available to order from July 1st and there will be more introduced over time. Of course as Stampin’ Up! does best these products co-ordinate with all the Stampin’ Up! colours. Here’s a taste of just some of the products available now.

I have just received some Project Life products so I need to get some of these photos sorted. I hope to show you some pages over time.

Have a good day. 🙂

Stampin' Up!

THE 2014 STAMPIN’ UP! CATALOGUE LAUNCH IS HAPPENING!!

June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I hope you can join me. They are a lot of fun and I know you are going to want to see the new Catalogue.

Book early though so you won’t be disappointed.

If you can’t make it and would love a Catalogue, drop me a message and I will get one to you. $5 plus Postage.

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STAINED GLASS BLOOM!

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 Jenny Hayward

It’s been a wet day here today. Just the day for some creating. I have wanted to use this technique with ‘Blended Bloom’ since I received the stamp at Convention a couple of weeks ago. So it was nice to have some time today.

I will explain the technique below but this is the card I finished up with.

I have used the Stained Glass technique on the flower.

To do this, I stamped the flower in Versamark on Vellum and added White Embossing Powder. This was then heat embossed. Then I turned the piece over and coloured on the back of the image. It gives a soft, subtle image. The colours I used were Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Daffodil. I cut the image out free-hand after it was done.

One thing I learnt (again) while making this card is to really think the card through at the beginning. I chose those colours because I really liked them but when I looked at my card supplies when I went to put the card together I only had the smallest piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock which was salvaged from another project that wasn’t completed AND the ribbon was a scrap of ribbon I had lying around. I managed to make it work though – I think!

I stamped the image from the ‘Postcard’ Background stamp in Bermuda Bay and added a few splodges from ‘Gorgeous Grunge. I wrapped around my little scrap piece of Bermuda Bay Taffeta Ribbon and layered it on my scrap of Bermuda Bay card mat. This was layered on a Whisper White Card Base. The greeting is from ‘Perfect Pennants’. I stamped one in Bermuda Bay and stamped one in Daffodil Delight on Daffodil Delight cardstock and cut them both out and layered them. I added some Rhinestones to finish it off. (I am still not sure of those though yet!).

So Thanks for looking at my card salvaged from scraps and hopefully showing off this gorgeous flower. I hope you have had or are having a creating day wherever you are and whatever the weather.

Until next time,

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!, swaps

2014 SOUTH PACIFIC CONVENTION SWAPS!

June 2, 2014June 2, 2014 Jenny Hayward

As promised, I finally have my swaps from last week’s Stampin’ Up! Convention all sorted to share with you. I have tried to organise them into separate categories to make it easier.

So here they are ……

Vintage/Shabby Chic Style

Masculine type

Geometric and a few others

Technique Style

Flowers of all types

Butterflies

3D (tags, notebooks, boxes)

Christmas

I hope some of these inspire you in your creating. That’s why I like to share them. If you have any questions on any of them or would like some close-ups then let me know.

Enjoy 🙂

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I KINDA LIKE “KINDA ECLECTIC”.

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I know I said I would post about my swaps I received and this is the second post today and still no swap photos. I am getting there but I just had to show you this card I made yesterday. I was really excited about it. This is using a stamp set coming out in the new Catalogue called ‘Kinda Eclectic”. We received this at Convention last week and I just had to play with it yesterday.

I cut a window from the Whisper White card. It would be easy with the Square Framelits but I didn’t have them with me at our stamp day yesterday. I cut the square out using my Stampin’ Trimmer. This piece I then embossed using the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder. The starburst image in the window is stamped with Baked Brown Sugar Ink. The butterflies are stamped with Crisp Canteloupe. It is great that these fit the current Butterfly Punches (the Elegant Punch and the Bitty Butterfly Punch)!!! The leaf image I stamped in Pistachio Pudding and cut out freehand. The Birthday greeting is from Apothecary Art and stamped in Baked Brown Sugar. I snipped the ends of the greeting piece into banners. A little bling goes a long way to finish it off.

Hope you like this. I can see lots of uses with this set. I will play again soon. OK, I will show you my swaps next post. 🙂

Jenny