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

Yes, you read that right. When you join Stampin’ Up! during October you will receive one pack of Designer Series Paper Free (your choice) every month for 6 months. That is on top of the already fantastic value in your starter Kit. So order up to $234 of products and Pay only $169, then each month pick your pack of Designer Series Papers. If you are not sure what is involved when you join Stampin’ Up! then head to my JOIN MY STAMPIN’ UP! PAGE Here to read 10 reasons why you should join.

So what are you waiting for????

STOCK UP ON YOUR STAMPING SUPPLIES THIS WEEK TO CELEBRATE WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!!!

October 1, 2014 Jenny Hayward

From 1-6 October, receive 15% off select cardstock, adhesives and Inkpads. Plus receive 20% off Select stamp sets. Check out the details below and email or phone me the order. Or you shop directly at my store HERE You have to be quick though!

Here are the stamp set to give you a closer look. (in order as listed).

Great bargains to build up on your stamping supplies. Remember only available until 6th October.

Classes, Stampin' Up!

EVERYDAY OCCASIONS CARD KIT!

September 27, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I whipped these 2 cards up this morning. They probably took me about 10 minutes each. So easy with the ‘Everyday Occasions’ Card kit.

We are using this kit at my World Cardmaking Event next Saturday. If you are local to the Wollongong area, are you coming?? Here are the details but I need to know THIS WEEKEND to order your kit in time.

CELEBRATE WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!!

WHEN: Saturday October 4th at 2pm.

PLEASE BOOK BY ** THIS SUNDAY (28th) ABSOLUTE LATEST!!!**

COST: $60 which includes a $10 rebate voucher to use on the day.

You will receive the ‘Everyday Occasions’ Card kit which includes all your card, envelopes, embellishments plus a 7 piece Stamp Set to make 20 cards. What you don’t finish you can take home with you.

Here is the stamp set in the kit. It contains some great images for any occasion.

There will be spot prizes, unlimited tea/coffee and fun games throughout the day.

WHAT TO BRING: Adhesives, Plus bring a plate of food to share for Afternoon Tea.

PLEASE RSVP ASAP BY DROPPING ME A COMMENT!!! Hope to see you there.

cards, Punch Art

FIRST BIRTHDAY TEDDY BEAR!

September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I can’t believe I forgot to show you this card. I made this a few weeks ago for one of my Great Niece’s 1st Birthday. I was a little stumped at first what to do as I had nothing really suitable. I did consider the ‘Something for Baby’ set but then I thought PUNCH ART!! It has been ages since I did something like that. This little bear took a little while to work out. I did have a Punch Art Bear similar I had made a while ago but I had to reconfigure him. Once he was done the card came together fairly quickly. Do you think he is cute???

I used a number of oval and circle punches to create his body and sponged all the pieces. The greeting is from ‘Chalk Talk’ and finished with some Melon Mambo Candy Dots. I embossed some Melon Mambo card with the ‘Alphabet Press’ Embossing Folder and layered this piece on to a piece of Whisper White (after tying around some Whisper White Baker’s Twine). Then this was all adhered on to a Melon Mambo Card base.

I hope you like my cute little friend.

I hope you have wonderful weekend wherever you may be. Sending some Bear Hugs your way.

Jenny x

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CELEBRATE WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!

September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Take time out for yourself, have fun together, make some cards using your very own ‘Everyday Occasions’ Kit. That’s how we can celebrate World Cardmaking Day 2014.
Come and join us.

The ‘Everyday Occasions’ kit contains all the cardstock, envelopes and embellishments to make 20 cards. What you don’t complete on the day you can take home.
The Kit also includes a 7 piece Stamp set a clear block, 2 Stamping Spot Inkpads and a full colour Brochure of the cards you can make.

Here is the stamp set you will receive. Isn’t it a great one! Stamps for many different occasions in this set.

There will be spot prizes, unlimited tea/coffee and fun games throughout the day.

WHEN: Saturday October 4th at 2pm.
PLEASE BOOK AND PAY BY FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER. **THIS FRIDAY**
COST: $60 which includes a $10 rebate voucher to use on the day.
WHAT TO BRING: Adhesives, Plus bring a plate of food to share for Afternoon Tea.

Message me to book your place but be quick. This Friday is the closing date so I can have your kit in time.

DON’T MISS OUT!!!

3D projects

TAG BOX TUTORIAL!

September 20, 2014September 20, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Yesterday I showed you the projects I made for the Stamp-A-Latte Blog Hop using the Snowflake Thinlets. If you missed it just head back to the post before. I didn’t have time in that post to show you how I made the Tag Box so I thought I would show you that today.

Here is the cute box to show you again.

Here is inside the box showing the tags I made too. The green strip of DSP from the Nordic Noel DSP is not a Belly Band. I just added it to the top of the acetate and adhered the ends inside the lid.

You can decorate this however you want to. The finished size is 9cm x 9cm x 2cm (3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ x 3/4″). But how did I make it?? Here is the Tutorial for you.

TAG BOX

For the Base

NB: If you intend to stamp your box then do so before you assemble the box!!

Cut your card to 13cm x 13cm ( 5 1/8″ x 5 1/8″). Score on each side at 2cm (3/4″).

Fold on all score lines and cut up the 2 tabs on one side and again on the opposite side.

Place adhesive on the small tabs and assemble the box.

For the Lid

Cut your Acetate to 13.4cm x 13.4cm (5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″) and score at 2.2cm (7/8″).

Fold on all the score lines. You may want to use the Bone Folder to burnish (press down) the score lines more.

Cut up on the 2 tabs on one side and then again on the opposite side. Place adhesive on the tabs and adhere together. I used Fast Fuse or you could use Sticky Strip.

This lid is a little snug. You just need to jiggle it in but it works fine.

Decorate your box as you like. I lined the base of this box. The paper size I used was 8.5cm x 8.5cm (3 3/8″ x 3 3/8″).

These fit the tags in just nicely. The tags are punched with the 1 3/4″ circle punch.

Don’t just think of them for tags though. Why not add some chocolates???

Enjoy making them. 🙂

Jenny

3D projects, Blog Hops, cards, Techniques

STAMP-A-LATTE HOLIDAY BLOG HOP!!

September 19, 2014September 18, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Welcome to the First Stamp A Latte Holiday Blog Hop. We all have some great projects from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue to share with you today. You may have just come from Narelle’s blog Here or you may be starting out here. Either way sit back and enjoy your little hop around.

Today I am focusing on the Snowflake Thinlets. I really like this Thinlets set. They are so versatile for a number of different occasions not just Christmas. Not only does it contain the Thinlet to create the Flip card but it has a 2 different size snowflakes, a tree, a heart, banner and 3 words (Brrr, Joy, snow).

On to my projects. I have made a cute little tag box and a flip card.

Firstly, the card…

I have used the Nordic Noel DSP with Baked Brown Sugar and Cherry Cobbler cardstock. The snowflakes stamped on the card are from the ‘Cheerful Tags’ set. They co-ordinate so well with this die I think. I cut a large snowflake in Cherry Cobbler and a smaller one in Baked Brown Sugar to layer them together. The Rhinestone in the centre was coloured with the Blendablilites.

What made this Thinlet die even more useful is that recently I discovered that you can cut the centre large snowflake out. I was watching the Stampin’ Up! Snowflake Thinlet video here and they showed this little tip. I will show you below.

Cutting a Thinlet Snowflake.

Cut a piece of DSP or cardstock larger than the shape and cut it out with your Big Shot.

Turn the Snowflake to line it up in the Die the other way to cut it out completely. I found it easier to lay the Die upside down on a cutting plate and place the DSP or cardstock into the Die rather than try and line the Die over the paper. Then you can just lay the other cutting plate on top and cut it.

This is what you end up with. How cool!

Now on to the box.

Once again layering some cut Snowflakes on the top. The greeting is from the ‘Good Greetings’ set that you can get for free this month. Check the blog post here if you missed those details.

Now on to the inside.

I used the Nordic Noel DSP again. I added a strip of DSP on the top of the acetate lid but it doesn’t wrap right around. I lined the bottom of the box too. This one was the reverse side of the DSP strip used on the lid. It holds these cute tags I made. I just made 3 but you could easily fit lots more in there.

Here they are close-up.

I used the 1 3/4″ circle Punch to cut the Baked Brown Sugar circles. The tree and snowflake are cut from the Thinlets. The Star is one from the Star Framelits set. These Banners were cut with the Bitty Banner Framelits. Here is the back. The “to” and “from” is from the ‘Cheerful Tags’ set again.

OK now you have had a photo overload. I will spare you anymore so you can be on your way. If you would like to know how I made the cute Tag Box then stop by tomorrow and I will post a tutorial. I think I have taken up enough of your time. You need to get on to the next blog now. Thanks for stopping by today 🙂

Remember to stop by and comment on each blog so you can be in the running for a prize. You will go in a draw for a Trim the Tree DSP Stack and a pack of Rhinestones (Australian Residents Only & Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are ineligible for the Blog Candy). Now on to Virginia’s blog Here.

If you get lost here are a list of blogs you will visit today.

Leonie Schroder http://www.stamp-a-latte.com
Narelle Fasulo http://www.simplystampingwithnarelle.com
Jenny Hayward http://www.astampingjourney.wordpress.com
Virginia Hampson http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampoutyourartwithvirginia/blog
Libby Dyson http://www.libbystampz.com

cards, Techniques

DON’T MISS OUT ON MY ONLINE PARTY!!

September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 Jenny Hayward

It’s On TOMORROW!!! Have you joined in the group yet? Here are the details.

WHEN: Friday 19th September starting at 7.45pm. If you can’t make it at that time then you will be able to go back and join in later.

WHERE: Through a Private Facebook Group, and you can join wherever you are in the world! If you are not on Facebook then read below.

To join head Here to the group page and CLICK ‘JOIN’. Do this before the event so you are all ready to go.

WHAT: There will be fun projects and games and Giveaways PLUS go in the draw to win!!!

For every $50 order you will go in the draw to win the cute little stamp from the Holiday Catalogue ‘Bearing Gifts’.

Here is a sneak peek of one of the projects I am sharing.

OK, so you are not on Facebook?? Here is how you can join in.

1) Go and visit a friend who has Facebook and join in together. You can have your own party!

2) If you place an order then you can receive the tutorials for the projects I share. If your order is over $50 you still can enter the draw for the cute stamp set.

** If you are ordering ONLINE (which you can do through my Online store Here you can use the Hostess Code WDVPNNM7

** Demonstrators and non-residents of Australia are not eligible to enter the prize. Non-residents are not able to order through me due to Stampin’ Up! conditions.

So what are you waiting for ?? Come and join in. I look forward to chatting to you on the 19th!!!

Jenny

cards

A TRIO OF SANTA’S!

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Have you seen this cute set in the Holiday Catalogue “Get Your Santa On”. I love colouring the images. I have a few things in mind with this set but first I just played around with some simple cards. Check them out!

Aren’t they cute!

They are similar layouts. The one on the right is one we did at my Stamp-A-Stacks on the weekend. I used the ‘On Point’ Embossing Folder and the Nordic Noel DSP. I also used the Starburst Framelits or the Circle Framelits. The red ribbon is the Real Red Satin Woven Ribbon. I love that ribbon. It is so easy to use and tie.

To colour him I used the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities pack. The lightest colour is a good match to Real Red. How good is that!! I used the Nude colour in the Skin Tone pack for his cheeks and the darkest colour in the Smoky Slate pack. You can’t see it in this photo but I used some Dazzling Diamonds applied with the 2 way Glue pen.

Here they are close-up.

Hope you like them??

Thanks for stopping by 🙂

Classes, Stampin' Up!

JOIN MY ONLINE STAMPING PARTY!

September 13, 2014September 18, 2014 Jenny Hayward

It’s time to party in your comfy slippers. I am bringing some fun projects to you at home. Come and join me. Here are the details.

WHEN: Friday 19th September starting at 7.45pm. If you can’t make it at that time then you will be able to go back and join in later.

WHERE: Through a Private Facebook Group, and you can join wherever you are in the world! If you are not on Facebook then read on.

Head Here to the group page and CLICK ‘JOIN’. Do this before the event so you are all ready to go.

WHAT: There will be fun projects and games and Giveaways PLUS go in the draw to win!!!

For every $50 order you will go in the draw to win the cute little stamp from the Holiday Catalogue ‘Bearing Gifts’.

OK, so you are not on Facebook?? Here is how you can join in.

1) Go and visit a friend who has Facebook and join in together. You can have your own party!

2) If you place an order then you can receive the tutorials for the projects I share. If your order is over $50 you still can enter the draw for the cute stamp set.

** If you are ordering ONLINE (which you can do through my Online store Here you can use the Hostess Code WDVPNNM7

** Demonstrators and non-residents of Australia are not eligible to enter the prize. Non-residents are not able to order through me due to Stampin’ Up! conditions.

I look forward to chatting to you on the 19th!!!

Jenny