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
Wildflower Designs Bundle. Have you noticed this one?
I’m loving the dies and how they layer together. Check these cards out. (Created by Stampin’ Up! Artists)
This is a great way of showing off the pretty papers. Make it a star within the diecuts. The papers are the Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper.
Or this one, Diecutting the paper this time and layering them over the card as a background. This is a great way instead of just adding a piece of paper as a card mat.
What do you think of these ideas?
The Wildflower DesignsBundle are just one of the bundles reduced this month with the Bundle Sale in June.
If you want to check them all out you can see them out in my store -> HERE.
If you are in Australia and need to order any of these great reduced bundles then you can order in my store at the above link. OR Contact me directly and I can help you.
Wednesday’s WOW! #162 – Use Your Catalogue for Inspiration.
Do you struggle with creating sometimes?
You can find so much inspiration with the projects in the catalogue.
Copy them as they are.
Give them a twist in direction.
Change the colours.
Use a different stamp set or other products.
I was looking for ideas for the Unbounded Beauty Suite and came across this card on page 53 of the catalogue. Then changed it a little for my card.
I created a larger frame and added a sparkly leaf spray with the In Color Glimmer Specialty Paper. I used a piece of the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper for the mat behind the white card. The sentiment is from the Simply Said Stamp set.
So next time you are stuck with inspiration, pull out your catalogue.
Back with Sunday Suites. There are lots of gorgeous new suites in the new Annual Catalogue. Let’s take a look at this bright, funky suite – Full of Life Suite.
The Full of Life Suite Collection includes:
The Friends For Life Bundle (stamps and dies)
The Full of Life 6″x6″ Designer Series Paper
Iridescent 1/2″ (1.3cm) Striped Trim
Iridescent Faceted Gems 100 pieces in 4mm and 5mm
Let’s look at them closer.
The Friends For Life Bundle includes Stamps which are Photopolymer and has 9 Dies in the set.
The Full of Life 6″x6″ Designer Series Paper.
Aren’t the colours in these papers so bright and fresh. They just bring so much happiness.
This gorgeous set of watercolour designs was hand painted by Stampin’ Up! artists. There are so many different shapes, colour wheel images and brushstroke designs to create beautiful card fronts, accents, lovely layers, and more! And really with these patterns you wouldn’t need to add too much else to your projects.
So many colours in this paper pack. The colours used are Balmy Blue, Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo, Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Shy Shamrock
The Iridescent Faceted Gems bring a special shimmer and shine to give you the perfect finishing touch for your cards, tags, gift packaging, and more!
The Iridescent 1/2″ (1.3 cm) Striped Trim is a delicate ribbon that adds just the right amount of sparkle to your tags, gift packaging, cards, and any other paper craft. Plus why not try colouring it with the Stampin’ Blends to have ribbon in any colour you like.
Do you want to see some projects created with this suite? These projects are created by Stampin’ Up! Artists.
So what do you think of this bright, funky, shiny Suite? So great.
You can pick up just one item in this suite or the full suite collection. Whatever sparks your fancy.
You can see more of this suite in my store -> HERE.
If you are in Australia you can shop directly there. Please use the Host Code: 7M7V93KG OR contact me and I can help you out.
I shared a card just last post with the Layers of Beauty Bundle. That gorgeous bundle is so popular right now.
After a request I have put together a video in creating the card and shared some tips in using the masks particularly. They are fun to use but there might be some little points to look out for when using them.
This is the card.
You can follow along with the video here or it is now on Youtube.
Hope you find them helpful.
Happy Crafting,
Jenny
Need some supplies and you are in Australia? I would love to help you out. You can shop in my store -> HERE OR contact me directly.
I have been playing with the Layers of Beauty Bundle – the stamps, Dies and Masks. I have seen some beautiful creations with these.
I’m still not sure of this card I created. I thought with this one I would stamp the outline in Basic Gray but looking at it afterwards you can see the lines and I’m not sure I like that. I added the colour through the masks. Perhaps I went a little heavy handed with the ink colour blending.
Still a work in progress. But here’s the card.
I added the strips of the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper for something a little different.
The Masks are easy to use I will say that. There are 5 masks all numbered. You use them from 1-5 to build up your layers. I would suggest starting off with the light colours first and getting darker to 3. 1-3 are the flowers. Then the 4 and 5 are for the leaves. So start with the lighter colour for 4 and darker with 5 for the highlights on the leaves.
I think I will head back to the craft room and work on these a little more. They are fun to work with.
These are the Layers of Beauty Bundle. Great Bundle to get all 3 of the products together – and to save. You can get them separately too.
You can see this Bundle in store -> HERE. I see that it is low inventory so you may want to be quick with this one.
If you would like to shop for any products head to that link above to order
OR
Contact me directly and I would love to help you out. (Australian residents only sorry).
Sweet Sunday and I just had to share this card with the Tender Hearted Stamp Set. Well it is just sweet …
I remember my little kiddies doing this when they were young. Pretending to be Dr’s attending to their toys. It brings back such precious memories. I just had to share it.
This card was created by Stampin’ Up! Artists.
I love how they have used the strips of Designer Series Paper on the card too. This is a great way of using your little scrap pieces. Perhaps you can use that idea on a card you make soon.
The Tender Hearted Stamp Set has some cute images in the whole set. It’s not just for the young kids. What a lovely one to use on cards for friends.
It is now available in my store (Australian residents). You can order this now -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: R4QU9DB3
I love Fun Folds. I have a cool Fun Fold card for you today AND a video to help you create it.
It’s a Front Panel Gatefold Card.
You have the Front of the card. Just like any regular looking card really. I have used the Stippled Roses Stamp Set for this one.
But lift the front and you have a Gatefold. It gives a little extra WOW! to the card. For this one I have used the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper on the side panels.
Then open the 2 flaps and you have the inside. With a little stamping and a strip of the paper it adds to the specialness.
What do you think?
You can follow along with the Video to make your own.
The measurements are included in the video. Stop or pause or rewind. If you prefer the written version I’m sending that out in my newsletter next week.
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I send out a Free Tutorial each week with a bonus one when you first subscribe. You can find the tab to subscribe in the right hand column on my blog.
Hope you get to make one.
Happy Crafting,
Jenny
Need some supplies and you are in Australia?
Contact me directly
OR
Head to my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: R4QU9DB3
Have you noticed the In Color Glimmer Paper. It adds a little sparkle to your projects. It’s so pretty.
This card has just a little strip of the Peach Pie Glimmer Paper. We created the card for my Catalogue Launch just recently. I was inspired to create this card from one similar I saw on Pinterest but can’t remember who it was now.
The card is with the lovely Spotlight On Nature Stamp Set and uses the Spotlight On Nature Dies also. The paper is from the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper.
This is the 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Paper.
You receive one 12″x12″ sheet of each colour. It is so sparkly and so pretty. A little bit goes a long way.
It is available now in the new Annual Catalogue. You can see it in my store now -> HERE if you would like some of the sparkly prettiness.
Or you can contact me directly and I can help you.
And here is the Spotlight on Nature Stamp Set and the Dies. These are so versatile.
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