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

I was playing around with the Expressions Thinlets the other week and created 2 cards. This first one was CASED from Kris McIntosh. You can see her original card here. I just changed the colours on this to blue where she used red.

I have used the new Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder too. I love these colours this Christmas. I think I have said that before today!!

For this next one I am seeking your help. I am really not happy with this.

I have used the lovely Designer Series Paper ‘Season of Syle’ and layered this on Old Olive and then Cherry Cobbler. I used a strip of the new Burlap Ribbon seen in the Holiday Catalogue. I cut the Merry from Gold Foil Sheets in the Holiday Catalogue. That’s all OK BUT it is missing something! I tried adding some small ornaments and played around for a bit with other things. What do you think??? Is it missing something? What should I add? I would love to know your thoughts. I will try some of your suggestions and post an updated version soon.

Thanks for stopping by. I love your visits.

School Holidays have finished now and it is back to school tomorrow. I can’t believe one more term left of school for the year and one more week before the HSC for Josh. YIKES!

Take care and visit again soon,

Jenny

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CHRISTMAS SIDE SPRING CARD

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I have had the new Stampin’ Up! Best of Christmas stamps for a couple of weeks now and only yesterday managed to get some ink on them. Here is a side-spring card for you. I was inspired by a swap card I received from convention using this fold and thought I would use this fold to make a different Christmas card. You can find a tutorial to make these on Splitcoaststampers here. They are quite easy to do once you work out the scoring and folding.

Here is the card.

I stamped the santa on watercolour paper and coloured him using the Blender pen and inkpads. I used Cherry Cobbler for his hat and Blushing Bride for his face. The little holly on his hat was coloured with Old Olive. I stamped him on the angle of the card so it would sit right when it was sitting up. I added a little sponging, some pearls and some burlap twine. The greeting is from the More Merry Messages.

Why not head over to Splitcoaststampers and make yourself up one of these. They are very cute.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope all is well in your part of the world.

Jenny

Stampin' Up!, Workshops

HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY STAMPIN’ UP!

October 3, 2013October 22, 2013 Jenny Hayward

THIS POST WILL STAY TO THE TOP OF THE POSTS UNTIL AFTER OCTOBER 21ST. IF YOU WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE THEN MESSAGE ME. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE RECENT POSTS THEN SCROLL DOWN.

I am sure by now you all know that we are celebrating Stampin’ Up!’s 25th Anniversary. There has been some great celebrations this year already but how about some more Birthday presents FOR YOU!! Check these out!

You love Stampin’ Up! products don’t you?? Would you like to get a discount EVERY time you order your favourite Stampin’ Up! products?? Of course you would. Between 7th and 21st October Stampin’ Up! are offering you the super low price of $25 to join. What is stopping you? What do you get for this?

In your $25 Starter Kit you can choose your products up to $26.95. That’s great if you already have lots of supplies already.
You will receive all your business supplies including 8 Catalogues, 8 Holiday Catalogues, order Forms and other supplies.
As with any Demonstrator you will receive 30% off on your first order over $300 made in the first 45 days.
Your first full quarterly minimum is not due until the end of March 2014. Plenty of time!
Have access to the Demonstrator website and Global forum with thousands and thousands of inspirational projects and ideas.
Opportunity to work your Stampin’ Up! in a way that suits you and your family. Maybe you want the discount for your own purchases, maybe you can collect orders from your family and friends or you might like to build a business and hold workshops and classes. It is entirely up to you.
Opportunity to attend regular Stampin’ Up! events and local team meetings.
You can leave Stampin’ Up! at any time. No obligations to stay forever 🙂

If you want to know more just ask/email me. I would love to welcome you to my growing team. You can join Online right now. Head here and Click ‘JOIN NOW’.

During October host a party and get more rewards. Receive $25 more when your party goes over $400. Instead of $60 of free products for a $400 party you would get $85. Lots more reasons to party this month! So check in a date with me, grab some friends and lets do some partying. It’s coming up to Christmas so let’s make it a Christmas party. I can’t wait to hear from you to set your date. Want to see one of the cards we could make this month? Check it out.

I don’t have many available dates this month so contact me ASAP to reserve your party and have fun with your friends.

I look forward to talking to you soon about any of the great promotions this month or if you need help with any of the great Stampin’ Up! products.

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Stampin' Up!, swaps

MINI CHRISTMAS TAGS

September 30, 2013September 30, 2013 Jenny Hayward

A couple of weeks ago just before our last team meeting I realised I hadn’t done swaps yet. These are not compulsory but I really hadn’t done any for a few months and yet another meeting comes by and I haven’t got anything to share. What was I going to do??? It was a couple of hours before I had to leave. I did a quick trawl on Pinterest. Isn’t that your ‘go to’ site!!!! I found some little Christmas tags that inspired me. So thought I would create some little simple tags similar to the ones I saw.

Here are the ones I created. It is not the best photo as I was just dashing out the door to leave. I gave everyone a couple of them each. I know it is only a small token BUT it was something. I realised I didn’t even keep any for myself though! DOH!

I used the Chalk Talk Framelits to cut the tags from Whisper White and Crumb Cake. I punched out little shapes using the Merry Minis punch pack. Did you know these were still available??? They are very cute. I adhered these to the tags and added a Rhinestone on the ones cut from coloured card. Then I added a small greeting. These ones are from Petite Pairs and Teeny Tiny Sentiments. I added some co-ordinating twine to finish them off. Job done in record time. I will just have to be a bit more organised next time. 🙂 Have a great day in your part of the world. It’s a lovely sunny day here. I think Summer has hit us early.

Till next time,

Jenny

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RETIRED STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS FOR SALE!

September 24, 2013September 24, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I have just made a page listing all my Retired Stampin’ Up! products. Head over there to grab a bargain. These are only available to Australian Residents – sorry!!

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BABY STARS!!

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I can finally get around to showing these cards I made a few weeks ago. I needed to make 2 baby girl cards. One for my niece and one for a friend of Glenn’s. So I made 2 of the same. I pulled out my new set ‘Simply Stars’. I even opened up Blushing Bride for the first time!!!

I stamped the stars over the Whisper White card using Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate. I then ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. This was layered on a Blushing Bride card base. The little handprints and the sentiment are from the set ‘Baby Prints’. The grey button is not Stampin’ Up! I found that in my button collection and it matched perfectly. The little Pink Button is a retired Stampin’ Up! one (I think!).

Now that I have finished them I really need to send them before the babies are One!!! LOL

It’s a lovely sunny Spring day here. School Holidays have started so who knows what we will get up to today. Enjoy your day,

Jenny

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EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post today to show you a Christmas card I made recently.

I’m not going to tell you too much about this card today. I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest I think. I’m giving you a little sneak of one of the cards in my ‘Stamp At Home’ card kits this month. For the full details head over to my blog post here and read all about it. Order your card kit to make 2 of these cards, 2 of a second design and one Fun fold Christmas card. These kits have had a huge response since I launched them last month so join in this month. Drop me a message or email to order your kit that you can complete in the comfort of your own home.

I hope you are having a happy day. Have a great weekend,

Jenny

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CHRISTMAS SINGLE STAMPS!

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Christmas Single stamps are now available ready for your Christmas creating. Grab one or more! They are so reasonable priced. These are available in clear-mount and available to order until 31st January, 2014.

Here is a close-up of them for you. Now which one(s) to choose?????

Contact me to order your stamps today. Don’t forget you can Shop Online Here.

3D projects, Classes

CHRISTMAS CANDLE CLASS!

September 14, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Next Friday is my Christmas Candle Class. I would love you to join us if you are local. These would make great gifts for someone for Christmas or to display yourself because they are so special and you are so clever!

We will make a large stamped candle and an Easel Card Candle. The Easel card was inspired by a lovely one by Carolyn Lindenmayer here. Thanks for sharing this Carolyn 🙂

WHEN: Friday 20th Sept. at 10am and 7.30pm

COST: $20

RSVP: Please reply by Wednesday 18th so I can have candles available.

Would you love to make the candles but can’t make these times. Why not make another time for you and your friends (Minimum 3 people). Drop me a message or email me about a time.

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SEPTEMBER STAMP AT HOME KITS AVAILABLE!

September 12, 2013September 12, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Christmas is not far off so it will be great to get started on your Christmas cards this month if you haven’t already done so. Your Stamp At Home Kits this month includes card and embellishments for 5 cards – 1 Fun Fold card and 2 each of 2 different design cards. Take the guess work out of creating your cards.