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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
BABY STARS!!
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
EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS
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
CHRISTMAS SINGLE STAMPS!
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.
CHRISTMAS CANDLE CLASS!
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.
SEPTEMBER STAMP AT HOME KITS AVAILABLE!
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.
I have used the stamp set ‘Evergreen’ so you could use a similar set but why not get the stamps set too. I have 2 different packages to choose from:
PACKAGE A
Includes all cardstock cut and scored to make 5 cards and ribbon is included. All you need is the adhesives. PLUS receive the ‘Evergreen’ Stamp set.
WOOD-MOUNT Pick-up Order $62.20
Shipped to anywhere in Australia $65.90
CLEAR-MOUNT Pick-up Order $52.75
Shipped to anywhere in Australia $56.90
PACKAGE B
Includes all cardstock cut and scored to make 5 cards and ribbon is included. All you need is the adhesives. $15 + $3 Postage.
Drop me an email or a comment if you would like to order a kit. These are available until October 4th.
Happy a happy day 🙂
Jenny
SILVER EMBOSSED CALM CHRISTMAS
This is a card we made at a workshop last week using Calm Christmas. When I first saw it I thought it would look great embossed.
I CASED this from a card from Splitcoaststampers. The paper is from the Winter Frost DSP Paper Stack. This pad of papers is such great value at $11.95 for 48 sheets. The size is just right to use on a card front or you have a lot to play with to add strips to the card like I have here. You get 24 sheets of 2 double-sided designs. I love the colours used in this pad. So I think I will be making a lot of cards using this colour pallette for Christmas this year!
Anyway, back to the card. The dove was silver embossed which gives it such a nice shine. I added a strip of Island Indigo card that was punched with the Ribbon Border Punch and layered over some silver ribbon. The greeting from this set is silver embossed too. This was punched out with the Scallop Circle Punch and layered over an oval punched from Island Indigo. I added a silver bow to the top of the greeting.
I have some more cards to come with this set so stay tuned.
Thanks for visiting me today. I hope you have a happy week. 🙂
Jenny
ANOTHER BUTTERFLY COLLECTION!
Recently I showed you a number of cards using the Butterfly Collection wheel. With the Blog Hop last week I never got to show you another one I had made. Here it is. I have to say this card didn’t end up how I started but I think it is OK!
I was going for a shabby/vintage look. I think I realised when I was making this that I just don’t do vintage all that well. I used some of the gorgeous Venetian Romance DSP. This is just beautiful paper. This was layered on to a Pistachio Pudding card base. Before adding the paper I adhered some Pistachio Pudding Ruffled ribbon under the Lace and wrapped it around the paper. I cut a Labels framelit from Pumpkin Pie and then embossed it with the stripes Embossing Folder. The Butterfly wheel was rolled over some Very Vanilla Card and then cut with the Butterfly Bigz Die. I layered a butterfly punched with the Elegant Butterfly punch and added a Clear button and a Whisper White twine bow. The greeting flag was stamped from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and cut with the Bitty Banners Die. The end result was Ok. Not sure if it is vintage enough though. I love the softness of Pistachio Pudding. I think it is my new favourite colour.
I hope you have enjoyed these cards with the Butterfly Collection Wheel. If you missed the other cards I have made with this wheel, then head back a couple of posts to catch them.
Thanks for visiting today,
Jenny
ESAD HOLIDAY CATALOGUE BLOG-HOP
Today is the launch of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue and what better way to showcase the fantastic new products now available is going on a Blog Hop. Come and join me in a little cyber hopping to some see some wonderful creations from my ESAD friends. Firstly,
What is ESAD?
ESAD – stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.
We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship, and we’re always there to help and support each other.
So if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to leave me a comment with your Email address and I’ll contact you with information on how to join our wonderful group.
So, let’s begin!
You may have just come from Angie’s blog or you might be starting here. Either way, enjoy your travels – and I hope you are inspired. Don’t forget to leave a comment at the end to say you have visited.
Today I want to show you one of the new stamp sets ‘Wishing You’. This is on Page 23 of the Holiday Catalogue.
When you are looking for inspiration to create your projects you can spend hours trawling the internet (pinterest perhaps???!!!!!!). Don’t forget the Catalogues for ideas. They have some fantastic simple projects for you to Copy. For this one I have CASED from page 9 of the Holiday Catalogue. I have used the ‘Season of Style’ Designer Series Paper (page 23) and the lovely Cherry Cobbler Stitched Edged Grosgrain Ribbon (page 22). The little parcels I coloured with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive markers. Being a clear- mount set I could easily see where to place them. Maybe I should have got the Stamp-A-ma-jig out BUT I was lazy!!
This next card was inspired by a card on Splitcoaststampers. (Another great source of inspiraton!).
For this one I have used the ‘Season of Style’ Designer Series Paper again. I have stamped the gifts and the greeting on Whisper White card and layered this on Silver Glimmer Paper for some sparkle. You have to have that, don’t you! I added a bow again using the Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain ribbon. This one is very quick to make. As long as it doesn’t take several attempts at making a half-decent bow. How do I know that? I think it took me as long to make the bow as it did to make the card.
Now the great thing with this set is it is very versatile. I like to show how you can use your Christmas sets for other occasions. You can pull this set out for Birthdays throughout the year.
This card was inspired by a card on Page 3 of the Annual Catalogue. For this I have used the ‘I Am Me’ Designer Series Paper. The gifts were coloured with Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango Markers. The piece was layered under a Tangerine Tango frame cut with the Squares Collection Framelits. The greeting is from ‘Remembering your Birthday’. The card was finished off with a clip from the Essentials Hardware (page 170).
Now you can head off to the next blog on your journey. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will visit me again soon. Now you can see what fabulous creations Jenny Humphreys has made for you.
See you next time,
Jenny
RUBBER STAMP SALE AND HOLIDAY LAUNCH!!!
Sale day is this Saturday!!!!!
I hope you can join us. There are some great bargains. If you have some unloved stamping products you want to add to the sale then let me know. You can update your supplies. Check out the details below. Hang around and you can start your Holiday creating too at my Holiday Catalogue Launch. Look forward to seeing you there.
