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
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NEWS FROM BRISBANE STAMPIN’ UP! CONVENTION

Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post from Brisbane.  I have managed to get on the WiFi at the Convention Centre.  I  know you have already heard from me today but I didn’t think you would mind hearing from me again.  Unfortunately I don’t have my camera lead with me to share any photos right now.  Let me tell you we are having an AWESOME time.  Stampin Up! are so generous.  We have already received so many freebies PLUS (I can’t believe it) – the NEW CATALOGUE!!!!! AAAARGGGGHHHH!!!!!  It is awesome.  You are so going to have a copy for your very self.  I am now taking preorders.

Preorder your Catalogue now from me for $5 and receive a rebate voucher for $5 for your first order.

Back to Convention news.  We are having a fantastic time celebrating Stampin’ Up! 25th Anniversary.  It has been funny to look back on the early days of Stampin’ Up! Did I mention we were getting really spoilt.  I hope to be back soon with some more news AND even photos!!!  For now I have to run.  Another session is about to start.  Until next time,

Jenny

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POOL PARTY PAPILLION POTPOURRI!!

Jenny Hayward

I am still in Brisbane at the moment at the Stampin’ Up! Convention.  I have this post scheduled so you don’t miss me too much.  🙂  I made this card a couple of months ago and realised I hadn’t shown it to you yet.  This is using the gorgeous set “Papillion Potpourri”.  I CASED this from Splitcoaststampers.

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I love the combination of Pool Party and Island Indigo.  I have added Summer Starfruit for a little punch!!  Just a brief post today but I hope you like the card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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CONVENTION BAG TAG!

Jenny Hayward

Twice in one day. Don’t die from shock!  This is a quick post.  This afternoon I thought I better whip up a tag for my Convention bag. With 700 people having the same bag you need a tag to identify your bag.  Now I could just tie a piece of ribbon on, but why not make a tag when I have so much time this afternoon – NOT!!!!

Here is my tag.

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I have used the Blue Ribbon stamp set stamped in Island Indigo and punched out with the 1 3/4″ circle.  I had to have some bling so punched a scallop circle with the 2 3/8″ scallop punch from Silver Glimmer paper.  The silver ‘J’ is cut on the Big Shot with the retired Timeless Type Alphabet die.  I added a length of Whisper White 1/4″ Grosgrain ribbon to tie it on to the bag.  I found the tiniest piece of Island Indigo Satin ribbon from Sale-A-Bration to tie on to the white grosgrain ribbon just to finish it off.  See those tiny little scraps of ribbon do come in handy!!

OK, enough from me today.  I still haven’t packed.  Thanks for stopping by again.

Jenny

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MDS CARD FOR THE LITTLE BOYS!!!

Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post today.  I thought I would show you this card I made with ‘My Digital Studio’ last week.  This is a fun card for a young boy.  I am sure I have a few young nephews that would like a card like this.

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This is using ‘On The Go’ Brush Set. I added a digital eyelet to the centre of the wheels.

See the curve ‘Beep! Beep’ Text.  I thought I would tell you how I did that.   This can work with any shape, embellishment or text.  When you click on the shape it comes up with a shape highlighted with dots marking each corner and side points.  If you hover over one of these corner points a directional arrow shows up which enables you to enlarge or shrink the shape.  Notice if you click on a corner there is also a circular arrow that shows up.  If you click or move this shape it will rotate the shape.  You can bend the shape to any angle. I hope I have explained it clearly enough.  One day I will get clever and be able to show pictures to give you a better idea.  It is a really cool application anyway so have a play around yourself.

Thanks for stopping by.  More “Paper” projects next time.

Jenny 

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MOTHER’S DAY GIFT CLASS!

Jenny Hayward

Come and join us at my Gift Class this Friday May 10th.  Create this cute Gift Bag and mini note cards.  Great timing for Mother’s Day this week OR you could give it to a friend (if you can part with it yourself!).  I would love to see you there if you are local.

Gift bag

COST: $20 OR FREE with a minimum $30 order.

RSVP: Wednesday May 8th.  Address on booking.

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DAYDREAM MEDALLION BUTTERFLY!!

Jenny Hayward

I realised I hadn’t shown you this card.  I made this quite a few months ago.  I think it got filed away with the busyness of Christmas, Sale-A-Bration and Seasonal Catalogue.  Here it is now for you.

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I was playing around with some new products at that time – Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starburst Incolors.   I even broke out my Daydream Medallions set!  I think this was the first time I used Papillion Potpourri too.  On the butterfly I stamped it in Raspberry Ripple and used the Aquapainter to pick up some ink from the inkpad to lightly colour it.  I layered the butterfly on a Whisper White Circle which I had embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  You can’t see in the photo but I stamped a smaller medallion from Daydream Medallion on the Summer Starburst card with Illuminate ink.  It gives it a nice shimmer. The greeting is from Curly Cute and stamped in Raspberry Ripple. I used some Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin ribbon to finish it off.  I really liked the finished result.

Thanks for visiting me today.  Stop be again soon.

Jenny

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‘CLOCKWORKS’ – FOR THE BOYS!!

Jenny Hayward

We all have trouble with cards for the Boys, don’t we???? I have a card for you today using the stamp set ‘Clockworks’.   I created this a couple of weeks ago when I was after some samples for class.  I must say I did CASE this from ‘nicepeoplestamp.com’.  I have seen versions of this on Pinterest too.  I changed the colours on my card.

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I have used Gumball Green, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.  It’s a quick card for those male cards we need to make.  I should play around with this set a bit more.  I really haven’t used this set since I got it at Stampin’ Up! Regionals in September last year.  Just so many toys to play with sometimes!!!

Speaking of Boys, I thought I would give you a quick update on how the boys went last week at the National Gridiron Championships that Josh was playing in.  Just spare me a little “proud Mummy moment” OK 🙂  Last post I mentioned how New South Wales won their first game 36-24 after coming back in the second half to win.  The next game they played they won 69 NIL.  I did feel really sorry for the other team.  With two wins it meant they were through to the Grand Final held last Saturday.  It was a very tough game but NSW dug deep and their Defence was strong.  NSW were named Australian Champions with a win of 7-0.  It was a nail-biting finish though.  Well done NSW.  Well done Josh. Here he is in action in the Grand Final.  He is #28 – on top of the pack in the middle – of course!

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I thought I would just show you a photo of Josh after the game with his prize-winning medal.

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Thanks for indulging me. 🙂

Be back again soon with some card creations!!

Jenny

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PLAYING WITH ‘MY DIGITAL STUDIO’

Jenny Hayward

Last week I was playing around with ‘My Digital Studio’ using the Free MDS Trial. Here are a couple of pages I created.  I still have a lot to learn with these but it was fun playing around them.

Here is one with Carlie starting school.

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Another page with Carlie’s great bike ride last year completing the Sydney to Gong ride.

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Have you had a go at the Free My Digital Studio yet?  You can download it here and have a play.

I am still in Canberra.  NSW had a great win at the Australian National Gridiron Championships.  After being down at half time 24-7 they had a fantastic second half and beat SA 36-24.  They face ACT today so hopefully another win.  Stay tuned!!!

I will be back on the weekend so I will stop by with some more projects next week.

Jenny

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CHERRY DRESS!!

Jenny Hayward

Here is another card I made up last week using the ‘Dress Ups’ Die.

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I added a little lace to the top (which is a bit hard to see!).  I cut another 1/2 a dress in Very Vanilla and then ran it through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.  This was just added underneath the Cherry Cobbler dress. Can you believe this is the first time I have used Pink Pirouette!!!! I thought I should start getting used to this colour as Pretty in Pink is leaving us soon.  I ran the card through the Big Shot with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder.  The Cherry Cobbler paper is from the ‘Festival of Prints’ pack (retired).  I love the Happy Birthday stamp. I have used it so much lately and it is such a bargain at $11.95 ($AUS).  I stamped this on Crumb Cake and cut it out with the Apothecary Framelits and then paper pierced around the edge.  I managed to find just enough Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding ribbon to finish it off.

I better get going.  I really should be packing right now.  We are heading off to Canberra tomorrow for the week.  Josh is playing in the Gridiron (American Football) Nationals.  I am very proud of him making the state team especially since this is his second season playing.  But I really don’t cope well with watching him.  It is so stressful!!!  I hate seeing him pounded into the ground.  We are planning a few family activities while we are there so hopefully that will calm the stress!!  The games will be live Streamed through their Facebook page. If you want to check out the promotional video then you can check that out here.

Have a good week.  I hope to stop by some time through the week to post some projects.  See how we are going!!  Hopefully I have fingernails and hair left!!!! LOL

Jenny