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

Convention, Stampin' Up!

I SURVIVED CONVENTION!!

May 25, 2010 Jenny Hayward

How can one weekend go by so fast!!! I can’t believe where this last weekend has gone to. We had such a blast with my stamping buddies at the Stampin’ Up! Convention. Lots of laughs, perhaps a little too much chocolate!! Oh, and some great inspiration from the talks too. The best part was spending time with my friends from our team and meeting up with my blog and forum friends. I thought I would share some photos of our time together. Note: “some”. As they say, what happens in Sydney, stays in Sydney!

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA — Good Laughs!! (can't remember what they are laughing at here!)

There is some of the highlights of Convention 2010. Pop back in the next day or two and I will show you some of the swaps I received. I might even show you mine!!!

Happy Stamping! xx

3D projects, cards, Workshops

IT’S GETTING CLOSE!!!

May 17, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Can you feel the excitement???? It is only 3 sleeps till we leave for convention. This is my first convention, so I’m so excited! It will be so good to get away with my best stamping buddies. We are going to have such fun.

The last week or so the cardstock has been flying around here trying to get my swaps done. I put the last ones together today!!! Whoo Hoo! I’m so relieved. But, I can’t show you those yet. I just have a few other things to do now and then I’m off.

Thought I would just stop by quickly and share a project I did at a recent workshop. I wanted a quick project of a box and notecards. I decided to show the pizza box. This can be found here at splitcoast stampers. I used the set “Bloom Away” which hasn’t seen ink for a while, and I knew these ladies would appreciate them.

This is a close up of the top of the box.

The little note cards. These are 3″x3″ size. I realised I didn’t take a close up of one of the cards, but I think you can get an idea of them. I wanted to keep them very simple. The stamps have such fine detail I didn’t think it was necessary to colour them for this. The punched flower is using the Boho Blossoms punch. I inserted a gold brad through it and raised it up with dimensionals. The greetings are from “Teeny Tiny Sentiments” in the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue. This is such a versatile set with so many greetings, and is such good value considering you get 24 stamps in the set.

Stamps: Bloom Away, Teeny Tiny Sentiments.

Card: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze card and DSP, Very Vanilla.

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red.

Other: Word Window Punch, Lots of Tags Die (for box), Boho Blossoms Punch, Scallop border Punch, Gold Brad, Dimensionals.

Now, if you pop back in the next day or 2 I will show you the card they all got to make. The hostess wanted a male card. They are always difficult to do. I showed them a few techniques that can be used on male cards. So, don’t forget to call by.

Happy Stamping!!

Stampin' Up!, Uncategorized

MAY IS SCRAPBOOKING MONTH!!!

May 11, 2010 Jenny Hayward

You may know that May is (Inter)National Scrapbooking Month and I’m celebrating! I have some great specials this month to help you in your scrapbooking (and cardmaking) projects.

– Alphabet Soup: All Alphabet sets 10% OFF p121-123.
*$35.95 sets now $32.36, up to sets $79.95 now $71.96

– Cheap as Chips: On Board Chipboard 10% OFF p146-147 *$23.95 now $21.56

– Pack a Punch: Buy any large punch at $30.95 and receive 40% OFF a smaller price punch.
*$11.50 punch = $6.90 +S+H $12.95 punch= $7.77 =S&H

* These prices do not include Shipping and Handling.

These specials are only available through me. I can ship anywhere in Australia. Offer ends 31st May.

Email me to place an order TODAY.

Awards, Uncategorized

CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE!!!!

May 11, 2010May 11, 2010 Jenny Hayward

There has been a lot of lovin’ in blogland lately, if you haven’t noticed. Last week I received a lovely ‘Beautiful Blogger Award. Yesterday I received a ‘Sunshine Award’ from my good stamping buddy and team mate Andrea. Gee, Thanks Andrea!!!! It really brightened my day.

Don’t you just love that bright orange flower. It’s enough to brighten anyone’s day. I’m just going to pass this onto 2 bloggers today.

Leonie – My convention roomie and stamping buddy!!! Leonie’s husband suffered heart attacks a couple of weeks ago. It has been a very stressful time for them but he will make a good recovery. I just wanted to brighten her day. Pop on by and say hi to Leonie.

Tanya – Always encouraging and very busy on our ESAD forum. Take some time for you Tanya!!!

But, I want to give all of you, my lovely blog readers, the Sunshine Award. I appreciate you stopping by, I love your comments. I hope you leave feeling inspired or encouraged! Thanks for stopping by and don’t be scared to leave a comment and say HI!

Have a Sunshine-y Day!!!

cards, Uncategorized

A TRI-SHUTTER 50TH!

May 5, 2010 Jenny Hayward

I have seen these Tri-shutter cards around blogland recently and have been wanting to make one. It was my Sister-in-Laws 50th Birthday last week so I thought it would be a good time to make this special card. I first made this red one but when it was finished I found it was a bit too pink for her liking. So I made another one up.

I have used the Pink Flamingo DSP. This is a great way to use up those little scraps you have lying around. The greeting label was cut with the Big Shot and the Tags die. The centre was punched out with the Wide oval punch. I didn’t have a 50th stamp so hand wrote that. I punched out some butterflies, first from Rose Red card and then some from the DSP and sponged the edges.

The leaves were punched with the 2-step Bird Punch and the flowers punched out with the Boho Blossoms punch. You can see a close up of the flowers here.

After I punched the flowers out, I sponged the edges with Rose Red ink and then adhered them together. I added a drop of Crystal Effects to create a centre dot.

So, here is the other version.

I have used Night of Navy as the base card. The DSP was from the Baja Breeze Patterns paper and Urban Garden. These are really fun cards to make and impressive when they open it up!

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Stamping!!

Awards, Personal Ramblings, Uncategorized

“BEAUTIFUL” BLOGGER AWARD

May 2, 2010 Jenny Hayward

I felt very honoured this morning. I have received a “Beautiful Blogger” Award from Leah. I have to say I really don’t deserve it. I have been a very “bad” blogger lately. I have had issues with my computer again. It was sent back to the shop and we got it back yesterday. We have had to reinstall everything! But, at least they backed up everything and we didn’t lose a thing! Thank Goodness. So, now I hope to be back to regular blogging and maybe deserve this award!!

Thank you so much Leah!!!

Now, to I need to pass it on to 10 more beautiful blogs. In no particular order, these are 10 blogs I visit often and inspire me. Some of you lovely ladies probably don’t know I stalk you. 🙂 Thank you to you all. There are so many others I could award this to though.

Now, I also need to tell you 10 things about myself. You really don’t want to know do you????

1. I have been a Christian for over 30 years and each day discover more and more of God’s Great love for us.

2. I am married and have 2 children Josh 13 years and Carlie 9 years (who says she is nearly a teenager – watch out!)

3. I live 200 metres from the beach and love to get down there several times a week.

4. I have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator since August 2008 and have made some very special friends. Such a bonus that I didn’t expect!

5. Chocolate is a very essential food source containing antioxidants. That’s why I eat it every day for a balanced diet 😉

6. I love dolphins and was so thrilled to be a ‘trainer for a day’ at Sea World a couple of years ago. Something I will never forget.

7. I love papercrafts, reading, walking and bike riding.

8. Did I tell you I like chocolate!!!

9. Who needs Edward when I have my darling husband! Awwww!!!

10. I spend way too much time on this computer!!!!

That’s enough from me. You’ve probably switched off now anyway. I hope to be back very soon and show you some creating I have been up to.

Have a good day 🙂

3D projects, Uncategorized

FOR MUM!!!

April 24, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Just stopping by with a quick post. These are the projects we will be making at my Mother’s Day class this week. If you are in the area, why not come along? I have a few places left.

When: Friday 30th April, 7.3opm in East Corrimal.

Cost: $15 to make both these cute projects for Mum for Mother’s Day or change the greeting for a friend. RSVP: ASAP.

Hope your enjoying your weekend.

Happy Stamping!

cards, Techniques, Uncategorized, Workshops

I’M BACK!!!

April 20, 2010 Jenny Hayward

I’m back, did you miss me???? You probably didn’t even realise I had gone. LOL Well, I have the computer back now. I can’t say it is working fantastically still. We will have to see how things go. This last week I realised how much I get done when I’m not wasting, spending time on the internet. It has been school holidays so we have had some fun family times together, we have had our roof replaced so we had no water and power for a day, but I have been very creative. I will show you all the projects eventually. You will have to wait some time to see my convention swaps though. 4 weeks to Convention! I’m so excited!

I wanted to show you the Make and Take from the workshop the other week. My lovely hostess wanted ‘Pretty and Pink’. I wanted to use the Big Shot and some of the other lovely products from the new Autumn Mini Catalogue. So, here is the card they all got to make.

Card: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White.

Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Certainly Celery.

Stamps: Cottage Garden, Warm Words.

Other: Big Shot, Textured Impressions Folder Dots, Eyelet Border Punch, Dimensionals.

I ran a piece of Regal Rose cardstock through the Big Shot with the Dots Textured Impressions Folder and added this to the front of the Regal Rose base card to create another layer. The flowers were stamped on scrap paper inking first in Regal Rose and then rock and rolled in Rose Red. They were cut out and raised up with dimensionals.

So, is it Pink and Pretty enough?????

Of course, I stepped it up. Here is the stepped up version.

I added some Regal Rose Grosgrain ribbon and a clear button. I threaded some Regal Rose ribbon through the button. The text was stamped on scrap card and punched out with the Large oval Punch and then a scallop oval punched out with Regal Rose. I added some dots with the white gel pen. There you have it! Hope you like!!!!!

Stop by again soon and I will show you some of my other new creations.

Personal Ramblings, Uncategorized

JUST STOPPING BY!!

April 13, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Aren’t computers great! At your fingertips is a wealth of information and you can chat to people from all over the world. Then when they die, life stops!!! Our computer has been dying a slow death for some months now and we have been backing everything up on discs. Well, I think our computer has died now. I’m hoping it will recover! We took it in to the computer doctor today to see the prognosis. I am so lost without it. Fortunately, we have the laptop but I don’t have any documents or photos on here at the moment ….. and where is the mouse??? LOL

So, I can’t show you any new creations at the moment. I hope to get things sorted out shortly. So, bear with me. Take some time and visit my past creations. Here is a photo of my first card I showed on my blog from February last year. Can you believe it I missed my blog-iversary!

Don’t forget to come back again soon. Happy Stamping!!

Blog Hops, Uncategorized

ROUND 2 ESAD AUTUMN/WINTER BLOG HOP!

April 7, 2010April 6, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Are you up for another Blog Hop????

ESAD are having another round showing some great projects using products from the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. These will all be by different demonstrators from the first round. As in the first round you can go in the draw to win some Blog Candy. Below is the link to start this Blog Hop. Start your journey there. Leave a comment at each blog and then email Sharlene at (stampwithsharlene@hotmail.com) to say you have visited everyone’s blog and left a comment.

Are you ready to start??? Grab yourself a cuppa and settle in for the journey. Head over to Kristines’s when you are ready.

ENJOY!!!!