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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NON-CONVENTION CARD CHALLENGE!

Jenny Hayward

Many SU Demos have been in Chilly Canberra this weekend for the annual Stampin’ Up! Convention.  Unfortunately I couldn’t make it.  A forum I am on had a non-convention goers card challenge, among many other fun challenges.  Thanks Tanya for organising this!!

This is the sketch that we had to create a card.  I like this sketch.  It is very simple.  I might be using it for some upcoming workshops! 

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This is the card I created.   I was inspired by this card by Claire.  I loved how she used the Baroque Motif swirls on the background.

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I have used the faux silk technique for the rose.  First I stamped the rose image from Embrace Life in stazon on white tissue paper.  Then I watercoloured the rose with the stamp pads and aquapainter.  Leave it to dry for a short time and then scrunch up the tissue into a ball.  Carefully unwrap the ball.  Adhere the tissue to white cardstock.  For the card I stamped the Baroque Motifs swirl with choc chip ink onto choc chip cardstock.  I scalloped the edge of Ruby Red card and adhered a piece of the Raspberry Tart DSP onto this before adhering both to the choc chip card.  I used mounting tape to mount the faux silk image.  The greeting is from the Level 1 hostess set, Best Yet.  I inked up the words with markers and used the Large oval and the new Wide oval punch.  I was really pleased how this turned out. There are so many other projects Tanya has set for us, but I think I will be trying these over the next couple of weeks. This week is turning out to be very busy.

scrapbooking

WISH BIG!!

Jenny Hayward

I thought I should show you some scrapbooking.  Now I’m just starting out on this scrapbooking venture and I have a lot to learn.  I liked how this page turned out though.  It is a 6″x6″ page.  This is of my DD Carlie.   This photo was taken 18 months ago when she was 7.  She loves dressing up.  Although, she told me the other day that she is getting too old to dress up!  We even packed up her baby doll clothes and her dress up clothes.  It was a very sad day (for me anyway!!)

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I picked out the colours in the photo to use.  The base is Tempting Turquoise.  I have matted the photo in Ruby Red and used a Chocolate Chip card strip.  I didn’t have any alphabet stamps at the time so I used the Ruby Red marker to ink up the letters from my Sincere Salutations set.  It does say BIG.  I know it is not too clear!!  The word wish is from the Short and Sweet set.  I don’t seem to make a card or anything without using this set.  Of course, I have used Baroque Motifs set as well.   The flower embellishment is from Seeing Spots.  I inked the flower in versamark and stamped it on Ruby Red cardstock.  I applied heat and stick powder, heat embossed it then added the Dazzling Diamonds.  I heated it again to let it set.  I cut the circle out.  I didn’t have any turquoise brads, so I punched a circle out with a small circle punch and adhered it to the centre.  It was very fiddly, but with some perseverance (and a little force LOL) – it stuck.  I added some crystal effects to the centre to make it shiny – and you can see that of course!  I used dimensionals to add it the page.  Page done!  I have a few other pages lined up to finish,  so I will have to get a move on.

cards, Tutorials

CASTING TISSUES!!!

Jenny Hayward

The other day I showed you some cards I made by making paper casts of some stamps.  I have put together a tutorial to show you how it is done.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

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Stamp of choice                           

Large brush (stippling brush is best)

2 tissues (2 ply)   torn into quarters (8 squares)       

glue/water mix (1 part white glue [like PVA ] , 3 parts water)      

STEP ONE

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Place 1 square of tissue on upturned stamp.  Using brush apply some glue mix to the tissue.  Dab the brush up and down ( Don’t brush) to cover the whole stamp.  Continue dabbing the glue mix on to soak the tissue.  Ensure you get the glue mix in all the grooves and around the edges.

STEP TWO

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Continue applying all the squares of tissue.  If the tissue tears don’t worry just continue applying the glue and tissue.

STEP THREE

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Carefully pick up the tissue and stamp.  Turn the stamp upside down and place on a plate or board.  Press down gently on the stamp to help shape the tissue.  Gently remove the stamp.  Leave the cast image for some time to dry.  It may take overnight.  Make sure it is completely dry.

STEP FOUR

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Once dry cut around the image.  You may wish to just carefully tear around it.  Apply SU pastels or chalks to the image.  If pastels fall in areas you don’t want, don’t rub but blow them off.  Use an eraser gently to remove any parts you are not happy with.

STEP FIVE

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Create your card. 
Card: Rose Red, Whisper White, Raspberry Tart DSP
Ink: Old Olive,
Other: Stampin’ Pastels – Rose Red, Dimensionals, Corner Rounder.

Here is a card I made using the swirls from ‘Baroque Motifs’ set.  You get like a reverse image.  I’m not completely happy with the final result, but it shows you what you can do.
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Why don’t you  have a go!  Send me a copy of your card or a link so we can see what you have done.  Have fun!!!

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A TISSUE, A TISSUE……

Jenny Hayward

At last week’s team meeting Sarah showed us paper casting.  Thanks Sarah! It was great fun.  It is such a different way to use your stamps.  Here is the cast images of the stamps I used after they had dried and I had cut around them.  This is just made with tissues and a glue/water mix.  Sarah got the details from here.  Here they used just water. We used a mix of 1 part white glue (PVA) to 3 parts water.

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I then created 2 cards with them.   I used the SU pastels and daubed it on.

The first one is with the Simply Said set.  I don’t often use Soft Subtles colours, but it is “so pretty” as my DD said.

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Card:   Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Ink: Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink, Gable Green Markers.

The next card was inspired by this card by Nikki Stalker.  I loved it when I saw it.  It was stunning.  I used the flower from Eastern Blooms and I thought it looked oriental so would work well for this card.  I was really pleased with how this card turned out.

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Card:  Real Red, Black

Ink: Basic Black, Black Stampin’ Write Marker.

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Embrace Life, Short and Sweet.

The paper cast images add another dimension to your cards and it is such fun to do.  It is very relaxing dabbing away at your stamps.  I’m putting together a tutorial to do paper casting, so check back in the next day or two and I can show you how it is done.

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RIBBON AND HODGEPODGE SHARE

Jenny Hayward

GROSGRAIN RIBBON SHARE

 Would you like to try some of the beautiful Stampin’ Up! ribbon, but a whole 13.7m roll is just too much for you to use. Then join my ribbon share. You pay the same price as a whole roll and get approximately the same length but you will sample many of the colours. This ribbon share is for the 1/4” (6.35mm) grosgrain ribbon and I need 6 people to participate.

You will receive 2.25m of the following 6 colours

Whisper White (with your markers or inkpads you can dye this to any colour you want to match your card)

Pumpkin Pie           Elegant Eggplant                 Bashful Blue

Old Olive                  Chocolate Chip

 

The cost is $11.50 which includes 5% shipping and handling, if you pick it up from me.  I can post it to you at an additional cost.

STYLED SILVER HODGEPODGE SHARE 

Would you like to try some of the beautiful silver hodgepodge. You can join my hodgepodge share. You will receive 1/5 of the tin. The tin is not included. The hodgepodge is shown on page 149 of the 2009/2010 Catalogue.

In the share you will receive:

2 of each – Raised Dots Small Oval Holder, Small Rectangle Holder, Raised Dots Designer Holder, 2.5cm Circle Holder, Square Holder, 1.3cm Genuine Brad, 9.5mm Star Brad, 1.3cm Flower Brad, 9.5mm Flower Brad, Flower Ribbon Slide.

Plus 20×4.8mm Brads.

The cost is $12.20 which includes 5% shipping and handling. I will need 5 people to participate.

If you are interested to join in the ribbon or hodgepodge share, let me know. Once I have the places filled I will then ask for the money to be paid. If you want extra then you may fill 2 places. The shares will not go ahead if the places are not filled.

For any further information or to fill a place in 1 or both shares, contact me at jghayward@yahoo.com.   Places are filling fast, so be quick.

 

 

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ANOTHER PLAY WITH FRESH CUTS

Jenny Hayward

The new fresh cuts set is so versatile.  I have created another card using this set.

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I stamped the image with Rose Red ink on Whisper White card.  I then sponged over this with Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Rose Red.  Unfortunately you can’t see the colour differences in the photo, but I can assure you it is more distinct IRL.  I mounted this on Rose Red and then Kiwi Kiss cardstock.  I used the scallop edge punch to scallop the edge of the Kiwi Kiss card.  I tied around some Old Olive Ribbon and then mounted it all on Tangerine Tango.  I’m beginning to like these new In-colours.  I wasn’t too sure about them at first.  I like this colour combo. too.  This was a very quick card to create.  I think I’ll try another one soon.  Why don’t you give it a try!

cards, Challenges

MAKEESHA’S INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

Jenny Hayward

I had a go at Makeesha’s Inspiration Challenge for this week.  I have to say it was a hard one. I wasn’t sure how to tackle it.  I knew I wanted to incorporate the circles from the soup mugs somehow.  I was flicking through the 2007-2008 Stampin’ Up! catalogue the other night and came across a card on page 86 that I thought I would work with.  It was a little bit fiddly, but it was fun to do.

Here is the photo we had to work with.

 

This is my end result.

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To punch the circles I used the 1 3/8″ circle punch.  I punched some out first on scrap paper and used the 2-way glue on certain celery cardstock.  This is great repositional glue to use.  If you add some to the card and let it go clear before you fix it to your piece you can then take it on and off until you are happy with the position.   I then traced around these circles and punched out on the marks with the punch.  I placed a piece of whisper white card under the certain celery card.  I punched out some circles with the 1 1/4″ circle punch from scrap paper again and lined it up within the circles on the certain celery card.  I marked these circles in pencil and then punched them out from the whisper white card  with the 1 1/4″ circle punch.  One of the circles I cut from a scrap of chocolate chip card.  All these circles were quite fiddly to do.  I don’t know if there is a simpler way of doing it, but it worked out ok.  I used the ’embrace life’ set and stamped the blossom in chocolate chip onto pumpkin pie card.  I inked the words one at a time in the chocolate chip marker and stamped them on pumpkin pie so one word ran under the other.  I inked up some white taffeta ribbon with my pumpkin pie marker.  I punched out a slit with the slit punch and tied the ribbon through.  I had curled the edges of the celery card with my bone folder to give it a distressed edge. I adhered this piece to chocolate chip base and then pierced holes down each side.  This is a bit hard to see in the photo.  I think it is missing something though, what do you think?

I’ve just received my new Rubbah. Gotta like that. Even better is it is all FREE! How good is that. You can earn some great FREE stuff being a demonstator. If you want to find out how you can earn some FREE rubbah, just contact me. I’m off to play!!

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FRESH CUTS!!

Jenny Hayward

I had the other launch day yesterday for the new catalogue.  We all had a great time I think.  We were so busy though that I forgot to take a photo of them.  (I’m sure they would be very disappointed to know that!)  I can now show you what we did.  We used the new Fresh Cuts set.  There are so many ways you can use this set.  Firstly, we made a triangle box.  You can see how to make them here.  Here is the one we did.

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There were a few different colour combinations, but for this one I used Regal Rose and Certain Celery.  These boxes are so quick to make and the good thing is there is no glueing.  Before assembling I stamped off the leaf image over the card stock with Regal Rose.  I punched holes in the top using the crop-a-dile and threaded through the Regal Rose ribbon. For the scallop tag I inked up the the leaf image again with Certain Celery and stamped it off first onto scrap paper to lighten it a little.  I stamped it onto Whisper White.  The ‘For You’ words run across, so I used the Regal Rose marker on the ‘for’ and stamped it over the leaf.  Then used the marker again to ink the ‘you’.  I then stamped that under the ‘for’.  I punched this out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch and punched out a circle from regal rose with the 1 3/8″ circle punch.  I adhered them together and then adhered this to a scallop circle punch from the Certain Celery.  I mounted this onto the box with dimensionals.  These would be great little boxes for Easter or for Mother’s Day very soon.

We then used the Fresh Cuts to make a card. 

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I got the inspiration for this card from Trina.  She has done some very clever things with this set.  Here are some other cards she has done using this set.

This is the mirror technique. Firstly, I stamped the leaf image up the side of Chocolate Chip cardstock base. I stamped the main image with Chocolate Chip onto Baja Breeze and also onto Pink Pirouette, 2 of the new in-colours.  I love these 2 colours together.  I cut one in half and adhered it to the other half.  I then adhered this to Pumpkin Pie and then to the base card.  I stamped the words onto Pink Pirouette with Chocolate Chip and adhered this to Pumpkin Pie.   I stamped the flower and then cut it out and mounted it onto the card with dimensionals.

So the new Stampin’ Up! year has begun.  If you would like a catalogue contact me and I can send it to you.  The cost is $12.95 plus shipping and handling. You can receive one FREE for holding a workshop. If you live locally,  invite a few friends together and I can show you a few projects and you all get to stamp.  If you live too far away, or are just too busy, why not have a catalogue workshop.  I can send you a catalogue, you can pass it around to friends and family and collect their orders.  For orders over $300 you can still receive the hostess benefits.  Also, any orders over $50 qualifies for my VIS club.  See the page at the top for details.

Email me for any further questions on these projects or anything else.

Happy stamping!!