cards – Page 146 – A Stamping Journey

CHRISTMAS CLASSES STARTING!

August 11, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I know we don’t want to think about preparing for Christmas yet but it will sneak up on us. This week I start my Christmas Stamp-A-Stack classes so if you are in the Wollongong area do come and join in. Be organised this Christmas! We are using the old and the new this month. Here are the details.

WHEN: This Friday 15th August at 10am or 7.30pm at my studio in East Corrimal.

COST: $15 OR FREE with a minimum order.

BYO: Scissors and Adhesives.

RSVP: By Wednesday evening please so I can prepare the card kits. Just leave a comment or you can phone or email me.

I am going to show you a little sneak of what we will be making.

Can’t make it??? Let’s make another time for you and a few of your friends for your own Private Class. Contact me for details.

Hope to see you in my Classroom soon 🙂

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COLOURFUL ‘LOVELY LACE’!

August 9, 2014August 9, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I have been playing around with the ‘Lovely Lace’ Embossing Folder this week. As soon as I saw this in the Catalogue I knew I had to get it. I love all the detail in it.

Here is the first one. Since I had been playing around with the Blendabilities as well I thought I would do some colouring in.

For this card I embossed on Whisper White cardstock. I then just simply coloured to highlight the impression. The Blendabilities work better colouring on the card than the Stampin’ Write Markers as you don’t need to press hard to colour so you don’t effect the impression, and the colour blends nicely. I found using the fine tip on the Blendabilities worked better for the finer lines. So easy – and so therapeutic just sitting and colouring. 🙂

I just finished it off by wrapping around some Pistachio Pudding Thick Baker’s Twine. This was adhered to a mat in Pistachio Pudding and a card base in Lost Lagoon. I added a greeting from ‘Label Love’. The banners were cut from the ‘Bitty Banners’ Framelits. One from Daffodil Delight and one from the Silver Glimmer paper. They were then cut in half and adhered behind the label. Some Rhinestone bling was added for more sparkle.

Another card I made was very simple.

Simply emboss on white cardstock. Tie around some Island Indigo Cotton ribbon ( I love how soft and easy to tie this ribbon is!). This was adhered to an Island Indigo mat and then Whisper White card base. I punched out a scallop circle in Silver Glimmer Paper. The “For You” is from the ‘Hello There’ Hostess set. I will be making a few of these cards to send out to some special people this week.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. 🙂

cards, Masculine, My DIgital Studio

“ON THE GO” FOR A 5 YEAR OLD!

August 5, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Another Great Nephew’s Birthday….yesterday. Again I left it until the last minute, and again I realised I don’t have any suitable stamps for a young little boy since the new Catalogue came out! So I turned to MDS (My Digital Studio). I love how MDS extends your card and paper supply. Here is the card I made.

I printed off some Designer Series Paper to card size. I used the ‘On The Go’ paper. Then I created a ‘5’ using the “Schoolbook Serif” Digital brush set, resized it and recoloured it to Island Indigo. I chose a little car from the ‘On The Go’ Brush set and recoloured it Real Red. Once these were all done I printed them off. I did have to go back and resize the car to fit the 1 1/4″ circle punch (a couple of times). A circle was punched out with the 1 3/8″ circle punch from Crushed Curry to layer underneath it. I cut the ‘5’ out leaving a white border around it. After adhering the Designer Series Paper to the Island Indigo card base I then raised up the 5 and the car with dimensionals.

MDS to the rescue again – and you can still have dimension and layers by creating a Hybrid card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jenny

3D projects, cards

BIRTHDAY STEP CARDS!

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Last week we had a stamp day with my stamping buddies Leonie N, Andrea and Tracey. They are always good times. I have been wanting to make the Block/Step cards you might have been seeing around the blogosphere. I had a chance to make them that day. So here are my versions, then I will share you the link to the instructions.

Firstly, using ‘Amazing Birthday’ stamp set.

I used the DSP ‘Sweet Taffy’. Isn’t it cool?? I love all the bright colours in this pack. A little brightness and sparkle makes for a HAPPY Birthday.

Now another version. This time for the menfolk. I used the ‘Amazing Birthday’ set again and also the ‘Traveler’ set.

I have also used the new In Colors – Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey and Tangelo Twist. I stamped the background on the Mossy Meadow cardstock BEFORE assembling it!!! 😉 Then I stamped the other images separately and cut them out and adhered them on. I added a silver button and a Linen Thread bow.

Now for instructions. There are a few tutorials you might find but I found this one on Libby’s blog. Check it out here. Click on the link just a little way down to take you to the template. I just changed it slightly. Since our Australian card size is longer, instead of cutting the cardstock to 28cm x 10.5cm, I made the length 29cm. Which meant I didn’t have to add the extra little strip (10.5cm x 2cm) to join the block card. So I scored the card on the long side at 3.5cm, 7cm, 10.5cm, 14cm, 17.5cm, 21cm, 24.5cm and 28cm. Cut and assemble the box as it says in the template. I just added Sticky strip along the small tab that was left on the end and adhered it together. Hope that all makes sense. I do love making these. They are fun. Now I have done these two I will make some more again soon.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Masculine

MONEY HOLDER FOR THE BOYS!

July 19, 2014July 19, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Hope life is going well in your corner of the world?? Here it is cold and windy – but I guess you have to expect that for this time of year. Yesterday was my gorgeous boy’s 18th Birthday. I can’t believe how the time has flown. I thought I would show you the card and gift I made for him.

You might recognise the card???

I used this card for my Convention swap a few month’s ago. Josh loves vinyl records so thought this idea would be really cool for him. I used the Circle Thinlets Die to cut the Smoky Slate card base. I used the Music Notes wheel (now retired) to run over the card in Black Stazon. The black circle was punched with the 2 1/2″ circle Punch and the white inner circle was punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle. The small black circle was punched with the 2 step Owl Punch. The ‘YAY’ is cut from Real Red card using the little extras in the Circle Thinlets set. I could have used the Chevrons in the set too but these ones were punched with the Chevron Border punch. The ’18’ is cut using the ‘Timeless Type’ Die (now retired). I stamped the streaks in Smoky Slate from ‘Gorgeous Grunge’ too.

Here is a close-up. Josh thought it was pretty cool and even at 18 had fun flipping it! 😉

Here is the inside with just a simple “Happy Birthday” from ‘Fabulous Phrases’.

I forgot to take a photo of the Money Holder on it’s own but you can see it in the photo at the top. For this I followed the theme of the Vinyl Record. I stamped over the front of the card using the streaks and splodges from ‘Gorgeous Grunge’. The stars were punched from the new ‘Itty Bitty Accents’ pack and the greeting is from ‘Label Love’. Here is the inside of the Money Holder. I added some more streaks and stars.

I will give you directions so you can make your own Money Holder. They can just add a little extra to the gift rather than just adding it inside the card. I didn’t take step-by-step photos but I think it is fairly straight forward – I hope 🙂

MONEY HOLDER (The finished pocket is 16cm long)

METRIC

Cut you card 21cm x 16cm. Score on the short side at 8cm.

On the long side score at 5cm. Cut off the Top Left Hand section. (This will be the smaller tab section)

Add adhesive along the top and bottom of the lower Left Hand section and fold over to create a pocket.

IMPERIAL (These are approximate. Check your card size – and your money size).

Cut your card to 8 1/2″ (ie the width of the card) x 6 1/2″. Score on the short side at 3 1/4″.

On the long side score at 2″. Cut off the Top Left Hand section. (This will be the smaller tab section)

Add adhesive along the top and bottom of the lower Left Hand section and fold over to create a pocket.

Have a happy day. I hope to go and create today.

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HEXAGON HIVE SOCCER INSPIRED CARD!

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post as I race out the door to get this in the mail. I made this card up for one of my Great Nephew’s 9th Birthday. I have to get it in the post TODAY!

I realised I didn’t have a lot of stamps for the young boys, but Hey! with the World Cup Soccer that has been around this would work the trick.

I cut Black card with the Hexagon Hive Die and layered it on some Whisper White card. This was adhered to the Pacific Point Card Base. The greeting is from the ‘Hip, Hip, Hooray’ card kit and stamped in Pacific Point and cut with the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch. I cut a Real Red Starburst with the Starburst Framelits. The little yellow flags are punched with the Petite Pennants Punch.

I am sure the inside money would be more appreciated than the outside card so no need to go to too much trouble!! Hope you like it though??

Gotta run, Have a great day 🙂

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CHEVRON TRAVELER!

July 10, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I wasn’t sure of this stamp set when I first saw it. How about you?? But with all my stamps before I buy them I do a little research on the internet to see what clever people have created with these sets. Sometimes I have a look at some cards with similar stamps or style that the set has. It gives me some ideas of what I might come up with. I decided that this set might just fill a hole in my masculine stamp sets – and I have to say I like it. I was playing around with this set the other day and created this card.

I was inspired by a card on Splitcoaststampers with a similar type of stamp set. I changed it a little and added the Starburst circles to it too.

The base card is Smoky Slate and I embossed a piece of Tangerine Tango card with the Chevron Embossing Folder. I stamped the train in black Stazon on Whisper White card and added the Washi Tape strips on the corner. This was adhered to a Smoky Slate card mat. The Starbursts were stamped in Tangerine Tango and Smoky Slate and raised up with Dimensionals. A simple card but HEYyou don’t need fancy for the boys 😉

Thanks for visiting me today.

Jenny

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SOMETHING FOR – A BABY BOY!

July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I have a few baby cards to make at the moment and the set ‘Something For Baby’ has just arrived in time. If you have baby cards to make this set is great. I will tell you about the set below but I will show you the card first.

I have used Marina Mist and Real Red on this. I cut the little baby suit using the ‘Baby First’ Framelits from the Marina Mist card and then embossed it with the ‘Alphabet Press’ Embossing Folder. This folder is ideal for a cute baby type card. I wrapped around some White Baker’s Twine. On a piece of Whisper White card I pierced the baby suit from the ‘Eclectic’ Piercing Template set and adhered that behind the Marina Mist card. I adhered it all to the Marina Mist Base card. I stamped and cut the little tie in Real Red and adhered that with Dimensionals. (Don’t just think of this tie for baby cards what about for Dad for Father’s Day???). The tie adds a cute little touch. The greeting is from ‘Itty Bitty Banners’ and cut with the matching Framelits.

In the catalogue (p74) this is available as a bundle which is just fantastic as you save 15% off for the bundle ($80.50 W and $68.75 C). The Piercing Template is on p 218 is a great asset for this set and has piercing templates for the Tag Topper Punches, Star Framelits, Word Bubble Framelits and the Chalk Talk set. A very versatile Piercing Template set at only $13.95.

In cutting the Baby suit out for this card and a second one I didn’t want to waste the off-cuts so I made up some other cards similar to this.

The heart is punched from the 2 step Owl Punch. The Marina Mist piece at the bottom has been embossed with the ‘Alphabet Press’ Embossing Folder again. The greeting is from ‘A Dozen Thoughts’ and punched out with the Word Window Punch. I punched out a second one in Real Red and then cut it in half and layered it behind the white sentiment.

This is a little card measuring 10cmx10cm (4″x4″). The heart is punched from the ‘Itty Bitty Accents’ Punch Pack.

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blog world. If you are in the US, wishing your a Happy 4th July. 🙂

Jenny

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THE CATALOGUE IS LAUNCHING!

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 Jenny Hayward

The excitement is building. The new Catalogue starts TOMORROW!! Lots of new goodies to see. I had my Catalogue Launch on Saturday. It was a huge day and I thought I would show you some photos. There are lots of photos so I apologize is advance. 🙂

I had 2 sessions on the day with lots of lovey ladies. Yet I didn’t take a photo of the groups! Not to worry, you can see some of the display.

New Product display of colours and ribbon!

This is a close-up of the flowers. These flowers were inspired by a display I saw at Convention.

Close-uo of the flowers using Moonlight DSP paper Stack and Clear Faceted Buttons.

Who wants a Party?? Book a Party, Pick a prize envelope

Colour Comparison with the new InColors (far right on the chart) — Colour Comparison with the new In Colors (far right on the chart)

There were other displays with the Blendabilities and Project Life but I think I have bored you enough 😉

So onwards to tomorrow now. The new Catalogue. Can’t wait!

Have a happy Day 🙂

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“SOMETHING FOR BABY” CARD IN A BOX!

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I have just received the new “Something For Baby” set from the new Catalogue. It is so cute. I do have a few baby cards to make but I just had to make one of the ‘Card in a Box’ type cards first. I have to show you it.

Isn’t it the cutest?? (or can I say that about my own card!) I think all the images in the set are so cute and they all work together so well, PLUS no hand cutting. Just use the matching framelits!

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It was such fun to put together. I have used the ‘Moonlight’ DSP paper stack which is also from the new catalogue. These paper stacks are great. The papers are just slightly larger than a card front so they are much easier to use and store. There are 48 sheets in the stacks with 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. You can check them out when you get your new catalogue. I have used some of the new Incolors coming out – Hello Honey, and Lost Lagoon. I also added Basic Gray and Sahara Sand.

Here you can check out the side views.

Little booties and No, I didn’t have to hand cut these either! I added some White Baker’s Twine bows.

A little Bib with another White Baker’s Twine bow and a Rhinestone to finish it off.

These “card in a box” cards do take some time to create but the whole process is fun.

I have been busy with a lot more creating getting ready for my Catalogue Launch this coming weekend. I can show you all the creations after the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are enjoying some creating today.

Jenny