WILDFLOWER MEADOW IN PISTACHIO PUDDING!!!!

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 Jenny Hayward

That sounds an interesting title!! It conjures up strange kind of images but I am sure if you are up to date with Stampin’ Up! and the fantastic new Catalogue that has just been released you will know what I am talking about. I hope!!! Yes, the Catalogue is now live. I have been playing around with some new goodies now for a couple of weeks. That’s just one of the bonuses of being a Demonstrator. One of the products I am loving is the new set ‘Wildflower Meadow’. I love that you have a co-ordinating Embossing Folder with the stamp. You can stamp up the image and then emboss around it creating a beautiful outlined edge. I shared this card on my Facebook Demonstrator page a couple of weeks ago and realised I hadn’t shared it with you yet. Sorry about that. A bit slow here! Of course I have used one of the new In Colors, Pistachio Pudding. I love the new subtle colour range of the In Colors this year. Not that I didn’t like the past In Colors. I am so glad they have made it in to the core colours now. Anyway, enough of this. On with the card.

I have stamped and embossed the image on Pistachio Pudding, then layered this on to Whisper White and then on to a Pistachio Pudding base card. I added some Organza ribbon and adhesive Pearls. Check out the greeting label. The greeting is from ‘Pennant Parade’ and I have punched it out with the Mosaic Punch. I am sure you will be seeing a bit more of this too.

I have put the link to the new Catalogue in the Right Hand column so be sure to go and check it out online. If you would like me to send you your very own catalogue, then drop me a message and I will get one to you.

Thanks for stopping by. Come and visit me again soon with some more creations from the new Catalogue.

Jenny

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VELLUM SWALLOWTAIL!

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I held a class a couple of weeks ago using vellum. I think everyone loved the projects. I will show you them eventually but I first wanted to show you this card. This was a card I made as a sample of one of the ways of using vellum. I used the Swallowtail stamp from the Seasonal Catalogue. I love this big butterfly. I am so glad it has made the new annual Catalogue. I plan on doing a lot more with this one.

I love the 3D effect with this. It was purely unintentional but I like it!

I have used the Stained glass technique. I stamped the Swallowtail stamp with Stazon on Vellum then coloured the back of the image with Pumpin Pie Marker almost to the edge of the image. (Be sure to colour the back to give it a softer effect). I used the Aquapainter to lightly blend the colour out at the edge and that lightened the colour. I coloured the antenna with Black Marker also. I cut the butterfly out when it dried (that didn’t take long) and it curled up a little. I was a little disappointed at first but then thought it added dimension to the image. I cut down the right side of the butterfly to fit the Whisper White mat (which I had already adhered to the Black mat and to the Pumpkin Pie Base card). I adhered the butterfly on the right side and under the antenna and added a couple of glue dots under parts of the left hand edge just to adhere it down in places. I added some Linen Thread and the greeting is from Petite Pairs.

I hope you like the effect. I was pleased with how it turned out.

Some more vellum projects soon so stay tuned.

Hope your staying warm and dry for those on the East Coast of Australia. It is wet AND cold!!!

Jenny

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A SPECIAL DOILY DRESS!

June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I can finally show you this card now. I made it a couple of months ago for my Niece’s 19th Birthday. I think it is safe to show you now. 🙂

The dress is made from 2 Tea Lace Paper Doilies. I found the idea for the folding on Becky’s blog. I thought I could show you the folding but why not stop by Becky’s blog here and you can check it out! I tied around some Island Indigo satin ribbon from Sale-A-Bration.

I have layered the dress on a piece of Island Indigo card that I ran through the Big Shot with the Vine Embossing Folder. The bottom edge was cut with the Adorning Accents Edgelits. I stamped the greeting in Island Indigo using the Curly Cute stampset. If you want to get hold of this set you better be quick. You only have just over a week and it will be GONE!!!!

I’m glad I can finally show you this card. I think it was well-received????

See you again soon,

Jenny

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SINGLE STAMPS AND THE BEST OF…!

June 16, 2013June 16, 2013 Jenny Hayward

SINGLE STAMPS

Stampin’ Up! have just released a select range of Single stamps. These are really cute and great value starting at $9.95. They are all clear-mount and available ONLY UNTIL 31st AUG so if you want to grab one (or more) send me a message or add a comment and I will contact you.

I couldn’t resist the ‘Sunshine’ stamp. That saying has been special in our family for years. It is a song I sang to Carlie a lot when she was young (and still do sometimes). I plan to do some pages with them. I made a quick card the other day. I have to say I passed over all my new preorder sets to ink this up first. Here is a quick card I made. When Carlie saw it she asked if this was her Birthday card. Well I did make it orange her favourite colour!

I used the Adorning Accents Edgelits and Folder on the edge. The strip of ‘Floral District’ DSP is on the inside of the card. The card base is Tangerine Tango. The zig-zag edge is cut with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die.

THE BEST OF ………..

As you probably know it is the 25th Anniversary of Stampin’ Up! this year. To celebrate Stampin’ Up! are offering some special ‘Best of ..’ sets each month for the rest of the year. They will all be available to order until April 2014. This month is ‘The Best of Flowers’.

I am sure you will recognise some of these flowers from recent sets. Some of the these ‘Best of ..’ sets will contain images of never-before seen stamps. This set is available for $25.95 clear mount.

Contact me to order any of these items or head over to my Online store here.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are having a great weekend. It is a beautiful Winter’s Day here so I might even catch some sunshine myself today.

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Convention, My DIgital Studio, swaps

BRISBANE STAMPIN’ UP! CONVENTION SWAPS!

June 8, 2013June 8, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I thought I would just stop by with a quick one today to show you all my swaps I received in return at the Stampin’ Up! Convention recently. I tried to group them together to make it easier and I am not going to say too much about them. There are some fantastic swaps and certainly ideas to keep me going for a while I think.

BUTTERFLIES

FLOWERS

3D Including notebooks, bookmarks and giftcards.

MASCULINE (some great ideas here)

BIG SHOT

MDS (A new category this year with My Digital Studio recently launched here)

OTHER CARDS

Thanks to everyone that I swapped with this year. They are awesome and I love looking at them all.

I think you have seen enough of Convention now haven’t you?? Back to other creating.

Jenny

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ON THE STAGE – BRISBANE STAMPIN’ UP! CONVENTION

June 3, 2013June 3, 2013 Jenny Hayward

It has been a busy time since I have got back from Brisbane. All the excitement of the new Catalogue coming out and the Retirement List has just been announced. So much to take in!! Today though I can finally show you some of the projects we saw presented on Stage. There were so many amazing projects that I really can’t show you them all but I thought I would point a few out to you.

Firstly, we can’t go past Shelli, CEO and Cofounder of Stampin’ Up!. Being the 25th Anniversary of Stampin’ Up! there were a few memories being shared. It is amazing from those humble beginnings of Stampin’ Up! this home-based business has spread throughout the world.

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Who would have thought this guy would turn up to a Stamping event??? I will tell you about him a bit later.

Bonnie Thurber, Demonstrator Training Director in the US. She is so entertaining and always has some very clever projects.

This is one of the projects she shared using a new product from the upcoming catalogue.

Here is a close-up of the cute little note cards she made to go in the box. So simple but sometimes you don’t need to do too much.

Check this display out. Sophie Zadeh, Training Facilitator in Aust/NZ shared these creations with us. She mixed white paint with various colours of reinkers to colour these bottles. Just add a little reinker to the paint a little at a time until you get the colour you want. You can add a little water to make it a runnier consistency. Pour in to your fancy glass bottles and mix and swirl around. Don’t shake it too much. Then leave it to dry for a while. See the green bubbly bottle. That happened from real flowers being left in the glass overnight. The moisture in the flowers reacted and created bubbles. I think it looks really cool! See there are no mistakes in creating!

I have to show you this project. Ngaire, a Demonstrator from WA shared some ideas using the Dress Ups Die. I thought this was really clever. You have to be able to eat 16 Ferrero Rocher chocolates though before you can make this project. The papers are folded. Some are in 1/2 some in 1/4’s. Then they are layered up to create the skirt. How do people think up these clever ideas!

Have you seen the new Incolors yet? I am sure if you have been trawling the internet you have seen them. I really like these colours this year and can’t wait to get hold of them. (Mine are on there way!!!!) I really love how they are displayed on this. This was another project by Sophie. She used the new Incolor Boutique Details buttons.

Back to the guy with the big red shoes. Ronald McDonald himself turned up to announce that Stampin’ Up! South Pacific has joined with Ronald McDonald House Charities. This means that $3 from an exclusive stamp set will be donated to assist the running of Ronald McDonald Houses. These are located near major hospitals to provide accommodation for children and their families who are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Also, Demonstrators living close-by will be able to volunteer to help in these homes as well. We can also be involved in other fundraising events for them too. This is awesome! You will hear about this some more over the coming months I am sure.

I think this might give you an insight in to some of the adventures of Convention. It really is a fantastic time and I think this year was even more special celebrating the 25th Anniversary.

I still have swaps to show you. I have pulled them out once since I got back but sometime this week I will get them out to take some photos so stop by soon.

Jenny

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POOL PARTY PAPILLION POTPOURRI!!

May 24, 2013May 21, 2013 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.

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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BOUND FOR BRISBANE STAMPIN’ UP! CONVENTION!!!

May 21, 2013May 21, 2013 Jenny Hayward

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DAYDREAM MEDALLION BUTTERFLY!!

May 2, 2013May 2, 2013 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.

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!!

April 26, 2013April 26, 2013 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.

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!