Category: cards

cards

BRAYERED THOUGHTS!!!

Jenny Hayward

I thought I would show you another card that we did on our stamping weekend the other week.  Did I tell you we had a great time???  Did I mention the chocolate????  We worked on so many different techniques.  This card was done using the brayer.  You get a good workout using the brayer!!!!

Leonie N.  showed us brayering using the techniques by Michelle Zindorf.  She is one very talented lady! (Michelle that is, Leonie is one very clever lady too!!)  This is the picture we did.  I have just managed to put the card together this week.  I was pleased with how it turned out.

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Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Sanded Background, Great Friend (I had to throw that one in somewhere didn’t I!)

Card: Baja Breeze, More Mustard, Black, Whisper White.

Ink: Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black, Apricot Appeal, Sahara Sand (!)

Other: Large oval punch, sponges, brayer, white gel pen, Stamp-A-Ma-jig, dimensionals.

Andrea has posted her card on her blog, so why don’t you pop on over there and see her’s.  She has also explained how to do the brayering, so you can check that out on her card recipe. 

Have you given brayering a go?

cards, Challenges

ANOTHER COLOUR CHALLENGE!

Jenny Hayward

I can’t believe it’s been a week since I last posted.  Sorry about that!  I don’t know where this week has gone to.  I have been busy doing lots of creating.  I will show you those soon.  I managed to squeeze in some time to do Keesh’s colour challenge for this week.  The colours were:

This is the card I created.  It was inspired by a card on page 157 of the 2009-10 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue. What a great resource that is! It is quite a simple card, but it still seemed to take me a while!  Lots of fiddling around.  I was pleased how it turned out in the end. It is not the clearest photo though, the lighting is not really good, or maybe it’s my camera, perhaps more likely my photography skills 😉

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I stamped the tree from ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ in Old Olive ink on Old Olive cardstock.  I stamped the swirly tree branches from “Trendy Trees’ in Not Quite Navy onto Very Vanilla Cardstock.  I like how that turned out. This piece was mounted onto Not Quite Navy cardstock and I added a scalloped strip of Choc Chip card.  Adhered it to the card with Choc Chip Grosgrain ribbon.  Then I added a greeting from ‘Trendy Trees’ in Choc Chip, a Choc Chip designer flower brad and some paper piercing.  A simple card!

Thanks for looking!  School Holidays start here tomorrow but I will try to get back here a bit sooner than last time!!!!

Have a good day xx

cards, Challenges

BAROQUE BUTTERFLIES…

Jenny Hayward

I have missed Keesh’s Inkspiration Challenges the last few weeks, so since I had a “little” bit of time I wanted to have a play.  Keesh set a sketch challenge this week and this is it.

I teamed my 2 most favourite Stampin’ Up! stamp sets together.  How could you go too wrong!  I have seen a few versions of ‘Baroque Motifs’ and ‘Great Friend’ together recently.  Here is my card.

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Just a close up of the butterfly bling!!

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I stamped the Baroque swirl on Whisper White in Baja Breeze ink.  I then stamped the swirl again on the small squares of Whisper White in So Saffron.  I matted these small squares on So Saffron squares.  I sponged around the edges of each too. I adhered a piece of Urban Garden DSP onto Baja Breeze card base and then adhered all the Baroque squares onto this.  To create the 3 butterflies I stamped the butterfly from ‘Great Friend’ first in So Saffron and the Rock and Rolled in Baja Breeze.  I cut them out and then added some 2 way glue and Dazzling Diamonds.  I cut 2 strips of card, 1 each in So Saffron and Baja Breeze and adhered them across the bottom. I stamped the greeting from ‘Great Friend’ in So Saffron and then punched it out with the Large oval punch.  I sponged around the edge, added a staple and mounting it with mounting tape.  I was pleased how it turned out. 

I’m glad I managed to get the challenge done this week.  Now onto the next task!

Thanks for looking!

cards, swaps

A BALLERINA!

Jenny Hayward

Last week our ‘Inkyfingers’ Team swap was a non-stamping card.  I wasn’t too sure about this one.  How could you make a card without stamps!! Yet when I first started making cards I never used stamps I just stuck pictures onto cards.  I could do this!!!!

I turned to splitcoaststampers.  I thought I could do a punch card or paper folding!!  I came across this really cute card by huffergirl.  I loved it!  So I unashamedly cased it!
Here is my version:
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Notice the bling!!

Here are the 3 versions of them.
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Card: Cameo Coral with Blush Blossom mat, Lavender Lace with Pale Plum mat, and Regal Rose with Pretty in Pink mat.  Also, Choc Chip, Very Vanilla and Whisper White.

Other: Word window Punch, 3/4″ circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, corner rounder, 2 way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Mounting Tape and Adhesive, Blender Pen, Stampin’ Pastels, black Stampin’ Write journaller, white gel pen.

To make the heart I didn’t have a heart punch so I cut a heart from a scallop circle.  I inked the edges of the scallop circle tutu and the heart, also the card mat.  I used the pastels to mark in the ballet shoes and her cheeks.   I used the black journaller pen to mark the eyes. I used the white gel pen to write the greeting. If you want to know more about how I put it together just email me.

Here are some of the team’s cards:
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So, it is possible to create a card without stamping!!! LOL

Have a good day!

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A SNEAK PEEK!!!

Jenny Hayward

I have been very busy this week getting ready for my “Hostess Appreciation Day” tomorrow.  I wanted to say ‘Thanks’ to my wonderful hostesses for having workshops this past year.  I have some special projects planned for them and I have made them all a small gift.  Do you want to see??? 

 Well you have to wait!  I can show you next week.  Here is a sneak Peek though of the gift I have made everyone.

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Come back and check next week.  I can show you all the projects and the gift, and I am putting a tutorial together of how to make it. 

Have a good weekend!

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SEPTEMBER STAMP A STACK

Jenny Hayward

I had a request from a customer to have a Stamp A Stack using the Spring Mini stamps.  As the group is very new to stamping I wanted the designs to be very simple.  I wanted a masculine design too.  These are the cards I came up with. Sorry not the best photo, the light wasn’t too good!

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Do you want to make these cards?  I’m running another Stamp A Stack class on the 23rd September at 10am.  Check my ‘Class’ Page for details.  Contact me if you would like to come along.

Hope you have a good day and have time to stamp yourself  🙂

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TEAM SPRING MINI SWAP!!

Jenny Hayward

I’ve been trying to play catch up all week but I still don’t think I’ve got CLOSE to catching up! Anyway, I wanted to stop by quickly and show you this card. Our team swap this last month was using something from the Spring Mini. Of course, the stamp set ‘Great Friend’ was very popular. I’m not going to show you all the swaps at the moment. I know some of the other team members have posted their cards on their blog so you can check them out at Andrea’s and Ness’ (who used her Incentive trip swap – that was special!). For my swap I used the ‘Great Friend’. I was inspired by this card by Claire. I just changed it around a little.  Our swaps we do are to be very simple, something we might be able to do as a Make and Take.  I haven’t done anything fancy.  I stamped the butterfly on white scrap cardstock and cut it out and mounted it.

Spring mini swap

Stamps:  Great Friend.

Card: Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Certain Celery, Whisper White.

Ink: Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Certain Celery.

Other: White Grosgrain ribbon, Adhesive.

Thanks for Looking!  Must dash, jobs to do before the kiddies get home!!!

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BUTTERFLY WHIMSY!!!

Jenny Hayward

Just stopping by with a quick post today.  I thought I would show you this card.  I was going through a few past issues of “Impressions”  the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator magazine when I came across this card in the April issue.  I loved the layout and the simplicity of it, so I thought I would make it up while I still have the Garden whimsy set (note to self:  I must return that set!!!!!).

The butterfly is rock and rolled in Pumpkin Pie and then Ruby Red.  I traced  the circle with a glass and cut it out.  It’s a very simple card.  The photo is not too clear though.  Sorry about that.  One day I will get a better camera!

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Stamps: Garden Whimsy.

Card: Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White.

Ink: Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad.

Other: Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad, adhesive.

Must run.  I have a very busy week.  I have a stamp-A-Stack on Saturday and our school fete (fair) on Sunday, which I’m organising the rides and having my own stall.  Not sure if I will get back again this week. 

Until next time, Happy Stamping!!!!!

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CHRISTMAS TEAM SWAPS

Jenny Hayward

I’ve had these cards sitting around to post for sooo long!  It’s so terrible.  I’ve got so behind.  Last month our team (Led by the wonderful Ness) had a Christmas in July card swap.  I wanted to show you them.  We have some very clever people in our team.  There are some very creative cards and some great ideas.

First off:  This one is the card I did.  Not that I’m saying this one is clever.  I cased this from last year’s Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue on page 98.  It’s not called an Idea Book for nothing!  I loved the layout of it, and of course using my favourite “Baroque Motifs”.  I added some Dazzling Diamonds onto the flower and on the text strip, but that’s a bit hard to see!

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Here are the rest of the team swaps.  PICT1430

It’s a bit to capture them all closely.  But, there are some good ideas.  What do you think?

Thanks for looking.  Have a good day 🙂

3D projects, cards

A GREAT FRIEND CARD AND A SEVENS BOX!!

Jenny Hayward

Thought I would pop in quickly to share with you what we did at my Spring Mini Open House on Saturday. I had a lovely group of ladies (and I forgot to take a photo!! I’m sure they will be pleased with that!). This is the card they got to make as their Make and Take, using of course, a “Great Friend”. I have used this set sooo much lately!!  It’s a very simple card and the variations of this looked great.  Some chose to use Choc Chip instead of the Celery, or stamped the Regal Rose leaves instead of Celery.  The little butterfly was stamped on scrap white card and raised up.  I think everyone liked it!!

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Card: Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, Whisper White.

Ink: Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, Certain Celery.

Other: Scallop Edge Border Punch.

This is a little box I had made up.  It is a sevens Box and you can see how to make one here on Marelle’s blog.  It is very easy and so cute.  I stamped the butterfly in Baja Breeze over the box and on the inside, I have a cellophane bag which I stamped the butterfly  in White Stazon.  I filled the bag with some of the new Designer Flower Brads and some ribbon. This was the Lucky Door Prize for the day.  I’m going to have to make another one though, because now I have given it away!!

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This is from the top:

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While I was at it with the White Stazon I stamped on this clear take away container with the Baroque Motifs flower.  I picked up a pack of these little containers from a discount shop.  They would be great filled with choccies!!

It was a fun time.  Any excuse for stamping together!

Have a good day and Thanks for visiting.  I hope you visit again soon 🙂