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AN OMBRE ONE FOR ALL!

July 6, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I have another card for you with the One For All. I think this is my favourite.

Since I had the Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper out from the card I shared yesterday I added a piece of this on the Tranquil Tide card base. For the sentiment I inked it first with Mint Macaron ink. Then sponged Tranquil Tide on part of the lower letters before stamping it on white card. It needed a little colour so I added some strips of Grapefruit Grove and Mint Macaron card that I flagged the ends of to add behind the white card. The piece was raised up off the card with Dimensionals.

The girl on the bike was stamped in black and cut out. It needed something when I laid it on the card so I looped some Silver Threads behind it. It was raised up off the card with Dimensionals.

Hope you like this sweet card.

Jenny

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ONE FOR ALL WITH NATURE’S POEM!

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I have recently got the One For All set. I really loved this one when I saw it in the catalogue. I don’t know why it appealed to me particularly. Perhaps the whimsical nature of it or just the fact that I go bike riding a bit. It was a must-have though.

Over this last weekend I played a lot with it and I have a number of cards to show you. This was the first one I made.

I kept it simple to start with. On the Tranquil Tide base card I added a strip of the Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper. On the White card I stamped the girl in Tranquil Tide ink. Just a note on this: I cut the sentiment off the girl image on the stamp so it could be more versatile.

The sentiment was stamped on Crumb Cake card and cut with the larger circle in the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I sponged around the edge with Crumb Cake ink.

Before adhering the white stamped piece on the card I sponged around the edge and then looped around some of the Crumb Cake Nature’s Twine.

A simple card! Come back and see a few more with this set. I have loved using this set.

Jenny

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ANOTHER FUNKY PEACEFUL REFLECTION CARD!

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I shared a funky card yesterday with you using the Peaceful Reflection set. Today I have another similar one. This one is actually the first one I made of the 2.

I used similar colours of Rich Razzleberry, Flirty Flamingo and Lemon Lime Twist. This one is matted on Rich Razzleberry and with a Thick Whisper White card base. It tones it down a little. 🙂 The sentiment is from Colorful Seasons. It is kind of fitting for this type of card don’t you think??

Have a great weekend. I hope I can get some creating happening this weekend. I haven’t done any all week and I am suffering withdrawals. Other things have been going on. 🙂 Hope you can get creative too.

By the way, speaking of creating. Have you joined my Facebook group yet? I share some projects and tips AND Sunday is ‘Share A Card Sunday’ where everyone gets to share their projects. Head over -> HERE to join the creative fun.

Jenny

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FUNKY PEACEFUL REFLECTION!

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I shared a card with the Peaceful Reflection set the other day. It was a nice, soft look with heat embossing. (Head back a couple of posts if you missed it). For this card today we are going for a different feel. We are going funky. 🙂

Are they butterflies or flowers?? You be the judge. Pretty funky though do you think?? Can you see that with this set?

Colours are Rich Razzleberry and Flirty Flamingo with some Lemon Lime Twist. The Lemon Lime Twist card was embossed with the Petal Pair Embossing Folder. The sentiment is from Color Me Happy stamp set which is now retired. I had made this card before the retirement list was out.

I made another card similar which I will show you tomorrow.

Jenny

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SOFT PEACEFUL REFLECTION!

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Jenny Hayward

A few weeks ago I was playing around with the set Peaceful Reflection. I share a z-fold card some time ago (if you missed it see it ->HERE)

Today’s card I had in my head and was pleased it turned out as I thought.

Some quick details on it:

The ripples are stamped in Versamark on Whisper White card and heat embossed in White. Then sponged over with Pool Party ink to create an emboss resist effect.

The large waterlily is stamped on Vellum in Versamark and heat embossed in White and coloured with the Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blends. It was then hand-cut around and adhered on to the white card.

The Dragonfly is stamped on Vellum and heat embossed in Copper powder. Then coloured with the Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blends and hand-cut and adhered on to the card.

The sentiment is from the Petal Palette set and heat embossed in Copper. It is cut with a label die from the Petals and More Thinlits. I sponged around the edge with Pool Party ink.

The decorative strip is cut from Copper Foil with the die from the Petals and More Thinlits.

It was all adhered to a Pool Party card base.

I like the softness of how this card turned out.

Thanks for visiting. I have more with this set that I will share later in the week.

Jenny

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COLOUR INKSPIRATIONS CHALLENGE #35 WITH NEUTRALS!

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Initially this Colour Inkspirations Challenge #CI35 this week stumped me. All neutrals! Now with the colour revamp though we had a mix of other colours. (which I am still trying to get my around as neutrals!).

I had a little time today to play – and it’s nice to play with new toys. I used the gorgeous new Botanical Bliss Bundle (Botanical Bliss stamp set and the Botanical Tags Thinlits).

We were required to use 3 of the Neutrals colour collections. I chose Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow and Crumb Cake.

The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed in Copper. It is cut with one of the dies in the new Stitched Labels Framelits. I finished it with some Copper Thread loops.

You can play along too if you are quick. It finishes Monday night (AET). Head -> HERE to the Facebook group.

Jenny

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STAMPING IN THE ROUND!

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Today I have had my Stamparatus class showing lots of fun ways to use this great new tool. I posted the projects we were making a couple of posts back but I thought I would show you more detail of one of the projects. I don’t often share the details of class projects but today I want to share it would you my lovely blog readers.

The Stamparatus is a great positioning tool for your stamping but it can do so many other fun techniques. I think my favourite is stamping in a circle. I created these 2 projects with them. The first one is the one we made in class and everyone loved it. I think this might have just sold them on it. 🙂

This one is using the Accented Blooms set. The tiny flower creates a lovely flower wreath. These were coloured with the Stampin’ Blends. The White mat was embossed with the new Tufted Embossing Folder.

I was playing around with a few other ideas. This leaf is from the Colorful Seasons set. Wouldn’t this be a lovely idea for a Christmas card?? (filing away that idea so watch this space). 🙂

This is a mini card measuring 10cm x 10cm (4″x4″). The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Sentiments.

So how you do this?? There are lots of great tutorials online. Rather than me repeat it why not head to Allison’s Blog -> HERE and see the video.

Have fun with it. If you haven’t got one yet, you might just have to get one. 😉

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #29 – EMBOSSING MATS!

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Today for Wednesday’s WOW! I have an exciting new product to show you. I don’t know if you have noticed these in the catalogue. I know I missed them the first time (or even the fifth time!) I went through the Catalogue. This is the Big Shot Embossing Mats. You can see them on p221. Have you noticed them?

They consist of 2 different Silicone mats and an impressions mat. These mats will enable you to emboss with your cutting dies to create a totally different effect on your cards. I will let the video below show you how to work them. If you receive this post via email and don’t see the video, head to my blog directly by clicking on the post title above and see the video there.

What a great effect it can give. What do you think? Think of all your current dies that would work well with this???

I had a go with some of my dies. I still have the older style Embossing Mat from a few years ago. I used some acetate instead of the silicone mat. See how they turned out.

I used the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits and the Detailed Floral Thinlits.

Here are the layers for the Big Shot again to emboss with your dies –

Big Shot Platform

Cutting Plate

Die (facing up)

Cardstock

Silicone Mat

Impressions Mat

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You can find the Embossing Mats in store now -> HERE. $26 AUS. They are certainly a worthwhile investment and will really extend the use of your current dies. Grab them now. Please use the HOST CODE: PUB9TYMG

Thanks for visiting,

Jenny

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SOME CARD LOVE!

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I don’t often share personal things here on my blog as I don’t like to toot my horn but this is Stampin’ Up! related – and it is very exciting for me.

For those who follow me on Facebook and Instagram will know that recently I achieved a HUGE milestone. It was a big goal and for the most part out of my control. As a Demonstrator we can achieve different titles. This one has alluded me for 3 years. Although I had the team and the sales for some time I needed some other factors to come in to play. Anyway, last month I did it! I made Silver Elite.

It might not be big for you and you may not really care what the fuss is but for me this is big! Thank you to my customers and my team for helping me along the way – and for your support. I received my certificate yesterday in the mail which was exciting. Always good to receive Happy Mail. I also received some other Happy Mail this past week and that is what I wanted to share with you today. I received 2 special cards.

The first one was from my Upline Vanessa. This is using the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut paper that I have been sharing lately but this is one of the other patterns from the pack.

This card was a lovely surprise. This is from one of my blog readers who has become a dear friend, Ruth. It was even in my favourite colour too. This is using the Love What You Do set with lots of lovely shiny silver embossed features. Thanks so much Ruth x

Thanks for indulging me. Thanks everyone for your love and support and visiting me often. ❤

See you again tomorrow.

Jenny

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FINALLY CATALOGUE SHOWCASE MAKES!

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Last weekend I had my Catalogue Showcase. Lots of fun, creating and pouring over the new catalogue and new colours. I have been wanting to share the projects we made all week but I wanted to finish with the Delightfully Detailed projects first. SO, today I can share them.

We looked at the new catalogue and colours. I shared an overview in this post -> HERE.

To try the new colours everyone got to make a bookmark using the Waterfront set.

On the top they could use the Scallop Tag Topper Punch or the new Detailed Trio Punch. We used some of the new Black Cord to tie it off.

For the card we used the fantastic new Stitched Labels Framelits. I have mentioned these previously. These are a must have I think. We used the Love What You Do stamp set and some of the gorgeous Share What You Love Designer Series Paper. A little addition with the Share What You Love Artisan Pearls finished the card off. The sentiment for this is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous. I think everyone was in love by the end of the session. 🙂

I had mentioned the Stitched Labels Framelits back in this post -> HERE. I didn’t share this chart I had made at the time to show how each of the Framelits cut. You might like to see it.