Personal Ramblings – Page 11 – A Stamping Journey

STAMPING BUDDIES!

August 4, 2010 Jenny Hayward

It’s always a lot more fun to get together with friends to stamp. Yesterday we had a stamping day at Leonie S. I went along with Andrea and Leonie and I met up with Tanya who had come from WA, and I met Lisa too. Lots of laughs and stamping.

Here are some of the projects we made.

Leonie S. showed us how to make this cute little box using the Big Shot and the Scallop envelope die. It’s a great size to add a few choccies as a small thank you to someone. It is so quick to make. Thanks Leonie!

The next project was this gorgeous card shown to us by Lisa.

The photo doesn’t do it justice. The flowers were created by punching out several scallop circles from the scallop circle punch. The black circles were distressed and scrunched, and unfolded and scrunched some more until the layers separated. This created a faux suede effect. It was a bit time consuming but is very effective. The Kraft scallops were stamped with the swirl from Baroque Motifs. Then they were all assembled together to form this lovely flower. The vanilla card was stamped with the En Francais script in Sahara Sand and the edges sponged. The edge of the Vanilla and the black was punched with the Eyelet border punch. Some Kraft taffeta ribbon was scrunched and adhered to the card. Those black leaves with the flower wer made using the Big Shot ‘Little Leaves’ Die. This was all assembled on a Kraft card base which had the swirls from Baroque Motifs stamped around the edge. Thanks Lisa. I think I will be making this card again – perhaps in some other colour combos?????

I will just show you a few photos of our busy group.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA — Andrea and Leonie N. busy creating!

Thanks for stopping by and seeing all our antics! It’s so great when we can catch up with friends we meet on our blog travels.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a good day. 🙂

Personal Ramblings, Stampin' Up!

CAN YOU HELP HUDSON?????

August 2, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Whenever there is a need, quite often Stampin’ Up! seek to help, especially with one of our own. Young Hudson is the 2 1/2 year old son of a fellow demonstrator. Before birth it was found that Hudson’s brain wasn’t formed properly. Since birth Hudson it has been discovered that Hudson is legally blind, and has developmental delays. Since January this year Hudson has suffered epilepsy and recently diagnosed with Cerebal Palsy. You can read more of Hudson’s story here.

To help Hudson with mobility and gain some independence, it would be great to provide Hudson with a Kid Walker. These come at a cost of $5000. A group of demonstrators have got together to raise money for Wheels for Hudson. They have compiled a number of creative projects in packages that you can purchase. There are various themes for these packages from Kids Birthdays, male, scrapbooking, Christmas, Punch art, Bags and boxes. Each package contains 10 great projects with step-by-step tutorials. These are only $10 per package. That’s only $1 per project. How cheap is that!!!! You can buy 1 package or the 6. If you buy 4 you’ll receive a bonus package of projects. These are only available during August.

Can you help Hudson out? We really want to give him some wheels. Head over to the website here and check it out. You can also get involved in the regular challenges there, with regular giveaways. Thanks for your support.

Personal Ramblings

I’M BACK!!

June 29, 2010 Jenny Hayward

We arrived safely back home on Sunday from our short break in QLD. I can’t believe how cold it has got here though! It was a good time to clear the head and have some time together. Before I get back in to sharing some stamping I thought I would just show you some family snaps. So, sorry to bore you but just indulge me for a minute. 🙂

Thanks for the indulgence. There are some funny photos taken!!

Ok, now back to regular posting! I will be back later in the week with some creating! I have come back and organised classes for the next few months, so I’m excited. There are some exciting things happening with the new catalogue just around the corner with some great new products and new colour collections. So stay tuned!!

Till next time, Happy Stamping!

Personal Ramblings, Stampin' Up!

FROM SUNNY QLD!!

June 25, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Hi, Just stopping by quickly to say I haven’t forgotten you. I have to say I do miss blogging and catching up with all my blog friends. I would love to show you some photos but I’m having a few computer issues here. Time is very limited. Maybe that’s a good thing!!! So photos will have to wait until I get back next week. You know I did not bring any stamping away with me, but I’m amazed how the red backing strip off Stampin’ Up! Sticky Strip can make it’s way here!!!!

We had a great day at Sea World on the Gold Coast yesterday. I loved the dolphin show. A few years ago I had the great opportunity to be a trainer for a day at Sea World so it was so good to see them all again. Dolphins are such amazing creatures and have the most cheekiest personalities. Of course, my 2 kiddies (well 3 if you count my DH!) loved all the rides.

Don’t forget Week 4 of ‘Deals of the Week’ is on now and all the details can be found on my website. www.jennyhayward.stampinup.net You have until Tuesday 29th June to place your order. Why not, receive a discount all the time by joining Stampin’ Up! Until 31st July you can save 20% on the demonstrator kit. Check my websiite out for further details.

My time is up on here now so go and enjoy some stamping for me!!

Awards, Personal Ramblings, Uncategorized

“BEAUTIFUL” BLOGGER AWARD

May 2, 2010 Jenny Hayward

I felt very honoured this morning. I have received a “Beautiful Blogger” Award from Leah. I have to say I really don’t deserve it. I have been a very “bad” blogger lately. I have had issues with my computer again. It was sent back to the shop and we got it back yesterday. We have had to reinstall everything! But, at least they backed up everything and we didn’t lose a thing! Thank Goodness. So, now I hope to be back to regular blogging and maybe deserve this award!!

Thank you so much Leah!!!

Now, to I need to pass it on to 10 more beautiful blogs. In no particular order, these are 10 blogs I visit often and inspire me. Some of you lovely ladies probably don’t know I stalk you. 🙂 Thank you to you all. There are so many others I could award this to though.

Now, I also need to tell you 10 things about myself. You really don’t want to know do you????

1. I have been a Christian for over 30 years and each day discover more and more of God’s Great love for us.

2. I am married and have 2 children Josh 13 years and Carlie 9 years (who says she is nearly a teenager – watch out!)

3. I live 200 metres from the beach and love to get down there several times a week.

4. I have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator since August 2008 and have made some very special friends. Such a bonus that I didn’t expect!

5. Chocolate is a very essential food source containing antioxidants. That’s why I eat it every day for a balanced diet 😉

6. I love dolphins and was so thrilled to be a ‘trainer for a day’ at Sea World a couple of years ago. Something I will never forget.

7. I love papercrafts, reading, walking and bike riding.

8. Did I tell you I like chocolate!!!

9. Who needs Edward when I have my darling husband! Awwww!!!

10. I spend way too much time on this computer!!!!

That’s enough from me. You’ve probably switched off now anyway. I hope to be back very soon and show you some creating I have been up to.

Have a good day 🙂

Personal Ramblings, Uncategorized

JUST STOPPING BY!!

April 13, 2010 Jenny Hayward

Aren’t computers great! At your fingertips is a wealth of information and you can chat to people from all over the world. Then when they die, life stops!!! Our computer has been dying a slow death for some months now and we have been backing everything up on discs. Well, I think our computer has died now. I’m hoping it will recover! We took it in to the computer doctor today to see the prognosis. I am so lost without it. Fortunately, we have the laptop but I don’t have any documents or photos on here at the moment ….. and where is the mouse??? LOL

So, I can’t show you any new creations at the moment. I hope to get things sorted out shortly. So, bear with me. Take some time and visit my past creations. Here is a photo of my first card I showed on my blog from February last year. Can you believe it I missed my blog-iversary!

Don’t forget to come back again soon. Happy Stamping!!

Personal Ramblings

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

December 31, 2009December 31, 2009 Jenny Hayward

I haven’t stopped by all week. I’m just enjoying some family time and trying to catch up on some of those neglected jobs around the place. One of those jobs we have been doing is backing up our Computer files. When our computer crashed 2 years ago we lost everything. It is so devastating to lose those family photos. So we have now copied all our files to disc. Have you done yours lately? Don’t leave it too long.

I have been creating too. I have been working on my watercolouring and catching up on a few unfinished projects that have been lying around for a while. I will show you those over the next couple of weeks, so make sure you drop by again.

Thank you for stopping by and a Happy New Year to you. I hope that 2010 brings you Good Health and Happiness. I hope that you continue your journey of stamping and papercraft.

See you in 2010!!!

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!

December 24, 2009December 24, 2009 Jenny Hayward

Just wanted to stop by and wish you all a Happy Christmas. We hope you have a special time spent with family and friends. Stay safe on the roads.

May you take some time to reflect on the Greatest Gift we have in Jesus. The One who came as a baby to save us from this World. What a Great God we have. Who Loves us more than we can imagine or even deserve. Praise God!!

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I hope that you find some inspiration here. I hope that you might stop by again and that you can share in my Journey of stamping and creating.

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Personal Ramblings, scrapbooking

CARLIE’S PAGE!

October 6, 2009 Jenny Hayward

I just had to stop by today to show you this beautiful creation by my DD Carlie, who is 9 years old might I add! She often gets in my craft room EARLY in the morning. She brought it to me later and I was so impressed. She did this all herself. I did help tie the ribbon for her. The design and the stamping was all her own ideas.

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She inked up the tree from Christmas Classics with the markers. (I hadn’t even inked this set up yet!). She used Taken with Teal, So Saffron and Chocolate Chip. She has used the Spiral punch on the edge of the Whisper White square. Carlie then stamped the greeting with Real Red and used the Word Window punch to punch it out and then finished it off with the Real Red Grosgrain. She has said it is ready for me to take a photo of her by the Christmas Tree 😉

I had to laugh though. Later when I went into my craft room I found this piece of paper on my desk. She had put a lot of thought into this! She had drawn a sketch even with what colour she was going to use! Now where does she get these ideas from!!!

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Thanks for stopping by to see Carlie’s creation. I’m very proud of her!!

Hope you stop by again soon!

Personal Ramblings

AN AWARD……FOR ME?????

September 2, 2009September 2, 2009 Jenny Hayward

I was doing my usual stalking of blogs the other day when I came to the blog of my lovely friend and team member Andrea. She had posted some awards. This was a ‘Circle of Friends’ Award. She had nominated ME! Along with some other very lovely people. I was so touched. Andrea is such a busy person, but she is so encouraging and just so genuine. Now if you haven’t checked out her blog before you must go and do it. She is very creative. I am so honoured to be included in her ‘Circle of Friends’.

To accept this award this is what I need to do.

To pick up the Circle of Friends Blog Awards cut and paste the award onto your own blog.

Nominate 5 other bloggers.

Link to your nominees within your blog post.

Include these instructions on how to pick up the award in your blog post.

Link back to the person who gave you the award in your blog post, to show your appreciation. Comment on their blogs to let them know they’ve received the award.

The problem is I need to pass this award on by choosing 5 lovely people. How can I choose just 5!!! So I have deliberated this for a few days. So here are my nominations for this award – The ‘Circle of Friends’ Award: (insert ‘drumroll’)

* Linda – The lovely Linda. I just wanted to surround her with a BIG Circle of Friends to let her know that she is special and loved xx

* Tracey – Tracey is a dear friend who I have known for a long time. Tracey is also my Upline. Tracey hasn’t been well of late, so I wanted to give her this award to send her my love and cheer her up. Make sure you check out her blog. She doesn’t post often but let her know you are thinking of her xx

* Leonie – Leonie is my Great Great Grandma of SU. (Sorry Leonie to make you feel so old!!) Leonie just doesn’t seem to stop. She churns out the most amazing creations. She gives so much of herself xx

* Alison – Alison is another team member and is so lovely. Go and check out her blog.

* Anita – No, she is not a team member!! I just came across Anita’s blog recently. She creates such simple cards that I love. Sometimes simple is the best. I love her honesty and openness. Stop by and say Hi!

There are so many others who I count as my friends. So many who encourage me, guide me, love me, laugh with me and cry with me. So I’m going to cheat and give you ALL a ‘Circle of Friends’ Award. Thank you!!!

Now make sure you pay a visit to all their blogs. And Thank you Andrea for the award and that I can pass it on to so many others.

Now enough of the mush let’s get back to normal posting 🙂