Stampin’ Up! – Page 128 – A Stamping Journey

I have finally managed to go through my photos and thought I would show you some highlights from the South Pacific Stampin’ Up! Convention in Melbourne last week. Anyone who has gone to a Stampin’ Up! Convention knows what a blast it is. How much inspiration can be found at one venue. Seriously, you wouldn’t really need to look much further on the internet for inspiration after attending one of these. Your mind is full of ideas. I will show you some of the going’s on.

This room is so gorgeous. This is at the Myer Mural Hall in Melbourne for our Leadership Dinner. It was very ‘Art Deco’ style and the Murals around the room were amazing and all painted by the same artist depicting women throughout the ages.

Here is just one of the murals. This is depicting Women in Sport.

This was a very special gift to us all. It was the most gorgeous lace shawl and the new Lace Background stamp (you can see it gold embossed on the tag).

Myself, Vanessa Webb and Leonie Newman from Inky Fingers Team at the dinner.

The Welcome Sign marking the entrance. Gotta have a photo of the sign!!

I finally got to do a Stage Walk. This year 2! This was for the Recruiting Award (with Leonie Newman) and the other was for my 5 year recognition.

Shelli Gardner (Co-Founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up!) opens the Stampin’ Up! Convention.

Bonnie and Brian (what a team!). These 2 wonderful people are from the Stampin’ Up! Home office in Utah and sharing some great products from the Upcoming new Catalogue.

Showing off the Blendabilities. Aren’t these cards just stunning. This presentation was by Pam Morgan from Home Office.

Just had to show you the view from our room. Mmmmm! Oh Well! we weren’t there that much anyway.

Hope you weren’t bored with all these. There was so much more to Convention. I have come away with so many tips and ideas. I can’t wait to try them.

I have taken photos of all my swaps and will share them in the next day or two.

Happy creating,

Jenny x

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SOUTH PACIFIC STAMPIN’ UP! CONVENTION IS STARTING!!!

May 21, 2014May 20, 2014 Jenny Hayward

YAY! I am a little excited. By the time you read this I should be in Melbourne ready for the South Pacific Stampin’ Up! Convention. There will be so many inspiring new ideas, some sneak peeks of new products and best of all meeting up with Demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand. It’s great to finally meet face to face after chatting and sharing comments online on various groups. There are so many inspiring Demonstrators around here.

Another fun part of Convention is swapping. It’s a great way of getting new ideas and seeing different ways of using a stamp set or other tool. I thought I would share the swaps I made today.

The first one is CASED from a clever Demonstrator (Michelle) on a Facebook group I am on. I loved the idea of it.

This is such a clever idea but so simple!!! Just cut the sheet of card length ways, score in half, then on one half cut it in half. Done!! Decorate as you like. I will show you photos of them individually. Sorry about the lighting. It was bad weather when I took the photos a couple of weeks ago and I have only just noticed, but it gives you an idea.

CARD: Crumb Cake with Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP STAMPS: Flower Shop, Petite Petals, Perfectly Penned Plus Adhesive Pearls.

CARD: Coastal Cabana with Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP STAMPS: Flower Shop, Petite Petals, Perfectly Penned Plus Adhesive Pearls.

CARD: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Modern Medley DSP STAMPS: Flower Shop, Petite Petals, Perfectly Penned. (I did add Adhesive Pearls to these ones, but I had to grab the one that I missed to take a photo of it!!)

Here is a view with it open to give you an idea.

The next card was CASED from Dawn Olchefske. I can’t find the card on her blog. I think I found it on Pinterest???? This is a clever way of using the Circles Thinlets Die. A great retro card for the Birthday Boy???

CARD: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White. STAMPS: Music Notes Wheel, Gorgeous Grunge. PUNCHES: 1 3/4″ Circle, 1 1/4″ Circle, 2 step Owl Punch, Chevron Border Punch.

I will show you my swaps I receive back next week. They are always great to check out. Have a great week. I know I will 🙂

Jenny

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READY, SET, SEND FOR BREAST CANCER!

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Breast Cancer has touched many of our lives, whether ourselves or with the ones we love. Stampin’ Up! has partnered with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to help raise funds for research in Breast Cancer.

Will you help?

Simply purchase the exclusive ‘Ready, Set, Send’ kit for $19.95 (Plus shipping and handling). The kit includes 10 Ready Made cards (5 Thank You and 5 Birthday) plus envelopes. Stampin’ Up! will donate $10 from the sale of each kit to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. It’s that simple. We all need Birthday cards and I think we can all send out more Thank You’s to people. Here are the 2 different cards you will receive.

SO, how do you get your kit. Email me to place your order OR order directly Online HERE.

I would love to sell 25 sets, that is $250 for the NBCF. I know we can do this together – and more!

Contact me today. Australian residents only 🙂

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PHOTOPOLYMER STAMPS ARE HERE!!!

May 1, 2014May 1, 2014 Jenny Hayward

You have probably already checked out the Photopolymer stamps around on your blog travels. Well I can say that they are here now in Australia.

From Stampin’ Up!

“Our top-quality photopolymer stamps stick extremely well on our acrylic blocks, are durable, and the transparent nature of these sets makes it easier to line up your images without the need of a guide”

Stampin’ Up! have released 2 Exclusive Photopolymer stamps sets but they will only be available during May. They are $23.95 each or grab them both for $47.90 and receive a FREE online class showing you 15 projects you can make with your new Photopolymer stamps.

Check them out.

Order your stamp set(s) NOW by contacting me

OR

Order them ONLINE HERE.

Don’t forget to check out the new WEEKLY DEALS AND THE CLEARANCE RACK WHILE YOU ARE THERE. Great bargains to be had!

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WEEKLY DEALS _ WEEK 2!

April 9, 2014 Jenny Hayward

More great deals have been released this week for the WEEKLY DEALS especially for the Big Shot this week. Check them all out.

The Deals (9-15 April)

I can’t remember if I had shown you this card but thought I would again if I had. This card uses the cool Dress-up Framelits PLUS check out the edge of the dress. This uses the Needlepoint Border Textured Embossing Folder. Just 2 of the great bargains this week.

Email or phone me your order. Don’t miss out on these ones. You can Order Online too by heading to my store here. Why not check out the Clearance Rack items while you are there. There are some great bargains to be had!

Have yourself a stamping day 🙂

Jenny

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ANOTHER GREAT YEAR BIRTHDAY!

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I think this set from the new Occasions Catalogue is going to be very popular. Don’t you love this big swirly ‘Happy Birthday’?? I stamped this in Black Stazon on some of that free ‘Sweet Sorbet’ DSP that you can pick up during Sale-A-Bration. Gotta love FREE DSP!!! LOL I layered this on Raspberry Ripple card base and Summer Starfruit mat. I added some little banners from the set ‘Banner Blast’ in Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit. Now this set also has a co-ordinating punch to cut those little banners. No hand cutting!!! These are another free choice with Sale-A-Bration. So many choices!!

I added the little cupcake from the stamp set ‘Another Great Year’. How cute is this. I punched it out with the 1 1/4″ circle and then layered it on a 1 3/8″ circle in Raspberry Ripple. I have a close-up.

Now don’t look too closely at the colouring. I coloured the cupcake with the Aquapainters and inkpads. I didn’t realise how bad it was until I saw this photo. Sorry about that. I wanted to show you the sparkle though on the icing. Does it look good enough to eat???

Have you checked out the new Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure yet??? You can view it online in the link in the right hand column OR do you want your own copies to drool over?? Drop me a message and I will get one in the post ASAP.

Until next time, Happy Stamping.

Jenny

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SALE-A-BRATION 2014 HAS BEGUN!!!

January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Whoo Hoo! This is an exciting day! Sale-A-Bration is finally here.

YOU GET THE GIFTS WHETHER YOU BUY, HOST AND/OR JOIN!!

Now, Sale-A-Bration is fantastic BUT we love a new catalogue too, don’t we??? The Occasions Catalogue starts today too!!

If you would like to view the Sale-A-Bration brochure or Occasions Catalogue ONLINE then you can check them out here NOW! I will add these to the side bar too so you can look anytime. If you would like your very own copy to read (and re-read) then contact me and I will drop one in the mail for you. I will be sharing some of the projects I have been creating very soon.

BUT, do you want more exciting news??? Stampin’ Up! have released the ‘Texture Boutique Embossing Folder’ ONLY $49.95

This is a great little machine. Maybe you just want to emboss, perhaps you have an electronic Die-cut machine already, maybe you want something portable to take to your stamp camps??? This is for you!! Check it out!

If you want to know any more information about any of these just drop me a message.

Have a HAPPY day, 🙂

Jenny x

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HAPPY 2014 TO YOU!!

December 31, 2013December 31, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Happy New Year to you! I hope that 2014 brings you good health and happiness and that all your dreams come true. I just hope it doesn’t fly by so quickly as this past year has. I am excited what the New Year will bring especially for the new people that I can share stamping with. I have just received my report in from WORDPRESS for my blog activities for 2013. It is always interesting reading. I thought I would share a few facts.

Thank You to you if you are one of the 10,000 viewers to my blog in 2013. Most visitors were from Australia followed closely by the US with visitors from many other countries. I am excited that you stop by. Thank You. I do hope you will continue to visit me as I share more projects in 2014. Out of interest most of the viewers have come from Pinterest with Facebook a close second. Would you like to know what my top posts have been this year??

The Most viewed post of this year was in fact just a recent post on November 2nd with the release of the Thinlets and the Envelope Punch Board. The Envelope Punch Board has been one HOT item. You can check out the full post here if you missed it. This is the project I shared for that post using the new Thinlets Framelits.

The 2nd highest views was for my Large Tote Bag Tutorial which received a high number of views in 2012 too. You can find the post which has the tutorial here.

Here is the photo of the Tote Bag.

I was intending to make a new one for Christmas with some of the great ‘Season of Style’ DSP but it didn’t happen. I think when I get some of the gorgeous new paper from the Occasions Catalogue then I will make one up, so stay tuned for that one!

So, Thank You all once again for being with me in my blogging journey in 2013. I don’t really blog my projects for my benefit but I hope that I inspire you????!!!! So stop by and visit. Do leave me a comment. It’s nice that you visit and I would love to know where you are from.

To more creating in 2014!

Jenny xx

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LOVE IS IN THE AIR – AT STAMPIN’ UP! ANYWAY!!!

December 2, 2013December 2, 2013 Jenny Hayward

This month is hotting up for the month of LOOOOVE, but you don’t have to wait until February to let someone you know that you think of them. Check out these specials from Stampin’ Up! this month.

Our ‘Best of..’ continues with the ‘Best of Love’. This is available for $25.95 in clear-mount.

AND, it’s ‘A Whole Lot of Love’ promotion, even with monsters!!

These little monster dudes are cute. Check them out. Add a chocolate treat and give it to someone for any occasion. This is a great kid’s party favour or kid’s craft idea too. They are a bargain at $9.95 for 18 little monsters.

Here are the details:

Item	Description	Price
131850	Love You More Stamp Set (Wood)	$37.95
131853	Love You More Stamp Set (Clear)	$29.95
134611	Follow My Heart Stamp Set (Wood)	$27.95
134614	Follow My Heart Stamp Set (Clear)	$21.95
134617	Flowerfull Heart Stamp (Wood)	$16.95

Item	Description	Price	Includes
134610	Sweetheart Treat Bags	$8.95	12 heart sacks, 12 die-cut labels, 12 pre-cut pieces of Pool Party Baker’s Twine
132162	Monster Hugs Boy	$9.95	18 boy monsters, 18 googly eyes, 18 adhesive hearts
132163	Monster Hugs Girl	$9.95	18 girl monsters, 18 googly eyes, 18 adhesive hearts
134609	Sweet Sayings Cards and Envelopes	$9.95	12 printed card bases, 12 envelopes (four Real Red, four Pool Party, four Crisp Cantaloupe)

Check out the stamps.

Ok, so if you are feeling the love for any of these then contact me to place your order.

Jenny

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‘SANTA’S LIST’

November 14, 2013November 14, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I have had this card in Draft form for weeks – and then I got a little excited with the Envelope Punch Board. So I thought I would take a break from the Punch Board for today and show you this. Don’t worry there will still be more projects to come soon with that. I can’t believe how many visits from Pinterest I have had over the last week with my Punch Board projects. It is nice to have you all stop by. Visit anytime 🙂

This was another card I made at our last Stamping day together (a few weeks ago now. OK a couple of months ago!). I borrowed Leonie N. stamp set of ‘Santa’s List. This card was CASED from her. How good am I, not only borrow her stamps but CASE her cards as well! Oh well! When you are on to a good thing ……………….

Here is the card.

I embossed the card with the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder. The Santa is from ‘Santa’s List’ He is simply stamped in Cherry Cobbler and I used 2 way Glue pen to apply the Dazzling Diamonds around his beard, cuffs and hat. It does sparkle so nicely in real life. The circles were cut with the Circles Framelits. I used a little strip of ‘Season of Style’ DSP. There really is not much more you need to do.

I hope you enjoyed this little distraction. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you can visit again soon,

Jenny