Category: Stampin’ Up!

3D projects, Stampin' Up!

BOX WEEK – BOX #3

Jenny Hayward

This gift box today is an idea that has been around the blog world for years.  I thought I would give it a Christmas touch.

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This gift box is known as a Sour Cream Box or as we know it downunder as a Sunny Boy Box.  You can find the instructions here.  They are just too easy!

I have created a medallion using the Simply Scored from Gumball Green card.  The greeting is from “More Merry Messages and coloured with Markers.  It was then punched out with the 3/4” circle punch.  I cut a strip of the Cherry Cobbler Tulle and wrapped around some cotton thread in the middle to gather it up.  This was all adhered together and added to the box with Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by for Day 3.

See you again tomorrow.

Jenny

3D projects, Stampin' Up!

‘HEARTFELT’ STAMPIN’ UP! EVENT – SYDNEY

Jenny Hayward

On Saturday I went to the Stampin’ Up! Regional Event in Sydney.  These days are always full of inspiration and awesome creativity.  I wanted to show you some of the happenings.  Silly me though was so busy chatting and checking out all the different demonstrations I didn’t take any photos of the overall displays!!!!!!!  Still somehow I managed to take over 500 photos.  Seriously how can one person take that many photos of paper and card!!! I think I have a problem!  There was so much to take in and my head is buzzing with all the new ideas.  I can’t wait to try them out.  There were so many fantastic presentations by some very clever people.  I want to be clever like them when I grow up!

I will show you some of the ideas I saw.

Check this wreath out!  This was created by Sophie, one of the team from Stampin’ Up!  This is created with various different flowers and then with buttons and bit added and all attached to a foam ring.  It looked even more spectacular in real life!

Aren’t these stars gorgeous?  They were created by Tania Willis.  She will have a tutorial on her blog in the next few days on how to create them.

Look at these awesome ideas on using the Lattice Bigz die.  These are fantastic.  They were created by the very talented Teresa Dabrowski.  (Sorry I couldn’t find a blog for Teresa).

Here is a close-up of one of them.  This is cut from the silver Shimmer paper.

I think I will be making some of these this Christmas.  How clever are they??  Little chocolates wrapped in the Lattice Bigz Die made to look like little puddings.

Apart from all the creativity, these events are fantastic for meeting up with stamping buddies.  One special person I FINALLY managed to meet was my very loyal blog friend Lynda.  Lynda has faithfully commented on my blog for over 3 years and we have swapped many a late night emails.

Thanks Lynda for all your encouragement and friendship over the years.  Hopefully it won’t be so long next time until we meet again. x

Come and visit again very soon.  I will show you my project I made for the display boards.

Until next time,

Jenny x

Stampin' Up!

THE RETIREMENT LIST IS OUT!!!

Jenny Hayward

It’s that time of year when we say Good-Bye to some much-loved stamps and accessories.  The list of what will be leaving us is out.  You can check the list out here.  These are only available while supplies last, so don’t delay!

If you don’t have a local demonstrator, then drop me a comment and I will email you back to get your order.  I can have it delivered anywhere in Australia.

Have a happy day!  🙂

Convention, Stampin' Up!

CONVENTION NEWS IS COMING!!!

Jenny Hayward

Hey, It’s Me!!!  You probably wondered where I disappeared to.  Since I returned from Convention last week I haven’t stopped.  I held my Cancer Fundraiser last Saturday so I was busy getting ready for that.  I will update you on that shortly.  I have to say I only unpacked my stamping bag on Monday from Convention and I only uploaded my photos today.  How can one person take 500 photos about Convention.  Seriously, what can you really take photos of there!! 😉  So, I’m sorry I can’t show you too much about Convention now.  But, what can I say.  It is such an awesome time meeting up with other demonstrators that you chat to online and there is SOOO much inspiration from the Stage Presentations to the Display Boards.  I came away with my head buzzing.  I wish I was half as clever as these ladies.  One day when I grow up I hope to be that good!

Stampin’ Up! are an awesome company and so generous.  I came away with such a haul from all the freebies we received.  You might have already caught up on some happenings from other blogs but it is always different from another perspective, isn’t it???  So stay tuned I will get back to you in the next couple of days with a report.  If you haven’t already heard much then why not stop by Shelli’s blog.  Shelli Gardiner is the CEO from Stampin’ Up! and based in Utah.  She is such a beautiful person.  Shelli has a good coverage of Convention you can find here.  Check out the first photo.  That’s me on the far right!  Isn’t that amazing!  While you are there check out the post before that one.  Poor Shelli tells of her “Stuff Up” as she describes it when she presented on stage.  I felt so sorry for her but she handled it all so graciously.  I don’t feel so bad when I “Stuff Up” now!

Don’t forget to stop by again in the next few days to check out Convention.

Jenny

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BACK FROM CONVENTION!!

Jenny Hayward

I have not long got back from Canberra from the Stampin’ Up! Convention.  What an awesome time!  My head is buzzing from so many ideas and information.  There are so many clever people there.  It was great meeting up with on-line friends and making new friends.  I have lots of photos and I have some great swaps for all the ones I did.  I can’t wait to share them with you, but it will take a little time to sort them out.  So stay tuned!!!

Stampin’ Up! are an amazing company and I am so grateful to be part of their family.  They are so generous and we were given so many goodies.  It was quite overwhelming. Plus I won Prize Patrol!!!  YAY!  Gotta love that.  We saw lots of sneak peeks of some great products coming out in the New Catalogue in September too.  But you are going to have to wait for that.  😦

So stop by again in the next few days and I hope I have some photos to share with you.  As for me now – I am off to bed.  So much excitement in 5 days and a “little” lack of sleep is catching up with me!  As you can probably tell from all my jabbering.

See you soon,

Jenny x

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CONVENTION SWAPS!!

Jenny Hayward

I’m heading off to Canberra for the National Stampin’ Up! Convention tomorrow and I am excited!! It’s always a great time sharing with other Demonstrators you chat to online and have met at other Stampin’ Up! events.  I have worked really hard over the last few weeks to get my swaps ready.  I can now show you them.

Here is the original card I started with.  This card was inspired by a card by LeeAnn.  You can see that here.  I love LeeAnn’s simple style.  It is worth stopping by her blog and checking it out.

Colours: Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant.

There is not a lot of stamping to this card but there are lots of layers.   I have used the ‘Mixed Bunch’ stamp set.  The flower was stamped and punched out using the new Blossom Punch.  It is a bit hard to tell but the flower was layered over a flower punched from co-ordinating cardstock.  On this card it was Elegant Eggplant.  The centre of the flower was stamped in Elegant Eggplant and punched out with the 1″ circle Punch.  An adhesive rhinestone was added to the centre for bling.  The pennant strip was cut from the ‘Flirtatious Specialty DSP’.  This was adhered on to the Whisper White layer and a Framelit was cut from Whisper White and raised up with dimensionals.  The flower was layered over this.  The sentiment was from ‘Create a Cupcake’.  I also used ‘Teeny Tiny Sentiments’ and ‘Fabulous Phrases’ on the other swap cards.

I just went with the one design for my swaps but I changed the colours for a bit of variety. I made 85 all up!!! (I was so glad they were done, I will say that!!!).

Top: Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Soft Suede.  Paper – Subtles Patterns Paper Stack

Bottom: Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Gray. Paper – Subtles Patterns Paper Stack.

Top: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray.  Paper – Flirtatious Specialty DSP.

Bottom: Pretty in Pink, Cherry Cobbler. Paper – Subtles Patterns Paper Stack.

So what colour variety do you like the best??  I have to say, I’m not usually a yellow person but I really liked that version.  It is so bright and sunny.  Pretty in Pink worked well too.  It is always a huge effort doing swaps but I am really looking forward to some great cards back in return.  I hope I can show you some next week.

I don’t think I will be back over the next few days.  You will just have to wait for a Convention report after Sunday when I get back!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny x

Stampin' Up!

HAVE YOU JOINED THE PAPER PARTY YET????

Jenny Hayward

We all love freebies don’t we??? Well why not Free paper?  Stampin’ Up! are giving away the paper this month.  How???

Buy any 3 packs of Designer Series Paper (excluding the specialty series paper) and you can pick a 4th pack for FREE!!! Yes,  How cool is that!

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Even better, Join Stampin’ Up! during May (and the Starter Kit is now fully customisable and at $169), you will receive a pack of Designer Series Paper Free EVERY MONTH TILL THE END OF 2012!!!  Wow, that is 8 packs for Free!  There is some for you and some for me when you join my team.  Think of all the scrapbooking you can do with all this, or maybe some cute gift bags!  The ideas are endless and you won’t be running out of paper in a hurry!  You can’t miss out on all this.  When you join, you might not want to start up a stamping business holding workshops and classes, you might just want to enjoy the great Demonstrator Discounts for your own goodies (and keep all that free paper for yourself!!).  It is entirely up to you.

Why not come and join my team.  Contact me and I can send you out some information and you will be soon on your way to all that paper goodness.  I have loved sharing stamping with others and meeting so many wonderful people so I can assure you, you won’t be disappointed.

Jenny x

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IT’S A PAPER PARTY PLUS CHECK OUT THE NEW STARTER KIT!!!

Jenny Hayward

Why not join the Paper Party with Stampin’ Up! in May.

How exciting is this!!!!  During May purchase any 3 packs of Designer Series Paper (excluding the Specialty range) and get a fourth one absolutely Free!  

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Join Stampin’ Up! during May and receive 1 pack of Designer Series Paper for FREE each month until December 31st.  How awesome is this.  I can’t believe it.  You can find out all the details by heading to the website here.

Just contact me to place an order if you haven’t got your own local Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.  I can ship to anywhere in Australia.  You can’t miss out on Free paper now can you????  🙂

A NEW STARTER KIT IS HERE!!!!

You have always thought Stampin’ Up! products were great! Well now you can get your COMPLETELY CUSTOMISABLE Starter Kit for $169. You can choose ANY products up to the value of $235.  What great value is that!!!!  You might want all stamps, or maybe grab the Big Shot.  Whatever your little heart desires.  Plus, you receive over $80 of business supplies to get you started.  This is awesome value!!

Perhaps, you just want to receive a discount on all your next purchases, or you might want to build a great business and run workshops and classes.  You choose the kit!  You choose how you use it!  Come and join the Stampin’ Up! family.   If you are still not sure you can head over here for more details.  Or you can head over to my Business Website here and click on ‘Join Now’.  It is just too exciting too miss out!!!

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EVERYDAY ENCHANTMENT BUTTERFLY!

Jenny Hayward

I created this card as the Make and Take for a workshop a couple of weeks ago. (Thanks again Deb).  I am only just getting around to showing you now!

This card was inspired by a card our team leader Ness had created.  I used the ‘Elements of Style’ swirl stamped in Lucky Limeade.  The greeting is from ‘Fabulous Phrases’.  I don’t know if there is a particular name for this technique.  I cut strips of the patterned paper from the Everyday Enchantment DSP, (love that paper!) and adhered these to a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock.  When they dried I cut them out using the Butterfly Bigz die and then embossed it using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  It just gives it a little more texture Embossing it.  After sponging the edges in Soft Suede, adding some organza ribbon and pearls (I did add 3 pearls to this later.  It is better balanced that way!!),   I then adhered the butterfly to the Very Vanila card.  I punched the edge with the Scallop Trim Border Punch and adhered this to a Calypso Coral card base.

While creating this one I made another one.

The butterfly was created the same way but using the largest Die.   I wanted to create this one vintage style.  On the vanilla card I stamped the flower image from ‘Elements of Style’ and then spritzed the card with Crumb Cake marker. Then I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink.  The dots are from ‘Create A Cupcake’.  I curled the top right corner over several times, distressing it so the card separated in 2.  This adds just a big more distressing.  The greeting is from ‘Fabulous Phrases’ and stamped in Lucky Limeade.

The Vanilla Card was adhered to a Soft Suede mat  and then Lucky Limeade base.  I added a bow from organza ribbon as well as a Lucky Limeade Brad to the butterfly and adhered it to the card front.

Thanks for looking,

Have a good week,

Jenny x

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CHERRY COBBLER WEDDING INVITE!!

Jenny Hayward

Recently Stampin’ Up! held a competition among the Demonstrators in Australia and New Zealand to create a Wedding Invitation.  Unfortunately I didn’t win.  I was happy with the end result but really with all the embossing on this card I don’t think you would want to make 60-80+ invitations of these.  I thought I would show you mine anyway.

I have used Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.  The swirls are from ‘Elements of Style’. All of the swirls are stamped in Cherry Cobbler and clear embossed. That takes a little time!!  Before I stamped them though I dry embossed an oval on the top part with the Designer Frames Embossing Folder.  The greeting is from ‘Sincere Salutations’.  This was Gold embossed on scrap Whisper White and punched out with the Extra Large Oval Punch.  I added a bow with the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding.  See the curled ends on the ribbon??  I wrapped the ends around a pencil and misted them with a little water.  Then I gave them a short blast with the Heat Tool.

This card is created with the Double Dutch Fold.  I found that on Splitcoast Stampers here.  It is a really cool fold.  Here is a different photo with the flaps open.

Here is the card open.  On the inside I stamped the swirls in Cherry Cobbler on Whisper White.   I made up a dummy invite for the competition.  I created this on the computer and then printed it out on Vellum.  This was attached at the top with Gold Brads.

I hope you like it.  I had a lot of fun creating it.

Before I go I wanted to say a HUGE Thank You to you all for your response and comments on my last post of the Tote Bag Tutorial.  I was so overwhelmed with the response.  Thanks so much.  I wanted to share this with you all –  my special blog readers.  I do hope you get to create one for yourself. If you haven’t seen it yet then just go back to the last post.

Till next time,

Jenny x