Techniques – Page 23 – A Stamping Journey

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SPECIAL REASON BIRTHDAY!

January 8, 2017January 8, 2017 Jenny Hayward

A Birthday is always a special reason for a card. 🙂 I needed to make a card for a friend of Josh’s who is turning 21. There seems to be a run of these now. I made 2 just in case!!!

I inked up the ‘Special Reason’ set for the first time. I received this set for Prize Patrol from Onstage event last November. I thought at the time “it’s another flower set!”. Being honest here. 🙂 But now I have seen some really sweet cards made with this set – and with the matching dies. (I might have even ordered the dies the other day!). Sometimes you just have to right. 😉

Anyway, to the cards. This lovely young lady loves flowers so I thought this might be a good set for a card for her. I teamed it with the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, just because. 🙂

The card base is Sweet Sugarplum. The flowers and leaves from the ‘Special Reason’ set are stamped on Whisper White card in Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach and Mint Macaron and the dots are stamped in Smoky Slate. I cut a “21” in Silver Foil using the retired ‘Little Numbers’. I felt it got lost on the card so added a tag in Peekaboo Peach which was was cut from the 2nd smallest label from the ‘Lots of Labels’ Framelits. I sponged around the edge on that to make it stand out more. To assemble the card I then adhered that to the card base and tied around some Silver cord (retired), and added a gorgeous detailed dragonfly on it which was cut from the Silver Foil.

I forgot to take a photo of the inside. I just stamped a Happy Birthday greeting from the Tin of Cards set and added a small stamped flower in Peekaboo Peach.

The second card I made was very similar.

For this one, I tied around Whisper White Baker’s Twine. The sentiment from the set is stamped in black and I have cut that from the small banner in the Home Sweet Home Thinlits. It’s great for those tiny sentiments. I cut one out also in Silver Foil and layered them together. I added a Rhinestone as it needed something else. Underneath the dragonfly on this one I swirled around some Silver Thread.

Before I could use this set I had to assemble it as it was a clear mount set. As I was assembling it I thought I should take a video of what I do. I know when I use clear mount stamps it can be frustrating when those pesky little stamps fall off your blocks. Do you find that?? Some time ago I came across a way to keep those stamps on your blocks. I have been doing it this way for the most part now and have had very little problems.

I have just uploaded it to Youtube but thought I would share it here.

How you can help keep those clear stamps on your blocks!!

I hope that might help you and stop some frustration. Just saying!! 😉

Thanks for visiting. I will try and get back sooner to share more with you. I have been creating a lot but just haven’t made it to the computer yesterday. It is summer holidays here and Mum’s taxi is working overtime!

Hope to see you again soon.

Jenny

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BEAUTIFUL YOU WATERCOLOURED!

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have finally had a chance to play with some new products. I have been so busy with Christmas and all these new toys have been sitting there looking at me. The first thing I pulled out was the set ‘Beautiful You’ and the Watercolor Pencils. I was really keen to give them a try.

This is the set of cards I created with them.

I kept the layout the same with each card. I will tell you how I created them below.

The image: There are 3 beautiful line images in this set. I stamped each one on a square of Thick Whisper White using Black Stazon. It is fine to use this thicker white card to do a little watercolouring. I coloured around the images with the Watercolor Pencils. Then using the Aquapainter I gave it a wash over to blend the colours. These pencils just blend so smoothly.

The Paper squares: I wanted to keep the layout fairly simple. I layered the image onto squares of Sahara Sand and then on to squares of the ‘Falling In Love’ DSP coming in the Occasions catalogue. This is such gorgeous paper. Although I seem to have hidden most of it under the squares!! Each of the squares are the same size measuring 8cm x 8cm (4″x 4″). I fanned them out before adhering them to the base card.

Assembling the card: The “squiggly” line stamp was stamped over the base card with the co-ordinating ink colour.

The sentiment: There are some really lovely sentiments in this set. I used the “celebrate” on each one stamping them on a strip of Whisper White cardstock. One was just using that word. Then on one card I coloured the “you” on one of the sentiments with the Black Marker and stamped that with the “celebrate”. That’s the great thing with clear blocks you can line it up closely to where you want it. If you are unsure eyeing it you could use the stamp-a-ma-jig.

On the other card I inked up the “in style” sentiment and stamped it with the “celebrate”. On each one I snipped the end to flag the end and then wrapped around some Linen Thread several times before adhering small piece of Paper Doily behind the card strip. Then it was raised up on to the card using Dimensionals.

Here is a close-up of each of the cards for you to see.

Soft Sky

Melon Mambo

Sweet Sugarplum

Only a few days to go (January 4th) before the Occasions Catalogue goes live. Sale-A-Bration starts to. I can’t wait to play more with these gorgeous products. Have you got your catalogue yet? If you still need to get your hands on one and you are in Australia then drop me a comment and I will send one your way.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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ROSE WONDER WEDDING CARD!

December 17, 2016December 17, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Today we went to a wedding. It was a really lovely service and special to be a part of it. This was for friends of Josh’s and he was one of the Groomsmen. He looked pretty swish if you ask me but I can say that because I am his mum. 🙂

We managed to grab a family snap. It is not often that we are all together. I don’t often share family stuff here but today I will….. 🙂

Anyway, you didn’t come here to see family snaps you want to see crafty projects. I wanted to share the Wedding card I made. Now I have known about this wedding for months as you do but I just didn’t know how to go about this card. The Invitation had Ombre blue stripes so I considered working something in with that but I ended up with this. Hope the Bride and Groom like it.

I went with Dapper Denim card base and Soft Sky mat. On the White card I stamped the sentiment from Rose Wonder. If you can see closely at the bottom is a new Embossing Folder from the Upcoming Occasions Catalogue. I broke it out of it’s package just for this! This is the ‘Falling Petals’ Textured Impressions Folder. They look like falling hearts. Just a couple of Tips with this folder: 1) When you emboss you might get little marks or the “hearts” squished looking. I added a piece of scrap paper in the folder on top of the card when I embossed it which prevented this. 2) This embossing folder covers the full card but I didn’t want all the card covered only to emboss just the bottom edge. This was hard to do because of the position of the hearts. So I cut a separate small strip of Whisper White card the width of the full white card piece and embossed just the strip. Then I adhered that piece straight on to the card. You wouldn’t even know!

The ribbon used is not Stampin’ Up! The larger swirly hearts are cut from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits. I cut one in Dapper Denim and one in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. The little sparkly heart is a heart punched from the 2-Step Owl Punch in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. It adds a little sparkle.

This is the inside of the card.

Mmm? Shame the lighting isn’t great. The weather has been a bit funny. Hope you get the idea anyway.

This sentiment is also from Rose Wonder set. I thought it needed something else to the inside so I punched some little hearts from the 2-Step Owl Punch in Dapper Denim and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jenny

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COOL COFFEE CUP CARD!

November 23, 2016November 23, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I found this idea the other day to make these cute coffee cups. I don’t drink coffee but I love meeting up with friends for “coffee”. I loved the idea that you could make these cute cups with … The Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies. How clever! They make great sized coffee cups for a card.

This idea is from Susan Campfield on suestampfield.com HERE.

I put together a video on how to make it for you. View that -> HERE.

You can dress them up as you like. I have used the ‘Paisleys and Posies’ stamps and the Paisleys Framelits. The background is stamped with the ‘Timeless Textures’ set. The sentiment is from ‘Bella and Friends’ which I think is very apt for a friend to let them know you are thinking of them.

What a fun idea!

It just happens that the Home Sweet Home Thinlits are 30% off this week for Extravaganza. They are priced this week at $44.10. You can check out all the List for Extravaganza at my store HERE.

I hope you can make your own “coffee cup” cards.

3D projects, cards, Techniques

CUPCAKE PANEL CARD!

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have been wanting to try one of these Panel Fold cards for some time and finally got a chance to on our stamping weekend. Here is the final result.

It can fold flat for postage which is good. They are so quick to make.

I also got to play with this ‘Sweet Cupcake’ stamp set. This is a great 2 step stamp set in which you can build on the layers to get the dimension effect. It also has matching dies too to cut these sweet cupcakes out.

There are a number of different tutorials for these Panel Cards on the internet. You can find the one I used HERE. For mine I teamed it with the Playful Palette DSP stack. It needed something in the corner so I cut a little “flower” shape from the Flourish Thinlits in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and added a Rhinestone in the centre of it.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day,

Jenny

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OMBRE FLORAL THINLITS!

October 10, 2016October 10, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Here is another card from our Stamping Weekend. This one uses the Detailed Floral Thinlits. It has been a little while since I have used these so it was good to give these gorgeous Thinlits a whirl again.

Colouring your card:

For this card take 2 pieces of Whisper White card just slightly smaller than your card base. My card base is Dapper Denim. On one of the pieces of Whisper White cut the Detailed Floral Thinlits in the top and bottom of the card.

On your other piece of Whisper White you will colour the card. You can watercolour it (if you have used Shimmery White or Thick Whisper White), roll it or sponge it. I sponged mine in similar tones. This creates a graduation of colours known as Ombre. I used Soft Sky at the top, Marina Mist in the middle and Dapper Denim at the bottom.

Assembling your card:

Adhere your diecut piece over the sponged piece of Whisper White and adhere these to your base card. It’s that simple. I then diecut the “HELLO” from Hello You Thinlits and adhered this down. I went over the word with Wink of Stella to give it some sparkle.

I thought it needed something else and added a butterfly from Papillon Potpourri. I am still not sure on that addition What do you think? It does have a little sparkle with Wink of Stella but it is hard to see.

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Have a great day,

Jenny

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BUTTERFLY FOR FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES #257

October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Today I indulged and made a card just because I wanted to. Well it was my birthday so I thought I could …..

I saw the Freshly Made Sketches for this week so wanted to try something out for that. Firstly here is the sketch.

Here is my card.

Let me tell you how I made it:

Butterfly – To create the butterfly I firstly washed over some Shimmery White card with the Aquapainter and water. Then using the Aquapainter I picked up some ink from the ink pad and brushed over the card in patches. The first colour was Watermelon Wonder. Here it is to show you.

Wipe off your Aquapainter on scrap paper before picking up the next colour and brush over in patches again. I have used Cucumber Crush. The third colour was Delightful Dijon. You can fill in areas at the end with any of the colours or go over some. See how it looks. Well what you have at the end really is …… a mess!!! It is pretty ugly isn’t it? But don’t despair. Something beautiful will emerge. 🙂

From this I cut the large Butterfly Thinlits.

Just as an aside; When I cut the butterfly and rolled over the back of the die with the Die Brush, this is what was left when I lifted the die. I thought it looked really pretty. Just had to show you. 🙂

This was the finished butterfly. See persevere with the ugly mess and it is pretty.

Now for the card: On a piece of the Moroccan DSP I stamped the fern leaf from the Butterfly Basics set and the “splodges” are from Timeless Textures. I sponged around the edges of the paper. This piece was adhered to some Copper Foil sheet and adhered to a Crumb Cake base. What you might not be able to see in the photo is the sparkle from the Wink of Stella. It does sparkle really!

The sentiment is from Badges and Banners. I finished off the card with some pearls.

That was lengthy. Sorry about that. Thanks for visiting though. You can visit the Freshly Made Sketches blog HERE and play along.

See you again soon,

Jenny

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HOLIDAY CATALOGUE BLOGHOP!

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I’m excited to be a part of this International Blog Hop as we showcase some exciting new products from the Holiday Catalogue! Are you ready?? It’s just a small one but I think you are going to love these projects. You might have come from Alexe‘s blog or just starting here. Don’t worry you can hop anywhere.

For my projects today I am showcasing the Paisleys & Posies stamp set and the Paisley Framelits. These new products are so fun and cheery. I reckon anyway.

For my first card I thought I would create my own dry embossed background. Here is my card and then I will show you how I have created it.

The card is on a Thick Whisper White base. See the background? I have embossed the Dapper Denim card using the Paisley Framelits.

To create the background lay the Framelits pieces on to your card making sure the cutting edge of the Framelits face up NOT DOWN on your card. Position them as you like. Here is a photo to show you.

Run the piece through your Big Shot on the platform you normally would with the Framelits. Just double check your Framelits are facing up before you roll it through. (I made a little mistake with this the first time!!). You will see once you run it through that the pieces will be embossed. You could try this with a number of different Framelits.

I didn’t want too much to finish the card off so it didn’t hide the embossed pattern. I just cut some Paisleys from Gold Foil Sheet. The sentiment from Tin of Cards is Heat Embossed with Gold Embossing Powder and cut with the Tags and Labels Framelits.

I have another card to show you using the Paisleys & Posies stamp set. I called on a technique and colour combination I used a little while back. It was good to pull this one out again.

This one is the Emboss Resist Technique. If you are not familiar with it, Stamp your images in Versamark on white card and then heat emboss in White Embossing Powder. Sponge over the card using your chosen colours. I have used Tempting Turquoise, Elegant Eggplant and Bermuda Bay. Once you have inked the card, rub over the card with a tissue to wipe off the excess ink on the embossed parts and you will see your images “POP” even more. It’s quite magic.

I finished if off by tying around some Thick White Twine then layering it onto Perfect Plum card mat. I found that a better match than using the other colours that I sponged with. It was then layered on to a Thick Whisper White card base. Just a note too: I stamped my sentiment from Tin of Cards onto the card before stamping any of the Paisleys so I knew where to position them.

Hope you like these cards?

Now off to Amberlee’s blog HERE. Enjoy your little Global trip. 🙂

If you get lost along the way then here are the blogs to visit. (If the links aren’t working immediately just be patient and come and see again soon. Also you may wish to use Google Translate if you haven’t got a Translate tab on your computer).

Elizabeth Green

Alexe Guillemette

Jenny Hayward – You are here 🙂

Amberlee Batchelor

Jenny

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BABY BEAR COLOURS!

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have shown you a couple of ‘Baby Bear’ cards now but I realised I hadn’t shown you the Colour Cards for the bears that I made up some weeks ago. You might have seen some similar around your blog travels but I thought I would make some to show my ladies coming to my classes so they can see the difference.

Just a couple of notes before you see the colour cards.

~If you are not sure already, when I mention stamp the colour off, it means to ink up the stamp and lightly stamp on some scrap paper to lighten the colour.

~Each of the stamps in the ‘Baby Bear’ set have numbers. You will notice the more solid stamp has #1 next to it, the next more patterned stamp is #2, the more detailed pattern is #3. You might find that some people stamp in reverse order so the darker colour first which would be #3 and then work backwards to the lighter colour Play around yourself to see what you feel more comfortable with and what way gives you the better effect. I found going from #1 with the lighter colour up to #3 with the darker one to be work fine.

~When I note the number below the colour card that denotes the number on the stamp. eg. #1 is the numbered 1 stamp.

~When stamping the bear some people have said they have had trouble lining up the bear for each stamp. What I found that helps is when you ink up and go to stamp the 2nd stamp, I line the inked image up with the stamped one by lining up it’s bottom and then lining up the ears. I have found that helps a lot. Hope it might help you.

#1 Soft Sky, #2 Pool Party, #3 Bermuda Bay.

#1 Blushing Bride (stamped off first), #2 Blushing Bride, #3 Flirty Flamingo.

#1 Crumb Cake, #2 Soft Suede (stamped off first), Soft Suede.

#1 Sweet Sugarplum (stamped off first), #2 Sweet Sugarplum, #3 Rich Razzleberry.

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You can play around with all different colour combinations. What colours have you done? I would love to know.

I do love this bear. It is very cute and I love the detail of it’s fur.

Thanks for visiting me today.

Jenny

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SCALLOP EDGE BORDER WITH THE BEST BADGE PUNCH!

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have just posted about my tags I made for team swaps and then I realised I hadn’t told you about the scallop edge on the tags. Never mind you get a second post from me. 🙂

Just to show you the tags again and have a look at the scallop edge at the bottom.

It’s a bit hard to see in this photo but maybe this photo is a little clearer.

I recently discovered that you could create a scallop edge using the Best Badge punch. I loved that idea and maybe I bought the punch just for that reason. 😉

This is the punch if you haven’t noticed it in the catalogue.

So how do you create the scallop edge with it?? Well, I haven’t got a video for you but I have some photos to help you.

Firstly, with the scallop edge of the badge punch line the bottom curves of the scallops up with the bottom edge of the cardstock and then punch.

Move the punch along the cardstock so you line up the last scallop you punched with the scallop on the punch. Then line up the bottom of the curve on the next scallop with the bottom edge of the cardstock like you have done previously. Then punch.

Continue moving along the length of your piece of card. This particular one was only narrow so there are not too many scallops to punch but it gives you an idea.