Category: Techniques

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #159 – CREATE AN OMBRE BACKGROUND

Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #159 – An Ombre Background.

Add an extra addition to your next project with an Ombre background – with texture. Try this out.

Emboss your card mat with an embossing folder.

Using a Blending Brush or Brayer sponge over some ink in the same colour as your card. Starting darker towards the bottom and lighten as you work up the card. This creates a subtle variation in colour and is such a great effect.

See how it is done here.

Here’s a card showing this idea. 

This one uses the Softly Sophisticated stamp set. The Embossing Folder is the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder. 

They come as a bundle for Sale-A-Bration with your orders over $180.

Hope you can try this idea out on your next project.

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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TRUSTY TOOLS BUNDLE FOR THE GLOBAL MINI CATALOGUE LAUNCH!

Jenny Hayward

With the new Mini Catalogue released last week I was part of the Crafty Collaborations Mini Catalogue Launch Party. Demonstrators from around the world shared project videos of some of the great new products.

It was so great to be a part of it. You can follow along now too and maybe be inspired by the projects. I will tell you how to find it but firstly let me show you the project I created.

I worked with the Trusty Tools Bundle creating a Split Front Card.

Perhaps you have made this style before?

How cool is the Trusty Tools though. I love the Trusty Toolbox paper. That is one of the free choices for Sale-A-Bration. Some of the dies will diecut some of the tools.

In the Mini Catalogue Launch there are 28 project videos. Also though there are fun games to join in on. You can choose what you like to do and can come back to it later at any time.

See the Crafty Collaborations Mini Catalogue Launch Party -> HERE.

If you would like to just watch my video you can watch directly below or on Youtube now -> HERE.

The Measurements are in the video they will also be sent out in the next Tutorial Newsletter this week or next week. If you would like to receive my newsletters and get a Project each week to your Inbox subscribe to my newsletters. The link is in the side bar on my blog.

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #157 – TIPS FOR TYING BOWS

Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #157 – Tip for tying your bows.

Do you struggle with tying bows on your cards?? I get a groan every time in class when I say we have bows to do.

Here’s a tip that might help you.

Wrap the ribbon around a block or you could try an inkpad. These are a little more sturdier to tie the ribbon which helps. Tie your bow then snip the ribbon at the back. Then you can add the the ribbon to the card by tying the ends around the back.

Give that a try. I hope it helps you.

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #156 – USE BOTH DAISY DIES AT THE SAME TIME FOR DIFFERENT COLOURS!

Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #156 – Use both Daisy Dies at the same time for different coloured flowers.

This is a great effect. If you don’t have the Daisy Dies you could use any layering flower dies.

How it works? Layer the dies together on one coloured card and diecut out. Diecut again on a different coloured card. This works well with white and another colour.

Swap over the different shapes and layer them together for a different look.

Try it out with what you have.

For more tips be sure to stop by often. Especially for our Wednesday’s WOW! You can search for other tips I have shared in the past by doing a search in the tags. There could be lots of helpful tips for your crafting.

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #155 – CREATE A LAYERED LOOK WITH MASKING!

Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #155 – Create a layered look with Masking.

Here is a way to create a great effect on your One Layer cards (as in just a card front) by giving the look of layers using a mask. See how.

To create the look firstly use a post it note to mask off an area. You can position it across ways or even at an angle.

Stamp your images so they stamp over the edge of the masked area on to the card. Remove the mask. You could leave it as it is and stamp your greeting BUT to give the look of a layer. Use a ruler and Stampin’ Write Marker (Thick Tip) and draw a line. This highlights the section.

What do you think? How about trying this on a project and see how it looks.

Happy Wednesday.

Jenny

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MAKE A STAND UP BOX CARD + VIDEO!

Jenny Hayward

I have a Stand Up Box Card for you today. I have made this one a Christmas version but you could create one for any occasion.

The video will show you step by step in metric and inches.

Here is the card.

Side On view

Top view

Flat view. Ready to post in a standard envelope.

Ready to watch the video. See it on Youtube or you can watch it below here.

You can see the measurements in the video but if you want to receive it as a Tutorial this will be sent out in next week’s Newsletter.

I send out a Free Project Tutorial each week. You can join up with my newsletter and receive these great project inspirations. Head to this link to sign up http://eepurl.com/dHRjGv Or there is a link in my side bar of my blog. If you are watching this after October drop me a comment and I can add you to the newsletter mailout and send it then.

Hope you get to make one,

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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ABUNDANT BEAUTY – A HAPPY ACCIDENT!

Jenny Hayward

This card came about by a Happy Accident.

When I was creating an earlier card I diecut a square from a piece of white card with the Stylish Shapes Dies. There was still some white on the scrap piece that I could do something with later. You save bits like that right??

When I made one of the Sunflower cards recently I grabbed it to stamp my sentiment on.

BUT I thought hang on a minute – that would make a great frame! So I sponged some more Sunflowers with the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks, cut them out and added them to the frame. How good was it that I actually centred the words on it though too.

Here is the card.

Here it is side on to get a closer look.

The Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks has layers that you can build up your flower adding ink or texture paste or even heat embossing. It creates such a great effect.

The paper is from the Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from the Go To Greetings stamp set.

Do you have “happy accidents”?

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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SUNFLOWERS WITH THE STAMPIN’ UP! ABUNDANT BEAUTY MASKS

Jenny Hayward

Can you believe it? This was my first time at using masks of any time. And I do love how you create the layering Sunflowers from the Abundant Beauty Masks.

The colours I used was Daffodil Delight first on the flowers and then a little Pumpkin Pie in the middle of the flowers. I used Pecan Pie for the centre and then Pecan Pie for the detailed area in the centre. The leaves were with Garden Green.

I was inspired by Patty Bennett to emboss the card with an embossing folder after sponging. This one uses the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.

The paper strip behind the stamped image is from the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from the Go To Greetings.

This is one of the cards we were making in class today.

I have had lots of play with these masks so I will show you more soon.

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Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #153 – TONE ON TONE WITH VERSAMARK

Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #153 – Get a Tone on Tone effect with Versamark Ink Pad.

The Versamark Ink Pad is what you need to use when Heat Embossing. You ink the images with Versamark before adding your powder to heat up.

BUT Versamark is great to give a Tone on Tone effect. It’s really effective but also good if you don’t have the matching ink pad. You can use Versamark to stamp the images on the card and it gives a slightly darker tone. It does look cool!

Have you tried this?

What other ways have you used Versamark? Drop me a comment to let me know.

Hope you pull out your card and ink and start creating soon.

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #152 – M&M

Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #152 – M&M.

What???

Melt and Move. Not the chocolate variety. Although that would be nice right now …

Think M&M when you are Heat Embossing. That is Melt and Move.

Once your Embossing Powder turns shiny when heating you know that it has melted. Don’t stay heating there or it will burn. Keep on moving along to the next section.

So next time you are Heat Embossing think M&M.

Now I think I need some M&M’s. Some Crunchy Peanut ones. 🙂

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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