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WATCH IT WEDNESDAY #4 – TYING THOSE PESKY BOWS!

September 20, 2017 Jenny Hayward

#4 WATCH IT WEDNESDAY is all about tying those bows. If you come to my classes you can hear the groans every time I say we have a bow! 🙂 🙂

If you are groaning at the mere mention of tying bows yourself then never fear. I have put together a short video to show you how I tie my bows. I hope it is helpful.

NB: I am just starting out on this video venture so be patient with me. I do appreciate your feedback though (good or bad) and hope that I can share more videos with you with a little more practice. 🙂

TYING BOWS THE EASY WAY!

Did you find that helpful?? Yes / No / Maybe / Perhaps stop this video gig before you get started??? 😉

Thanks for stopping by today,

Jenny

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A FLAP FOLD DAISY CARD!

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 Jenny Hayward

This card I am showing you today was actually the first card I made with the Daisy Delight Bundle. Usually my first couple of cards with a new set I turn to Pinterest and CASE a card. I liked the idea of this card. It is a Flap fold card. Just a little different to the standard card. I CASED it from Janet’s blog HERE. I will give you the measurements shortly. Janet has just the imperial measurements for her card but I will give you the Metric as well as the Imperial. First I guess you want to see the card.

Isn’t the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper just gorgeous?? On the top flap I stamped the Daisy in Calypso Coral twice and punched them out. They were layered together and off-set slightly. The centre was stamped in Pool Party and punched with the 1/2″ circle punch. I stamped the leaves in Old Olive for the outline and the solid image. These were hand cut. The Daisy was then layered on a circle cut with the Layering Circle Framelits in Pool Party and then a larger one with the Stitched Shapes Framelits.

The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set. I made a discovery when I cut the sentiment out using the Straight banner die from the Bunch of Banners Framelits. I cut the white card which I had stamped the sentiment on and it had left the centre where that was stamped but also a banner frame. So I cut another Banner in Calypso Coral to create a frame. Cool trick!

Here is the inside of the card. Just a simple “happy birthday” from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set.

I think I have to make some more of these cards. Do you want to make one? Here is how.

FLAP FOLD CARD

Metric: Cut an A4 sheet of card lengthways in half. This will measure 29.7cm x 10.5cm. Score on the long side at 10.5cm and 14cm.

Imperial: Cut standard card lengthways to measure 11″ x 4.25″. Score at 2″ and 7.5″.

Your Designer Series Paper pieces for the front panels are cut just slightly smaller.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great weekend,

Jenny

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MASKED BRIGHTLY LIT!

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I finally had a chance to quickly play with this new stamp set Brightly Lit. I like it as it is something a little different for Christmas. Not that we have lamp posts like these ones but that’s OK.
Usually when I first play with a set I head to Pinterest and CASE a card. For this card I CASED one of Amanda’s cards at the Craftspa.com. You can see her card HERE.

I liked it as it had a masked sponged background. This was my version.

To create your sponged area: first cut a rectangle in your piece of copy paper. I used the Stampin’ Trimmer to do this. You could cut any shape you like with the Framelits too. Below is the rectangle I had. It is 2cm border each side (or 3/4″). Have the piece of Copy paper the same size as your card mat (whisper white) to be sure you cover the whole piece. You can adhere the piece on your card with some non-permanent adhesive in a couple of spots or hold the frame in place where you are sponging at the time so it doesn’t move.

I will try to do a video soon but just a note with the sponging: Start with your lighter colour and start off the inside framed area each time you pick up ink. Move in a circular motion from the outside moving in and along. I used Marina Mist. Then pick up a darker colour and just sponge near the edge in a circular motion once again. This time I used Dapper Denim. You can lift off an edge carefully and see how it is looking if you like to. You want to leave a lighter area in the middle.

To finish the card I adhered this to a Dapper Denim card base. Then add the light post and lamps cut from Smoky Slate. The centre lights were cut from Daffodil Delight. The sentiment stamped in Real Red and then cut with the matching Framelits. I added a Silver Taffeta bow to finish.

I have another card with this set to share next time.

Jenny

The Brightly Lit Bundle is available in my store Now -> HERE for $72. Please use the HOST CODE: HSVFAXRX

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WATCH IT WEDNESDAY #2

September 6, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I think many people liked the idea of Watch It Wednesday when it launched last week. Thanks everyone for your comments and messages. Each Wednesday I am planning to bring you a video on a fun new project, or product help.

We are back for Watch It Wednesday with #2. Today I have 2 videos for you.

Since the 2017 Holiday Catalogue has just gone live I thought I would bring you a fun video of one of the Bundles in the Catalogue. This is the Ready For Christmas Bundle – and you just have to love Bonnie from Stampin’ Up!. She is so gorgeous. 🙂

What do you think of this Bundle? That little Dachshund is so cute. I like that you can see how all the little pieces can go together. Even thinking out of the box (Carrot???) 😉

This next video is a great one by Stampin’ Up! to see many of the products in the Holiday Catalogue. I love how they have been putting these videos together recently for the catalogues. I would imagine they would take some time though.

I hope you liked them. Thanks for stopping by today,

Visit again soon,

Jenny

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WATCH IT WEDNESDAY STARTS TODAY!

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Jenny Hayward

Starting today I have a new segment on my blog: Watch It Wednesday!

Each Wednesday I am going to bring you a video. It might be of a cool stamping technique, a new card or helpful tips on Stampin’ Up! Products. They might be from Stampin’ Up! or myself or ones I have seen on my blog travels that I thought I would share with you. So watch out each Wednesday. Be sure to subscribe to my blog so you don’t miss any. You can find the link in the right side bar.

Today’s first edition of Watch It Wednesday.

I have been having a play with watercolouring lately And I have to say I am not all that great. I came across this video from Stampin’ Up! which I found helpful. Check out the video below on watercolouring. (NB: If you receive these blog updates via email you may need to click on the blog title and go directly to my blog to view it). 🙂

What do you think?? What that helpful?

Join me again next week for Watch it Wednesday,

Jenny

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CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 5!

August 11, 2017August 4, 2017 Jenny Hayward

DAY 5

Today’s project is actually a gift box. It is always good to have little boxes to fill with chocolates or treats. This is not a new box for me but I will give you the instructions shortly.

I created the sentiment the same way as I did on the card from yesterday. You can go back to that post to check it out if you like. This box was just the right size to add the die cut frame on the top of the box. The ornaments on the side was added as an afterthought. It needed something there. I probably should have thought of that before I assembled the box. So stamping on this afterwards was a little stressful. I held a clear block to the back of the panel when I stamped – and held my breath. That is an important stamping requirement you know. 😉 It turned out well not just once but twice. I was so lucky!!

To make the box:

I designed this box a few years ago now. You can find the Original post with the instructions in Metric and Imperial on this post HERE.

Here is the card and the box together to see what a great pair they make. Funky for Christmas do you think?? 🙂

CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS

Order the Carols of Christmas this week and receive double Loyalty points. And receive a small gift to say Thanks. 🙂

ORDER ONLINE HERE. (Australian residents only) Please use the HOST CODE: KDEM49NG

If you would like a free copy of the upcoming Holiday catalogue mailed out to you then drop me a comment. It will be on it’s way very soon.

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So, what has been your favourite project from this week?? Here is a review to remind you.

I would love to know your thoughts. Drop me a comment and I am going to pick a random winner for a special prize.

Thanks for visiting me all this week. Do continue to drop by. I love you to visit.

Jenny

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MORE 6″x6″ TREAT HOLDERS!

August 3, 2017July 30, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Yesterday I showed you some more Z-fold cards and they had little treat holders. I thought I would share with you how to make those particular ones.

Firstly, the Dapper Denim Napkin fold.

These are one of the easiest, quickest treat holder you could possibly make. I used to make them a lot when I was younger but had forgotten about them until recently. They are a good size to fit a small chocolate treat in. Here is how to make them.

Of course, you can make these any size you like. The principal is the same. Just be sure that your paper is square.

For this particular version I used the Color Theory paper stack in which the piece measures 6″x6″ (15.2cm x 15.2cm).

NAPKIN FOLD TREAT HOLDER

1. Fold your paper piece in half diagonally.

2. With the fold towards you, take the left hand corner and fold it to about the mid point on the paper on the opposite side. See the photo below to see what I mean.

3. Fold the right hand corner so it overlaps the last fold and for the point to reach the mid point on the opposite side. Place a little adhesive behind the folds to help it stay closed.

4. Take the top point and fold just one layer down over the 2 folds. Place adhesive behind it to keep it closed.

Add a tag or embellishment as you like. For this version, I used the Dapper Denim marker over just the “smile” word in one of the sentiments from the Colorful Seasons set. Cut that with the Stitched Oval Framelits. I stamped a few snowflakes on to the piece too and finished it off by cutting some “snowflake” embellishments from the Layered Seasons Thinlits.

OLD OLIVE MINI BOX

This little mini box is so cute. You could fit a lipstick or lip balm in it or a small chocolate. The finished size measures 7cm Wide (2 3/4″), 3.2cm Deep (1 1/4″) and 2.2cm Height (7/8″).

This was made with the Envelope Punch Board. When I went back to find the tutorial for this I couldn’t seem to find it. I am sure I used the one by my lovely friend Tanya HERE. When I made it up again though it was slightly longer. The tutorial at that link is a paid Tutorial for lots of different sized boxes with the Envelope Punch Board, but for $2 it is not a bad purchase. 🙂 Have a look on Pinterest though for a few other versions. There are larger ones but I was in keeping with the 6″x6″ paper.

So here are the 4 little treat holders made just with a piece of 6″x6″ paper. There are so many others too but it is amazing what you can make with such a small piece.

JUST A NOTE: If you want to see the tutorials for the Daffodil Delight bag Head -> HERE (Pootles blog) and for the Berry Burst Bag Head -> HERE.

Enjoy,

Jenny

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AS PROMISED – MORE Z-FOLDS WITH COLORFUL SEASONS!

August 2, 2017July 30, 2018 Jenny Hayward

A few weeks back I shared some Z-fold cards using the Colorful Seasons bundle. They have been HUGELY popular on my blog since. You can see the original post HERE but these were the cards I shared then just to jog your memory.

I used the Color Theory Paper Stack that has 4 colours in the set; Crushed Curry, Berry Burst, Dapper Denim and Old Olive. At the time I said I would create 2 more with the other 2 colours. I finally have got around to creating these and wanted to share them with you. Of course, I made different matching bags for these too. Each of the bags/boxes I made are created with one piece of the 6″x6″ paper stack. I will give details of those individually in tomorrow’s post.

Firstly, the Old Olive version with a Mini box. It’s a great size box to add a Lip Balm or mini chocolate. I just kept the wrapping simple with some Gold Taffeta Ribbon.

And for the Dapper Denim Version with a Pouch for the Treat Holder.

Now here are the 4 z-fold cards all together. It’s a bit hard to capture them all in one photo but I hope you get the general idea. There is a different sentiment for each colour.

If you want to make your own Z-fold card I followed Amanda’s blog post HERE. (for Metric)

If you are after Imperial measurements then I located a video by Dawn Griffith HERE.

For the box and the little Pouch I will post all the details tomorrow to make those, so stop on by.

I hope you like these new versions of Z-fold cards?? Thanks for visiting,

Jenny

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STARLIGHT EMBOSS RESIST CARD!

July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 Jenny Hayward

This is the 2nd project from my Christmas in July Online event that I thought I would share with you.

This card uses the Emboss Resist Technique. Heat embossing itself is such a magical technique but add the ink to it and you get a WOW! effect – I think anyway.

Here is the card. I have used the Star of Light Stamp set and the Starlight Thinlits. I have a video below for you to check it out yourself.

Thanks for visiting and checking it out. Be sure to subscribe to my Youtube channel so you get regular updates as I start venturing in to this world. I would appreciate your feedback too for this Youtube novice. 🙂

Jenny

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STARLIGHT CHRISTMAS HANGER!

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 Jenny Hayward

Last night I had my Online Christmas in July class. You might have seen it advertised. I thought I would show you the projects. I won’t normally do that but I thought since I am celebrating Christmas in July this month – why not!!

In both projects I used the Star of Light stamp set and the Starlight Thinlits. This first project is a Christmas Hanger that you could maybe hang from a window or in the house somewhere, even in the tree! I have the photos and I have added a video further below. Go and check it out!

Here are a few close-ups for you to see.

Isn’t this saying beautiful.

This is the back of the sentiment. It’s good to have things on the back for when it spins around.

Just to show you how I attached the ribbon. I added some Fast Fuse Adhesive to the back of the star. Then looped over some Gold Taffeta Ribbon and stuck that down to it.