Tutorials – Page 16 – A Stamping Journey

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COOKIE CUTTER Z-FOLD CARD!

August 16, 2016August 16, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have a little sneak peek for you today. Very soon the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue will be Live. September 1st to be exact. You are going to L.O.V.E. it! I tell you there are so many exciting new products it is going to be hard to choose. I am having a hard time to choose myself!

Have to say though when I first saw our sneak peek I just loved the cute little gingerbread in the Cookie Cutter Christmas set. It was the first on my list – and the first thing to play with the other day when my preorder arrived. It has the stamp set AND the matching punch. It makes it so easy to cut those gingerbread and the other characters out.

So here is the card I made, because I couldn’t wait until later in the month. 🙂

This is a Z-Fold card which you might have seen a bit around recently. I have been waiting to try one of these folds and I thought the Gingerbread were just the thing to use.

I thought the corner looked a little plain so I created a little Holly leaves and berries using the NEW Holly Berry Builder Punch.

This is the card when it is folded flat.

Have you tried a Z-Fold card before?? There are a number of tutorials around the internet and some vary in size. I based mine on Amanda’s version (craftyspa) HERE. You will find that Amanda’s tutorial makes 2 card bases from one sheet of cardstock. That’s OK if you want to do multiple cards or you are using the same colour card base for different cards.

I adjusted the measurements a little and have them in Metric and Imperial for you if you wish to create just one card.

Square Z-Fold Card Tutorial (Based on Amanda Bates – Craftyspa)

* This makes one card.

1. Cut card t0 21cm x 13cm for your card base. (8 1/4″ x 5 1/8″)

2. On the long side score your card at 5.2cm and 10cm (2 1/16″ and 4 1/8″).

3. On the short side, cut your card at 10.5cm. The thin strip you cut off will be your band.

*Doing it this way by cutting your card after you have scored saves you scoring the little strip. 🙂

4. Cut your Designer Series Paper – I have used the new ‘Candy Cane Lane DSP. You will need 2 pieces: 4.8cm x 10.1cm (1 7/8″ x 4″) and 10.1cm x 10.1cm ( 4″ x 4″)

Plus a piece of Whisper White piece: 5.1cm x 10.1cm (2″ x 4″).

5. Adhere your Designer Series Paper pieces to each end sections. Stamp your Whisper White piece with a sentiment as you like and then adhere that to the centre section.

6. To attach your band please take note of where to place adhesive. You don’t want to run adhesive along the whole length. Place your card base down open and flat on the tabletop. Lay down the strip on to the card halfway down the card. Work out where you want to place your adhesive. I find it helps to mark in pencil where to place it. You will want to place adhesive on the back of your strip just where it rests on the front section not where it lays on the white section. Then on the back of the strip on the last section. I hope that makes sense??

Hope these instructions are helpful to make your own Z-Fold card.

Why not share your version with me.

Jenny

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TRIANGLE EASEL CARD WITH THOUGHTFUL BRANCHES!

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I was looking at my Butterfly Easel card the other day that I made some time ago and thought this would be a great card idea for the Thoughtful Branches. So of course, I had to make it. 🙂 Here it is for you.

Front view.

I have used the Sweet Sugarplum as the card base. The tree is cut with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper. The Designer Series Paper is the Playful Palette Paper stack.

Side View.

The card folds flat for postage. It measures 10.5cm x 10.5cm (4″ x 4″). So you could make an envelope with the Envelop Punch Board.

Inside of the card.

I made up a tutorial for this Fold way back when I made the Butterfly Card. You can find that tutorial HERE in this post. So go and check it out for you to make your version.

Thanks for looking. I hope you can make a Triangle Easel card yourself.

Jenny

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POP UP EASEL CARD!

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Jenny Hayward

A customer called in last weekend and showed me a card she had made. She had gone to a class to do it. (It wasn’t a Stampin’ Up! class and I don’t know who the original creator is). I loved the idea of the card so I had to make one. I had a little time to play around with it the other day. I call it a POP UP EASEL CARD. I used Confetti Celebration on mine. I will show you the photos of the card (sorry, lots!) and then give you the instructions.

This is the front of the card. The Rhinestones you see is what holds up the Easel part. The balloons are suspended on strips of acetate in a folded crease.

This is another view front on. The Designer Series Paper is from the Playful Palette pack. The balloons are punched with the Balloon punch in Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo. I sponged around the edges with the sponge and added a small star that from the stamp set.

Side on view gives you an idea of the suspended balloons. I punched 2 each of the balloons and adhered one to the front and back of the strip of acetate to keep it tidy.

You can see the side view and inside of the card with the sentiment that I will show you below.

The card can fold flat for postage.

When it is folded flat it is a square card measuring approximately 15cm x 15cm (6″ x 6″) so you would need to make an envelope to fit but that is no problem with the Envelope Punch Board!

This is inside of the card. I continued with the sentiments from the Confetti Celebration set.

You can see when it is open that the balloons can fold flat against it. This is a trick too. Whatever image or shape you have suspended in the front crease, you need to fold it against the inside of the card to test it out first before you put it together to be sure that it will fit below the score line for when it is folded flat. You can’t have it squashed in. 🙂 Check the photo below to see what I mean. The balloons sit just below the score line.

Now I will tell you how to make your own.

POP UP EASEL CARD

NB: I have included metric and imperial measurements. For those following the Imperial measurements can you please just check these. Maybe do a test run first. I am just concerned with all the “16th” measurements if they are correct. 🙂

What you will need:

Cardstock for base 14.8cm x 29.8cm (5 7/8″ x 11 3/4″).

Designer Series Paper 14.4cm x 7.6cm (5 7/8″ x 3″)

Whisper White card (inside piece) 14.4cm x 6.6cm (5 7/8″ x 2 3/4″)

Scrap card for your suspended images (Of your choice. I have chosen balloons for this one).

Acetate strips 1 cm x 4-5cm (1/4″ x 1 1/2″-2″) You will trim these as you make the card depending on where you want your images to sit.

To construct your Easel:

1. On the long side score your card at 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 5cm, 6cm, 13.8cm and 21.6cm.

(3/4″, 1 3/16″, 1 9/16″, 2″, 2 3/8″, 5 7/16″ and 8 1/2″) – Please check the measurements.

2. Fold on all the score lines starting as I have shown in the photo in a concertina fashion creating a “M” shape at the beginning and then after folding it as a Valley fold on the next 2 score lines. (ie folding it up towards you). I haven’t shown those folded in this photo.

3. On the back of the card, place adhesive behind each side of “peak” that is formed. in the “M”. Adhere these together. Check the photo below. (sorry if it is a little unclear). This is it turned back to the correct side of the card. It now becomes more a “V” shape which will be your crease for your acetate strips.

4. After you have stamped and punched your images adhere them to the acetate strips. I used Fast Fuse to adhere them but you could use glue dots or other tape. I punched 2 balloons so adhered one to the back and one to the front of the acetate strip. Check the length of the acetate strip with the image to see if it is the right length BEFORE you adhere them in. 🙂 Trim the strip if necessary remembering you want to make sure they fit below the score line as I described above.

Place your adhesive (Fast Fuse or tape) along one edge inside the crease and adhere the acetate strips in place. Once in place then adhere the crease together. See the photo below.

5. Now you can create the front and the inside as you like. I adhered the Designer Series Paper piece on the front. The Whisper White piece I stamped and adhered inside.

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I hope you can follow this. Perhaps I need to start making videos. 🙂 If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me.

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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MY PROJECT IS OUT FOR ‘WE STAMP FOR LARA 2016’!

May 4, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Have you joined in with ‘We Stamp For Lara’ yet? My project is released today. Here is a sneak peek for you.

I shared all the details in a recent blog post. This is a fundraiser event for a special little girl. Lara has so many medical challenges. We are seeking to raise money to get a special mattress for her that can help turn her in the night. You can read all about it in this blog post HERE.

For $15 you receive 1 tutorial a day for 15 days. All the money raised goes directly to help young Lara and her family. You can join anytime during the time (2nd May – 15th May) and still access all the tutorials. Tutorials are available on a special Facebook group. If you are not on Facebook then they can be emailed to you. You can comment or email me here if you would like to join in. Payment is made by Bank Transfer or Paypal.

We are mainly focusing on the ‘Number of Years’ stamp set and matching Framelits. To help with the fundraising too I am donating my commission to ‘We Stamp For Lara’ when you purchase the ‘Number of Years’ set and framelits. Buy the Bundle and save money. These are available in the new Catalogue but not as a Bundle so get them now.

Bundle Price is $85.75. (Stamp set alone is $47, Framelits are $54 – so great value!)

Stop by my store HERE to order directly or contact me by email or a comment here.

Please use the Host Code: APFCFBMW when ordering at my store this week.

Thank you

Jenny

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WE STAMP FOR LARA 2016!

April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have been on a secret project the last few weeks. I am so excited and honoured to be a part of it and I am glad I can now share it with you. A group of demonstrators have put together some awesome tutorial projects for you all to raise money for this special family. Madonna is a former demonstrator and a friend and I have followed along with their struggles right from the beginning. Let me share a little bit about their story from her Mum Madonna….

Lara was born on the 5th of November 2008. The fourth child of Mark and Madonna. She was different to her siblings. She looked different…she had twisted feet….she didn’t cry like the other babies. She didn’t move like them either. However, after a week in the nicu we were released to go home, with a paediatrician’s words ringing in our heads “She may or may not be normal, depending of if she does or does not reach developmental milestones.” She was given a diagnosis of Cerebral palsy at 5 months during a hospital stint to correct a floppy voicebox. During that stay she was also put on naso-gastric feeding (a tube down the nose and into her tummy). By one she had started having seizures and had a number of other “foibles”.
Over the last seven and a bit years Lara has had many hospital stays with a number of illnesses. She has been diagnosed as having a “life-limited” condition. We do not know what that means. We do know that she is unable to talk or walk. She cannot communicate via traditional words or even gestures as her ability to control her limbs is very limited. What she does do is convey her love through her eyes. She verbalises some sounds and is very quick to moan and whinge if she wants to be moved or has a full nappy!

Lara has a plethora of drugs each day to keep her seizure activity stable. This is mostly successful but a simple cold can be enough to put us in hospital for a little visit due to her compromised immunity and poor lung function. She needs to be moved into different positions to help her manage her secretions and to prevent pressure areas.

One of the items we are looking at fundraising for over the next few months is a better pressure mattress for Lara’s bed. She has a hospital bed that we are able to manoeuvre into various positions for her (tilt, height etc) but the mattress is very simple and we use an egg shell topper at the moment to assist in the pressure management. We (actually, Mark..mostly) move her from side to side during the night to alleviate the risk of pressure areas. An appropriate mattress can help with those risks.

We are so grateful to all of you for always being willing to put your hands up to help us to Help Lara. She is a delight and a blessing. If you have ever gazed into the depths of her gorgeous blue eyes you would understand she is a special little person in more ways than just her diagnoses.

If you want to read more about Lara’s Life you can visit her Facebook page HERE.

So will you help us out? You can from anywhere in the world.

HOW IT WORKS.

For $15 you will receive 15 projects each day for 15 days! That’s $1 per tutorial! All the money goes directly to help get this family this special mattress. Let’s help give them a good night sleep.

This fundraiser runs from 1st May to the 15th May. You can join at any time during that time and still receive all the tutorials.

Drop me a comment and I will get back to you with the payment details (by bank deposit or Paypal) and to add you to the special Facebook group where you will access the tutorials. If you haven’t got Facebook but want to join in then please let me know that too. 🙂

Here is a sneak of my project coming up soon.

So let’s do this. I am joining in as I want to get all these great tutorials but more importantly help this lovely family.

Jenny

3D projects, Tutorials

SKINNY MINI TREAT BAG HOLDERS!

April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 Jenny Hayward

A few weeks ago I shared the Easter Baskets I made for the upcoming Easter markets. I made a few cute treat holders for the markets too. I have been wanting to show you the project for a couple of weeks but with Easter and Sale-A-Bration there were so many other projects to show you. 🙂

These are really quick to make and you can use them for any small treats. Here I have some little sherbet straws for the kiddies but you could add a chocolate treat or coffee sachet. I have used some retired Designer Series Paper.

Aren’t they fun and colourful?? I have simply decorated them with some ribbon (retired) and cut the “enjoy” (which is in the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits set), from black card to add to the front. Really they probably took all of one hour to make. I didn’t have a lot of time but wanted something cute but inexpensive to add to my stall.

Do you want to know how to make them?

SKINNY MINI TREAT BAGS

1. Cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) a little larger than the large section of your ‘Mini Treat Bag Thinlits’= 10.5cm x 15cm (4″ x 6″). Cut the piece out on your Big Shot.

2. Score the large section in half vertically so at approximately 4.6cm (1 7/8″). The photo below shows the DSP piece with the right side facing up. Cut off the left hand side on the bottom tab section.

Place your piece on your Paper Trimmer with the narrow side tab at the top. Line up your zig zag edge at 2cm (3/4″) and score a line from the top edge and just to the score line in the middle.

Cut off the small tab on the top left with your scissors. (Which I hadn’t done yet in the photo). I like to taper the end of the long side tab to give a neater finish when you fold.

3. Fold on all the score lines and open out again. At the top cut down on the middle score line to where it meets the 2cm (3/4″) score line running across.

4. Fold again on the score lines so the folded flap piece is at the front and the taller section is at the back. Place adhesive on the right side (the outside) of the long tab and fold to adhere to the back of the bag with the tab section on the inside. (It doesn’t matter too much if it is adhered to the outside. Just for a neater finish I like it on the inside).

Place adhesive at the back of the small bottom tab and fold over to the back to adhere down. (I wasn’t worried that this was on the outside at the back). Place adhesive under the front flap to adhere down.

Decorate as you like and fill it with treats you would like to give.

I hope this is easy to follow for you. Please let me know if you any questions.

Enjoy 🙂

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PARTY POP-UP’S CLASS OR KIT TO GO!

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have an exciting class coming up next week. We are using the Party Pop-Up Thinlits from the Occasions Catalogue. If you can’t make the class (which is a little sad by the way as we do have a lot of fun), you can grab the Kit.

Here are all the details.

We will be using the Thinlits in 3 different ways.

SATURDAY 12TH MARCH 2PM

Please RSVP by Thursday 10th.

COST: ** NOTE DIFFERENT CLASS OPTIONS.
a) Class Only: $20

b) Free Class with ‘Party Pop-Up Thinlits $50

c) Kit Only: Can’t make the class? Purchase the kit which contains all card and embellishments and cut Thinlits (excludes stamped images). Also includes instructions. $20.

BYO scissors and adhesives.

Here is a sneak.

So join in the class or buy the kit. Let me know ASAP,

Jenny

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PERFECTLY ARTISTIC BAGS!

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I know I told you I was going to share some more Bloomin’ Heart Thinlits cards and I will, but I HAVE to show you these bags. I realised the other day that there was less than a week left of some fantastic Sale-A-Bration products. I still had so much of the lovely ‘Perfectly Artistic’ DSP that I just HAD to use. What better way but to use it but to make some bags.

Here they are for you. I thought I would make 3 different ones. I will show you how to make them too.

BLUSHING BRIDE MINI BAG

This cute little pink one is very simple to make. I found the idea on the internet somewhere quite some time ago but I am not sure where now – sorry 🙂

Cut your paper to 15cm x 30cm. (6″ x 12″)

On the 15cm (6″) side, score at 4cm. (1 1/2″)

On the 30cm (12″) side score at 10cm, 14cm, 24cm and 28cm. (4″, 5 1/2″, 9 1/2″ and 11″)

Cut up on the score lines on the 30cm (12″) side up until it meets the other score line. Cut off the small tab at the end. Add adhesive on the small tab at the side and assemble. Add adhesive to the bottom tabs and fold up and adhere.

Decorate as you like. I have used the greeting from a Sale-A-Bration set ‘Botanicals For You’. I added a strip of Silver Glimmer Paper too for the dazzle factor. To close the bag I simply used a Wooden Clothespin over a folded Paper Doily.

MINT MACARON BAG

Here is a side view.

The Mint Macaron is another quick bag. You can find the tutorial to make this bag at ChicNScratch HERE.

LARGE BASIC GRAY BAG

This large bag is so easy to make. I don’t know why it has taken me so long to make one of these. You can find the instructions on a number of blogs.

For mine, I took 2 sheets of the Basic Gray pattern from the pack. On 3 sides, score at 5cm (2″). Cut up on the tabs at the bottom. Place adhesive along the bottom of one sheet and join the 2 sheets together. Place adhesive to the side tabs on one sheet and assemble together.

TIP #1 you could if you like score on the top edge as well when you are scoring and then fold that score line forward to show the inside colour on the outside, if that makes sense? I had decided that I wanted a black edge. I cut strips from black card stock approximately 5cm (2″) wide and adhered that along the top edge. I think it makes a striking contrast.

TIP #2 for your ribbon handles. I didn’t punch holes in my bags to add the ribbon. I added the strong Tear Tape to each end of the ribbon and adhered them to inside of the bag. To cover the ends I punched out an oval in card and adhered this over the ends. It gives a neater finish I think.

I hope you like these bags. They were fun and I was surprised how easy they were to make. Go and make some yourself. 🙂

Until next time,

Jenny

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SNOWY OWLS!

December 10, 2015December 8, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I made this cute card at our stamping weekend and I haven’t shown you yet. Well actually I half made it and I had to finish it when I got home and that is probably why you haven’t seen it yet. I get lots of comments about this card at my classes. I CASED this from my friend Leonie who I think CASED it from Pinterest?? I will show you it then I will tell you about it.

Does this have the cute factor??? This is using the Owl Punch. The owl hat is from the ‘Snow Place’ Set and the antlers are cut with the ‘Snow Friends’ Framelits. I drew the “santa Belt” with the white gel pen. The greeting is from ‘Christmas Cuties’. The Moon is punched from a circle punch with a “bite” punched out with the circle punch again. I wanted to tell you about the background though and the card base.

Firstly for the card base I will give you the instructions but not the exact measurements as you can make it any size you like really. The card base width is a standard size card (so metric – 14.8cm). The length is the length of your standard card (metric is A4). Score the card length in equal thirds. Score the right hand end section in half again. So it is a bit like an odd-shaped “M” ??? Makes sense?? Yes!!! 🙂 On the back panel I cut another piece of white card to that size. On this piece I stamped the “splodges” from ‘Gorgeous Grunge’ in versamark and heat embossed in White Embossing Powder. I sponged over Soft Sky and Marina Mist and directly on the edges I sponged Night of Navy. I adhered that piece on to the back panel.

For the front I cut another piece of white card to the size of the front. I tore across the top edge. Then masked sections with scrap paper to sponge “hills” on to the piece with Pool Party – I think? I sponged around the whole front piece with Pool Party too.

Lots of punching but lots of fun to put together.

Thanks for stopping by now. I am off on holidays for 2 weeks. YAY! Don’t worry you won’t miss me too much. I have some posts scheduled.

Jenny