Videos – Page 15 – A Stamping Journey

Last weekend at my World Cardmaking Day class we focused on making easy, quick cards by using Kits. There are so many lovely Stampin’ Up! kits available. One of them we focused on was the gorgeous Timeless Tidings kit. Everyone loved the beautiful watercoloured look to the cards and and they were very easy to put together. If you haven’t noticed them they are on page 33 of the Holiday Catalogue or you can see them below.

For Wednesday’s WOW #42 I thought we would have a close look at this kit. I have the video below to see them and you can see how easy it is to put them together.

What do you think? Aren’t they gorgeous? The fun thing with kits too is that you don’t have to make them exactly as they are. You can change them around little. Just a note on them, we found that when we peeled off some of the gold strips and trim not all of them came out clean so you need to use a paper piercer or similar to pick out the little “bits” left behind. That is probably the longest part to putting the cards together.

**Grab your Timeless Tidings Kit in my store now -> HERE $35 AUS. (Australian residents only). Please use the Host Code: SGXSEFMS

**You might want to grab the Timeless Tidings stamp set too. -> HERE $35 Clear mount or $49 Wood mount.

Of course, you can contact me directly to order too.

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #41 – USING THE SHIMMER PAINT – PART 1!

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Today for Wednesday’s WOW! #41 I have a super quick tip for you when you are using the Shimmer Paint. At this stage I am not showing you particular techniques necessarily. That will come at a later date. I just wanted to show you a quick easy way of using it. Maybe you know it already. 🙂

You will see. Here is the video below. It is only a very quick one I took as I was making the card so apologies for the quality.

Did you find that helpful??

I will show you the finished card tomorrow so be sure to stop by.

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #41 – BEAUTIFUL BLIZZARD!

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Christmas for us here is warm – well often hot, so we don’t think of snow let alone blizzards. So while the weather is a little cooler for us at the moment as Spring warms up I thought for Wednesday’s WOW! #41 we would look at the Beautiful Blizzard Bundle. I think it is a lovely one.

You can find this on page 39 of the Holiday Catalogue. It has some sweet images and I really love the Blizzard Thinlits Die. This is a one piece die and is very versatile. With the Die you can create a background by cutting the die on a single piece of card, Or use it as a mask to sponge over. Why not use the individual snowflakes to add to a card? Here are some samples for you.

For these ones the snowflakes are diecut and adhered to the card. Check the gold ones out that have been daubered with Gold Shimmer.

Look closely at the Mint Macaron strip on the bag. The Blizzard Thinlits die were dry embossed on to the card using the Embossing Mat. This is a very cool effect.

Here are some more Beautiful Blizzard samples from Stampin’ Up! artists. Very pretty ways of using the stamps and dies too.

This is the lovely Beautiful Blizzards Bundle.

If you want to see a video on working with this bundle check the Youtube video below. It shows some great ways to use it including how they have made the cards shown above.

You can order this in my store now -> HERE. Clear Mount is $80. Wood Mount is $92.50. Please use the Host Code: SGXSEFMS Thank You and be sure not to mark your online order anonymous or I can’t send you your Thank You Gift. 🙂 You can order directly from me too if you prefer by emailing me or dropping me a comment and I will contact you with the details.

I don’t want to wish you a Blizzard for Christmas. That would not be fun. I do hope it is filled with the Beautiful Blizzard though. 🙂

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW #37 – COLOURING WITH THE STAMPIN’ BLENDS!

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Today’s Wednesday’s WOW! #37 we are looking at some tips with colouring with the Stampin’ Blends. I realise I talk a lot about colouring, and sharing videos and tips on colouring. I hope you are not sick of this. I think it is good considering there are so many stamp sets in the Catalogue that require colouring. Plus, I think personally I need to get all the help I can with colouring because I am not great at it and I am always searching out for help. 🙂

I discovered you can create a great watercolour wash effect using the Stampin’ Blends shown in the card below. I love the effect of the contrasting colours. The images really “POP” when you heat emboss the image with white Embossing Powder after you colour the card. This card uses the set You’re Inspiring but you could use any images.

Check out how to create this background effect in the video below but also in this video you can see how you can blend different coloured Stampin’ Blends together when colouring images.

What do you think? Why don’t you give this effect a try. I think I will have to give it a try for sure.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #36 – WATERCOLOUR LIFTING!

August 15, 2018August 14, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I just discovered a fun new technique and I thought I would share it with you for this Wednesday’s WOW! Can you believe we are up to #36?? There are so many exciting techniques and projects to share with you each week.

This week I wanted to share with you the Watercolour Lift Technique.

Here is a card from Stampin’ Up! to show you the technique. How pretty is it?

Basically, it is washing your Shimmer White cardstock with a wash of ink using the Aquapainter. Let it dry. Then stamp your images in Versamark over the area. Solid images work better. Then clear emboss them. After that, wash over the card with a clean Aquapainter to lift some of the ink. It lightens it revealing the images. How cool!

I have a video to show you how it is done.

What do you think? Now I am going to have to go off and try this ASAP. Share your samples with me too I would love to see them.

Thanks for visiting me today for another episode of Wednesday’s WOW!

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #33 – CHECK THAT PAPER OUT!

July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I have talked a bit about paper lately and sharing some great ways to use it. I am in the middle of sharing 5 Ways to With Paper during this week. We are just taking a little commercial break today.

This month we have the special promotion of Buy 3, Get one Free. For today’s Wednesday’s WOW! #33 I thought we would take a closer look at all these beautiful papers. It’s hard to see with the tiny images in the catalogue. So let’s meet them i this video below. (If you receive these blog posts by email and you don’t see the video, please click on the blog title above to go straight to the blog post).

What’s your favourite? I still love the Nature’s Poem paper and I mentioned about the beautiful Petal Promenade paper recently. It’s so hard to choose.

So just quickly, here is the deal again. This month Buy 3 packs of paper and get a fourth one free.

It’s a great deal and you can grab these this month. Head to my store -> HERE to grab them. Please use the Host Code this week: 3B6A2PJ6

Thanks for visiting. Back with more great ways to #usethatpaper tomorrow.

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #31 – DESIGNING THE PETAL PROMENADE DESIGNER SERIES PAPER!

July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I have a really fascinating video to share with you today for Wednesday’s WOW! #31. I hear many people comment on the beautiful Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper. Not only is it really lovely thickness but the prints are usually so beautiful – on both sides! The dilemma is which side to choose some times!

I wonder if you have noticed though the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper? It is really gorgeous paper. The floral prints are actual photographs and then on the other side you have the lovely marble prints.

What do you think?

I have just come across a video of the design process to create this paper. I think you will find it interesting. I did anyway. 🙂

We do have some clever designers. I had noticed it in the catalogue but I must admit, when I watched the video I had to go back and take another closer look. I may just have to grab some of it too.

BTW: This is one of the paper packs that are on the Buy 3, Get one Free promotion for this month. So even better. Stop by in my store ->HEREto grab some.

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Thanks for visiting me,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #29 – EMBOSSING MATS!

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Today for Wednesday’s WOW! I have an exciting new product to show you. I don’t know if you have noticed these in the catalogue. I know I missed them the first time (or even the fifth time!) I went through the Catalogue. This is the Big Shot Embossing Mats. You can see them on p221. Have you noticed them?

They consist of 2 different Silicone mats and an impressions mat. These mats will enable you to emboss with your cutting dies to create a totally different effect on your cards. I will let the video below show you how to work them. If you receive this post via email and don’t see the video, head to my blog directly by clicking on the post title above and see the video there.

What a great effect it can give. What do you think? Think of all your current dies that would work well with this???

I had a go with some of my dies. I still have the older style Embossing Mat from a few years ago. I used some acetate instead of the silicone mat. See how they turned out.

I used the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits and the Detailed Floral Thinlits.

Here are the layers for the Big Shot again to emboss with your dies –

Big Shot Platform

Cutting Plate

Die (facing up)

Cardstock

Silicone Mat

Impressions Mat

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You can find the Embossing Mats in store now -> HERE. $26 AUS. They are certainly a worthwhile investment and will really extend the use of your current dies. Grab them now. Please use the HOST CODE: PUB9TYMG

Thanks for visiting,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #28 – DELIGHTFULLY DETAILED!

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I have been sharing a lot of cards that I have made recently using the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut paper. (if You haven’t seen them then pop by the last couple of posts). Since it is Wednesday it is time for Wednesday’s WOW! I have a Youtube video from Stampin’ Up! using the Delightfully Detailed Suite. You might like to see particularly how to cut the lovely paper. (The details on the paper start at about 2.07).

View it below. (If you receive this via email then head directly to the blog post by clicking the heading above and viewing it there).

I shared more details to cut the floral paper in an earlier post too but just as a little review. You can cut it in sections by carefully snipping around the flowers and leaves. When you want to cut between them they may be slightly narrower overall there but you hardly notice. You may sacrifice one or 2 in the process. Also, I laid a card base beside the section I wanted to cut to have an idea of the size.

These are some of the projects shared in the video.

If you notice the scrap page above I took that and was inspired to create this next card on the left using Mint Macaron.

The smaller card is 10cm x 10cm (4″x4″) size. It is just a simple card using an off-cut (don’t waste it!).

I am loving this paper. I do hope you grab this paper yourself. It makes really quick cards in no time – and gorgeous at that!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S! WOW # 27 – THE POPULAR ROOTED IN NATURE BUNDLE!

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 Jenny Hayward

With so many wonderful new products in this catalogue I thought I would focus today for Wednesday’s WOW! on a very popular bundle. This is the Rooted In Nature bundle. Have you seen it yet? I think it is one that will rival the long lasting Lovely As A Tree stamp set.

The stamp set has a number of different trees and leaves and it also has some lovely sentiments. You get 16 stamps all up. The matching dies cut out most of the trees and leaves. In addition there are a couple of leaf dies that will emboss the leaves. Here is the bundle below.

Here are a couple of projects made by Stampin’ Up! artists using this bundle. You can see the diversity of projects with it. Not just for the masculine cards but suitable for anyone. I think this will be great for Christmas cards too. What do you reckon??

Do you want to see it in action? Check the video below. (If you receive these updates by email be sure to go directly to the blog post by clicking on the blog title above so that you will be sure to see it).