A Stamping Journey

BRUSHOS BUTTERFLY!

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 Jenny Hayward

It has been a little while since I have shared a project with the Brusho Crystal Colour. I have to say I have had finished Brushos pieces sitting around for a while but it is only recently that I have put a card together.

For this card I used Shimmery White Card. I sprinkled over the Brushos Crystals. In one corner I sprinkled over the Yellow and then spritzed it with water, slightly angling it across the card. Then I sprinkled over the Red along the left hand edge and spritzed it the other direction. I added a little more sprinkles over afterwards just to add some colour where it didn’t quite go. I liked the finished effect when I made it but I didn’t know what I was going to do with it.

Recently I had the Butterfly Gala set out and had this butterfly leftover from another project. I had coloured it with the Stampin’ Blends. It was just the right colours. I added a few loops of Silver Thread behind it. The “friend” is cut from the Well-Written Framelits Dies. The card is finished off with some Black/Silver Metallic Ribbon.

I will share another one tomorrow for you so stay tuned.

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!

WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #63 – USING THE LEFTOVERS!

April 3, 2019April 2, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Do you have “bits” left on your craft table that you don’t end up using on your projects? I do quite often. Then they get shoved in a drawer to sometimes never see the light of day again. I have just finished working on my swaps from Onstage and had some leftover “bits”. Instead of shoving them away I thought “use them straight away …” So I thought maybe this is a good thing to chat about for Wednesday’s WOW! #63 – Using those leftover bits.

It might be scraps of Designer Series Paper, or die-cut pieces you don’t end up using. Maybe it’s a sentiment or image that you changed your mind on. If they don’t get used, do you just throw them or put them away for later?? And like me never to be used again. 🙂

SO … why not use them straight away and make another project right there and then. You have all the products out, you have everything on hand. I know sometimes it’s a time thing but I decided today to use them straight away. Not to put them in the bottomless drawer.

So with that in mind. I created this card with leftovers on my table.

The Gingham Gala paper was left from another project, The butterflies and the Highland Heather narrow card strip was left over from my Onstage swaps. I just cut another piece of Highland Heather card with the Delicate Lace Edgelits. I won’t go in to details with the butterflies at the moment. I will tell you about them when I show you my swaps in the next week or 2.

I stamped the sentiment from Butterfly Gala on a scrap piece of white too and cut with the Rectangle Stitched Framelits. I added some loops of Silver Thread under the sentiment. I just noticed on the photo that there is only 2 Rhinestones on the card. I had put 3 on. It’s good to work in odd numbers on the elements. I must have dropped one off so I will have to fix that.

So the moral of the story is and the message for Wednesday’s WOW! #63 – use those scraps – straight away though. Otherwise they enter the drawer of no return never to see the light of day again. 🙂

Have fun creating,

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Stampin' Up!, Tutorials

SPARK A LITTLE JOY WITH STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP!

April 2, 2019April 1, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Decluttering and organising is THE thing at the moment. No area in the house is safe. Now you have simple, functional storage for your craft space whether you have a designated room or you work straight from a box. Storage By Stampin’ Up! is now available.

These units are made of a lightweight, durable plastic material that is easy to assemble and can stack to fit in your own area whatever your size.

Watch this quick video -> HERE to see how they all work together.

Here are the different units and prices. You can see how functional these pieces are. Units specifically designed for your inkpads, Stampin’ Blends, Markers, Ink Refills and other special pieces.

Get a closer look at these products in my store -> HERE.

I have attached a chart below to show some of the ways you can configure the units.

It is hard to read, so download and print out your own copy so you can use it to measure out your craft area.

Download the chart -> 04.01.19_STORAGE_BY_STAMPIN_UP_CONFIGURATION_SP

Below are some Q and A you might be asking yourself.

Will old-design Stampin’ Pads fit in the Ink Pad & Marker Storage Trays?
No. The Ink Pad & Marker Storage Trays are designed to fit our new-design Stampin’ Pads only.

How high can I stack storage trays?
We stacked up to 50 storage trays without any issues, BUT we would not recommend stacking that high. While our Storage by Stampin’ Up! products are sturdy, the higher you stack them, the less stable they’ll become. Use your discretion when stacking.

Can I mount my Storage by Stampin’ Up! products on the wall?
No. Our modular storage products are designed to sit on a table (or similar flat surface).

How should I use the Open Storage Cube?
The Open Storage Cube can be used to hold any miscellaneous items like ribbon, embellishments and small punches. For more inspiration on ways to use items from our Storage by Stampin’ Up! product line, check out the configuration chart we created.

Can I mix and match Storage by Stampin’ Up! products?
Yes! Our Storage by Stampin’ Up! products are modular and designed with customisation in mind. Take a look at the flyer for more information on the size and dimensions of each item in our new modular storage product line.

How do the silicone feet work?
To protect your surface and prevent slipping, we’ve included peel-and-stick silicone feet with the Ink Pad & Marker Storage Trays, Stampin’ Blends Storage Trays and Open Storage Cube.

STORAGE SPECIAL BUNDLE OFFER

To help you get your Storage units together, join in my Storage Special Bundle Offer

TO ORDER

View the Storage By Stampin’ Up! units in my store -> HERE When ordering Please use the Host Code: P3TZFUNA

AND … A new, exclusive Tutorial Bundle is now available for April. Here is a sneak.

These will be emailed out to you directly. Receive them Free with orders over $78 (Australian residemts only)

Purchase the tutorials for $20 AUS wherever you are in the world through my Paypal account. Details given on request.

If you have any more questions please don’t hesitate to ask me.

Thank You and have a nice day,

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!

FAVOURITES FOR SALE-A-BRATION 2019!

March 30, 2019March 29, 2019 Jenny Hayward

I have loved many of the products from Sale-A-Bration. I can’t believe that it is coming to an end. I have made lots of projects. Some you don’t get to see here unless you come to classes or they are for the exclusive Tutorial Projects.

I thought I would share some of my favourites though from the past 3 months. You can click on the link on the project to take you to the original post with more details on the project.

MANGO MELODY CUPCAKE

I shared this card in the previous post too but see this original post HERE.

BY THE BAY

This was a fun Smooshing technique. See the post HERE.

This By The Bay was stamped on the Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheets. See the post HERE.

SO HOPPY TOGETHER

This is a bright, cheery froggy card. I called it a Half-Fold card but it’s not quite half. You can see it in this post HERE.

BOTANICAL BUTTERFLIES PAPER

We had a week of lots of butterflies just last week. I shared lots of projects. You can go back over the posts to see them all. This was ONE of my favourites. You can see it HERE.

What has been your favourite? I would be interested to know.

Hope you have enjoyed this Sale-A-Bration. You only have ONE DAY LEFT.

Have you been contemplating? There is not much time to contemplate any longer. Shop and grab your Free Sale-A-Bration choice whether it be frogs, butterflies or flowers. Or maybe even one of the other choices. With orders over $90 AUS you can receive your choice.

OR …

Maybe you have been contemplating joining. What is your delay? Scared of signing your life away? maybe worried of not making your minimums? Really, you can drop anytime. What do you get? Apart from great value when you join with getting up to $146 of free products. You get discounts on all your later purchase. Best of all you get to be with ME in my team. OK, Maybe I don’t want to put you off with that. But it’s lots of fun with lots of special friends.

See it all HERE but don’t delay. If you are in Australia come and join my JEN’s INK team.

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Sale-A-Bration

A FLIRTY CUPCAKE!

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 Jenny Hayward

A couple of months ago I shared a project with the Hello Cupcake Sale-A-Bration set. You can see that post -> HERE. You can see it below too. It was an angled piece of the Mango Melody from the Brights paper stack. BUT I have been amazed how popular it has been on Pinterest especially since I realised I hadn’t pinned it yet!

This is the Mango Melody one.

I loved the card too and since I had some more angled scraps I made up another version. This time in Flirty Flamingo. The angle pieces were left over from when I made a banner.

This version is just a little different in that I cut the cupcake from a Stitched Circle rather than the oval and stamped the flowers in the background white card before I embossed it with the Subtle Embossing Folder although that is a little hard to see.

These are lovely summery colours don’t you think?

One 2 days left to get your Hello Cupcake set during Sale-A-Bration. You don’t want to miss out on them. You can purchase the Call Me Cupcake Framelits also for $47 AUS.

Grab them -> HERE in my store. When your order is over $90 then choose the Hello Cupcake set or any of the other Sale-A-Bration choices.

Don’t forget the Host Code: JQGFKFT9

You will also receive the Free Tutorial Bundle of 12 exclusive projects for orders over $78. These are all fantastic projects that I think you will love.

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!, Techniques, Tutorials

WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #62 – 5 WAYS WITH THE STORY LABEL PUNCH!

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #62 If you have the Story Label Punch (or realise that you do need it 🙂 ), then check this out. I want to show you 5 Ways to use the Story Label Punch.

The Story Label Punch is available now as a Sale-A-Bration Co-ordination product. THIS ENDS ON SUNDAY!!! I don’t know if it will be carried over though.

Here are some different ways to use this punch. Of course, you can stamp a sentiment, punch it out and add that to your card which is nice but what about some other ways.

1.Tie it – Punch a hole in one end and thread some ribbon or twine through OR wrap some Thread or Twine around one of the ends.

2. Layer it – Stamp a sentiment on a smaller shape, adhere that to another shape then layer them all together on the punched label. For this one I have used the Everyday Label Punch.

3. Add a Different Punch – Check out your other punches or dies to adhere them together to make a fun shape.

4. Cut it – stamp a sentiment on white and punch it out. Then punch the label from another colour cardstock. You can cut that label in half (either horizontally or vertically). Adhere this one behind your stamped label by just separating them slightly so you just see an edge of the coloured label.

5. Change it – Make it a different shape. This is great for smaller sentiments that might look too big on the original punch shape. Trim it with your Paper Trimmer by lining up the points of the curve in the Trimmer and cut off the edge.

Let me show you a card where I layered the punch. This is actually a card we are making in class this Friday. I have CASED it from Le Ann Greff ->HERE. I loved the way the label was used on this card BUT also check the flowers. This is from the Painted Blooms set. I daubered the centre with Early Espresso ink like she did. It gives it a different look. I embossed my stamped white card piece with the Subtle Embossing Folder to give it some texture.

What other different ways could you try?

Now as I was playing around with these I realised that some of the images from the set Label Me Pretty fit well in to this punch shape. I stamped one up to show you. Well actually I took one of the images and coloured it with the Markers and then punched it out. I really haven’t used this set very much in the years that I have had it. And did you know there is actually little butterflies in this image? I hadn’t even noticed.

In Australia? Grab your Story Label Punch in my store today before you miss out. Shop -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: JQGFKFT9

This ends on Sunday (or while supplies last). So don’t delay.

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Classes, Stampin' Up!

CELEBRATE SALE-A-BRATION CLASS THIS WEEK!

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Jenny Hayward

I can’t believe that it is the end of Sale-A-Bration. The last 3 months have flown by. This week in Class we are giving the Sale-A-Bration products ONE LAST LOVE.

Come and join in if you are a Wollongong local. Here are the details.

CELEBRATE SALE-A-BRATION

WHEN: Friday 29th March at 10am or 7pm.

COST: $20 ($5 extra to use my adhesives)

CLASS IS FREE WITH ORDERS OVER $40

PLEASE RSVP BY THURSDAY 28TH. You can drop a comment here to reply or email me at jghayward@yahoo.com

Can’t make the class? You can still order up to 6pm Sunday 31st so you don’t miss out on your free products.

Here is a sneak of what we will be making. 3 gorgeous cards! Hope to see you there.

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Catalogues, Stampin' Up!, Techniques, Videos

BOTANICAL BUTTERFLIES WEEK BONUS – W CARD!

March 23, 2019March 22, 2019 Jenny Hayward

I have a bonus project to share with you today for Botanical Butterflies week. It’s a ‘W’ card. I have seen a few of them around and was wanting to try one. We made this one at our team meeting on Wednesday night and I thought it was good timing. So you get a bonus project.

Don’t look closely. It was made in a rush at the meeting. There are lots of parts to this card but it will give you an idea. And can’t beat those pretty butterflies from the gorgeous Botanical Butterflies paper.

This is the card closed. Tied up with some of the lovely soft Lemon Lime Twist Organdy ribbon. The sentiment is from Incredible Like You and the paper on the front is from the Gingham Gala Paper.

This is the inside of the card with more pretty butterflies.

I won’t give you the details of how to make one as you can check it out for yourself. The card was CASED from Jan B cards. HERE is the link to her Youtube video. It’s long one. It goes for 47 minutes so be prepared with a drink in hand and take notes. The card is very easy though once all the cutting is done and you can decorate it anyway you like.

What could you do inside? Some stamped and cut images, a baby card, maybe a 4 letter name. Endless ideas to work with.

Have fun with it.

I hope you like the Botanical Butterflies week. The ideas I have shared could work with any paper. This gorgeous paper is Free though. Can’t beat that.

This is a Sale-A-Bration choice for orders over $90. You could choose the gorgeous Painted Seasons paper or any of the other choices. You only have one week left so get on it.

In Australia? You can order in my store -> HERE.

Have a great weekend,

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Sale-A-Bration

BOTANICAL BUTTERFLIES PAPER WEEK – SPOTLIGHTING!

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Jenny Hayward

I have been sharing projects all week with the Botanical Butterflies Designer Series Paper that is available as a free choice for Sale-A-Bration. Of course you could use the ideas for any paper because we need to #usethatpaper I love this paper though which is why I am featuring it.

For this card I used one of the black and white prints in the pack and created a card with the Spotlight technique. The idea with this technique is you take a small section of the paper/image and “highlight” an area.

To do this I cut a circle from the piece of paper and coloured just that section with the Stampin’ Blends. Then layered it on a diecut scallop circle and raised it up off the card. It’s great as you don’t have to colour the whole piece of paper in. Great for the “colouring challenged” 😉 I find too it’s not as overwhelming with a small area.

I hope you have liked all the projects I have shared this week. What has been your favourite?

Tomorrow I actually have a bonus project so be sure to stop by. If you haven’t already, subscribe to my blog. Click on the tab in the right column. Then you will get an update each time I post.

Thanks for visiting me,

Jenny

Blog Hops, Catalogues, Stampin' Up!

STAMPING AROUND THE WORLD MARCH BLOG HOP – RAINBOW FLOWERS!

March 21, 2019March 19, 2019 Jenny Hayward

2 posts in one day! This post I am joining in with a Blog Hop for the Stamping Around the World Tutorial team. Each month we join in a hop with a project using the same stamp set we used in our Monthly Tutorials. It’s a great way of seeing a different way of using them. You might be starting here or have just come from Sandra’s amazing creations.

For my project today I am using the Painted Seasons Stamp set. It’s been a very popular set in recently and to think that it is a free set with your order!

I wanted a fun, bright card. I have made a rainbow of flowers on my card.

I stamped the flower in the set over a piece of white card to create a rainbow effect. The inks used were Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Gorgeous Grape. The sentiment is from Love What You Do set. And did you notice the label shape? I used the new Story Label Punch. I stamped a piece in Granny Apple Green too and then cut the piece in half and layered it behind the stamped white piece.

While making this card I stamped a few pieces of Whisper White to work on the arrangement. I didn’t want to waste them so I made another 2 cards with the pieces.

The sentiment on the above cards are from the Butterfly Gala Stamp set and diecut with a small rectangle from the Rectangle Stitched Framelits. I cut another one in Silver Foil and cut it in half and layered it behind the stamped rectangle.

I hope you like the cards. They are simple but I think bright and colourful and very quick to make.

Now you are off on the next hop. Head off to Jo Anne’s blog now HERE. Or you can follow the arrows below.