A Stamping Journey

SOFT PEACEFUL REFLECTION!

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Jenny Hayward

A few weeks ago I was playing around with the set Peaceful Reflection. I share a z-fold card some time ago (if you missed it see it ->HERE)

Today’s card I had in my head and was pleased it turned out as I thought.

Some quick details on it:

The ripples are stamped in Versamark on Whisper White card and heat embossed in White. Then sponged over with Pool Party ink to create an emboss resist effect.

The large waterlily is stamped on Vellum in Versamark and heat embossed in White and coloured with the Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blends. It was then hand-cut around and adhered on to the white card.

The Dragonfly is stamped on Vellum and heat embossed in Copper powder. Then coloured with the Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blends and hand-cut and adhered on to the card.

The sentiment is from the Petal Palette set and heat embossed in Copper. It is cut with a label die from the Petals and More Thinlits. I sponged around the edge with Pool Party ink.

The decorative strip is cut from Copper Foil with the die from the Petals and More Thinlits.

It was all adhered to a Pool Party card base.

I like the softness of how this card turned out.

Thanks for visiting. I have more with this set that I will share later in the week.

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Challenges, Stampin' Up!

COLOUR INKSPIRATIONS CHALLENGE #35 WITH NEUTRALS!

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Initially this Colour Inkspirations Challenge #CI35 this week stumped me. All neutrals! Now with the colour revamp though we had a mix of other colours. (which I am still trying to get my around as neutrals!).

I had a little time today to play – and it’s nice to play with new toys. I used the gorgeous new Botanical Bliss Bundle (Botanical Bliss stamp set and the Botanical Tags Thinlits).

We were required to use 3 of the Neutrals colour collections. I chose Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow and Crumb Cake.

The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed in Copper. It is cut with one of the dies in the new Stitched Labels Framelits. I finished it with some Copper Thread loops.

You can play along too if you are quick. It finishes Monday night (AET). Head -> HERE to the Facebook group.

Jenny

cards, Classes, Techniques, Tutorials

STAMPING IN THE ROUND!

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Today I have had my Stamparatus class showing lots of fun ways to use this great new tool. I posted the projects we were making a couple of posts back but I thought I would show you more detail of one of the projects. I don’t often share the details of class projects but today I want to share it would you my lovely blog readers.

The Stamparatus is a great positioning tool for your stamping but it can do so many other fun techniques. I think my favourite is stamping in a circle. I created these 2 projects with them. The first one is the one we made in class and everyone loved it. I think this might have just sold them on it. 🙂

This one is using the Accented Blooms set. The tiny flower creates a lovely flower wreath. These were coloured with the Stampin’ Blends. The White mat was embossed with the new Tufted Embossing Folder.

I was playing around with a few other ideas. This leaf is from the Colorful Seasons set. Wouldn’t this be a lovely idea for a Christmas card?? (filing away that idea so watch this space). 🙂

This is a mini card measuring 10cm x 10cm (4″x4″). The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Sentiments.

So how you do this?? There are lots of great tutorials online. Rather than me repeat it why not head to Allison’s Blog -> HERE and see the video.

Have fun with it. If you haven’t got one yet, you might just have to get one. 😉

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Techniques, Videos

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

cards, Classes, Personal Ramblings, Stampin' Up!

SOME CARD LOVE!

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I don’t often share personal things here on my blog as I don’t like to toot my horn but this is Stampin’ Up! related – and it is very exciting for me.

For those who follow me on Facebook and Instagram will know that recently I achieved a HUGE milestone. It was a big goal and for the most part out of my control. As a Demonstrator we can achieve different titles. This one has alluded me for 3 years. Although I had the team and the sales for some time I needed some other factors to come in to play. Anyway, last month I did it! I made Silver Elite.

It might not be big for you and you may not really care what the fuss is but for me this is big! Thank you to my customers and my team for helping me along the way – and for your support. I received my certificate yesterday in the mail which was exciting. Always good to receive Happy Mail. I also received some other Happy Mail this past week and that is what I wanted to share with you today. I received 2 special cards.

The first one was from my Upline Vanessa. This is using the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut paper that I have been sharing lately but this is one of the other patterns from the pack.

This card was a lovely surprise. This is from one of my blog readers who has become a dear friend, Ruth. It was even in my favourite colour too. This is using the Love What You Do set with lots of lovely shiny silver embossed features. Thanks so much Ruth x

Thanks for indulging me. Thanks everyone for your love and support and visiting me often. ❤

See you again tomorrow.

Jenny

Catalogues, Classes, Stampin' Up!

FIND OUT ABOUT THE STAMPARATUS!

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Jenny Hayward

You have heard about the Stamparatus but not sure really what it is about? If you are a Wollongong local then come and see and play with it at this week’s class. You will be amazed!

These are the cards you will make along with seeing some other fun ways to use it.

CARD FRIDAY CLASS – Ways with the Stamparatus

WHEN: Friday 22nd at 10am or 7pm.
COST: $15 $5 extra to use my adhesives.
BYO: Scissors and adhesives. If you have a Stamparatus already bring it along.
PLEASE RSVP: Wednesday 20th.

Look forward to seeing you for this class. You can join us for any class each fortnight though.

Jenny

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FINALLY CATALOGUE SHOWCASE MAKES!

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Last weekend I had my Catalogue Showcase. Lots of fun, creating and pouring over the new catalogue and new colours. I have been wanting to share the projects we made all week but I wanted to finish with the Delightfully Detailed projects first. SO, today I can share them.

We looked at the new catalogue and colours. I shared an overview in this post -> HERE.

To try the new colours everyone got to make a bookmark using the Waterfront set.

On the top they could use the Scallop Tag Topper Punch or the new Detailed Trio Punch. We used some of the new Black Cord to tie it off.

For the card we used the fantastic new Stitched Labels Framelits. I have mentioned these previously. These are a must have I think. We used the Love What You Do stamp set and some of the gorgeous Share What You Love Designer Series Paper. A little addition with the Share What You Love Artisan Pearls finished the card off. The sentiment for this is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous. I think everyone was in love by the end of the session. 🙂

I had mentioned the Stitched Labels Framelits back in this post -> HERE. I didn’t share this chart I had made at the time to show how each of the Framelits cut. You might like to see it.

These are the Framelits

Hope your weekend is going well. It is blowing a gale here so hopefully I won’t get blown away. 😉

Visit again soon,

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Stampin' Up!

DELIGHTFUL GORGEOUS GRAPE!

June 15, 2018 Jenny Hayward

OK, I know I said I would share my projects from my Catalogue Showcase from last weekend and I will but I have one more card with the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut paper while we are on that topic. I hope you are not sick of them. I just have this one I wanted to share with you and then I will move on. I will come back to this paper down the track though don’t you worry. 🙂

I had a small section of the Laser-Cut paper and thought I would add it to a tag. When I did do that I found that the paper was so fine that it really should be on a card to support it a little more. SO, I added the tag to a card. A Gorgeous Grape one at that. This is a new colour and I think I like it!

The white card is embossed with the new Tufted Embossing Folder. Have you noticed that in the catalogue? It is a little hard to see it. It is like a quilted effect you might say. What about that gorgeous Mini Striped Gorgeous Grape ribbon.

Now have you added this paper to your Wish List yet?? Or better still added it to your shopping cart??? I think you need to.

Order it Online in my store -> HERE now. Please use the Host Code: PUB9TYMG

OR contact me directly to order. (Australian residents only).

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!, Videos

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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CATALOGUE SHOWCASE EVENTS!

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I had my 2018 Catalogue Showcase over the weekend. I still have one more to go tomorrow. I thought I would show you just some photos from it.

With all the new changes I wanted to feature many of the new colours.

Below is a display with some new products. I will show more of these cards in later posts.

Some Delightfully Detailed Laser-cut paper samples. I have been sharing some of these samples recently. (some things get a little messy over the time with lots of touching and feeling. It’s nice everyone enjoys them).