A Stamping Journey

I have loads of retired Stampin’ Up! Products so it’s time for my ANNUAL BOGO SALE!

This has been popular in the past. After all, it’s like getting Stampin’ Up! at 50% off!!

HOW DOES IT WORK?

All my stamps and Big Shot items are priced at near Catalogue price. Other items are reduced. Choose your purchases and then you receive the same value of brand new product FREE!!!! How good is that!

WHEN IS THIS EXCITING EVENT HAPPENING?

Saturday 6th August 2.30pm – 4pm at my Studio, East Corrimal. So if you are a local Wollongong-ite then come along. Tell your friends even if you can’t come. (If you don’t know where I am, then message me and I can tell you my address).

I have stamps, ink, paper, cardstock, punches, Framelits and Embossing Folders for the Big Shot and lots of ribbon and bits and pieces. There may even be a few bargains to clear out!! So come along.

Don’t forget – Share the event and tell your friends.

See you there.

Jenny

Classes, Stampin' Up!

ARE YOU IN WOLLONGONG? COME FOR A CARD CLASS!

July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 Jenny Hayward

If you live in Wollongong come and join us for this week’s Card Class. Alternatively get the card kit. (see below).

We have a Stamp A Stack this Friday making 6 cards. You will make 2 each of 3 different designs and everything is prepared for you. Here are the details.

DATE: Friday 29th July 10am or 7.3opm

COST: $15 if you have your own adhesives. $20 to use mine.

PLEASE RSVP: by Thursday 28th by phoning or emailing me (or leaving a comment).

Here is a sneak peek of the cards.

I look forward to seeing you there. They are fun. 🙂

Can’t make it but would love to make the cards? Why not get the kit.

Cost is $15 for all materials. Does not include stamped images. You can substitute the stamps or order them separately. Leave a comment or email me.

Jenny

cards, Challenges, Stampin' Up!

A COLOUR CHALLENGE AND FMS SKETCH CHALLENGE!

July 24, 2016July 24, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I had some ‘ME’ time stamping today. It’s not often I do that as I am always preparing for classes or making cards for others. So I indulged!!! 🙂

I really like joining in on challenges. It extends your creativity and makes you think a bit. I saw the Freshly Made Sketches the other day and thought I wanted to have a go at it. Then I saw the new Colour Challenge on Pootles. So I knew that they were my starting point.

I will show you my card, then I will go through some of the thought processes behind it.

So for Sam’s Colour Challenge this week it was Sweet Sugarplum, Soft Sky and So Saffron. Lovely subtle colours but I would never have thought to put them together. Thanks Sam! That’s what a challenge is for right. 😉

Here is the Sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #246.

This was the card I created.

Let me tell you how I got to this point.

I already had the colours to use (sometimes that is half the battle!) and I had a sketch. Sketches really give you a plan to work with. From there I went through my stamps to see what might work with these colours. They were nice pastel colours so I thought flowers or butterflies. I pulled out some of those sets and then found my Badges and Banners set. I wondered if this might work??

I then pulled out the cardstock for these colours and pulled out the DSP, ribbon and other embellishments I had. I loved the Sweet Sugarplum paper in the Playful Palette DSP. I inked up the birdcage image in the stamp set in So Saffron. I wiped off the ink on the bird with the Blender Pen and then coloured it with the Soft Sky inkpad using the Blender Pen again. It wasn’t as bright as I would have liked after I stamped it. I did go over it with the Soft Sky marker to lift it up. I punched it out with the Best Badge punch.

The sentiment was stamped in Memento on Soft sky and punched with the Duet Banner punch. The big question was what to make the tag shape behind the images from the sketch?? I pulled out a few of my Framelits and sized them up but they just weren’t working. Then I saw the Starburst Thinlits. Why not think outside of the box – or the shape?? I cut the starburst shape from the So Saffron. It was a little big for what was needed. I used the Layering Square Framelits. I used my largest straight square and lined it up over the Starburst to get the right position. When I cut it I just rolled it through in the Big Shot to just before the end of the frame, then rolled it back so it wouldn’t cut the end. Then I turned the Framelit and card piece. Lined the card with the Square Framelit again and rolled it through stopping before it came to the end again. Then I had a rectangular shape.

It was a very quick case of just sticking it together. I finished the card off with a bow from White Baker’s Twine and an Adhesive Rhinestone. So these colours could work together. 🙂

If you want to have a go at these challenges. You can see the Freshly Made Sketch #246 HERE and go to Sam’s blog at Pootles HERE for the Colour Challenge (check out her other amazing creations while you are there!).

Thanks for visiting me,

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!, Techniques

SCALLOP EDGE BORDER WITH THE BEST BADGE PUNCH!

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have just posted about my tags I made for team swaps and then I realised I hadn’t told you about the scallop edge on the tags. Never mind you get a second post from me. 🙂

Just to show you the tags again and have a look at the scallop edge at the bottom.

It’s a bit hard to see in this photo but maybe this photo is a little clearer.

I recently discovered that you could create a scallop edge using the Best Badge punch. I loved that idea and maybe I bought the punch just for that reason. 😉

This is the punch if you haven’t noticed it in the catalogue.

So how do you create the scallop edge with it?? Well, I haven’t got a video for you but I have some photos to help you.

Firstly, with the scallop edge of the badge punch line the bottom curves of the scallops up with the bottom edge of the cardstock and then punch.

Move the punch along the cardstock so you line up the last scallop you punched with the scallop on the punch. Then line up the bottom of the curve on the next scallop with the bottom edge of the cardstock like you have done previously. Then punch.

Continue moving along the length of your piece of card. This particular one was only narrow so there are not too many scallops to punch but it gives you an idea.

Does that help?? I hope so. It’s great when you can get more use from your punch than what you originally thought.

Thanks for visiting me again.

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!, swaps

PINWHEEL TAGS TEAM SWAPS!

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have been on a roll with the Pinwheels lately using the Swirly Bird set. I needed to make some swaps for our team meeting last night so I decided to make up some quick tags with them. WELL….. That was the plan. These tags took hours. Nothing was going right yesterday. I was getting ink everywhere, I was cutting things wrong!!! Do you have days like that? Anyway, I got them done.

I made a few variations of them and a number of each. For the colours on the Pinwheels they are from left: Wild Wasabi and Emerald Envy; Sweet Sugarplum and Peekaboo Peach; Blushing Bride and Peekaboo Peach; Sweet Sugarplum and Elegant Eggplant. I used some scraps of the Playful Palette DSP stack too. (I am on a mission to use all of my DSP!).

The white card measures 13cm x 5cm (5 1/8″ x 2″) but you can make them any size you like. These will fit on a card front to make a full card. I rounded the tops with the Corner Punch.

The sentiments are from ‘Thoughtful Banners’. I punched them out using the Classic Label Punch. It’s cool that you can punch them different ways to create different effects. I coloured the Rhinestones with a black sharpie.

I got there in the end. I hope you like them. 🙂

Jenny

Christmas, Stampin' Up!

CHRISTMAS IN JULY – AND IT’S ALL ONLINE!

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Christmas in July starts tomorrow. Here is a taster of the projects I am sharing.

It’s all happening online so you can join in from anywhere – and it’s free! Here are the details for you to join up.

Christmas in July runs from 19th – 22nd July.

Each day I will be sharing a Christmas project that I hope will inspire you. We will have time to chat if you are around via Facebook and have some fun. I will have some great specials through the week too.

There are 2 different ways to follow along.

1) This will run through a Facebook group. Please Click HERE to ask to join. Invite friends of yours to join in too.

2) Not on Facebook? You can receive the projects by email. (address in right tab bar near the top) Please email me to ask to join in and I will send you an email each day with the project and the special. You will just miss out on the chatting.

So come and join in!

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!

COLLAR CARDS WITH PLAYFUL PALETTE!

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 Jenny Hayward

The Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper (DSP) is so beautiful. The problem is you can only show one side at a time on a card. I think these collar cards are a great way to show off both sides. Have you seen these collar cards around? They can go by other names too. They are very easy to do.

I saw the idea on Pinterest and using the Butterflies from ‘Watercolor Wings’ on a card on a forum I am on. Both are great to show the colours.

I am not going to give you exact measurements for your cards of how to make them. Really you can make them any size you want. You have your standard base card, then the card mat which I have in Very Vanilla. This is slightly smaller than your card base. Then the DSP is slightly smaller than that. It depends on how wide the border you want too.

(OK if you are metric the base is 14.8cm x 10.5cm. The mat is 14.4cm x 10.1cm and the DSP is 14cm x 9.7cm).

I have used the ‘Playful Palette’ DSP stack. On your DSP measure along on the long side and mark a point half way. Cut in to your DSP piece by about 5cm (2″). Then fold back each piece to angle the paper and press to along the score line to crisp the fold. See too easy!

On the Very Vanilla piece I stamped the sentiment. The one on the left is from ‘Best Birds’. The one on the right is ‘Vertical Greetings’.

For these butterflies: The one on the left is stamped in Peekaboo Peach (stamped off), Peekaboo Peach and then Emerald Envy. The one on the right is Peekaboo Peach (stamped off), Peekaboo Peach and then Sweet Sugarplum.

Isn’t it great to be able to see both sides of the paper. 🙂

Have a great weekend. I hope it is a stamping weekend for you.

Jenny

3D projects, Catalogues, Christmas, Stampin' Up!

CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN JULY WITH SOME STAMPING FUN!

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Jenny Hayward

We are celebrating Christmas in July next week (from 19th – 22nd July) so come and join in the fun and see some cute projects to get you on your way for the silly season.

Each day I will be sharing a Christmas project that I hope will inspire you. We will have time to chat and have some fun. I will have some great specials through the week too.

There are 2 different ways to follow along.

1) This will run through a Facebook group. Please Click HERE to ask to join. Invite friends of yours to join in too.

2) Not on Facebook? You can receive the projects by email. Please email me to ask to join in and I will send you an email each day with the project and the special. You will just miss out on the chatting.

The best part is – it’s all free!!! So come and join in!

Here is a sneak of one of the projects I will be sharing. I can’t wait to share it all with you.

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!

SINGLE SWIRLY PINWHEELS!

July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I had to play with the Swirly Bird set again and make some more pinwheel cards. They are so fun to make. This time I made single Pinwheels and made some different colours.

I will show you them individually. First one is Dapper Denim and Tempting Turquoise.

Next one is Wild Wasabi and Emerald Envy.

This next one is Sweet Sugarplum and Elegant Eggplant.

To make them I simply cut a piece of Whisper White card with the Banners Framelits and then stamped the pinwheels in the colours. I sponged the edge of the banner. At the top of the banner I embossed a small strip of the colour card with the Boho Chic Embossing Folder and wrapped around some Thick Black Twine.

The sentiment is from Vertical Greetings and I stamped over some Whisper White card with the swirls from the stamp set. The centre of the banner is an adhesive Rhinestone that I have coloured with a black Sharpie.

You can see the original Swirly Pinwheel card I made a couple of weeks ago in THIS post if you had missed it.

Go and make some pinwheel cards yourself.

Thanks for visiting. I hope your weekend is going great?? 🙂

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!, Techniques

BEST BIRDS WITH PLAYFUL PALETTES!

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Jenny Hayward

After I made the card with the Best Birds set the other day (you can see that card in a post or 2 back), I thought I would make a couple more cards with these stamps and dies. I had some bits of the Playful Palette DSP stack lying around and I am really trying to use my paper more. I have so much paper left over when it comes to the end of a catalogue.

These “bits” were just the right size for the front of a card. Here they are for you.

The first card is using the Sweet Sugarplum card base. Flowers were stamped on the base. I have used the new Oval Layering Framelits to cut some white card and stamped the hatch pattern in Peekaboo Peach and the sentiment in black. I really like the sentiments in this set. It has beautiful font and lovely words. I sponged the edges of the Peekaboo Peach birds before adhering them to the card.

The next card I had 3 pieces of the Playful Palette Paper stack that just fitted nicely. I matted them on to black card and added it to a Blushing Bride card base. The bird was cut in the Sweet Sugarplum. The tag is cut from the ‘Tags and Labels’ Framelits.