A Stamping Journey

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BEST BIRDS IN ROSE RED!

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Yesterday was my Mother-in-Law’s birthday. As she makes cards herself the pressure is always on when I make a card for her. I thought for the card I would ink up the ‘Best Birds’ set that I have had for a few weeks and have not been able to use yet. I played around with watercolouring it. I will show you the card and then share a few tips in making this.

I chose Rose Red as the base card as that is my Mother-in-Law’s favourite Stampin’ Up! colour. Well any of the reds! (TIP#1) I used a piece of Watercolor paper and firstly washed over the card in the centre area with the aquapainter to lightly dampen the card I have discovered recently by wetting the card it allows the ink to spread much easier creating a more washed look. I used Blushing Bride on the left, then Rose Red in the middle section and Cherry Cobbler towards the right end.

(TIP#2) For regular watercolouring you can use the Thick Whisper White card or Shimmery White but if you are creating a washed look you MUST use the Stampin’ Up! Watercolor paper. (TIP #3) You need to be patient and let it dry. Either you can use a Heat Tool or leave it for a few hours.

I stamped the bird, the branch and the flowers on watercolour paper too Black StazOn and watercoloured them. (TIP #4) When colouring the bird I gave a light watercolour with the Rose Red and added highlights of Cherry Cobbler. On the wing I washed over it with Crumb Cake and then highlighted it with Soft Suede. The branch was coloured with Soft Suede for the branch and Old Olive for the leaves. The flowers were coloured with Rose Red and then darker highlights added in the centre with more concentrated Rose Red.

These were all then cut with the matching ‘Birds and Blooms’ Thinlits. Too easy with that. No hand cutting necessary!! 🙂

I was going to cut the washed piece with the ‘Lots of Labels’ Framelits. I left the framelit on the card ready to cut in the morning but when I looked at it then I thought it might look OK to have a frame over it. I cut the frame from Crumb Cake with the 2 largest ‘Lots of Labels Framelits’. I am really pleased I went that way with it. I stamped the hatch pattern from the stamp set in Rose Red in the middle of the piece and stamped the sentiment in Memento Black. Then it was all put together and a couple of flowers stamped around the edge to finish. I was pleased with the finished result – and I think it received approval when I gave it to her today. 🙂

I hope you found these tips helpful when you create your next watercoloured card. Let me know how you go.

Have a great day,

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!

CELEBRATING A 90TH!

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Last week we discovered it was one of my neighbour’s 90th Birthdays. This is a great occasion so of course I had to make a card. I didn’t have a lot of time as I was in the middle of class preparation but I whipped one up quickly. Here it is for you.

I have used the Moroccan Designer Series Paper for this card 1) because it was quick but 2) because my neighbour is Estonian and while they are not near to each other the bright patterns and colours suited the occasion I thought. Blue is one of the colours in the Estonian flag so the Dapper Denim really worked well.

The base card is Delightful Dijon. The sentiment is from ‘Guy Greetings’ set and cut with the Project life Framelits. After I cut the star using the Star Framelits I looped behind some Silver cord (retired) and added the Silver Foil number “90” with the Large Numbers Framelits. I think he was very touched by the card and it was lovely to give it to him and chat about his life in Estonia. It’s a remarkable age.

Have a great weekend wherever you may be. I hope it is a crafting one? I am planning on a little creating myself.

See you again soon,

Jenny

cards, Classes, Stampin' Up!

SOME MORE SWIRLY BIRDS!!

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have some more Swirly Bird cards to show you today. This is such a fun set. Have I told you that before 😉

Here they are. These first 2 cards we made at our Swirly Bird class along with others I had already shared. These cards were inspired by ones I had seen on my internet travels.

On this first one, the sentiment is from ‘Butterfly Basics’ and the clouds are from ‘Sprinkles of Life’. The base card is Dapper Denim with the kite stamped in Dapper Denim and Real Red.

This next one, the card base is Chocolate Chip. This is a colour I haven’t used in AGES!!! I even dragged out the inkpad! This made a cute image of mummy bird and her eggs. The sentiment is from ‘Thoughtful Banners’. The background spots are stamped in Soft Sky. This card is fairly simple looking but it did take some time to cut and to put together.

What about a Christmas Swirly card? Yes I made a Christmas card! I couldn’t help it. I wanted to show the versatility of this set at my class. This card was CASED from Beth on a Facebook group I am on. I just made it into traditional Christmas colours. I added some dazzle with the Dazzling Diamonds in the centres of each bauble too. The sentiment for this is from ‘Wondrous Wreath’.

So many ideas for this set. What have you come up with?? I would love to see them. Send me a photo and I will share them here on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by. Today it is FREEZING!!! Is it Summer soon???

Have a great day wherever you are,

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!

SWIRLY BIRD PINWHEELS!

June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have been having fun making samples with the Swirly Bird stamps and Swirly Scribbles Thinlits ready for my Swirly Bird Class tomorrow. I just finished this card today and had to show you now. I really liked how it turned out. I saw an idea for a type of pinwheel using it somewhere, I think on a group I am on?? So I thought I would have a play and see what I could come up with. I wasn’t sure how it would work at first. Here is the end result.

What do you think? Pretty funky?

It’s a simple card in itself. The colours for the pinwheels are from the top right: Emerald Envy and Wild Wasabi; Dapper Denim and Tempting Turquoise; Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo and Peekaboo Peach and Tangerine Tango. I only realised as I got to the last one that I was using the new Incolors. 🙂 The “spots” from the stamp set and stamped in Daffodil Delight. The sentiment is from ‘Guy Greetings’. I went through all my stamp sets and thought this font really suited.

The Rhinestones were coloured with a Black Sharpie to add to the centres. The white card was then adhered to a Basic Black mat and the base card is Tangerine Tango.

These pinwheels were really fun to do and being a clear set you can see through the block to line up each stamp. I stamped the shape running across lengthways first and then inked the stamp again and flipped it to run across the other direction. Then inked the other colour and stamped to line up the long edge with the shorter edge already stamped if that makes sense?? I think I will have to try some more cards with these pinwheels!

Go and make some funky pinwheels for yourself. Of course, you need the Swirly Bird stamp set to do this. If you haven’t already got it and the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits you better buy it. This is such a fun and versatile set. Get it as a Bundle and save 10%.

If you are in Australia you can order it through me if you don’t already have a Demonstrator. Head to my Store HERE and place your order or contact me directly.

Thanks for visiting me today.

Jenny

Catalogues, Stampin' Up!

2016 STAMPIN’ UP! CATALOGUE RIBBON SHARE!

June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Have you seen the gorgeous ribbons in this year’s catalogue? You can find them on p178-179 if you haven’t. I know that at times it is hard to get through a whole roll of ribbon so why not share it around with others! I have some Ribbon Shares for you to join in. I only have a few places left so you have to be quick. Let me know by a comment or email. This is for Australian residents only.

2016 RIBBON SHARE

* These prices include Shipping and Handling for the ribbon to be sent to me from Stampin’ Up! There may be a small cost to mail the share on to you so please ask me.

2016 Incolor Ruched Ribbon (3/8” or 1cm wide)

1.8 m of each colour (Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum) $14.70

Mint Macaron Sheer (3/8” or 1cm wide) 1.8m $ 2.60

Whisper White Mini Pom Pom Trim 90cm $2.60

JOIN ALL 3 FOR $19.00

Thanks for checking in today. Have an awesome day/night wherever you may be. 🙂

Jenny

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STAMPIN’ UP! CATALOGUE LAUNCH – PART 2!

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have some more of the fun from my Catalogue Launch for you. If you missed out on the first part then head back to the last post I did. Today I want to share with you some of the stamping fun we had.

The table all set up ready to go. I was pretty excited with the Pom Pom Flowers I found that was a fairly close match to some of the new Incolors.

This was a sample of some of the new products and some cards. I had other new products in the Product Playground that I showed in the last post.

I had some Swirly Bird card samples to share. I have a class this coming Saturday just with the Swirly Bird stamps and the Scribbles Thinlits. That should be a lot of fun.

This was the first Make and Take using the new Flourish Thinlits. I love the delicateness of these dies. I found they cut surprisingly easy even with just the regular platform. I used the new ‘Playful Palette’ DSP stack too. The sentiment is from the new set ‘Best Birds’.

The other Make and Take was using the new Dapper Denim Incolor. I have used the ‘Thoughful Banners’ stamp set. These banners are so easy to punch with the Duet Banner Punch. I stamped a background on the base card with the Timeless Textures stamp set. The colours of the stripes were from the top – Night of Navy, Dapper Denim, Island Indigo, Marina Mist and Soft Sky. I cut a scallop square mat for the white stamped card piece with the new Layering Square Framelits. It just gives a subtle peek of the silver Foil. This card was inspired by a card I saw on a Facebook group I am on.

So lots of fun was had by all my lovely ladies who came. I appreciate each and every one of them. If you are local make sure you come along to my next launch or class to enjoy the fun.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

Catalogues, Classes, Workshops

STAMPIN’ UP! CATALOGUE LAUNCH!! PART 1.

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 Jenny Hayward

This week I had my Catalogue Launch for this fantastic new catalogue. I had 2 sessions. One Friday night and one on Saturday. Both of them were lots of fun and laughs and of course creating. I thought I would share some of the fun with you.

Firstly, I had a Product Playground area with lots of new products that everyone could have a play with. This was very popular.

Here we had an Incolor bookmark they could make. A great way to have a sample of the new Incolors for their catalogue. Then they could use the Ombre Ink pads. This one is the Bermuda Bay. I will tell you about the Ombre Inkpads in another post. They could stamp the flower and add it to a card when they get home.

Of course we had to play with Baby Bear. I had done a few different colour combinations to show and they could stamp their own Baby Bear. He (or she) was very popular! I will tell you about Baby Bear in another post too.:) I also had the new embossing folder ‘Floral Affection’ which is really lovely too. So many nice new products.

Now I like to spoil my lovely ones who come. There was some fun gifts and some very useful product gifts.

I made up some Catalogue Survival Kits. To help everyone through their catalogue.

I found these fun Post-It notes and made up these cards for everyone so they can add them to their catalogue. For the header on these Post-It note cards I created the heading on the computer and then stamped around it with the ‘Swirly Bird’ stamp set.

I have so much Designer Series Paper and ribbon and bits from past years so I bagged up a lot to give a special grab bag to everyone. I think everyone thought it was Christmas. 🙂 It was a lovely way to say Thanks to them not just for coming to my launch but for their loyal support many for some years. It was so lovely to see the joy in their faces. That made the day all worthwhile.

It wasn’t a fancy bag but these Stampin’ Up! Bags are a good size for the Designer Series paper – and I have so many of them! I made a quick tag using the ‘Thoughtful Banners’.

I have some more photos to share with you but that will be next post so do come and visit.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Jenny

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ELEGANCE WITH FLORAL PHRASES!

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Have you seen the new Floral Phrases Stamps and the Detailed Floral Thinlits in the Catalogue? They are just so gorgeous. It makes elegant cards so easily. I had a play with them yesterday and thought I would show you my creations.

These cards were inspired by 2 I had seen on a Facebook group I am on. I love the new Dapper Denim Incolor too. It just adds to the elegance. 🙂

The Detailed Floral Thinlits cut so easily. I then placed it on the Whisper White card mat so I could line it up to stamp on the white card. Then I could adhere it in place with the Fine Tip Glue and then to the Dapper Denim Card base. The stamped strip is in Sahara Sand. The butterfly was stamped in Dapper Denim and is from the Papillion Potpourri set.

The Rhinestones add a little sparkle. I debated on whether to tie around some White Baker’s Twine but decided against it. When it was all stuck together though I realised that I should have done it and kept coming back to it. In the end I added a small twine bow.

This second card was in Dapper Denim too. This time I stamped the floral image and then added the “spots” in the Crumb Cake. I wanted to keep the sentiment simple so I stamped the floral border in Crumb Cake on a piece of card strip and then stamped the greeting over the top. This time I added some Pearls for glamour. I sponged the edge of the card too which softens it.

Here is the stamp set and the Thinlits if you haven’t noticed them before. They are available to order from my store.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jenny

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PEEKABOO PEACH SITTING HERE!

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 Jenny Hayward

A few posts ago I shared a card with the ‘Sitting Here’ stamp set in the new Dapper Denim Incolor. You can see that post HERE if you missed it before. Today I have another card to share with this set that I made at the same time. This one is in another new Incolor Peekaboo Peach.

I have used the new paper stack ‘Playful Palette’. After stamping the swing I coloured it with the blender pens and inkpads and then added some colour with the markers. The cushion is stamped separately on scrap card and cut out, then adhered on to the swing. I stamped the flower pot separately too and coloured it with the markers. I added some of the gorgeous soft Peekaboo Peach Ruched Ribbon.

What do you think?

This is a really sweet stamp set. Here it is for you? The sentiments are really lovely.