A Stamping Journey

FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES #200 – TAKE 2!

August 24, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Yesterday I shared a card I made for the Freshly Made Sketches 200th Birthday Challenge. I mentioned that the card I posted wasn’t my first card I made for it. I wasn’t really happy with the first card but I thought I would show you it today. It was my first time inking this stamp set up and I had an idea in my head but it just didn’t seem to work. I don’t know?? You can be the judge. 🙂

Here is my card.

I started with watercolour paper and lightly misted water on the card. Then I used an aquapainter and the inkpads to brush colour over the card picking up ink from the pool of ink in the lid. I used Marina Mist, Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzazz and let it dry. Really I left it overnight as I had to get going doing other things. I really wanted to stamp the card to get it finished and picked up the stamp several times to stamp but had to seriously talk to myself to wait!!! The stamp set is ‘Gift From The Garden’. I stamped the pots in Mossy Meadow onto the card and then on scrap white stamped them again in Calypso Coral. I cut the pots out and raised them up off the card with dimensionals. I stamped the gloves onto scrap white card also and cut them out. The greeting is from ‘Butterfly Basics. I finished the card off with Whisper White Baker’s Twine and a Marina Mist Candy Dot.

Something is a miss though. What do you think????

Thanks for visiting today. I hope your week is super awesome. 🙂

Jenny

Challenges

FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES #200!

August 23, 2015August 24, 2015 Jenny Hayward

It’s a Birthday Celebration this weekend. Over at Freshly Made Sketches they are celebrating their 200th Sketch challenge. I don’t often have time to join in on their challenges but I love their sketches and have used them at times when I make a card. I thought being the 200th Challenge I would just have to have a go.

Here is the sketch for you.

Now when I sat down to make the card I had something in mind. I played around with it but wasn’t quite happy with it for the Challenge. I will show you the card later but I thought I would show you the card I have actually entered. Now when I check out the cards on the site there are some pretty awesome cards so, oh well! I will add my card anyway because it is about the fun of it and having a go, isn’t it!!

Here is my card I ended up with. There is not a lot of stamping involved but don’t you love this paper? This is new Christmas paper in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue callled ‘Home For Christmas’. Isn’t it just gorgeous!! The Poinsettia print and those cute little Deers are in the pack. I love those Deers. You will see some more of them coming up.

I have also used a Gold doily behind the deer and some Gold Cord. The greeting is from ‘Lots of Joy’ from the Annual Catalogue.

I think this is a very versatile sketch that I will file away for future reference.

Thanks for stopping by. Make sure you head to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see all the amazing entries and Design Team Creations (link above).

Jenny

Stampin' Up!

HAPPY STAMPIN’ UP! BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

August 21, 2015 Jenny Hayward

It’s my 7th Stampin’ Up! Birthday!!! Woo Hoo!! Let the party begin!!!

It has been a fun ride. Bumpy in parts, but hey that’s part of the journey isn’t it??? I have loved to create and share my projects with you. I hope I have inspired you along the way. 🙂

I have had this blog running for over 6 years now. A number of you have been with me since those early days and I thank you so much for still being here with me. Whether you have been with me for a long time or a short time, or just popping by today, I thank you for sharing the journey with me. I am excited for another year of creating with some fantastic products, especially as very soon we welcome in the new Holiday Catalogue with lots of exciting products for your Christmas creating!!

So I want to say Thanks!

As a special gift to you to say THANKS, I am offering 20% off all orders for this weekend only. This offer will end at 8pm on Sunday 23rd August (Australian residents only).

How to Order:

Email or Phone me 0439 844574

Order Online HERE Please use the Hostess Code X4GXMQRK
** Note: If you are ordering online, you will need to pay the full price at the time of checkout but I will then reimburse you later.

Thanks for sharing the ride with me.

cards, Stampin' Up!

SIX-SIDED SAMPLER CASES!!

August 17, 2015 Jenny Hayward

How was your weekend?? Monday comes around too quickly doesn’t it!! I have another 2 projects from out Stamping weekend. These are with the set ‘Six-Sided Sampler’. I don’t own this set so it was good to use it. Both these cards were unashamedly CASED. I am not sure the original creators but they were from Pinterest I believe.

First one uses the set ‘Awesomely Artistic as the main images. These are stamped on Smoky Slate cardstock and matted on Early Espresso and Island Indigo is the base. The flowers/blossom is stamped on Whisper White card in Island Indigo and fussy cut around. The centre of the leaves/flowers are coloured with Blender Pens and then I used a Daffodil Delight Marker in the centres. This was raised up off the card with Dimensionals. The hexagon shape from ‘Six Sided Sampler’ set is stamped in Whisper White craft ink. The ink is so wet so you just need to touch the inkpad very lightly. I just eye-balled to line up the hexagons but you could use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig if you like. I am just a bit lazy and didn’t bother getting it out!!! The centre of 2 of the hexagons are coloured in with the chalk marker. I finished it off with some Linen Thread and then Dazzling Diamonds on the dragonfly.

This next card was the last card we made on the weekend. We literally had about 15 minutes left but just had to make this. It was a bit stressful to be honest as the clock was ticking. So I just stamped and punched and then headed home to finish assembling it back home. I chose to make mine in Watermelon Wonder.

I have also used ‘Papillion Potpourri’ stamp set and the greeting is from ‘A Dozen Thoughts’. The greeting is cut with the little label from the ‘Mini Treat Bag’ Thinlets. Some of the hexagons are raised up and some adhered directly onto the doily.

I have just a couple of cards left from our stamping weekend. I am really excited to get more stamping done with the new holiday products though. One thing at a time hey!!!

Thanks again for visiting. I do appreciate it. Do stop by and say Hello. 🙂

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Stampin' Up!

FESTIVE FLOWER POINSETTIA!

August 13, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I received my preorder for some new goodies from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. Oh! It was just like Christmas – literally!! Opening up all the fun new products and the sparkly papers. It was all so festive. I had to open all the packets straight away and punch and cut and emboss. One of the first things I used was the new Festive Flower Builder Punch. I can’t show you the punch yet (just wait until September 1st). I made up the flower and today just added it to a card. Here you are….

I have used Real Red for the card base. The flower is Real Red and Old Olive. You will find a few new products on this card. Apart from the fun Builder Punch you have a co-ordinating stamp set which the greeting is from – ‘Reason For The Season’ (Don’t you love that font!), and the gorgeous new Embossing Folder ‘Boughs and Berries’.

So now you really want to see the Catalogue don’t you?? If you would like me to send you a catalogue, then just leave me a comment or email me and I will send one to you. Australian residents only. I am going to start mailing them next week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

Stampin' Up!, Weekly Deals

SHINY STUFF FOR THIS WEEK’S WEEKLY DEALS!!

August 12, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I have been thinking Christmas. Probably because I have been playing with new toys from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. It is good being a Demonstrator because you get to see and play with products earlier. That’s a bonus with joining Stampin’ Up! if nothing else 😉 but of course there are so many good reasons.

Anyway, I want to show you this week’s Weekly Deals. There are a few shiny items on this week’s deals. Isn’t shiny and sparkly just the thing for Christmas!!

To order please email me ASAP or you can order directly Online at my store HERE.

cards, Techniques

CRAZY ABOUT YOU JOY FOLD!

August 11, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post for you. Back to more projects from our Crafty Weekend. It has been some time since I have done this type of card. Here is this one for you.

I have used ‘Crazy About You’ stamp set and ‘Hello You’ Thinlets to make this card in Mint Macaron and Soft Suede. This is a JOY FOLD card. It is very easy to make. It is a basic size card but cut your card vertically and score halfway. The front flap is cut in half. Then a smaller folded card is adhered to the inside and they overlap when folding. If that all makes sense??? You can find a tutorial to make your own on Splitcoaststampers HERE. It was fun to make. I must make another one again very soon.

Today I have been playing with some new toys from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. I will share them very soon.

Enjoy your day whatever you may do.

Come and visit again soon,

Jenny

cards, Classes, Techniques

FUN FOLD CLASS – IS FUN!!!

August 10, 2015 Jenny Hayward

These are the fun cards we are making at my Saturday Stampers class this Saturday 15th August. (2pm). Cost $15 If you are local to Wollongong do come on by. You just need to let me know by Thursday so I can have all the card cut. They might look a bit tricky but they are really not hard to do. I think you will like them.

cards

BIRTHDAY BLOSSOMS IN BERMUDA BAY!!

August 7, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I thought I would get back to sharing the cards I made at our stamping weekend a few weeks ago. This one I think is one of my favourites. First off, Andrea CASED the card on Pinterest with a few changes. We all loved it and had to copy although I changed mine a little too. Here is the card.

This is a 10cm x 10cm card (4″x4″). On a piece of white square (I think it is about 6.1cm x 6.1cm). I sponged in towards the centre of the card in Pool Party.and then sponged the edges in Bermuda Bay. I stamped the small blossoms from ‘Birthday Blossoms’ in Bermuda Bay. Check out the stamping spots/stars at the top of the card piece. Can you tell what I used?? This is from the stars in the ‘Celebrate Today’ set. The greeting from ‘Circle of Spring’ is stamped in Black StazOn.

I tied around some Whisper White Baker’s Twine. Then the sponged card piece was layered on another piece of white and then on a piece of Basic Black. The flowers are stamped in Black StazOn and punched out with the Pansy Punch. I then sponged the edges of these in Bermuda Bay. They were raised up with dimensionals and I added some Adhesive Rhinestones to the centres of the flowers and then added a couple on the card.

I hope you like???? 🙂

Have a great weekend. Sadly, I didn’t receive my preorder today from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. Not that I have a lot of time to stamp this weekend. SIGH! I guess I have some other stamps to work with if I do. I can’t wait to get my new Christmas goodies. I tell you, you are going to L.O.V.E. it. September 1st is the day so stay tuned but I am mailing out Holiday Catalogues in the next couple of weeks so let me know if you would like your own.

Stop by and visit again soon,

Jenny

cards, Challenges, Stampin' Up!

VELLUM BIRTHDAY BLOSSOMS!

August 3, 2015 Jenny Hayward

On a Facebook group I am on they recently set a little game. It was a Tic Tac Toe Board. Pick 3 items in the one row to make your card. I thought that would be fun. I took a little time out from my regular creating to have a go. I will show you the card but first I will tell you the process I went through in making this card. Maybe it will help you when the MOJO has gone out the window. 🙂

Firstly, I selected the 3 elements from the Tic Tac Toe Board to include on my card. I chose Birthday, Flowers and Red. That’s half the battle right!! Well I pull out all my flower stamps – and there are quite a few. I really wanted to use one of the new ones. OK, Birthday Blossoms, Definitely Dahlia or Garden in Bloom??

The colour was already chosen. I don’t often use red except for Christmas but I chose Cherry Cobbler. I love the richness in this colour. I knew I wanted to white emboss the vellum too. Just an idea I had.

How to put it together though?? That is what sends me undone and generally I just put it all aside in the “too hard” basket. I contemplated things for a little while and wondered what to do. When the ideas weren’t really coming together for a card I thought … Why not look at a card sketch. I went to Pinterest and I have a board for Card sketches. You know you can actually use the ideas you pin not just PIN them to a board!!! 😉 Straight away I looked at the board and found what I was after.

So here is the sketch I worked with. It is from this great site HERE. I like the simple sketches.

Here is the final result.

I used Birthday Blossoms Heat embossing the small blossoms in White Embossing Powder onto the Cherry Cobbler card. The larger flowers were heat embossed in white on vellum and then punched out with the Pansy Punch. To get the curve on the card I hand-drew a curvy pencil line on scrap paper until I was happy with it. I cut that out and then used that as a stencil on the Cherry Cobbler card. I lightly drew the line and then cut this curve out. I was happy with the result of that. It really could have gone any way!!

The greeting was stamped in Cherry Cobbler onto Thick White Cardstock as a card base. I added some large Adhesive pearls to the centre of the flower and finished it off by wrapping some White Baker’s Twine around the card a few times. I did stamp the inside with the blossoms in Cherry Cobbler and one of the greetings in the set. I didn’t take a photo of that.

I hope explaining the process might help you next time. I will try and remember that myself 😉

Have a great “stampy” week. I will be back to share more soon.

Jenny