A Stamping Journey

CARD BUFFET UPDATE!!

January 30, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Are you coming my Birthday Card Buffet???? Early Bird booking ends tomorrow. So if you are coming drop me a message or email to let me know by tomorrow and you receive an extra card as a bonus. NOW, because of the HUGE response. BTW: I am excited!!! I have opened up Friday night 7th at 7.30pm.

SO, if you couldn’t make it the Saturday and can now come Friday then let me know OR if you replied for Saturday but would rather come Friday night then let me know. I am excited to share stamping with you all again this year AND I am excited for you to play with some new goodies from the new Occasional Catalogue.

SO, come and join us!!! Friday 7th 7.30pm or Saturday 8th 2pm.

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ANOTHER GREAT YEAR BIRTHDAY!

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I think this set from the new Occasions Catalogue is going to be very popular. Don’t you love this big swirly ‘Happy Birthday’?? I stamped this in Black Stazon on some of that free ‘Sweet Sorbet’ DSP that you can pick up during Sale-A-Bration. Gotta love FREE DSP!!! LOL I layered this on Raspberry Ripple card base and Summer Starfruit mat. I added some little banners from the set ‘Banner Blast’ in Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit. Now this set also has a co-ordinating punch to cut those little banners. No hand cutting!!! These are another free choice with Sale-A-Bration. So many choices!!

I added the little cupcake from the stamp set ‘Another Great Year’. How cute is this. I punched it out with the 1 1/4″ circle and then layered it on a 1 3/8″ circle in Raspberry Ripple. I have a close-up.

Now don’t look too closely at the colouring. I coloured the cupcake with the Aquapainters and inkpads. I didn’t realise how bad it was until I saw this photo. Sorry about that. I wanted to show you the sparkle though on the icing. Does it look good enough to eat???

Have you checked out the new Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure yet??? You can view it online in the link in the right hand column OR do you want your own copies to drool over?? Drop me a message and I will get one in the post ASAP.

Until next time, Happy Stamping.

Jenny

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SALE-A-BRATION 2014 HAS BEGUN!!!

January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Whoo Hoo! This is an exciting day! Sale-A-Bration is finally here.

YOU GET THE GIFTS WHETHER YOU BUY, HOST AND/OR JOIN!!

Now, Sale-A-Bration is fantastic BUT we love a new catalogue too, don’t we??? The Occasions Catalogue starts today too!!

If you would like to view the Sale-A-Bration brochure or Occasions Catalogue ONLINE then you can check them out here NOW! I will add these to the side bar too so you can look anytime. If you would like your very own copy to read (and re-read) then contact me and I will drop one in the mail for you. I will be sharing some of the projects I have been creating very soon.

BUT, do you want more exciting news??? Stampin’ Up! have released the ‘Texture Boutique Embossing Folder’ ONLY $49.95

This is a great little machine. Maybe you just want to emboss, perhaps you have an electronic Die-cut machine already, maybe you want something portable to take to your stamp camps??? This is for you!! Check it out!

If you want to know any more information about any of these just drop me a message.

Have a HAPPY day, 🙂

Jenny x

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CRAFT FAIRS PART 4 – NOTE CARDS!

January 23, 2014January 23, 2014 Jenny Hayward

We have come to the last in my series of Craft Fairs now. Today I am going to share with you the cards I made to sell. You have to have cards to sell now don’t you???? Time was limited so I couldn’t spend too much time on them. I had a number of Christmas cards from past classes so they were fine but I wanted some Different Occasions cards. I ordered a couple of packs of Notecards and Envelopes. With only 5 days to go from when I received the order I knew they needed to be simple and quick so I kept them to one layer cards. Well, I managed to create 40 cards in under 3 hours. Here they are. I have added full-size images so you can see them clearly.

I used the Butterfly Bigz die to cut some Butterflies from DSP. Some I added some Pearls but others I just kept plain. I added a sentiment with Black Staz On. (I use Black Stazon as I find it stamps better than the Basic Black inkpad).

Using DSP I punched out some birds with the 2-step Bird Punch and added a sentiment at the bottom again.

I created some simple cards with ‘Timeless Talk’ and various sentiments.

I went all out with colour on these ones. Here I have used the set ‘World Treasures’. I inked up Peacock in Daffodil Delight and then sponged randomly with Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquoise. Each one of these turned out differently. It’s funny how you got various colours when they mixed together. You know what they say: Blue and Yellow make green!! These were my favourite cards.

Here is a close-up.

So there you are. What has been your favourite project that I have showed you this week?? Maybe there are some great ideas for your next fair/market or even as gifts for a special occasion. I hope you have enjoyed seeing them. I am glad I have finally got to share them. If you are after more ideas check this post out that I did some time ago for another fete/fair that I went to.

Now I can go back to sharing some projects I have been making with products from the new catalogues coming out NEXT WEEK!! I am so excited for these.

Come back and visit me soon,

Jenny

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CRAFT FAIRS PART 3 – GIFT BOWS!

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Another project I wanted to share with you today are these cute little gift bows I made to sell.

There were 3 little gift bows per card. I thought they would be cute for people to stick just straight onto a card or gift box. To sell them I adhered them to card that I had stamped with the Postcard background stamp. I have to say though they didn’t sell well. I think I should have had some samples of cards or gift boxes with them on to show how to use them. Next time! Here are some close-ups of them.

I used retired DSP to make the bows. The original idea came from Karen’s blog here. She has the measurements there but I will give them to you in Imperial and metric.

Large Bow

Cut 4 strips:

1″ x 8 1/2″ (2.5cm x 21cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

1″ x 6 3/4″ (2.5cmx17cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

1″ x 5 1/4″ (2.5cmx13.3cm) – Cut a ‘V’ from each end. This is your tail piece.

5/8″x 3 1/2″ (1.6cmx8.9cm) – After layering all the pieces, wrap this piece around the middle and adhere.

Small Bow

3/4″ x 7″ (1.9cmx17.8cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

3/4″ x 5 1/4″ (1.9cmx13.3cm) – Fold loops over and secure ends to create a circle.

3/4″ x 4″ (1.9cmx10cm) – Cut a ‘V’ from each end. This is your tail piece.

1/2″ x 2 1/4″ (1.2cmx5.6cm) – After layering all the pieces, wrap this piece around the middle and adhere.

Oval Bow

Punch 4 Extra-large ovals. With 2, fold over and secure the ends with adhesive. Don’t crease when folding though. With the other 2 ovals cut a ‘V’ from one end of each of them. Layer them to form a bow.

These don’t take long to create and is a great way of using up those little bits of DSP you have lying around.

Are you enjoying these posts?? I have one more post to share with you tomorrow on Craft Fair projects. See you again then,

Jenny

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CRAFT FAIRS PART 2 – GIFT IDEAS!

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014 Jenny Hayward

In today’s post on Craft Fairs I thought I would show you some Gift Ideas that I made to sell.

Firstly, some little notebooks. I found these at a local discount shop. I was going to cover them but time was running out. I think this was one week out to the Craft Fair! The notebooks had a plastic type plain cover so I decided just to stamp directly on them. They are not as exciting as I could have done BUT ……

I used Black Staz On and stamped images from ‘Timeless Talk’. They were simple but cute!

Next I made some Whiteboard Frames. Another idea from my Internet travels.

For these, I just grabbed some photo frames and you can use whiteboard markers to write directly on the glass. For the insert inside I used different pieces of DSP that I had. I created the heading using MDS and printed this on Whisper White card. I added a trim from card punched with the Scallop Border punch. I cut some butterflies using the Butterfly Bigz die and and Beautiful Wings Embosslits and adhered them to the front. They make really nice gifts in no time.

Some more projects tomorrow so come back and visit.

Jenny

PS. One more Week to Sale-A-Bration and the new Occasions Catalogue starts. I am mailing out the catalogues now. Drop me a message if you want them mailed out to you.

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT – HOW ABOUT CRAFT FAIRS!!

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I have been wanting to share these projects with you for a couple of months now but with all the busyness of Christmas they were just put aside. So, before we get right in to Sale-A-Bration and sharing any more from the new Occasions Catalogue coming out I thought I should show you these NOW!! At the end of October last year I had a stall at the local craft fair here. I only had 2 weeks to get organised but I made a number of different projects to sell. I know that when I do craft fairs I go searching for ideas on the internet and I am sure you do the same too if you do markets or fairs. These projects are nothing startling but I thought I might share them with you if it might help you with ideas. I will share these ideas through a number of posts this week.

Firstly, since it was leading up to Christmas I created some little Christmas treat boxes.

I found this idea on Pinterest. This is using the Milk Carton Die. I cut 3 of them – 2 in Gumball Green and one in Cherry Cobbler. I wrapped Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain ribbon around the 3 and added some mini clothes pegs to seal them. On the front of the boxes I added scallop circles punched from retired Christmas paper and cut ‘JOY’ from silver Glimmer paper.

Another quick project was some Mini purses using the Petite Purse die. I used some retired DSP and added some simple embellishments on the front. Inside I added a few chocolate treats.

I have some more projects to share with you tomorrow so stop by again to check them out.

Jenny

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PETITE PETALS MEETS FLOWER SHOP!!

January 17, 2014January 17, 2014 Jenny Hayward

One of the great features with the Stampin’ Up! products that I think many people love is how great they co-ordinate together. Card, ink, ribbons co-ordinate. Stamp sets co-ordinate with punches and dies. What about stamp sets co-ordinating with other stamp sets??? Well, this new little stamp set available in the upcoming Occasions Catalogue looks great when used on it’s own but how great is it when you combine it with one of the other stamp sets!

The small flowers are from the new stamp set ‘Petite Petals’. There are 6 little flower stamps in the set plus there is a matching punch. They are very cute on their own BUT why not layer them! Here I have added them with a flower from the ‘Flower Shop’ set. For this card I have used some of the new DSP ‘Watercolor Wonder’. Absolutely gorgeous paper. You must grab some of this. The colours and images are just beautiful. The problem is though that each side is so beautiful it seems a shame to cover up one side to use on a card! On the card I have also used the new Embossing Folder – Decorative Dots. You can grab one of these for Free during Sale-A-Bration with a $90 order. You will need that Embossing Folder too. The greeting on this card is from ‘Remembering Your Birthday’. This card was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.

Hope you like what you see!!!

Would you like your own copy of the upcoming Occasions Catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure?? Let me know and I can send one directly to you. I am mailing them out now. (Australian Residents only). You will be able to check out these products I have used on this card PLUS so many more great products. Don’t forget the freebies you can get during Sale-A-Bration with your $90 order!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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EASY WATERCOLOUR!!!

January 16, 2014January 16, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I have been playing with some new goodies. You are going to love some of these new products coming out in the new Occasions catalogue. The dilemma was what to play with first! I did play around with some of the other stamps but thought I would show you this card first. This stamp is from the stamp set ‘Happy Watercolor’ that will be out soon. It has some great images. You know the great thing about this set is that if you find watercolouring difficult this makes it so easy. In the set are a couple of “splodges” if you like to call them that and you can just stamp over the image to create a watercolour wash. No need for detailed watercolouring although you can still do that if you choose. Too easy!!!

Doesn’t this make you think of Ice-Cream??? LOL Maybe it’s just the heat getting to me!

I have also used the new Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. You can create tags any length you like. Plus check out the Embossed Background. This is using the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder that you will be able to choose for Free during Sale-A-Bration! How cool is it!! Colours used are Pistachio Pudding and Baked Brown Sugar. I have just added a Linen Thread bow to finish it off and the greeting is from ‘Remembering Your Birthday’.

This is one of the cards you will be able to make at my ‘Upcoming Birthday Card Buffet’. All the details you can find in this post here. It is on February 8th. Places are booking out fast so if you want to join us you better book in quickly.

Thanks for visiting. Hope you are surviving the extreme weather conditions wherever you are. In Australia we are having heatwaves but I have heard of all the extreme storms and cold in the UK and the US. Stay safe!

Jenny x

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A DAY FOR WEDDINGS!!

January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 Jenny Hayward

What a beautiful day for weddings on Saturday. Firstly, my nephew and his beautiful partner were married in the most gorgeous rock canyon setting surrounded by 200 family and friends. Before I show you the card I made for them I have to show you a photo. Aren’t they beautiful????

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Now onto the card. I used the circle Thinlets to create the card based on a similar design I made for another wedding recently. You can see that card here. For this card I have used the Modern Medley DSP and silver glimmer paper. The “Mr and Mrs” from ‘Label Love’ was clear embossed after I stamped in versamark although you can’t see that too well. I made the card base longer than the thinlet die so it could create a flap to fold over.

Here is a photo of the side. This card is really hard to take photos of so sorry for the odd angles. I added some hearts punched from the silver glimmer card too. I forgot to take a photo of the inside of the card.

Now for the second wedding card. This was for my lovely friend Andrea’s daughters wedding. Unfortunately we couldn’t make it but Josh and Carlie went along. I am sure you will see more details of the wedding on Andrea’s blog here when she can catch her breath a bit! Here is the card I made for Skye and Mitch. It is the same design. Why change it, although you would think I would have had this done in record time but I think it took me longer than the other 2 put together!!! I just couldn’t get the colours happening together.

For this card I used the ‘Venetian Romance’ DSP and Pistachio Pudding card base.

Another odd angle!! I wanted to show you the other side of the circle. I cut a scallop circle from silver glimmer paper and stamped one of the labels in Pistachio Pudding. The greeting is from ‘Fabulous Phrases’ and punched out with the 1″ circle punch to layer over it. Not sure that I should have stamped the greeting in Island Indigo though???