MOSAIC MADNESS FUN!

July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 Jenny Hayward

It’s been over a week since I have stopped by here. School Holidays are still on so I have been a little busy with other things. I have done some stamping. I have been working on a project this week and I am going to put together a tutorial for you. I am planning on sharing it with you early next week so stop by soon and check it out.

Today though I thought I would show you some cards I made recently using Mosaic Madness. Isn’t it cool that you get these in a bundle now! Buy the stamp set and the punch and you save $$$$. You can find this on p 123 of the Catalogue.

Here are the cards.

I am loving the new In Colors. They are just gorgeous and I have used all of them on this card. (I just noticed my background to my blog is Coastal Cabana. How funny is that!).

I added a little flower punched from the Itty Bitty punch set and added a rhinestone to the centre of this. The greeting is from Itty Bitty Banners. Of course we have a matching Embossing Folder to go with the stamps and punch. This is not included in the bundle.

The great thing with this folder is you can emboss and use either side. They both look great. I have used the other side on this next card.

Island Indigo and Pool Party – it makes any card just right!!! LOL. I have added some Pool Party seam binding and the greeting is from Label Love. This is another Bundle you can get in the Catalogue and comes with the Stamp set and matching punch (see p 33).

A quick post today but I hope you like them. Stop by early next week for a special project.

Have a great weekend,

Jenny

cards, Catalogues

WILDFLOWER MEADOW IN PISTACHIO PUDDING!!!!

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 Jenny Hayward

That sounds an interesting title!! It conjures up strange kind of images but I am sure if you are up to date with Stampin’ Up! and the fantastic new Catalogue that has just been released you will know what I am talking about. I hope!!! Yes, the Catalogue is now live. I have been playing around with some new goodies now for a couple of weeks. That’s just one of the bonuses of being a Demonstrator. One of the products I am loving is the new set ‘Wildflower Meadow’. I love that you have a co-ordinating Embossing Folder with the stamp. You can stamp up the image and then emboss around it creating a beautiful outlined edge. I shared this card on my Facebook Demonstrator page a couple of weeks ago and realised I hadn’t shared it with you yet. Sorry about that. A bit slow here! Of course I have used one of the new In Colors, Pistachio Pudding. I love the new subtle colour range of the In Colors this year. Not that I didn’t like the past In Colors. I am so glad they have made it in to the core colours now. Anyway, enough of this. On with the card.

I have stamped and embossed the image on Pistachio Pudding, then layered this on to Whisper White and then on to a Pistachio Pudding base card. I added some Organza ribbon and adhesive Pearls. Check out the greeting label. The greeting is from ‘Pennant Parade’ and I have punched it out with the Mosaic Punch. I am sure you will be seeing a bit more of this too.

I have put the link to the new Catalogue in the Right Hand column so be sure to go and check it out online. If you would like me to send you your very own catalogue, then drop me a message and I will get one to you.

Thanks for stopping by. Come and visit me again soon with some more creations from the new Catalogue.

Jenny

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CATALOGUE SHOWCASE WITH WILDFLOWER MEADOW!

June 29, 2013June 29, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Today I held my Catalogue Showcase and I just had to stop by and show you what we made. It was a fun time and I was so grateful that so many came out despite the constant rain we have had for a week now!!

There are so many gorgeous new products but I had to use the set ‘Wildflower Meadow’. It is a beautiful stamp and to have a matching Embossing Folder is fantastic! Of course we used the new In Colors too. Here is the card. It is very simple but having the embossing just adds that little texture to it with very little effort. It is a bit hard to tell in the photo though. I have used Crisp Cantaloupe here but everyone could choose the colour they liked to. The greeting is from ‘Sketched Birthday’ and stamped in Baked Brown Sugar. Don’t you just love the names!! I have cut it out with the Itty Bitty Banners die and layered on a Baked Brown Sugar piece underneath. A little linen thread bow finished it off.

For everyone that came I covered little notebooks. They can use them for their wishlists perhaps??? Or anything really!

I had 2 different designs. They were all covered with card that had been run through with the Mosaic Embossing Folder. One design had a strip of DSP. I then punched a 1 1/4″ scallop circle and layered a butterfly with the Elegant Butterfly punched with matching DSP and then a Bitty Butterfly punched with coordinating card. Some Rhinestones finished them off. The other one I simply cut a dress from the Dress Up die in DSP and then dressed it up with a punched flower and pearls. I think everyone liked them.

I have made some other cards using the ‘Wildflower Meadow’ stamp that I will show you soon.

I hope you are dry where you are? I am looking forward to some sunshine to dry everything out.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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VELLUM SWALLOWTAIL!

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I held a class a couple of weeks ago using vellum. I think everyone loved the projects. I will show you them eventually but I first wanted to show you this card. This was a card I made as a sample of one of the ways of using vellum. I used the Swallowtail stamp from the Seasonal Catalogue. I love this big butterfly. I am so glad it has made the new annual Catalogue. I plan on doing a lot more with this one.

I love the 3D effect with this. It was purely unintentional but I like it!

I have used the Stained glass technique. I stamped the Swallowtail stamp with Stazon on Vellum then coloured the back of the image with Pumpin Pie Marker almost to the edge of the image. (Be sure to colour the back to give it a softer effect). I used the Aquapainter to lightly blend the colour out at the edge and that lightened the colour. I coloured the antenna with Black Marker also. I cut the butterfly out when it dried (that didn’t take long) and it curled up a little. I was a little disappointed at first but then thought it added dimension to the image. I cut down the right side of the butterfly to fit the Whisper White mat (which I had already adhered to the Black mat and to the Pumpkin Pie Base card). I adhered the butterfly on the right side and under the antenna and added a couple of glue dots under parts of the left hand edge just to adhere it down in places. I added some Linen Thread and the greeting is from Petite Pairs.

I hope you like the effect. I was pleased with how it turned out.

Some more vellum projects soon so stay tuned.

Hope your staying warm and dry for those on the East Coast of Australia. It is wet AND cold!!!

Jenny

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SPONGED ‘BY THE TIDE’

June 21, 2013June 21, 2013 Jenny Hayward

At our team meeting on Wednesday night Sarah showed us how to create this card using ‘By The Tide’. As usual I didn’t finish it then but managed to finish it today. (Fancy that not only do I finish I card from a team meeting BUT I post it the day I finished!!!). The base card is Midnight Muse and it is all stamped on Marina Mist card. The coral is stamped in versamark and embossed with white Embossing Powder. The “sand” edges are torn strips of Crumb Cake and sponged over with Soft Suede. I added a little extra sponging around the edge of the card with Midnight Muse and added a couple of seahorses in the background stamped with Marina Mist. The fish are stamped in Stazon on Whisper White card and coloured with a blender pen and inkpads. I added the tag from the set too punched out with the 1″ circle punch and some burlap style trim.

You did good Sarah 😉

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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A SPECIAL DOILY DRESS!

June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I can finally show you this card now. I made it a couple of months ago for my Niece’s 19th Birthday. I think it is safe to show you now. 🙂

The dress is made from 2 Tea Lace Paper Doilies. I found the idea for the folding on Becky’s blog. I thought I could show you the folding but why not stop by Becky’s blog here and you can check it out! I tied around some Island Indigo satin ribbon from Sale-A-Bration.

I have layered the dress on a piece of Island Indigo card that I ran through the Big Shot with the Vine Embossing Folder. The bottom edge was cut with the Adorning Accents Edgelits. I stamped the greeting in Island Indigo using the Curly Cute stampset. If you want to get hold of this set you better be quick. You only have just over a week and it will be GONE!!!!

I’m glad I can finally show you this card. I think it was well-received????

See you again soon,

Jenny

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THE NEW STAMPIN’ UP! CATALOGUE IS COMING!!!

June 16, 2013June 16, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Come and join me at my Studio in East Corrimal as we bring in the 2013-2014 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. Email or phone me if you would like to join in the fun! I hope to see you there. Book early though as seats are limited.

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SINGLE STAMPS AND THE BEST OF…!

June 16, 2013June 16, 2013 Jenny Hayward

SINGLE STAMPS

Stampin’ Up! have just released a select range of Single stamps. These are really cute and great value starting at $9.95. They are all clear-mount and available ONLY UNTIL 31st AUG so if you want to grab one (or more) send me a message or add a comment and I will contact you.

I couldn’t resist the ‘Sunshine’ stamp. That saying has been special in our family for years. It is a song I sang to Carlie a lot when she was young (and still do sometimes). I plan to do some pages with them. I made a quick card the other day. I have to say I passed over all my new preorder sets to ink this up first. Here is a quick card I made. When Carlie saw it she asked if this was her Birthday card. Well I did make it orange her favourite colour!

I used the Adorning Accents Edgelits and Folder on the edge. The strip of ‘Floral District’ DSP is on the inside of the card. The card base is Tangerine Tango. The zig-zag edge is cut with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die.

THE BEST OF ………..

As you probably know it is the 25th Anniversary of Stampin’ Up! this year. To celebrate Stampin’ Up! are offering some special ‘Best of ..’ sets each month for the rest of the year. They will all be available to order until April 2014. This month is ‘The Best of Flowers’.

I am sure you will recognise some of these flowers from recent sets. Some of the these ‘Best of ..’ sets will contain images of never-before seen stamps. This set is available for $25.95 clear mount.

Contact me to order any of these items or head over to my Online store here.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are having a great weekend. It is a beautiful Winter’s Day here so I might even catch some sunshine myself today.

Jenny

3D projects

STAMPIN’ UP! BOUTIQUE BOXES!

June 13, 2013June 13, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I have had the Boutique Boxes Kit since the Seasonal Catalogue came out. I put some together a few months back and then I was so busy with Convention Swaps that I didn’t get back to them. The other day I was pacing the floor waiting for the delivery man with my preorder (yes, you can relate to that!) and saw them sitting in my craft room. I thought it was time I got back to finishing them before I started on new projects. You can find the Boutique Boxes Designer Printed Kit on p25 of the Seasonal Catalogue and it only $13.95. There are 8 die-cut boxes in the set you assemble (very easily with 1 piece of Sticky Strip). There is also a sheet of paper die-cuts, Crumb Cake Twine and some buttons. Everything you need to assemble them!

You will notice there are only 7 here. Ok, I really stuffed one up and that was filed nicely in my recycling bin. 🙂

On these I used a lot of the embellishments in the set but there was still some over you could add to cards. I added a Paper Lace Doily on one and Summer Starfruit Scallop circle but you could easily do without them. These are an ideal size to give a Gift Card in or something small like that. Remember there is only a couple of weeks left of the Seasonal Catalogue so if you want to get any of these products then grab them soon.

Thanks for stopping by. My Delivery Man arrived. I have varnished my wood Blocks and need to get creating!!

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Convention, My DIgital Studio, swaps

BRISBANE STAMPIN’ UP! CONVENTION SWAPS!

June 8, 2013June 8, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I thought I would just stop by with a quick one today to show you all my swaps I received in return at the Stampin’ Up! Convention recently. I tried to group them together to make it easier and I am not going to say too much about them. There are some fantastic swaps and certainly ideas to keep me going for a while I think.

BUTTERFLIES