A couple of days ago I announced some Blog Give-away for 20,000 hits on my blog. The lucky winner has just been drawn.
Congratulations to ……………..
JESSICA D.
Whoo Hoo!!! Well Done Jessica. I will send you out an email. If you could let me know your address I will get that in the post for you very soon.
Thanks everyone for stopping by my blog. I’m looking forward to sharing lots more creations in 2012.
Just a quick post today. I wanted to show you this card, I think it is one of my favourites from my Christmas Stamp-A-Stacks over the last few months.
Sponging and masking – 2 of my favourite stamping techniques together!!! I CASED this from Crafterbobbie on Splitcoaststampers. I changed the colours and the greeting used. Colours are Old Olive and Crumb Cake. I also used Soft Suede instead of the Crumb Cake on some of the cards we did. This is very easy to create. To create your mask take a piece of copy paper the same size as your Whisper White card, cut a rectangle from the centre. Add dotto to the back of the copy paper piece and add to your White card.
Stamp the tree from ‘Lovely As A Tree’ in Old Olive several times. Offset the tree each time and re-ink before you stamp. Sponge in Old Olive around the trees while you still have the mask in place. Remove the mask and remove any adhesive residue from the white card using your trusty Adhesive Remover (something I have on my desk all the time when I stamp!). Stamp up Dasher in the bottom right corner in Soft Suede and your greeting in the bottom left. Adhere this to the Crumb Cake (or Soft Suede) mat and then to the Old Olive base. Add some bling to Dasher’s Antlers with Adhesive Rhinestones. See, easy!!
Don’t forget, you still have time to enter my blog giveaway for 20,000 hits. I know it is a small number compared with some blogs, but I am excitied! When I started this I really didn’t think I would get many people stopping by my corner of blogland, so it is nice to see that people do stop by. So to celebrate I wanted to say ‘Thanks’ by giving away a little prize. See the previous post for details, or if you are subscribing you can check the details here. You have until tomorrow night (Sunday night – Australian time).
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope things aren’t too frantic with all the Christmas preparations. I still have wrapping to do and the cards to write. I think I might put 2 elves here to work!!!!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Jenny x
Can you believe it! I have just hit 20,000 clicks on my blog. That is amazing! Thank you to ALL of you for stopping by my little creative corner of the blogosphere. It’s nice to know I am not talking to myself around here.
Here are some interesting (or not so-interesting) facts you might like to know:
-It is coming up to 3 years that I began blogging (27th Feb. 2009).
-This post makes the 279th post since that date.
–Busiest Day: Dec 1st 2009 – 369 hits “The Summer Mini is Out” (ESAD Summer Mini Bloghop). You can check that post out here if you really want to turn back time.
–Most Commented Blog Post: Sale-A-Bration Bloghop – Jan 25th, 2010. 63 comments.
–Most Person Commenting: Lynda (Thanks Lynda. You are such a loyal reader and commenter on not only mine but so many blogs. We do really appreciate you xx).
–Average number of hits/day (up to end Nov 2011): 30
–Average Number of hits for November: 2010 – 462 2011 – 992
OK, so now you can wake up if you haven’t already turned off from these boring statistics 🙂 Now apart from saying a HUGE –
I’m giving away some BLOG CANDY to celebrate. Here you are:
This will help you out this Christmas. (Unless you’re more organised than me and your presents are wrapped and tags on, and the Christmas Cards are all sent out!!!).
The pack includes a Mini Bag with Christmas Tags, 1 pack of Adhesive Rhinestones, 1 Old Olive Stampin’ Spot and an Old Olive Marker.
OK, so what do you have to do????
Don’t worry I’m not going to ask you to video yourself doing cartwheels across the room and send it in to me!!
What I would like you to do IS –
Firstly, Subscribe to my blog if you haven’t already done so. There is a link in the Right Hand side column – under “Follow My Blog Via Email”. (That way you won’t miss out on any of my posts. It will be sent directly to your Inbox).
Secondly, Leave me a comment on this post. I would love to hear from you. I will leave it up to you what you want to say. Maybe, it’s to tell me how super organised you are for Christmas and you are just sitting there twiddling your thumbs! HAHA! Or, maybe you would like to tell me something you would like me to show in future posts. Or, maybe it’s to tell me you are having a really bad day and just want to let it out. I will listen. 🙂
You have until Next Sunday 18th December (Australian Time) to leave your comment. I will draw a name randomly on Monday.
OK, are you in????
So, Thanks again SO MUCH for stopping by my blog, whether you have come here by accident or you went searching for something. I hope that you leave feeling inspired and encouraged. Don’t forget to visit often. (Well, you won’t forget if you have subscribed will you??)
See you again very soon,
Love Jenny xx
I am just taking a break from sharing Christmas projects today as I wanted to show you this card I created recently. This uses the new ‘Flower Garden’ Embossing Folder from the Summer Mini Catalogue.
I have embossed the Flower on Very Vanilla Card and inked the centres of the flowers with the daubers and Marina Mist inkpad. The ‘celebrate’ is from my new favourite stampset “Fabulous Phrases”. The vanilla card was matted onto Marina Mist card and then some Wide striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Marina Mist was tied around. This was all added to a base of Soft Suede. I just added an Adhesive Pearl in the top right hand corner.
Have you seen the new Summer Mini Catalogue yet???? Contact me and I can send one out to you (Australia only), or click on the link in the right hand column to see it online. There are lots of new fun goodies in this one!
I hope your week is starting off ok?? Thanks for stopping by and I will see you again soon.
Jenny x
Sorry you will have to indulge me for a minute but I just want to brag share this special ‘MUM’ moment. I hope you don’t mind 🙂 Josh has his Year 10 Formal tonight and we went down to Wollongong Harbour for photos. Here is my gorgeous grown-up boy. I can’t believe he has just finished Year 10. Where have the years gone to????
It turned out such a lovely evening after raining and being so cold for the last few days.
Here are my 2 gorgeous ones.
Aah! A nice family photo before we left for the Harbour Photos.
Thanks for indulging me. I will be back to regular stamping posts next time 🙂
Have a good weekend,
Jenny x
Last Friday I had my Summer Mini Catalogue Launch and it was my last class for the year. I am a bit sad about that. I love meeting up with my lovely ladies, although I am looking forward to a little break. I just wanted to show you the fun project we did. Christmas is almost upon us (17 days to go apparently I was reminded of today – and I still have to hit the shops!). I thought it would be good to create some Christmas tags as I haven’t had a chance to get any done in classes so far. This is the little bag and tags. (sorry it is a bit hard to catch the bag without the glare).
To create this I cut a large scallop circle with the Big Shot and then embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. This was folded in half and 2 holes punched with the Crop-A-Dile to thread the Old Olive Satin Ribbon through. The backing to the bag is a piece of Old Olive Card measuring 10cmx16cm and attached inside the Scallop Circle topper with Sticky Strip. You can then attach a cellophane bag onto the card piece with sticky strip. The ‘Joy at Christmas’ label is punched from Perfect Punches in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive. A rhinestone is added to the label although you can’t see that too clearly.
Here is a close up of the tags. At the launch they made 4 of each.
For both of them I punched out a 6cm (2 3/8″) scallop circle in Cherry Cobbler. On the left is the tag from Stitched Stockings set stamped in Old Olive. A small bow from Old Olive Taffeta ribbon was added to the top (Yes, I know it was small I heard enough complaints the whole time about how hard it was to tie the bows – Sorry ladies!!!!)
On the right we used the new A la Carte stamp ‘Stylish Star’. It was embossed in silver on Whisper White card and punched out with the 1 3/8″ circle punch. A 1 3/4″ circle in Old Olive was punched out and they were both added to the Scallop Circle. I added a large Rhinestone in the centre. A hole was punched at the top and the new Cherry Cobbler Twine was tied on. I love that new Twine it is so soft. It comes in the Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and the White – so good!!! I haven’t shown the back on this one but we also punched out a circle with the 1 3/4″ in Whisper White and “to” and “from” from the set ‘Fabulous Phrases’ was stamped in Cherry Cobbler.
Hope your not getting too frantic with the Christmas chaos. I might even head out to the shops. I am so bad. I have never left it this late for Christmas shopping but life has been a little choatic lately!
Thanks for stopping by. Come visit again soon and don’t forget to say Hi and leave a comment when you stop by 🙂
Jenny x
It’s the first of December – the start of Summer (for us in the Southern part of the world!). With that comes the start of the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalogue. To kick this off many of us in ESAD are holding our Summer Mini Catalogue Blog Hop.
Firstly, what is ESAD?
ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.
We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.
So if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.
Now onto the Blog Hop.
You can grab a cuppa (if you haven’t already got one), sit back and take a journey to a number of blogs. Each one will showcase products from the Summer Mini Catalogue. So sit back relax and hopefully be inspired. You might have come from Felicity’s blog, I hope you have enjoyed the journey so far.
Today I am showing you the Simply Adorned chains, charms and baubles. You might have already seen this appearing on blogs from the U.S. These are a whole new line of products for Stampin’ Up! here in Australia and New Zealand.
You can custom make your own necklace and bracelet to the way you like. For the chains you can choose the Bracelet (which is 20cm in length) or the Necklace chain (which is 61cm in length). The baubles come in Black, clear or pink Crystal and the Vanilla Pearl. The charms are locket-style and you can insert your own piece you have created or add a photo. They come in various sizes and shapes.
Here is one I have created to show you.
You want to see it closer up, don’t you????
This is the 2.5cmx2.5cm Charm. I have added the Vanilla Pearl Bauble.
Now don’t forget there are other charms in the Current Catalogue you can add too like the Trinket keys and the crowns. They would make a nice addition. I will explain what I have done for my insert shortly.
With these charms they have a hinged door that you can add your insert. Just think, you can change these to match the colour you are wearing or to suit your mood!!!!
Here are some inserts I have done.
Go for a whimsical butterfly look, or try an arty style, or since Christmas is almost upon us you can create a vintage style Christmas one.
The first one on the left is the one I had in my charm. I created this by first stamping “En Francais” in Versamark on Whisper White card and clear embossed it then sponged in Pretty in Pink. I stamped the swirls from “Kindness Matters” in Old Olive. The butterfly from this set was stamped in Rich Razzleberry on scrap Whisper White card and coloured with the Blender pen. I then cut it out and adhered it on to the piece.
For the next one, I stamped the doily from “Kindness Matters” in Crumb Cake and the butterfly in Pretty in Pink. I tore a small piece of Marina Mist DSP and sponged the edge in Soft Suede. On a small scrap piece of Whisper White I stamped the ‘dream’ from “Fabulous Phrases”
For the Christmas one, I stamped the small ornament from “Tree Trimmings” in Cherry Cobbler. I sponged the edges in Crumb Cake and stamped the flourish from “Tiny Tags” in Crumb Cake also. The ‘merry’ is also from “Tiny Tags” and was stamped in Old Olive. I added a small adhesive pearl onto the ornament. You can add small embellishments on these inserts as you do have some room inside the charms.
I hope you like them!!! If you want to check all the great products in this Summer Mini Catalogue, then click on the link on the right to take you there. Enjoy reading!!!
I have some other creations from the Mini Catalogue but I will save them for another day. Now it is time to move on to Tess‘ blog to see her wonderful creations. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your journey.
Jenny x
Some time ago I came across this cute Christmas tree. I finally had time recently to create it.
Here is the back of it.
You can find the original template to create your own here at Danielle’s blog.
For this one I stamped the Elements of Style swirl on to Very Vanilla and the base is Chocolate Chip. See those coloured Rhinestones??? These are the Stampin’ Up! Clear Adhesive Rhinestones. You can colour them with Permanent Markers. How cool is that! I came across that trick in my blog travels recently. I can’t remember where now. I had put the clear ones on but I think the coloured ones just set it off like lights on the Christmas tree.
The ‘Merry Christmas’ for the banner is from “Teeny Tiny Sentiments”. I am still debating on whether to put a star on top. What do you think??
Now you can create your very own Christmas tree. Have fun with them. They are VERY easy! Thanks for stopping by. See you again soon,
Jenny x
Our next door neighbours recently celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was such a great milestone I wanted to make a card to mark the great occasion. It was a couple of weeks ago now but they have been away to celebrate so I have only just made them the card AND I really didn’t know what I was going to do for it. I have been pondering on it for a while and I went searching and I still wasn’t sure. Then I found this idea on SplitcoastStampers. (Oh how I love that site. It always gets you out of trouble!!!!). I was inspired by a design I saw by sillyfilly there. I liked the idea of using the Top Note die. I dug out my poor neglected Baroque Motifs set. This set always comes to the rescue too. This is what I came up with.
CARD: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Gold card (non-SU!)
STAMPS: Baroque Motifs. INK: Marina Mist
OTHER: Top Note Die, Big Shot, Decorative Label Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Medium Sizzlits Die, Gold Cord (retired),
I even did the inside, although it is not very exciting!
Thanks for stopping by. I hope your week is going well. Stop by again soon.
Jenny xx
Ok, Mum’s (and Grandma’s) It is time to do some Christmas creating with your young one. Come along to my “Mum and Me Christmas Class”. Check out what we will be making.
You will make a Stand-up Photo Frame, a matching card and 4 tags. All the hard work is done for you, all you have to do is stamp and stick. Too easy!!!!! It is a lot of fun working together, plus you have a great gift to give someone special at Christmas time.
WHEN IS IT: Saturday Nov 26th at 2pm.
WHERE: My place in East Corrimal – I will let you know the address.
COST: $15 for the pair of you (ie Mum and daughter).
$7 for extra child.
RSVP: Wednesday Nov 23rd. Email me at jghayward@yahoo.com
Book in early as places are limited. I would love to see you there!!!!
Jenny
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