cards

A FRIEND FOR YOU!!

Jenny Hayward

Ok, so I’m still catching up on a few cards. It is good to have holiday time to do them. I have had these stamped images on my desk for soooooo long, it is a bit ridiculous. I have pulled them out a few times but just couldn’t seem to get it together. So I thought the time had come to get it out of the way. I was trying to go for a ‘shabby chic’ style.  Not sure if I achieved that!!!!  I was pleased with the final result though.

Card: Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White.

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip.

Stamps: Friends 24-7, Sanded Background.

Other: 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Square Punch, Baja Breeze (Ribbon Originals), Sponge, Mounting Tape.

Hope you like!!!

Enjoy the rest of your day 🙂

3D projects

SWEET TREAT PENCILS!!!

Jenny Hayward

I have had these here waiting to show you for a while.  I was really pleased with the idea.  I was inspired for this idea from Marnie. She made these cute party favours with sticks. I thought instead of sticks I would try pencils.

I have used the skulls from ‘Just Jawing’.  I have put together a tutorial to show you how they are done.

1. Stamp the skull in Basic Black on cardstock.  I used Pink Passion and Real Red for my 2 skull pencils.  Cut around the stamped image.  Cut 2 squares from Whisper White Cardstock measuring 6cm.  

From one square punch a circle using the 1 3/4″  circle punch.  From the other square punch a circle using the 1 1/4″ circle punch.   To make sure these were centred I first punched circles from scrap card and traced around these on the cardstock.

Round all the corners of both squares.  Punch a circle from the centre of the skull.  To ensure this would be centred on the skull I traced lightly around the scrap 1 3/4″ circle in pencil and then I could line up the punch.  I stamped the text on a strip of Whisper White card and then used the 1 1/4″square punch to create the flag notches.

2.  Remove the adhesive from the treat cup and centre this over the white square with the smaller circle.  Adhere the skull to the other square. 

3.  Fill the cup with your treats.  Adhere these 2 pieces together with Snail Adhesive or Sticky Strip.  Use the punched out circle from the 1 3/4″ circle and adhere this over the hole.

4.  I placed a piece of Sticky Strip onto the end of the pencil and adhered this to the back of the skull.  Rub over the pencil several times to ensure that it is secure.  It should hold quite well though.

5.  I cut out the eyes from the skull and added some 2 way glue and Dazzling Diamonds and placed this on top.  For the red ones I punched out 2 small stars from the Real Red card.  I added some eyes with a black marker and then added dots with a white gel pen.  I adhered the text banner with some sticky strip.

Wouldn’t these make great favours for a kid’s Birthday Party or for a craft stall?  What do you think?  If you don’t have the skull you could try flowers or something else.

Hope you’re enjoying your New Years Break.  I will be back soon with some more catch-up projects.   🙂

Personal Ramblings

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Jenny Hayward

I haven’t stopped by all week.  I’m just enjoying some family time and trying to catch up on some of those neglected jobs around the place.  One of those jobs we have been doing is backing up our Computer files.  When our computer crashed 2 years ago we lost everything.  It is so devastating to lose those family photos.  So we have now copied all our files to disc.  Have you done yours lately?  Don’t leave it too long.  

I have been creating too.  I have been working on my watercolouring and catching up on a few unfinished projects that have been lying around for a while.  I will show you those over the next couple of weeks, so make sure you drop by again.

Thank you for stopping by and a Happy New Year to you.  I hope that 2010 brings you Good Health and Happiness.  I hope that you continue your journey of stamping and papercraft. 

 

See you in 2010!!!

 

Personal Ramblings

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!

Jenny Hayward

Just wanted to stop by and wish you all a Happy Christmas.  We hope you have a special time spent with family and friends.  Stay safe on the roads.

May you take some time to reflect on the Greatest Gift we have in Jesus.  The One who came as a baby to save us from this World.  What a Great God we have.  Who Loves us more than we can imagine or even deserve.  Praise God!!

Thank you for stopping by my blog.  I hope that you find some inspiration here.  I hope that you might stop by again and that you can share in my Journey of stamping and creating.

Bright Star
New Graphics


cards

A QUICK CARD AND A QUICK POST!!

Jenny Hayward

This is a really crazy time of year, isn’t it???  So much to do, so little time! Why is it like this?  I always say next year I will start earlier!  Anyway, I thought I would stop by quickly and show you these cards.  This is my “Oh_no_I_need_some_more_Christmas_Cards! Look_I_have_some_scraps_of retired_Ski_Slope_DSP. That_will_be_good. I_will_cut_up_some_bits_and stick_them_on”  type of Christmas card.  You had to ask didn’t you?

There was some sort of plan to it!!! I was inspired by this card on Jackie’s blog I saw some time ago.  It is a good way to use up some scraps.  I made a number of these up. 

For the tree, I cut a rectangle from the DSP measuring 6cmx9cm.  I marked across to 3cm on the 6cm side and cut the diagonal from that point to the corner. You can cut it into thirds like Jackie did but I was a bit lazy – and rushed for time.  I was pleased with the green tree one.  You might see closer.  I used the 2 way glue pen on the centre of the stars on the tree and sprinkled on some Dazzling Diamonds.  It is better IRL.
 

Must rush!  I hope all your Christmas Cards are done AND sent!!!  Till next time.  Happy Stamping! (If you have any time for that at the moment???)

3D projects

SECRET SANTA!!

Jenny Hayward

Last night we had the last team meeting for the year.  It has been such a fun year, filled with lots of inspiration.  As part of our end of year activities we had a Secret Santa.  That was fun!  I can show you now what I made for my Secret Santa gift.  I have seen these on blog land and have wanted to have a go for a while.  I picked up this glass jar from a discount shop and silver embossed the metal lid.

This is how it turned out.

I used the pattern from Baroque Motifs.  To emboss, make sure you use the embossing buddy over the top of the lid.  Ink up the stamp with versamark and stamp on the lid.  Then sprinkle over the silver embossing powder and tip off  the excess. It seems to create a lot of static and has lots of stray powder so use a fine paintbrush to brush off the excess.  Heat the image as you normally do for embossing.  Just a word of warning!  The lid gets very hot so be careful.  Leave it on the table to heat and let it cool slightly.  (Don’t ask how I know that LOL).

I added a Rhinestone brad to the centre with Sticky Strip.  I pulled apart the arms of the brad and lifted off the back to remove the rhinestone.  I wrapped around some Double Stitched Grosgrain around the lid and filled it with choccies and Voila! – Instant Gift.  Here is the finished result.  It was very hard getting a decent photo as there was so much reflection from the lid and the glass.

I added a cellophane bag with some ribbon samples and was quite pleased with the result.  I think I will be heading off to my discount shop to buy a few more of these jars.  They make such quick gifts. 

Having trouble coming up with some Christmas Gifts still, why not give one of these a go!!  (Don’t forget to test the chocolates before filling!!!!)

Stampin' Up!

SUMMER BLOG HOP WINNER!!!

Jenny Hayward

You may have joined in on our recent Summer Mini Blog Hop.  Everyone who stopped by could leave a comment on each blog and go in the draw to win some Stampin’ Up! Goodies.  I can now announce that the winner is ….

LYNDA SHRIMPTON

Congratulations Lynda!!!  I know she is very excited (who wouldn’t be!).  Watch out in your mailbox soon Lynda for some goodies.

You can still take the Blog Hop, which showcases some of the new products from the Summer Mini Catalogue.  You can start here and visit 30 blogs – so allow a little time!!!

Have fun and thanks for stopping by.

cards

TREAT CUP STARS!!

Jenny Hayward

We had a joint team Summer Mini Launch last week which was a lot of fun. Thanks to Ness who organised it all. Each demonstrator had their own table with their guests and did their own Make and Takes at  the table. Here is photo of my group hard at work.

This is one of the Make and Takes we did. Many of them wanted to see how the treat cups worked. I thought this was a fun card for young kiddies and it uses lots of different punches.

I used the spiral punch along a thin strip of black card and adhered this to the back of Only Orange card piece. Another thin piece of black was adhered to the bottom. I adhered the Orange card to the Green Galore card base with 2 way glue once it had dried so it was easy to remove. I punched a circle using the 1 3/4″ circle punch through the both layers. Just a Tip: Sometimes it is hard to punch through both, so punch it first on the Orange and then line up the card on the Green base and draw a light circle in pencil. You can then line up the circle punch over the pencil circle and punch that out. I stuck the treat cup onto the green base card and then adhered the Orange over this. I punched out some stars and adhered them to the front. The smaller ones I mounted with dimensionals. I used the greeting from Just Jawing (borrowed from my daughter!!)and stamped this in Basic Black onto Whisper White strip. I used the square punch to create flag notches on the ends. You don’t want your good work destroyed in seconds with the receiver in a hurry to get to the goodies, so I created a little flap to fit on the back.

The little flap measures 9cmx5.5cm and scored at 1.5cm. Place adhesive on the small scored section and adhere this below the punched out circle. Fill the cup with treats and fold up the flap. I adhered this with snail but sticky strip would hold better. At least they might destroy the flap but not the card, HEY!!!
These are such fun to make, so why not give one a go. Of course, as you make these remember to ALWAYS  taste test what goes into your Treat Cups!!! LOL
Enjoy your day 🙂

3D projects, cards

THE SUMMER MINI IS OUT!!!!

Jenny Hayward

If you have just arrived here from Gail’s blog on your blog hop; then Welcome  🙂   If you have just joined in then let me fill you in!  I am a member of  an online YAHOO group – ESAD-SU.  This stands for EXTRA SPECIAL AUSTRALIAN DEMONSTRATORS FOR STAMPIN’ UP!   This group is for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators in Australia and New Zealand and provides great support, information and often challenges, swaps and cyberstamps.  If you are a demonstrator and haven’t joined in yet why not stop by.  Now I’m not sure of the address but I’m sure when you stop by the next stop at Leonie’s then she will have all the details there.

This blog hop is to showcase the fantastic new products in the Summer Mini Catalogue released TODAY!!  How exciting!!  On this blog hop there are 30 blogs for you to visit.  Each one will show a  different project.  Now you can go in the draw to win some great blog candy by visiting all these blogs.  What you need to do is stop by EACH one and leave a comment on EACH blog.  Then email Leonie at leonie@stamp-a-latte.com to let her know you have completed the hop and left a comment with everyone. If you want to start at the first one on the blog hop then go back to Amy’s blog and make your way to each one from the link at the end of each blog.  You can join in at any point though.  Just make sure you keep track of where you have visited and don’t forget to leave a comment!!!!!

Now enough of all the details, let’s get on with showing you my project.  I am using the new Sweet Treat Cups (*116802).  These are fun little plastic cups that you can add to your cards or projects with an extra treat inside.  You might put some lollies inside or you might add a small toy or hairclips or something like that.  These little cups come with an adhesive strip on the bottom side.  What I found though was that you put so much work into your project or card and it is destroyed in 5 seconds with the person trying to quickly get the treat out.  I looked around the internet for a bit and there were variations of pull tabs so the person could slide the treat out.  So I came up with what I call the “Treat Cups Pocket”. I used the new set ‘Hello Again’ which is great value at $21.95 for 5 cute little stamps.

The Hello Tab sits in the pocket and pulls up to get to the treats, like this below.

I stamped the flower from this set on scrap Whisper White card several times. I cut 3 of the flowers out and adhered these to the front of the pocket and then cut just the centres out from 3 others. I added some 2 way glue and dazzling diamonds to the centre of the flowers, but you can’t see the bling on these photos. 

The circle is punched out on the inside so the treats can fall out.  Just warn the person receiving one of these that they come out quickly!!!! 

Here is the inside view.

The right side of the card is in shadow a bit so you can’t see that too well – Sorry about that!  I stamped the flower in Ruby Red straight on the card and then stamped the flower again on scrap card in Chocolate Chip.  I cut just the centre out and raised it on dimensionals.  I stamped the text from ‘Upsy Daisy’ in Chocolate Chip.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Hello Again, Upsy Daisy.

Card: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Whisper White.  Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series Paper.

Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red.

Other: 1 3/4″ (4.4cm) Circle Punch, Circle Tab Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, 2 way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Mounting Tape and don’t forget the sweets of your choice.

I would love to include a tutorial on how to make these but I might need to save that for another day.  It is time now for you to move on to the next stop on your journey.  I’d like you to stop by now at Lovely Leonie’s blog where I think she will show you something special with another great stamp set. 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you will stop by again soon.  (Don’t forget to leave your comment to be eligible for entry into the blog candy draw!)

cards, swaps

SWAP TIME!!!

Jenny Hayward

Where is the time going? The weeks are flying by.  I haven’t been able to post as frequently lately.  I have been very busy.  Saturday was the Sydney Stampin’ Up! Regional event.  This was my first one and it was so exciting!  It was great to meet up with lots of demos and be inspired by so many creative people.  One of the fun parts is swapping with other demos.  It’s great getting lots of new ideas.  I can’t show you the other swaps just yet, but I can show you mine. 

This card was inspired by a card I saw on Splitcoast, but now I just can’t find it.  I have been through there so many times.  So, let me know if you see one similar 🙂

Card: Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White.

Ink: Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant Inkpad and Marker.

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Upsy Daisy.

Other:  1 1/4″ Circle Punch, Large Oval Punch, Sponge, Dimensionals, Crimper.

After I stamped the tree from Thoughts and Prayers, I masked a circle and sponged lightly in the circle with the Elegant Eggplant Ink.  Then used the fine point on the marker and dotted around the circle.  Ipunched 2 ovals from the large oval punch and layered them under the Whisper White oval that I had stamped the greeting on.  I mounted them up on dimensionals.  I crimped the Rose Red strip and swiped the Elegant Eggplant inkpad over to pick up the ink on the crimped edge.

Hope you like!!  🙂

Must run.  Stop by again soon.