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“Summer By The Sea”

Jenny Hayward

It is not just the summer season that has finished here, although we are having some beautiful autumn weather,  the stamp set “summer by the sea” will be retiring at the end of the month.  This is a set I should have used more.  It has such fine line images which is beautiful to watercolour or to stamp just by itself.  I wanted to try watercolouring with the set before it leaves us.  I haven’t done a lot of watercolouring so I was experimenting.  After several attempts I think watercolouring with the inkpads and aquapainters worked better.  Just open the inkpad slightly and squeeze a couple of times.  When you open the inkpad there will some pools of ink.  Pick up some ink with the aquapainter and paint on your image.  I have stamped the image onto watercolour paper with stazon.  This prevents the ink bleeding when it is watercoloured.  The more ink you apply the darker the colour.  I was pleased with the end result.  I have stamped ‘wish big’ from “short and sweet”.  I thought this image would be great for a young boy so I pulled out some bold bright scraps.  These are colours I don’t use very often, but it is nice and summery.

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Ink: So Saffron, Certain Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Going Grey, black Stazon plus Brilliant Blue Marker.

Card: Brilliant Blue, Green Galore, Only Orange, Yoyo yellow, watercolour paper.

There are only 2 weeks left to buy any of the retiring products.  Also, there is only 2 weeks left for the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal so let me know if you want to place an order for any of the products.

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THE NEW CATALOGUE HAS ARRIVED!!!!

Jenny Hayward

I’m so excited!  The new Stampin’ Up! catalogues arrived today.  It is soooo good!  All the new stamp sets, the ribbons, the papers (which by the way are $16.95).  I’m going to have to make my customer wish lists longer so everyone can fit everything on.  Not only do they have the fantastic SU products, but they have so many examples that you can copy.  Do you want to get hold of one?  Here is how-

1)  Email me and I can send you one for $12.95 plus postage at approximately $5-$6.

2) Come to my launch on the 1st April.  Check out my class page.  You can buy one for $10.  The launch costs $5.

3)   Book a workshop and I can show you some of the fantastic products.  You can get one for FREE.

Email me to let me know ASAP.  Now I was going to show a card to you today, but I have been a little distracted!  I’ll show you that tomorrow if I can drag myself away from the catalogue!

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JUST CHILAXING!!!

Jenny Hayward

Just What?

I discovered a new word today.  We didn’t have cricket today YAY!! so our family headed down the south coast (NSW) for a drive.  As we were driving my DH mentioned the word Chilaxing.  What was he talking about?  Being a High School teacher he comes out with some interesting words occasionally.  Hadn’t I heard that before?

Chill out + Relaxing = Chilaxing.  You know – Take it easy. 

I asked my DS (12) if he had heard it.  “Yeah, of course”.  So have I had my head buried in the sand for too long? Anyway, we had lunch by the river at Batemans Bay and just did a bit of “chilaxing”.  Then headed back home via Ulladulla Amusement Centre.  It was a lovely day – and educational!!  No stamping though.  I’ll have to see to that tomorrow maybe – unless I’m chilaxing again!

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PIZZA WITH LOVE!!!

Jenny Hayward

Yesterday I had a project class where everyone got to make a Mini Pizza Box and Love notes.  (Hence the heading!).  I think everyone had a great time!  I always love seeing how they all turn out.   
Here is what they are like.

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They are very cute little boxes.  I found this on Splitcoast and there are various ones on other blogs.  The only thing missing is the pizza!

I have used ‘Embrace Life’ set and stamped the blossom on Very Vanilla cardstock.  To create the scallop cut out, the card must be 7.5cm (3″) square.  Place the card in the scallop edge punch and line it up even between the markings on the top.  After punching, turn the card and line up the next side.  Because of the size it won’t completely punch it out, creating a little tab.  Repeat on the other sides.  If that doesn’t make sense, email me.  You can thread ribbon through the slots too and wrap it around the card.  That looks really effective.  I have mounted the scallop square with dimensionals on a square of Ginger Blossoms DSP and then on Regal Rose.  You can’t see inside the box but I have lined the bottom of the box with a square of the ruby red dotted paper in the same DSP pack.

The little Love Notes measure 14.8×7.5 (just so you can fit them nicely on an A4 cardstock).  Score and fold them in half.  I stamped the blossoms from ‘Embrace Life’  on vanilla cardstock again.  The sentiment is from ‘Short and sweet’.  These would make cute little gifts and they are so quick to make.   Try one for yourself.  If you would like me to show you how, get some friends together and I can come to you.

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A Late Challenge!!

Jenny Hayward

A few weeks ago Makeesha set a colour challenge.  The colours were Rose Red, Regal Rose and Sage Shadow.  You can check it out here. I wanted to use Garden Whimsy and use embossing some way.  Anyway, here’s the result.  I rock and rolled the butterfly in regal rose and then rose red.  For the flower I inked the stem in sage shadow and the flower top in regal rose.  I inked the edge of the flower with the rose red marker.  This was stamped on whisper white  and matted onto sage shadow card.  The patterned paper is from the Crew Kids Girl Scrapping Kit.  I scalloped the sage card strip.   I paper pierced the corners of the rose red card base.   To create the glittery finish, I swiped the stamped cardstock with the versamark.  You need to make sure there is good coverage.  I sprinked over the Heat and Stick powder and heated it with the Heat Tool.  Then I sprinked over the Dazzling Diamonds and heated it again.  I was quite pleased with the bling finish.

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Here is a close up of the Sparkle!!

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It was quite fun to do and I’ll have to try it out again sometime.

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Better late than never!!!

Jenny Hayward

I made this card for Keesh’s challenge this week.  But, I was a little late in finishing it.  Considering we had 2 weeks to do this challenge it’s a bit sad really!! But, I thought I would show you anyway.  Challenges are good to take part in, especially when you are suffering ‘stamper’s block’.  Keesh sets some great challenges each week.  She is one very talented artist and you should go and check her blog out.   This week was a sketch challenge which you can see here.
This is the card I finally completed.  It was a bit different to what I first planned, but I was pleased with it in the end. 

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The base is Old Olive sponged on the edges.  I have added a strip of the Bali Breeze DSP with a strip of Old Olive.  I rounded of the corner of the  Rose Red strip across the bottom.  The flower centre was made with circles punched out with the 1 3.8″ circle punch from the Bali Breeze DSP to create a Dahlia Fold flower.  A tutorial for creating this flower can be found here.  This was mounted on WW card with the edges sponged in Rose Red.  The text is from Sincere Salutations stamped in Rose Red. 

I did create a card for an earlier challenge of Keesh’s and I will show you that next time.  That was a bit late being finished too.  I will try to get these done on time in future!!!

Stampin' Up!

VICTORIAN BUSHFIRE APPEAL UPDATE!!!

Jenny Hayward

It has been 3 weeks since Stampin’ Up! announced the Red Cross  Bushfire Appeal.  To date the appeal has raised………………………$58,131.68.   How fantastic is that.  Can we make $100,000 by the 31st March.  Wouldn’t that be awesome! You can help.  Purchase one of the select 10 stamp sets that Stampin’ Up! have nominated and Stampin’ Up! will donate 50% of the retail value of to the appeal.  You can see the list at www.stampinup.com, email me your order and I can have it delivered to you anywhere in Australia.  Many of the sets are retiring at the end of the month too, so this month is your last chance to order them.

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They’re selling out fast!!!

Jenny Hayward

Many of the retiring Stampin’ Up! products are selling out FAST!!!  If you want to purchase any of these products don’t leave it.  Below is an updated list of the availability of many of the products.  If you want to place an order email me.  I can have your order delivered to your door anywhere in Australia. 

Item Number Product Description Availability
10756 Flip Flops Unavailable
109020 Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Refill Unavailable
109015 Soft Sky Classic Stamin’ Ink Refill Unavailable
109016 River Rock Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable
109017 Purely Pomegranite Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable
100381 Earth Elements Eyelets Unavailable
100378 Soft Subtle Eyelets Unavailable
109019 Groovy Guava Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable
108748 Best Friend Numbers Unavailable
107212 Mateys Map Unavailable
105320 Basic Eyelets Unavailable
103195 Gifts Galore Unavailable
107561 Garden Annuals Unavailable
109610 Confetti Simply Scrappin’ Unavailable
104279 Leaf Prints Unavailable
110255 Bundle of Joy  Unavailable
112402 Short Order Numbers  Unavailable
109018 Blue Bayou Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable
111852 River Rock A4 card stock Unavailable
108720 Ahoy, Matey Unavailable
105316 Rich Regal Eyelets Low Quantity
101259 Black Hemp Twine Low Quantity
108740 Bareback Low Quantity
106662 Dasey Field Low Quantity
108638 In Color 12″x 12″ card stock Low Quantity
109186 Theater Ribbn Originals Low Quantity
105445 Soft Subtle buttons Low Quantity
111850 Wild Wasabi A4 card stock Low Quantity
106610 Basics Outline Low Quantity
103981 Earth Elements Low Quantity
103981 *Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons Low Quantity
100900 Gift sacks Low Quantity
108763 By Land Low Quantity
104065 Fishy Low Quantity
112253 *Dad’s Day Low Quantity
108849 It’s Your Birthday Low Quantity
105531 Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware Low Quantity
112391 Everything Baby Low Quantity
112310 Fabulous Flowers Low Quantity
107464 Rough Texture Low Quantity
107465 Speckled Low Quantity
107467 Birthday Low Quantity
108923 Stipple Rose Low Quantity
112272 Classic Backgrounds Low Quantity
108929 Symbols of Solicitude Low Quantity
112316 Forever in My Heart Low Quantity
105446 Rich Regal Buttons Low Quantity
108746 Best Friends Alphabet Lower Low Quantity
108747 Best Friends Alphabet Upper Low Quantity
Stampin' Up!

Retirement…….and an Appeal!!

Jenny Hayward

The retiring list is out and it is a HUGE one. There are lots of surprises. Stampin’ Up! are retiring a lot of products to bring the catalogue closer in line with the US market. These products will only be available until the 31st March, or while stocks last. Many are selling out very quickly. Some of the products are 25% off. You can view the retired list at http://www.stampinup.com. You need to to be quick to order.

Also, don’t forget the Stampin’ Up! Bushfire Appeal. 50% of the retail value of 10 selected stamp sets are being donated to the Victorian Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. There is so much loss and devastation in this area. This is one way you can support these people through the purchase of these stamps sets. To date, after only 2 weeks of the appeal SU has donated over $30,000 to the appeal. You have until the 31st March to help. Many of these sets are retiring so they won’t be around any more. Many demonstrators are donating some of their commission as well. I will be donating my 20% commission from the sale of these sets. You can see what sets are included on the website. http://www.stampinup.com

Contact me today to order any of the products. I can deliver to anywhere in Australia. Shipping and handling is 5% or $5.95 whichever is greater.

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Another special occasion!

Jenny Hayward

pict09502My sister and BIL have just celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. That is certainly a great achievement. Not many marriages last that long these days. We have just been out for dinner to celebrate and catch up with all the family. I made a special card for them. They are not fussy, frilly type people so I kept it simple.
I used my fabsolute favourite SU set baroque Motifs. I am so glad it is not retiring. I have used this set for so many different occasions – birthdays, christmas, weddings, on 3D projects and scrapping. If you want a versatile set that you can use for so many purposes you can’t go past Baroque Motifs.
Anyway, back to the card. On Whisper White card I have stamped the swirls in versamark and Going Grey inkpad. I have then silver embossed them. This really gives a distinct image. I have stamped and embossed the flower image and the word Cherish. I have added a strip of Going Grey cardstock. (This is one way around adding a strip of colour if you haven’t got ribbon to match!). I have adhered this to a mat of Going Grey cardstock and then on to WW base. I have adhered the embossed flower image with dimensionals to lift it. The metallic dragonfly is not SU but I thought it added a nice touch. This is a very simple card, but I was pleased how it turned out.

Don’t forget the retiring list is out on the 1st March. I will post these shortly so you can see what sets are leaving us. So I hope you check back soon.