Christmas 2015 – Page 2 – A Stamping Journey

CHRISTMAS CUTIES ANGEL!

October 7, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I wanted to colour the other day. I haven’t done a lot of colouring especially that Blendabilities aren’t around. I pulled out the ‘Christmas Cuties’ stamp set that is available in the Holiday Catalogue. There are some really cute images in this set and I played around with different mediums. I will show you these over the next week or so.

Now I did say I haven’t done a lot of colouring! I wanted to pull out my watercolour pencils that have sat dormant for so many years. I hadn’t played with them a lot before that anyway. SO, here is the end result with them. I put together this card. I am not completely happy with the colouring BUT I like the card. The layout is based on the CAS challenges (Colour and Sketch for Clean and Simple cards). You can find the blog post Here.

Isn’t this angel sweet?? I stamped this on the Thick Whisper White Cardstock and it was then matted on Smoky Slate card. The base card is Marina Mist. The greeting and the “splodges” (from ‘Gorgeous Grunge’) are heat embossed with silver Embossing Powder. It is hard to tell though. I finished it off with a silver doily and Silver cord.

There you have it. A little play with my watercoloured pencils again.

Thanks for visiting,

Jenny

Catalogues, Classes, Stampin' Up!

CLASSY CARDS CLASS WITH THE HOLIDAY CATALOGUE!

October 5, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Do you live in the Wollongong area?? Why not join us for a ‘Classy Cards Class’. Here are the details and the fun projects we will be making.

CLASSY CARDS ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH. 10AM or 7.3oPM.

What to Bring: Adhesives and Scissors.
Cost: $20 or Free with a minimum order.

Please reserve your seat by Wednesday 7th October by emailing me or leaving a comment.

Here are the cards.

Hope you can join in the fun.

Jenny

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DELICATE ORNAMENTS ON BERRIES AND BOUGHS!

September 28, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I was playing around with some left-over Stamp A Stack kits the other week. I just made a quick card up with one of the kits left. I thought you might like to see it.

The card base and the large ornament is in Bermuda Bay. I embossed the white card with the ‘Boughs and Berries’ Embossing Folder. On this card I added another ornament from the ‘Delicate Ornaments’ Thinlets cut from the Silver Foil Sheets to give a little sparkle. The greeting is from the ‘Wonderland’ stamp set. A little Silver Ribbon finishes it off.

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you have a wonderful day,

Jenny

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JINGLE ALL THE WAY FOR CHRISTMAS!

September 21, 2015 Jenny Hayward

When I received my preorder of Holiday Catalogue goodies a month or 2 ago this was the first card I made. I went searching on Pinterest for some inspiration. This card was almost CASED from shawnstamps.com. I have just discovered his blog. I like his style. Take a minute to pop on over and check out his clever creations.

Anyway, back to the card. I liked the colours he used and the way he used the ‘Sleigh Ride’ Edgelits Dies. I teamed my card with the ‘Jingle All the Way’ set.

I have used Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Smoky Slate. The card base is Smoky Slate. I added some Silver Ribbon on my card and stamped some stars from the ‘jingle All the Way’ set in Bermuda Bay in the sky. The greeting was stamped on some scrap white card. I really should have flagged the end. I had stuck it down by the time I realised. I did try and lift it but……. Best to leave it alone I think. The little embellishment was made with the Festive Flower Punch. I had just received that punch and was playing around with it. It was sitting on my desk so I just grabbed it and made it. Not sure whether it was meant to be a flower or a snowflake. Anyway, it filled the spot. I added a Rhinestone to the centre. It looks OK. What do you think???

You can get the stamp set and the Edgelits Dies as a Bundle and save 15%. Gotta love that! Wood – $59.50 AUS Clear – $51.75 AUS.

Here is the stamp set. It has a quite a few cute little images with 4 greetings.

Have a good week. I am in the middle of a big project. I might share it later.

Until next time.

Jenny

Catalogues, Christmas, Classes, Stampin' Up!

HOLIDAY CATALOGUE OPEN HOUSE!!

September 14, 2015 Jenny Hayward

If you are a Wollongong local come along to my Holiday Catalogue Open House. You can see and play with lots of products from the Holiday Catalogue. It’s time to get started on those Christmas cards if you haven’t already done so. Come and see what is new. Here are the details.

HOLIDAY CATALOGUE OPEN HOUSE!

WHEN: Saturday 19th September at 2pm.
Stop by for a short time or stay the whole time.

COST: $10 which includes 2 Make and Takes (Check them out below),

Giveaways, Lucky Door Prize, Yummy Afternoon Tea and …

pick up the Holiday Catalogue if you haven’t already received one.

PLEASE RSVP by Thursday 17th. Book early as places are limited and booking up already.

See you there. 🙂

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ESAD HOLIDAY CATALOGUE BLOG HOP!!

September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Thanks for joining us today for another ESAD Blog Hop. This time we are focusing on some of the awesome products in the new Holiday Catalogue. You might have just come from Kelly’s Blog or you might be starting here. Either way you can take the Hop around in a circle.

There is so much to love in this catalogue so it was hard to choose but I decided on picking the first stamp set that made my wish list. (Maybe because that was near the front – I don’t know. It is all so good!).

Firstly, I need to tell you about what ESAD is about.

OK. Now I am looking at the ‘Home For Christmas’ product suite on page 8-9 of the catalogue. I love the vintage feel of these products. Sorry lots of photos but I think you will rather quickly look at photos than lots of information when you are hurrying on your hop. 🙂

I have used the markers to colour the sentiments from the ‘Cozy Christmas’ stamp set. The sweet deers are from the ‘Home for Christmas’ Designer Series Paper that I have fussy cut out. So cute! The beautiful poinsettia paper is from the same ‘Home For Christmas’ pack. You don’t need much more to this. I have added some Gold Cord and Gold Doily. Here is a close-up of the cards.

So I had to then make a bag using the Curvy Keepsake Framelits to make a cute set.

I hope you like these. Thanks for stopping by. Now get hopping to the next stop on the Blog Hop. You will now go to Libby’s blog HERE.

If you get lost then here are all the blogs to join in.

1. Libby Dyson

2. Paula Reid

9. Jo Weedon

10. Rebecca Scurr

11. Andrea Buckland

12. Rochelle Blok

13. Kathryn Ruddick

14. Monique Fielder

15. Bernie Collins

16. Liv Ingle

17. Sally Williams

18. Ria Kaire

19. Delys Cram

20. Jessica Williams

21. Lou Kitzelman

22. Barbara Williams

23. Kelly Kent

24. Jenny Hayward

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CHRISTMAS STAMP A STACK!!

September 7, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Christmas Stamp A Stack is on THIS FRIDAY!!! Are you coming?? If you are local to Wollongong I hope you can come on by. Stamp A Stacks are a great way to make a large number of cards in a short space of time. Not to mention the fun we have along the way!! If you can’t make it, then you can order the cards kits to make them at home. See the details below.

Here are the details for the Stamp A Stack.

This Friday 11th September 10am or 7.30pm – Christmas Stamp A Stack.
COST: $15 BYO: Scissors and Adhesives. RSVP: Wednesday 9th.

Do you want to see the cards we are making this week? We are using some of the great new products in the Holiday Catalogue.

Here they are close-up.

This one uses the ‘Boughs and Berries’ Embossing Folder and the ‘Delicate Ornament Thinlets.

This card uses the set ‘Reason for the Season’ and the Curvy Corner Trio Punch. It is such a cool punch!

Now if you can’t make it then get the ‘Class at Home’ Kits. This includes all the card and embellishments included to make the cards BUT it doesn’t include the stamped images. You can order the stamps separately OR substitute other stamps. Cost for the Kits (to make the 6 cards) is $15.

Let me know ASAP if you would like to join us OR if you would like the ‘Class at Home Kit’ option.

Jenny

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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS!!

September 2, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Have you checked out the Holiday Catalogue yet??? What is on your wish list?? There are so many great products it is hard to choose. I have the link in the right side bar for you to check out if you haven’t already. I was playing with some of the new things they other day I made up this set of cards to show you. They are using the new ‘Christmas Greetings’ Thinlets. I have a little trick I wanted to tell you about.

I will show you each card close up so you can see them better. The layouts were inspired by some cards I had seen on Pinterest.

I cut a circle from Cherry Cobbler card and then embossed it with the Woodland Embossing Folder. There is some lovely Vellum sheets in the Holiday Catalogue but I don’t have them as yet so I have used the Gold Fancy Foil Vellum from the Annual Catalogue. I adhered some Whisper White card on to the back of the vellum. Don’t you just love the cute Reindeer clips??? I tied some Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine onto them. I cut the words from the ‘Christmas Greetings’ Thinlets (p34) from Gold Foil Sheets.

TIP: In this set of Thinlets there are 3 words “peace”, “merry” and “jolly”. Now I didn’t want jolly for this so when I cut the word I then carefully snipped off the “ll’s”. If you cut it off near to the “l” letters then you have a little tail. I adhered the tail of the “y” over the “o” tail. Does that make sense? Using the new Fine Tip Glue Pen (p 43) it makes it easy to adhere the letters together and also adhere the letters to the circle. You only need a very little bit let me tell you. I found that you needed to just hold the piece down for a minute to take hold.

Hope you like these cards. I’m loving playing with this new stuff. Go check the catalogue out if you haven’t already done so.

Have an awesome day 🙂

Jenny

Catalogues, Christmas, Stampin' Up!

DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE 2015 HOLIDAY CATALOGUE???

September 1, 2015 Jenny Hayward

It’s September 1st which means ….It’s Spring!!! Well in the Southern Hemisphere it is BUT even more exciting – (can I say that??) – Yes, even more exciting is the 2015 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue is live TODAY!!!

You are going to absolutely love this. There is so much AWESOMENESS!! Now click HERE to go and view it online. (I will add the link in the sidebar shortly for future reference).

I have been playing with products in this catalogue for a few weeks now. (Just one of the benefits of being a demonstrator!). I have posted a few projects recently and I have more to share with you too. Yesterday I had a quick play and made up this card. This was inspired from some cards on Pinterest.

I have used the new ‘Woodland’Embossing Folder. Now this is towards the back of the catalogue (p39) and can be overlooked especially by us downunder as we don’t celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving and people tend to stop after the Christmas products; BUT keep going there are some awesome products that you will be able to use anytime. The stamp set is ‘Jingle All the Way’ (p12) and I love those sweet wooden Snowflake Elements (p23). I have finished it off with an Adhesive Pearl.

So now I am going to stop talking so you can go looking at the catalogue. If you want to get any of that goodness and don’t have a Demonstrator then let me know. If you would like a Catalogue sent to you then let me know too. I know you can read it online but it is so much nicer to have the real thing. 🙂

Happy Reading 🙂

Jenny

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CUTE TEAM SWAPS!!

August 27, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I have been meaning to share these all week with you. I received these last week at our Team Meeting. These are the swaps I received. Now I will be honest, I went with no swaps. Life has been a little crazy and it is an optional thing. So that’s OK! Also, I turned up late as we had a last minute drama at home and I nearly didn’t make it at all, but a few people had swaps left over for me so I just have to share them with you.

There are some fantastic cards and 3D here. Check them out!! I hope you can see them clearly enough.

Some Christmas inspiration there too!!!!

I am glad that I can share them with you and I am so thankful for these generous and clever ladies to share them with me.

Have a great day.

Jenny 🙂

4 days until the launch of the Holiday Catalogue!! You are so going to love all the Christmas goodies in this. If you want a copy sent to you then please let me know.