Sale-A-Bration 2016 – Page 2 – A Stamping Journey

cards, Classes, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!

FLOWERING FIELDS FLAP FOLD!

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Say that 10 times quickly! Seriously, sometimes it is hard to come up with names for blog posts!

Anyway, you want to see a card not my posting dilemmas. Today I have a sweet card for you using the Sale-A-Bration set ‘Flowering Fields’. I stamped and coloured this a few weeks ago at a team stamping day. I wasn’t sure how to put it together then so put it aside until later. Well later was a week or two later!

I decided to go for a slightly different style card. The flowers are so pretty so I wanted to show them off a little. We were told at Onstage last year when they showed this set that the flowers are based on Australian natives. I really struggle with colouring these different colours to what they are meant to be especially the Waratah. I think I used the aquapainter and inkpads to colour them – or was it the blender pen?? It was so long ago I can’t remember.

It is a standard size card but I cut off about 5cm (2″) from the bottom on the front of the card. I adhered some of the Sale-A-Bration paper ‘Wildflower Fields’. Isn’t it pretty?? I wrapped around some Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon to the front. The finished stamped piece was adhered to a black mat and then adhered to the front with Dimensionals. Just add your dimensionals to the top sections of the panel.

Then it came to the greeting. Do you struggle with where to put your greeting on your cards? You don’t want to overshadow the main image but you don’t want it disappearing in the mix. The greeting I used is from another Sale-A-Bration set ‘Botanicals For You’. I love the greetings in this set. Did you have a close look at the greeting on this card? The smaller framelits or punches weren’t going to work and then the next sizes were too big. What to do? I have used the “ledge shape” die in the ‘Heart and Home’ Thinlets Dies. I was really happy how that turned out. I will have to keep that in mind to use again.

Here is a photo of the inside of the card. I stamped one of the flowers on the inside in Calypso Coral and under the paper strip I adhered a strip of black card to give it a lift.

Phew! Thanks for sticking with me with all my dilemmas for today’s post. 🙂

I hope you have a happy day wherever you are in the world. Thanks for visiting me today.

Jenny

Did you know you can get free products during Sale-A-Bration? Ask me how you can.

cards, Catalogues, Classes

IT’S TIME TO PARTY. COME AND PLAY!

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I am officially kicking off the stamping year this weekend with my Catalogue Launch. By now you would have seen it??? Or have you been hiding under a rock this past month. 🙂 So if you are local in Wollongong come by and try out some of the fun new products and get to make a card and chat and have a great time. That’s what it is all about really, hey!

Here are the details.

OCCASIONS AND SALE-A-BRATION CATALOGUE LAUNCH!

WHEN: Saturday 30^th January at 2pm

COST: $10 which includes catalogues, make and take,
Product playground, Thank You gift and Afternoon Tea.

** RSVP: Thursday 28^th January. Message me or leave a comment to reply.

Here is a sneaky peek of what we will be making,
so make sure you join us.

So what do you think? Come on and join us. We don’t bite and we don’t have 2 heads really. 😉 So if you haven’t been before you will be fine.

Jenny

cards, Sale-A-Bration

HELLO HONEY FOR BOTANICALS FOR YOU!

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 Jenny Hayward

We had a HOT day today. Phew! I felt I was melting. A change in the weather has come through now which has lowered the temps a bit. I still managed to get a little stamping in. The fan was roaring but I was in a creative mood. I did have to stop though in the end after 3 cards because it just got a little too much.

I will share all the cards over time but I thought I would show you the last card I made today. Maybe it was my favourite from the day, then again I don’t know. 🙂

As I was melting the brain got a little foggy so I CASED this card. This is a sample of the card on page 5 of the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue using ‘Botanicals For You’.

It is a cute little 10cm x 10cm (4″ x 4″) card.

I wasn’t sure what colour it was in the catalogue. We have so many yellows to choose from. I have made mine in Hello Honey. The colours for the images are Hello Honey, Soft Sky, Mossy Meadow and Blushing Bride. A little sparkle with Silver Glimmer Paper and Silver Doily. I realise just now that I forgot to add the Pearls to the centre of the flowers. I will go back and do that now but just imagine they are there. 😉

This cute set is one of the free choices you can get with your $90 order during Sale-A-Bration. I hope you have had a chance to check out the catalogues now. (The links are in the side column).

Thanks for visiting me today. I hope the weather is kind to you wherever you are. It will be another hot one here tomorrow but then I guess it is Summer and it has been slow coming this season.

Jenny

cards, Challenges, Stampin' Up!

RAZZLEBERRY COLOUR CHALLENGE!

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Our team (Inky Fingers) has challenges every couple of weeks. Sometimes I join in. I thought I would have a go at this week’s colour challenge. The colours were Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black and Whisper White. I don’t use Daffodil Delight very much and I haven’t used Rich Razzleberry for a while since we have had Blackberry Bliss. So it was good to drag out these colours.

I went through my stamp sets to see what would work well with these colours but I wanted to use something new. I inked up this gorgeous Sale-A-Bration set ‘What I Love’.

This stamp set is a 2 step set (or you could say 3 step) but it is very easy to use. I stamped the outline flower over the Whisper White card and then stamped some small Rich Razzleberry flowers in between these. I stamped the large flower again on scrap white card in Razzleberry and then inked up the solid image in the set and stamped it off lightly on scrap paper then stamped it over the outline stamp. Yes there is Daffodil Delight there in the centre. I brushed over it with the Clear Wink of Stella brush to make it sparkle. It’s a shame you can’t see that too well. I am loving this brush. You can add sparkle without a glittery mess! The Designer Series Paper is from the ‘It’s My Party’ Designer Series Stack. I added some Black Stitched Satin Ribbon. The greeting is from the stamp set and I cut it out with the label that is with the Mini Treat Bag Thinlets.

It’s just a simple card but I hope you like it. 🙂

This is the stamp set. This is one of the Free choices with a $90 order.

Have you caught up with what Sale-A-Bration is all about yet?? It’s a great time for you to get Freebies when you Shop, Host or Join. If you want to know more then you can read about it on my Blog post HERE. You won’t want to miss out on the Sale-A-Bration offerings. They are only available for a limited time. Why not invite me around to your place if you are local and I can share some fun projects with you and your friends.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

Catalogues, Classes, Stampin' Up!

THE 2016 OCCASIONS CATALOGUE AND SALE-A-BRATION STARTS TODAY!!!!!!!!!

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I’M EXCITED. TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!

The 2016 Occasions Catalogue AND Sale-A-Bration is live TODAY! Woo!!!! This is such an exciting time of the Stampin’ Up! year where YOU get the free stuff! I have the catalogue links below so you can check them out online. Grab a Cuppa so you can take your time looking through them and make sure you have a pen and paper handy. Forget the housework. You don’t need to do that today and the kids will survive on toast 😉

HERE ARE THE CATALOGUES.

Click on this link HERE to view them Online and click on ‘Download PDF’. (At the moment the catalogue for SAB doesn’t seem available some come back later and try again).

There is so much to love in these catalogues. There are some fantastic new products.

Just to refresh you with Sale-A-Bration, here is how you can get the FREE STUFF!!!

Sale-A-Bration runs from January 5th to March 31st.

For every $90 you spend on Stampin’ Up! products, you choose ONE FREE Product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. There are some awesome choices this year.

This is a great deal. Join Stampin’ Up! for $169 where you can choose your products and you get an additional $60 on top of the $235 of products you normally would get. That is a total of $295 products. That is $126 of free products. Did you read that?? $126 of Free products. I am sure you have a long Wish List??

If you are not sure what is involved in joining Stampin’ Up! then head to my Page HERE and read about it. And no you don’t have to do workshops or classes if you don’t want to. 🙂

Ask me for an information pack if you would like to know more. This is for Australian Demonstrators only.

Host a qualifying party and earn an extra $40 in Stampin’ Rewards. More free stuff!!!

I will share more of my favourite products later but for now I will leave you to read the catalogues now. I do have one card to show you though first before you go.

This is using my top pick of the catalogue, the Rose Wonder stamp set and the matching Rose Garden Thinlets. You can get these as a bundle and save 15%. I have cut these from the Designer Series Paper from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue – The ‘Perfectly Artistic DSP’. The splodges are from ‘Gorgeous Grunge’.

So stay tuned for more later. For now go and get reading. If you want your own catalogue in the mail then let me know.

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Classes, Stampin' Up!

SKY IS THE LIMIT 3D CARD!

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I shared the Fold Flat (3D) cards the other day. I have made one of these cards using some great Sale-A-Bration products. (Only 5 sleeps to go until Sale-A-Bration begins!). You will love this year’s offerings for Sale-A-Bration. There are so many fantastic products. It will be hard to choose believe me. 🙂

Here is the card but you can see how to make them in the earlier post HERE.

Don’t you love that swirly paper?? It makes the plane look like it is flying over the ocean! This paper is the ‘Perfectly Artistic’ Designer Series paper and comes in 12 sheets of 12″x12″ and available in so many gorgeous colours in the pack. This one is Tempting Turquoise. The stamp set is ‘Sky is the Limit’ A great one for those male cards!

On the front panel I stamped the clouds on the white card and stamped the plane in Basic Gray. I stamped the plane again on scrap white and cut it out and raised it up with Dimensionals. The greetings which come in the set are stamped in Basic Gray on Crushed Curry card and cut with the ‘Lots of Labels’ Framelits. They were raised up with Dimensionals too. The little loops are from the Burlap Ribbon. I cut off the edge of the Burlap and then pulled off a couple of threads and looped them around. I adhered them onto the back of the label with glue dots. These give a little wavy look rather than than using the Linen Thread this time. I added a Turquoise Candy Dot to finish but I am still not convinced of that but it is there now. 🙂

There you have it. Now I know you are going to want to grab this set. This set and the paper are only available until February 15 and then some new products will be offered so be quick.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny