Simply Sketched. – A Stamping Journey

FRAMED SWALLOWTAIL!

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I can show you this card now. I made this for my lovely blog friend Patti all the way in the U.S. It is her birthday TODAY and I wanted to send her some special birthday wishes. This card was inspired by one on Pinterest. That card had the beautiful butterfly watercoloured. I have to say I had 4 attempts at watercolouring this but it just wasn’t working. I messed it up every single time. So I stamped the butterfly on Pink Pirouette in black Stazon and left it be. Really there is so much detail in this gorgeous stamp you really don’t need to do too much. So here is my card.

The original card had the frame cut using the On Film Framelits. I don’t have those. I used one of my Square Framelits and cut out the centre from a piece of Whisper White. I embossed the greeting from ‘Simply Sketched’ with Gold embossing Powder. I added some strips of Gold Washi Tape to finish it off. Now I did mean to set it at an angle but it just looks like I stuck it down crooked. The white frame was a little larger and it didn’t sit as well as I would have liked. Once it is down it is not going to be moving!! The card base is Cherry Cobbler.

So make sure you go and say “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” to Patti on her blog here and check out her lovely creations while you are there.

Thanks for visiting.

Jenny

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TANGERINE HAPPY WATERCOLOR

April 14, 2014April 14, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I made this card a few weeks ago and forgot to show you. This is using the stamp set ‘Happy Watercolor’. The card was CASED from Pinterest from Allison’s blog here.

I stamped the “splodges” from the set in Coastal Cabana onto Whisper White and then stamped the flower and the dots in Soft Suede. The greeting is from ‘Simply Sketched’. I stamped the flower again on scrap white card. I coloured the flower using Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight ink using an aquapainter and inkpads. Just squeeze the ink pad a couple of times when it is closed then you can pick up the ink from the pool of ink on the lid. I cut the flower out and adhered this over the flower on the White stamped card after I had adhered this to the Tangerine Tango base card. To finish this off I adhered a few gold sequins randomly over the card.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a happy day 🙂

Jenny

3D projects, Blog Hops, cards

ESAD OCCASIONS BLOG HOP

February 16, 2014February 16, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Have you checked out the Occasions Catalogue yet??? There are some fantastic products in there! Today you can join in on a Blog Hop and check out the fantastic projects that some Demonstrators have been creating. This Blog Hop you are joining in with today is the ESAD Demonstrator group. Hopefully the projects will inspire you!!!

Firstly though, 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 love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship, and we’re always there to help and support each other.

So, if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I’ll contact you with information on how to join our group.

Now onto the Blog Hop. You may have come from Angela’s blog or starting here. Either way, Grab your coffee and settle in for the ride.

Today I have chosen to use the ‘Petite Petals’ Bundle. This is a cute little stamp set AND matching punch. You can see these on page 33 of the Occasions Catalogue. Not only is it a cute set but it co-ordinates so well with many other stamps and accessories you probably have already. I have shown you some projects here and here already with this set but I have created some other projects just for you today.

Firstly – a card.

I have layered some of the gorgeous Watercolor Wonder DSP behind the lattice Diecut. One of the flowers from Petite Petals were stamped 5 times in Tangerine Tango and punched out with the matching petal punch. No cutting out these little flowers!! I added some Gumball Green leaves punched with the 2 way Bird punch and a little Dazzling Diamonds to the centre of the flowers for some dazzle. The greeting is from Label Love and punched with the Label Punch. A second label was punched in Island Indigo and cut and layered behind the label. I tied some Linen Thread around the card too. Now this card turned out differently to what I had planned. I think it is kind of tropical though, don’t you???

I have another project for you too. This is a cute little gift box and matching card.

For these projects I have used the paper from the free Sale-A-Bration ‘Sweet Sorbet’ DSP. The instructions for this cute little box can be found on Sam’s blog here. Now if you scroll down in that post you will see the measurements. I followed the metric measurements. I didn’t bother trimming off the 4 or 5 mm that Sam suggested. It is not really necessary. It is just the cutest box and way easy, so go and make yourself some! The circles layered with the flowers are punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle and 1 3/8″ circle. The greeting is from ‘Simply Sketched’ and I just finished the card and box off with some Crisp Canteloupe ruffled ribbon and some pearls.

Now you can head to your next stop. Go and see the wonderful creations that Libby has in store for you here.

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PETITE PETALS WITH PUNCH!!!

February 14, 2014 Jenny Hayward

This is a card I made last week using Petite Petals stamp set. One thing I love about this set is how it co-ordinates so nicely with the other flower punches we have. This card was CASED from Deb Valder on Pinterest . I just changed things a little.

I stamped and punched one of the flowers from Petite Petals and layered it with a flower stamped from Flower Shop. But then, see how they both layer nicely with the flower punched with the Blossom Punch. Isn’t it great! I am sure that you would have at least one of these other stamps/punches in your collection. (If you don’t, then you probably should have!!).

On this card I have also embossed a strip of Whisper White card using the Arrows Embossing Folder and layered it again on Whisper White. I added a Chevron strip of Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder using the Chevron Border Punch. The greeting is from ‘Simply Sketched’.

Don’t forget to check in on Sunday. I am showcasing the Petite Petals stamp set and punch in the ESAD Blog Hop. Join us as we share projects using products from the current Occasions Catalogue. There will be some awesome ideas.