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September 1st always brings excitement. The start of Spring. YES! Although it has been a mild winter really. What I am really excited about also is …

THE HOLIDAY CATALOGUE IS LIVE AND YOU CAN NOW ORDER AND IT IS ALL GORGEOUS AND WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL!!! 🙂

I have mailed some catalogues out recently but if you still haven’t got one, drop me a comment or email and I will get one to you ASAP, because you just have to see it for yourself.

I have picked a few favourites from the catalogue.

This was one of my first choices. I think because it is just a bit different.

Brightly Lit Bundle $72

You don’t need to add much to a card with the gorgeous Thinlits in the set.

Night In Bethlehem Bundle W $95.25 C $83.50

A great one for Aussie Christmas cards. Beachy Little Christmas W $49 C $35

Are you a cat person or a dog person?? I am a dog person. I know a few people who will love this punch. I think it will be very popular.

Cat Punch $31

I am interested to try these Foil Sheets. How gorgeous! Maybe some elegant Christmas boxes?? Champagne Foil Sheets $7

View these and many more gorgeous products in the catalogue now. View it online -> HERE

To order:

Contact me directly by email or phone

Order online -> HERE Please use the Host Code: HSVFAXRX

Visit tomorrow when I have some sweet cards to show you,

Jenny

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GORGEOUS!

August 27, 2017August 27, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I have another card for you using the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set.

This card was CASED from Marcy Denning on a Facebook group I am on. I couldn’t find a blog for her sorry.

Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist are such a lovely combination aren’t they?

For this card; stamp some outline flowers in Berry Burst diagonally across the white card mat, then stamp the solid flower in Powder Pink. Add some Lemon Lime Twist leaves to some of the flowers. Adhere this to a Berry Burst card mat and then a Thick Whisper White Card base.

The sentiment from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set is stamped and then cut with the Stitched Circle Framelits using Black Stazon. Then give a little wash over the sentiment with the Aquapainter and some Powder Pink ink.

Cut a Scallop Circle with a Layering Circles Framelits in Berry Burst and adhere this behind the Stamped circle. For my card I added some loops of Silver Thread to the back of the circle before adhering it to the card with Dimensionals.

I hope your weekend has been great?? I have been at a Craft Show all weekend and had lots of fun talking to people about stamping and making a card with some of them. Hope you have had some crafty time yourself.

Jenny

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CELEBRATING 9 YEARS WITH STAMPIN’ UP!

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 Jenny Hayward

9 years ago today I joined Stampin’ Up! I really can’t believe it!

I thought I would share my journey in discovering Stampin’ Up! all those years ago. I hope you don’t mind.

I remember that first workshop I went to. All I knew of stamping was messy kids stamps but I went because I was just starting to make cards. Well! I was so impressed! It was all so beautiful, the colours, the stamps, oh! and the heat embossing. So magic! I was hooked.

I remembered feeling so overwhelmed though. Where do you start? So I bought the stamp set we used Seeing Spots and some card and ink. When I got it though I had no idea what to do. It sat for a while on my desk. There was no Pinterest then and I didn’t know about Google searching. I was not tech savvy to search too much for that.

I eventually had a go with the products – with interesting results. Today in celebration I thought I would share my cards with you. I think we know each other well enough now for me to put myself out there and to give you a little chuckle.

Aren’t they lovely?? 😜

I used my Seeing Spots set. The white card has the spots heat embossed I think. I added a few little extra embellishments that I had. Haha! I think I have improved over the time. I hope so anyway??

It took 18 months before I actually joined Stampin’ Up! though after that first workshop. My husband was diagnosed with Cancer and life changed. Thankfully after treatment he made a full recovery. Then I joined Stampin’ Up! and began my creative journey. I have met some amazing people along the way and many have become good friends. I love that Stampin’ Up! has brought us together whether they are fellow demonstrators or customers. Also I love that I have made friends near and far. I think I now have friends in nearly every continent of the world. How exciting and richer my life has become.

I started this blog not long after I joined. I had no idea of blogging but I wanted to share my journey with stamps and ink, hence why I called this blog “a stamping journey”.

So THANK YOU for sharing in my journey. I hope I have inspired you along the way. I look forward to sharing many more projects with you in the future.

To another year of stamping. 🙂

Jenny

If you would like to make your own journey with Stampin’ Up! Then ask me more. I have a growing team and love supporting you whether you are a hobby demonstrator for the discount or to share your own journey in classes and workshop. If you want to know more then you can head to my Join my Stampin’ Up! Team page HERE and look at ’10 reasons why you need to be a part of the Stampin’ Up! family’ – Jenny

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MORE 6″x6″ TREAT HOLDERS!

August 3, 2017July 30, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Yesterday I showed you some more Z-fold cards and they had little treat holders. I thought I would share with you how to make those particular ones.

Firstly, the Dapper Denim Napkin fold.

These are one of the easiest, quickest treat holder you could possibly make. I used to make them a lot when I was younger but had forgotten about them until recently. They are a good size to fit a small chocolate treat in. Here is how to make them.

Of course, you can make these any size you like. The principal is the same. Just be sure that your paper is square.

For this particular version I used the Color Theory paper stack in which the piece measures 6″x6″ (15.2cm x 15.2cm).

NAPKIN FOLD TREAT HOLDER

1. Fold your paper piece in half diagonally.

2. With the fold towards you, take the left hand corner and fold it to about the mid point on the paper on the opposite side. See the photo below to see what I mean.

3. Fold the right hand corner so it overlaps the last fold and for the point to reach the mid point on the opposite side. Place a little adhesive behind the folds to help it stay closed.

4. Take the top point and fold just one layer down over the 2 folds. Place adhesive behind it to keep it closed.

Add a tag or embellishment as you like. For this version, I used the Dapper Denim marker over just the “smile” word in one of the sentiments from the Colorful Seasons set. Cut that with the Stitched Oval Framelits. I stamped a few snowflakes on to the piece too and finished it off by cutting some “snowflake” embellishments from the Layered Seasons Thinlits.

OLD OLIVE MINI BOX

This little mini box is so cute. You could fit a lipstick or lip balm in it or a small chocolate. The finished size measures 7cm Wide (2 3/4″), 3.2cm Deep (1 1/4″) and 2.2cm Height (7/8″).

This was made with the Envelope Punch Board. When I went back to find the tutorial for this I couldn’t seem to find it. I am sure I used the one by my lovely friend Tanya HERE. When I made it up again though it was slightly longer. The tutorial at that link is a paid Tutorial for lots of different sized boxes with the Envelope Punch Board, but for $2 it is not a bad purchase. 🙂 Have a look on Pinterest though for a few other versions. There are larger ones but I was in keeping with the 6″x6″ paper.

So here are the 4 little treat holders made just with a piece of 6″x6″ paper. There are so many others too but it is amazing what you can make with such a small piece.

JUST A NOTE: If you want to see the tutorials for the Daffodil Delight bag Head -> HERE (Pootles blog) and for the Berry Burst Bag Head -> HERE.

Enjoy,

Jenny

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RAK CARD SWAP!

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I recently took part in a card swap with Demonstrators around Australia. There were several groups. I thought I would share the card swaps I received. This was for the RAK card swap (Random Acts of Kindness Facebook group).

Firstly, this is the card I created. This was a card I made several weeks ago using the Eastern Palace Suite so I thought that I would make these. You can see the post for this card HERE.

So these are the cards I received in return.

Aren’t they great?? 🙂 Perhaps these might inspire you in one of your creating endeavours.

Thanks for looking,

Jenny

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A 90TH OH SO ECLECTIC Z-FOLD!

July 3, 2017June 5, 2018 Jenny Hayward

It is my Mother-in-Law’s 90th birthday today. We had a small family get together yesterday. I thought I would show you the card I made for her. She had put in a request for it to be in Berry Burst, her new favourite colour. The pressure was on as she expected a grand creation! I hope it made the grade. There were lots of Oohs! and WOW! so I think I might have made the grade. 🙂

I think this is my new favourite stamp set – Oh! So Eclectic! I have made quite a few creations with this recently which I will get to show you soon. The sentiment is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous.

This card took me about 1/2 hour to create as I have had so much going on this week. It’s the fun Square Z-fold Cards which I have made a standard one recently. (See that HERE). I will share all the instructions further below.

I wasn’t sure if diecutting the diamond pattern in the side would make it too flimsy but I thought I would try it. It worked fine and gives it a little more WOW! The Designer Series Paper is the Color Theory Paper Stack.

SQUARE Z-FOLD CARD

Original Z-fold card is from Amanda Bates HERE. I have slightly different measurements so thought I would share them with you. These are in Metric. If you are wanting Imperial measurements then rather than me converting them and ending up with lots of “sixteenth” measurements, then head to Amanda’s blog post in that link and follow those directions.

There are 2 pieces to this card.

1. Card Base:

Cut card 14.8cm x 29.7cm. Score on the long side at 7.4cm and 14.8cm.

Designer Series Paper:

Front Panel: 7cm x 14.4cm Back Panel: 14.4cm x 14.4cm

2. Inner Card:

Cut card 10.5cm x 21cm. Score on the long side at 5.2cm and 10.5cm.

Whisper White Card:

Front: 10.1cm x 10.1cm Back: 4.8cm x 10.1cm

To Assemble your Card

1. Take your Inner Card piece and cut the Diamond pattern from the Eclectic Layers Thinlits set on your middle panel.

2. Stamp your Whisper White card pieces as you like. I have used the Oh! So Eclectic stamp set. Adhere these to the Inner Card piece.

3. Adhere your Designer Series Paper Pieces to the Card base.

4. Take your Inner card piece and on the front panel section (left hand end), place adhesive on ONLY HALF of the panel at the back. Place that in position on your card base. ** I used the Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive as this gives you a little time to wiggle the piece around in place if need be.

5. Then on the Right Hand end of the Inner card piece, place adhesive at the back. Carefully fold up the card on the score lines as it should fold. Close the card and allow the piece to fall in to place where it should sit. Once in position press firmly to adhere.

Hope this is easy to follow. Please ask if you have any further questions.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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A SPECIAL CARD IN A BOX!

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I know we’re in the midst of the all the excitement with the new catalogue but I just have to share this project. I know it is using retired products now but I thought you might still like to see it.

A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine asked me to make a special baby card for her new grandchild. At that time she didn’t know what the gender was and requested it to be Teal Green in colour with splashes of red. I knew the family as well so I wanted it to be pretty special. I recreated a card in a box that I made some time ago. You can see that original project HERE. That card in a box has been repinned 3.3K times on Pinterest so I thought it might just be “good enough”. 🙂

The only paper I had to match the Bermuda Bay card was this retired paper. I can’t even remember the name of it. I just found a few scraps of it in my retired paper box. Lucky!!!

I dug out my ‘Something For Baby’ set too from my retired box. That was lucky too as I don’t have any new baby stamps as yet.

So enough of the chatter. Here it is.

I used Watermelon Wonder which matched. (Grabbed that out of the retired box too!).

I realised I didn’t get a photo of the left side flap. That had little booties in Crushed Curry and I tied teeny, tiny bows in White Baker’s Twine. The sentiment is from ‘Baby Bear’ – yes! That is current! I probably could have used that but Baby Bear was a bit big for the box.

Well it was very well received and I can tell you that baby Phoebe arrived safely last week. She is very gorgeous and they were all delighted and fascinated in the card. It can be displayed on the shelf in the nursery for some time to come.

Thanks for indulging me. Back to current products in next post.

Jenny

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BERRY BURST COLORFUL SEASONS WITH SPONGED MOON!

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I wanted to show you the card everyone got to make at my Open House events last weekend. I think everyone was happy with their results.

I wanted to showcase the Colorful Seasons Bundle as I had been playing a bit with it lately.

This card was inspired by a card by Patty Bennett. You can see her card HERE. I loved the idea of the sponged moon effect.

The card base was the lovely new Incolor Berry Burst with the Powder Pink. Instead of the ribbon that Patty used I added a scallop edge in Powder Pink using the Scallop Thinlit in the set. I added a little sparkle with a strip of the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.

To create the Sponged moon effect. Take a piece of copy paper cut to the size of the Whisper White card. Cut a circle using the Layering Circles Framelits to the left of the copy paper piece.

Place the piece of paper over the Whisper White card and carefully start sponging the Powder Pink ink inside the circle. Gradually making your way in to the centre of the circle. It is good to leave the centre a little lighter. TIP: If you haven’t used any removable adhesive on your paper then you need to hold the paper in place carefully with your fingers at the circle edge. Sponge in to the circle. Slowly move your fingers as you work around the circle to hold the paper down. If that makes sense??

Then take the Berry Burst inkpad and sponge a small section in the lower left corner. Then you can remove the piece of copy paper, stamp your sentiment and tree branch in Early Espresso and some flowers in Berry Burst. Assemble your card together, then cut a chair (love that chair!) in Berry Burst and some small flowers in Powder Pink.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a super stampy day/night wherever you are. Don’t forget to stop by and say HI. Tell me where you are from. I love to read how far this travels.

Jenny

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TOP 5 FAVOURITES FROM THE 2017 CATALOGUE!

June 3, 2017June 3, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I have had the 2017 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue for a few weeks now. That’s one of the bonuses as a Demonstrator. 🙂 I thought I would share with you my TOP 5 FAVOURITES from the Catalogue. Yes narrowing it down to just 5! 🙂

Here they are:

1. 2017-2019 Incolors (p184). How can you go past this year’s Incolors. I will have a separate post just on the Incolors but they still had to get a mention here in the TOP 5 count.

The colours are just gorgeous but I think my favourite colour is Lemon Lime Twist. It is so bright and fresh and I think gives life to the other colours.

2. Colorful Seasons Bundle.(p146-147). $92.50AUS I have had so much fun already with this bundle. I think you will love this. The images in the stamp set are so versatile and the sentiments are so inspirational. Watch out for more creations with this Bundle.

3. Happy Birthday Gorgeous. (p76-77) $64.75. Lots of cute flowers and leaves in this stamp set with sentiments in a beautiful font. Mix and match the images to create your projects. The Happy Birthday Thinlit is a great addition for your Big Shot diecutting.

4. This Little Piggy. (p48) $49 W $33 C AUS This cute set had to get a mention. The “Three Little Pigs” Nursery Rhyme was such a favourite with my children ( and maybe me …) I have to get this set. Those piggies are so adorable.

5. Layered Leaves 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. (p211) $16 AUS I will be interested to try this Embossing Folder when I get it next week. These Dynamic Embossing Folders have a deeper, more 3D appearance. (if you remember the Cable Knit folder recently??).

So there is my Top 5. What are your favourites??

Want to see a fun Stampin’ Up! video showcasing the great products?

Thanks for stopping by,

Be back soon to tell you all about the Incolors.

Jenny

VIEW THE CATALOGUE NOW ONLINE HERE.

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ESAD 2017 ANNUAL CATALOGUE SNEAK PEEK!

May 28, 2017July 30, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Welcome to the ESAD 2017/2018 Annual Catalogue Sneak Peek Blog Hop. Today you can hop along to 26 Demonstrators showcasing some of the exciting new products coming out VERY SOON!! I hope you have a cuppa in hand while you take your journey – and be ready for lots of inspiration! You might have come from Kristel’s blog or just starting out here. You can join in anywhere along the way. So let’s get going!

Today I am sharing some projects from the Colorful Seasons bundle – the Colorful Seasons stamps and the Seasonal Layers Thinlits as well as the Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack. I have lots of photos but I know you want to get on your way with the rest of the Bloghop so come back tomorrow and I will share a tutorial with you. for the cute little bag below.

I have two Double Z-fold cards for you and little matching bags.

These bags just use 1 square of 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper. So cute!!

I love the new Berry Burst Incolor. What am I saying? I love all the new Incolors!

The card folds flat to your standard size card so it is easy to put in an envelope.

You can find the Tutorial to make the Z-fold Card HERE on Amanda’s Craft Spa Blog. This is in Metric. If you would like the Imperial Measurements then you can find the Youtube by Dawn’s Stamping Thoughts HERE.

Now for the bag. This will fit 2 small chocolates inside or perhaps a Lip Balm. This would make a lovely little gift for a friend to cheer them up or to add to their birthday gift. Check the Rhinestones! I coloured the Adhesive Rhinestones to match using Sharpie markers. (Edited: Head to the next post to see the tutorial to make these cute little bags).

This version of Z-fold card below is using the Crushed Curry paper in the stack. This card is with a different style of bag. I am planning on making the card and different bags with each of the colours in the stack. I will share those with you soon.

I love the patterns in this Color Theory paper stack. You have crackle look and a marble look, the Ombre effect and paint chip style strips. It’s really fun! I have used 2 different types of the paper. One for the front and back and another one inside the card.

A close up of the larger leaves. I inked the solid leaf in the stamp set in Crushed Curry ink then sponged some Tangerine Tango ink to add a little colour variation. Then I stamped over with the “lined” leaf stamp in Tangerine Tango before cutting it out with the co-ordinating Thinlit.

This little cute bag stands about 7.5cm tall (3″). You can find the tutorial for this on Pootles blog HERE. You could add a tag or a different closure?? I just kept it simple for this project and tied it up with some Thick White Baker’s Twine.