Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Illawarra – Page 7

We have come to the last in my series of Craft Fairs now. Today I am going to share with you the cards I made to sell. You have to have cards to sell now don’t you???? Time was limited so I couldn’t spend too much time on them. I had a number of Christmas cards from past classes so they were fine but I wanted some Different Occasions cards. I ordered a couple of packs of Notecards and Envelopes. With only 5 days to go from when I received the order I knew they needed to be simple and quick so I kept them to one layer cards. Well, I managed to create 40 cards in under 3 hours. Here they are. I have added full-size images so you can see them clearly.

I used the Butterfly Bigz die to cut some Butterflies from DSP. Some I added some Pearls but others I just kept plain. I added a sentiment with Black Staz On. (I use Black Stazon as I find it stamps better than the Basic Black inkpad).

Using DSP I punched out some birds with the 2-step Bird Punch and added a sentiment at the bottom again.

I created some simple cards with ‘Timeless Talk’ and various sentiments.

I went all out with colour on these ones. Here I have used the set ‘World Treasures’. I inked up Peacock in Daffodil Delight and then sponged randomly with Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquoise. Each one of these turned out differently. It’s funny how you got various colours when they mixed together. You know what they say: Blue and Yellow make green!! These were my favourite cards.

Here is a close-up.

So there you are. What has been your favourite project that I have showed you this week?? Maybe there are some great ideas for your next fair/market or even as gifts for a special occasion. I hope you have enjoyed seeing them. I am glad I have finally got to share them. If you are after more ideas check this post out that I did some time ago for another fete/fair that I went to.

Now I can go back to sharing some projects I have been making with products from the new catalogues coming out NEXT WEEK!! I am so excited for these.

Come back and visit me soon,

Jenny

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A DAY FOR WEDDINGS!!

January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 Jenny Hayward

What a beautiful day for weddings on Saturday. Firstly, my nephew and his beautiful partner were married in the most gorgeous rock canyon setting surrounded by 200 family and friends. Before I show you the card I made for them I have to show you a photo. Aren’t they beautiful????

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Now onto the card. I used the circle Thinlets to create the card based on a similar design I made for another wedding recently. You can see that card here. For this card I have used the Modern Medley DSP and silver glimmer paper. The “Mr and Mrs” from ‘Label Love’ was clear embossed after I stamped in versamark although you can’t see that too well. I made the card base longer than the thinlet die so it could create a flap to fold over.

Here is a photo of the side. This card is really hard to take photos of so sorry for the odd angles. I added some hearts punched from the silver glimmer card too. I forgot to take a photo of the inside of the card.

Now for the second wedding card. This was for my lovely friend Andrea’s daughters wedding. Unfortunately we couldn’t make it but Josh and Carlie went along. I am sure you will see more details of the wedding on Andrea’s blog here when she can catch her breath a bit! Here is the card I made for Skye and Mitch. It is the same design. Why change it, although you would think I would have had this done in record time but I think it took me longer than the other 2 put together!!! I just couldn’t get the colours happening together.

For this card I used the ‘Venetian Romance’ DSP and Pistachio Pudding card base.

Another odd angle!! I wanted to show you the other side of the circle. I cut a scallop circle from silver glimmer paper and stamped one of the labels in Pistachio Pudding. The greeting is from ‘Fabulous Phrases’ and punched out with the 1″ circle punch to layer over it. Not sure that I should have stamped the greeting in Island Indigo though???

There you go. Hope you like??? Thanks for stopping by. See you again soon,

Jenny x

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CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR US!

December 27, 2013December 27, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day. Hard to believe after all the craziness leading up to it, it is now all done for another year. Why does it get so crazy!!! We had a lovely Christmas Day though. Church Christmas Eve and time with the family for Christmas Lunch. It was nice and relaxing.

Today I thought I would share some special hand-made cards we received for Christmas. They are all so gorgeous and it is always great to see new ideas. I won’t go in to too much details of the cards. If you want to know more about them or a closer look just let me know.

This first group is from my close Demonstrator friends. How lucky am I!

These 2 are from some special blog readers who have now become good friends. The one on the left is from Lynda. Thanks Lynda for your continued loyalty and encouraging comments. Isn’t this a clever way of using ‘Lovely as a Tree’. That set is so versatile. The one on the right is from my lovely Blog friend Patti from the the US. How cute is that snowman??? It has been lovely to get to know Patti over this past year. Thanks for always stopping by Patti and encouraging me along the way. 🙂

This next group is from some of my friends. Some of them are from customers that I can now call lovely friends. Aren’t they all so gorgeous??

I hope you might feel inspired by this lovely mix. I love looking at them and touching them. They bring a smile to my face.

Thanks for stopping by. Come and visit again soon,

Jenny x

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PUNCH KOALA CHRISTMAS!

December 24, 2013December 24, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I made this special Christmas card for my blog pal Patti in the US. I thought she might like a little Australian Christmas. I know I can share it now because she has received it. The idea was CASED from a sample on a Convention board a couple of years ago so sorry I don’t know who to give credit too. If you know then let me know.

A number of punches were used to create my little Koala. I had fun playing around getting his shape right.

1 3/4″ circle, 1 3/8″ circle, 1 1/4″ circle, 1″ circle, Extra-Large Oval, Large Oval, 2 step Bird Punch, 2 step Owl Punch, Boho Blossoms, Itty Bitty Shapes pack, Word Window Punch. His kerchief was made with a 2cmx2cm square of red card. I also added some sponging and a little Dazzling Diamonds with 2 way glue pen and used white gel pen for his eyes and black marker for his mouth. I think that about covers it. He is very cute.

For the rest of the card, the greeting is from ‘Wishing You’ and I cut the edge of the Gumball Green card with the zig-zag edge from the Finishing Touches Edgelits. Just a little strip of Gumball Green Satin Stitched Ribbon finishes it off.

Happy Christmas Patti. Happy Christmas to all my blog readers. I appreciate all of you who stop by and visit me. I hope to share lots more in 2014 so keep visiting. 🙂

Jenny x

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IT’S A CRACKER!!

December 13, 2013December 13, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I have been wanting to share this with you for a while. Finally I can! Giving Gift cards are popular at Christmas so why not dress them up in a novelty gift holder. Here is a Cracker Gift Holder made with the Envelope Punch Board.

So how can you make it?? Check out the tutorial below.

1. METRIC: Cut card 14.8cmx14.8cm. Score your card at 6cm and 12cm. Fold on the score lines.

IMPERIAL: Cut card to 6″x6″. Score your card at 2 3/8″ and 4 6/8″. (I hope those sound right as I am not too sure of the correct way to represent it!!). Fold on the score lines.

2..On the folded edge, line the left hand side of the card on the Envelope Punch Board at 2.5cm (1″). Punch. It is a bit hard to punch through so press firmly.

Flip your card over to the other end. Line up at 2.5cm (1″) and Punch.

3. Now punch on the front bottom edge of the holder. It is easier to open it out. Line up at 2.5cm (1″) and punch. Then flip and punch at 2.5cm (1″) on the other end.

4. Fold up where the narrow scored line is. Does this make sense?? The part that forms the pocket. Turn it over. Line up at 2.5cm (1″) and punch, flip the holder over and punch again at 2.5cm (1″) on the other end.

This is how it should look when you fold it out.

There you have it. I hope this makes sense. Please comment/email me if you are unsure. Sometimes it is hard getting all the details in writing.

To assemble this, add Sticky Strip inside on the narrow edge on both ends. Adhere together to form a pocket. Now decorate it as you like and then add your Gift Card.

Why not make it a Stampin’ Up! Gift card to give this Christmas?? These ones are available especially from me (Australian residents only).

Now go and enjoy making your own Christmas Cracker Gift Card Holder.

Until next time,

Jenny

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A SPECIAL WEDDING CARD!

November 24, 2013November 24, 2013 Jenny Hayward

A little while ago I shared a Wedding acceptance card. You can see it in this post here but here is the card if you missed it. For that card I used the colours from the Wedding invite.

Well the big day arrived yesterday. I thought I would show you the Wedding card now. Once again I used similar colours for the Wedding card and I have also used the new circle Thinlets. Unfortunately the lighting wasn’t great to take photos as we have had lots of rain lately. It was so nice to see the sun shining for the wedding day yesterday. 🙂

I have used Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Canteloupe. The gold circle behind the label and on the heart is using the Gold Foil Sheets and I ran them through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. The “Mr and Mrs” is from ‘Label Love’ and was embossed. It has a nice shine to it. It’s just a shame that you can’t see that to well even in the close up! I have used the ‘Venetian Romance’ DSP.

Here is the inside. I just decorated on the back of the circle. The space to write on was under the extended flap.

I hope they like the card. It was a lovely day to celebrate with all the family.

Ok, just a quick wedding snap. It was a bit emotional! But such a lovely setting.

The thunder rolled in and it looked like rain but it passed us by!

Here is my Great Niece Jakayla, Carlie and my Niece Megan.

Thanks for visiting. The sun is out again today so I guess one must catch up on some washing! See you soon.

Jenny

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MERRY MINIS CHRISTMAS

November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Happy Thursday to you. I made this card a couple of weeks ago. This was CASED off Pinterest and was originally done by Tamara from tamaraspapertrail.blogspot.ca. I thought it was a bright, fun card to make. Something different to what I have been creating lately. I used the Artisan Label punch though where she used the scallop square punch. The little punches are from the Merry Minis Punch set. Aren’t they cute!! Lots of ways to use these little punches. The base card is Whisper White and then a layer of Real Red and then Whisper White. The greeting is from ‘Wishing You’.

Thanks for stopping by. I have lots more that I have been creating. Just to find the time to take photos and I can share them with you.

Come and visit again soon. Don’t forget to say Hi though and tell me where you are from. I would love to hear from you.

Jenny

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SO MUCH FUN WITH THE ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD!

November 5, 2013November 5, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Two posts in one day but I can’t help it. I am having so much fun with the Envelope Punch Board that I JUST HAVE to show you what I just made with it. There are lots of fun little treat holders in the blogosphere if you look around. I came across this cute little one yesterday and had to make it today. Check it out!

For my box I used black cardstock and wrapped around some ‘Modern Medley’ DSP. The “For You” tag was stamped from ‘Chalk Talk’. I die cut a Melon Mambo label from the Chalk Talk Framelits and then ran it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. The box measures 12.5cm x 3cm.

I found this cute box on Pinterest and went to the blog. You can find the tutorial for it here on Jen’s blog. This was for a chocolate treat holder. I am not sure if our size chocolate bars fit in this. I will have to investigate that one. After I finished this box I searched out some ideas around the house for some little gifts that will fit in it. It does fit the ‘Summer Roll’ bar and fits 6 mini Hershey Chocolate bars. For the young girls it will fit 2 little eye liner or lip gloss sticks. I think you could find some other low-fat ideas for this little box.

So have you got your Envelope Punch Board yet??? You have to have one you know. Contact me if you need to order one and haven’t yet got yourself a Local Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Maybe I should try and make some envelopes with it now!!! LOL

Jenny

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CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHEVRON PUNCH

October 10, 2013October 10, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I recently got the Chevron Border Punch from the Holiday Catalogue. I was playing around with it to create some Christmas cards.

This card was CASED from Barb Mullikin I think?? I have used the ‘Season of Style’ Designer Series Paper. I punched some Chevrons at the bottom of the paper and backed it with some Cherry Cobbler card. I coloured the gifts from the set ‘Wishing You’. I used Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green Markers. I then cut them out and lifted them up using Dimensionals. I added a little Rhinestone to the centre of the middle gift although it is a hard to see that. The greeting from that set was inked with Cherry Cobbler ink and was cut out using the Labels Framelits. Some Gumball Green Satin Stitched Ribbon helped break up the busy paper.

The next card is using the Chevron Border Punch a little different. I added 3 of the punch outs in a line pointing downwards, actually towards the greeting which just highlighted the greeting!

This Santa is from the stamp set ‘Santa’s List’. I don’t have this set but I used it at Leonie N’s at our last stamp day a few weeks ago. It’s good to get together and share stamps – and ideas 🙂 You can’t see here but I added some Dazzling Diamonds with the 2-Way Glue Pen to the white trim on Santa’s coat and hat and on his beard. It is hard to see it though. If you click on the photo to see a larger view you might just be able to see it sparkle!

I have used a different pattern of the ‘Season of Style’ Designer Series Paper and added some Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon to finish it off.

I have seen some more great ways to use this punch on my blog travels so I look forward to playing around with this punch some more . So stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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MINI CHRISTMAS TAGS

September 30, 2013September 30, 2013 Jenny Hayward

A couple of weeks ago just before our last team meeting I realised I hadn’t done swaps yet. These are not compulsory but I really hadn’t done any for a few months and yet another meeting comes by and I haven’t got anything to share. What was I going to do??? It was a couple of hours before I had to leave. I did a quick trawl on Pinterest. Isn’t that your ‘go to’ site!!!! I found some little Christmas tags that inspired me. So thought I would create some little simple tags similar to the ones I saw.

Here are the ones I created. It is not the best photo as I was just dashing out the door to leave. I gave everyone a couple of them each. I know it is only a small token BUT it was something. I realised I didn’t even keep any for myself though! DOH!

I used the Chalk Talk Framelits to cut the tags from Whisper White and Crumb Cake. I punched out little shapes using the Merry Minis punch pack. Did you know these were still available??? They are very cute. I adhered these to the tags and added a Rhinestone on the ones cut from coloured card. Then I added a small greeting. These ones are from Petite Pairs and Teeny Tiny Sentiments. I added some co-ordinating twine to finish them off. Job done in record time. I will just have to be a bit more organised next time. 🙂 Have a great day in your part of the world. It’s a lovely sunny day here. I think Summer has hit us early.

Till next time,

Jenny