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WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE 2019 STAMPIN’ HOLIDAY CATALOGUE!

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Today is the day. You can now get to see all the wonderful products in the 2019 Holiday Catalogue. I can’t wait to share it all with you. I have been creating up a storm with these products over the past few weeks.

Today I want to share some of my favourites with you. I have just shared a video on Youtube showing my favourites – and a few sneaks of projects that you will see coming up on my blog.

So let’s have a look. Be sure to leave a comment to go in the draw. If you are outside Australia and you are drawn I can’t send product but I can send a couple of handmade cards made by me. 🙂

I know I shared my favourites but I thought I would add a few here for you.

CATALOGUE FAVOURITES

Favourite Suite – Brightly Gleaming

Favourite Bundle – Itty Bitty Christmas

Favourite Dies – Ornate Frames Dies

There are great swirly frames – and some of them are stitched!!!

Favourite Stamp Set – Playful Penguins

I have been having so much fun with these little penguins. These are just some of the cards made recently.

A VERY SPECIAL STAMP SET

There is a very special stamp set in the catalogue that you just can’t miss. Nature’s Beauty on the very last page.

Stampin’ Up! are donating $4.25 AUD from the sale of each stamp set to go Mental Health organisations in Australia. This is really close to my heart so if you buy any stamp set PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ONE. Resources for Mental Health are very limiting so this may help just that little bit more.

This is the stamp set. Nature’s Beauty $37 AUD

Now head over and view the Catalogue PDF -> HERE.

OR View the products in my store -> HERE.

****REQUEST YOUR FREE 2019 HOLIDAY CATALOGUE****

I have started mailing the Holiday Catalogues out. If you haven’t received one message me directly,

OR head over -> HERE and fill out the short form.

I will send one out to you very soon.

Enjoy the catalogue. Stay tuned and I will share lots of projects with you soon,

Jenny

Ordering now? In Australia?

Head to the store link above. Please use the Host Code: 6F6336UW

New Tutorial Bundle is out now.

Orders over $78 AUD will receive the 12 project Tutorial Bundle sent out to them Free after they order.

Or you can order the Tutorial for $20 AUD through paypal. Message me for details.

Of course I had to use the Penguins for my project. 🙂

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #81 – TIPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR PROJECTS!

August 28, 2019August 27, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #81. I have an interesting post for you today. Well I hope it is interesting. I have some helpful tips when photographing your projects.

Maybe you just want to take a quick snap of your project for your own record but perhaps you want to have a little more quality in the photos you take of your projects. In the Stamping Around the World Tutorial Group I am on, Stefanie (one of the group members) has compiled some helpful tips. Each of us contributed in providing a tip that we use when we take our own photos to share on our blogs and other social media platforms.

This is my tip that I shared.

When I take photos of my projects I don’t have a fancy lightbox. I use 2 pieces of the large White Core Board. One on the bottom and one on the back. I do use a timber look placemat on the bottom as well. The white board on the back is good for reflecting the light. Sometimes I do have 2 small lights that project on to the boards to lighten them more.

After I take the photo I upload it to my computer and then edit them on a program although this one above was done on my phone to get it done for this particular post.

I crop, resize the photo and adjust the lighting. This is all done in a few minutes. Most times too I will edit a batch of photos in one sitting to be ready for upcoming blog posts.

This photo below was the photo of this card after editing which I posted to my blog a few weeks ago. So you can see what the final look is. I have very little of the core board showing afterwards but it does help with the light.

The watermark is different on the card above as I had to retake the card for the post this week and edit it on my phone.

There were lots of other great tips shared too. I will give you a brief summary here but then you can head to Stefanie’s blog post to get the full details rather than me relay everything.

Tips like:

Use contact or wallpaper as a fun background. (Like I have used the timber look placemat).
Scatter multiple pieces of the project or a number of projects around to get a different effect.
Use props to create interest.
Stand the card up to show more details.
Get in close to take the photo.

Do you want to see more? Head to Stefanie’s Blog -> HERE to read her detailed tips on lighting and see more tips shared.

I hope these are helpful when taking your own photos.

Jenny

Grab your Tutorial Bundle free of 12 exclusive projects with your order over $78 AUS. Or purchase the Tutorials for $20 AUS. There is a different Bundle each month.

Shop in my store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: 6F6336UW

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #80 – KEEP YOUR DIES SAFE WITH THIS MAGNETIC DIE BOARD!

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Wednesday’s WOW! #80. I have a very useful tip for you today with this Magnetic Die Board. I thought I had shown you this tip already but apparently not.

In my classes I found that the dies we were using kept going missing. They would get buried under papers or bits. They would drop on the floor and disappear. We spent a lot of time in class looking for them. Some months ago I came up with this idea. Since then – no more missing dies. Everyone knows when they use them they go straight back on the board. It is such a time-saver and has reduced the stress. 🙂

You might find it useful yourself. I have it standing near the Big Shot machine and have all the dies on it that we will use in the projects for that class.

How to make one yourself

It’s very easy to make yourself. I picked up a cheap photo frame from a discount shop. Opened it up and took out the glass. I cut Magnetic sheets to size and adhered them to a piece of card. Then inserted them back in the frame without adding the glass though.

Place it near your diecut machine and put the dies on it that you are working on. For a single project you may not need it but if you are making a large project or a couple at a time then you can store all your dies on it while you are working.

I hope you find this tip useful.

Thanks for visiting me today wherever you are in the world. I love having you visit and I love sharing my little crafting world with you. ❤

Have a great day,

Jenny

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WILDLY HAPPY FOR STAMPING AROUND THE WORLD AUGUST BLOGHOP!

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Welcome to another Stamping Around The World Blog Hop. So nice to have you. You might have come from Margriet’s Blog or just starting Here. Welcome and enjoy the hop.

Today I am using the set Wildly Happy as that was the one I used in the Tutorials for this month.

I wanted to do something a little different with this set. I was thinking about this recently and was reminded that when you see pictures of elephants they are often in herds. I did a little research and read that they are very social especially the female of the species and will keep close together looking out for each other.

So I created a little herd of elephants with the little baby.

To create this I used the Masking Technique. I have explained it further below. The elephants were stamped on Thick Whisper White card and coloured with the Smoky Slate Light and Dark Stampin’ Blends and I also used the Petal Pink ones for the baby. The grass was with the Light Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends.

MASKING YOUR ELEPHANTS

A piece of Thick Whisper White. Cut the card using one of the larger Rectangles Stitched dies.

Note: I didn’t cut the card with the Rectangles Stitched Die until after I finished stamping and colouring the elephant so it is ok to leave it until then if you wish.

1. Firstly you will want to stamp your elephant on to a Sticky Note or you can use scrap paper with some removable adhesive. Cut around the outline of the image. For this card you will need to stamp 3 elephants in total on the Sticky Notes as you will use them all at one time in places.

2. Stamp your elephant and baby near the bottom right hand corner. Inking the stamp in Memento Ink. Place one of your cut out Sticky Note elephants over the top of the image. Ink up your stamp and stamp again just to the top left of the first one. You will want to line it up so you just have the larger elephant shown.

3. Ink and stamp another elephant to the top right of the first one. The baby one should be just off the edge of the card but that is ok.

4. Place 3 of the Sticky Note elephants over each of the stamped elephants.

5. Stamp another elephant in between the top 2 elephants. And one elephant to the left of the left Sticky Note elephant. Each time remember to line the elephant up to just stamp the adult one.

6. Move a Sticky Note to the last elephant stamped on the left and then ink and stamp another one to the left of this.

Once stamped you can then colour the elephants with the Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends and colour the little baby one with Petal Pink. I found them very easy to colour. Using the Light Smoky Slate Blends colour the elephants completely. Then using the Dark Blends add lines over the printed lines (wrinkles) on the elephants.

To assemble the card, emboss the Smoky Slate card, 10.1cm x 14.4cm (5⅜” x 4⅛”) with the Tin Tile Embossing Folder and wrap around a length of the Petal Pink ribbon. Then adhere this to the Petal Pink Card base. Raise up the stamped card piece to the front.

Stamp the sentiment on Petal Pink card and cut with an oval die in the Stitched Shapes Dies. Then raise that up off the card with Dimensionals.

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Enjoy making this card. Try the masking Technique with any stamped image.

Now continue the Blog Hop. This time you are off to Allie’s Blog. If you get lost the Roll Call list is below.

Roll Call List

Stefanie Pletscher (The Crafty Medic)

Sue Allen (Simply Craft)

Linda (Stampin by the Beach)

JoAnne (Luv 2 Create)

Alicia Yap (Paper Munchkin)

Amanda Gillmore (She Creates: By The Sea Shore)

Margriet Siekman (Creatief met Marsie)

Jenny Hayward (A Stamping Journey)

Alejandra Gomez (Creating with Allie)

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SUNDAY SUITE – DINOROAR!

August 11, 2019August 13, 2019 Jenny Hayward

Today’s Sunday Suite we are looking at is the Dinoroar Suite. This is such a cute set. I don’t have any young children anymore but if you have children or grandchildren this would be a great suite for you.

This is all the products you will find in the Dinoroar Suite. Those cute little dinosaurs in the Dino Days stamp set. I have heard too that some of the dies will cut the dinosaurs in the Dinoroar Designer Series Paper. That’s always cool when you can do that. No cutting with scissors.

If you choose to get the whole suite it is just one item code. That makes life easy. In Australia that is $132.50 #152194

How about this for a cute card created by a Stampin’ Up! artist. Have a close look at the threads under the hatched egg. This is actually the Denim Ribbon that has been pulled apart to create the threads… Clever!

Another cute card below. You know I don’t think you necessarily have to have young children to have this suite. Many older people would be happy to have this cute dino on a card too. 🙂

If you do have young children what about a cute banner though with the paper. Great for their bedroom or for a birthday party. Oh! The ideas are endless. Such fun.

You can grab this suite or parts of it in my store now. Head over -> HERE.

Please use the Host Code: VA9WC4CZ

Have a great day.

Jenny

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WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #79 – UNBOXING MY 2019 HOLIDAY CATALOGUE PREORDER!

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Jenny Hayward

A little different Wednesday’s WOW! today. My preorder arrived on my doorstep early this morning for the upcoming 2019 Holiday Catalogue (or Autumn/Winter Catalogue for our Northern Hemisphere friends). So hold everything – I had to make a video unboxing it.

For Wednesday’s WOW! #79 – join me as I am unboxing my Holiday Catalogue preorder.

If you haven’t seen the catalogue yet then let’s check out JUST SOME of the gorgeousness.

I hope you like it. I always like seeing what different products people order.

What is your favourite?

Stay tuned as I start to create with these products very soon.

I will be starting to send the Holiday Catalogues our very soon so if you are in Australia you can request one by filling out the request form -> HERE

Jenny

Blog Hops

NEW TUTORIAL BUNDLE OUT FOR AUGUST!

August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 Jenny Hayward

We have a new Tutorial Bundle for you for the month. These have become very popular now.

I have teamed with a great group of Demonstrators from around the world to bring you these Tutorials each month. There are some very talented people in this group and I am honoured to be a part of it.

Here is a sneak peek of August’s Stamping Around The World Tutorial Bundle.

So how can you get these?

There are 2 ways that you can get these Tutorials.

1) Place a qualifying order with me (Australia residents only). In Australia this is $78. Either in store or directly through me.

2) Purchase the Tutorial $20 AUD It doesn’t matter where you are in the world you can still get these Tutorials from any of the participating demonstrators. You can do this through Paypal or direct deposit.

Each month we have a new Tutorial Bundle for you. And in the middle of the month we all come together for a Blog Hop with more inspiration. So I hope you can check back in.

Thanks for visiting me,

Jenny

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SUNDAY SUITES – PRESSED PETALS SUITE!

August 4, 2019August 3, 2019 Jenny Hayward

It’s Sunday Suites time. Today we are looking at the Pressed Petals Suite. I have seen a lot of projects with this suite recently so I thought it would be timely to look at it.

The Pressed Petals Suite includes a sweet stamp set, Path of Petals, for those special encouraging occasions. (See it closer below). I love the Petal Labels Dies. They create some very detailed, delicate labels for your sentiments.

This is the Path of Petals stamp set.

With these Suites you can use just one Item code to get all of these items together. The Pressed Petals Suite is #152193 and is $167.76 AUD

In the Suite it includes the Pressed Petals Journal. I have only just noticed the embossed cover. Isn’t that gorgeous?? You can decorate the Journal with some simple decorations. Not too much or you cover the lovely embossing. On this one it is using the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper.

You have to have a closer look at the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper. It looks like pressed flowers on the paper. Do you remember pressing flowers when you were younger? Picking the flowers then pressing them in piles of books between paper. It is just like it.

A couple more samples for you using this suite of products.

I have to show you the Pressed Petals Specialty Washi Tape. It contains 2 rolls. One roll is a Crumb Cake tape. The other petal one is not your regular Washi Tape here. The roll of tape actually contains individual petals. You can use the petals on their own as an embellishment or you can peel one off at a time and build up your flower. It is $13 AUD It is very clever. I haven’t seen anything like that before have you?

If you want to have a closer look at this suite check the video out below. It shows you in much more detail the journal and the gorgeous Washi Tape.

So there is the Pressed Petals Suite.

If you want to grab one of these products or all of them you can grab them in my store now -> HERE. (Australian residents). Please use the Host Code: HCCFFCSU

Thanks for visiting me today on this Sunday.

Jenny

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LAST DAY FOR BONUS DAYS!

July 31, 2019July 30, 2019 Jenny Hayward

That’s it. You have until tonight to get your orders in to grab your Bonus Days Voucher for 2019. If you need anything be sure to get your order in to my store by 8pm tonight or message me for me to add your order.

What’s the deal with Bonus Days again?

Every order over $90 will receive a $9 Bonus Day Voucher that you will be able to redeem on your order in August. That’s awesome right. $9 free stuff!

You can shop in my store now -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: HCCFFCSU

Also, as the order is over the qualifying amount of $78 you will receive the 12 Project Tutorial Bundle sent out to your order is placed. These 12 Tutorials are from Demonstrators from around the world including myself and I have to say you will love the projects.