Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators Wollongong – Page 70

I had a little time to myself the other day and wanted to create a card – just because. I pulled out this new stamp set ‘Crazy About You’. This set is great as it has a couple of flower images and a leaf image as well as 30 different word stamps that you can team together if you like or use them with the ‘Hello You’ Thinlets now available. If you buy them together as a bundle you save 15% on the price too.

So here are the 2 cards.

I made the one on the left first. The DSP is from the pack ‘Painted Blooms’. I embossed the Whisper White card with the Spring Flowers Embossing Folder (another new addition in the Occasions catalogue). Before adhering these to the Wild Wasabi card base I wrapped some Wild Wasabi Baker’s Twine 3 times around the card. The flower was stamped in Blackberry Bliss and punched with the new Flower Medallion punch. I punched a couple of “leaves” from Wild Wasabi card from the punch as well. (I thought later it would have been nice to sponge the edges of the leaves with ink but I didn’t think of that at the time). The greeting was from the ‘Crazy About You’ Stamp set. They are 2 individual stamps. As mine were Photopolymer I placed them on the clear block together. I checked they were straight by stamping on scrap paper first. Once stamped on Whisper White card I punched them with the Oval punch and then punched some Wild Wasabi card with the Scallop Oval. I added a little Rhinestone for the bling factor to finish.

I made some more cards on Saturday with this set using Blackberry Bliss. I will show you those next post so stay tuned.

Until then,

Happy Stamping 🙂

cards, Classes, Sale-A-Bration

IRRESISTIBLY YOURS BUTTERFLY!

January 22, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I have just discovered the ‘Irresistibly Yours’ DSP in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. I had fun creating with it the other day. I found this card on Splitcoaststampers. I loved the bright colours and just had to copy it.

I used Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight. To colour the paper I sponged the ink picking it up from the inkpad with the sponge. Rather than dabbing with the sponge though I rubbed in a circular motion. I think that gives a smoother coverage of ink rather than it looking blotchy. Once you ink it then rub over the paper with a tissue and it will wipe off the ink over the embossed areas and give it a shine. For this card the paper is teamed with the gorgeous butterfly die available now in the Occasions Catalogue and I backed this with some Whisper White card to make it stand out. The greeting is from the Buttefly Basics stamp set.

The ‘Irresistibly Yours’ DSP contains 12 sheets (2 each of 6 designs) that are single sided. They each have a glossy white pattern. You can apply ink to the paper by sponge, brayer or directly with the inkpad. You could colour with Blendabilities too if you like. The embossed like pattern resists the ink leaving a gorgeous pattern. If you haven’t seen it yet or really paid attention to it, check it out on page 15 of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. Here are the patterns you will find in the pack. It’s great to create some beautiful patterned paper to the colour you would like and to make it look embossed and you haven’t had to drag out the embossing powder and Heat Tool!

Thanks for visiting today,

Jenny

Classes, Stampin' Up!

LAUNCHING THE OCCASIONS AND SALE-A-BRATION CATALOGUE!!

January 17, 2015 Jenny Hayward

If you are local to East Corrimal then do join us. Do something for yourself this year and take some time out for you!

I would love to see you come along. Don’t forget RSVP date February 4th. Book and pay by then to receive your Goodie Bag.

Email/comment that you will join us.

See you then 🙂

cards, Masculine, Stampin' Up!

ADVENTURE BOUND + HELLO YOU. GREAT FOR THE MALE CARDS!!

January 9, 2015January 9, 2015 Jenny Hayward

I just have to share these cards I made yesterday. I am not great at making male cards. Aren’t they hard to make??? The new Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stacks in the Occasions Catalogue makes creating them so much easier. Actually there are a lot of great “male” sets in this catalogue.

The prints in the stack are beautiful. You really don’t need too much more with them on your cards. I have used the new ‘Hello You’ Thinlets and the ‘Crazy About You’ stamp set with them and kept the embellishments very simple. I was thinking of putting Candy Dots on them but didn’t get around to it. I don’t think it needs them really. I like the clean look.

Here they are individually.

The Adventure Bound Stacks are great value at $11.95. (p 40 of the Occasions Catalogue). You get 48 sheets – 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. Sized right for the front of your cards.

You can get the Thinlets and Crazy About You set as a Bundle. (p 31). For Bundle price W $112.95 C $94.25 Photopolymer $72.95. They are available individually too.

So if you have a hard time with cards for the boys then grab one of these stacks.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Jenny

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

A CASUAL DAY OF STAMPING!!

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Two posts in one day!! I had to stop by again and let you know of a Casual Stamp Day I am having on Saturday. If you are in the local area (East Corrimal, Wollongong) you are most welcome to join in. Here are the details.

Saturday January 10th from 2pm. Cost: $5. Come when you like, stay as long as you like.

Bring your own projects to work on. You can use my stamps, inks and Big Shot for those projects and/or I have some cards that you can choose to make for $2.50 each. I supply all the card etc for these. Make 4 and the 5th one is free.

Come and join us. Please RSVP by Friday 9th so I can have space available. Afternoon Tea is provided and you can pick up a copy of the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

Here is one of the cards you can make on the day. Make one or make a number of them for $2.50 each. I have a couple of other cards to choose from too.

I know it is still school holidays here but you might just want to sneak out and have some time to yourself!!!! (YES, I hear you cheering!!). Drop me a message to let me know you are coming. It will be nice to have a relaxing afternoon together stamping.

Jenny

Catalogues, Stampin' Up!

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

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Two lots of exciting news for you today.

1) Sale-A-Bration is HERE!!

This has to be one of the most exciting times of the year because you get the Freebies!!! (All the details are below).

and

2) The Occasions Catalogue is out from TODAY!!

So many wonderful new products for many different events coming up in the next few months – Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day (OK they are great for male cards). There are also great sets for Birthdays, Thinking of you, Sympathy. You have to check it out!

One advantage of being a demonstrator, you can get hold of the products early and have a play. I have had a great time already. I will be showing you some of these projects over the coming days and weeks. I wanted to show you this one today.

I was inspired by another card I found on Pinterest using a different stamp set. They were quick cards to make to send out randomly this week to some people. 🙂 This is using the very lovely stamp set ‘Lotus Blossom’ that is a Sale-A-Bration set – which means you can get this for FREE!!! I think this is going to be a very popular choice. The colours I have used here are Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder; and Calypso Coral and Crisp Canteloupe.

HOW do you get these for free might you ask??

Spend $90 on any Stampin’ Up! Catalogue products between now and 31st March and you can choose any product in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue as your free choice. There are so many options for so many different tastes. (Psst! It will be hard to just choose one you know!!!).

OR, why not get extra freebies???

Host a party. When your sales reach $400 you get an extra $40 to spend.

This is on top of the already great Hostess rewards. For example, normally for a $400 party you would get $60, during Sale-A-bration you can now choose $100. (What would you choose for $100 of free products???). Now a party doesn’t have to be all your friends together in one place at a time, you can have a catalogue party. Pass the catalogues around to your friends/family/neighbours and collect your orders. When you reach $400 you still get the extra rewards – but hey! You miss out on me showing you some great projects. 😦

LET’S MAKE A DATE FOR YOUR PARTY NOW!!! Contact me ASAP to secure your date.

OK, you love the products. Why not join Stampin’ Up! Pay $169 of products, get $235 of products and then you can choose between 2 Free product options.

Option 1 is your choice of free kit from the Occasions Catalogue or Option 2 – choose any TWO Sale-A-Bration items.

How do you get to see these great new Catalogues??

1) You can view them Online now HERE.

2) Ask me to have one sent straight to you (Australian residents only).

I can’t wait to share more exciting projects with you so stay tuned. 🙂

Jenny

3D projects, Stampin' Up!

NEW YEAR CREATING WITH BUTTERFLY BASICS!

January 1, 2015January 1, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Happy New Year to you all. I hope you have had a lovely Christmas and New Year celebrations. We had a really nice family time. I love these special moments. I have been in my craft room the past week though. I can’t keep away. I have a number of projects to share with you over the next week. It has been so nice to ink up some new stamps. Today I thought I would show you a little gift box I have just made. This is using the new Bundle ‘Butterfly Basics’.

I have used Coastal Cabana. I cut a butterfly from the butterfly Dies from Whisper White and one from the silver foil sheets. (Read below for some tips for cutting out these little intricate dies). I sponged around the edge of the white butterfly in Coastal Cabana. The strip under the butterfly is vellum which I have embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and then flagged the ends. The little postage stamp is heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I added a strip of Rhinestones to the centre of the butterflies for some bling.

For the box I recreated the little box I showed in a post some time back. You can find all the details HERE.

BUTTERFLY DIES CUTTING TIPS

These butterfly dies are very intricate and like similar ones you might have a few problems cutting them out. I thought I would share my tips in cutting them to have a nice clean cut.

1. Use baking paper between your die and cardstock. You may have to also add a scrap piece of copy paper to aid the cutting further. So lay your card down on the bottom Big Shot cutting plate, place a piece of baking paper over the card, top with your die face down then add the scrap piece of copy paper. Place the top cutting plate over it.

2. When running through your Big Shot you might want to run back and forth a few times. I found I needed to run it through about 6 times.

I had several attempts playing around with this die to cut well. After some frustrations (and maybe some mumblings under my breath!), I found this to be the best result. The butterfly lifted almost cleanly off the die. I just used the Paper Piercer to start popping it in the holes and lift it slightly and then it would lift off quite easily. See how you go trying this but do persevere as it is such a beautiful die and combines so lovely with the Butterfly Basics stamp set.

I look forward to sharing more projects with you so stop by again soon,

Jenny

3D projects, Christmas

12 WEEKS OF CHRISTMAS REVIEW!

December 24, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Did you enjoy the recent 12 Weeks of Christmas projects?? There were a lot of awesome projects by the team. What was your favourite project do you think??? I would love to hear what you thought.

I was looking at my projects the other day and noticed a theme. I didn’t plan it like this though. These are my projects I created over the 12 Weeks. Do you notice anything???

I seemed to have a theme of using the Nordic Noel DSP and different Gift Packaging that Stampin’ Up! has available. I have to say it is so great that there are so many different sizes and types available. These do make dressing up gifts and treats quick and easy. For these projects I used the Tiny Treat Boxes (only available now until January 5th), the Kraft Gift boxes and the Tag a Bag Boxes.

If you missed these posts you can find them all here.

Tiny Treat Holder

Clear Ornaments and Gift Box

Tag a Bag Box Treats and matching card.

If you want to check all the projects from our 12 Weeks of Christmas then just click on the tag below of “12 Weeks of Christmas” and all the posts should come up.

It might be a bit late to make any of these projects for this Christmas but maybe they will be useful for next Christmas or another occasion.

Have a wonderful Christmas surrounded by the ones you love and may you take some time to reflect on the Greatest Gift we have been given.

I am taking a break from blogging for a week so I will see you with more creative projects in 2015. Thanks for being part of my journey this year. 🙂

Jenny x

cards, Christmas

I JUST HAVE TO SHOW YOU THESE CHRISTMAS CARDS!

December 21, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I am very proud to show you these cards today. I can say that because I didn’t make them. These were made by my clever Mother-in-law (who is 87!). She has just started getting more into cardmaking recently and just loving it. I loved these cards she has just made and thought I have to show you her fabulous work.

Firstly on this card, trees were punched with the Tree punch from Rich Razzleberry from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack. The white paper has been embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and adhered to a Tempting Turquoise card base. A non-traditional colour scheme here.

These next 2 use the ‘Festival of Trees’ set. The left card is on a Real Red card base. The scallop edge is cut with the Scallop Thinlet and adhered at an angle. Great idea! The star is from the ‘Bright and Beautiful’ stamp set. The one on the right is on a White card base and the edges sponged. The scallop edge this time is ran through the Big Shot with the Delicate Details Embossing Folder to give it some texture. The greeting is stamped on a piece of white card and added to the card.

Now for the next two. The one on the left has a large star cut from the Pool Party base card then a piece of Pacific Point card is adhered underneath. A star is cut from Silver Foil Sheet and then another star is stamped and cut out with the matching Framelits and then layered together. The greeting from ‘Bright and Beautiful’ is matted on a Pacific Point card piece and adhered to the card.

The right one is on a Real Red card base. The ornaments are from ‘Ornamental Keepsakes’ stamp set. Two Wild Wasabi Ornaments are stamped directly onto the Whisper White card mat. Another ornament is stamped in Real Red and cut out with the Framelits. The “JOY” is from the ‘Bright and Beautiful’ stamp set and stamped in Smoky Slate.

Now for the last two which I think is very clever.

The one on the left is on a Blackberry Base. The front of the card is cut at an angle. Then a Whisper White angled piece is adhered to the front. Stars are cut from Blackberry Bliss, Silver Foil and a white one stamped. These are all layered together and the greeting stamped on the front. Inside on a Whisper White card mat the smaller stars are stamped in the upper right corner and partway down on the right side. This is in Smoky Slate and I think Cherry Cobbler (?). The card on the right is on a Whisper White card base. The angled piece that was cut from the other card is adhered to the front of this card. Then a large star is cut from both Blackberry Bliss and Whisper White and half the white star is adhered to the Blackberry card. (Clever!!). Then another star is cut from Silver Foil Sheet and one stamped on Whisper White. These were layered on the front of the card and a greeting is added.

What do you think?? Pretty clever, Hey! I am so proud of her. I think she has done an awesome job. So why don’t you stand and applaud my Mother-In-Law’s great results. Or why not drop her a comment here and tell her what an awesome job she has done. I know she would love that. Her name is Verna BTW. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by and seeing these wonderful cards today.

Well, I might just have to go back to showing you my projects next post!!

Until then, Happy Stamping,

Jenny

3D projects, Christmas

12 WEEKS OF CHRISTMAS – BONUS PROJECT!!

December 16, 2014December 16, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Wait! it’s not Thursday when we usually post our 12 Weeks of Christmas projects. I know. We have a Bonus project for you today created by Leonie. This is a really cute Santa Slider Card.

So you pull the tab and ribbon and this is what happens …

He is a pretty excited Santa jumping up and down with glee at all the presents he has left you. 🙂

Leonie had a lot of fun making this card and she has included a Video Tutorial as well as a written Tutorial as some things are hard to put into words. While it may seem a little fiddly at first they do become easier the more you make them.

Here’s the Video Tutorial ….

Now as always we have a special Latte Girls 12 Weeks of Christmas Bundle …

Latte Girls 12 Weeks of Christmas Bonus Bundle 2 – just $60 plus shipping.

Now maybe you’d really like that tree punch so lets add that and you can get all four items for $80 plus shipping! Now how nice would that be wrapped under the tree? Now if you want it for Christmas you’ll need to order it within the next couple of days to make sure it arrives in time and you may like to opt for tracking for an extra $3.95 to be sure.

Remember you’ll need to contact me to get this bundle at this price as its exclusive to the Latte Girls 12 Weeks of Christmas Design Team!

Want the written tutorial? No worries – simply comment here with your email address and I’ll send you a copy!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a Happy day 🙂

Jenny