Stampin’ Up! – Page 12 – A Stamping Journey

Here is one of the first cards I have made with one of the Free Sale-A-Bration sets. Have to say it didn’t come together quite like in my head BUT anyway I am going to show you.

A piece of Pool Party card was cut with a larger Labels Framelits and then embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of DSP from the ‘Floral District’ pack with a smaller Labels Framelits and this was layered under the Pool Party card. The verse from Vintage Verses was stamped in Rich Razzleberry on Whisper White and layered under that. It was all adhered to the front of a Pool Party card base. The fold of the card is on the Left Hand side. I added a small heart punched from Silver Glimmer Paper. White Organze ribbon was wrapped around the card and some Pool Party Satin ribbon (one of the Free choices with Sale-A-Bration) was tied through this. All this resulted in an elegant card – I think???? I’m still not completely sure about the card though. Hope you like it and may find some inspiration!!

Thanks for stopping by. I have some more Sale-A-Bration creations in store so stop by again soon,

Jenny

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SALE-A-BRATION 2013 IS HERE!!!

January 23, 2013January 23, 2013 Jenny Hayward

It’s that exciting time of year again – Sale-A-Bration! This is where YOU get the Freebies!!!! There are always fantastic products available that you can choose from and this year is no exception. But this year there is even more choices! Just when you thought it was hard enough!

Have you seen the Catalogue yet? I can send you out one OR click on the Catalogue front page here and it will take you to view the Catalogue Online. This link will be in the Right Hand side margin too.

You HAVE to check it out!! Don’t we all love Freebies??

So, what do you get from Sale-A-Bration???

For every $100 order you can choose one of the exclusive Sale-A-Bration products for Free!!

Get your friends together at your place or mine and we can party! I will show you some of the new SU! products and as Hostess you get extra benefits. Plus, being the 25th Anniversary of Stampin’ Up! receive a Free pack of Silver Glimmer Paper with parties over $300. Let’s talk about a date for your party! Drop me a message and we can arrange it.

What about 20% discount on your Stampin’ Up! products ALL THE TIME!!!! Gotta love that!! During Sale-A-Bration it is even better. Get 25% extra in your kit to celebrate Stampin’ Up! 25th Anniversary. Come and join the Stampin’ Up! family. Come and join my team!! You can choose ANY Catalogue Products up to the value of $294 in your Kit AND PAY ONLY $169. Not only do you receive 20% discount on your products ALL THE TIME you become part of THE best company IN THE WORLD!!! You receive So much inspiration from Demonstrator only Forums, you can attend awesome Stampin’ Up! events AND make some long-time friends (for me that has been the best part!).

So now you know all the details, let me know if you have questions. I am happy to help you and excited to share stamping with you and your friends.

Jenny

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“PEEKING OWL!”

January 17, 2013January 17, 2013 Jenny Hayward

It’s been a bit quiet here lately. School holidays are still happening and so not a great lot of time to create. In the time I have had I have been busy making some samples using the great Sale-A-Bration sets and also playing with some new toys from the new Seasonal Catalogue coming out very soon. I will show you those soon but I wanted to show you this card I made last week. I have been wanting to create this one for a little while so just HAD to do it before I got too busy.

Doesn’t he look cute peeking through the hole. The card is made using the Early Espresso Core’dinations cardstock. I cut it lengthwise and then ran the top section through the Big Shot with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I sanded the card a little to accentuate the woodgrain. It makes it look just like the owl is sitting in a tree. The Scallop Circle and the Modern Label punch are in Daffodil Delight. The ribbon is the Primrose Petals Satin Stitched Ribbon.

Here is the inside view. A friend has joined him.

I haven’t added a greeting inside as yet. I can add that later when I know what the occasion will be. This card was CASED from a card on Late Night Stampers group I think. I’m sorry I don’t know the original creator though. I hope you like my version??

Thanks for stopping by today to see my cheeky owls. Come and visit again soon.

Jenny

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A MASCULINE 50TH!

January 7, 2013January 7, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Last week I needed to create a 50th Birthday card for my Brother-in-law. What to do??? Masculine cards are always a dilemma. I went through my “saved card ideas”. We all have one (or more) of those files don’t we?? The layout was inspired by this card by Debra Currier. Of course I couldn’t use Extreme Elements now but ‘Clockworks’ was a good substitute. A racy red sportscar is a good addition for a 50th. Unfortunately it wasn’t a real one though! 🙂 The ’50’ was done on the Bigshot with ‘Timeless Type Alphabet’ now retired. I punched a circle with the large circle on the Owl punch and punched a centre hole with a small hole punch. I threaded some Linen Thread through it to create a tag. The edge of the tag was sponged with ink.

While I was on a roll I created a similar card to use for another Male Birthday. They can always come in handy. This time I used the “Wish Big” from ‘Word Play’.

Here are the 2 together. I did use Sahara Sand on both these cards but they do look a little different. Possibly the lighting – or my bad photography!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a good day. I hope my Aussie friends are surviving the heat. It has been hot and looks like it will continue all week. Stay cool 🙂

Come and visit again soon,

Jenny x

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“SCENTSATIONAL” BABY!

January 1, 2013January 1, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Don’t put some of those Christmas stamps away just yet! It’s great to know that you can use them for more occasions than the season they were intended.

Here is a great idea I found on Stampin’ Connection, a Demonstrator Forum I am on. This was CASED from Mercedes Weber. You can visit her blog here. She is just the cleverest 🙂

How cute is this using the set “Scentsational Season”. I would never have thought to use this for a baby card, but what a great idea! The clouds are punched from the Cupcake Punch and ran through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. The DSP is Tempting Turquoise and is from the Brights Paper Stack. The greeting is from “Itty Bitty Banners” and cut with the Bitty Banner Framelits. There you go, a baby card using a Christmas set. Who’d have thought Hey!!!!

Well, 2013 has dawned. I hope this year brings you all you hope for. Keep looking forward to achieve your goals. Don’t dwell on the bad stuff, they just weigh you down.

Happy 2013 to you,

Jenny x

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CHOCOLATE TREE!!

December 31, 2012December 31, 2012 Jenny Hayward

Ok, one more Christmas creation before New Year. I just really wanted to show you this one. I found the tutorial for these recently on Brenda’s blog here. It is really clever. Just after I saw this I found the Kisses and Mini Hershey bars at a local discount store. I was so excited because they are really hard to come by here and YAY! now I could make them!!

Here is my Chocolate Tree.

Here is a view from the top.

Do you like it? Once you get the folding right for the triangles in the middle they are really easy. They would make a really nice gift to give at Christmas. A bit late for this year but maybe file the idea away for next year!!!

Wishing you a Very Happy 2013. Stay safe as you celebrate. I want you all to be healthy and well for another year of creating and sharing.

See you next year!

Jenny x

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MERRY CHRISTMAS BANNER!

December 26, 2012December 29, 2012 Jenny Hayward

How was your Christmas? I hope you had a lovely day. They weather changed considerably here yesterday with rain and much cooler temperatures. This changed our plans a bit but it all worked out. Nothing like coziness with all the family on Christmas Day!!!

I know Christmas has now gone but I still want to show you this project. I have been meaning to make one of these Christmas Banners for months. I have looked around the internet but just wasn’t sure what to do. On the weekend just gone I thought I should just ‘DO IT!!’ So I did!

Here is my Christmas Banner.

It is hard to see it all here so I will show you some close-up shots.

What I have used:

CARD: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Silver Glimmer Paper, Very Vanilla, ‘Be of Good Cheer’ DSP.

BIG SHOT: Timeless Type Alphabet (retired), Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Snow Flurry Die, Top Note Die.

OTHER: Scallop Circle Punch, 2 step Owl Punch (centre of Snowflake), Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Adhesive Rhinestones.

I hope you like it???? It was fun to create.

Enjoy the rest of your Christmas celebrations and I look forward to you stopping by again soon.

Jenny

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LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS CARDS!

December 24, 2012December 24, 2012 Jenny Hayward

I was tidying up my craft desk the other day and found all these little bits left-over from recent Christmas Card making. I couldn’t let these little bits go to waste so I made some quick cards with them.

For this first card, I had a strip of the Candlelight acetate. It is so gorgeous I couldn’t throw it out. It did take me a little fiddling to work out where to put it though!! So much for a quick card!

On this second card I had a piece of Very Vanilla card that I had embossed with the Holiday Frame Embossing Frame at Heartfelt in Sydney in November. This has been sitting on my desk since then waiting for some inspiration. I had a left-over ornament already cut from the Candlelight DSP. This didn’t take long to put together.

Christmas Cards are done and dusted for this year so at least I have made a start for next year!!!!

Thanks for taking time to stop by. It is such a crazy time of year but I do appreciate you visiting my little corner of the blogosphere today and anyday. 🙂

Jenny x

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FOLDED PAPER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT

December 20, 2012December 20, 2012 Jenny Hayward

Did you enjoy the Christmas boxes I shared with you last week? I hope it might have inspired you. If you missed them just head back to the previous posts. I showed a different box each day for a week. Today I want to show you a Christmas Ornament I recently made.

I quite like all the curls on this. I found the idea originally on Pinterest. The directions for making this can be found here. (Just a note: It is in Chinese but it has photos and is fairly easy to work out).

This was made with the “Be of Good Cheer” DSP. I added some Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and Lace to finish it off. I have been debating whether it needs a Christmas sentiment but I didn’t want to hide the curls. Maybe a little one down the bottom???

I hope your plans for Christmas are coming together well. Most of the presents here are wrapped. A couple of things I ordered On-line still haven’t arrived, so I think I will be making some ‘IOU’ tags.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

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BOX WEEK – BOX #7

December 16, 2012December 16, 2012 Jenny Hayward

We come to our last box for the week. This box today is based on the box I showed you yesterday. So you can get the template from the link in the last post. This is another version.

This box is created using the gorgeous acetate sheet with the flocked swirly finish. It is so soft and velvety to touch. You get 2 sheets of this in the Candlelight Specialty DSP found in the current Seasonal Mini Catalogue. It makes up such an elegant box. I have cut an ornament from the Ornamental Keepsakes set and then run it through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. You can’t tell but I also sprayed this with Champagne Shimmer Spray so it sparkles in real life. The centre sentiment is from “More Merry Messages”. An adhesive Rhinestone in the centre finishes it off.

Here is the top view.

I adhered a piece of the Candlelight Specialty DSP on top of the lid and some white Organza Ribbon around it to finish it off.

Well, that finishes off my Box Week. I hope you liked the projects. There is still time to get creating some before Christmas. Why not share a photo or a link to your creations? I would love to see them. Have fun creating!

Jenny x