Stampin’ Up! – Page 7 – A Stamping Journey

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

3D projects

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

3D projects, cards, Stampin' Up!

LET’S CATCH UP – THINLETS AND AN ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD!

November 1, 2013November 1, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I am a little behind with my blogging lately. Life is busy and with Josh studying on the computer a lot at the moment with the HSC I have had little access to the computer. BUT I am here now. Just squeezing in a little time while he is still in bed!

By now you would have known about the wonderful new products released just this past week. I thought I would show you what I have been doing with them.

Firstly, have you seen the new Thinlets Card dies??? These make fun, interactive cards in no time. Check them out.

These come in the Labels shape or the circle and come with lots of other fun bits to add to your cards. They are $55.95. I had a chance to play with Leonie’s circle thinlets the other day as I am still waiting on mine to arrive. (Thank you Leonie). Here is a fun, birthday card to create.

I have used the set ‘Sketched Birthday’ and the paper is from ‘Birthday Basics’. This is really a great pack of paper. I think it gets lost in the catalogue. Leonie kindly gave me a piece. (Thanks again Leonie!!!). You are a star 🙂

I think it was the 1 3/4″ circle punch I used to punch the circle in Summer Starfruit card and the Whisper White scallop circle is the 1 3/4″ scallop circle. I added a little bling to this too.

Now on to the Envelope Punch Board. I have been having so much fun with this new little gadget. You MUST have one of these. Not only does it cut up to 66 different size envelopes BUT there are so many other fun boxes and projects you can do with it PLUS it has a corner rounder punch on it if you need one for any of your projects.

Here are some little treat pouches I have been making with them.

Made with the ‘Sweater Weather DSP’ and ‘Label Love’ stamp set. I added a little Burlap Ribbon. Add a little treat and this might be a good one for the men in your life???

How about a Christmas one with the ‘Season of Style’ DSP.

The label is from ‘Chalk Talk’ and stamped in Gumball Green. The ornament is one from the ‘Best of Christmas’ sets and stamped in Cherry Cobbler. You could add ribbon and hang these in the Christmas tree with a special Christmas treat. These are the right size to hold a Gift card. If you want to make one you can use the Gift card size shown on the Envelope Punch Board. The original idea came from Angie over at Chic N Scratch here.

Here is a little sneak of another project I created using the Envelope Punch Board. If you are on my Facebook Business page you would have already seen it. (BTW: You can click on the link in the right hand column and ‘LIKE’ my page to see my projects I show there). I will show you the rest of this project in the new few days.

So I hope you grab yourself the Thinlets Cards Dies AND the Envelope Punch Board. I can tell you they are essential 😉

Have a good day however you spend it.

Jenny

cards

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

cards

BABY STARS!!

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I can finally get around to showing these cards I made a few weeks ago. I needed to make 2 baby girl cards. One for my niece and one for a friend of Glenn’s. So I made 2 of the same. I pulled out my new set ‘Simply Stars’. I even opened up Blushing Bride for the first time!!!

I stamped the stars over the Whisper White card using Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate. I then ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. This was layered on a Blushing Bride card base. The little handprints and the sentiment are from the set ‘Baby Prints’. The grey button is not Stampin’ Up! I found that in my button collection and it matched perfectly. The little Pink Button is a retired Stampin’ Up! one (I think!).

Now that I have finished them I really need to send them before the babies are One!!! LOL

It’s a lovely sunny Spring day here. School Holidays have started so who knows what we will get up to today. Enjoy your day,

Jenny

3D projects, Classes

CHRISTMAS CANDLE CLASS!

September 14, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Next Friday is my Christmas Candle Class. I would love you to join us if you are local. These would make great gifts for someone for Christmas or to display yourself because they are so special and you are so clever!

We will make a large stamped candle and an Easel Card Candle. The Easel card was inspired by a lovely one by Carolyn Lindenmayer here. Thanks for sharing this Carolyn 🙂

WHEN: Friday 20th Sept. at 10am and 7.30pm

COST: $20

RSVP: Please reply by Wednesday 18th so I can have candles available.

Would you love to make the candles but can’t make these times. Why not make another time for you and your friends (Minimum 3 people). Drop me a message or email me about a time.

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SILVER EMBOSSED CALM CHRISTMAS

September 9, 2013September 9, 2013 Jenny Hayward

This is a card we made at a workshop last week using Calm Christmas. When I first saw it I thought it would look great embossed.

I CASED this from a card from Splitcoaststampers. The paper is from the Winter Frost DSP Paper Stack. This pad of papers is such great value at $11.95 for 48 sheets. The size is just right to use on a card front or you have a lot to play with to add strips to the card like I have here. You get 24 sheets of 2 double-sided designs. I love the colours used in this pad. So I think I will be making a lot of cards using this colour pallette for Christmas this year!

Anyway, back to the card. The dove was silver embossed which gives it such a nice shine. I added a strip of Island Indigo card that was punched with the Ribbon Border Punch and layered over some silver ribbon. The greeting from this set is silver embossed too. This was punched out with the Scallop Circle Punch and layered over an oval punched from Island Indigo. I added a silver bow to the top of the greeting.

I have some more cards to come with this set so stay tuned.

Thanks for visiting me today. I hope you have a happy week. 🙂

Jenny

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ANOTHER BUTTERFLY COLLECTION!

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Recently I showed you a number of cards using the Butterfly Collection wheel. With the Blog Hop last week I never got to show you another one I had made. Here it is. I have to say this card didn’t end up how I started but I think it is OK!

I was going for a shabby/vintage look. I think I realised when I was making this that I just don’t do vintage all that well. I used some of the gorgeous Venetian Romance DSP. This is just beautiful paper. This was layered on to a Pistachio Pudding card base. Before adding the paper I adhered some Pistachio Pudding Ruffled ribbon under the Lace and wrapped it around the paper. I cut a Labels framelit from Pumpkin Pie and then embossed it with the stripes Embossing Folder. The Butterfly wheel was rolled over some Very Vanilla Card and then cut with the Butterfly Bigz Die. I layered a butterfly punched with the Elegant Butterfly punch and added a Clear button and a Whisper White twine bow. The greeting flag was stamped from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and cut with the Bitty Banners Die. The end result was Ok. Not sure if it is vintage enough though. I love the softness of Pistachio Pudding. I think it is my new favourite colour.

I hope you have enjoyed these cards with the Butterfly Collection Wheel. If you missed the other cards I have made with this wheel, then head back a couple of posts to catch them.

Thanks for visiting today,

Jenny

Blog Hops, cards, Stampin' Up!

ESAD HOLIDAY CATALOGUE BLOG-HOP

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Today is the launch of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue and what better way to showcase the fantastic new products now available is going on a Blog Hop. Come and join me in a little cyber hopping to some see some wonderful creations from my ESAD friends. Firstly,

What is ESAD?

ESAD – stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.

We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship, and we’re always there to help and support each other.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to leave me a comment with your Email address and I’ll contact you with information on how to join our wonderful group.

So, let’s begin!

You may have just come from Angie’s blog or you might be starting here. Either way, enjoy your travels – and I hope you are inspired. Don’t forget to leave a comment at the end to say you have visited.

Today I want to show you one of the new stamp sets ‘Wishing You’. This is on Page 23 of the Holiday Catalogue.

When you are looking for inspiration to create your projects you can spend hours trawling the internet (pinterest perhaps???!!!!!!). Don’t forget the Catalogues for ideas. They have some fantastic simple projects for you to Copy. For this one I have CASED from page 9 of the Holiday Catalogue. I have used the ‘Season of Style’ Designer Series Paper (page 23) and the lovely Cherry Cobbler Stitched Edged Grosgrain Ribbon (page 22). The little parcels I coloured with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive markers. Being a clear- mount set I could easily see where to place them. Maybe I should have got the Stamp-A-ma-jig out BUT I was lazy!!

This next card was inspired by a card on Splitcoaststampers. (Another great source of inspiraton!).

For this one I have used the ‘Season of Style’ Designer Series Paper again. I have stamped the gifts and the greeting on Whisper White card and layered this on Silver Glimmer Paper for some sparkle. You have to have that, don’t you! I added a bow again using the Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain ribbon. This one is very quick to make. As long as it doesn’t take several attempts at making a half-decent bow. How do I know that? I think it took me as long to make the bow as it did to make the card.

Now the great thing with this set is it is very versatile. I like to show how you can use your Christmas sets for other occasions. You can pull this set out for Birthdays throughout the year.

This card was inspired by a card on Page 3 of the Annual Catalogue. For this I have used the ‘I Am Me’ Designer Series Paper. The gifts were coloured with Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango Markers. The piece was layered under a Tangerine Tango frame cut with the Squares Collection Framelits. The greeting is from ‘Remembering your Birthday’. The card was finished off with a clip from the Essentials Hardware (page 170).

Now you can head off to the next blog on your journey. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will visit me again soon. Now you can see what fabulous creations Jenny Humphreys has made for you.

See you next time,

Jenny

Classes, Stampin' Up!

RUBBER STAMP SALE AND HOLIDAY LAUNCH!!!

August 26, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Sale day is this Saturday!!!!!

I hope you can join us. There are some great bargains. If you have some unloved stamping products you want to add to the sale then let me know. You can update your supplies. Check out the details below. Hang around and you can start your Holiday creating too at my Holiday Catalogue Launch. Look forward to seeing you there.