Stitched Shapes framelits – Page 2

ONE FOR ALL WITH NATURE’S POEM!

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I have recently got the One For All set. I really loved this one when I saw it in the catalogue. I don’t know why it appealed to me particularly. Perhaps the whimsical nature of it or just the fact that I go bike riding a bit. It was a must-have though.

Over this last weekend I played a lot with it and I have a number of cards to show you. This was the first one I made.

I kept it simple to start with. On the Tranquil Tide base card I added a strip of the Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper. On the White card I stamped the girl in Tranquil Tide ink. Just a note on this: I cut the sentiment off the girl image on the stamp so it could be more versatile.

The sentiment was stamped on Crumb Cake card and cut with the larger circle in the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I sponged around the edge with Crumb Cake ink.

Before adhering the white stamped piece on the card I sponged around the edge and then looped around some of the Crumb Cake Nature’s Twine.

A simple card! Come back and see a few more with this set. I have loved using this set.

Jenny

cards, Catalogues

MERRY MERLOT DELIGHTFULLY DETAILED PAIR!

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Have you seen the gorgeous Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Designer Series Paper? Just beautiful! I have been creating with this paper this week and thought I would show you. I have made lots so watch out for the next few posts.

Firstly about this paper: this Designer Series Paper comes in 8 light-weight sheets and delicately cut. There are 4 each of 2 designs. One is the lovely floral patterns and the other design is frames and borders. They are Vanilla on one side and White on the other side so you can choose depending on your project.

You can cut the patterns out to use them. I used the floral design and cut various sections of the paper. You can see it below. It does take time to cut it but I think it is worth it. JUST A TIP: I laid a base card near the section where I was cutting so I could see what size to cut it out to. This was better than just randomly cutting and I can see how the sections fitted on the card as I went.

For these cards I went with one of the new colours – Merry Merlot.

I used the Vanilla side of the paper for these cards. You don’t need to add much to the cards. The sentiment is from Eastern Beauty set. I used the Layering Circles Framelits to cut the vanilla circle and a scallop one in Copper Foil.

This card below was inspired by a card I received this week from my upline – Vanessa. I made mine to a standard size card adding one of the detailed flowers at the top of the Very Vanilla card base. The sentiment from Southern Serenade is stamped on a square of Very Vanilla card and then layered on a square cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I added some loops of Copper Thread and also Adhesive Pearl around.

I have more cards to come with this paper so check back in very soon.

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Stampin' Up!

GET TO KNOW THE 2018 INCOLORS!

June 2, 2018June 2, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Well what an exciting day yesterday was with the start of the 2018 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. I hope you have had time to look over it and maybe even made up your Wish List. I hope you have a BIG piece of paper for that. Perhaps a notebook would be better. 😉

For today I thought we would chat about the new Incolors. Let’s meet them.

I must say, they are quite bright Incolors this year. I don’t often work with a lot of bright colours and I wasn’t too sure of them. They are growing on me though and I think if you aren’t too sure then just use them in small doses on a card and maybe not try and use all of them together. (That’s my solution anyway. 😉 )

I made up a set of cards using these colours.

It’s hard to see them all when there are so many. I have each one below. I used the Love What You Do stamp set and the new Stitched Labels Framelits. Love! Love! Love! these. If you love the Stitched Shapes Framelits you will love these.

It’s good to see a Colour Comparison to see how the Incolors compare to other colours. Each year I do a Punch chart to show them and have it in my studio. Every one who comes to classes likes to see the differences in the colours we use. I know I could probably do a fancy, schmancy computer generated one but where is the fun in that – and I don’t have time!! I know it’s not the most professional or quality presentation but we are about punching cardstock and sticking them on paper. 😉

Here are the comparisons. What do you think of the colours? What is your favourite Incolor this year?

Let’s talk about each of the colours.

Grapefruit Grove

I have to say this is fast becoming a favourite colour. I have used it quite a bit already. It’s a nice soft peach colour, a little lighter than Calypso Coral which I have used a lot of. It does work well with a lot of current colours.

HOW TO ON THE CARDS: Each card layout is the same so I will just give the details here. The “stitched” effect was cut on a piece of the coloured card and then cut with an Oval from the Layering Ovals Framelits. You might notice along the bottom edge of the white on each of the cards is a different “stitched” effect either straight “stitches” or xxx “stitches”. It is hard to see. I had a couple of attempts to cut these and found that I would get an ‘edge line’ from the Framelit which annoyed me. I ended up using the foam mat as the top plate on the Big Shot and found that reduced the line. I was happy with that.

The flower was stamped in the ink colour and then lightly washed over with the Aquapainter. It was then hand cut with scissors.

Call Me Clover

A bright green colour which might work great at Christmas time. It is much lighter than a few of the current greens.

Blueberry Bushel

I am liking this shade of blue. It’s not such a dark shade like the Night of Navy but not so “bright” which is a good addition to the blues. I think it will work well for Masculine cards.

Pineapple Punch

I have had a number of people say to me how they love this colour. Actually it was chosen as one of their favourite colours of all the colours. It wasn’t just one person either. So obviously it is a great addition. A bit more “truer” yellow perhaps. Warning: wear your sunglasses while looking at it. 😉

Lovely Lipstick

A bit darker pink to Melon Mambo. A number of people have said they really like this colour too. I think this is a little lighter than Berry Burst if you are comparing them too. It’s a nice pink.

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So there are all your 2018-2020 Incolors. I am sure you will see a lot of these colours over the next 2 years. I hope you get to play with these colours too.

Have a great weekend,

Jenny

cards, Catalogues, Onstage, Stampin' Up!, swaps, Techniques, Tutorials

WEDNESDAY’S WOW! #21- BABY WIPE PETAL PALETTE SWAP CARD FOR ONSTAGE!

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I will tell you more about Onstage shortly but I thought since it is Wednesday. It is time for Wednesday’s WOW! #21.

This card was my swap for Onstage in Sydney. I thought I would share this with you today and show you how I created it.

This is made with the Baby Wipe Technique. I had wanted to try this technique for some time and was reminded about it recently.

Here is how to create your own.

Below is a graphic for you to PIN but below is more details on how to do it.

1. Fold 2-3 Baby Wipes in half and lay them on a plate. A smooth plastic plate is best. I ended up using a couple of paper plates together as that is all I had suitable. Be sure to have a couple though as the ink leaks through. The paper plates are ok for a small number of inkings. Add dots of your first colour of reinker over different spots on the wipes. Then add your 2nd colour and lastly your 3rd colour. I think 3 colours are enough. The colours I used are Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango and Rich Razzleberry.

2. Ink up your stamp as you would normally on an inkpad.

3. Stamp your inked stamp onto your card. If you are stamping multiple of images then clean your stamp and ink your stamp again between each one. Your Baby Wipe Inkpad should last quite a number of stampings. I think I got 15-20 from the one inked wipe.

4. Complete your card as you like.

To finish my card.

Adhere the Bermuda Bay card mat to a Thick Whisper White card base. Cut the circular Border Thinlit from the Petals and More Thinlits from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and adhere down the left hand side of the Bermuda Bay Card. Adhere your stamped white card you had created with the Baby Wipe Technique on to the card. On the right hand side stamp the flower image from the Petal Palette set in Bermuda Bay ink.

Stamp the bird in black on scrap white card and cut it out with the matching Framelit from the set. Stamp the sentiment on to Tangerine Tango card and cut with the Oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. Raise both the bird and the sentiment off the card with Dimensionals.

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Have you tried the Baby Wipe Technique before?? I am keen to try it again. Each time you stamp it works out differently so give it a go if you haven’t.

Just to show you how different they can be. Here is all the stamped pieces when they were done. I inked the leaf in different positions on the wipe at times to get the variations.

(Not the best lighting but it might show you). 🙂

Have a great day,

Jenny

cards, Personal Ramblings

TWO 90TH BIRTHDAY!

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Jenny Hayward

I had the pleasure of making 2 special 90th Birthday cards the last couple of weeks. I thought I would show you them.

This first one requested by a friend for a lovely old friend of hers.

I pulled out the Number of Years set and the Large Numbers Framelits for it. The card was inspired by one on Pinterest. The “90” needed something to lift it so I added a square cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits in Copper Foil and added a few loops with the Copper Thread. The sentiment is from the Blooms and Wishes set.

This next card I sent to a special lady. I didn’t know her but I know what a milestone 90 is and I heard she was going to be having a very quiet birthday. I couldn’t let this special milestone slip by.

I added a piece of the Sweet Soiree Specialty DSP to a white card base. Cut a square with the Stitched Shapes Framelits in Vellum to sit the silver “90” on. It’s hard to adhere vellum so I added a couple of dabs with Snail Adhesive under where the numbers would sit. Then sentiment is from Happy Birthday Gorgeous.

Two special cards for 2 lovely ladies. I hope they had a lovely celebration in the end.

Have a wonderful week.

Jenny

3D projects, Christmas, Stampin' Up!, Tutorials

MID-SIZE GIFT TOTE FOR SECRET SANTA!

December 21, 2017December 21, 2017 Jenny Hayward

I can share this project now. I made this Gift Tote last week with a small gift in it for our team Secret Santa. I thought you might like to see it and if you are still in need for some Christmas packaging it might be just the size you need. I have the tutorial below.

It was just the right size for my gift of 2 small tubes of lotion and some chocolates.

The chocolates were wrapped Hershey Nuggets. We can’t get these here in Australia but I grabbed some when I went to Hawaii recently. Score!! I put them in a cello bag with a little topper.

I wanted to make up a little Tote but I didn’t have any Christmas paper left. This sheet of the Gold from the Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper is kinda Christmas-sy. 🙂 Teamed with some Fresh Fig card trim and the ribbon it makes it a little classy don’t you think?

Here is a close up of the tag on the bag.

The sentiment is from the Brightly Lit set layered on a Gold Foil oval and then layered on a Fresh Fig oval cut from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. The Gold ribbon is looped around the handle and adhered between the Fresh Fig and the Gold layer. The label on the chocolates which you don’t see too well is also from the Brightly Lit set and cut with a circle from the Layering Circles Framelits and one from the Stitched Shapes Framelits again in Fresh Fig.

To make this I was inspired by a tutorial I had saved quite a few years ago before the days of Pinterest. I converted it to metric and modified the instructions.

Do you want to know how to make your own Tote? I have the tutorial below for you in step-by-step instructions in both metric and in imperial.

If you like a more visual tutorial just hang tight and I will get that out to you shortly.

MID-SIZE GIFT TOTE

1. Cut Designer Series (patterned) paper to 21cm x 28cm (8 ½” x 11”).

2. On the short side score at 3.5cm (1 3/8”) on one side. Turn your paper 180 degrees and score at 3.5cm ( 1 3/8”) on the other side.

3. On the long side score the paper at 11.5cm (4.1/2”) on one end. Turn your paper 180 degrees and score at 11.5cm (4 ½”) on the other end.

4. Cut in on the middle tabs on the long side on both sides. Fold on all the scored lines.

5. Cut 2 strips of Co-ordinating card measuring 21cm x 3.5cm. (8 ½” x 1 3/8”). Score at 3.5cm (1 3/8”) in on each end on each piece. Adhere these strips along the top and bottom edge of the Designer Series Paper. (ie the short side).

6. Add adhesive to the outside of the small centre tab on the side. Fold up one long side tab over this tab to adhere. Repeat the same on the other side.

7. Run Adhesive on the inside edge of the other long tab and fold over to adhere on to the other side tab. This forms a bag shape.

8. Punch 2 holes along the top evenly spaced. If it helps mark with pencil the points you want to punch to help you line it up.

9. Run your length of ribbon through the holes on one side and tie on the inside to secure. Repeat with ribbon on the other side.

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If you make one do share your version with me. I would love to see it.

Have a great day,

Jenny

cards, Classes, Tutorials

WEDNESDAY’S WOW! COLOURING OVER EMBOSSING!

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 Jenny Hayward

This project for today’s Wednesday’s WOW! is a card we made at class a couple of weeks ago using the Stampin’ Blends. I thought it might be a good technique to share with you.

I have used the Lift Me Up set and heat embossed it with white embossing powder and then coloured it with the Blends markers.

Do you want to see how to do this?

I haven’t done a video as yet but I have an earlier tutorial from some time ago using the Blendablilities. They work the same way. To find out head -> HERE to see the blog post.

Happy Colouring!

Jenny

cards, Christmas

BEACHY LITTLE CHRISTMAS WEEK!

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017 Jenny Hayward

The weather is warming up here and it is Summer this week. I thought it’s time to share some Beachy Little Christmas cards for you that I have been making over the last few weeks.

Here is the first one. I think this is my favourite one.

I heat embossed the shells and the sentiment with Gold Embossing Powder on to Thick Whisper White card base. The shell sentiment is from the Beachy Little Christmas set and the “Merry Christmas” is from Star of Light set. The white squares are cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits and then I cut gold squares from the Layering Squares Framelits.

I wrapped around some Gold Thread before layering it on white card layered on a Gold Foil Sheet mat. I think the gold makes it classy.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny

Stampin' Up!, Techniques, Videos

WATCH IT WEDNESDAY #9 – THOSE HIDDEN STITCHED SHAPE FRAMELITS!

October 25, 2017November 10, 2017 Jenny Hayward

For today’s episode of Watch It Wednesday I want to share a product that sometimes gets missed in the catalogue. Every time I use these in class my class members are amazed. Where had these been hiding all the time?? So I wondered if you had really discovered these yourself.

Today let’s look at the Stitched Shapes Framelits.

I think these Framelits are great and I do use them all the time. They give an extra dimension around your shape without being too fussy. What do you think of them? You need them in your stamping supplies for sure.

Here are a couple of cards that I have used them on.

Thanks for visiting.

Jenny

Blog Hops, cards, Catalogues, Christmas

ESAD 2017 HOLIDAY CATALOGUE BLOG HOP WITH FANCY FOLDS OR 3D!

October 22, 2017October 22, 2017 Jenny Hayward

Today’s Blog Hop with ESAD (that is Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators – We are all pretty special though!), is focusing on creating a Fancy Fold or a 3D project using products from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue. You would have just come from the very talented Sue’s blog HERE.

I love a Fun Fold card so I was keen to take part in this Blog Hop. Today I have made what I call a ‘LATCH FOLD’. It could be called a Buckle Fold as I have been investigating but there is no slit that the flap tucks in to so I will still call it a Latch Fold. 🙂

I have used the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set found on page 35 of the Holiday Catalogue and my favourite Christmas colour combinations of Island Indigo and Pool Party.

The “Merry Christmas” sentiment is heat embossed in silver to add some sparkle. It was cut with the Layering Circle Framelits and then raised up with Dimensionals on an Island Indigo circle cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits and then this was raised up on a Silver Foil circle cut with a scallop in the Layering Circle Framelits. Before adhering it to the card I looped around some Silver Thread. The snowflake is from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits cut from Silver Foil too. To make that stand out I punched a circle from Island Indigo with the 3/4″ circle punch.

Here is the inside. I added a strip of Pool Party card which I had embossed with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder.