The Holly Tree.

Good evening Followers Friends and Visitors,

Time again for another post.  Hope your weekend is all  you wished it would be.   I've had a quiet crafty day today, after my busy day yesterday.  Tonight I would like to share a Christmas card with you, which I made in July 2012 for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.   I have used one of their fabulous decoupage stamp sets, the ' Holly Tree,'    the 'Bauble' embossable,  'Black Stars' Sparkle Medium and my favourite paint palette,  'Vintage,'  such gorgeous colours.  For this card I have not chosen the usual Christmas colours, hope you like it.

Make a base card from black card stock.   Matt a piece of white card onto the black, leaving a small border of the black showing.   Onto this matt a piece of black card,  again leaving a border of white showing.
 

     
Take a piece of pink pearlised card slightly smaller than the black matt and lay the 'Baubles' embossable halfway across the pink card  and spread the sparkle medium over the design using the metal spatula.   Remove the embossable and leave the image to dry.   When dry, stamp the greetings and two pieces of holly around the edges on the right-hand edge of the pink card, using the Versmark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder..   Fix the pink card to the base card  using double-sided sticky tape.

   
Take some white card and stamp the main image of the holly tree onto it, using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder.   Stamp this image a further four times.   Colour using the 'Vintage' 
paint palette , brush and water.  

  
3D this onto the original image, using silicone glue.   Fix this onto some white card, then onto black, each time leaving small borders.

   
Add three pink stars to the right-hand edge of the pink card and one to the top  left of the main image.   Well there we are, this card is finished.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.   See you all again soon with another project.

                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                             Big Hugs  Jennifer xx.



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My Tutorial for the Imagination Craft's Blog. Beautiful Baubles.

Hi Peepes,

Just a quick post to show you the whole of my creation.   Hope you like it.   If you would like to see how it was made and which Imagination Craft's products I used, please pop across to the Imagination Craft's Blog.
I have done  step by step photos to show you how I made it.

    
See you all again very soon.   Enjoy the rest of your week.

                                                                  Love and Rainbows,

                                                                  Big Hugs   Jennifer xx.

A Sneaky Peek at my Tutorial for the Imagination Craft's Blog.

Good morning Lovelies,

How are you all, I do hope the answer to this question is,  very well!   This morning I would like to share with you,  a sneaky peek at my tutorial for the Imagination Craf's Blog.     If you would like to see the finished piece, please pop across to the Imagination Craft's Blog page  where I give you  step by step pictures and explain how I made it and , which Inagination Craft's products I used when making it.

Enjoy your day my friends and see you soon, when I will have another creation to share with you.    Take good care of yourselves.

                                                              Love and Rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Christmas Tree Special

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Thanks for stopping by my blog, hope you enjoy your visit.   Tonight I would like to share a Christmas decoration I made for Imagination Craft's  Create & Craft's TV show today.   It is made using their MDF Christmas Tree Kit which was designed for them by Kath Halstead and is very popular.

The tree itself comes in two parts which slide together to make a stand-up tree.   Take each part and paint with the chalk white MDF paint.    Paint the top half with the turquoise satin silky for the sky.    Whilst paint is still wet sprinkle on some glamour dust to the bottom half, for the frosty snow.

    
                      Fir trees were stencilled onto the bottom halves using silver sparkle medium. 

    

   
I covered some white card with silver sparkle medium and left it to dry.   When dry,  I die-cut some snowflakes using a Tattered Lace die and cut each one in half and glued these to the tops of the tree.   Glue some smaller silver snowflakes to the top half of the tree.

 

 All the different sized MDF baubles were painted  with purple lace silky and sprinkled with glamour dust whilst still wet.   Some have silver sparkle medium on them, using the Imagination craft's mini stencils, ie., stars etc.,

 

  

   

    

         
                        Add some cord and ribbons to the baubles and hang on the tree branches.

Well that's it my friends, hope you like it.   See you soon, It's off to bed for me now as it is well after midnight, past my bedtime lol!   See you all soon.

                                                               Love and Rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.  








   
                 

 

In the Pink

Good afternoon Followers Friends and Visitors,

I've had a busy morning in our garden before this fabulous dry weather decides to change lol!  when the rain does come, it may forget to stop!    Must get all the outside jobs done before it does change.

I would like to share a card I have made for Imagination Craft's  Create and Craft show on TV on Friday 19th September at 2pm.   I used their 'birdsong' stencil, some gel medium and Inkadinks.   Hope you like it.

Begin by making a base card from pink card stock.   Onto this matt some maroon coloured card, cut slightly smaller than the pink.

   
Take another piece of white card the same size as the stencil, then lay the stencil on the card.   Mix a small amount of gel medium with a drop of 'Cherry Pie' Inkadink (one drop only is needed as these Inkadink colours are very strong and a little goes a long way lol!)  and mix well.   (By using the gel medium and Inkadinks,   this card can be made using  any colour you wish lol! )

  
                             When evenly mixed, spread across the stencil using the metal spatula.  

Carefully remove stencil and whilst the gel medium is still wet, sprinkle over some pink glitter.   Set aside to dry.

   
Trim the card to fit the maroon card, leaving a border of maroon showing and fix to the base card.   Add a pink bow to the top left corner.

   
Well  that's it finished my friends, I do hope you like it.   Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me some really lovely comments, I  do appreciate every one.   Cheerio for now, see you again soon.

Please do not forget to tune in to Create and Craft TV at 2pm tomorrow where our lovely Sue will be doing some interesting demos using Imagination Craft's products.   Make a date in your diaries lol.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Big Hugs   Jennifer xx

   

My Mid Month Imagination Craft's Inspiration Project. ' Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness.'

Hi there my Lovelies,

It's me back again,  with my mid month inspiration project for the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog.   Our theme this month is 'anything goes.'       This morning I would like to share my project with you in the hope that it may inspire you to join in the challenge with us.   If you have some Imagination Craft's  products, why not give it a go!   you could win a voucher worth £40 to spend on Imagination Craft's products, a prize worth winning!     I would like to point out that only entries using Imagination Craft's products will go on to the prize draw (although non Imagination Craft's makes can still get top 3 spots.)     There is also a lovely badge for your blog, ok on with my project.

                                 Begin by making a base card from some maroon coloured card.  

       
Stamp the small leaf from the stamp set, one in each corner, using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with copper embossing powder.

                                       

Take a piece of white card and stamp the main image four times, using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with copper embossing powder.   Colour the images with distress inks.
  
Fix one whole image  to the centre of the base card and cut out and 3D the other images onto the original image, using silicone glue to give a little dimension to the card.

Colour and cut out another little ladybird and glue to the original image.   Die-cut and emboss two small leaves from white card,   colour and gently rub the Versamark pad over the embossed veins on the leaves and heat emboss with copper embossing powder.

Add these leaves to the 3D image.   Well that's it finished, quite an easy card to make, just takes a little bit of time and patience fussy cutting out the leaves but I think it is worth it, I hope you do too.

That's all from me for the moment,  it would be great to see you all play along in our challenge.   The rules are on the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog site.   Please do not forget to check out the other members of the DT 's inspiration  pieces on the Challenge Blog.

                                                             Love and Rainbows,

                                                             .   Hugs   Jennifer xx

Little Robin

Good evening my lovely Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Well we are halfway through another weekend.   Hope you are all having a relaxing time before the week begins all over again lol!   I've had another busy day today, housework this morning, then lunch.   A little crafting time making samples for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts,   for their next Create and Craft T.V. show in a week or so.    Must get them finished and in the post this Monday!   The rest of the afternoon was spent picking the plums from our plum tree,   the tree was loaded down with gorgeous plums,   so it will be plum jam, plum crumble etc., for the next few weeks lol!

Well less chat more card making lol.   Tonight's card was made for Sue and Harvey in October 2013.   I decided to steer away from the usual Christmas colours and chose shades of blue.   I know robins usually have a red breast and mine has a blue one,   oh  well it is a cold day on this card lol!

Make a base card from blue card stock.  Take a slightly smaller piece of white card and matt a piece of dark blue paper onto the white, leaving a small border of white showing.   Wrap some blue ribbon around the white and blue matts,  securing on the back,  then fix this to the blue base card.

  
Die-cut two Christmas trees using the Memory Box die, from white card and glue one to the top right and the other to the bottom left.

Stamp the main image onto some white card with a Versamark pad and heat emboss using some gold and blue embossing powders and whilst still hot, sprinkle some Imagination Craft's  Glamour Dust over the image, small amounts will adhere to the hot embossing powder, which is what we want - not too much!

Colour the image with distress inks and water.   Trim around the image and fix onto a piece of white card, just slightly larger than the main image.   Glue this onto the centre of the base card, on top of the ribbon.

Add a blue ribbon bow to the top left of the main image and 3 blue pearls to the bottom right and 3 to the top left.

Well that is it finished.   Hope you like it.   Take care of yourselves and have a good week.   I will be back on Monday morning with my mid month inspiration piece for the Imagination Challenge Blog, so see you all then.
       
                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.

A Christmas Candle

Good afternoon  my lovely Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Another early post from me today lol!  makes a change from midnight posts!   Hope you all had a good weekend and that your week is going well, what ever you are doing.   This afternoon I have another Christmas card for you, using of course!   Imagination Craft's products .   I made this card for Sue and Harvey in October 2013.   The main image is their beautiful 'Candle'  decoupage stamp set.     This image can be used as a flat, stamped image or decoupaged.   Personally, I love decoupage and this card involves 3D decoupage.   I do hope you like it.

Begin by making a base card from black card.    Matt a piece of white card onto the black, leaving a small border of white showing.   Cut a slightly smaller piece of black card and lay the 'Ivy border' stencil onto it and rub Versmark through the design using a piece of cut n' dry.   Remove the stencil and brush the mica powders over the Versamark.   Brush away the excess powder.   Matt this onto the base card.

   
Stamp the main image onto white card four times using a Versmark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder.    Colour the images with the Vintage Pearly Paint Palette,   which I love, such gorgeous colours with a hint of gold in them!    When dry, cut out and 3D.

Take a square of black card and rub over it with a Versamark pad, then brush the mica powders  over it.   Next, take the stamp with the main image on and cover it with Versamark.   Stamp on top of the card which you have just brushed with mica powder, this will lift off the mica powder leaving the black card showing.

Cut out and emboss the square shape from the mica coloured card using the 'X Cut' die.   Matt this onto some white card and   trim away the white corners, then matt this onto a slightly larger piece of black card.

   
Cut away the text side of your main image, leaving the scrolls and candle in tact, that you stamped onto white card.   Fix the 3D image onto the die - cut square and glue to the centre of the card.

Well that is it finished.   One little tip - to stop the mica powders being rubbed off, spray your card with a cheap hairspray but spray at a distance or you will get blobs of spray  which will show up on the black card.    Hope you like it.


Until we meet again in a few days, look after yourselves and have a good week.

                                                                Love and rainbows,  

                                                               Big Hugs    Jennifer xx.

Cottage in the snow.

Hi there my Lovelies,

Hope you are all having a great weekend.   The weather here the last two days has been glorious, so warm and sunny.   Tonight I have a Christmas card to share with you, which I made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Craft's.   in October  2013.

The base card is made from brown card, then a piece of white card was matted onto the brown, then some orange card onto the white.

Stamp the sentiment and the small ivy leaf from the stamp set, in the bottom right corner with a Versamark pad and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.

    
Colour a piece of white card with Distress inks and leave to dry.    Stamp the main image onto the card using a brown ink pad.   Colour with a white  highlighter pen.   Rub a very small amount of gold shine Sparkle Medium over the snow.   Matt this onto some white card, then onto some brown card,   each time leaving a small border showing.

    
Matt this image onto the top left of the base card.    Using the Marianne Design Poinsettia die,  cut out, emboss and colour the flowers.   Cut out and colour the leaves using the green colour from the Vintage Pearly Palette.   Glue the flowers to the base card.

Add a ribbon bow to the bottom right corner.

Well that's it my friends, hope you like it.   Take care of yourselves and enjoy what is left of the weekend.

                                                                 Love and Rainbows,

                                                              Crafty Hugs   Jennifer xx

Christmas Owls.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Well here we are again nearly at the end of another working week! The days are passing by so quickly.   Our Grandson is back to school now for the Autumn term after the Summer holidays.

Before I begin to tell you about the card I have to share with you tonight, I would like to welcome my newest follower, Rita to my blog.   Why don't you pop over to her blog to see her wonderful creations.   Tonight's card was made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Craft's in June 2012 and uses their gorgeous 'owl's border stamp set,'   their beautiful 'snowflake flurry' stencil and of course my favourite Imagination product to date - sparkle medium.   Ok then,  off we go.

Make a base card from red card.   Matt some green onto this leaving a 1/4" border of red showing.   Cut two triangular pieces of dark blue card and glue one to the top right and one to the bottom left of the green card, leaving a tiny border of green card showing.

Take a piece of white card and lay the stencil onto it and spread the sparkle medium over it.   Remove stencil and leave image to dry.   Cut out a white circle using the Nellie Snellen dies and a die-cutting machine.

Stamp  fourteen Christmas hats onto some white card and colour with Promarker pens.   Cut out, leaving a small tag of white card just below the fur trim on each hat.

  
Glue the hats in the slots around the circle and glue a piece of dark blue card card to the back of the circle.   Using a white pen, put some snowflakes on the blue card. 

Stamp the main owl image twice onto white card using a black inkpad and colour in the owls and the branch only, using Promarker pens.   Cut the owls and the branch out and 3D them.   Fix them to the blue circle using silicone glue.

Next fix the circle to the left side of the base card.   Add six red rhinestones to the flourish on the right of the card and one larger one to the top left corner.

Well that's all for now my friends.   Hope you like these  two cute little owls.   Take good care of yourselves until my next blog in a couple of days.    Enjoy your weekend when it arrives.                     

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                              Big Hugs  Jennifer xx

A Winter's Evening.

Good morning Peeps,

Well here we are again, at the beginning of yet another month !   The time for me to show you my project for the 1st. September 2014 Imagination Challenge Blog.   There is a chill in the air in the mornings here and the Rowan tree berries are bright red, plus a few leaves on the trees are beginning to fall, a sure sign that Autumn is on the way.   I love Autumn for the fabulous colours.   Talking of colours lol!  the card I have to share with you this morning was made using Imagination Craft's gorgeous 'Dusk til Dawn' stencil along with some Sparkle medium.   Hope you like this one.

If you would like to join us in the challenge this month and you have some Imagination Craft's  products in your craft stash, why not give it a go !   Remember, you have to be in it to win it! and you could be in with a chance of winning  a voucher worth £40 to spend on Imagination Craft's products, a fabulous prize.   NB.only projects made using Imagination products are eligible for the top prize.   There is a lovely badge for your blog too.  Ok off we go with this morning's card.

  
Begin by making a base card from black card stock.   Matt a slightly smaller piece of white card onto the black, leaving a small border of black showing.

Take the 'snowflake' patterned card and lay the stencil on top and tape down with a low-tack masking tape to stop the stencil moving on the coated card.

Spread the gunmetal and silver sparkle medium over everything but the moon.  Spread silver sparkle medium over the moon  and add a little aqua sea medium on the moon also ( as the moon is not all one colour).

                               Carefully remove the tape and the stencil,  then leave the image to dry.

  
When dry, matt the scene onto the base card and hey presto !  your card is finished.   A really quick and easy card to make, yet so effective.

   
Well that's all from me folks.   Would love it if you were to join in this month's challenge over at Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog.   Please pop over to the other DT members blogs to see their amazing inspiration projects too!

                                                                 See you all soon.

                                                                Love and Rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.