Evening Sunset in the City.

Good evening all, hope you are all  fit and well, despite the dreary weather.   Hopefully better weather later in the week.   Tonight my card is made using an Imagination Crafts stencil and their wonderful Starlight paints, a firm favourite of mine, along with their beautiful Sparkle Medium.   You may have seen this card on their latest  t.v. show on Hochanda  on the 21st. November.

  
Fold the ready creased white scalloped card in half, making an 8"x8" base card.   Matt a square of black card onto it.   Next matt a piece of  peach paper onto the black, leaving a border of black showing.

Take a smaller piece of cream linen card and colour using the blue, dried rose, orange oxidation, dark orchid and antique gold Starlight paints with  the blue paint brush.    This could also be done using a brayer but I still like to use a paintbrush lol!   old habits die hard !

Lay the create a scene stencil on top of the coloured card,  securing to the card using masking tape to stop the stencil from moving.   Spread the black stars Sparkle Medium over the design on the stencil, using the metal spatula.   Remove stencil and leave the image to dry.     Spread some gold shine Sparkle Medium over the moon and colour with  a little Starlight paint..

   

   
When dry, trim the card to fit the peach paper, leaving approximately, a half inch border of peach showing and glue to the base card.   The last thing to be done, is to add a gold ribbon bow to the top right corner.   That's all for tonight folks.   I do hope you have enjoyed your visit and thanks for stopping by.      See you all again soon.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Big hugs,   Jennifer xx.



  

'Thanks Sew Much' and 'Indian Elephant.'

Good evening Followers,  Friends and Visitors,

Well we're halfway through yet another week lol!    Christmas will be  here before you can say "Jack Robinson" lol !    I've not bought a single present yet, must get a move on I'm thinking.    The time will just fly by.    Today I received more  'happy post' from Imagination Crafts.   More samples to be made for the next t.v. show on Hochanda at the beginning of December.    I will let you know the date and time,  nearer the show date.      Today I went to my local knit and natter meeting, didn't get a lot of knitting done, but there was plenty of nattering lol ! ha ha.

I thought I would share two posts with you tonight.   The first is an elephant  from the Indian Summer  issue, coloured with pens and is from  the Calm Colour Create adult colouring book.    This is so relaxing to do,   I chose to colour with coloured pens but you could also just use a black pen only which would also be very effective too.

                                                          Here are a few close up photos.

   

 

  

 

My second post is a card I made for Imagination Craft's latest t.v. show last Saturday, on  Hochanda.     I covered  a 7"x7" cream base card, with some patterned paper from Raspberry Road, then a smaller piece of dark green card, cut slightly smaller than the base card, then matted onto the front.

Next I cut a piece of cream card,   (again cut slightly smaller than the green matt) using the Woodware trimmer and the 'pinking blade.   Matt this onto the green card, then a further piece of patterned paper and, finally another piece of patterned paper, smaller than the last matt.  

The buttons are die cut from cream card, using the Marianne Design die.   Rub these buttons with Versamark and heat emboss with Imagination Craft's Shimmering Green Grass Magi-Bond Chunky embossing enamel.   Glue these to the top of the card, near to the centre.

I stamped the text with Versamark and heat embossed with green embossing powder.   Cut out an oval and coloured the edges with mowed lawn distress ink.   It was then  matted onto a larger oval which had been heat embossed with green  powder and glued to the top right.

Lay the stencil onto some spare cream card and dab Versamark through the design, using a piece of cut n' dry foam,  then heat emboss with green embossing powder.   Cut out the dressmaker's   dummy and the sewing machine and fix to the front of the base card.

   

    
Glue six  green sequins to the card front, three to the bottom left and three to the top right.   That's this card finished folks.   Hope you like it.   Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and thank you again if you have left me a comment.   I do love to hear your views on my creations.   Take care of yourselves and I'll be back again in a few days.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                              Crafty Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Flower Power.'

Hello there Peeps,

Jennifer here again with another card I made for Imagination Craft's t.v. show on Hochanda last Saturday.   Hope all is well with you and yours and your week has got off to a good start.   I spent a little time in my craft room today,   had quite a productive hour or so, (not as long as I would have liked lol!!! but other things  needed doing  -  a women's work is never done ha ha !!! )   ok onto the card.

    
Fold a  ready creased cream  card down the centre crease line to make a 7"x7" base card.   Matt a piece of brown card, cut slightly smaller than the cream, onto the base card.   

Cut a  piece of cream card  smaller than the brown.   Using the grand labels one die by Spellbinders, die-cut the label from Kraft card.   

     
Lay the blissful stencil onto the kraft card and dab Versamark through the design, using a piece of cut n' dry foam.   Remove the stencil and heat emboss with aged bronze embossing enamel from Stampendous.

Glue the kraft card onto the cream card and wrap the striped ribbon across the centre.   Matt this onto the base card.

   
Die-cut the Memory Box open flower and then the Spellbinder's flower, then glue the open flower on top of the ribbon, in the centre of the card and glue the Spellbinder's flower on top of the other flower.   This flower is cut from a light gold metallic card which is  really delicate and pretty.    Well that's it my friends.   I'll be back in a couple of days with another creation.    Have a good couple of days.

                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                              Big Hugs   Jennifer xx.

MDF Snowflake Decorations.

Good evening Lovelies, hope you've enjoyed your Saturday.   It has been so cold here today.   The snow that fell last night was really icy and crunchy under foot,  it hasn't melted at all.   At least there has not been anymore snow today.   I went out to our local craft fair today.   Lots of lovely items made by some very talented people.    Tonight, as promised I am featuring a couple of my MDF snowflake decorations.   These snowflakes are so quick and easy to decorate.   Sue from Imagination Craft's had then on the Hochanda T.V. show today and very popular they were too!     My snowflakes were not on the shows today as I did not get them finished in time, so I am showing them on here instead lol.   I decided  to undercoat them with chalk white MDF paint first.

    

I then  dabbed some stencil medium over it using a metal spatula, which lifts the medium up into little peaks, which looks like snow.   When it was dry, I rubbed silver Sparkle Medium over it and left it to dry

   
I then painted some white card using the blue Starlight paint and when dry, I die-cut the poinsettia, using the Marianne Design die.   I rubbed a little silver Alchemey wax over the raised veins on the petals.   I glued one flower on top of the other, then glued the stamen to the flower centre.    I then then glued to the snowflake.     This was repeated, with another die-cut flower and was glued back to back with the other flower.   This meant that the snowflake would look good from both sides.

     
That is this one finished.   Here is my second MDF snowflake, this is different to the above decoration, although I have used the fabulously smooth Starlight paints.    Again, I undercoated the snowflake with MDF chalk white paint.   This is not absolutely necessary but  old habits die hard lol !!

    
I then used Dark Orchid, Blue, Cyclamen and Antique Gold Starlight paints and painted the snowflake as above.   I glued six pink heart gemstones to the centre of the snowflake, using Magi-bond glue.

      

      

    
Well that's all from me for tonight my friends, I will be back again soon with another creation.   Many thanks for stopping by my blog and if you have left me a comment, thank you again, I do love to hear what you think of my creations.

Have a peaceful, relaxed Sunday.  

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                Hugs    Jennifer xx.

  

 

Another 'Sneaky Peek' Christmas Trees card.

Good evening Lovelies,

Just a quick post tonight lol!   Hoping to have an early night for a change !   My card tonight is another 'Sneaky Peek' at a card I have made for the Imagination Craft's T.V. shows on HOCHANDA tomorrow at 10am.   1pm.   and 5pm.   Please remember to tune in, or set your recorders,  sounds like they are going to be good shows, lots of demos by our lovely Sue, which we all like.

Fold the cream card down the ready creased line, making a 7"x7" base card.   Matt a smaller piece of red card onto the base card.

Take another piece of cream card, cut slightly smaller than the red and lay the 'Holly' embossable stencil onto it and dab the mowed lawn distress ink through the design.   Remove the stencil and  dot some 'Red Berries' Detail Sparkle onto the holly berries and leave to dry.   Matt onto the red card.

In the meantime, die-cut the poinsettia, using the Marianne Design die.   Colour this with the red Starlight Paint and when dry, which will only take a few minutes, rub over the veins on the leaves with some Inca Gold Alchemy wax.   3D the flower and glue to the centre of the base card.   Add some Forest Green Sparkle Medium to the stamen in the centre of the flower.

   
Take another piece of cream card and spread the Forest Green Sparkle Medium through the Christmas tree stencil, using the metal spatula.   Remove stencil and leave to dry.   Do this a further 5 times.   When they are dry, trim around each tree leaving a tiny border of cream showing.   Glue thes around the poinsettia, using silicone glue, to give some dimension to the card.

      
Cut out the tree bases and colour with the red Starlight paint, then glue them below each of the trees.   Well that's it finished.   Hope you like it,   I sat thinking, what can I do with this tree stencil,  maybe  use it in a different way lol   and this is what came to mind.    Hope you like it.

                                          

  
See you all again soon.   Enjoy the shows tomorrow.   I'll be sitting comfortably, a cup of tea in hand and possibly a choccy biscuit !!   naughty naughty me !     

                                                                Love and Rainbows,

                                                                Big Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Pink Damask Roses, Sneaky Peek at card for Hochanda T.V. Show.

Good evening Peeps,

I'm back again with another 'Sneaky Peek' for you.   This has been made for Imagination Craft's next show on Hochanda T.V. on Saturday 21st November.   I do hope you can tune in.   Sue will be doing some great demos as usual.   So make a date in your diaries or set your recorders.

My card tonight uses Imagination's very pretty 'Damask' stencil, this makes a beautiful delicate background.   Make a cream base card 7"x7".   Cut a slightly smaller piece of black card and punch each corner using the  Woodware corner punch.   Put this aside for the moment.

   
Take a piece of white card, cut slightly smaller than the black matt and lay the 'Damask' stencil onto it and, using a piece of cut n' dry foam, dab the Tattered  Rose distress ink through the design.    Remove stencil and  leave this to dry, then replace the stencil and  spread the Diamond Sparkle Medium over the design.   The pretty pink will shine through the diamond Sparkle Medium.

When this is dry, matt it onto the black card, fixing the corners into the punched corners on the black card.   Glue this to the cream base card.

 
Cover a piece of cream card with the Tattered Rose distress ink then cover with a thin layer of the Diamond Sparkle Medium, leave this to dry.     Cut out four roses using the rose die  ( a freebie on a magazine a few months ago).   Shape the die-cuts into roses and glue to the centre of the damask design.

  
Using the Memory Box butterfly die, cut four butterflies from  black card and glue them around the roses.

  

 
Well that's it for tonight my friends, see you all again very soon.   have a good Friday.

                                                           Love and rainbows,

                                                             Hugs   Jennifer xx.

A Sneaky Peak at my Love Birds card for T.V. show at Hochanda.

Hi there  Followers, Friends and Visitors,   I'm back with another Sneaky Peek at a card I have made for Imagination Craft's T.V. show this Saturday on Hochanda.

How has the weather been where you are?  hope you are all safe and dry after all this rain !   We had some very heavy showers today, plus it has been extremely windy again.  The stream has been thundering passed our house, we could hear the rocks and stones tumbling down the stream.   No flooding problems I'm pleased to say, as Hubby made some flood defences many  years ago and they are in position.

I decided to show you this card tonight, as it is quite a cheery card I think.   The stencils I used were Imagination's 'Love birds' and 'Tumble  Leaf,'   the  leaf stencil looks really pretty when coloured.   If you look closely there are some hearts hidden in the design, which I think really adds to the design.

 

     
Fold the ready creased white scalloped  white card in half down the crease line, making an 8"x8" base card.   Matt a smaller piece of red card onto the white card, leaving a half inch border of the white showing.   Take a smaller piece of white card and lay the 'Tumble Leaf,  stencil onto it.    Using the distress inks and a piece of cut n' dry foam, colour through the stencil design.

Next using a piece of cut n' dry foam, dab some Versamark through the hearts only, then heat emboss with clear embossing powder, this gives a glossy look to the hearts which stand out against the matt colours of the distress inks.

  
Remove the stencil.   When dry,  lay the 'Love birds' stencil onto it and  using the metal spatula, spread the Bright Red Sparkle Medium over it.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

When dry cut out the birdcage, leaving a tiny white border around it.   Fix this to the centre of the base card, using sticky foam pads.

          
Lastly, glue a satin ribbon bow to the top of the bird cage.   Well, that's it for tonight, hope you like it.   I'll be back again soon with another card.   Have a good Thursday, stay safe, warm and dry.

                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                       Big Hugs to you all,  Jennifer xx.

Hollyhocks in the Sunset. Sneaky peek.

Hi there Followers, Friends and Visitors,

I hope you are all well and having a good week, despite the dismal weather.   I spent some time in my craft room this morning, finishing off my samples for  Imagination Craft's Hochanda T.V. show at the weekend.   They are all safely boxed up and on their way to Sue ready for the show.    It is always a relief when I know they are in the post.    Tonight's card is one of those samples.   For this card I have used  their  'Hollyhocks' stencil,  a real old fashioned cottage garden flower and of course Sparkle Medium.   I think I use this colour more than any other, great for silhouette cards....... Black Stars..

Fold the ready creased cream card down the centre line, making a 7"x7" base card.  Matt a piece of shiny black card onto this, leaving a border of approximately half an inch of cream card showing,    

    
Take a smaller piece of white card, slightly smaller than black and paint it using the Starlight paints.   When dry, lay the 'Hollyhocks' stencil onto it and, using a metal spatula, spread the 'Black Stars' Sparkle Medium' over it.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

  
Punch out lots of small flowers, using the left-over painted card after trimming it to fit the black shiny card.   Cover the black Hollyhocks with the flowers, gluing them  in position.

       
Glue three flowers to each corner of the cream base card.

Well that's this card finished, quite a quick card to make.   Enjoy the rest of the week and I will be back again soon with another 'sneaky peek.'

Many thanks for visiting my blog, appreciate each and every one of you.   Take care.

                                                                   Love and rainbows,

                                                                     Hugs    Jennifer xx.

Summer Breeze.

Good evening Peeps,

What a wet, dismal weekend it has been.   A good weekend for me to spend some time in my craft room,   making samples for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts,  for their  t.v. show on Hochanda next weekend.   I still have more samples to make, so must get a wriggle on lol!  they need to be in the post on Wednesday, so no time to lose then lol!    Tonight's card was made using their 'summer breeze' stencil.   I have to apologise in advance for the poor quality of the photos, the light was not good and the sun was shining too, which created shadows.

    
Fold the ready creased cream card down the centre, creating a 7"x7" base card.   Take some magenta card and cut leaving narrow borders of cream card showing on 3 sides and a larger border on the left of the card.

Cut out 9 triangles from some spare magenta card and glue these down the wider cream border on the left of the card. 

   
Using a piece of cream card, smaller than the magenta matt, colour it with the Tumbled Glass distress ink.

  
Lay the 'summer breeze' stencil onto it and spread the blue sapphire and claret Sparkle Mediums over the stencil.   Leave to dry.   When dry, cut  the card into elongated triangles and glue onto the magenta card, leaving gaps of magenta showing, between the triangles.

  
Wrap some cream satin ribbon down the left-hand side of this card and glue to the  base card..    Make 4 roses from some spare magenta card, adding some claret Sparkle Medium to the edges of the petals.   Glue these to the base card.

Glue a cream bow to the top of the ribbon and make a smaller rose and glue it to the centre of the cream bow.   Well that's it finished my friends.   Thanks for visiting my blog,  and I'll be back soon with another creation very soon.    Have a good week.

                                                                     Love and rainbows,

                                                                     Big hugs   Jennifer xx.

Special Friends.

Good evening Fellow Bloggers, Friends and Visitors,

Another wet and windy day here today and more of the same tomorrow by the sounds of the weather forecast  lol!     Hope you've had a bit better weather than we have had !    Managed some time in my craft room this afternoon before our Grandson arrived home from school.     I made a few samples for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts, for their next show on Hochanda tv show.

My card tonight was made in October 2014.   I have used my favourite die from Imagination Crafts, my little pixie friends lol!   -   'Stargazing' from Imagination's Celtic Die Collection.

   
Make a base card from teal card stock.   Matt a slightly smaller piece of white card onto the base card.   Next take a slightly smaller piece of turquoise card  and lay the 'scattered  flowers' stencil onto it.   Spread the Jade Sparkle Medium over the design, using the metal spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   Next add some satin ribbon down the  left-hand side of the card, securing on the reverse.   Matt this onto the base card.

Cover a piece of white card with the Jade Sparkle Medium, using a brayer or spreading with a spatula if you do not have a brayer and leave to dry.  

   
When dry, cut out the pixies using the 'Stargazing' die.   Die-cut two corners from white card, using the Die-Namites die and fix one in the top left and bottom right corners.

   
Cut out a white circle to fit the die-cut circle and glue the die-cut to the white circle,  putting some silicone glue under the pixies to raise them up slightly.   Glue this circle to the base card.

  
Die-cut the flowers and layer them, adding some Jade Sparkle Medium to the centre and glue the flower in the bottom right corner.    

Thank you for stopping by to view my blog and if you have left me a comment - thank you again, I really appreciate the time you have taken to visit and comment.   I'll be back again very soon with another creation.  

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                         Happy Crafting,    Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Friends Always.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Another wet and very windy day today up here in the hills, although not particularly cold for the time of year.   I've had quite a productive day producing samples for Imagination Craft's T.V.  show on the Hochanda craft channel, later this month.

I would like to welcome my newest follower - Cumbrianlass, I do hope you enjoy  your visits to my blog and many thanks for following me.   Tonight's card was made with a stamp set I saw in a craft shop a few weeks ago and I just couldn't resist buying it.   This stamp set is from Indigo  blu and is so pretty.

Make a base card from white card stock.   Put the front of the card into the textured embossing folder by Crafter's Companion and emboss.   Colour the raised parts of the embossing with the Tumbled glass, Evergreen bough, Seedless preserves and Scattered straw distress inks.

    
Take a piece of white card and colour with Brusho paints.   When dry, stamp the tulip in the centre of the card, using  black ink.   Cut this out using the  Sizzix Hexagonal die.   Stamp small pieces of the hessian stamp around the tulip, using the black ink pad.

Matt this onto a larger Hexagonal, cut from pink mirror card.   Glue this hexagon to the centre of the base card.      

   
Colour a piece of cream satin ribbon with the Seedless preserves distress ink to match the background of the card and tie into a bow, then glue to the top left of the hexagonal.

   
Stamp 'Friends Always'onto a spare piece of the coloured white card, using a black ink pad.   Cut this out and fix it to the bottom right of the hexagonal, using sticky foam pads.

   
Well that's all for tonight my friends.   I will be back in a couple of days with another creation.   In the meantime, have  a happy couple of days.   Thanks again for visiting my blog, I really do appreciate the time you have taken to visit and comment.

                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                              Crafty Hugs   Jennifer xx.