Proud as a Peacock.

Good evening All,

Well here we are again heading towards yet another weekend lol!  these weeks seem to fly by at an enormous rate of knots!   I don't think the weather will be as good as last weekend was, ah! well, we can't have perfect weather all the time lol.

The card I am sharing with you tonight was made in  September 2016.   I have used another of my very favourite Imagination Craft's stencils, 'peacocks.'

    
I have used a 7"x7" lilac pearlised base card on which to work.   Matt a square of navy blue paper onto the base card, leaving a border of the lilac base card showing.

Take a square of white card the same size as your navy matt, and colour it  with the Mixed Media Spray Inks and leave to dry.

  
Lay the peacock stencil on top of the coloured card and spread all three Sparkle Mediums over the stencil, using the metal spatula, then leave the image to dry.

   
Cut out the two peacocks and put to one side for the moment.   Using the left-over coloured card, cut it into a hillside shape.   Put the peacocks in the position you want on the navy paper, so their feet are hidden by the top of the hillside, leaving the place where their feet will be, unstuck.

Glue the peacocks in position using silicone glue, tucking their feet behind the hillside.

  
Add another small hillock, cut from the left-over coloured card and glue between the first hills, using silicone glue. 

   
Stamp the greeting onto white card,  using a Versamark pad. then heat emboss with gold embossing powder.   Glue this to the top right corner.

Die-cut  four flowers from white card, using the Memory Box die and colour with the White Gold Starlight Paint.   Glue one  just below the greeting.

  
Glue the other three flowers in a group on the bottom left corner.   Add an aqua gem to each flower centre.

 That's all from me for the moment, I do hope you all have a great weekend.

Catch you all again soon, many thanks for taking the time to check out my blog and if you left me a comment on my last post, thank  you again, much appreciated.

                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Thoughtful Fairy Tag.

Hi there Everyone,

What a glorious few days we are having, wall to wall sunshine.   Hope you have enjoyed some sunshine too,  wherever you are.   Today I spent some time in my craft room preparing some samples for Imagination Craft's next shows on Hochanda T.V.  bur the gorgeous sunshine was a great pull lol!   Rather than just sit outside in the sun,  I washed all the paintwork on the house, which was much nicer in the sun than a cold windy day!    so I enjoyed the sunshine and my paintwork is gleaming lol! - killed two birds with one stone so to speak!

Tonight I have another of my tags to share with you.   This one was made using Imagination's very pretty  'mushroom fairy' stencil, black shiny card and Starlight paints.   The colours do not show up as well as I had hoped, due to the light reflecting on the beautiful sheen of the Starlight paints.

   
Cut out a large tag shape from white card.   Matt an oblong piece of black shiny card onto the tag.
Take a piece of white card and colour it with  the Hibiscus, Lilac mist, white gold and menthol Starlight paints, blending the colours together across the card, on an angle, using a paint brush.

   
Leave to dry, which will not take long, as this paint dries almost instantly.   Lay the 'mushroom fairy' stencil onto the coloured card and using a  black  fine liner pen, draw around the outline of the fairy and mushroom.   Remove the stencil and fill in the design with patterns of your choice, using the black pen.

Cut the coloured card to fit the black matt but leaving a tiny black border showing.   Cut around the outline of the mushroom, so it protrudes beyond the tag.   Fix this to the black matt.

Stamp some stardust beside her legs using a black ink pad.   (This stamp,  the 'fairy wishes' and 'make a wish'  stamps were given free with  a craft magazine.)  

      
Stamp the sentiment to the top of the tag, plus some stardust, using the black ink pad.   Take some lilac ribbon and using a black ink pad, stamp 'Make a wish' onto the ribbon.

   
Make a hole in the top of the tag and insert a black  eyelet, using the Cropodile.   Thread the ribbon through the hole.    Glue 3 tiny pink star gems to the sky.     Make a stand and glue to the back of the tag, so it can be stood up if wished.

Well that's all for now my friends,  I will be back in a day or so.   Have a good week.

                                                                    Love and rainbows,

                                                                     Hugs   Jennifer xx.

      

My Verona Tag.

Good evening  Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Hope you are all looking forward to the weekend, the weather sounds as though it will be good, hopefully there will be some sunshine !    maybe some gardening might be on the agenda lol!   Tonight I would like to share another of my tags.   I have used one of Imagination Craft's stencils, Starlight paint, Sparkle Mediums and Rusty Patina.

   
Cut out a large cream tag and then cut out another large tag from the black shiny card and matt the black onto the cream tag, to give the black card a little more strength.

Cut a smaller tag shape from white card and paint with the Antique Pink Starlight paint.   Next, dry brush a little Soot Rusty Patina down the tag.   Matt this onto the black/cream tag.

  
Punch a hole in the centre top of the tag ready for the ribbon.   Lay the Verona Tile stencil onto the tag, masking off everything but the central design with masking tape.   Lay this at an angle so it fits the tag and spread the 2 Sparkle Mediums over the design, using the metal spatula.   Repeat twice, missing out the centre of the central design.

                                              Remove the stencil and leave the image  to dry 

Colour some white card with the antique pink and some with the green menthol.   Die-cut 3 flowers from the pink and 3 leaves from the green, using the Spellbinder's dies.

      
Glue these to the tag, from top left to bottom right.   Glue a Dazzler to the centre of each flower using Imagination's Magi-bond glue.

  
Thread some cream and green ribbons through the hole and make a stand, then glue it to the back of the tag so it can be stood up if wished.

I have just received some 'happy post' today, so I will be busy getting more samples ready for Imagination Craft's next shows on the Hochanda T.V Channel.   I will of course let you know the date and times  in due course.   Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog, I do appreciate it.   I will be back again soon in a day or so, in the meantime have a wonderful weekend.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Angela, My Art Deco Tag.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend, whatever to were doing.   I think it is time to share another tag with you all.   As you may (or may not) know),   I love Art Deco and this beautiful lady was made using one of Imagination Craft's set of Art Deco stencils, this one is called Angela.

    
Cut out a tag shape from white card.      Matt a piece of dark lavender paper onto the white tag and make a hole in the centre top of the tag.

Die-cut the trees and buildings from white card, using the Memory Box Winter Scene die and cut to fit the tag, leaving a tiny border of the lavender showing.

   
Tear three pieces of white card and layer up on the bottom of the tag, with a dab of silicone glue underneath, just to raise the snow up slightly.   Add some Magi-bond glue along the top of each piece and add the cracked ice.

    
Colour a piece of white card with the lilac mist Starlight paint, then die-cut three roses, 1 small, 1 medium and 1 large, using the Sizzix dies and glue them to the bottom left of the tag.

   
Lay the Angela stencil onto a piece of white card and using the metal spatula, spread the amethyst Sparkle Medium over the design.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.  

  
Cut Angela out, leaving a small white border around her.   Fix her to the right side of the tag, using silicone glue.  

  
Glue three gems to each side if the tag, just above the lavender paper.

   
Thread some silver ribbon through the hole in the top of the tag.   Cut out another tag from dark navy card, just a little larger than the white tag and glue on the back of the white tag.

  
Make a stand from some navy card and glue to the back of the tag, so it can be stood up.   Lastly add some snow to the sky using a white pen.

That's it folks, hope you like it.   Have a good week and I will be back in a few days.

                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Mother and Beautiful Babies.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Not a nice day here today, windy, dull, chilly and very wet and the same is forecast for tomorrow!   never mind, I'm hoping the sun is just around the corner lol!    My card tonight was made for Imagination Craft's latest shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel on 11th. March 2017 and uses  the really beautiful Elephant and baby Art stamp from Imagination Craft's.   I adore this stamp, just so....cute.   I chose the grey coloured card to represent the elephant skin and I have to say, I was quite pleased with the end result.   Hope you like it too.

   
Take some white card, smaller than the white base card and paint all four  edges of it, using the 'soot' Rusty Patina paint.   Matt this onto the base card, leaving a half inch border of the white  base card showing.

   
Take a smaller piece of grey card and lay the foliage stencil onto it and  dab the Hickory Smoke  Distress Ink and the black Starlight ax through the design.   Remove the stencil.   Matt this onto the base card.

   
The photo above shows the beautiful sheen of the Black Starlight Wax.   Take a square of grey card and using a black ink pad, stamp the elephants onto it.   Matt this onto a slightly larger white square and then onto a slightly larger still, piece of white card which has had the edges painted with the Soot Rusty Patina.

  
Highlight parts of the elephants with a white pen.    Add a little touch of the Black Starlight Wax to the dark areas of the design.

 Die-cut the leaf stem, using the Marianne Design die,  from card which has been painted with the Soot Rusty Patina.   Glue this to the top left and add a small amount of the black wax.

Die-cut the Sizzix flower from card painted with the Lilac Mist Starlight paint, then glue to the top of the image.

Have a great weekend everyone, have fun and be happy.   I will be back again soon.   I think it will be time then to share another of my tags, so see you all then.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Bee Happy.

Good evening,  Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Hope your week has been good so far.   The weather here today has been really lovely, lots of sunshine, just the ticket.   Saw a wee baby bunny on the lawn today, so....cute.    I won't be saying that when it eats my flowers lol!!

Time to share another  card with you all.   This was made for Sue & Harvey of Imagination Crafts, for their latest shows on the Hochanda T.V. channel on 11th. March 2017.


For this card I have used Imagination's 'Bee happy' stencil, Starlight paint, Sparkle medium and some 'chicken wire' Art Cutz.

   
Matt a piece of white card which has had the edges painted with the Sand Starlight paint, onto the 7"x7" white base card, leaving a border of white showing.   Matt a smaller  square of black shiny card onto the gold.

 


Cut a smaller piece of blue card and lay the stencil on top and spread the Black Stars Sparkle Medium over the design, using a metal spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

   
Cut the top half of the design from the bottom half, in a wavy line.   Colour the stripes on the bees,  the entrance to the beehive,  the branch and the letters,  using a gold pen.

   

   
Paint a piece of Art Cutz 'chicken wire' with the 'sand' Starlight paint.   Glue this to the back of the top and bottom parts of the design, using Imagination's Magi-bond glue.

  
Matt this onto the base card.   That is this card finished, quite a quick easy card to make if you don't have much time.

  
That's all from me for the moment, please pop back again very soon, when I will be sharing another card, made with the gorgeous elephant and baby Art Stamp,   See you all then I hope.   Enjoy the rest of your week.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Tiger Lily.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Well here we are again at the beginning of yet another week lol!   I do wish they would slow down a little  lol!!  my life is going by too quickly!    Tonight's card  was made for Imagination Craft's latest shows on the Hochanda T.V Channel on 11th. March 2016.   This card was made using one of the three stunning new Art stamps, the tiger which were on sale on the programme.      When I had finished it, I felt it just needed a little something, so thought I'd add a flower, then the lily came to  mind,   tiger lily lol!   The sand Starlight paint has a gorgeous rich sheen which, does not show up well on the photograph.     Hope you like it.

   
Matt a square of black shiny card onto the ivory coloured  7"x7" base card., leaving a half inch border of the ivory card showing.   Cut a smaller piece of white card and paint it with the Sand Starlight paint.   Rub an anti-static pad over the  coloured card, so the embossing powder will not stick to where you don't want it to.

    
Lay the big cat stencil onto this coloured card and using a piece of cut 'n' dry foam, dab some Versamark through the design.   Remove the stencil and heat emboss with black embossing powder,     Matt this onto the black shiny card.

    
Using a piece of ivory card, stamp the tiger onto it using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder..   Trim around the stamped image, leaving a tiny border of ivory card showing.

Matt the image onto a slightly larger piece of black shiny card, then fix this to the centre of the base card.

    
Glue three black gems to the top left and three to the bottom right of the ivory base  card, adding two dots of  lime green Stickles in between the gems.

   
Punch out lily petals using the Tonic flower punch set and colour with the  Scattered Straw and Festive Berries Distress Inks, then paint over the top of these with diluted  Sand Starlight paint.   When dry, stamp the markings on the petals, using the small stamp from the set, with black ink.

    
Shape the petals with your fingers and glue together to make the lily, adding the punched and painted stamen to the centre of the lily.   Glue to the bottom left of the image, adding some green Stickles glue to the centre of the stamen.

There we have it my  Friends, all finished.   Please pop back in a day or so, when I will be sharing another project.   Enjoy the next few days and I will be back soon.

                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                               Hugs   Jennifer xx.



 

My Flower Journal

Good evening All,

Hope you are all having a great weekend and you enjoyed watching the Imagination Craft's shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel today.   Tonight I would like to share my flower journal which was shown on the shows , my first attempt at decorating a journal,  they say there's always a first time lol!.   These journals are great,  contain many pages and have a ready prepared, canvas front cover, so no need to paint it with Gesso before you can get started.  

   
(1 )   Front of journal painted with  the clover and cornflower MDF paints, soot and duck egg Rusty Patinas.

    
(2 )   The edges of the journal are painted with Cafe Creme Rusty Patina, topped with white gold Starlight
         wax.

(3 )   Lay the butterfly stencil on the front cover and spread the soot Rusty Patina over the design, remove
         the stencil and leave to dry.

    
(4 )   Die-cut three scrolls from black card and colour with the white gold Starlight wax.   Glue one to                     top  left, one to the bottom right, then cut the remaining scroll into two pieces and glue one to the
         top right and the other to the bottom left.

  
(5 )   Add some gold Starlight wax to the wires on the spine of the journal to give it an antiqued look.

   
(6 )   Colour some white card with the pearl Starlight paint and punch out three flowers.

(7 )   Die-cut and paint various flowers with the two MDF paints,  (which give a matt finish and look good
         against the pearlised flower), adding some gold Starlight wax to the petals.   Die-cut two flowers from
          black card, adding some gold wax to the petals.

   
(8 )   Die-cut one leaf stem from black card and cut in two.   Glue the leaves and flowers to the journal front.
         Add some Stickles glitter to the flower centres.

    
(9 )   Rub some gold wax over the stars and butterflies.

    
(10)   Die-cut the letters    ' N o t e s '   and colour with the gold wax.    Glue these down the left-hand edge
          of the journal.

That's all from me for now,  hope you have a relaxing, peaceful Sunday.    Catch you again very soon.

                                                                   Love and rainbows,

                                                                    Hugs   Jennifer xx.