Acetate flower Petals Glitter card.

Hi there Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Thank you so much for visiting my last blog post.   Sorry to not have blogged again recently but have been quite busy.   I received some 'happy post' from Imagination Crafts, so I'm now busy making samples for their next shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel.   I will let you know the days and times nearer the time of the shows.   I will of course as usual show you some 'sneaky peeks' before the shows.

My card tonight was made for Imagination Craft's T.V. shows  back in May 2014.   I have used their 'Petal Tile' stencil, acetate and Sparkle Mediums.

  
Make a base card from deep purple card stock.   Take the Imagination patterned card and lay the stencil on top.   Spread the Chartreusse and Royal Purple Sparkle Mediums over the design, using the metal spatula.   Leave the image to dry.   Matt this onto the purple base card.

Take some acetate and lay the cleaned stencil on top of it and spread the mediums over the flower on the centre of the stencil.   Remove and leave the image to dry.

  
When dry, cut out the petals, centre circle and the small pieces between the petals.

   
3D these onto the original design on the patterned card using silicone glue  and leave this to dry.  I use silicone glue as this dries clear and helps add some dimension to the card.

   
That's this card finished, hope you like it.   I would just like to wish each and everyone of you 'A Very Happy Easter'.    Thanks so much for stopping by, I'll be back soon with another project.   Happy crafting my friends.

                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                                Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Beauty Beneath the Waves.

Hello My Lovelies,

Time for another creation.   I would just like to thank you all for your comments and visits to my  recent blog post.   At last all the snow has gone from our garden!    unfortunately we have  a few  trees down due to the weight of the snow and the wind in our woodland.  Ah well that's another job for Hubby lol!   but more logs for our fire.     I hope you are well but to those of you who are feeling  under the weather for what ever reason,  I send healing thoughts and gentle Hugs.

Well, onto tonight's  card.     This was made using a stamp set, given free with  the Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine.   I have used Imagination Craft's Antique Gold Starlight paint for the beads around her head, arm and bodice, and a piece of silver paper for the mirror she is holding.

     
Matt a square of navy card onto the 7" x 7" white base card, leaving a good half inch border of the white showing.

Matt some of the patterned given with the free kit onto the navy, leaving a small border of the navy showing.   Matt a piece of navy card approximately two & a quarter inches deep onto the patterned paper, across the centre of the card.

Stamp the two sentiments onto spare white card using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder.   Trim these to size and edge each one with a  gold Promarker pen.  

     
                                     Glue in position in the top right and bottom left corners.

      
Die-cut a tag from white card using the Tim Holtz Sizzix die set.   Colour the front rectangle of the tag with watered down Tumbled glass and Mowed lawn distress inks.   Stamp the mermaid onto the tag using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder.

    
Remove the background ink on her face, neck and arms by using a wet paintbrush, leaving for a couple of seconds, then blotting off with some kitchen paper, this should lift the paint from these areas.    Paint the rest of her with  pearly paints, or watered down mica powders.

     
Add dots of Antique gold Starlight paint to the beads on her head, around her arms and on her bodice.

                                                                                                                                                    

Paint the eyelet with the gold Starlight and glue to the top of the tag.   Thread some gold cord
through the hole and glue a clear star gem to the top of the tag.

    
Fix the tag across the base card on a slight angle, using sticky foam pads.   Stamp the starfish, fish, shells and four of the underwater plants with black ink onto spare white card, colour with Promarker pens, then cut them out.

 

          
                                                         Glue these to the card front.

    
Fix the fish and shells to the bottom right using silicone glue.    Well that's it lovelies, all finished.   Hope you like it.    Take good care of yourselves and I'll be back again soon.

                                                              Love and Rainbows,

                                                               Hugs   Jennifer xx,

My MDF Street of Houses.

Hello everyone,
so sorry I haven't blogged recently, just don't know where the time has gone lol!   Tonight I have an MDF project to share with you which was made for the Imagination Craft's shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel in November 2017 but before I begin, I would like to welcome my two newest followers,  Julie PaperWishArt and  Azita Heartly, thanks for following and I hope you enjoy your visits.

Right let's get started shall we!   Below is the front of my MDF houses and the second photo is the back.   This was quite fun to decorate.   Bear with me as there are quite a few photos lol!

        

   
Paint each house a different colour using the Clover, Soft moss, Peanut, Baltic blue  & Limestone  MDF paints, on both front and the backs.   Glue sequins around the tops of the houses.

  
Paint 3 of each kind of Art Cutz standing flowers  using the MDF paints, painting the stems and leaves with the green Starlight paint.

  
Glue these to the houses using sticky foam pads, adding some Imagination Craft's Magi-bond glue to help them stick to the MDF better.   Add sequin flowers to the centres of the round flowers, adding a sequin to the centre of each sequin flower.

Stamp the Art 'Family script' stamp, using a Versamark pad, on the backs of the houses and heat emboss with gold embossing powder, leaving the top halves of the houses blank.

  
Die-cut 5 tiny butterflies from gold mirror card and glue to the top of each house.   Die-cut 3 large butterflies from gold mirror card  and glue to the 3 tallest houses.   Die-cut 2 medium sized butterflies from gold and glue to the 2 smallest houses.

Tie the houses together using gold cord.

Stamp 'Family'  'Love'  'Cherish'  'Happiness'  and  'Harmony' onto white card using a black ink pad.   Trim to size and colour the edges with the Alchemy waxes, then glue one to each of the houses, 'Family' being in the middle.

 

   

  

  

  

  
Well that's all from me for now, hope you all have a lovely weekend.   Take care of yourselves until the next time.   I'll be back soon.

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Thank You card.

Good afternoon Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Hope you are chilling out this weekend, I know we are.   We still have some lying snow around.   It is thawing but very slowly.   I do hope this is the last snow of the winter!!  

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last post, I do appreciate the time you take to visit and comment.    The card I have made for you today was mainly made using stamps which were given free over the last months with craft magazines, so a cheap card to make lol!!

   
Make a base card approx. five & three quarter inches square from white linen card.   Stamp the corner stamp in the top right and bottom left corners using the Dusty concord distress ink.

Die-cut one large and one smaller label from white card, using the Spellbinder's die set 'Label Four'.   Colour the edges of the large label with Dusty concord ink and fix this to the base card.   Colour the edges of the smaller label with Tumbled glass ink.

   
Stamp the bird on a branch in the centre of the smaller label, using a black ink pad.   Glue this label to the larger one with silicone glue, to add some dimension to the card.

   
Stamp the bird again onto a spare piece of white card and cut out the bird's wing and the flowers and 3D them onto the original image, using silicone glue.

  
Glue a lilac gem to the centre top and bottom of the smaller label.     Next stamp 'Thank You' in the bottom left using a black ink pad.

    
Stamp three plain flowers onto white card with the Dusty concord ink and cut out.   Take a piece of white card and colour it with the Tumbled glass ink, then stamp the patterned flower onto it, using the Dusty concord.   Cut these flowers out and glue to the top left of the base card, adding a lilac gem to each flower centre.

    

   
Below is a side view of the card showing the 3D effect.   I do hope you like it.   Thanks so much for visiting my blog.  I do try to visit your blogs too as I love to see your creations, we all have different styles.   It always amazes me when 3 or 4 people are given the same products to work with, they all come up with something different lol!  

Take care of yourselves and have a lovely relaxing Sunday, wishing you a Very Happy Mother's Day in advance.      I will be back soon with another creation.


                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                              Hugs   Jennifer xx.
 

Amaryllis.

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your evening.   We still cannot get out of our driveway yet because of the snow.   We are hoping we will be able to tomorrow if it continues to thaw lol!   I keep telling myself that Spring is just around the corner lol.   Thank you all for your lovely comments and visits.   I do try to visit your blogs too, as I love to see your projects.

My card tonight was made using a stamp set I purchased recently.   I saw this stamp on a past visit to the craft shop,  saw a few stamps I liked but decided not to buy this one, as I had spent enough on craft goodies,  but on the way home, wished I had!!    so when it was still on the shelf this time, I just had to have it.   It is I think an Amaryllis plant and is a Woodware stamp.

   
Ok let's get started shall we, enough of my chit chat lol!    Make a base card five & three quarter inches square, from white linen card.    Next take a slightly smaller piece of white linen card and stamp the Amaryllis onto it, using a black ink pad.   Stamp the flower again onto a spare piece of white paper and cut it out, this will be your mask.

Hold the mask on the original stamped image  and colour the rest of the card with the Dried marigold and Ripe persimmon distress inks. (don't worry if the inks end up on the mask).  

Holding the mask in position still, lay the falling leaves panel stencil over the left-hand side of the  card (on top of the mask)  and using a piece of cut 'n' dry foam, dab some Versamark  through the design.   Remove the stencil and the mask, then heat emboss the leaves with gold embossing powder.

   
Stamp the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner using a black ink pad.

 

Cut a semi circle from each corner of this coloured card and glue this to the base card.   Add some small black dots around the semi circle, using a black pen.   Punch four corners from a small piece of card, coloured with the same  distress inks.   Use this punched square for another project, as we are going to use the left-over pieces!   (waste not want not lol! ).     Glue the left-over pieces in each corner of the base card.   Punch out 8 small black circles (or left-over circles after die-cutting shapes for other projects.)     Glue two to each corner.

     
Stamp the Amaryllis a further four times onto white card, using a black ink pad.   Cut out and 3D onto the original stamped image using silicone glue.

   
Add some small dots of Imagination Craft's Silver gold Starlight paint onto the flower stamen.

 Hope you like this card, when I began, I wasn't at all sure just what I was going to do with this stamp but I'm quite pleased with the way it has turned out in the end.   When I had stamped the flower and leaves, I then decided to punch each corner with a Woodware flower corner punch but the first punch was not good!   I couldn't waste what I had already done, so hence the semi-circle corners lol!   It just goes to show, we can all make mistakes and there is usually a way to cover it up or change the design slightly as I have done here lol!    Ah well, all's well that ends well lol!

Enjoy the rest of your week and I will be back again soon, hope you will too.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs    Jennifer xx.