'A Moment in Time.'

Hello Lovelies,
Hope you are keeping well and enjoying the beautiful weather we are having.   Everything in our garden is growing so quickly  and the lawns will need cutting once again.    As I sit here typing this post, there are literally hundreds of seeds floating past our lounge windows......looks like a snow storm lol! never seen so many!   Our beautiful red squirrels are coming to our feed boxes regularly, so beautiful to see, we are so fortunate to have them on our property.   It costs us an arm and a leg to feed them but boy are they worth it!    We also have a large variety of birds which we love to see.   The gray wagtails arrived back in April as they always do and we can often hear the great spotted woodpecker pecking away...sounds like someone using an electric drill......so quick!   One thing we haven't seen as yet, are the midges (gnats), which is a bonus,  haven't been bitten yet lol!   Maybe I'm speaking too soon lol!    I've no doubt they will be back at some time.   The horseflies are due in June and again in July, hate them, you don't know they've landed on you until you feel the bite.   Ah well, the joys of living in the countryside.   Mind you, I wouldn't swap it lol!   Thought I'd share a photo of one of our fabulous red squirrels on one of our feeders at the end of this blog.

Well, time to share today's card with you all.   This was made for Imagination Craft's show on the Create & Craft T.V. channel  on 26th. May 2020, when the lovely 'Mixed Media Textures' collection was launched.   When I had finished the card, I felt that something more was needed,   I had a light bulb moment lol!   thought of using one of the key dies from the 'reflection die set, cut off the bottoms of 2  keys and use them as drop earrings !   I think they have worked...what do you think ?   I'm quietly pleased with the result, card now complete.

        
Matt and layer a black square onto the 8" x 8" ivory base card, leaving a border of the ivory showing.

   
Take a smaller square of pink pearl card and using a black  ink pad, stamp the face in the top right corner, on a slight angle.    Paint her eyes with watered down green and her lips with watered down antique pink Starlight paints.  add a dot of white pen to each of her eyes.

    

Using the rice paper from the set, cut around the roses and fix this to a piece of white card, using the Cadence decoupage glue.   When this has dried, cut away any excess white card.

 
Using a black ink pad stamp part of the collage stamp in the bottom right corner, then glue the roses to the bottom left corner.

 
Cut out three buttons from the rice paper and fix onto white card.   Trim around buttons and fix to the bottom right of the card, using silicone glue to add some dimension to the finished card.

   
Stamp 'Carpe Diem' onto a small piece of white card, trim around the words and add some black soot distress ink around the edges.   Glue this to the left-hand side of the card, using silicone glue.

   
Die-cut two keys from black card, using the key die from the reflective die set.   Cut off the bottom of each key, making one slightly longer than the other as she has her head on an angle and turn upside down and you have a pair of drop earrings lol!

 
Glue the earrings to her ear lobes.  Yep, quite pleased with the way it looks and has just finished off the card I think.

Stamp the bee only from the large collage stamp, onto a small piece of white card using a black ink pad.    Cut out.     Colour the body with the Cadence yellow acrylic paint.   Paint the wings with well watered down blue Starlight paint, adding a little Dora pearl to each wing.

      
Glue the bee to the top right of the base card, adding a little silicone glue under each wing.

      
Oh nearly forgot lol...add a little Victorian Velvet distress ink to her cheeks.
       

Well, I think I've covered all the stages lol!   Hope you like it.   Stay safe and well my Lovelies, take care and I'll be back again very soon.   Enjoy the sunshine whilst you can because when it rains it may forget to stop lol!

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Ageless Beauty.'

Hi there everyone,

at last the sun is shinning !  Hope you are enjoying your Bank Holiday weekend, despite the coronavirus restrictions.

I'm back with another card to share with you that has been made using the new collection named 'Mixed Media Textures' by Imagination Crafts due to be launched by the lovely Mandy tomorrow at 12noon until 1.30pm.    (That is Tuesday 26th. May 2020.)   I do hope you will join Mandy on the Create & Craft T.V. Channel, she will as usual,  have some great demonstrations to share with you.  For my card today I have used rice paper and the butterfly stamp from the collection, some Sparkle and Twinkle and Cadence Premium acrylic paints and decoupage glue.   This card as you will see, is very different from my last card from this collection.    This is a very quick card to make.
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Cut a piece of white card six and a half inches square.   Paint all four edges with the aubergine acrylic paint (no need to paint the whole card, as the centre will be covered with the rice paper design - waste not want not lol!).   Matt this onto an  8" x 8" ivory base card.

      
Cut out the part of the rice paper you want to use and matt this onto  a  slightly smaller piece of white  card using decoupage glue.   This is such a pretty paper and my favourite colours to boot lol!

Lay the numerals, key, script etc., from the stencil onto the left-hand side of the card.    Using a metal spatula, spread the light green Sparkle & Twinkle over the design.

  
Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   Unfortunately the beautiful Sparkle and Twinkle doesn't  sparkle and twinkle on my photo lol!  sorry.  I did really try to capture this on my photos.

      

When dry, matt this card onto  the base card.   Add small amounts of the aubergine, yellow, light orange and the light sage ( I chose to use this green as it matches the Sparkle & Twinkle perfectly), onto a glass worktop or similar and  add some water then lay a piece of white card directly on top of the paints and press down gently with your hand, then lift off.   Take off any excess water with a piece of kitchen roll and leave to dry or dry with a heat gun if you are impatient like me lol! 

   
When dry, stamp the large butterfly from the collection,  onto the card using a black ink pad.   Cut out the butterfly and glue to the top right of the base card, adding some silicone glue under each wing to lift them up a little.

   
Voila! the card is now finished, as I said earlier a quick easy card to make.

   
Thanks again for your lovely comments on my last blog post, much appreciated as always.   Stay safe and well.   See you all again quite soon.   Please don't forget to tune in to the Create & Craft T.V. Channel tomorrow at 12noon - 1.30pm.

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                Hugs   Jennifer xx. 

 

'One For the Photo Album.'

Hello again Lovelies,

What are you doing this Bank Holiday weekend?   I hope you enjoy it however you decide to spend it.  We are having a quiet one at home like most people I suspect, because of Coronavirus.    I have a sneaky peek for you of one of my sample cards  made using  Imagination Craft's new  Mixed Media  Textures Collection, to be launched by Mandy on the Create & Craft T.V, Channel on Tuesday 26th. May 2020.     I have used rice paper, a stencil, stamp and dies from the collection,  Sparkle and twinkle along with Cadence acrylic paints, Dora copper metallic paint and Finger Wax.

   
Matt a square of brown card onto the 8" x 8" ivory base card, leaving a quarter inch border of the ivory base card showing.  

Cut a slightly smaller square of white card and paint with the Cadence yellow acrylic paint.

When dry, lay the stencil onto the right-hand side of the yellow card and using a piece of cut 'n' dry foam or a blending tool, spread the sepia distress ink through part of the design.

    
Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

   
Lay the same stencil design on the on the left-hand side of the painted card and secure to your worktop with masking tape.   Using a metal spatula, spread the copper Sparkle and Twinkle through the design.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

    
In the meantime cut out a five and a half inch circle from white card and using decoupage glue, fix the lady's face from the sheet of rice paper onto the circle and trim away any excess rice paper from the edge of the circle.

       
Add a little watered down Dora copper metallic paint to the  roses in her hair..

    
Fix the circle to the top right of the yellow painted card using sticky foam pads, then matt this onto the brown matt on the base card.

   
Take some spare white card and colour it with the yellow, light orange and green acrylic paints, adding a touch of the copper metallic paint. 

        
When dry,  stamp the small butterfly from the stamp set onto it six times, using a black ink pad.

           
Cut out and glue to the top right of the circle, adding some silicone glue under each wing.
    

   

                    

Using decoupage glue, cut out the small circle from the rice paper and glue onto a piece of white card.

    
Punch a small hole in the top and insert a small copper brad. 

   

    
Fix this to the bottom right of the large circle using sticky foam pads.

              
Die-cut the tripod, letter plates and key shape using the dies from the collection, from black card.

     
Colour each piece using some copper finger wax.

Fix these to the base card with sticky foam pads.

   

  

    
Well I do hope you're still with me lol!  well done if you are lol!   apologies for all the photos but as I have said before, I do like to share all the different stages with you.   Thanks for sticking with me to the end.   Hope you can tune in to Create & Craft to see the launch of the new collection on Tuesday 26th. May 2020.     I'll be back soon with another card from this fab collection.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                               Crafty Hugs   Jennifer xx.