'Cupcake Mouse.'

Hi there Everyone,

Hope you are looking forward to the weekend, whatever you have planned.   Thank you for
your comments and visits on my last blog post, very much appreciated.

Today I would like to share a card with you that I made for Imagination Crafts in March 2010.  Wow! 10 years ago, yet I can remember clearly making it, seems like only yesterday lol!    The stamped image is a Tina Wenke stamp and is so cute I think, must get it out again.    Apologies for the lack of
stage photos but back in 2010 I didn't take stage photographs.

Take a piece of white card and put the 'Mini Arabesque'  6" x 6" stencil on top and dab the colours of your choice from the Kaleidacolor Ink pad - Riviera,  using some cut 'n' dry foam.
     

    
Remove the stencil and whilst the ink is still wet, brush over with some mica powders;   Cut some 'slits' in the pattern using a craft knife and thread some lavender/gold edged ribbon through them.

Matt this onto a white six and a half inch square base card, leaving a quarter inch border of the white showing.

Cut a piece of card three and a half inches square and stamp the cupcake mouse onto it using a black ink pad.   Stamp this stamp a further three times onto some spare white card and colour using  Imagination Craft's  Inkadinks and water.   Cut out and 3D onto the original stamped full image using silicone glue.

Glue some ribbon to the back of the cupcake  image, around all four edges, making sure a little of the ribbon protrudes beyond the edge of the card, so it can be seen from the front of the image.

                        Add some  Ice Stickles - 'Coffee Ice'  to the cherries on the cupcake. 

  
             Finally glue a ribbon bow centrally,  just below the image and the card is finished.

     

I love this image, just so cute and the stencilled background works very well with the design I think.

Take care of yourselves and have a good weekend.   Happy crafting and I'll be back again soon.

                                                                    Love and Rainbows,

                                                                     Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Circle of Dreams.'

Hi there Followers, Friends and Visitors,

                    Hoping you are all safe and keeping well and enjoying your weekend, whatever you are  doing.    Thank you all once more for your kind comments and all your visits to my last blog post, it is so nice to have some feedback.    Well, it is time again for another creation.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for Sue Baker of Imagination Crafts.   This was made using the 'Serene Chic,' a very pretty collection, for Imagination Craft's  shows on the Create & Craft T.V.  Channel. earlier this year.

     
Take a square of white card  cut slightly smaller than the 7" x 7"  white base card.   Add a small amount of the sunshine, orange, green and red Mixed media spray inks to a glass worktop and add some water to each colour.     Then paint around the outside edges of the card.   (No  need to colour the whole square, as the centre will not be seen).

   

   
When dry, lay the stencil (bark design) onto it and spread the Shabby Chic matt relief paste - Ashy Rose. through the design, lift off the stencil and repeat until the outer edges of the card are covered and leave to dry.

     

    

   
Lay the stencil back in position over the relief paste and add a thin layer of the Malahit finger wax over the surface of the relief paste, using a stencil brush.  

  

   
                                           Matt and layer this onto a 7" x 7" white base card.        

Using another square of white card half an inch smaller than the coloured card, paint all four edges with the Malahit finger wax, again, no need to colour the centre.   Matt and layer this onto the coloured card, using double sided sticky tape and some Magi-bond glue, so it gets a good hold on the relief paste.

Take a slightly smaller piece of white card and colour the edges with the Vintage Photo & Antique Linen Distress Inks, getting lighter towards the centre of the card.

   

   
Lay the branch circle design from the stencil onto the centre of the card and spread the Ashy Rose relief paste through the design, using a metal spatula.  

          
                                                 Remove stencil and leave the image to dry.

         
When dry,  re-position the stencil and using a small stencil brush, stipple the Malahit finger wax over the berries on the branches.

    
Colour  some piece of white card with the Malahit, White Gold & the Antique Pink and punch out a number of small flowers from each colour and glue in position on the branches.   I used a small flower punch which was given free with a Craft Magazine many years ago.

         
Glue one flower in each corner of the card.   Matt and layer this card onto the base card.
Lay the birds from the stencil onto a piece of white card and stipple some Malahit through them.  Cut them out and arrange them inside the circle, using silicone glue.

    

     
Lay the word 'Dreams' from the stencil onto some white card and dab the brown  Versafine ink through the stencil.   Lift off the stencil and re-position it but off-setting the stencil slightly and stipple the Antique Pink finger wax through the stencil.  Remove the stencil and trim around the word.

    
Fix this across the centre of the card on a slight angle and the card is finished.

   

   
Once again apologies for so many photos but I do think they explain things a lot easier than I can lol!  a picture always helps.    Enjoy the rest of your weekend and hope you all have a good week next week.   Thanks for sticking with me until the end of my blog.   Catch you all again very soon.   Be happy and enjoy your crafting.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

     

'You Rock.'

Good afternoon Lovelies,  we have a fine day today, the sun is shining and the temperature is just perfect, not too hot  and not too cold.  Hope it is as nice where you are.  Today I have a card I made in 2018 for someone very special to us.   Hope you like it, it is a wee bit different to my usual creations lol.   I have used Imagination Craft's 'Sunburst' stencil from some time ago, some Rich Gold Starlight metallic paint and a Christmas panel stencil called Stars & Ribbons and a stencil brush.   The musical stamp set was given free with a craft magazine quite some time ago  (sorry cannot remember which one lol!).    O.K. let's down to business lol!  how I made this card.   Apologies for not showing the different stages as I did them but I was so engrossed, I forgot to take the photos as I worked lol!

         
Rub some black ink through the stars embossing stencil using a blending tool around the edges of a 7" x 7" white base card.   Remove stencil and wash before using it for the next stage.

    
Replace the stencil onto the black stars, then off-set the stencil slightly and using a stencil brush, stipple the rich gold Starlight paint through the stars.   Repeat this until all the stars are covered.  This gives a 3D, shadow effect to the gold stars.  

Matt and layer a five and three quarter inch square of black card onto the white base card.   Next cut a slightly smaller square of white card and colour with the Fossilized Amber distress oxide.

Lay the sunburst stencil onto the coloured card and rub the fired brick  and dried marigold  distress iks through the design,  beginning with the red ink from the centre then the dried marigold, blending the colours together.   Remove the stencil and matt this onto the black matt. 

Stamp the greetings, musical notes etc., onto the card using a black ink pad.  

    

    
Take a spare piece of white card and stamp the guitar, record, microphone, pick and mobile phone onto it, using a black ink pad.   Stamp the guitar and music player twice.   Colour with fired brick D.I. and rich gold Starlight paint.    Cut the images out and  3D the guitar and music player onto the card, using silicone glue.

    
Stamp the keyboard onto white card, again using black ink.   Cut out and glue to the bottom right corner  up the right-hand edge of the coloured card.

   
Glue the record to the centre of the sunburst, the guitar and pick to the bottom left and the music player to the top right of the record.

  
Using spare white card, the stars stencil, stencil brush and the rich gold Starlight paint.  stipple the gold paint through 5 different sized stars.   When dry, cut them out and edge with a little black ink.   Fix these around the card using silicone glue  and the card is finished.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and I hope you have enjoyed your visit.   Please pop back again soon.   Have a good week and happy crafting.

                                                            Love and rainbows,

                                                             Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Be Bold, Be Brave, Be You' - 8" x 10" Canvas.

Hi there Lovelies,

How are you all, well I hope.   Thank you as always, for stopping by my last blog post and for the lovely comments and visits, I do love to hear from you.
I thought I would share a canvas with you this time.   This was made using the brilliant Dark Angel' Collection, from Sue Baker Presents..     This is a steampunk collection, which I have to admit wasn't up my street  when I first set eyes on it lol!   but once I got to use it, I couldn't stop using it and I now love it!    For this canvas I decided not to use the usual colours for steampunk ie;  copper, brown, black,silver etc,, and use some much brighter colours........giving a different look to the canvas.  I was very pleased with the way it turned out lol!   Hope you like it too, I would love to hear what you think.      Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed creating this canvas.   Hope you like it too.   Please bear with me as this canvas has lots of different stages to it, therefore lots of photos lol!  

                                                  
Mask off sections using the masking tape and paint in between, using a mixture of white Gesso with the Bordeaux acrylic paint.

 

 
                                           Another mixture of the white and ultramarine blue.

       
And finally, another with the light sage and white Gesso.   Remove the tape and leave to dry.

   
When dry, mask off the painted sections and paint in between with black Gesso.   Remove tape and leave to dry.

  
Add the words  -     'Beautiful'   'Be Bold'   'Be Brave'   Be You'   by spreading the white  Structure Paste through the words using the stencil.   Remove the stencil and wash it and leave the paste to dry.

  
When dry, spread the structure paste onto the background,  through the large wing and the broken dots on the stencil, using the spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the images to dry.

        

   
Lay the stencil back in position over the words and using the brilliant gold metallic paint, dab the gold on top of the words using a stencil brush.   Remove stencil.

   
Stamp the steampunk lady onto a piece of white card using a black ink pad.   Cut out her head, hat,  neck and shoulders and colour with watered down Victorian velvet distress ink for her skin and the Vintage photo for her hair.

     
The watered down Bordeaux for her hat, cheeks and lips.   Watered down ultramarine for the band around her hat and neck.   Light sage for her eyes, gold for the cogs on her hat. 

           
                                    Glue her to the upper half of the canvas using silicone glue
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Using the flower cog dies from the collection and white card, die-cut one large and 4 small flower cogs,  3  small stamen and one large.     From black card die-cut 3 small centres and 1 large.   Paint 1 large and 2 small flower with the green/blue and 2 with the blue/rose Duo paints.

  
Using the negatives after die-cutting the cog flowers, using these as you would a stencil,  lay them onto some white card and dab the brilliant gold paint through them, making 1 large and 2 small flowers.   Cut these out, 3D these flowers using the coloured cog flowers, keeping 1 pink and 1 small blue flowers,  then glue the blue on top of the pink, so you have a total of 3 small flowers and 1 large.   Glue the black centres onto each flower and then the gold stamen.   Glue these to the wing using silicone glue.

Colour some white card with the green peridot finger wax.   From this, die-cut some small leaves and glue in position between the flowers.

 

Die-cut the buckle and paint it blue and gold, then glue it to the bottom right of the canvas, using silicone glue.

                                        The photos below show the dimensions on the canvas

  

Phew! that is everything I think lol!  hope you're still with me!  if you are, 10 out of 10 - you're a star lol!      Hope you thought it was worth it lol!    Thanks again,   Have a brilliant weekend when it arrives and I will be back again soon.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,
                                                      Happy Crafting, Hugs Jennifer xx,