'The Streets of Paris.'

Hi there Lovelies.

It's me once again, hope you are all well.   My goodness how the weather has changed!   It is dull, cloudy and there is a bitterly cold wind here.   Autumn has arrived I think lol!   I do think it is due to warm up a little soon though.   We still have one row of potatoes to dig up yet, hopefully before the frosts arrive!  Bear with me as there are lots of photos but you'll be pleased to here they outnumber the text lol!   I do think photos explain more than words  lol!!

My card today was made for the Imagination Craft's show on the Create & Craft T.V. Channel on the 22nd. September 2020 and is made with products from their beautiful 'Voila' collection.   I have used one of the rice papers,  text from one of the A4 stencils,  a stamp from the 'Walking in the Rain' stamp set from the collection,  plus some black Gesso and some red metallic paint and a Sizzix rose die.   I love this rice paper, you can almost feel the atmosphere of the lamp lit streets of Paris.

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

Take a slightly smaller square of white card and using some decoupage glue, glue the section of the rice paper with the street lamp and restaurant onto it, making sure the rice paper is crinkle free.

Next lay the word 'Je'taime' from the A4 stencil, on the top right of the background rice paper, securing with the stencil spray or the low tack blue tape.   Using a stencil brush, stipple the black Gesso through the stencil.

Remove the tape and stencil and repeat in the bottom left corner but this time using the word 'Paris.'   Remove the stencil once again and wash off any Gesso left on it.

   

Add some watered down Cadence rich gold finger wax around the street light and surrounding area.

 

Matt this onto the black matt on the ivory base card.

Using some black card, stamp the couple and their dog onto it, using a gold embossing pad and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.

Trim around the image leaving a tiny border of the black card showing.

 Fix the couple and their dog to the bottom of the base card, using sticky foam pads.

Colour a small piece of white card with the Dora Red metallic paint and when dry, die-cut five roses, using the Sizzix rose die.

Roll up the die-cuts using a quilling tool or your fingers and secure with glue to stop it unrolling.   Glue these to the window boxes on the restaurant and the card is finished.

That's me for the moment,  I do have another sample using this collection still to share with you, so I will be back quite soon.   Thank you once again for your comments and visits to my blog.   Take good care of yourselves.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Paris in the Rain.'

 Good evening Lovelies,

Hope you all enjoyed seeing our Mandy on the Create & Craft T.V. Channel yesterday, when she launched the lovely new romantic 'Voila' Collection.     A fabulous collection, some great demonstrations and amazing samples by the design team.   The card I have to share with you this evening, was shown on the programme.    To make the background, I used the wonderful Sumi paper.

Take a square of the white Printable white Sumi Paper.   Take a plastic tray and line it with kitchen paper, then lay the sumi paper in the tray.   Spray the Fuschia and Light Purple Mixed Media Spray Inks over the paper.   When dry, add some Gold Shake and Gilt in the odd place.

When the sumi paper is dry, screw it up into a ball then unfold it, and flatten out a little.

 

 Using a black ink pad, stamp the text in the top left and bottom right corners of the Sumi paper, using the stamp from the 'Walking in the rain' stamp set.    Stamp some raindrops in the top right corner using a black ink pad.   Add some white dots to the raindrops using a white pen.

Tear the sumi paper into two sections,  and lay the narrow piece to the left-hand side of a spare piece of ivory card approximately 7" square and the second larger piece to the right-hand side, leaving a gap of the ivory card showing,  then lay the Eiffel Tower design from the stencil in the gap.   Holding the stencil in place,  remove the sumi papers for the moment and secure the stencil with blue masking tape.

Using a metal spatula, spread the Gold Shine Sparkle & Twinkle over the Eiffel Tower.    Remove the tape and stencil and leave the image to dry.

Using the Cadence Decoupage Glue, glue the coloured sumi paper to the 7" ivory square card,  the smaller piece to the left and the larger piece to the right.   Matt this onto a slightly larger piece of black card and then onto the ivory base card.

Take some spare sumi paper and colour it with the Fuschia spray ink followed by a thin layer of  Cadence Twin Magic Blue Rose metallic paint. and when dry,  make 3 small roses from it, using a Sizzix rose die.

Glue these roses in a group of three to the tower, using silicone glue.

Stamp the couple in black ink onto some spare ivory card.   Cut them out, leaving a tiny border of the ivory showing.

Fix them in position to the right of the Eiffel Tower, using sticky foam pads.

Stamp the sentiment in black onto a small piece of ivory card.   Add some Cadence Rich Gold Finger Wax around all four edges.

  Add a small amount of black ink around the edges of the sentiment and glue to the top of the card.

                                                                                    

 

Well that's another card finished.   Please take care of yourselves until my next post.   Thank you all once again for your lovely comments and your visits....each one appreciated by me.   I'll be back soon with another card, made using the beautiful 'Voila' collection.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.

  

                          

'Time to Dream.'

Hi there Lovelies,

Hope you are all managing to stay safe and well during this very difficult time in all our lives.   Today I would like to share with you, one of my sample cards, made using the Imagination Craft's new 'Voila' Collection,  some amazing rice papers and stencils plus, a gorgeous set of romantic stamps called 'Walking in the Rain.'   I just love these stamps.    This set can be used for Mixed Media Canvases etc., as well as for cardmaking, as I have done.   My first card uses the stamp of a very sweet  girl with her best friend....her little dog.   I do hope you like it.

 

Cut out the square of rice paper from the sheet that you have chosen and using the Cadence decoupage glue, fix this to a square of white card and leave to dry.   When dry, trim the edges if necessary.

Lay the sentiment from the stencil onto the grassy bankside on the left of the design, securing to your work surface with the blue masking tape.   Spread the white structure paste through the sentiment using a metal spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

Fix this background to an 8" x8" ivory base card when the structure paste has dried.

Next stamp the girl, umbrella and her dog onto some spare white card, using a Versamark pad, then heat emboss with black embossing powder.   Repeat this three more times.    Cut out the images.   (I always stamp an extra image just in case of  mistakes) but three should be enough.  

Colour her with the Cadence Mixed Media Spray Inks and the light yellow acrylic paint.   Colour her hair with a little of the light yellow acrylic paint mixed with a small amount of the dark brown spray ink.  

Paint her dress with the light yellow paint, adding some orange spray ink.   Her skin with well watered down orange ink and lastly, her umbrella with the Cadence Dora Red metallic paint, which makes her umbrella look wet because  of the sheen effect the paint leaves.

 3D the girl and her little dog, using silicone glue.  When the glue has set, glue her to the bottom right corner of the card, so she is sitting on the bankside.      That is this card finished,  the rice paper background makes this a very quick, but effective card to make,  which is a bonus if you happen to be short of time.

       The photo below is taken at an angle to show the 3D  depth of the image.

Please do not forget to tune into the Create & Craft T.V. Channel to see the Imagination Craft's show, when Mandy will be launching this beautiful new 'Voila' Collection, on Tuesday 22nd. September 2020, at  12 noon and 12.45pm.   I do hope you can tune in.   That's all from me folks, take care of yourselves until next time and thank you all once again for taking the time to read and comment on my blog.   Have a good week.

                                                                    Love and rainbows,

                                                                     Hugs   Jennifer xx.