'Pure Elegance.'

Hi there Lovelies,

How are you all, well  I hope and enjoying your weekend.   Thank you for your visits and lovely comments on my last blog, always appreciated as I'm sure you know lol.   Today I would like to share another card which was made for the Imagination Craft's show on the Create & Craft T.V. Channel last week.   This was made using  rice papers from the Vol. 4 USB, which was launched by Mandy Jane last week.   These designs are really beautiful, such gorgeous colours.   I really enjoyed working with them.   Now to the card.....

 

Coloir a 7" x 7" piece of white card with the Cadence light blue, light green and the light purple Colout Mist Blending Inks.   Dry brush a little white Gesso over the top,  to knock back the colours slightly.

When this is dry, lay the 'diamond'  stencil design,  from the 'Wind in Your Hair' collection by Imagination Crafts, onto the top right and then again onto the left-hand side of  the painted card, then stipple the Cadence Dora Pearl metallic paint through the design, using a stencil brush.   Remove the stencil and leave to dry.

Take a slightly larger square of white card and paint all four edges with the Iris Hybrid Acrylic paint, (no need to paint all of the card as most will not be seen!   Waste not want not lol).   

Matt and layer the diamond background card onto the Iris painted card using double sided sticky tape, I like to add some Imagination Mixed Media Glue as well, as this gives me a little wriggle time lol.  Next, matt this onto an 8" x 8" ivory base card.

Take the sheet of rice paper and roughly cut out the elegant lady and the flowers, then glue them to some spare white card, using the Cadence decoupage glue

When dry, cut out, trimming away any excess white card.   Fix her to the left of the diamond background, using silicone glue.   Fix the flowers to the right of her shoulder, again using silicone glue.

From the second sheet of the same design of rice paper, cut out the lily only and glue to a piece of white card using the decoupage glue.   When dry, cut out, trimming away the excess white card.   Fix this on top of the first cut out  lily image, again using silicone glue.

Add three pearl drops to the top, bottom and right-hand edges of the painted background and leave to dry.

Below are a couple of photos taken at an angle to show the dimension.

Well that's all from me for the moment.   Hope you enjoy your visit to my blog and I will be back again quite soon.   Enjoy the rest of your weekend.   Take and stay safe.

                                                                   Love and rainbows,

                                                                    Hugs   Jennifer xx.

 

 

 

 

'Butterfly Dreams.' A Sneaky Peek.

Good morning Lovelies,

Not such a good day here today but we have something to look forward to.....our Mandy demonstrating  on the Create & Craft T.V. Channel at 12pm. and 12.45pm. today,  on just what can be achieved using the gorgeous Imagination Craft's latest Vol. 4 USB  rice papers.   

Thank you all for your visits and lovely comments on my last post, much appreciated as always.   Now onto one of my cards, made for today's show,   hope you like this one,  I have loved working with these beautiful papers, such pretty designs and beautiful colours.

Cut out the section of rice paper with the butterflies on and glue to a square of white card, using the Cadence Decoupage glue, bending the extra rice paper to the back of the card and securing with the glue.

When this is dry, stamp the small dragonfly in the top right corner using a watermark Versamark pad and heat emboss using some purple embossing powder.   This image is from Imagination Craft's 'Destiny' collection.

Stamp the lady in the dotted semi circle ( also from the 'Destiny' Collection) on top of the Hydrangea on the left of the design,  with a versamark pad and heat emboss with the purple embossing powder. 

Stamp the sentiment ( also from the beautiful  'Destiny' collection) on the bottom right of the design, again using the Versamark pad and heat embossing with the purple powder.

 

Matt and layer this card onto a slightly larger square of teal coloured card.

Next matt and layer this onto an 8" x 8" ivory base card.

 

From the second sheet of rice paper of the same design, roughly cut out the two butterflies and two of the flower heads from the Hydrangea, near the bottom of the design.   Glue these to some spare white card, using the decoupage glue.   When dry, cut them out, trimming away any excess white card.

Glue these to the original images on the base card using silicone glue to give them a little dimension and the card is finished.

Below is a photograph, taken at an angle to show the dimension of the butterflies and flower heads.

Thank ou all for stopping by my blog, I do hope you have enjoyed your visit.   Please pop back again quite soon, as I will be sharing more cards from this collection.   

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.   Will catch you all again soon.

                                                                  Love & Rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.

 

 

'Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder.'

Good evening Lovelies,

              Hope you all had a good weekend.   It is time again for me to share another of my cards, made for the Imagination Craft's show on the  Create & Craft T.V. channel, earlier this month.   This was made using the 'Vintage Beauty' collection.   I used one of the stencils from the collection and some Cadence paints and Colour Mist Inks.

Cut a seven and three quarter inch square from white card and paint all four edges of it with the Cadence Emerald metallic paint, (no need to paint all the card, as most will not be seen.)    Matt and layer this onto an 8" square ivory base card.

Cut a slightly smaller square of white card and using the light fuchsia and the light green Colour Mist Inks, colour this piece of card, using the central piece of foam from the pot or a piece of sponge as I did.

When this is dry, lay your chosen parts of the stencils onto it and dab the light fuchsia mist ink through the designs, using the  piece of foam from the centre of the Colour Mist pot or as I did - a small piece of sponge.   

Remove the stencil.   When this is dry, lay the head of the lady onto the coloured card, slightly to the right - hand edge.   Mask off her turban with the fruit on it, using the blue masking tape.

Mix the emerald and pearl Dora metallic paints together to get a lighter shade of emerald and using the stencil brush, stipple the paint over her hair, face and neck.   Remove the stencil.   Lay the turban image from the stencil in position on top of her head and secure with the blue masking tape.   Stipple the emerald and pearl mixed paint over the turban image, then remove the stencil .

Next lay the word 'beauty' from the stencil down the left hand edge of the coloured card and stipple the emerald metallic paint only, through the design.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

Matt and layer this onto the  painted, emerald edged card.   Glue silver domes, one in the top right and bottom left corners.   Glue a large oval gemstone to the centre of the turban.

Die-cut three small quilled flowers, cut from some white card painted with the emerald and pearl paints.   Roll them up, using a quilling tool and glue to stop them unrolling.   Then  glue the three flowers to the turban.

 

The card is now finished.   Hope you like it.   Please pop back soon.   I will be sharing another of my sample cards, which I have been working on recently and are now in the post, ready for the next Imagination Craft's show coming up very soon.   Until then be safe, be kind and be happy.   Catch you all again soon.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.

 

 

 

 

'Caring.'

Good afternoon Lovelies,

                           and a beautiful one it is here.   Sun is shinning, blue skies and fluffy white clouds.  Thank you all for your comments and visits on my last blog post.   I do hope you were able to tune in to the Create & Craft T.V. Channel this lunchtime, to see out Mandy launch Imagination Craft's latest collection - 'Vintage Beauty' and some great Cadence products too.   I thought I would share one of my sample cards made for the show.   I do know, many of you, like myself, love anything with butterflies on and as soon as I saw this particular rice paper from the collection,  I knew I just had to make a card with it, so I do hope you like it too.

 

 Using a paintbrush and clean water, paint around the section of the rice paper you want, then feather the edges by gently pulling the outer edges of your chosen piece away.

 

  Using the stencil from the collection and the white gold Dora metallic paint, stipple the script through the design, using a stencil brush.    Add the hanging jewel in the same way, to the top right-hand side of the paper. 

 Fix this to the 8"x8" ivory base card using the Cadence decoupage glue.   

From the second sheet of the same design rice paper, roughly cut around four of the butterflies and fix these to some spare white card, using the decoupage glue. 

 

When they are dry, cut out each one, trimming away any excess white card.   Glue these to the original images on the ivory base card, using Imagination Craft's Mixed Media Glue, adding a little silicone glue under each wing.

Lay the word 'caring' from the stencil onto a piece of black card and using a metal spatula, spread the white structure paste over the word.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   Re lay the stencil over the structure paste and using a stencil brush, stipple the white gold paint over the structure paste.   When dry, trim around the word leaving a small black border around the word.

  Glue this to the bottom of the base card.

 Lay the larger  hanging jewel from the stencil onto some black card and spread the structure paste over it.   Remove the stencil and leave to dry.   Next stipple the white gold paint over the top of the jewel by laying the stencil on top as previously.

 When dry, trim around the image leaving a small black border and fix this to the top right of the base card with silicone glue or sticky foam pads.  

Repeat the above but this time cut away the centre of the jewel and the feathers, leaving an open oval.   Glue the open jewel to the left-hand side of the base card, using the mixed media glue.   From the 'cut out' centre, cut out the very centre piece only and glue it to some black card, trim leaving a tiny border of black showing, then glue this in the centre of the open oval.

Glue two blue gemstones to the centre of the hanging  jewel on the right of the base card and two to the centre of the open jewel on the left.   Glue two very narrow, small black strips to either side of the jewel in the centre of the open oval and glue two blue gems to each black strip.   Glue two gems to each of the hanging chains and  the card is finished.   Hope you like it.

 

Please pop back again soon as I will be sharing another card made using this collection.   Stay safe and well.   Catch you all again soon.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.