Butterfly Blues Tag.

Hi there Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments and blog visits, they are much appreciated.  Nothing much to report today.  Been out food shopping this morning and I managed a little time in my craft room this afternoon.    I really must make a huge effort to tidy up my work space !!!   my working space on my table has shrunk from  twelve inches square to twelve inches by six inches lol!! ......not much room to work lol!!!

Tonight I would like to share another of my tags with you all.   This was made in January of this year for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.   I have of course used their beautiful Starlight paints, Sparkle Mediums, Butterflies panel stencil, plus  other products of theirs.

  
Make a  tag shape from white card and put this into the daisies embossing folder and emboss.   Colour the tag using the Japanese Jade Alchemy Wax.   Matt this onto a slightly larger turquoise tag and then onto another slightly larger white tag.

Lay the butterfly panel stencil onto the embossed, coloured tag and dab the Starlight colours through the design using a stencil brush.    Remove the stencil and lay it on a piece of acetate and spread the Sparkle Medium colours through the butterflies only, using the metal spatula.

   
When dry, cut out the butterflies and glue them on top of the original images, using Magi-bond glue.   Adda little silicone glue under each wing, to raise them up a little.   Glue the large butterfly at the top of the design onto  a piece of white card, cut out and glue in position at the top, leaving the top half of the butterfly overhanging the top of the tag.

    
Colour a small piece of sequin waste with Starlight paints and glue it to the left-hand edge of the tag. 

  
Colour a piece of the Honeycomb Art Cutz with the gold Starlight paint and glue to the bottom right of the tag.

  
Die-cut a flower and stamen, using the Sizzix die, from white card.   Colour the flower with the Starlight paints and the stamen with the lilac mist Starlight.   Glue to the top left of the tag.

   
Thread some lavender organza ribbon through the hole in the top of the tag.

  
Make a stand and glue it to the back of the tag so it can be stood up if wished.

Well that is all from me for the moment, have a lovely Tuesday.   Thank you all once more  for visiting my blog.   Catch you all again soon.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.






 

Day Dreaming Fairy.

Hi there  Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Today began quite bright, sunny and warm but by lunchtime that had changed to dull, damp deary lol! but quite warm!   at least we do not have 8 inches of snow as they have in some parts of America !  such low temperatures, makes me shiver just thinking about it lol!   Hope my American friends are keeping safe and warm indoors.

Brilliant shows on Hochanda T.V. of Imagination Craft's fabulous products, well done again Lisa and Kerri-Ann, you are amazing.    One more show to go this evening at 7pm.

My card tonight has not yet been shown on the shows so I thought I would share it with you now.   I have used  five of the new Starlight paint colours on this card, along with the gorgeous Topaz from another show.

  
This card is made using a 7" square white base card.   Matt a square of black shiny card onto the base card, leaving a half inch border of the white showing.

Take a slightly smaller square of white card and using the daisies  A5 embossing folder, emboss the daisies onto it.   As this folder is an A5 size and the card much bigger, you will need to put the card into the folder twice to cover the whole square, just remember to match up the design when putting it into the folder for the second time.

     
Colour the card with the Starlight paints and then matt onto the black shiny card.

   
Lay the 'Mushroom Fairy' stencil onto a piece of white card, securing with masking tape, so the stencil does not move.   Dab the Starlight colours through the design, using a stencil brushes.   (as you dab the paint, the beautiful mica comes to the surface, giving a lovely sheen.)      Remove the stencil and tape.   You will need to wash your stencil and brushes quite soon as the paint will dry on them and is difficult to remove, especially the brushes!   or you could just steep them in water, until you have more time.

   
Die-cut the fairy design, using the Spellbinder's scalloped oval die.   Glue this to the embossed card, I used Magi-Bond glue to do this, as I find it sticks really well to the painted surface.

      
                                                         Glue a bow in the top left corner.

     
Colour some white card with the Starlights and  dry emboss using the folder, then die-cut a flower from this card  and glue to the right of the oval.   Die-cut 2 leaves from card coloured with the Misty Green Starlight paint and glue to the flower.

   
Well that's all for now my friends, I will be back very soon with more creations, so catch you all then.   Please don't forget to tune in to Hochanda this evening at 7pm.  to see lots more demonstrations from Lisa and Kerri-Ann.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                    Hugs   Jennifer xx.