Rainbow Trellis Arch.

Hi there Everyone,

Hope you are all well and looking forward to a chilled out weekend.   I have been in my crafty space this afternoon, making samples for Imagination Craft's next shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel on the 5th. July 2016.    Today I received the new Christmas stamps for the show and they are fabulous!   Imagination have always had beautifully designed Christmas stamps but these, well lol!   they're in a different league !!!  you will just love them,  I know.   Must finish the project I'm busy doing now, then I can play with these gorgeous new stamps.   Anyone who knows me, knows I'm  really a stamp girl at heart lol!    Well, enough chat lol!  so onto tonight's card.   This was made for Imagination's latest show on the 20th. of June on Hochanda.

    
Matt a black satin square onto the centre of the white 7"x7" base card, leaving a half inch border of the white card showing.

   
Take a smaller square of white card and spread some  cheap shaving foam into a square/oblong  plastic  container, then spray the yellow, green, red and light purple Mixed Media Inks over the foam.

   
Lay the white square card on top of the foam for a second or two, then remove the it.  (The transfer of colour takes a very short period of time.) 

   
Using a metal spatula, scrape off the excess shaving foam and dry off the card with a piece of kitchen paper.   Lay the trellis arch stencil onto  this coloured card and spread the sparkle mediums over the design.   The roses done with the Bright red Sparkle Medium.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

Matt this onto the black satin card.     

    

  
Paint some white card with the red Starlight paint and die-cut a rose from it, roll up the rose and glue.   Glue this rose to the top left corner.

That's my card finished.   Have a great weekend and I will be back soon.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                             Crafty Hugs    Jennifer xx.  

Flowers by the Barrow Load. Another 'Sneaky Peek.'

Hi there Everyone,

Happy Sunday, hope you're having a lovely weekend.   As the Imagination Craft's shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel gets nearer, I thought I would sneak in another 'Sneaky Peek'  for you.   Please don't forget to tune in on Monday 20th June, when Sue and Gwen will be showing you some great techniques.

My card today uses Imagination's black satin card, Sparkle Mediums and the flower barrow stencil.   Hope you like it.

    
Matt a smaller piece of red paper onto your 7"x7" cream base card.   Take a square of the black satin card and lay the wheelbarrow stencil onto it.   Spread the Sparkle Medium colours through the design, using the metal spatula.   I prefer to do each colour separately and wait until that is dry before doing the next colour.   I tend to mask off everything but the parts I am working on, with masking tape.   This does take a little time but I do think it is worth it in the end lol.   When the image is finished and dry, matt this onto the base card.
  

  
Apologies for the slightly blurred photograph, not sure what happened there lol!     Colour some white card with the  red Starlight paint and when dry, die-cut three different sized  roses using the Sizzix dies.    Colour some card with the Emerald Starlight paint and die-cut one large and three small leaves from it, again using the Sizzix dies.

  
Roll up the roses and glue in position on the wheelbarrow.   Glue the leaves to the roses using silicone glue to give some dimension to the card.

   
Glue some gems to the handle of the barrow.   Well that's another card finished.   I will be back again very soon.   In the meantime enjoy the rest of your weekend.

                                                              
                                                                    Love and Rainbows,

                                                                    Big Hugs  Jennifer xx.    

 

Sneaky Peek at Another Card for the Imagination Craft's TV show on Create & Craft 18th April.

Good evening Lovelies,

I'm back again with another creation I have made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.   Sue will be on Create and Craft TV on the 18th April, I do hope you will be able to tune in.   Tonight's card is made using their patterned background card called 'crackle sepia,'  The stencil is 'bayleaf,' which I just love and of course, a card needs a little bit of sparkle,  so I used the bright copper, gold shine, jade  and forest  green Sparkle Mediums.   Below is the finished card.   Hope you like it.

  
Make a card from cream card.   Draw around all four edges using a black pen.   Colour in alternate squares,  these squares and oblongs do not need to be of a uniform size,  in fact they add to the look of the card by being uneven.

Matt another piece of  the cream card onto the base card, leaving part of the squares/oblongs showing.   Next matt a smaller piece of black card on top of the cream.

Take the patterned card and lay the bayleaf stencil onto it and spread the bright copper  Sparkle Medium over the stencil, using the metal spatula.

   
Add small amounts of the forest green  and gold shine Sparkle Mediums over the bright copper.   Add some forest green to the bottom of the bayleaf stems.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry. 

Spread some jade and touches of gold shine and bright copper Sparkle Mediums over s small piece of black card and leave to dry.   When dry, die-cut a flower using the Memory Box die. 

  
Trim the patterned card using a trimmer and  a scalloped blade, just enough to leave a small border of the black card showing and fix to the base card.   Glue the flower to the bottom left of the base card.

Using the dragonfly stamps from the Imagination Craft's  Dragonflies Decoupage stamp set, stamp one large and one small dragonflies, using black ink onto cream card.   Cut out and 'tangle' some patterns onto them using a black pen.

 
Glue these  dragonflies to the base card using silicone glue, to raise up the wings.   Well that's this card finished.   Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog to see my creations, it is much appreciated.

Please pop back again, I will be sharing  one of Imagination Craft's gorgeous MDF wall shelves that I have decorated.    When I opened the parcel on arrival, I saw these beautiful shelves and I just fell in love with them immediately lol!   You will just love them too!   They were designed by Tracey Dutton of Lavinia Stamps for Imagination Crafts.   I just adore Tracey's designs, they are right up my street as they say lol!   See you very soon.

                                                                Love and Rainbows,

                                                                   Happy Crafting,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.



 

Tweet Tweet, a Sneaky Peek at One of My Samples for the Next Create & Craft tv show.

Good evening all, hope you've all had a good weekend despite the weather.   We woke up to snow on Saturday but thankfully it did not last  long!   a really cold wind today and a frosty night forecast tonight.  I was going to share another wall hanging with you tonight but I have changed my mind and am going to share a sneaky peek at one of my card samples for Imagination Craft's   next  show on Create & Craft tv on the 18th April.    This is made with a very pretty stencil called 'Tweet' and of course one of my favourite Imagination products, the fabulous Sparkle Medium.

Make a base card from white card and cover the front completely with a piece of patterned card called 'summer script- lilac.   Next matt a piece of white card onto the lilac,leaving a small border of the lilac showing.

     
Take a piece of the 'summer script' apple patterned card and lay the 'tweet' stencil onto it.   Using the lavender, gold shine and forest green Sparkle Mediums, spread them over the design on the stencil using a metal spatula, cover everything but the birds and the heart, which can be masked off with masking tape.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   Apologies for the difference in colour on the photos, not sure why the colours look different, but the first photo shows the true colours.

  
When dry, put the stencil back into position on the card and spread the green and the gold Sparkle Mediums over the heart and the two birds.    Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry. . 

Punch the top left and bottom right corners using the corner punch.   Glue this card to the base card.   Punch out two small hearts from some spare patterned card and glue above the heads of the two birds.

   
Die-cut the flowers from   Imagination Craft's  pink patterned  card, using the Spellbinders flower die and glue to the centre bottom of the base card.   Add a flat backed pearl to the flower centre.

  
Well that's it finished  folks, I do hope you like it.   These patterned cards make lovely backgrounds for your cards and they save a great deal of time too!    If you don't feel confident making your own backgrounds these are just the thing to help you and they give a very professional finish to your cards.

That's all from me tonight my friends.   Thank you again for taking the time to vist my blog and I do hope you will pop back again in a few days, when I will have another sneaky peek lol!    Have a good week and take care of yourselves.

                                                                 Love and Rainbows,

                                                               Crafty Hugs,  Jennifer xx