Hope you've had a good start to the week. I had a good day yesterday, went out food shopping and managed to find time to pop into a craft shop, my favourite type of shop lol!! I bought a few crafty bits and bobs, so hopefully will have some time today to play with them. The card I would like to share with you today was made for Sue and Harvey of www.imaginationcrafts.co.uk in May 2012 and uses one of the decoupage stamp sets, fuschia, some sparkle medium and their nature mica powder set, which has some really pretty colours in it.. This is quite a quick card to make, so let's get started.
Make a base card from white card stock, onto this matt a piece of maroon coloured card slightly smaller than the white, leaving a small border of the white showing. Take a piece of white card and the Spellbinders butterfly circle die and cut out and emboss. Put the circle aside for a future project and use the butterfly waste. Glue four of the larger butterflies, one in each corner using Magi-Bond Glue.
Next cut out and emboss the Mariane Die from white card and fix to the centre of the maroon card in a diamond fashion. Take a piece of white card and using a Versmark pad, stamp the fuschia onto it and heat emboss with the claret embossing powder. Colour the leaves with the mica powders, a paintbrush and a little water. Colour around the edges of the design with dusty concord and milled lavender distress inks using a blending tool. Trim around the image and matt this onto a piece of maroon card, leaving a border showing.
Matt this onto a piece of white card and leave a tiny border of white showing. Fix this on top of the Marianne Die-cut using sticky foam pads. Add a small amount of the sparkle medium to the calyx of the sepals (top of the fuschia). Add three pearls to the top right and bottom left of the card. Well there we have it, another finished card and I think you'll agree it was a fairly quick card to make.
Enjoy the rest of your week my friends and I'll be back in a few days with my very first inspiration card for the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog which is due to be posted at 8am on the 1st. February 2012. Very exciting for me. Take good care of yourselves until then.
Love and rainbows,
Crafty Hugs Jennifer xx .
Beautiful card Jennifer, I love all the detail here, I so want to go and play today, but not to be, it is fabulous when we get new crafting goodies, is it not.
ReplyDeleteCan I say, my youngest daughter is called Jennifer...when my Dad (a painter and decorator) died nearly 9 years ago, the day of his funeral there was a beautiful Rainbow in the sky, Jenny was just 12 at the time, said "that is granddad, painting the sky"...just thought I would share, in view of the name of your blog, xxxx
Hi there Avril, many thanks for your lovely comment hun. You say your youngest daughter is called Jennifer too !! I like that ! a great name , I'm biased of course lol !! What a lovely thing for Jennifer to have said ! so sweet. I always think of loved ones no longer with us when I see one too ! Have a good week. thanks for stopping by. Hugs Jennifer xx
Deletea beautiful card Jennifer - I think I need this fuchsia stamp - its so beautiful! Hugs rachel xx
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel thank you, it is such a pretty stamp, fuschias are many different colours of course but I decided to do pastel colours and added a little bit of my favourite products, sparkle medium. Hugs Jennifer xx
DeleteGorgeous colors Jennifer, the fuchsia stamp is fabulous.
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Hello again Diane, thank you very much for nice comment. I like this stamp too but having said that, I cannot think of any of Imagination Craft's stamps that I don't like. lol !! They are all great. Hope you've had a good day and thanks for popping over to my blog. Hugs Jennifer xx
DeleteHi Jennifer, this is gorgeous, I must admit I do love these stamps! Gorgeous card design too.
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Linda xxx
Hi Linda, I know, they are lovely stamps. They look good just as one layer or decoupaged ! Thanks for visiting my blog, your comments are much appreciated. Hugs Jennifer xx
DeleteThis is gorgeous Jennifer. Thanks for the visit and the lovely comment. I used pull bow. Have you seen it? xx
ReplyDeleteHi Jan, thanks for your lovely comment, I think I have seen pull bow before on C & C but it was a much narrower ribbon. It looks really lovely on your beautiful box. Thanks for visiting my blog. Hugs Jennifer xx
DeleteWe have Pull bow at the shop Jennifer xx
DeleteHi Samantha, thanks for the info, I'll probably buy some when I next visit the shop. Have a great weekend Hun. Hugs Jennifer xx
DeletePretty card Jennifer, love the colours and the image!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you the other day and thank you for all your lovely compliments!
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Hi there Samantha, thank yo for your nice comment and your visit to my blog, they are much appreciated !! You're welcome Samantha, I thought you looked great when we met the other day and that homemade toffee was delicious, thanks. Hugs Jennifer xx
DeleteSo beautiful Jennifer, I love the gorgeous image and the luxurious colours are beautiful. I hope you are well
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Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I am well thank you, hope you are too, don't work too hard lol. so pleased you've finished your essay. Hugs Jennifer xx
DeleteThis is beautiful Jennifer.
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Hi Mags, thank you very much. Hugs Jennifer xx
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