Autumn Leaves.

Good evening All,

What a glorious day it has been,.   blue skies and sunshine, the trees are such beautiful colours at the moment but I suspect they will fall from the trees rapidly, as a ground frost is forecast for us tonight lol!   Talking of Autumn leaves, leads me to my next card,   made in September 2015 for Imagination Crafts. 

Fold the white scalloped  card in half down the centre crease line, making a 6" square card.   Matt squares and  oblongs of black and turquoise card onto the front of the base card, leaving a a border of white showing.   Next matt a smaller square of pink card onto the black/turquoise card, again leaving a border showing.

  
Spread some Starlight paints onto a non-stick worksheet and leave to dry.   In the meanwhile, die-cut the lacy square, using the Marianne Design die, from pink card and colour, using the iced spruce distress ink pad.   Glue this to the centre of the pink card.      Die-cut the smaller square, using some black card and the Craftwell die, then glue that  to the centre of the lacy square.   Take the black square with the cut off corners and stamp the Lavinia leaf spray stamp onto the centre, using some gilding glue.

   
Go back to the Starlight paints that you spread on your work sheet and scrape the paint off the sheet, using the side edge of  the  metal spatula.    (a bit like scraping melted chocolate  from a board to make chocolate curls for decorating the top of a cake.)  

Spread these flaky bits onto the gilding glue and press down, then brush away any excess.   Matt this onto a slightly larger  piece of pink card and trim around the edges  to match the design of the black card and matt this onto the black square. 

   
Die-cut 2 leaves from black card, using the Marianne Design die.   Cover with the gilding  glue and spread the 'scraped up' Starlight paints over the gilding glue to cover the leaves, press onto the leaves, then brush away any excess.

   
                                        Glue a  leaf in the top left and the bottom right corners.

Draw an uneven, squiggly' line around the edges of the base card, using a fine line, black pen.   Add three dots of Jade Detail Sparkle in each corner.

Well that's all from me for the moment.   Enjoy your Wednesday and I will be back again soon.

                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                            Crafty Hugs    Jennifer xx.

  

Magic Moment Card.

Hello there it's me back again with another card.   This card features a gorgeous little stamp which I received free with a craft magazine some time ago.   I have used Imagination Craft's fabulous Starlight paints to colour it.      I do like making cards with cute images every now and again and this is certainly a 'cute' image lol!

  
Fold the ready creased white scalloped card down the centre crease line, making a 6"x6" base card.   Die-cut four corners using the Marianne Design corner die and paint with the Imagination Craft's Antique Gold Starlight paint.   Glue one in each corner of the base card, leaving approximately half an inch border of white showing.

   
Using a black fine liner pen,  hand draw some lines with a squiggle now and then around the edges of the card.

 
Die-cut a large dark green oval and glue to the centre of the card.   Die-cut a smaller oval from pearlised card and colour the sky with well watered down Starlight paint and well watered down menthol for the grass.

Next stamp the mice and toadstool image onto it, using a Versa mark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder.

  
Colour the image with the Starlight paints, again watered down with a little water.   Fix this oval to the green oval, with sticky foam pads.

  
Stamp  the small tag using Versa mark and heat emboss with black embossing powder.   Colour with the Starlight paints, cut out  and glue to the right of the image.

 
Glue a small white ribbon bow to the tag.   Die-cut  2 roses using the rose die (given free with a craft magazine)    Paint them with the Dried Rose Starlight paint.   Form into roses and glue one to each side of the oval.

 
Keep 6 of the small squares, left-over after die-cutting the corners and paint them with the dried rose paint.   Glue three to the top left and three to the bottom right of the smaller oval.

I love this stamp, really cute, sorry cannot remember which magazine it came free with.  Hope you like it.   Have a fabulous weekend everyone and I'll be back soon with another card to share with you.   Happy crafting.

                                                                     Love and rainbows,
                                                                    Big Hugs   Jennifer xx.
 
Saturday 23rd. July 2016.                              

P.S.   Hi Folks, I have just found the stamp set and the name of it was Moonbeam Meadow by Crafter's Companion, which was given free with the 'Quick Cards Made Easy' Craft magazine.   Here is a photo of the stamp set.

    
                                                         Bye for no,  Love & Rainbows,
                
                                                                       Hugs   Jennifer xx.
 

MDF Craft Storage Holder.

Hi there Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Wow another beautiful day today, wall to wall blue skies and sunshine.   Hubby and I have been in the garden working all day.   He has rotavated our veg plot with our mini tractor and has planted some potatoes today too, maybe a little late but the ground here has been so cold and very wet, the seed  potatoes would probably have rotted in the ground, so here's hoping, fingers crossed that they will be ok now.

Tonight I would like to share an MDF craft storage holder which was made for Imagination Craft's latest show at the end of April on the Hochanda TV Channel.   I decided to decorate this holder, using Imaginations new Mixed Media Spray Inks and shaving foam and the marbling technique.

   
(1)   Inside of holder painted with the Cyclone MDF paint.

(2)   Outside parts painted with the Lagoon MDF paint.

(3)   Shaving  foam sprayed into an oblong  plastic container  and Mixed Media Spray Inks, sprayed onto
        the foam,  moving the colours around with a cocktail stick.

   
(4)   Lay the individual MDF pieces on top of the coloured foam for a few seconds, then remove.    Remove
        the excess foam from the mdf, using a spatula.

     
(5)   Paint the narrow edges around the base of the holder with the Fuchsia Spray Ink, using a paintbrush.  

(6)   Glue a blue flower to each corner of the holder and glue  a small white button to each flower centre.

   

   
That's all from me tonight folks.   I will be back again soon with another creation.   Have a good week.

                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                            Crafty Hugs   Jennifer xx.

A 'Sneaky Peek' at my First Ever Canvas.

Hello there Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Tonight I would like to share my first ever canvas lol!   not sure why but I have never attempted  one before but I really enjoyed creating this.   I did get VERY inky fingers lol!  but hey, it does wash off and that is all part of  experimenting with Imagination Craft's new Mixed Media Spray Inks, great fun!   Our grandson saw the fuschia ink on my fingers and looked worried, as he thought I had cut my finger lol.

   
(1)  Paint the canvas with white Gesso.

(2)  Die-cut two tress and glue to canvas.

(3)  Glue the Art Cutz hexagon strip to the bottom of the canvas.

(4)  Make flowers using  white card, some stamped with small images and glue in place on the bottom left of
       the canvas.

   

    
(5)  Using the Mixed Media Spray Inks,  colour the whole canvas.   When dry, cut out the birds and the lady from the rice paper and glue to the canvas, I used PVA Glue for this.  

      

   
(6)  Using a black ink pad, stamp the sentiment in the centre of the canvas.

   
(7)  Die-cut a few leaves, using the memory Box die and paint them with the Menthol and Emerald Green Starlight paints.   Glue these in place around the flowers.

      
(8)  Paint a small piece of sequin waste with the Dried Rose  Starlight Paint and glue to the bottom left of the flowers.

   
(9)  Add some dots by using a piece of sequin waste and a white ink pad.   Add various sized circles using wine bottle corks, again using a white ink pad   (but of course you will have to drink the wine first lol!!).

(10) Rub the edges of the canvas with  the different coloured Alchemy waxes.   Do the same on the hexagon Art Cutz, the trees and the tops of the flowers.     The colours I used were Bronze, Inca Gold, French Lavender and Japanese Jade.

     
Well that's this canvas finished, I do hope you like it.   Please do not forget to tune in to the Hochanda TV Channel this Friday 29th April 2016 at 8pm. to see our lovely Sue and Lisa B demonstrating some new products and there are some special offers too!    I will be back again very soon with another  'sneaky peek.'

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                Big Hugs    Jennifer xx.
 

Flowers and Starlight Paints.

Hi again Lovelies,

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend.   It's well seeing it is the school Summer holidays lol! it's raining! Looks like indoor games are on the agenda until the sun comes out again!

I have another card for you tonight which was again made for Imagination Craft's  latest Create & Craft show last Friday.       Some of you may have seen  this card, as it was shown on the programme.   I have used Imagination Craft's gorgeous new Art Cutz toppers and their very luscious new Starlight Paints.  These paints give such an amazing effect as they have a certain amount of gold flakes in them.

   
Fold the ready creased white card down the centre crease line, making a 7"x7" base card.   Matt a smaller piece of blue paper onto the white base card.   Next matt a slightly smaller piece of white card onto the blue, leaving wider borders on the left and right.

     
Cut a piece of  dark green card slightly smaller than the white and punch all four corners using the flower corner punch.   Matt this onto the white card.  

Take the Art Cutz flowers and paint with the Starlight Paints and leave to dry, which will take all of a couple of minutes lol!  very quick drying.  

   

    
Cut a strip of white card and matt across the centre of the green card.   Matt a piece of blue paper onto the white card, leaving a narrow border at the top and bottom.

   
Arrange the flowers in a circle and glue in position using Imagination Craft's Magi-bond glue.

   
This is such an easy card to make, no cutting out the flowers as they are  cut out and ready to use and the Starlight Paints are a dream to use.   Hope you like my card.   If you haven't tried card making before, I urge you to give it a go lol!   This is a very satisfying hobby,  friends and relatives love to receive handmade cards, made with love,  especially for them.

See you all very soon and many thanks for your visits and lovely comments.      Have a good week, despite the weather forcast lol.

                                                                   Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Another 'Sneaky Peek' at a card for Imagination Craft's next T.V Show.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

My 'sneaky peek' tonight  is a card I have made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Craft's next show on Create & craft T.V.     I have used the new Art Cutz images, they are so easy to work with.

Fold the white card in half down the crease line to make a 7"x7" base card.   Matt a piece of blue paper approximately four and a half inches by six and a quarter inches and matt onto the left hand side of the base card.

   
Take the Gelli plate and spritz it with water then add some of the Starlight paints.   Press a piece of white card on top of the paints on the Gelli plate and rub over the top of the card, or use a brayer.   Lift off the card and leave to dry.

  
When dry, stamp the script stamp pver the now coloured card, using a black inkpad.   Lay the dandelion stencil onto the coloured, stamped card and using a piece of cut n' dry foam, dab the  Cyclone MDF paint through the design.   Add some small amounts of the Orange Oxide Starlight paint to the design.

   
Trim the design to approximately three and a quarter by five and a half inches and fix to the blue paper, nearer to the left side, rather than the right.

Take the Art Cutz Moroccan Trellis and cut away part of the design and keep this for another project.   Use the piece with the outside edge still attached.   Paint this with the White Gold paint then glue to the card front.

  
Add some diamonds down the right hand side, ( left over after punching some corners)  painted with Orange Oxide paint.

Colour a piece of cream ribbon with the orange paint and, when dry, make a ribbon bow and glue to the card front.

  
Painting the ribbon stiffens it but it makes a very neat bow.   Hope you like it.   Many thanks for all your lovely comments and visits on my last post, I really appreciate them.    Take care of yourselves,  I'll be back again tomorrow night with another 'sneaky peek.'

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                              Crafty Hugs,   Jennifer xx.