Dragonflies and Goldfish.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Fellow Bloggers,

Hope you are all having a good weekend.  Tonight I would like to share two cards with you which I made for Imagination Crafts   in 2013.   Both cards use the lovely lilypad stamp set.   The second card I shared with you in Oct. 2013, so for those of you who have not seen this card, I thought I would show it again.   These cards and the card in my last post all use the same stamp set but show how different the cards can look by changing the colours, using different stamps from the same set and different embellishments.    Ok off we go then !

Make a base card from white card stock.   Matt some black shiny card onto the white, (leaving no white border showing) then some gold card onto the black,  leaving a small border showing.   Take a piece of white card slightly smaller than the gold and colour the edges with the pink and green distress inks.   Matt this onto the gold card,  onto this matt some black card leaving a  border of the coloured card showing.

Take a further piece of white card slightly smaller than the black and colour it with the distress inks.   Using a black ink pad, stamp the fish around all four edges of the card.   Stamp another four fish onto a spare piece of white card and colour with the pink distress ink and mica powders.

      
Fix one fish in each corner of the card using silicone glue.   Fix this card to the base card.   Punch out a strip from black card using the Infinite loops  trim, Martha Stewart punch and fix this across the centre of the card.

Stamp the main image onto white card with a Versamark pad and heat emboss using black embossing powder.

Colour the border background with pink distress ink and paint the rest of the image with the ' brilliant'  mica powder set .   Cut out the inside of the border leaving the dragonflies and the lilypad in place.   Fix some gold card behind the lilypad and glue the image on top of the black loops across the centre of the base card.   Stamp the image twice more, paint, cut out and 3D onto the original image.

Well that is that card finished. Hope you like it.   Now for my previous card using the same stamp set.    For this card I decided to stick to different shades of blue with a little gold embossing powder thrown in for good measure lol.

 Should you wish to see how I made it and which Imagination Craft;s products I used, please scroll back to my older post of October 2013.   Many thanks once again for taking the time to visit my blog and I hope you feel it was worth it.   Take care of yourselves until my next post which will be my project for the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog on the 1st of April at 8am sharp, providing my scheduling works lol!  so far it has but there's always a first time for everything !   Hope I'm not tempting providence saying this !  so see you all on the 1st. April.                    

                                                                 Love and rainbows,
                                                 
                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx

              

In the Pink

Good afternoon, Fellow Bloggers, Friends and Visitors,

Hope this post finds you all well.  We are halfway through the week, and  the weekend is not that far away!   Soon the clocks will be put forward one hour which gives us an extra hour of daylight which will be lovely and hopefully we will see some warm, dry weather.    Today began with glorious sunshine but it changed rapidly and we are back to cold rainy weather !

Well on to a happier subject now - crafting !!  my favourite  past time.   I get so much satisfaction from making cards and I do enjoy hearing your thoughts on my creations.   Thank you so much for your encouraging comments and your visits to my blog.  I would like to think that my cards inspire you to take up this lovely hobby.   Well, as promised in my last post, here is another card made using the same Imagination Craft's  Lilypad Decoupage Stamp Set, which is one of my many favoutites from this craft company.   Ok, so off we go.

Make a base card from black card stock and onto this matt a smalle piece of green card.   Matt a further piece of black card on top of the green.

Take a piece of pink card and stamp the main image onto the centre using the black Stazon  ink pad.   Colour the image with  a brush, some water and the Imagination Craft's Mica Powders.

Using  a die-cutting machine, the Memory Box Tile die and white card,  cut out.    Colour this using the mica powders.   Cut out the background inside the border of the lilypad image and glue the tile die-cut behind it.

      
Fix the pink card to the left-hand side of the base card.   Using the leaf stem from the stamp set, stamp three stems across the top and three across the bottom of the card.   Paint the leaves with gold mica powder.   Punch out six tiny black circles and glue three to the top right and three to the bottom right of the main image.   Stamp the image twice more onto white card, paint, then 3D onto the original image.   Colour some white ribbon with a Promarker pen to match the green colour on the lilypad.   Add a ribbon bow to the top left of the card.

Cut a strip from the left-over tile die-cut and glue down the right-hand side of the base card.   Cut out and emboss the flowers using the Memory Box flower die.   Paint them with the gold and pink mica powders.
Glue the flowers down the right-hand side of the card and add a  pink rhinestone in the centre of each flower.

Well done all, we've finished !  hope you like the end result.   On my next post I will use the same stamp once more  but give the card a different look again to the last two.   Until then take care my friends.   See you soon.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx

Lilypad Blues.

Hello  Lovelies,

Just thought I'd drop by again with another card.   Hope you have all had a good start to the new week.   We had a really cold start to the day today, a very hard frost, then we had beautiful blue skies and wall to wall sunshine and the temperature rose quite quickly.   All in all, a beautiful day.   The crocuses in the garden have been fully open with the warm sunshine and looking really pretty.

Well,  onto today's card.   I made this card for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts  and I used their very beautiful lily pad decoupage stamp set.   I just love this stamp, it is so pretty.   I decided to make this card in shades of blue instead of mixed colours, hope you like it.   Ok, off we go then, let's get started.

  
Make a base card from white card stock.   Take a piece of blue shiny card and lay the  stencil on top.   Spread the sparkle medium over the stencil using a spatula.   Scrape off the excess and return to the pot.   This sparkle medium is very economical to use, you need very little to get a  beautiful result.   Remove the stencil and when the sparkle medium is dry,  ( I tend to leave mine to dry naturally but if you have the heating on, you can put it on top of the radiator to dry)  cut the blue card to fit the white base card, leaving a small border of the white showing.

Take some white card, the square Marianne die and cut out and emboss using a die-cutting machine.   Take some white ribbon and colour it with the green distress ink.   Fix this across the centre of the blue card, securing it on the reverse of the card.   Fix this to the white base card.

  
Take more white card and using the black Stazon inkpad, stamp the main image a total of four times.   Colour the images with a paintbrush, water and distress inks.   Cut out the background behind the lily on one of the stamped images and glue this onto the die cut square, putting a piece of holographic card behind the aperture.   Fix the square to the centre of the base card.    Cut out the dragonflies and the lily pad and 3D them onto the original image.   Add a ribbon bow to the left hand side of the card. 

Well that's it finished.   If I say so myself, I was quite pleased with the end results.   It does make a big difference having great products to work with.

Thank you all for following my blog and posting such lovely comments, they mean a great deal to me.  Hope you have a good week.   See you all in a few days.

                                                                    Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Big Hugs   Jennifer xx
   

Humming Bird

Good afternoon my crafty followers, friends and visitors,

Here we are again and it's nearly the weekend.   These weeks are just flying by.   Hope you've all had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend.

Boy!  it has been really cold here today, very windy and we have had hailstones too !   The far hill is covered with snow !   I suppose the wind and showers (even if they are hailstones lol!)  is a little reassuring as it is March nearly April - March winds and April showers lol !!    Maybe the weather is back on course again lol!  Well enough about the depressing weather, I'm sure the Spring is just around the corner.    Onto today's card.   This I made using Imagination Craft's  beautiful humming bird stencil and gold shine sparkle medium.

   
Make a white base card.   Take a slightly smaller piece of white card  and lay the stencil on top.   Dab some Versamark through the design and remove the stencil with care.      Heat emboss using clear embossing  powder.    Punch out a 2" circle near the top of the card.   Put a piece of card covered with the gold shine sparkle medium behind the circle, for the sun.

Colour the background using distress inks.   Etch a pattern on the flowers, leaves and the humming bird with a sharp pointed tool( I used a pergammano tool) .   Rub distress inks over them so that the ink goes  into the etchings, then dry the ink off the embossing using a paper towel or tissue.   The ink should rub off the flowers etc.,  as the embossing acts as a resist.      Matt this onto the base card.

Die cut a leaf stem from white card, using a Memory box die.    Die cut a flower (a Marianne die)  from pale and deep pink paper and layer up,  then glue to the bottom left of the card.   Put a small amount of gold sparkle medium in the centre of the flower.

Well,  there we have it, another finished card.   I do hope you like it.   This is such a pretty stencil.
Enjoy your weekend everyone, take good care of yourseleves until my next post.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                        Jennifer xx.

Apple Blossom Butterflies

Good evening  Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Hope you've all had  a good weekend and are having a good week so far.   My weekend was a quiet one for a change and I managed to get quite a bit of crafting done whilst listening to Gary Barlow's latest CD which I love.    The weather has not been good, so no gardening done over the last few days, don't feel so guilty being in my craft room !!  well I couldn't garden in the rain, could I  ?   (any excuse lol!!)

Well onto tonight's card which I made for Sue and Harvey of  Imagination Craft's in January this year for  the Create and Craft Show on TV and uses their fabulous sparkle medium of course, one of my favourite products.    OK let's get started then !

Make a base card from black card stock and onto this, matt a slightly smaller piece of lemon card.   Lay the stencil on top of the blue linen patterned card and spread the three sparkle mediums over the design.   Spread  the colours in diagonal stripes across the card.   Remove stencil and leave the image to dry.

    
When dry, wrap some lilac ribbon down the left hand edge of the card and secure on the reverse.   Using the butterfly punch, punch out a butterfly in the bottom right corner of the linen card.   This punch does not punch out the butterfly completely but still leaves it attached to the card by the body and you can raise the wings.   This  is a Tonic  punch.   Add a ribbon bow.
Fix a piece of gold mirri card behind the punched out butterfy.   Now, matt this blue linen card onto the lemon card.  

                              
Die cut three butterflies using the black card and the Memory Box butterfly die.   Glue these to the base card, fixing one of them to the punched out, raised butterfly in the right hand corner.

Well there we are, the card is now finished, quite a quick card to make if you don't have a lot of time.   I hope you like it, I would love to know what you think of it.   Take good care of yourselves until we meet again in a few days time.    Thank you all for your lovely comments, they are much appreciated.

                                                                 love and rainbows,

                                                             Crafty Hugs   Jennifer xx.

My Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog, Mid Month Inspiration creation.

A very good morning to all my lovely followers, friends and visitors,

 Another early post from me today.   It's that time again where I share my  mid month inspiration creation.   The theme for this month is 'Imagination in Bloom.'   I really hope my creation will help to inspire you to join in with this challenge.   If you own some Imagination Craft's   products, do give it a try.   Check out the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog   for details of how to enter.   If you use Imagination Craft's products  you could win a fabulous £40 voucher to spend at Imagination Crafts..   It's worth a try lol ! just think what you could buy with £40 !!   and you get a lovely badge for your blog too.

Well onto my mid month creation, I hope you like this one.   I have used the clematis stamp set from Imagination Crafts and   I have used  chalk pastels just for a change, to colour this card.

    
Make a base card from white card stock.   Take some peach coloured paper, cut slightly smaller than the white card.   Put the peach paper and the woodgrain stencil through an embossing machine and emboss it.   Lay the stencil back onto the embossed peach paper and rub peach chalk pastels through the design.

Cut a piece of grey card, smaller than the white card and punch each corner with the EK Success corner punch.   Cut the peach paper so it fits into the cut, punched corners of the grey card but first wrap some green ribbon across the centre of the peach card, securing on the reverse.   Stamp the leaves around the edges and fix into the punched corners of the grey card.   Fix this to the white base card and add a green ribbon bow to the left-hand side.

    
Stamp the clematis stamp five times onto white card using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder.   Cut out the flowers and leaves only.   Colour these with the pastel chalks.

Cut a white oblong and matt a smaller grey oblong onto the white and 3D the flowers onto the grey oblong,  adding a small piece of white die-cut panel from Memory Box, to the bottom right-hand corner.

    
Cut out a grey oval and matt a smaller white oval onto the grey.   Stamp 'Happy Birthday' onto the white oval, using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder.   Fix this to the bottom left of the card.

Well that's my  mid month creation.    Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog, I really appreciate all your lovely comments.   It is nice to know there are many like-minded people out there in blogland who just like to make cards and enjoy doing so.   I hope my creations inspire you in some small way to enter this challenge.   We look forward to seeing all your cards.   You can check out more inspiration by my other team members here.

Have a great weekend, stay healthy and happy.   See you all again in  few days time.

                                                            Love and rainbows,

                                                           Big Hugs   Jennifer xx

Sunset Snowdrops

Hello Lovelies,

Well another lovely day,   wow!  three days in a row,  feels like Spring is in the air but I'm sure it won't last much longer before the wet stuff arrives again, ah well mustn't grumble.

Been to the hairdressers today and had my hair cut, I feel like a new woman lol !  I just hate it when it flops in my face, especially when I'm crafting lol.   Speaking of crafting, here is today's card which I made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts   in September 2010 and uses their snowdrops  stamp which unfortunately is no longer available but you could use another snowdrop stamp in place of this one or indeed any other flower stamp.   It is coloured using Imagination Craft's  Inkadinks.   There are lots of lovely colours to choose from and they seem to last for ever !

Make a base card from black card stock.   Take a piece of cream card and punch all four corners using the Woodware corner punch,  glue the negative punched pieces to the corners of the black card.   Fix the cream card to the black base card.

    
Take a piece of cream card approximately four inches by four and three quarter inches and put a wash of the inkadinks over the card and create some 'hill' shapes on the bottom half of the card... When dry, stamp the snowdrops on the top of the painted card, using the Royal Purple Stazon pad.

     
Stamp the snowdrops a further three times onto some spare cream card.   Colour them with the paints from the Pearly Paint Palette which can be purchased here.   Cut out the snowdrops and 3D them onto the original stamped image, using silicone glue.

   
Punch out twelve small black flowers and put aside for the moment.   Matt the snowdrop image onto a piece of black card, leaving a tiny border of black showing.   Fix this to the centre of the cream card using double sided sticky tape.   Next glue the small black flowers around the snowdrop image, three on each corner.

   
Finally, add some coffee ice glitter glue to each flower centre and to the punched out corner flowers.   Add  a small amount of the glitter glue to the snowdrops.     That's it my friends, we're finished.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such lovely comments, they really mean a great deal to me.   I do answer every one.      See you all on Saturday with my mid month inspiration card for the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog.   Would love you to join in.   You could win a £40 voucher to spend  at Imagination Craft's, all those lovely craft goodies to choose from !!    See you all on Saturday, I will be posting my card at 8am in the morning.    Take good care of yourselves until then.

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.