Hi my lovelies,
Just dropping by to let you know I will be posting some of my samples tomorrow, which will be shown on Imagination Craft's TV show on Create and Craft on Friday 25th July. The timings of the shows are as follows:-
8am. 11am. 2pm. 4pm. and 7pm. Not to be missed. See you tomorrow with some samples.
Love and Rainbows,
Crafty Hugs to you all.
Jennifer xx.
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Golden Opulence
Good Tuesday evening my lovelies,
Hope you have all had a pleasant day, if not here's a hug from me should you need one a hug always helps.
Tonight I'd like to share a card with you that I made in April 2009 for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.
This card uses their Magi-Boss Chunky embossing powder, which comes in some beautiful colours. OK are you ready to begin? off we go then lol!
Fold some cream A4 card in half portrait style. Take a piece of black card approx. 21/2" wide and trim
one long edge with the Woodware trimmer, fitted with the scalloped blade. Leave the other long edge straight. Put this into the swirls cuttlebug folder or similar and put through an embossing machine. Remove card from folder and rub some Versmark over the design and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.
Take some gold wire edged ribbon and cut off some of the wire edging and curl into a spring shape, put this to one side for the moment. Cut and fix a piece of the gold mesh to the back of the straight edge of the black card. Glue this panel approx. 1/4" in from the left hand edge of the base card. Fix a piece of gold adhesive braid across the bottom of the black panel. Do not glue down the mesh. Tear some of the black marbled paper into triangular shapes and glue underneath the gold mesh, butting up to the embossed panel. Using the off cuts of the gold embossed swirls, cut out two corner shapes Cut a narrow strip of black card using the trimmer with the scalloped edge and glue down the right hand side of the base card, 1/4" from the right hand edge of the base card.
Cut out two swirls from the off cuts and glue one to the top right and one to the bottom right. Cut a piece of ribbon mesh and glue to the centre of the base card approx 3" in from the right edge. Take the flower chippie and using a cropodile (cuts through mdf like butter, a fabulous tool to own!) and punch a small hole at the top of each flower petal. Rub the Versamark pad over the flower chippie and heat emboss using the black Magi-Boss powder and sprinkle some of the purple and green Magi-Boss onto it whilst still hot. Repeat this once more using the clear Magi-Boss, heat again and whilst still hot, sprinkle some gold glitter over the flower.
When cool, thread some gold thread through the holes. Fix a piece of gold mesh to the back of the flower. Glue the flower onto some coloured paper and trim away any excess paper. Fix the flower to the card, using sticky foam pads. Stick a clear/gold heart dome sticker to the centre of the flower and glue the gold wire spring that you made earlier, over the top of the domed sticker.
Well that's it, this card does take quite a bit of time to make but I do hope you think the extra time spent making it, is worth while.
Take care of yourselves and have a good week. See you all again in a couple of days. Thanks for visiting my blog and your comments are greatly appreciated.
Love and rainbows,
Big Hugs Jennifer xx
Hope you have all had a pleasant day, if not here's a hug from me should you need one a hug always helps.
Tonight I'd like to share a card with you that I made in April 2009 for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.
This card uses their Magi-Boss Chunky embossing powder, which comes in some beautiful colours. OK are you ready to begin? off we go then lol!
Fold some cream A4 card in half portrait style. Take a piece of black card approx. 21/2" wide and trim
one long edge with the Woodware trimmer, fitted with the scalloped blade. Leave the other long edge straight. Put this into the swirls cuttlebug folder or similar and put through an embossing machine. Remove card from folder and rub some Versmark over the design and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.
Take some gold wire edged ribbon and cut off some of the wire edging and curl into a spring shape, put this to one side for the moment. Cut and fix a piece of the gold mesh to the back of the straight edge of the black card. Glue this panel approx. 1/4" in from the left hand edge of the base card. Fix a piece of gold adhesive braid across the bottom of the black panel. Do not glue down the mesh. Tear some of the black marbled paper into triangular shapes and glue underneath the gold mesh, butting up to the embossed panel. Using the off cuts of the gold embossed swirls, cut out two corner shapes Cut a narrow strip of black card using the trimmer with the scalloped edge and glue down the right hand side of the base card, 1/4" from the right hand edge of the base card.
Cut out two swirls from the off cuts and glue one to the top right and one to the bottom right. Cut a piece of ribbon mesh and glue to the centre of the base card approx 3" in from the right edge. Take the flower chippie and using a cropodile (cuts through mdf like butter, a fabulous tool to own!) and punch a small hole at the top of each flower petal. Rub the Versamark pad over the flower chippie and heat emboss using the black Magi-Boss powder and sprinkle some of the purple and green Magi-Boss onto it whilst still hot. Repeat this once more using the clear Magi-Boss, heat again and whilst still hot, sprinkle some gold glitter over the flower.
When cool, thread some gold thread through the holes. Fix a piece of gold mesh to the back of the flower. Glue the flower onto some coloured paper and trim away any excess paper. Fix the flower to the card, using sticky foam pads. Stick a clear/gold heart dome sticker to the centre of the flower and glue the gold wire spring that you made earlier, over the top of the domed sticker.
Well that's it, this card does take quite a bit of time to make but I do hope you think the extra time spent making it, is worth while.
Take care of yourselves and have a good week. See you all again in a couple of days. Thanks for visiting my blog and your comments are greatly appreciated.
Love and rainbows,
Big Hugs Jennifer xx
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Gorgeous Geisha
Hi there my lovely Followers, Friends and Visitors,
Hope you are all having a good weekend despite the rain and thunder storms. We have a very little rain and no thunder or lightening - yet lol! I had a busy week last week, our Grandson's last week of the school term. Teddy Bears picnic and sports day to attend to mention a couple, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Lovely to see the children racing around, having lots of fun, using all that energy, wish I had just a little of their energy lol!!
The card I would like to share with you tonight was made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts way back in May 2009 and uses their Inkadinks for colouring the stamped image. Seems so long ago lol! OK off we go then.
First of all, fold an A4 piece of white linen card in half, portrait style. Glue the Papermania floral paper to the front. Glue a narrow strip of the lizard paper next to the edge of the floral paper. Glue a strip of sequin waste approx. 3" x 1 1/4" to the white panel down the right hand side of the card. Do not glue it down flat but leave it so it is slightly curved.
Cut a small piece of white card and stamp the Lavinia Japanese text stamp in silver and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Fix this to a small piece of purple fine mesh with sticky foam pads, leaving a border of the mesh showing.. Glue this to the top of the base card, on the floral paper.
Stamp the Hobbyart Geisha stamp twice onto some spare white card using the royal purple Stazon pad. Colour her with the Inkadinks. For the lilac kimono, I used a mixture of Cranberry Sorbet and Lilac Heaven, watered down. For the rest of the kimono I mixed Bluebell, Beany Green and Blueberry Ice, again watered down. For her skin I used a well watered down Cranberry Sorbet. I then used a silver gel pen for the flowers on her kimono and the flowers in her hair. Cut her out and 3D her. Fix her to the left hand side of the card.
Take the style stone and cover with the silver pigment pad and cover with the Imagination Craft's purple Magi Boss and heat using a heat gun. Repeat this once more. When cool , stamp the head of the Geisha onto the stone using the Teal Stazon pad. Add some Royal Purple Stazon to the flowers in her hair, using a cut n' dry pen nib. Add some small amounts of the silver marker for highlights in her hair.
Colour the edges of the stone with the Royal Purple Stazon pad and glue the stone on top of the sequin waste.
Well that's it finished. I do hope you like it. Enjoy your weekend and take good care of yourselves until my next blog.
Love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx.
Hope you are all having a good weekend despite the rain and thunder storms. We have a very little rain and no thunder or lightening - yet lol! I had a busy week last week, our Grandson's last week of the school term. Teddy Bears picnic and sports day to attend to mention a couple, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Lovely to see the children racing around, having lots of fun, using all that energy, wish I had just a little of their energy lol!!
The card I would like to share with you tonight was made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts way back in May 2009 and uses their Inkadinks for colouring the stamped image. Seems so long ago lol! OK off we go then.
First of all, fold an A4 piece of white linen card in half, portrait style. Glue the Papermania floral paper to the front. Glue a narrow strip of the lizard paper next to the edge of the floral paper. Glue a strip of sequin waste approx. 3" x 1 1/4" to the white panel down the right hand side of the card. Do not glue it down flat but leave it so it is slightly curved.
Cut a small piece of white card and stamp the Lavinia Japanese text stamp in silver and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Fix this to a small piece of purple fine mesh with sticky foam pads, leaving a border of the mesh showing.. Glue this to the top of the base card, on the floral paper.
Stamp the Hobbyart Geisha stamp twice onto some spare white card using the royal purple Stazon pad. Colour her with the Inkadinks. For the lilac kimono, I used a mixture of Cranberry Sorbet and Lilac Heaven, watered down. For the rest of the kimono I mixed Bluebell, Beany Green and Blueberry Ice, again watered down. For her skin I used a well watered down Cranberry Sorbet. I then used a silver gel pen for the flowers on her kimono and the flowers in her hair. Cut her out and 3D her. Fix her to the left hand side of the card.
Take the style stone and cover with the silver pigment pad and cover with the Imagination Craft's purple Magi Boss and heat using a heat gun. Repeat this once more. When cool , stamp the head of the Geisha onto the stone using the Teal Stazon pad. Add some Royal Purple Stazon to the flowers in her hair, using a cut n' dry pen nib. Add some small amounts of the silver marker for highlights in her hair.
Colour the edges of the stone with the Royal Purple Stazon pad and glue the stone on top of the sequin waste.
Well that's it finished. I do hope you like it. Enjoy your weekend and take good care of yourselves until my next blog.
Love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx.
Friday, 18 July 2014
My tutorial for the Imagination Craft's Blog
Good morning Peeps,
Just thought I'd pop in to show you the full version of my card for the Imagination Craft's Blog I did a couple of days ago. If you would like to see how I made it and which products I used, please pop across to the Imagination Craft's Blog. It is made with the outer edge only of one of their newer stencils and the lovely mica powders.
A beautiful sunny morning but as I speak the sun has disappeared and it is quite dull but still warm. Today is the last day of the school term for our Grandson, so I hope the weather isn't going to change for the worst for the school holidays lol!! He just loves to be playing outside.
Have a fab weekend everyone and I'll be back soon with another card. Have fun !
love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx
Just thought I'd pop in to show you the full version of my card for the Imagination Craft's Blog I did a couple of days ago. If you would like to see how I made it and which products I used, please pop across to the Imagination Craft's Blog. It is made with the outer edge only of one of their newer stencils and the lovely mica powders.
A beautiful sunny morning but as I speak the sun has disappeared and it is quite dull but still warm. Today is the last day of the school term for our Grandson, so I hope the weather isn't going to change for the worst for the school holidays lol!! He just loves to be playing outside.
Have a fab weekend everyone and I'll be back soon with another card. Have fun !
love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
A Sneaky Peek at my tutorial for the Imagination Craft's Blog.
Hi Followers Friends and Visitors,
Here is a sneaky peek at my tutorial I have done for the Imagination Craft's Blog. I do hope you
like it. If you would like to see the rest of the card and how I made it, please pop over to the
Imagination Craft's Blog.
That's all from me for now my friends, see you soon with another creation. Enjoy the rest of your week.
Love and rainbows,
Jennifer xx
Here is a sneaky peek at my tutorial I have done for the Imagination Craft's Blog. I do hope you
like it. If you would like to see the rest of the card and how I made it, please pop over to the
Imagination Craft's Blog.
That's all from me for now my friends, see you soon with another creation. Enjoy the rest of your week.
Love and rainbows,
Jennifer xx
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Trailing Ivy - My Mid Month Inspiration project for the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog.
Good morning my lovely followers, friends and visitors,
Here we are again, halfway through another month , this year is just flying by. My project this month is a card made with one of Imagination Craft's panel stencils, the trailing ivy.
Make a base card from cream hammered card. Die-cut the Memorybox border using dark blue card and
glue down the right-hand side of the base card.
Take the patterned panel card and lay the trailing ivy stencil on top. Spread your mix of left over sparkle mediums across the stencil, then remove the excess medium and return to your left-over jar. I use an empty jar to put any left over sparkle medium into, especially if I have been using more than one colour, as the individual colours can get contaminated and would no longer be pure colours. This mix of sparkle mediums can make a lovely card, so never throw any away, waste no want not lol!!
Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry. When dry, matt this panel onto a piece of dark blue card using double-sided tape. Lastly, matt this onto the base card.
Well that's this card finished, quite a quick card to make if you don't have much time. This is my inspiration piece for the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog . The theme this month is 'Anything Goes,' so come on, give it a go ! and join us in this challenge, you could win a voucher worth £40 to spend on Imagination Craft's products. A great prize, all those fabulous products to choose from. NB. Only projects made using Imagination Craft's products are eligible for the top prize of the £40 voucher, there is a lovely badge for your blog too. I do hope you will join us.
Thanks for stopping by and if you would like more inspiration, please don't forget to pop over to the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog where the design team ladies have been very busy and have created some beautiful projects. Until my next blog, take care and good luck if you enter the challenge.
Love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx.
Here we are again, halfway through another month , this year is just flying by. My project this month is a card made with one of Imagination Craft's panel stencils, the trailing ivy.
Make a base card from cream hammered card. Die-cut the Memorybox border using dark blue card and
glue down the right-hand side of the base card.
Take the patterned panel card and lay the trailing ivy stencil on top. Spread your mix of left over sparkle mediums across the stencil, then remove the excess medium and return to your left-over jar. I use an empty jar to put any left over sparkle medium into, especially if I have been using more than one colour, as the individual colours can get contaminated and would no longer be pure colours. This mix of sparkle mediums can make a lovely card, so never throw any away, waste no want not lol!!
Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry. When dry, matt this panel onto a piece of dark blue card using double-sided tape. Lastly, matt this onto the base card.
Well that's this card finished, quite a quick card to make if you don't have much time. This is my inspiration piece for the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog . The theme this month is 'Anything Goes,' so come on, give it a go ! and join us in this challenge, you could win a voucher worth £40 to spend on Imagination Craft's products. A great prize, all those fabulous products to choose from. NB. Only projects made using Imagination Craft's products are eligible for the top prize of the £40 voucher, there is a lovely badge for your blog too. I do hope you will join us.
Thanks for stopping by and if you would like more inspiration, please don't forget to pop over to the Imagination Craft's Challenge Blog where the design team ladies have been very busy and have created some beautiful projects. Until my next blog, take care and good luck if you enter the challenge.
Love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx.
Sunday, 13 July 2014
Colourful Clematis
Good Sunday evening my Lovelies,
Hope this finds you all well, if not here's a few hugs for those who may need one for whatever reason. I am half watching the football final whilst writing this post. I'm not a footy fan but I do like to watch the World Cup. At the moment I'm not sure who will win, I think it is anyone's game so far lol!
Well onto tonight's card. I made this card in February 2014 for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts for one of their Create & Craft shows. I used their gorgeous clematis decoupage stamp set and their beautiful vintage pearly palette paints. OK no more chit - chat, let's make a start shall we ?
Make a base card from white card stock. Matt a slightly smaller piece of black card onto the base card.
Stamp the main image using a black ink pad, onto some white card and colour with distress inks. Matt this onto some white card, leaving a tiny border of white showing and glue to the centre of the base card.
Stamp the image onto white card using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder, five more times. Colour with the pearly palette paints. Cut out and 3D onto the original stamped image, using silicone glue. Add some black crushed glass to the flower centres.
Colour and cut out the tiny leaves only from the leftover of one of the stamped images and glue to the original image in the centre of the base card.
Stamp out sixteen butterflies using a black ink pad, Colour, then cut them out and glue around the main image on the card.
Well that's it for tonight folks, hope you like this one. The football match is still on going, haven't a clue which team will win the match. Please take good care of yourselves until my next post.
Love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx.
Hope this finds you all well, if not here's a few hugs for those who may need one for whatever reason. I am half watching the football final whilst writing this post. I'm not a footy fan but I do like to watch the World Cup. At the moment I'm not sure who will win, I think it is anyone's game so far lol!
Well onto tonight's card. I made this card in February 2014 for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts for one of their Create & Craft shows. I used their gorgeous clematis decoupage stamp set and their beautiful vintage pearly palette paints. OK no more chit - chat, let's make a start shall we ?
Make a base card from white card stock. Matt a slightly smaller piece of black card onto the base card.
Stamp the main image using a black ink pad, onto some white card and colour with distress inks. Matt this onto some white card, leaving a tiny border of white showing and glue to the centre of the base card.
Stamp the image onto white card using a Versamark pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder, five more times. Colour with the pearly palette paints. Cut out and 3D onto the original stamped image, using silicone glue. Add some black crushed glass to the flower centres.
Colour and cut out the tiny leaves only from the leftover of one of the stamped images and glue to the original image in the centre of the base card.
Stamp out sixteen butterflies using a black ink pad, Colour, then cut them out and glue around the main image on the card.
Well that's it for tonight folks, hope you like this one. The football match is still on going, haven't a clue which team will win the match. Please take good care of yourselves until my next post.
Love and rainbows,
Hugs Jennifer xx.
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