Butterflies and Flowers. A 'Sneaky Peek.'

Good evening all,

Hope your are all safe and well after the very wet weather we are having at the moment.   We have been lucky here, no rain, snow or strong winds, although it has been bitterly cold again.   We woke up to a heavy frost, any snow that was left was frozen.    If you have been flooded as some places have been, my thoughts are with you and I do hope you get things back to normal very soon.

Tonight I would like to share one of my sample cards, made for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Crafts.   They have a one day special  show on Hochanda T.V. launching on Thursday  24th. November at 8pm,  I do hope you will be able to tune in and if not, set your recorders so you can catch up later.   I have used their very pretty  'Folk Butterfly Flower' stencil and two of the fabulous new Sparkle Medium colours.   I must apologise for the photographs, as I had to photograph them on a very dull day, so I used my daylight lamp  and the colours are a little paler than they should be.   Hopefully you may see this card in the flesh so to speak lol! on the T.V. where the colours will look brighter.

     
Matt a piece of green card onto the 7"x7" ivory base card, leaving a border of the ivory showing.   Next take the  'Daisy' patterned background card and lay the stencil on top.   Masking  out the three butterflies and around the stencil edges, in order to stop the stencil moving on your card.

Spread the Hazelnut' Sparkle Medium over the flowers and leaves, using the metal spatula.      Remove the stencil  and leave the image to dry.

  
Take a spare piece of ivory card and lay one of the butterflies from the stencil onto it, masking off any flowers or leaves near it.   Mix a small amount of 'Hazelnut' and 'Silver Dollar' Sparkle Medium together, then spread over the butterfly, again using the metal spatula.   Remove stencil and leave butterfly to dry.

   
Repeat this process for the other two butterflies on the stencil.   When dry, cut them out leaving a tiny border of ivory showing  around the edges.

 
Gently bend up their wings and glue the butterflies in the correct positions (ie: as on the stencil.)    I used Imagination's Magi-bond glue to stick them to the card and silicone glue under their wings.   Glue this to the base card.

   
Well, that's all for tonight my Friends, I will be back again tomorrow evening with another 'sneaky peek,'   so
please pop back for a visit.    Thank you so much for visiting, I do appreciate your interest and comments.
See you all  soon!

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.

A Bird's Eye View.

Hello everyone,

How fast has this week gone again lol!   where do these days go!   one minute it is Sunday, the next it is the weekend once again!   We woke up to a layer of snow this morning, it looked really pretty but boy was it chilly lol!     It hasn't really snowed again today but it will be below freezing during the night, so I think it is time to put our winter duvet on the bed lol!

My samples for Imagination Craft's next shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel later this month were posted yesterday and have been received by Sue today, so I can relax a little until my next challenge lol.   I will let you all know the dates and times of their shows  nearer the time and I will of course be sharing some sneaky peeks of my samples closer to the date.

My card tonight was made back in September 2012.   I will be showing you the die-cuts etc., and how you can make more than one card by just changing the positions of the different components.   This blog will be rather heavy on photographs, so please forgive me for that lol!

 

  

Above are the component parts used to make this card.   Now on how to make it.

Make a base card from black card stock.   Matt a piece of pink paper onto the black card, leaving a small border showing.    From a piece of black card, die-cut and emboss the labels one (the large square in the second photo).   Using black card again, die-cut the ironwork accents circle.   Cut this in half and glue one half to the back  top left of the black labels one and the other to the back of the bottom right.
Glue the black label to the pink  paper on the base card.

Cut out and emboss another labels one die but this time from gold card and fix this to the base card in a diamond fashion.

  Next cut out and emboss four snowflakes from gold card.   Cut out and emboss the black fancy square and glue the snowflakes to the back, then glue this to the gold labels one die on the base card.  
Take a small piece of acetate, cut to fit the centre of the fancy black square and cover with Versamark and brush with pink, deep pink, peach and gold mica powders.

Lay the acetate with powdered side down and lay the owl and the branch  from Imagination Craft's  'dusk til dawn' stencil
onto it and spread the black stars Sparkle Medium over the design, using a metal spatula.      Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   Fix this to the centre of the black fancy square.  Punch out some tiny black circles and glue to the pink paper, next to each corner of the black square.   Glue a rose to the bottom right corner of the acetate.   Glue a small black circle to each corner of the acetate.   Phew!   well that is this card finished.    Below are more cards which can be made using the same components, just putting them in different positions.

 

 

    

 
I feel sure if I thought about it a bit more, there are more ways in which to re-arrange these parts to make more cards.   Thanks for stopping by my blog.   I shall be back very soon, until then have a great weekend.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                    Hugs   Jennifer xx.

    











                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

Blue Roses.

Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Here's hoping you are all well and happy, if not here's  a   ((( BIG  HUG)))   from me, hope that helps lol!    Did my usual household chores and food shopping this morning, then had lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon in my craft room.      I still haven't had a good tidy up !!!  what am I like lol!   I see photos of all your beautiful tidy craft rooms  and I despair  of mine!!!     Never mind I can still find what I want and I do not want to spend precious crafting time tidying up !!!    I am working on some samples for Sue and Harvey's next one day special shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel later this month.      I cannot tell you what the products will be yet but suffice to say, there are some absolutely gorgeous new colours of Sparkle Medium!!   Well onto tonight's card which I made for Sue in February this year and is made using their 'rose'. decoupage stamp set.

     
Fold the white scalloped  card down the centre crease line, making a 6"x6" card on which to work.   Stamp the main rose image from the stamp set onto some white card six times, using a Versamark pad.   Heat emboss with gold embossing powder.

    

Keep one whole for the base.   Paint the stamped image with the Cornflower and Agean Chalkies, then add small amounts of the Royal Satin Silky.    Cut out and 3D the image.   Glue to the centre of the white base card.

    
Take a piece of white linen card and put into the 'Round Gilt Frame' X-cut embossing folder and then run it through an  embossing machine.   Remove the card from the folder and colour  with 'walnut stain' distress ink and a blending tool or a piece of cut 'n' dry foam.  

   
Cut out the centre of the embossed card and glue to the white base card.   The rose should now be showing through the cut out aperture.

    
                                                  Glue three blue pearls to the top left corner. 

    
Die cut three roses, each a different size, from blue patterned paper, using the Sizzix die set.    Dab the tops of the roses with a Versamark pad and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.   Glue the roses to the bottom left of the base card and that is this card finished.

That's all from me for now my friends, catch you all again very soon so please pop back.   Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I do hope you have found some inspiration for your card making.

                                                                  Love and rainbows, 

                                                    Happy Crafting!    Hugs   Jennifer xx.
   

Blue and Brown.

Hello there Friends, followers and visitors,

Hope you all have a great weekend, whatever you have planned.   We are having a quiet one, Hubby working on our family tree and I shall be upstairs in my craft room, making samples for Sue and Harvey of Imagination Craft's  next one day special shows coming up very soon.   I can't tell you  what the new products are but I can tell you there are some gorgeous new Sparkle Medium colours!    I think they are stunning.

Well onto tonight's card, this was made for another of Imagination's T.V. shows on Hochanda in June this year.   I have used  a blue and brown colour combination for a change and I think they do look good together.   I have also used some Mixed Media Spray inks, along with some Sparkle Mediums.

      
Working on the cream 7"x7" base card, matt a smaller square of brown card onto it.   Cut a smaller square of blue card and punch each corner, using the EK Success corner punch.

    
Take a piece of white card, cut to size to fit into the punched corners but do not fit into the corners yet.   Spray this piece of card with the dark brown and sunshine  Mixed Media spray inks.    Stamp the script on
this card, using a Versamark pad and then heat emboss, using gold embossing powder.

     
Lay the flower bunch stencil onto this coloured card and spread the gold shine, turquoise and amethyst Sparkle Mediums over the stencil, using a metal spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

     
When dry, fix this into the punched corners of the blue card, then fix this to the base card.

    
Glue a blue gem in each corner and a blue satin ribbon bow to the top left corner.   Make a blue rose and edge with  some amethyst Starlight paint and gold shine Sparkle Medium.   Glue the rose to the blue bow.

    
That's it for tonight my friends, thanks for stopping by and for your lovely comments, I do appreciate each one.    See you all again very soon.   Have a great weekend.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                              Crafty Hugs, Jennifer xx.

A Starlit Night.

Hi there All,

Hope your week is going well so far.   Thought I would just slip in another blog post for you.   Today's card was made for one of Imagination Craft's T.V. shows in October 2014.   I have used one of their gorgeous Celtic Collection dies called Stargazing, I have to say this is my favourite, as I adore anything to do with fairies, elves, pixies etc.,   hope you like it.    I would just like to welcome my newest follower, Ameera Crafts,  I do hope you enjoy your visits and thank you for your comment on my last blog, much appreciated.

Make a base card from white card stock 6" square.   Onto this matt a slightly smaller square of black card.
Die cut the Stargazing die from white card.    

Cut out a hill shape from another piece of white card.   Fix the white hill to the bottom of the base card,  leaving a small border of black showing at the sides and the bottom.

   
Fix the pixies onto the top of the hill using Magi-bond glue.   Punch out some white stars and glue onto the base card.

   
Die cut the flowers from black card.   Die cut the stamen from white card.

  
Die cut a leaf stem from black card and cut into  two, then glue one to each side of the hill.

    
Glue the flowers around the hill.    Well that's this card finished my friends, quite a quick card to make.   Catch you all again soon.   In the meanwhile keep warm and snug during this cold spell, warmer weather is on its way for the end of the week, thank goodness!

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

Poppies and Fairy Dust.

Hi there Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Thanks for stopping by my blog once again and  I would also like to welcome my newest follower,  I do hope you all enjoy your visit.   I would love to hear your thoughts on my creations and if you leave me a comment I will try and reciprocate by visiting your blog.   I read each and every comment and I do try to reply to each one.    Wow! such a sudden change in the weather here lol!   it was so mild a day ago and now it has turned bitterly cold   brrr....   definitely log burner time lol!   We've not had any snow as of now but it certainly is cold enough for some !!

My card tonight was made in June 2014.   For this I have used Imagination Craft's stencils and my favourite product of theirs -  Sparkle Medium.   The fairy and orchids were stamped using a set of stamps which came free with one of the craft magazines some time ago and I believe, is a Lavinia stamps design.   I adore all of Tracey Dutton's stamps, as those of you who know me, know that I love anything to do with fairies lol!

      
Make a base card from black card.   Matt a smaller piece of red card onto the black.   Trim another piece of black card slightly smaller than the red.   Lay the daisy stencil onto the black card, masking off the oval and spread the Chartreuse Sparkle Medium over the four corners only,  using a metal spatula. 

     
Remove the stencil and leave the images to dry. 

Mask off the dragonflies on the poppy stencil as we only want the poppies.   Lay the stencil onto a piece of white card and rub the distress inks through the design, using a piece of cut ' n' dry foam  

Stamp the fairy onto the card, using a black ink pad.   Stamp some sprinkles from her hand and some
leaves/flowers at the top of the card.

 

      
Cut out using the Spellbinder's label die and glue the finished image to the centre of the base card.   Dab a little Sparkle Medium to her wings and to  the sprinkles of fairy dust.

Well that's all from me tonight my friends, I do hope you all have a relaxing, peaceful Sunday.   Take good care of yourselves and stay warm and snug and I will be back very soon.

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                    Hugs   Jennifer xx.

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.