'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem' card.

Good evening Friends, Followers and Visitors,

Hope you've all enjoyed your weekend.   We have spent some time  tydying up the garden, dead heading plants and weeding, as the weather was so nice, sunny but not too hot.

Tonight I thought I would share a very quick, easy Christmas card with you.   I made this in September 2017 and the stamp I have used has been in my crafty stash for a great many years and is an Anita's stamp.   Not sure if it is still available.

  
Make a square white base card.   Using a Versamark pad, stamp 'Christmas Wishes' around  the outside edges of the base card and heat emboss with gold embossing powder. 

Stamp the main image onto a spare piece of white card using the Versamark pad and heat emboss with the gold embossing powder.   Repeat this a further four more times.   Cut out the images and 3D these onto the original image, using silicone glue.

   
Trim around the main image and then matt this onto a slightly larger white square, which has had the outer edges rubbed with the Versamark pad and then heat embossed with the gold embossing powder.   (This ensures all the gold on the card matches, as there are many shades of gold.)   Matt the 3D image onto the gold edged card and fix this to the centre of the base card.

 
                                        Add a red ribbon bow to the top right of the image.

  
                                                                   
                                                               The card is now finished.   

    
Thanks for stopping by my blog.   Have a good week and I'll be back soon with another creation.

                                                                Love and Rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.
   

  

  

'Sunset Fairies' Card.

Good afternoon Friends, Followers and Visitors,

How are you all today, I do hope you are enjoying your day whatever you happen to be doing.   We had rain this morning and boy did the gardens need that lol!   The sun is back out now.   Thank you for visiting my last blog, I really appreciate each and every comment and visit and I hope you may find some inspiration for your crafting.

My card this afternoon was made last November and uses one of my favourite Lavinia stamps which I have had for many years.   I have also used one of Imagination Craft's panel stencils, the birds on the branch.   I just thought this would make a good edge to my card.   The gentle hillside was made using some paper I had in my stash which has a black core and matt gold on the surface which when torn, gives a black edge to the hills and also gives a glow on the hillside from the setting sun.   I have also used Imagination Craft's fabulous Starlight paints which I just love,  will always have them in my stash to add that special touch.

 
Matt a piece of black card onto a 7" x 7" ivory coloured base card, leaving a quarter inch border of the base card showing.   Next add a smaller piece of gold mirror card onto the black.

Cut a smaller piece of white card and colour the sky with the honey, marmalade and black soot distress inks.    When dry, brush over the sky with  well watered down white gold Starlight paint to give it a sparkly sheen.

Lay the panel stencil onto the left edge of the coloured card and dab the black soot through the design.

                                       Using a black ink pad, stamp the fairies in the sky.

Stamp some flowers along the bottom of the card.   Tear some of the metallic gold paper to look like a hillside and glue it just below the stamped flowers.    Glue this to the base card.

Die-cut a square from black card and another from ivory.   Stamp the sentiment in black onto the ivory square, (given free with craft magazine).   Glue this to the  black square, then glue it to the top right corner of the base card.

Die-cut the flowers and stems from white card, using the Memory Box dies and colour the flowers with the orange oxidised and the leaves and stems with the white gold Starlight paints.

                                       Glue these to the bankside using silicone glue.

Add dots of gold Starlight paint to the fairy dust, fairies, the flowers on the bankside and add small amounts of gold to the trees, birds and leaves.

                          That's all from me for now my friends, catch you all again soon.

                                                              Love and rainbows,

                                                Happy Crafting !    Hugs   Jennifer xx.   

   

My 'One Moment in Time' 10" x 12" Canvas.

 Good evening All,

How are you today?  I do hope you are enjoying your day.   We have had a quiet one here, so not much to report.   Our wonderful Grandson is away on holiday and we are missing him popping in to see us, usually because he wants something to eat lol!   he's a growing boy and we can't fill him,  just like his Dad used to be lol!     lovely memories.    We do however, still get BIG HUGS  I'm pleased to say.   He is the light of our lives, we love him so much.    The years have flown by so quickly, doesn't seem long since he was a baby sitting in his high chair and being fed.

Thank you so much for your comments and all your visits to my last blog, much appreciated.   Well, tonight I would like to share another of my canvases made for Imagination Craft's One Day Special shows last Sunday and Monday.    I had so much fun doing this canvas, as I adore this fabulous Steampunk Lady rice paper, she's just  amazing, such a fabulous design.   The Imagination Craft's  products used in the making of this canvas can be purchased from www.crafterscompanion.co.uk

    
Using the canvas in a portrait style, spray it with the  green and navy blue Fashion sprays, then the red and white Mixed Media Spray Inks and gently blot with a piece of kitchen paper.

Using the lady from the rice paper no.MA-014, having wet around her with a brush and water, feather her from the main sheet and fix her to the right-hand side of the canvas using the decoupage glue.

   
Isn't she just fabulous ! I love her!   Do the same with the clock face and glue it to the top left corner, again using the decoupage glue.

   
Lay the flower from the A4 Art stencil no. A6-464 onto the bottom left corner of the canvas and stipple black ink from a black ink pad through the design.   Repeat the same again but using the other flower on the stencil, to the top of the canvas.     Remove and wash the stencil as it will be used once again.

When dry, lay the stencil back in position over the flower, off-setting it slightly.   Next, stipple the white gold Starlight paint through the design.   This gives a lovely shadow effect and makes the image 'pop.'   Repeat for the second flower.

   
Using a black ink pad, stamp 'Time Flies' just above the Lady's head.   As I did not have any Imagination Craft's  Art Cutz cog wheels , I substituted some die-cut cogs instead.   This is an X-Cut die set.   I cut 5 of  them from black card,    I then coloured them with a little white gold Starlight Wax  and glued them in position on the canvas using silicone glue to add some dimension to the design.

   
Glue some of the black circles left over after die-cutting the cogs to the design.   I finished off the design by tinting the frill around her hat, the edge of the clock face and a little on the feathers on her shoulders,  with watered down white gold Starlight paint.   Well that's it for now my friends, take care of yourselves till my next blog.

                                                                     Love and Rainbows,

                                                                       Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Postcard From Paris' card.

Good afternoon Lovelies,

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.   It is dull and showery here today but we did have thunder and lightening a couple of evenings ago.      I for one, am pleased it has cooled down a little.   Well enough said about the weather lol!   onto a 'sneaky peek' at a  card I have made for Sue's Imagination Craft's  T.V. shows this weekend on the Hochanda T.V. Channel,  for this card I have used Mixed Media Spray Inks, Starlight paints, A3 Art stencil and one of the fabulous new products being launched on the programme - Shabby Chic Relief Paste, love using this, so easy to use!    All these great Imagination Craft's  products can be purchased from Crafters Companionwww.crafterscompanion.co.uk  O.K. let's get started lol!

   
Take a piece of white card 6" square and paint around all four outside edges with the Amethyst Starlight paint.

When dry, matt this onto a 7" x 7" white base card.

Take a slightly  smaller square of white card and colour with the green, yellow and light purple Mixed Media Spray Inks and leave to dry.

Lay the A4 Art stencil no. AS-464  onto the coloured card on a slight angle and spread the Lavender Shabby Chic Relief Paste  over the design, using a metal spatula.

Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   Wash the stencil as it will be used again on this project.

Re-lay the stencil back in position on the dried relief paste design and using the stencil brush, stipple the white gold Starlight paint over parts of the design.

  

   
Glue a dark lavender satin ribbon bow in the top right corner of the design.

  
Lastly, matt this card onto the base card and the card is finished.

 
I have taken the above photo on an angle so the beautiful shine from the white gold Starlight paint can be seen.

Another easy card to make and quick lol!   Please do not forget to tune in to Hochanda T.V. tonight for the launch of the new One Day Special programmes, I know I will be glued to the screen as always lol!      Catch you soon with another of my canvases.

                                                                 Love & Rainbows,

                                                                 Hugs   Jennifer xx.

My 'Follow Your Dreams' 10" x 12" Canvas.

Good evening Friends, Followers and Visitors,

Well at long last we have had some rain !   not a lot though but every drop has been welcomed, as our garden desperately needed it lol!   not keen on the hail, thunder and lightening though lol!

Tonight I would like to share a 10" x 12" canvas I have made for Imagination Craft's One Day Special shows, launching on Sunday evening.   I have used one of their fabulous rice papers, the new Shabby Chic Relief Paste, stencils, Sparkle Medium and Just Pearls.   Hope you like it as much as I did making it.

   
Using the canvas in a portrait style, cut out and glue a piece of the A3  rice paper no. 551 onto it, using the decoupage glue, keeping the edges cut straight and not 'feathering'  them, also leaving a small border of the white canvas showing, just to frame the design.

Lay the flourish stencil no. AS-465 onto the canvas, closer to the right than the left edge.   Spread the sage Shabby Chic Relief Paste over the stencil using the metal spatula. 

   
Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

Lay the script stencil no. MA-86 onto the top right and then the bottom left corner of the canvas and spread the  Copper Sparkle Medium over parts of the stencil, using the metal spatula.

   
Repeat the above on the top right corner, again using the copper Sparkle Medium.   Remove the stencil and wash it, leaving the images to dry.

Using the stamps (given free with Quick Cards Magazine designed by Jenny Ellory) and a black ink pad, stamp 'Follow your dreams' in the top left corner and 'Live'   'Love'  'Laugh' in the bottom right corners.

    

         
Now for the flowers.    Colour a piece of white card with the transparent and chocolate Shabby Chic Relief Pastes, only small amounts of the chocolate and blend together.  

      

When dry, die-cut 5 large and 5 smaller flowers from this card.   Add some copper Sparkle Medium over the petals and use the 'foiling' technique to flatten the glitter in the medium.

      
Glue a small flower to each of the larger flowers, then glue in position on the green flourish, using Magi-bond glue.

   
Add some black Just Pearls to each flower centre, plus the 2 flowers on the top left of the rice paper background.

   
Last but not least, glue 5 white lace flowers to the top right, adding a black centre to each of the flower centres, using the black Just Pearls as previously.

   
Well that's all from me for the moment.   Please don't forget to tune in to see Sue demonstrating some fabulous new products, not to mention the wonderful samples the design team have made.   The ODS launches tomorrow night at 6pm I believe.

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Merry Christmas Snowflake Swirl' card.

Hello again dear Friends, Followers and Visitors,

Hope you are enjoying the warm weather.   I know some of you will not be and I'm one of them lol!   don't get me wrong,  I love some sunshine but not this hot !!!   I am really a Spring and Autumn  and Winter  person, as long as there is not too much snow lol!

Thank you for visiting my last blog post.   Tonight I have another Christmas card for you but a little
different to my usual style,  hope you like it.   This card was made for Imagination Craft's shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel at the end of June 2018.

  
Using a 7"x7" white base card, stamp 'Merry Christmas' on all four outer edges of the card, using a black ink pad.

Matt a smaller dark green square onto the base card, leaving the stamped greetings showing.

 
Take a slightly smaller square of white card and colour it with the Lavender blue, Yellow, White & Sage Acrylic Fabric Paints and Red and Orange Mixed Media Spray Inks,  ( these products will work perfectly well with each other)  leaving the centre part yellow.

  
When dry, lay the snowflake swirl stencil onto the coloured card, secure to your worktop so the stencil does not move.   Spread the Forest green, Gold shine and Bright red Sparkle Mediums over the design, using the metal spatula.

     
Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   When dry, matt this onto the base card and the card is finished.

  
This is another very quick and easy card to make.   That's all from me for now, thanks for stopping by and I'll be back soon with another creation.

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                                Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Santa's On His Way' Card.

Hi there Friends Followers and Visitors,

Sorry not to have blogged for a while but I thought I'd give my computer a break for a while.   Then I had to wait for a new part to get it going again !  so much for the break lol ha ha!   If you have been popping by my blog, thank you for that.   Today I have a card to share with you which I made for Imagination Craft's shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel at the end of June and is a Christmas card.   Yes I know, it is hard to think about Christmas, whilst in the middle of a heatwave!!

  
I used a 7"x7" white base card on which to work.    I measured a slightly smaller square of white card and coloured this with the light blue, yellow and green Mixed Media Spray inks, along with a few spritz's of water.

When dry, I stamped the Christmas Script down the left-hand side of the piece of coloured card, using a black ink pad. 

Next I  stamped Santa and his sleigh across the card on an angle, again using a black ink pad.

    
Then I stamped  the 'Believe in the magic' 'Happy Christmas' and the 'Sparkles' onto the card.

   
I used the 'Hanging snowflakes' stencil, using  the hanging cord from one of the snowflakes and using that to male the border around the coloured card, using a black ink pad and blender or cut 'n' dry foam.

  
Matted  this onto the white base card and the card was finished, a very quick and easy card to make, especially if you are batch making your Christmas cards.   That's all for now my Friends, see you all again soon.

                                                                   Love and rainbows,                      
                                               
                                                                     Hugs   Jennifer xx.