A Warm Hello Card.

Good evening Lovelies,

Hope this post finds you all well, if not, I'm sending a big hug to those who for whatever reason, feels under the weather,   I hope my card will cheer you up.    This is something  a little different from me tonight lol.   I decided to get out my Brusho paints for a change, I do love the effects you can get with these paints.   I used the black, yellow and orange.   Hope you like it.

   
Make a white card approximately five & three quarter inches square.   Matt a smaller square of black card onto the white base card.  

Take another smaller square of white card and colour it with the Brusho paints and leave to dry.

    
                                                            Fix this onto the black matt.

Cut a rectangle of black card approximately one and three quarters by five and a quarter inches and die-cut 5 cogs from it using the X-Cut dies.   Save the cogs for another project and use the left-over negative.

   
Glue this approximately half an inch in from the left- hand side of the card.   Using a black ink pad, stamp the greeting in the centre of the largest cog hole.

   
The flowers were made by using the negatives left-over after die-cutting 3 small and 1 large flowers, stippling the 3 shades of Starlight paints - Passion flower, Bright orange and Orange oxidized, through the negative ( using it  like a stencil), using a stencil brush and cut out.

    
Glue 1 small flower to the top and one to the left of the card.  Glue one small flower on top of the large and glue this to the bottom right.

Glue a copper dome to the centre of the three flowers and that's this card finished, another quick card to make.

   
That's all for now my lovelies, I'll be back again soon.   Enjoy your week, the sun is shinning here as I write this post.

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                           Crafty Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'Blue Sparkle Noel' card.

 Good evening Followers, Friends and Visitors,

Thank you so much for visiting my last post, I do appreciate each and every visit and comment.   Tonight I would like to share a card I made for Imagination Craft's  One Day Special shows on the Hochanda T.V. Channel at the end of June and is a Christmas card.   I know lol! we don't really want to think of Christmas yet! but those  who make their own cards, need to get started as it will be here before we know it!!!    I have used Imagination's lovely  'hanging snowflakes' and 'Christmas Greetings'  6" x 6"  stencils,  Starlight paint and Sparkle Medium.   This is another quick but quite effective card to make.

      
Matt a smaller square of navy card onto the 7" x 7" white base card.   Add a smaller square of light blue card onto the navy matt, then a smaller navy square onto the light blue matt.

Take a smaller square of white card and lay the 'hanging snowflakes' stencil onto it.   Using a stencil brush, stipple the Sax Blue Starlight paint through the design.

   Remove the stencil and wash and dry it, then lay it back in position, just off-setting it slightly to the right and using masking tape or  Crafter's Companion 'Stick and Spray.' to stop the card and stencil from moving.

 Spread the Diamond Sparkle Medium over the design, using a metal spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.

    
Glue this to the base card.   Take a spare piece of white card and lay the word 'Noel' from the 'Seasons Greetings' stencil onto it and stipple some Sax Blue Starlight through the  letters, using the stencil brush.   Remove the stencil and wash and dry it, then lay back in position and as before, off-setting it slightly, then spread the Diamond Sparkle Medium over the design, using the metal spatula.

   
When dry, cut out each individual letter, then glue them to the base card.   This technique gives a shadow effect.



                 Glue three small navy bows to the tops of the hanging snowflakes.

  

 

                                                

Well that's all from me for the moment, thank you for stopping by my blog.   Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.   I'll be back soon.

                                                               Love and rainbows,

                                                   Happy Crafting,   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

  

A Touch of Romance.

Good afternoon, Followers, Friends and Visitors,

How are you all today,  good I hope after a chilled out weekend.   The weather here today is somewhat dull and rainy, with the odd bright moments of beautiful sunshine, can't complain lol!   at least the temperature is much more bearable thank goodness.   I do like sunny days but just not quite so hot as it has been.

Thank you for your comments and visits to my last blog post, much appreciated.   Today I would like to share a card I made for Sue & Harvey of Imagination Crafts.   This was made for their One Day Special shows  on the Hochanda T.V. Channel at the end of June 2018.   The products used can be found on the Crafter's Companion website www.crafterscompanion.co.uk,  under Imagination Crafts.

I have used one of the gorgeous  romantic rice papers called gaurdian angel no. -A4521,  leafy stencil, Starlight paint, Acrylic fabric paints and a Crafter's Companion corner die.

     
Cut out (feather) the part of the design you want from the rice paper and using decoupage glue, fix it to the front of the 7" x 7" white base card, leaving a border of white showing on the left.

Glue a piece of yellow ribbon down the left edge of the card and glue a ribbon bow about halfway up the ribbon.  

     
                                       Glue a purple heart gem to the top of the ribbon.

 
Colour a spare piece of white card with the Ashy Rose and a touch of Mulberry Purple acrylic fabric paints.   When dry, die-cut two corners using the Crafter's Companion beautiful corner die.   Glue these to the top and bottom right corners of the base card.

   
From the same piece of card die-cut a butterfly using the Miricut die and three roses using the Sizzix rose die.

Die-cut a medium tag using the Tim Holtz tag die set, from white card and colour with the sage green acrylic paint.   Lay the leaf stencil onto the green tag and stipple the green Starlight paint through the design.

  
Matt this onto a slightly larger tag, cut from black card.   Glue a piece of yellow ribbon across the bottom of the tag, adding the three die-cut roses and three purple round gems.   Tie  some yellow ribbon through the hole in the top of the tag.

Fix this tag to the card front on a slight angle using silicone glue or sticky foam pads.   Cut out three butterflies from the rice paper and glue onto some white card.   Cut out the butterflies adding two to the card front, and  the die-cut butterfly plus  the other rice paper butterfly,  to the tag

 
That's this card finished folks, a very quick card to make.    Thanks once again for stopping by my blog, I do hope you find some inspiration from my creations for your card making.   Catch you all again soon.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                        Happy crafting, Hugs   Jennifer xx.


                                                     

' Pink Christmas Sparkle.'

Good evening All,

Well here we are again, yet another weekend on the horizon, time to relax and chill out for some of us.   Hope you've all had a good week.  Nothing much to report from my end lol!   I have spent some time of course in my craft room, making samples for Imagination Craft's next T.V. One Day Special shows on the Hochanda Channel, coming up  near the end of this month, so I'd better get a wiggle on lol!

Tonight I would like to share a card with you which was made for Imagination's last ODS shows at the end of June.   I was thrilled when Sue actually  demonstrated the making of this card on the show.   Hope you like it.

  
Matt a smaller square of pink card onto a 7" square white base card, then a smaller square of black onto the pink.

Cut a smaller square of white card, then die-cut or hand cut a large circle from white paper and lay this on the centre of the piece of card, closer to the bottom than the top.   Whilst holding the paper circle down, shade all around the outer edge using the Victorian velvet distress ink, using a blending tool or a piece of cut 'n' dry foam.   Remove the circle mask.

Lay the wreath stencil onto this circle and spread the Sugar Mouse Sparkle Medium over the design, using the metal spatula.   Remove the stencil and leave the image to dry.   Matt this onto the base card. 

         
Lay the stencil onto a spare piece of white card and cover the star on the top right of the design, twice more with the Sparkle Medium.   When dry,  cut out the large star and fix to the original image, also the smaller star and 3D onto the larger star using silicone glue.

 
Stamp the 'JOY' stamp (which was given free with a craft magazine)  onto pink card using a black ink pad.   Cut out the letters and glue to the circle.

 
Die-cut a poinsettia and pine branch (both Marianne Design dies I've had in my stash for many years), from pink card and cover with some of the sugar mouse Sparkle Medium, I used my finger to do this.   3D the poinsettia and glue both the pine branch and the poinsettia to the bottom left of the card..

   
                                     Glue a  small black circle to each of the stamen.

Glue various sized black dots  to the top left and bottom right corners .  (I keep any  small  dots etc.,  from the negatives when die-cutting various dies, as I find  they do come in handy  from time to time),

    
Die-cut four corners from pink card using the Crafter's Companion die and add a small piece of black card just inside the die-cut corner, (again these were some negative pieces left-over after die-cutting, that I had kept.).   Glue one in each corner of the base card and the card is finished.

     
The photo below shows the 3D aspect of the card.    Thank you so much for your comments and visits on my last blog, I really do appreciate each one.

Enjoy your weekend whatever you have planned and I'll be back again soon with another creation.   Take good care of yourselves and 'Happy Crafting.'

                                                                  Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

'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.