The Crystal Ball Butterfly.

Hello Everyone,

Well, what a change in the weather!  A feel of Autumn is in the air.   Today is wet, windy and really quite cold here.   Hope the weather is better where you are.   This is a good day to write up my blog post I think.   Hopefully I will get it finished and posted before our Grandson arrives home from school.

My card today is another, made using the 'Sue Baker Presents' beautiful  'Snow Queen Collection.'   I just love this collection and can't stop making cards with it lol!   new ideas popping into my head all the time.   My next card is the last thing on my mind when I go to bed and the first in the morning when I wake up.....(note to self....'must get out more lol' )  what am I like lol!   Well, onto today's card and here it is:-

 
Take a  6"  square of white card and colour it using the light blue and the light purple Mixed Media Ink sprays,  spritz them onto a glass work mat,  adding a few sprays of water,   Lay the card face down on top of the inks and gently rub your hand over the card.  Lift up the card and if you are happy with the result, leave to air dry, or use a heat gun.

When dry, draw a circle in the centre of the card as a guide, using a pencil,  (I used a circle die).   Stamp the small butterfly around the circle, (leaving a space unstamped in the bottom right), using a black inkpad.

Colour the butterflies with watered down amethyst and hibiscus Starlight Paints.   Rub away the pencilled circle.

 
Using the silver pigment pad, stamp the beautiful  sentiment in the bottom right corner of the coloured card and heat emboss with silver embossing powder.

   
Die-cut a scalloped circle approximately three & a half inches in diameter from white card.   Using a black inkpad, stamp the Snow Queen onto it.   Colour her cloak with watered down light purple spray ink, adding some watered down amethyst Starlight paint, her face with watered down Victorian Velvet distress ink, her hair with  chestnut Starlight paint  adding a little touch of  watered down rich gold, as highlights in her hair.

                                  Add some silver Starlight paint to her crown of icicles. 

              
                               Glue this scalloped  circle to the inside of the stamped circle

          
Matt this card onto a slightly larger square of black card and then onto the white 7" x 7" base card.

Stamp the closed winged butterfly onto a piece of acetate using an archival black inkpad 3 times,  (we only need 2, plus a spare in case one gets spoiled).    Colour the unstamped side of the butterfly images with the hibiscus and amethyst Starlight paints.   Add a little  watered down colour  to the crystal ball using the inks and a small amount of Starlight paint to the swirl in the ball.

          
       I have put the acetate onto a piece of white paper so it can bee seen against my glass work mat.
     

  
Cut around the butterfly.   Repeat once again but this time, only cut out the nearest wing.   3D these onto the scalloped circle, as though the butterfly is sitting on top of the crystal ball, using silicone glue.

          
Well that's it finished my friends, hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it.   Time for me to sign off now but I  would just like to thank you all once again for your comments and visits, I appreciate each and every one lol!   Take care of yourselves until my next post, which hopefully will  be quite soon.

                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                             Big crafty hugs to you all,


                                                                        Jennifer xx.   

    

  
 

Encaustic Art Snow Queen.

Hello there my lovely Friends,  Followers and Visitors,

Another weekend is here, goodness me,  they do seem to come around very quickly lol!  wish they would slow down a little ha! ha!  could do with a little extra time lol!

Thank you so much for your comments and visits to my last blog post.   I do hope you enjoyed your visit and that you may have been inspired  to have a go at this  relaxing and creative hobby.
I would like to share another of my sample cards, made for the  'Sue Baker Presents'  shows on the Create & Craft T.V. Channel in July 2019.   This card is made using the stamps from the gorgeous 'Snow Queen Collection.'   I have also used the Encaustic Art technique, using wax and a hot iron for the background.

     
Take a piece of smooth, shiny card approximately  four inches by five and three quarters inches.   Add some blue, white and silver waxes to an up-turned warm encaustic iron and run the iron over the card from left to right, until you are happy with the results.   If you work the waxes too much, the colours just turn muddy.

 
                                In this case I was wanting the wax background to look like ice.

    

Stamp the Snow Queen image onto the wax using a grey Stazon ink pad rather than black, as a more subtle effect is wanted.

Colour a small piece of acetate with the Stream, Denim and Cranberry Alcohol Inks, plus a little blending solution, using  a blending tool.

                   Cut 4 triangular pieces from this and glue one in each corner of the waxed card.

 

            
                                      Matt this onto a slightly larger piece of metallic grey card.

    
Using the grey Stazon ink pad, stamp the crystal ball only,  onto the coloured  acetate   Cut this out and glue onto the original stamped crystal ball on the waxed card, stamped side up.

     
           Using a black inkpad, stamp the sentiment in the bottom left corner of the white base card.

      
                          Matt the waxed image onto the right-hand side of the white base card.

 Glue three lavender gems to the top left and  3 gems to the bottom right corners of the base card.
     

 

               

  
Stamp the large butterfly onto some spare white card, using a black inkpad.   Colour it with some Amethyst and Hibiscus Starlight Paints (watered down).

 
Trim around the butterfly and fix to the left of the base card using silicone glue under each wing, to add some dimension to the card.

      
Well that's all my friends, hope you like tonight's card.   I first tried Encaustic Art many years ago, had lots of fun using this technique, then the waxes and iron were put away and forgotten about for many years!   Whilst tidying up in my craft room, I came across them and thought I would incorporate a waxed background for this card, something a little different lol!

  Thanks for stopping by my blog, I hope you enjoy your visit.   Take good care of yourselves and I will be back with yet another card, made using this beautiful Snow Queen Collection by Sue Baker Presents.    I have to say, I could go on and on making cards with this collection!

                                                                Love and rainbows,
                             
                                      Happy Crafting and big hugs,  catch you all again soon.

                                                                       Jennifer xx.

                                                           

         

           



 

Sunrise.

Hi there Lovelies,

Happy Saturday, hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far.   The weather is beautiful here today, warm and sunny, hope it is where you are too.   Thank you for your comments and visits on my last blog post, most kind of you.

Today I would like to share another sample I made for the Sue Baker Presents shows on the Create & Craft T.V. shows, on 22nd./23rd. July 2019,  using the gorgeous Snow Queen Collection.   I just love this collection, the snow queen is just so beautiful.   The designs are stunning.    As in my previous blogs, please bear with me as there are quite a few photos but not that much to read lol!

  
Working on the front of the 7" x 7" white base card, stamp the corner flourish in each corner, using a black inkpad.

     
Cut a piece of  black card about half an inch smaller than the base card and fix it onto the base card.

Take  another piece of black card, about a quarter of an inch smaller than the black card and lay the sunrise stencil on  top and using a large stencil brush, stipple the antique gold Starlight paint through the design, adding some rich gold paint from the centre, working up the rays and blending in with the antique gold.

       
When dry, stamp the small flourish in each ray of the sun using a black inkpad.

                     
Stamp the Snow Queen on the Polar bear in the centre, again  using a black inkpad

       
I have done this as a guide for when I come to place the 3D decoupage of the Queen and bear onto this card,  plus any fine lines on the stamped image which could not be cut out, ie; her wisps of hair flying in the wind.     Glue a clear  gemstone on each black section of the sunrise, except for the two bottom ones, as they will eventually be covered by the 3D decoupage.   Fix this to the base card.

 
Stamp the main image of the Snow Queen and the Polar bear four times onto some spare white card, using a black inkpad.   Colour her cloak with  Promarker pens bluebell and orchid,  her face with blush and  her dress with the  rich gold Starlight paint.

 
                                        Fussy cut each piece and 3D them using silicone glue

 

 

 
When the glue has set, matt this onto the base card on top of the original stamped image.   Card is now finished.

This card does take a little more time to make but I think,  that extra time is worth it, I hope you do too.  That's all from me for the moment, enjoy the rest of your weekend and I will be back again soon with another card, made using this fabulous collection.   Happy crafting.

                                                                    Love and rainbows,
                                                     
                                                                      Hugs   Jennifer xx.


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In the Pink Snow Queen.

Hello Lovelies,

I'm back again!   Another weekend is here lol!  yeah!  maybe you have  an exciting weekend planned or, you may be having a quiet one, whichever  it is, I do hope you have a good one.

Thank you for your visits and comments on my last blog post, each and everyone is really appreciated.   Tonight I have another card which I made for the Sue Baker Presents shows on the Create & Craft  T.V. Channel on the 22nd/23rd. July 2019.   I have used the large snowflake and word stamps from the wonderful Snow Queen Collection plus the gorgeous Snow Queen image, I just adore her, she is so  beautiful.   Hope you like this one.   Bear with me once again, there are quite a few photos but not much reading to do lol!

   
Take a square of white card, just slightly smaller than the 7" x 7" white base card.   Using a pencil, draw a line from the top left to the bottom right corner and a line from the top right to the bottom left, as a guide (which can be rubbed out later.)

  
Put this in your stamping platform if you have one and stamp the large snowflake from the set, in the centre, using the Amethyst pigment pad and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

 

Continue in the same manner, joining up the snowflakes until you have 9 images.   Using the same stamp, add a part snowflake to each corner.   Heat emboss all snowflakes with the clear embossing powder.

      

Stamp the words Beautiful, Sparkle, Magical and Snow around the edges using a gold pigment pad and heat emboss them using gold embossing powder.

     
          Colour the edges of this card with the seedless preserves distress ink and a blending tool.

                                          
Glue a gemstone in the centre of each snowflake (except the one in the centre, as this one will be covered up by the topper later).

     

Take a piece of white linen effect card and stamp the head of the Snow Queen in her hood, with the gold pigment pad and heat emboss  using the gold embossing powder....Die cut a circle around her head using a 2" circle die.

     

Colour around the edges of this circle with the seedless preserves distress ink and a blending tool.   Put a little of the distress ink  onto a work surface, add a little water and paint the image ie., her hair, lips etc.,

     
Highlight her hair, lips and eyes using a white gel pen.   Matt this onto a slightly larger circle of white card.

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               Then fix this to the centre of the snowflakes, using sticky foam pads or silicone glue.

                                 Matt and layer this onto the base card and the card is finished.

    
The gold embossing on her face and the words unfortunately do not show up very well on these photos, sorry about that,  I'm not the world's best photographer lol!  but learning all the time ha ha! 

Take care of yourselves and have a wonderful weekend, I think the weather has to cheer up a little and we may, if we're lucky, see some sunshine lol!


                                                                Love and rainbows,

                                                       Happy Crafting,  Hugs  Jennifer xx.
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