'Iridescent Irises.'

 Good afternoon Lovelies,

 I do hope you are all well.    Today I have another card to share with you,  which I have made using an Imagination Craft's decoupage stamp from 2012.   I  have used their pearly paint palette to colour the image, which gives the image a beautiful sheen, particularly when the light shines on it.  The base card is made from some deep lavender card and is 7"x7"  in size.

Matt and layer a six and a quarter inch square of orange card onto the deep lavender base card, leaving a border of the lavender showing.

Next, cut a 6" square from some textured white card.   Using the decoupage Irises stamp set, stamp the irises in the centre of the white square, using a Versamark embossing pad and heat emboss with black embossing powder, using a craft heat gun.

Paint the image with the pearly paints from the palette, using a brush and some water.

The texture of the card shows through the paint giving a nice effect.    Stamp the scroll design from the stamp set using a Versafine black ink pad, around the square, 4 times.

Stamp   'It's your birthday' in the top left of the white card and 'Enjoy....'   in the bottom  right using the black ink pad. 

Lastly, matt and layer the stamped white card onto the slightly larger piece of orange card  already glued to the deep lavender  base card.    The card is now finished except for the addition of an insert of your choice.   Below are a few more photographs although the beautiful sheen of the paints do not show up very well in my photo.

 

  That's all for now my friends, hope you like it.   Take good care of yourselves and I will be back soon with another card.   Thanks for stopping by my blog, I hope you have  enjoyed your visit. 

                                                                  Love and rainbows, 

                                                                   Hugs   Jennifer xx.

 

                                                       

'Friends Are Always There.'

 Good afternoon Lovelies, how are you all?  well I hope, if not here's a big  (((hug)))  from me.   Hope you feel better soon.

Today I thought I would share a card I have just made, not for anyone in particular, just because I had a little spare time and because I got the urge to make one lol !   Hope you like it.

This is a fairly simple, quick card to make if you are short of time.   I saw this  stamp some years ago and thought, what a lovely sentiment so,  I just had to buy it.!   It is a clear stamp by Dovecraft.   The 'Grand Gothic Iron Work' die was given to me by a good friend and is by Poppystamps.Inc. USA and is quite a few years old now too.    The corner die is a Crafter's Companion die - 'Lace Corner 2' and is a 2 piece die set and last of all, the flower die is one of my favourite flower dies and has been used many times by me and is by Memory Box, again is quite old now.   Well, less chat from me, here is how I made this card.

Matt and layer a black square onto a 7"x7" ready folded white card, leaving a small border of the white base card showing.

Cut a smaller  square of white card and matt this onto the black card again, leaving a little of the black card showing this time.    Using a black Versamark ink pad, stamp the sentiment to the right of the white square, as below.

 

Using some spare white card, die-cut 4 corners, using the inner piece of this  2 piece lace corner die set. 

Glue one in each corner of the white square.  

Die-cut the 'Grand Gothic Ironwork' from black card  and glue it to the left of the 'Friend's' stamped sentiment.

Die-cut the flowers from black card, cutting 3 large, 3 medium and 3 small flowers, plus 3 flower centers, also  3 leaf stems.

Paint the flowers with pink and red pearly paints, the leaf stems with green and the stamen with gold.   Layer up the flowers, (1 large, 1 medium & 1 small and then the stamen using glue

Arrange the flowers and leaf stems to the bottom left of the ironwork image and when you are happy the way it looks, glue them in position.

The card is now finished.   Below are a few more close ups of the card taken at different angles.   I do hope you like it.

I would just like to say 'thank you' for visiting my blog and I hope  you enjoyed your visit.

Many thanks,  I'll catch you all again quite soon.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                   Hugs Jennifer xx.

 

'Art Deco Elegance.'

Hi there Lovelies,   Hoping you are having a good weekend.    Today I thought I would share a card I made a few weeks ago but didn't manage to put it on my blog then as the garden planters, vegatables etc., needed attention, whilst the weather was good.   We have not had any rain for quite some time now, other than a few drops....not enough to wet the ground at all !   anyway I'm sure that will change very soon lol!   My card was made using an Imagination Craft's stencil called  'Julia, Sparkle Medium, Black metallic and silver paint and stamps which I have had in my craft stash for many years.   The corner die was Die'sire ' Lace Corner'  by Crafter's Companion from some years ago.

Cut a piece of black card six and three quarter inches by four and a half inches and using the corner die, die-cut all 4 corners.    Keep the die-cuts and paint them with the silver metallic paint.   (This corner die has two parts to it, for this I used only the inner section of the whole die ).

I used the black negative (after die-cutting the corners) to glue across the front of a 7"x7" pink pearlised ready folded card, leaving a larger piece of the pink card showing at the bottom.

Lay the  'Julia' Art Deco stencil onto some white card, using some masking tape, tape it to your glass work matt to stop it moving.   Mask off the dress and hat.   Using a stencil brush, stipple the black metallic paint over the remaining design.   Remove the stencil and wash and dry it.

When the paint is dry, remove the masking tape which covers the hat and dress.   Lay the stencil back in position on the painted card.   Spread the silver Sparkle Medium over the hat and dress using a metal spatula.   Carefully remove the outer masking tape and the stencil and leave to dry.

Trim around the image leaving a white line around it.

Using a silver embossing pad, stamp the sentiments onto the black panel on the base card and then heat emboss with silver embossing powder.   Glue the four silver die-cuts into each corner of the black panel, where they were originally die-cut from.

Fix Julia to the card front  using sticky foam pads..

Glue three small pearls to the top left of the pink card and three to the bottom right.   Below are a couple of extra close up photos, unfortunately the silver sparkle and the sheen on the paint, does not show up very well on these but when the light shines on it, it really sparkles... I find it.difficult to capture this effect on photos.

Well that's it Lovelies, hope you all have a good week.  Take good care of yourselves and 'Happy Crafting' if you are a crafter. - if not, why not give card making a go lol!   it is a very satisfying craft to do and we all need greetings cards for our relatives and friends.     Catch you all soon in a week or so.   

Thanks ever so much for stopping by my blog, hope you enjoyed your visit.

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs  Jennifer xx.

 

'New Home.'

 Hi there Lovelies, hope everyone is well and looking forward to some beautiful sunny days ahead.   The Summer is not very far away.   This time,  (as promised on my last blog,) I am back with a 'New Home' card, which I made for a friend who has just moved house and as she has  received the card,  I can now share it with you all.  

The main stamp (the birdhouse, was one of a set of stamps by Crafter's Companion (I think) and was given free with Quick Cards Magazine, back in  2015).   I just love this stamp, so sweet and I thought  it would make a lovely 'New Home' card.    O.k. enough chit chat,  let's get started lol.

Die-cut a white square approximately three and three quarter inches square.which has a perforated edge around it,  then  die-cut a slightly larger square with a scalloped edge from dark blue paper  (both these dies were given free with 'Die-Cutting Essentials' Magazine, Issue 29), not sure of the date but I think it might be a few years ago ?

Stamp the birdhouse image onto the centre of the white square using a black ink pad.   Stamp this image a further 3 more times onto some spare white card.   Colour the images with the Promarker alcohol pens and cut out the images except for the one on the white die-cut square.

                                       Below are the alcohol pens I used to colour the images.

3D the cut out images of the birdhouse onto the original stamped image on the white square.using silicone glue or sticky foam pads.

Matt and layer the white square onto the blue die-cut scalloped edge square, then matt and layer this onto a slightly larger square of pink pearlised card.   Fix this onto the centre of a 7" x 7" ready folded white card.

From some gold mirror card die-cut the letters' New Home'  I used some Sizzix letter dies I have had for about 20 years and still going strong lol!   Glue the word 'New' to the centre top and 'Home' to the centre bottom,

Stamp the blossom stamp 4 times onto some spare white card, using a black ink pad.   Colour with the alcohol pens and cut out.   Glue one at each corner of the central square.

All that remains to be done is to make an insert for the card.   As my friend's favourite colour is pink, I chose pink paper for the insert.   The stamped image, the verse and the sentiment I stamped with a Versamark embossing pad and heat embossed them,  using a heat gun and gold embossing powder.

I used a small corner punch on all 4 corners of the insert.     Well that's all for now Lovelies.   I will be back soon.    Take care of yourselves until my next blog. 

                                                                 Love and rainbows,

                                                                  Hugs   Jennifer xx.

 

     

    

Get Well Soon Orchids.

Hi there Lovelies,  hoping this post finds you all fit and well.   Thank you for your visits and  comments on my last post ,  I do hope you enjoyed your visit.    This afternoon,  I have a card to share with you, which I made recently using an Imagination Craft's stamp set from 2011.   I thought it would be nice to use some of my old stamp sets for a change, some of you may well have this stamp in your craft stash.

Cut a five and a half inch square from ivory coloured card.   Stamp the border design down the left-hand side, the Orchid circle in the centre, the scroll in the top left and the sentiments, using a lavender pigment ink pad.   When the ink is dry, colour the orchids with colouring pencils.

Stamp the Orchid circle twice more onto some spare ivory card, colour with the pencils and cut them out.

3D the cut out  Orchid images onto the original stamped image, using silicone glue or sticky foam pads.    Add some green liquid drops around the inside of the circles and some slightly larger drops down the centre of the stamped border.

Add 3  lavender gemstones to the top right and three gems to the bottom left.   Fix this completed square onto a 7" x 7" deep lavender ready folded card and the card is finished.

 Many thanks for stopping by my blog, most appreciated.   Hope you have enjoyed your visit and if you are also a crafter......Happy Crafting.   Take good care of yourselves and I will be back again soon with a 'New Home' card I made for a friend.

                                                             Love and rainbows,

                                                             Hugs   Jennifer xxx.

 

 

                                                             

                                                            

 

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