New Imagination Crafts One Day Special.......

Good morning lovelies,

I am so sorry that I have not been around for a while but I have been so busy working on samples with my lovely soul mate Sue at Imagination Crafts HQ for our next O/D/S on Hochanda which launches at 8pm on Friday and then Saturday's shows will be at 9am, 12noon, 4pm and 7pm. 

We have a fantastic One Day Special that is a phenomenal price and is not to be missed!!??.....

We also have some fabulous new stencils that we have been working on for a long time now and we are really pleased to finally be bringing them to you all, along with our usual great deals on all our core products. 

Here are a few sneak peeks below of just a tiny amount of what we have in store for you. Sue and I have some fabulous demonstrations lined up for you with our usual great tips and techniques......

 

I am also really pleased to announce if you have not seen it, that Hochanda are going to be back on Freeview Channel 39 on 3rd May and we look forward to being able to bring the shows back to all of our regular viewers on Freeview who have missed out. Thank you to so many of your for supporting Hochanda at this awkward time in between but they really have been working hard behind the scenes to get it back to you.......

Kirsten and I have also been working very hard on the class for next month and getting new goodies on to the website. There are so many new items including  Clarity stencils, Crealies Stamps, more Craft Emotions Stencils and new dies, wooden numbers, pearl strings, flowers and so much more.......

You can find them all here in the What's New Section.........

Well I apologise that I have not had time to make anything else for the blog but I will share all the makes from the weekend shows on Facebook after the shows have finished....

Take care and have a great week.....

Hugs Lisa B xxx

Celtic Dreams Fauna & Dylusions Paint

Morning all, here we are at another Monday & two more of my Celtic Dreams cards to show you. I used the Fauna cutting die for both cards...............

The background for this card was Squeezed Orange & Postbox Red Dylusions paint through the Craft Emotions Botanical Leaves stencil, then Lemon Zest Dylusions through the 

CE Background Floral stencil. I also added White Linen through the TCW Mini Tiny Circles stencil...........

I cut the Fauna die as you see here, from black card & from white card painted with Mediterranean Sky & Antique Gold Starlights. I used one of the die cuts as a template for the wing, which is white card painted with Blue Starlights................

I cut away pieces of the light blue die cut, then layered everything together, matting & layering with black card & card painted with Blue Starlights on a 6x6 white car blank.............

The second is similar, with a background of Fresh Lime, Cut Grass & Lemon Zest Dylusions through the Botanical Leaves stencil. I die cut pieces of white & black card & white painted with a mix of Med. Sky & Silver Starlights & applied Diamond Sparkle Medium to the body...........

                              

Thanks for visiting the blog today. I'll be back next Monday. 

Kirsten.

Woodware Poppy and Dylusions

 

Hello crafters, hope you are all well, sorry I haven't been around, it's been very busy.

 

Today's card is very different for me in the way of colour, and I do like it, the Dylusions have lots of vibrant colours.

 

 

So I started with a 7" x 7" white card and matted it with silver mirri, then created another matt with white card but stamped it around the edges using the script stamp from the Hobby Art Poppy Heads Stamp Set and Memento.

 

I then stamped the Woodware Field of Poppies onto some Super Smooth card twice using Versafine Black Onyx and embossed it with WOW Clear Powder

 

 

 

I then coloured them in using the following:

 

Postbox Red - Poppies

Fresh Lime - Grass, Poppy Buds, Leaves

Lemon Zest - Sun

London Blue - Sky

White Linen for mixing

 

The second image I'd stamped I used to decoupage the flower heads and buds. 

 

 

To create the various greens I used a little bit of black acrylic paint for the leaves then lightened it again with more of the Fresh Lime to get a slightly different hue for the flower buds.  To make the London Blue lighter for the sky I just added a little of the white until I got the desired colour.  I cut out the images and mounted them on the image with foam pads.

 

 

I then just mounted it all together onto the card but wanted to break up the harsh stamped background so just added another matt before layering the image onto silver mirri and foam mounted onto the card.

 

I then added some clear gems, a Sue Wilson Classic Bow and a couple of little butterflies.

 

 

Short and sweet today, but I hope you like it and get inspired with the Woodware Stamps and Dylusions :o)

 

Love Jan xx

 

 

 

 

 



Magic with Celtic Dreams and Dylusions.....

Hello everyone, hope you're well & able to enjoy the sunshine we've had the last few days. I have two more of my card samples for the April class to show you today. I used the Hideaway (sold out) & Fleur Celtic Dreams cutting dies, with some new Lavinia Stamps & Dylusions paints..........

The background for this card is Crushed Grape, with a little London Blue Dylusions, brushed onto white card, then Lavinia Stamps' Dragon Pods & Fairy Buttercups stamped with Jet Black Stazon ink. I added some highlights with a white pen.

I die cut the Fleur die twice from black card & cut her out from one piece, making a dress & hat from the second piece, which I'd brayered with Diamond Sparkle Medium...........

The background for the second card was Squeezed Orange & Lemon Zest Dylusions, with the same Lavinia Stamps & again, some white highlighting...........

Both pieces were layered with black card & mounted on to 6x6 white card blanks.

                             

Thank you for visiting the blog today, have a great week & I'll be back next week.

Hugs, Lisa B x