Imagination Crafts Inspiration Post

Hi all

For my Inspiration Post this month Iv'e used one of the lovely new Celtic Die Cuts from Imagination Crafts and Lavinia Stamps.  

I coloured my cardstock with Denim Archival Dye ink around the edges and stamped a leaf design onto the card edges over the top with yellow, blue and bottle green ink.

I then added a Celtic Die Cut and used Detail Sparkle to add dimension to the wings and leaves on the tree.

The whole card was mounted on different coloured cardstock and the main card inked again around the edges with Denim Blue Archival Ink. I used another leaf stamp to decorate the edges again with green, blue and yellow inks.

Merry Christmas was stamped with Versamark ink and Silver Mica powders added, I then stamped the words again with Black Versamark ink to make it look like the words were in shadow.

Detail Sparkle was added to the sides of the card for decoration,

Products used:

Detail Sparkle - Silver Gilt
Celtic Dreams Die Cut- Nurture
Adirondack Ink Pad Denim and Bottle 
Stamp - Flowers Fushia
Mica powders
Versamark

Imagination Crafts December 1st Project - Christmas Card

Hi all

I'm thrilled to continue on the Design Team for Imagination Crafts so here's my project for 1st December using more of the lovely versatile products.

For this project I used the Christmas Trees stencil and 3 different colours of Sparkle Medium on a patterned piece of cardstock.

The Leaf Flourishes stencil was also used with Silkies to create the border background.  I added Detail Sparkle too to create the look of snow on the trees and on the ground and to highlight the border.

Landscapes are one of my favourite subjects and these pre- pattered Tag Cards are perfect for his type of artwork.

Products used - Cardstock -Byron Vintage
Stencil Fir Trees
            Flourish Border
Sparkle Medium
Golden Pine
Chartreuse 
Sage Green
Silkies  - Purple Lace
Detail Sparkle - White Shimmer 

WoW Embossing Powder Canvas - Sneaky Peek

Hi all

Hers's a sneaky peek at my WoW Embossing Powders Mixed Media project for November.

Iv'e used a canvas for this piece along with and tissue paper, embossing powders, inks and metallic leaves.  Pop over to the WoW blog to see how I made it. .

Click here to be taken over to the WoW blog - happy crafting everyone and see you soon again for more inspiration ....

Ruby Rock-It WoW Embossing Powder Blog Hop

"RUBY ROCK-IT" AND "WOW EMBOSSING POWDERS" BLOG HOP

Hello Ruby Rock-It Fans and WOW Embossing Powder fans!  We are delighted to have you join us this week for the fun with our blog hop!

We are very excited to be partnering with this fabulous company and their amazing designers, so here's all the info you will need...and then come and join and hop along!

Here's the blog hop order, all you need to do to be eligible for our prize, is to leave a comment on each designer's blog and then come back to our blog letting us know you have done so!  Comments will be closing on Friday 21st Nov at 11.59 p.m.PST.

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Ruby Rock-It Blog<http://www.rubyrock-it.com/articles>
WOW Embossing Powder Blog<http://www.wowembossingpowder.blogspot.com/>
Nikki Smith<http://www.what-nikki-did-next.blogspot.com/>
Sandie Dunne<http://sandieshores.blogspot.com/>
Pattie Beltran<http://www.pattiebeltran.blogspot.com/>
Susan O'Connell<http://www.nwscrapbooking.co.uk/>
Donna O'Leary<http://midnightscrapper.wordpress.com/>
Erin Yamabe<http://www.erinyamabe.com/>
Irit Shalom<http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/>
Jen Deal<http://www.jenniferdeal.blogspot.com/>
Alicia Barry<http://www.leishasblog.blogspot.com/>
Jenifer Cowles<http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/>
Patti Hamil<http://www.mypiecesoftime.blogspot.com/>
Nicole Picadura<http://www.scrapsandstamps.com/>
Maya Isaksson<http://mayasblog.typepad.com/littleoutbursts/>
June Goh<http://bbhomepages.wordpress.com/>
Trish Latimer<http://inkpaintbeads.blogspot.co.uk/>
Nataliya Serova<http://ur-la-la.blogspot.com/>
Beckie Dreyer<http://www.beckiedreyer.blogspot.com/>
Sian Ridley<http://handmadebysian.blogspot.co.uk/>
Kaka Costa<http://www.kakamari.blogspot.com/>
Christine Saunders<http://www.christinescraftyart.blogspot.com/>
Candice Elliott<http://truedivinehand.blogspot.com/>

Here's our beautiful prizes:  The Essence East Coast collection! [album not included]



Here's a picture of the Wow prizes for you too:

   

And here's my project!

         

Iv'e created this Recipe Wall Hanger for my project. Iv'e used WoW powders to emboss the notices and embellishments including the wooden knives and forks.  Recipe cards can be added in the concertina folded part at the front for ease of use.

Thanks for visiting my blog - the next person to visit for this blog hop is here Candice Elliott<http://truedivinehand.blogspot.com/>

ENJOY THE HOP......

Ruby Rock-It have some fab items in their range.  Iv'e used the Country Cookin range of embellishments, twine, wooden shapes and more and Iv'e embossed the little wooden knives and forks with gold powders to add some bling as well.

Products used: WoW embossing Powders

Clear Gloss

Gold

Peach Gleam

Ruby Rock-It 

Country Cookin Range 

Imagination Crafts Inspiration Post - Christmas Wall Hanging

Hi all

For my Imagination Crafts Inspiration Post Iv'e made this Christmas Wall Hanger.

I used a Chipboard Frame which I painted black, then added Crackle, let it dry then went over it with white paint.  I love watching this crackle work - its fascinating.

I then used purple Sparkle Medium and a swirly stencil to each corner. I brayered over 3 Christmas shapes with purple and silver Sparkle Medium to decorate the chipboard baubles. 

I also painted the Dove white for the centre piece and added some holly leaves using card cut into shapes and Sparkle Medium painted over the top. Ribbons and adhesive stones were added to finish.

Here's the product list for you;

Sparkle Medium:  Diamond Quartz

                              Silver
                              Hunters Green

MDF Shapes:        Dove 
                             
Acrylic Paint        Chalk
                              Jet
                             Crackle Medium

Stencil                   Butterfly Curls

Sneaky Peek at my Imagination Crafts blog Tutorial

Hi again

Here's a sneaky peek at my blog post for November on the Imagination Crafts blog. Iv'e been using inks and water-colour paper to create lovely backgrounds.

Pop over to the blog here to see a tutorial on how to create your own backgrounds for cards, pictures, decorations and more.....

Imagination Crafts November Challenge project

Hello again

For this month's Challenge project Iv'e gone all Christmassy.  This card was made using the Decoupage Stamp set in the Christmas range from Imagination Crafts.

I stamped the image out 6 times, 3 times onto vellum and 3 times onto white cardstock and cut out all the flowers.
I embossed the Vellum flowers first then spread "Detail Sparkle" onto the stamped images on the white cardstock. This gave them a lovely sparkle effect.

On my black background card,  I dipped a stencil brush into some Silver Sparkle Medium and ran my thumb along the bristles to give a splattered effect on the black card. This technique makes a fantastic sky full of glittery stars.

The flowers were arranged in a circle using lots of 3D foam pads to make them stand out.  The "Noel" from the same set was stamped in the middle and "Holly leaves" stamped around the edges which were embossed with silver embossing powder.

I hope you like my creation. Why not take another look at your stamps and see what you could make by using just a small section of a stamp.

The products I used were:

Stamps - Decoupage set - Flowers
                                          RockaBlock
Sparkle Medium             - Silver
Detail Sparkle                 - Silver Gilt