Testing The New Starlights Colours

Hello! This is a scheduled post. I'm at the CHSI trade show, with Imagination Crafts & Lisa B. 

I was thrilled to receive a set of the brand new Starlights paints from Imagination last week, so I immediately made a few quick & easy cards to see what I thought of the colours. 

Answer? I LOVE them!!

(There might still a few sets of these colours on the Hochanda website, 

following our One Day Special).

This card has the new Pearl Starlight applied through the Flint Texture stencil on to black card. Lots of people asked us for a white Starlight & this is it. Not only does it look great on dark card, it can be mixed with all the other colours, to give  lots of different shades.

I applied Mediterranean Sky through the Two Leaf stencil & added shading with Sax Blue, then cut the leaves out..............

For the second card, I painted white card with Pebble Shore MDF paint & applied Amethyst Starlight through the Summer Blossom stencil, with dots of the paint applied with an embossing tool. 

I painted the Art-Cutz butterfly with Topaz & Rich Gold Starlights..........

I used the same, Summer Blossom, stencil for my third card, using Sax Blue Starlights, then I added foiling with Pastel Yellow Sparkle Medium. 

The Art-Cutz butterfly was painted with Sax Blue, Amethyst & Mediterranean Sky...........

                      

                    

(The greeting on these cards is a Stampendous stamp from my craft stash).

All seven of these new colours are, without exception, gorgeous & I loved working with them. I will be back with more of my cards soon. 

That's it for today, I will be back soon. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates from the trade show.

Kirsten

Hochanda One Day Special Review

Well, you did it again. You made our second One Day Special on Hochanda a rip-roaring success & the feedback we're receiving is overwhelmingly positive, so thank you very much. 

It was a phenomenally busy 24 hours, which actually began hours before the 8pm launch on Wednesday night, with Sue & Lisa B setting up the studio with all the amazing samples made by them & our team of designers............

It was great to see so many of these samples being shown during the shows & we had so many compliments about them on our Facebook page. Our designers work very hard producing projects for us & it is very important to us that they are acknowledged. Huge thanks to

Eileen Godwin, 

Jennifer Johnston,

Jean Elford,

Diane,

Linda,

Annette Warboys

Thanks also to Sue & Lisa, who demoed a lot of their cards on the shows. I'm going to try to get them to do a few blog posts of their projects for you in the next few weeks.

Many of the samples will be with us at the trade show at the NEC this weekend, so the retailers will get to see them up close. We'll also bring some with us to the retail shows we'll be attending this year. 

This is our fab clock, which we all love. Lisa B decorated it with the new Starlights paints, Alchemy waxes & Rice Papers. It''s definitely got the wow! factor.............

Of course, the purpose of the Hochanda shows was to launch the seven brand new Starlights paints & they were a big success. There are still a few sets on the Hochanda website, now back to their full price. We will let you know when we have the individual colours available to sell............

We also launched these brand new Art Stamps, designed exclusively for Imagination Crafts...............

We restocked the Cottage Garden set twice & every set sold out. There are a few of the 

Putting on the Ritz sets remaining on the Hochanda website & again, we will let you know when we have the individual stamps for sale.

We had a new to Hochanda Sparkle Medium duo. This is a really gorgeous combination of colours..........

These background stencils were so successful that they sold out before the end of the 24 hours...........

You can find all the remaining items on the Hochanda website. 

 Thank you very much to everyone who bought our products from Hochanda yesterday, we really do appreciate it. We know that our products are new to many of you, so if you're unsure about using them, please don't hesitate to contact us, either via email; imaginationcrafts@btinternet.com, or message our Facebook page. We will reply as soon as we can.

Thanks must also go to the team at Hochanda, who work so hard to ensure things run smoothly & to Hayley, Leonie & Charlie, I know how much Sue & Lisa love working with you.

Imagination Crafts will be back on Hochanda, next Saturday, February 27. Times tbc.

***BJ Crafts, one of our main stockists, will be at the Sincerely Yours show, in Leigh, Lancashire, tomorrow, February 20 & Sunday, Feb 21. They will also be at the Sincerely Yours show in Farnborough, next weekend, February 26 & 27.***

We will spend today making the final preparations for the trade show, setting off bright & early tomorrow morning for the NEC. I will try to post photos of our stand on the Facebook page. 

Have a great weekend & thank you again.

Kirsten

Brand New Starlights!!!!

Good evening blog visitors, happy Wednesday evening. Imagination Crafts is LIVE right now on Hochanda & we are thrilled to announce that our ONE DAY SPECIAL is SEVEN brand new colours of Starlights Metallic Paints!!!

The One Day Special price is £21.99, that's a saving of £6.00! The product code is 401241.

Order yours now!!

And one of the new colours is WHITE...............!!

Every one of these colours is going to be a must-have addition to your crafting stash.

To give you an idea of how the colours look on black & white cardstock, I applied each colour through the Two Leaf stencil.

The One Day Special price is almost equivalent to TWO pots FREE. Knowing how popular these beautiful paints are, we got in as much stock as we could, but there may not be enough to go round, so please get your order in as soon as possible. 

We have four more shows on Hochanda tomorrow - at 9am, 12, 4 & 7pm - but once this One Day Special is sold out, it won't be repeated.

You can see cards made with these new colours in these blog posts:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

& I will have more projects to show you in the coming weeks. 

Enjoy the Hochanda shows tomorrow & thank you for your continued support.

Kirsten

Imagination Crafts' One Day Special Tonight!!

Tonight's the night! Imagination Crafts is back on Hochanda at 8pm to launch a One Day Special, which is..................

Seven brand new Starlights Metallic Paints!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These colours are absolutely gorgeous & as you can see, they include a WHITE Starlight! It's a beautiful pearl white, which not only looks great on dark card, but you can mix it with any of the other colours to create different shades.

The One Day Special price is not to be missed & will likely be extremely popular, so make sure to order yours  during tonight's 8pm launch show.

There will be lots of other new products, which you will find on the Hochanda website from tonight.

Sue & Lisa B will have lots of fantastic demos & you'll see the products used to make these cards & those in our previous two blog posts; yesterday's is HERE & Monday's is HERE.

Cards made by Lisa B...................

Cards made by Sue Baker................

Tonight we begin the release of some of our BRAND NEW products for 2016 & we're thrilled to be launching some of those products on Hochanda, starting tonight at 8pm & continuing tomorrow, Thursday, February 18 - programme times are 9am, 12pm, 4pm & 7pm GMT. 

***The launch of the One Day Special tonight, at 8pm, will be repeated at 7am, tomorrow, February 18.***

As well as new products, we'll have some old favourites too, along with gorgeous samples from all our designers & of course, fantastic demos from Sue & Lisa B. 

 Channel information:  

Freesat 817 (24/7) Sky 663 (24/7) Freeview 39 (6am - 9pm)

Watch live on www.hochanda.com 

I will be commenting on the Hochanda programmes, tonight & tomorrow, on the
Imagination Crafts' Facebook page.

Thanks for visiting the blog today.

Kirsten

Find Imagination Crafts on..............

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/imaginationcrafts/

Twitter:

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Pinterest:

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Imagination Crafts' Starlights Metallic Paints' fanpage on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/starlightsaholics/

February Newsletter - Brand New Starlights!!!

Hi everyone, Sue here.

We are back on Hochanda tomorrow with a new One Day Special & this has to be the show everyone has been waiting for. We are launching the BRAND NEW set of STARLIGHT COLOURS tomorrow evening, 17 February, at 8pm, at an incredible price. 

One of the new colours is PEARL. Lots of you asked us for a white Starlights & we are thrilled to finally have one. One of the great things about this colour is that you can mix it with any of the other colours to make different shades - and it's gorgeous on its own too. It’s a must-have!

The Hochanda price means that you will save around £6.00 on the set.  You can’t afford to miss out on this amazing offer!!  Please get your order in quickly, as we know this will be a very popular offer and we would hate you to be disappointed.

We are also launching 2 new sets of the brand new Art Stamps.  These are very unusual stamps and not like anything else on the market.  If you want class and creativity all wrapped up in one, these are the stamps for you.  As ever they are created by our own artists and if you love botanicals, perfume, lace, wild flowers and stunning imagery watch out for demos that will inspire you.

 We have some new Rice Paper sets for you and we know how much you are loving the Rice Paper.  It is such a versatile product and so easy to use on cards and for mixed media with our Decoupage Glue. There will be lots of other products too, so visit the Hochanda website for full details tomorrow.

Lisa and I have spent the last 10 days locked away in our studios, preparing demos that we hope you will love. We put everything we have into every card and every demo so that you will feel inspired and enjoy what we have in store for you.

We know from your emails how frustrated you get when you miss out on the offers, so please get your orders in early and if you have any problems email us, or message our Facebook page and we will always do our best to help in any way we can.

As soon as the last Hochanda show finishes on Thursday, we are straight off to the NEC to prepare for the Trade Show and then we are back on Hochanda on Saturday, February 27, so please bear with us if we have a bit of a delay answering your messages, we will get back to you as soon as we can.

See you tomorrow at 8pm, stay warm and cosy in this freezing weather.

Love from all of us at Imagination.

Hochanda programme times:

Wednesday, February 17 at 8pm – One Day Special launch

Thursday, February 18 at 9am, 12, 4 & 7pm

Channel information:

Freesat 817 (24/7) Sky 663 (24/7) Freeview 39 (6am - 9pm)

Watch live on www.hochanda.com

Hochanda Preview, Day Two: Cards by Sue Baker

Good morning, Kirsten here with cards made by Sue for tomorrow's Hochanda shows.

You'll see these projects & lots more, along with the products used on the Hochanda shows, tomorrow & Thursday

We'll share more of Sue's cards on our Facebook page later today & here on the blog tomorrow.

Imagination Crafts returns to Hochanda tomorrow night with an extra special ‪ONE DAY SPECIAL‬!!!

This week we begin the release of some of our BRAND NEW products for 2016 & we're thrilled to be launching some of those products on Hochanda, starting tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 17 at 8pm & continuing on Thursday, February 18 - programme times are 9am, 12pm, 4pm & 7pm GMT. 

***The launch of the One Day Special on Wednesday night, at 8pm, will be repeated at 7am, on Thursday, February 18.***

As well as new products, we'll have some old favourites too, along with gorgeous samples from all our designers & of course, fantastic demos from Sue & Lisa B. 

 Channel information:  

Freesat 817 (24/7) Sky 663 (24/7) Freeview 39 (6am - 9pm)

Watch live on www.hochanda.com 

Thanks for looking, see you tomorrow.

Kirsten

Find Imagination Crafts on..............

Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/imaginationcrafts/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/imaginationcra4 

Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.com/imagination230/

Imagination Crafts' Starlights Metallic Paints' fanpage on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/starlightsaholics/