tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65097263879178021162024-03-13T17:46:38.499+00:00Julie's Crafty BitsJulie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-33312780739272066712020-05-27T15:59:00.001+01:002020-05-27T15:59:39.521+01:00Are You Having A Giraffe...!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the card I made for my daughter’s birthday today. The stamp set used is from Pink Ink Designs <a href="https://pinkinkpatterns.patternbyetsy.com/">https://pinkinkpatterns.patternbyetsy.com/</a> and inside the sentiment reads “Are you having a giraffe,” which I thought was appropriate for a lockdown birthday.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-35583461840522582162020-03-17T11:55:00.001+00:002020-03-17T11:55:41.043+00:00Venus Fly Trap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My daughter and her boyfriend are involved with our local amateur dramatics society (Reading Operatic Society) who were due to put on Little Shop of Horrors this week...well the Corona virus had other ideas and the show has had to be postponed for a while. By chance I saw this Venus flytrap design on Simply Crafty SVGs which is reminiscent of the plant in the show so I decided to cut it on my Scan N Cut and make it to display on their raffle ticket table.</div>
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I have never done anything like this before and was quite pleased with the end result. There were a couple of mistakes along the way but all things considered, it turned out ok.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-23050708308795947132020-02-28T13:50:00.000+00:002020-02-28T13:50:02.236+00:00Nearly Spring...?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hiya, the three projects I have for you today have all been stamped using Chocolate Baroque stamps and I think you will agree that the sight of snowdrops and bluebells gives the impression that Spring is just around the corner...Well we can all hope that there will soon be a change in this awful wet weather we have been having, can't we?</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-43966145810106877322020-02-11T14:25:00.004+00:002020-02-11T14:25:54.009+00:00Floral Blueprints<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are a couple of cards that I made for a recent Chocolate Baroque show on Hochanda TV.</div>
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These blueprint designs went down a storm with the viewers and sold out 2 or 3 times over.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-56778628833639650262020-01-05T15:29:00.001+00:002020-01-05T15:29:28.721+00:00Needle Felting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little red squirrel is my first attempt and I am quite pleased with him. I have ordered some more wool so watch this space...lol</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-17174911160557376532020-01-04T16:02:00.001+00:002020-01-04T16:02:48.599+00:00Happy New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have two bird themed cards to kick off the new year. Both cards have been stamped with Chocolate Baroque's <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA4SP0454.html" target="_blank">Steampunk Birds</a></div>
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This card has been stamped using The Art of Chess from Chocolate Baroque. </div>
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As you can see I have kept colour to a minimum and have just added a hint of colour with Polychromos pencils to the centre image. The background has been created by dabbing the chequer board from the centre image with out using a stamping block and the white chess pieces in the foreground were stamped before mirror stamping them and colouring them black on the right hand side. </div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-32437473767099061652019-11-01T14:03:00.002+00:002019-11-01T14:03:32.495+00:00Musical Chess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My first card is stamped with Music Fanfare. I had some help with stamping the treble clef in a circle as I used my Inkadinkado stamping gear. I am quite sure I would not have achieved the circular design without it.</div>
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My second card is stamped with the Art of Chess as well as using the treble clef from Music Fanfare. Again I used the stamping gear to evenly place the treble clef around the card.</div>
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Hello, today I have three cards stamped with Chocolate Baroque's Happy Flower Day and Celebration Bouquet stamp sets.</div>
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All three cards have been stamped and then coloured with Polychromos pencils and Distress inks.</div>
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Hello, today I have a stamp from Chocolate Baroque that has been designed by Kim Moody.</div>
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Kim has based his drawing on Judith's cottage, who is the Design Team Leader over at Chocolate Baroque, isn't it fab?</div>
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All stamped and coloured with Versafine, Distress ink and polychromus pencils.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-77051850710290506672019-08-01T15:12:00.002+01:002019-08-01T15:12:54.501+01:00Christmas In August<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, thanks for popping in. Chocolate Baroque have recently released their new Christmas stamps so here are a couple of cards from their new range.</div>
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My first card just uses a couple of the little worker stamps from the main Christmas Garden.</div>
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My second card uses a mixture of the worker stamps, for the background, from Christmas Garden and the main image is from Christmas Circles.</div>
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I have two cards, stamped with Chocolate Baroque's <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/rose-and-thistle-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank">Rose and Thistle</a> set.</div>
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Both cards have been coloured with Polychromus pencils and Distress inks.</div>
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Here are three cards stamped with Chocolate Baroque stamps that I made for one of their recent Hochanda TV shows.</div>
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Here is a super quick card made with the same balloon stamp used in my previous post.</div>
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This card was so much quicker than the polymer frame though...I just stamped the balloon with onyx Versafine, added some colour with pencils, lightly sponged distress ink over the background using a cloud mask and then stamped the sentiment. Simples!</div>
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Hi there. Here is a frame I made quite some time ago, but thought is was worth showing again as Chocolate Baroque featured these stamps in their March, Hochanda TV shows.</div>
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I covered the frame with square tiles of polymer clay that I had stamped with the heart from Fluttering Hearts. The balloon is from Punky Hearts and the polymer clay heart on the front is the same design used for the tiles. Before I adhered the heart to the frame I glued cord around the edge so that i could add some decorative beading, which I hand stitched.</div>
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Hello, just a super quick card stamped with Chocolate Baroque's <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/haberdashery-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank">Haberdashery</a> set</div>
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The mannequin was simply stamped onto Kraft card and highlighted with a white pencil. A button was stamped in each corner and joined up with faux pen stitching. The card was finished off with a label stamped with Handmade with Love.</div>
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Hello, just popping in to share a couple of cards made with the recently launched Perfumery collection from Chocolate Baroque.</div>
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My first card is made with <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA5SP0576.html" target="_blank">Butterfly Perfumery</a> and has been coloured with Distress Stains</div>
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My second card has been stamped with <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/UA5SP0575.html" target="_blank">Rose Perfumery</a> and coloured with Polychromus pencils</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-51854836549182058272019-01-15T11:23:00.001+00:002019-01-15T11:23:37.600+00:00Quick Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hi, here is a quick post to show a quick card...</div>
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If quick cards are your thing then you can see more over on Chocolate Baroque's Design Team <a href="http://chocolatebaroque.blogspot.com/2019/01/fifteen-minute-cards.html" target="_blank">blog</a></div>
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This card was created by repeat stamping the background image from Chocolate Baroque's Live Out Loud set and the little bird design is from Let Your Heart Sing and has been stamped in the same blue as the background and then cut out with a circle die cut before being added to the front of the card.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-62151444902328839542019-01-07T12:36:00.002+00:002019-01-07T12:36:47.272+00:00Dawn Chorus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello and thanks for stopping by for my first post of 2019.</div>
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This DL card was stamped using Chocolate Baroque's Dawn Chorus. It's a really quick and simple card to do. The birds were inked up with Distress Oxides and then highlighted with a white paint pen and the background is Distress inks and the swirl and feather designs were randomly stamped in the background.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-78351979104065901312018-12-29T12:51:00.002+00:002018-12-29T12:51:38.595+00:00Floral Delights To Bring In the New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello, here is a selection of cards I made for a recent Chocolate Baroque show on Hochanda TV.</div>
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My first card is using the Floral Grunge stamp which was stamped onto My Floral Soul designer papers and then coloured with polychromus pencils.</div>
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Wild Meadow and Distress inks were used to create my second card.</div>
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Floral Grunge and my favourite stamp of this Chocolate Baroque stamp release was used in my third and final card.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-88141531779948289982018-12-04T12:37:00.001+00:002018-12-04T12:37:05.663+00:00Butterflies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, thanks for popping in. Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, but I have two butterfly themed cards.</div>
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Both of these cards are made using Chocolate Baroque stamps. They can be brought separately or in a group of four <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/briar-rose-harebell-thistle-and-honeysuckle-butterfly-quartet-unmounted-rubber-stamps-multi-buy-a5.html" target="_blank">here </a></div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-83995679653991384252018-10-25T11:57:00.000+01:002018-10-25T11:57:22.995+01:00Kim Moody's Quirky House Collection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello, thanks for popping in. Today I have some cards that I have made with Kim Moody's new stamp collection that is available from <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/" target="_blank">Chocolate Baroque.</a> </div>
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Just in time for Halloween, I themed this design <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBKM0004.html" target="_blank">(Loft Conversion)</a> with a spooky feel, but you can use it for any theme you wish.</div>
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This card is stamped with the <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBKM0003.html" target="_blank">English Country Garden</a> house, so I decided to keep to the title and create a summery feel card, with holly-hock style flowers stamped in the foreground.</div>
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I decided that <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/CBKM0001.html" target="_blank">la Maison</a> would be a good style for a New Home card. The letters were cut on my fabulous Scan n Cut machine and the rest of the card was coloured with pencils.</div>
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I used Loft Conversion for this summery feel card. As you can see it is very versatile as my first card shows it as a spooky Halloween house.</div>
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My last card for these samples is made with La Maison which I coloured with polychromus pencils and Distress inks.</div>
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Thanks for taking a peek. There are more Kim Moody designs on the Design Team blog, so why don't you click <a href="http://chocolatebaroque.blogspot.com/2018/10/kim-moody-collection.html" target="_blank">here</a> and take a look.</div>
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Julie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617071058298576689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509726387917802116.post-5047025314190982242018-09-24T12:20:00.001+01:002018-09-24T12:20:34.178+01:00Indian Textiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello, just a quick post to show a couple of cards made with Chocolate Baroques Indian inspired stamp sets.</div>
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My first card is a very quick card. I inked up the larger decorative stamp from <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/indian-textiles-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html" target="_blank">Indian Textiles</a> with Crimson Versafine ink and stamped 5 designs on the DL card in landscape style. I then filled in the gaps with the smaller design from the same set. The sentiment is from Paisley Elephant, which I stamped onto spare card, cut out and then mounted onto the finished card.</div>
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My second card has been stamped with <a href="https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/indian-elephantindian-textiles-unmounted-rubber-stamp-multi-buy-a5.html" target="_blank">Indian Elephant and Indian Textile</a> and despite it looking quite layered this is all one piece of card. I used sticky notes to mask areas off to create the layered look and coloured with pencils and Distress inks.</div>
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Hello, thanks for popping in. The cards I have on the blog today have been designed using the Scan n Cut. The grid design is a set template in the machine so even easier...</div>
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The first card was stamped with Nature's Paisley from Chocolate Baroque. I stamped the leafy design onto the yellow and orange card-stock squares and then arranged them in a grid design. The decorative leaf was stamped and embossed, twice in black and once in gold, before cutting out and arranging onto the card with garden string and a button from my stash.</div>
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The second card is stamped with Paisley Elephant from Chocolate Baroque. The yellow template was cut on the scan n cut and placed over the stamped paisley background. The elephant was stamped and then coloured with pencils before being cut out and attached to the front with 3d glue gel.</div>
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