Are You Having A Giraffe...!

Hi, thanks for popping in.

This is the card I made for my daughter’s birthday today. The stamp set used is from Pink Ink Designs https://pinkinkpatterns.patternbyetsy.com/ and inside the sentiment reads “Are you having a giraffe,” which I thought was appropriate for a lockdown birthday.

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie xx

Venus Fly Trap

Hi, thanks for popping in, today I have something a bit different to show you...

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.

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.

Hopefully the show will go on very soon......

Thanks for looking

Julie xx

Nearly Spring...?

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?

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Floral Blueprints

Hello, thanks for stopping by.

Here are a couple of cards that I made for a recent Chocolate Baroque show on Hochanda TV.

These blueprint designs went down a storm with the viewers and sold out 2 or 3 times over.

Hugs 

Julie xx

Needle Felting

Hi, thanks for stopping by. I was given a needle Felting kit for Christmas. This is a brand new craft for me and was eager to have a go...

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

Julie xx

Happy New Year

Hello! Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by.

I have two bird themed cards to kick off the new year. Both cards have been stamped with Chocolate Baroque's Steampunk Birds

Hope you had a lovely Christmas and this coming year is full of fun, love and kindness.

Hugs

Julie xx

The Art Of Chess

Hello, thanks for popping in.

This card has been stamped using The Art of Chess from Chocolate Baroque. 

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. 

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie xx

Musical Chess

Hello, thanks for popping in. I have two cards designed with Chocolate Baroque stamps.

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.

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.

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Happy Flower Day

Hello, today I have three cards stamped with Chocolate Baroque's Happy Flower Day and Celebration Bouquet stamp sets.

Both stamp sets were featured on Hochanda TV when Chocolate Baroque

showcased them in September.

All three cards have been stamped and then coloured with Polychromos pencils and Distress inks.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek

Julie xx

Poppy Cottage

Hello, today I have a stamp from Chocolate Baroque that has been designed by Kim Moody.

Kim has based his drawing on Judith's cottage, who is the Design Team Leader over at Chocolate Baroque, isn't it fab?

All stamped and coloured with Versafine, Distress ink and polychromus pencils.

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Christmas In August

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.

My first card just uses a couple of the little worker stamps from the main Christmas Garden.

My second card uses a mixture of the worker stamps, for the background, from Christmas Garden and the main image is from Christmas Circles.

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie xx

Rose and Thistle

Hello, thanks for popping in.

I have two cards, stamped with Chocolate Baroque's Rose and Thistle set.

Both cards have been coloured with Polychromus pencils and Distress inks.

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie xx

Woodland Delights

Hi there, thanks for stopping by.

Here are three cards stamped with Chocolate Baroque stamps that I made for one of their recent Hochanda TV shows.

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie xx

Chocolate Trio

Hello, thanks for popping by. I have badly neglected my blog again... I have to admit that I enjoy the making process but the taking pictures, uploading and then writing the projects up is a bit of a faff LOL!

Anyway, here are three cards that I have made for Chocolate Baroque TV shows that have been shown on Hochanda this year.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Julie xx

Up And Away...

Here is a super quick card made with the same balloon stamp used in my previous post.

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!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julie xx

Balloon Frame

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.

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.

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Haberdashery Mannequin

Hello, just a super quick card stamped with Chocolate Baroque's Haberdashery set

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.

Thanks for popping by

Julie xx 

Perfumery Collection

Hello, just popping in to share a couple of cards made with the recently launched Perfumery collection from Chocolate Baroque.

My first card is made with Butterfly Perfumery and has been coloured with Distress Stains

My second card has been stamped with Rose Perfumery and coloured with Polychromus pencils

Thanks for popping in to take a peek, it is much appreciated.

Julie xx

Quick Card

Hi, here is a quick post to show a quick card...

If quick cards are your thing then you can see more over on Chocolate Baroque's Design Team blog

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.

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Dawn Chorus

Hello and thanks for stopping by for my first post of 2019.

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.

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie xx