Paisley Elephant

Hi there, thanks for stopping by. I needed to make a card for a special friend to let her know I was thinking of her and she also happens to adore elephants. After looking through my stash I found this Paisley Elephant set that came from Chocolate Baroque, however I think this actual set has sadly been discontinued. If you are after an elephant themed stamp set though, Chocolate Baroque do have an Indian Elephant set just here

This card has been stamped with Versafine ink and water-coloured with brush markers.

Just a little heads up that there will be some competitions and give-aways this month over on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team blog, so don't forget to keep popping in to see what's going on.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julie xx

Colour Challenge 21

Hello! Today marks the start of the second week over at Chocolate Baroque Challenge blog.

As you can see the colours are purples and greens so I chose to create a card using Honeysuckle Butterfly, which is one of my favourite CB sets.

I applied my water-brush markers direct to the stamp so that I could get the purple and green all in one stamp application. To make it look more like a watercolour I spritzed the stamped images with water and dabbed with some kitchen towel so the card did not become too wet.

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie xx

Steam Punk Birds

Hi, thanks for stopping by. Just thought I would share a card I made for the Chocolate Baroque Design Team blog.

It is made using the Steam Punk Birds set and the Studded Lattice Background stamp, which I have coloured with Distress inks and watercolour. If you would like more details you can find them here

See you again soon

Julie xx

Happy Mother's Day

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Just remembered that my blog has been a tad neglected so thought I would wake it up with a quick share of the card I made for my Mother In Law.

The trellis design in the background is from Chocolate Baroque and the rest of the stamps are courtesy of Sheena Douglass including the main flower design. 

The flowers are meant to be Sweet Peas but I think they look more like Pansies.......anyway I think you can tell they are flowers. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for popping in!

Julie xx

Colour Challenge 20

Hi, today marks the start of a brand new Colour Challenge over at Chocolate Baroque, so here is the card and colour inspiration,

The card I have created simply uses the Daisy Ring Centre cling mounted stamp.

I stamped the daisy with Onyx Black Versafine and created a mask. This is so that I could place it over my original flower before stamping the remaining 3 flowers and not show the overlap. I have coloured with Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens and then mounted onto black card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will give the Colour Challenge a go!

Julie

Harlequin Bouquet

Hi, just a quick post to share a card made with Chocolate Baroque's brand new Harlequin Bouquet stamp.

I stamped and water-coloured the main image before cutting out as an oval using my Scan n Cut and then mounted onto a red card-stock oval. The background is from the Floral Eggs set and Harlequin Fragments

Hope you are all having a lovely Valentines day

Hugs

Julie xx

For My Valentine

Hello. Thought I would show a card idea for Valentine's Day that is fast approaching.

It is stamped using Chocolate Baroque's Punky Romance set and coloured with Pan Pastels and water-colour brush-markers.

I started by inking up the cog stamp with Versamark and stamping around the base card before carefully applying red and black Pan Pastel with a large soft bristle brush, remember to brush off the excess and then spray with fixative.

Next I inked up the flying heart stamp with Watering Can Archival ink and stamped onto the centre of the card and 3 times onto spare white stamping card. 

I coloured the layers of wings with the brush-markers and then layered up onto the main card with 3d glue gel.

The Love sentiment was stamped with Onyx Black Versafine and white highlights were added to the background and sentiment.

Thanks for looking!

Julie xx

Colour Challenge 19

It's the start of a new week over on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog and this is the colour inspiration for this month:

This is my take on the Challenge. I have used the Song Thrush stamp as the main image, a small flower from the Fresh Blooms for decoration in the background and the sentiment is from Mackintosh Sentiments.

The card is very simple, I stamped all of the images with Sepia Versafine and coloured with watercolour pens. The background is Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade and Tea Dye Distress ink and I have used some scrap green card as an extra layer.

Many thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Flower Lady Part 2

Hi! Here is a very quick post just showing another version of the card I posted the other day. A selection of various stamps from my stash, along with a Crafters Workshop face template and then all coloured with Pan Pastel and Polychromos pencils.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon.

Julie xx

Flower Lady

Hi folks, can't believe we are two weeks into the new year and this is my first post, so I will whisper "Happy New Year" as it's way too late......My mojo has definitely gone walkies, but hopefully not too far as I would love to get cracking on some new projects. 

I created this card using Inkadinkadoo stamps and a Crafters Workshop stencil that I found in the Chocolate Baroque sale.

I started by inking through the face stencil onto white card, followed by stamping the "hair" with the Inkadinkadoo hibiscus flower stamp. I coloured with Polychromos pencils and added three die cut flowers to add a bit of dimension. The face and background were coloured with Pan Pastels and then I stamped the Inkadinkadoo bird around the background. I used a rubber to remove some of the Pan Pastel to make the lines around the face and of course finished with generous blobs of Crystal Stickles.

Many thanks for stopping by

Julie x

Colour Challenge 18

Hello. Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. This is probably my last blog post for this year so I will wish you all a very happy new year and hope to see you all again in 2016!

Today marks week 3 over at the Chocolate Baroque Challenge blog so you still have time to enter.

Here is the colour inspiration:

And here is my card using the Challenge colours:

I have used the Dotty Centre Flower Head stamp along with the Thank You stamp from Mackintosh sentiments.

I have stamped onto self adhesive address labels and coloured with Festive Berries Distress ink, before adding white highlights with a Zig paint pen. If you want further details you can find them over at the Chocolate Baroque Challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie x

Merry Christmas

Hi ya! Like most people this time of the year I am quite busy getting ready for Christmas and sadly I have not had enough time to make new projects for my blog so I have decided to show a few festive cards that I made earlier in the year for when Chocolate Baroque released their Christmas stamps.

This card was stamped with the Welcome Home cling mounted stamp and coloured with Polychromos pencils

I love the Christmas Candle Light set that this card come from as you can build up festive backgrounds with the little holly leaf stamp

This card is a combination of Festive Candle Light and Sparkling Trees. I have built up the background from the small pine cone stamp and the central panel was stamped with the twiggy tree. All coloured with Polychromas pencils and Distress Inks

My last card is from Sparkling Trees. The background has been made with Aqua Tints and over stamped with Versafine. The decorative panel is Viva Crystal Gel that I spread onto a non stick craft sheet and when it was dry I peeled it off and coloured with alcohol inks.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon.

Julie x