Challenge 30

• Hi! Today marks the start of a brand new colour challenge over on Chocolate Baroque's Challenge Blog

Here is my card made with the new Challenge colours along with using the rather fab Diamante Delights stamp set. I inked up the little thistle design with the darker pink ink and stamped all around the outside edge of the card. I then over stamped it with the lighter pink colour. 

I applied Shabby Shutters Distress ink in the centre of the card and used the edge of a piece of card as a guide to create the straight edge design. I then stamped one of the larger flower designs onto water-colour card and water coloured with brush-markers, then cut it out and mounted onto the base card with foam pads.

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Baroque Bracelet With Matching Gift Box

Hi, thanks for popping by. Today I am sharing a bracelet I made from a wooden lolly stick and a matching gift box.

I stamped directly onto the lolly stick (or tongue depressor) with the Baroque Orchid stamp that I had inked with green Staz-on. Next you need to place your stamped sticks into boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes and then turn the heat off and leave them to soak for a further 30 minutes. Remove the sticks and bend them into shape. Place them into a jar, or something similar to hold their shape as they need to dry for about 24 hours.

When dried, punch a hole in each end of the lolly stick with a crop-o-dile, apply gold gilding wax to the edges and then cover the entire bracelet with a coat of acrylic wax. Once dry, thread some beads onto cord and attach to the bracelet by threading through your pre punched holes and tie securely.

The box has been coloured with Distress inks and stamped with the Baroque Orchid which I had inked with green Staz-on as before. Once dry, assemble the box, apply gold gilding wax to the edges and finish off with some ribbon. I cut this box on my Scan N Cut, but you can easily make a two piece box that you created on a score board.

Thanks for looking

Julie xx

Faux Candles

Hello, Christmas is fast approaching so if you need a quick handmade decoration here is an idea that doesn't take very long to make. It is made with Chocolate Baroque's Winter Edges.

So the first picture shows the candles without being lit and the second with an added tea light.

Stamp your chosen design along the bottom of a piece of copier paper using Onyx Black Versafine and cut to the desired height of your candle. The trees have been coloured with brush markers and I used Pan pastels in blues, greys and yellows for the backgrounds. Remove excess Panpastel with a tissue before covering with Versafine ink, or any other clear embossing ink, before then adding clear embossing powder and heating with a heat gun. If you haven't got a nice smooth finish then repeat the embossing process for a second time.

Cut a piece of acetate to the same size as your copier paper, fold the cut acetate to form a cylinder and staple into place. Wrap your candle design around the acetate and secure with double sided tape. Finish the edges of the candle with silver Distress paint and then place over a lit battery operated tea light.

Thanks for popping in and hope to see you again soon

Julie xx

Walled Garden

Hello, me again. Just a quick post to share another couple of cards that have appeared on Chocolate Baroque's Design Team blog.

My first card is created with the Walled Garden cling stamp. I simply stamped the image with Black Onyx Vesafine and then water coloured with brush markers. There is a little bonus tree stamp that comes with this design, so I stamped it through the archway so it looks like the path leads to another garden.

This card has been created with Another Brick in the Walled Garden and as before I water coloured with brush markers. I decided to reflect the wall element of the design and mounted the image onto a stencilled wall. There is a little bonus foliage stamp that comes with this stamp, so I added it around the stencilled wall and finished off with dabs of Crystal Stickles.

Autumn Heart

Hello. I have a cute little tag made with Chocolate Baroque's Woodland Edges to show you today.

I coloured the tag with Distress inks before stamping the solid row of leaves 3 or 4 times on a slight angle. Next I cut a heart and it's shadow on the Scan n Cut before stamping the heart with the naked, winter tree. The heart topper was coloured with Distress inks and finished off with white pen highlights.

3 little die cut leaves were added with 3D foam and I finished the tag off with some beaded string, tied in a bow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julie xx

Chocolate Baroque Challenge 29

Hi there, it is week 2 over on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge blog, so why don't you enter, still plenty of time and there is a chance of a prize as always.

As you can see the Challenge colours have been kept very Autumnal, so I decided to go with a simple leaf design taken from the Butterfly Dreams set. I coloured directly onto the stamp with brush markers and pressed onto the card. I started by making a border around the edge of the card and then moved to the centre to fill in a smaller square area. Once the leaves were all stamped I added touches of Old Paper and Walnut Stain Distress ink before mounting the sentiment and adding it to the centre of the card.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you again soon.

Julie xx

Butterfly Frame

Hello there! I have neglected my poor blog for a while but have decided to start posting my Chocolate Baroque Design Team projects. Usually I just post them on the Design Team blog, however I have had a look through some of my projects and thought they would brighten up my little ole blog...lol

I made this frame over a year ago, but it's a really quick and easy present idea. The picture frame was painted with Gesso and then dry brushed with cerise pink acrylic paint. The main image is a background stamp from Chocolate Baroque that I have stamped 4 times to build up a bigger design. The butterflies are again CB stamps that I coloured with Peacock Feather and Picked Raspberry Distress ink and added a glittered flame around the edge.

Thanks for popping in

Julie xx

Autumn

Hello, just a quick post to share a card I recently posted on Chocolate Baroque's blog.

The card is stamped with the Fantasy Woodland set, which is becoming one of my all time favourites from CB. The centre tree was stamped with brush markers painted directly onto the stamp and the leaves around the design were stamped with Distress ink, along with the swirly detail, which is actually another tree from the same set.

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Gelli Art

Hello, thanks for popping in. Thought I would add a post to show what I made in a fantastic workshop with John Bloodworth. I spent a really lovely day at The Mulberry Bush in Thatcham, at the weekend playing with lots of paints, stamps and stencils along with the fabulous Gelli Plate.

I have been the owner of a Gelli Plate for quite a long time, however I have never really used it properly, so I was so pleased when I found out that John's workshop would be all about the Gelli Plate. For those of you that don't know, John Bloodworth (aka Gentleman Crafter) is spending a full year travelling the country in his camper van, running workshops, all for charity. The charity he is working for is Mind and it does brilliant work helping people affected with mental illness.

You can catch up with all of John's work, here

I met some lovely ladies on Saturday and we all had great fun getting to grips with the Gelli Plate. We spent the morning creating loads of background papers, before assembling our MDF boxes. Then after lunch we set about covering them in the Gelli designs that we had created.

Really pleased with how my boxes turned out. Can't wait to have another play.

Thanks for stopping by

Julie xx

Colour Challenge 28

Hello and thanks for stopping by. Today marks the start of the second week for Challenge 28 over on Chocolate Baroque's Challenge Blog

The card I have created uses the fantastic Sketchy Doodles Landscape stamp set. The main image was stamped onto water-colour card, before being water-coloured with brush markers.I cut a frame from blue card on my Scan n Cut and over stamped with the fancy corner and stylised roses.

As you can see the base card has been stamped with the roses and corner, coloured with brush-markers and and then Antique Linen Distress ink applied to blend it altogether.

Thanks for popping in and hope to see you again soon.

Julie xx

Recycled Photo Frame

Hi lovely people, thanks for popping in. This piece of home decor started out as an old photo frame, but I stamped onto a selection of Tando twinchies and inchies and glued them to the front of the frame, to try and transform the tatty frame into something a bit more special.

 

The heart in the centre is ultra think embossing enamel. I placed a metal heart cookie cutter over a Chocolate Baroque stamp and poured in the molten utee. Let it set for a few minutes and you have yourself a handmade embellishment. The stamp sets used are Gothic Fragments and Mini Scripts

Thanks for looking.

Julie xx

Colour Challenge 27

Hello, today marks the start of week 3 over on Chocolate Baroque's Challenge Blog

This is the card I made, taking the large bloom from the Sketchey Doodle flower stamp set and mounting on top of a stencilled background. I used a selection of blue Distress inks and the pale blue/green came from a Juniper coloured, Adirondack ink pad.

Thanks for popping in, it's much appreciated

Julie xx