Colour Challenge 23

Hi, thanks for popping in. Today marks the start of the second week over on Chocolate Baroque's Challenge Blog and here is the colour inspiration:

Here is my card made with this months challenge colours, which I may add, is not a particular favourite of mine but then some colours are easier to work with than others.

The background is Distress inks and a stencil and the stamped flowers are from Sunny Sunflowers

Hugs

Julie xx

Woodland Tree

 Just a quick post to share a card made with the Glade Create a Tree stamp from Chocolate Baroque. Lesley will be on the Craft Channel at 5:00pm today demoing Brushos along with this stamp and lots of other fantastic stamp designs.

I started this card by making a watercolour wash for the background, before stamping the tree and leaves. Next I dabbed white Gesso all around the edge and when it was dry I sponged over Hickory Smoke Distress ink. The cracks are from one of the clear stamp egg sets, also from Chocolate Baroque.

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

Colour Challenge 22

Hello and thank you for popping in. Just a quick card to share as it's the start of a brand new month over on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge blog. So why don't you have a look and join in, using these fab new colours.

Here is my little card created with the Honey Bee  set, which has been stamped with Versafine ink and water-coloured with brush markers.

I started by stamping the flower design in the middle of the card and then masked it off so that the honeycomb design could be stamped either side. I then stamped the rest of the bees and sentiments around the central design, before colouring. The card was finished off by matting onto coordinating card-stock and adding dabs of Crystal Stickles to the wings of all of the bees.

Thanks for looking and I would love it if you called back again soon.

Julie x

Clean And Simple

Hello! I have a super quick, 15 minute, clean and simple card to show you today. It has been stamped with Punky Flowers and the sentiment is from Amazing Birthday.

I took some spare stamping card and sponged Distress inks through the honeycomb stencil, before over-stamping with the silhouette flower design. I then cut to size and matted onto black card-stock before sticking to the front of my DL card blank. I then inked up the sentiment with Onyx Black Versafine and stamped the Just For You at the bottom of the card and finished off with dabs of Crystal Stickles. 

There is going to be a twice monthly feature over on the Chocolate Baroque Blog, featuring 15 minute, clean and simple cards, so why don't you pop over and have a look.

Spring Time

Thanks for popping in. Today I have a card made with the Chocolate Baroque Orchard stamp set. As there is a competition over on the Chocolate Baroque web site with Spring as it's theme I thought I would share my Spring themed card to perhaps give you a bit of inspiration as there is plenty of time for you to add your entry into the mix.

I started by creating a background with a wash of water colour for the sky and landscape on water colour card and then stamped the three trees with Sepia Versafine. The blossom was stamped with various pink toned Adirondack Die inks and dots of white marker pen were added for interest.

Thanks for taking a peek

Julie

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