eastern dream (by Veronica)

 To me, this turret house stamp from Chocolate Baroque looked very Russian, so that is the effect i tried to get.
I stamped onto black card using versamark, heat and stick powder and gilding flakes, trimmed it down and mouinted straight onto a 7x7 white card blank with the sentiment stamped in black

 This one I coloured directly onto the stamp using distress pens, and stamped onto damp card. The colours spread to give a blurry image that was a bit too dreamy, so once it was dry I overstamped with black versafine -  as i used a stmping platform, there was no problem matching the images.

Sorry for the poor scan, this one was a DL size card.  Coloured again with the pens, and I just huffed onto the stamp to wake up the inks. It was a faint image, so I reinked the stamp again and stamped a second time to get a more definite image.

Spring into Summer by Penny

Goodly morning peeps, I hope you are all well.  I'm back again with my second post this month and I've chosen four mini projects to share with you today.  Last year Chocolate Baroque added blank calendars (Blank 2019 Calendar/Planner) to their range and I decorated several for Christmas presents and one for myself.  

For the first project I have used stamps from the ButterflyDaisy Collage set, Distress Ink, purple Versafine ink, alcohol pens and a stencil from my stash.  I stamped a large collage image in the center of the picture area, then stamped a couple of daisies and butterflies.  I used alcohol pens to colour all the images.  I then used a stencil and DI to create the background.

For this one I used stamps from the Steampunk Travel  and Steampunkery sets, metalic paints, Distress Inks, alcohol pens and a couple of masks from my stash.  I stamped several images using black Versafine and embossed them with clear powder.  I used paints, inks and pens to colour them, using metalic paints for the metal parts.  I then used the stencils with a DI to create a back ground.

This project uses stamps from the Underwater Kingdom and Seadragon sets, Distress Ink, Koh-I-Noor paints, black Versafine ink, clear EP and a stencil from my stash.    I began by stamping and embossing all the images and then painting them.  I took a stencil from my stash and applied DI through it to give the picture a watery background.

For this month I decided to go sunny and hot!  (Well I can dream can't I?)  I used stamps from the Indian Elephant and Paisley Elephant sets, Distress inks, black Versafine ink, clear EP and a gold pen.  I stamped and embossed the elephants first then masked them.  I then stamped and embossed the Palace silhouette image between the elephants, and stamped it again in second generation ink.  I then stamped a script image repeatedly across the page and used one of the worker stamps to fill any spaces in the background.  I used a black fine liner pen to ground the Palaces and the elephants then removed the masks and coloured in the elephants.
 

Thank you for dropping by today, I hope you have found my little collection enjoyable!  I'll be back again next month with more craftiness to share with you  :) 


                                 xx  Penny  xx

A Trio of House Projects (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I am sharing a few projects today showcasing the beautiful stamps that we shared on last month's TV shows on Hochanda. These lovely house stamps designed by Sue Page were such a delight to work with, and demonstrate, as always, Sue's eye for detail and her talent as a designer. We celebrated Sue's wonderful work during these shows, and she will be sadly missed. Her artwork will continue to be appreciated through your projects and creativity.

My first project is a colourful street created using the Dutch House stamp set. I stamped the image several times, masking the image to enable me to add the subsequent images slightly behind the first central image. I also added some background foliage by stamping a tree from Trees A Crowd. I coloured the background using Distress Ink, then set to colouring the houses with pencils.

For my second project, I stamped the Bridge House onto a piece of scrapbook paper using Archival Ink, and coloured it with pencils. I stamped foliage from Silhouette Grasses onto an Acrylic Tag using Archival Ink and allowed this to dry completely. I covered the paper with Matte Medium and stuck it to the tag.

My final project was a TV demo, showing how to create a project with just three colours. I used some Koh-I-Noor acrylic paints to splatter across a piece of kraft card to create a very quick background. I then stamped the Turret House onto a piece of watercolour paper and coloured the image using the same three colours of paint; red, blue and yellow, mixing them to create orange, purple, brown and grey, by simply adding a little bit of one of the colours each time.

Thanks for stopping by,

Judith xx

Quirky structures part 1 by Zoe

Goood morning Lovelies and welcome to my first post this month featuring these fabulous quirky buildings.

I hope you managed to tune in to Hochanda a watch our fabulous Lesley and Judith demo, weren’t they great?

My first card I brayered neon acrylic paints onto Hopsack texture card, added an abstract stencil from my stash and wiped away using a damp cloth, simple stamping using Versafine Claire ink - Nocturn.

My second card, I used a stamp press to position my stamp first, then using Watercolour card I coloured the stamp using Watercolour markers, huffed on it and stamped down, keeping the stamp on the press, I removed the card and sprites with water to move the ink, once dry I returned the card to the press in the exact position as before, inked up with Versafine Claire - Nocturn ink and over stamped.

Thank you for spending your time to visit, hope you will continue to visit through the month and see what the other DT members have produced.

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

Joy flower by Brenda

Good morning, Brenda here with a few shares but sadly not of the work I made for Lesley's recent shows which featured lots of lovely quirky house stamps..........in my rush to get my samples posted off to Chocolate Baroque HQ before we left for our holiday I totally forgot to take photos! So instead I am sharing a few older creations which had not been blogged.

The card above featured the lovely bloom from Floral Delight, stamping the entire image onto a die cut circle and colouring in the blooms with some watery ink flicked onto the background. I then masked the flower and repeat stamped the words to create a side panel, again flicking watery ink onto the piece to carry the colours.

The image I used for this one is a favourite from the Thistle/Honeysuckle Butterfly stamp multi-buy, stamped with Versafine black and coloured in, DI's used around the image and then placed behind a die cut frame with foam used to raise the top panel. The sentiment is from my all time favourite CB sentiment set Words of Inspiration.

Update: This original post was scheduled but feeling rather guilty about my oversight I found time the other day to create another couple of cards using some of the quirky house stamps which this post should have been all about! The background on the above one has been created with Distress Inks and masks, then stamping the Dutch, Italian and Turret Houses in Versafine Clair and colouring in with pens.

And I had to do one using Kim Moody's Poppy Cottage which is Judith's house, I have kept it pretty simple, a Poppy background to compliment the name of the cottage, stamped the cottage with Versafine black and added just a little cottage to draw the eye. This was a limited edition stamp run, but when last I looked there were still a few available on the web site.

Many thanks for your visit today and kind words, myself and the team always appreciate your encouragement.

Russian Floral Coaster (by Carole)

Hello everyone, todays sees the first of three posts in September by our Guest Design Team member Carole Cann. Carole has created a delightful piece of home decor for your inspiration.

Carole writes:

Hello everyone, I am delighted to be here again for my September Guest Designer slot.

We all have stamps in our stash that we look at and think I must do somethink with that, as I haven't used it for ages. So I have done just that for my projects this time.
I have been meaning to make this first project for ages so what better time than now. I have used the Russian Floral Egg stamp, which I think is a really pretty design.
I made it to be a large coaster, the button is flush with the edge of the hearts.

Products used: Russian Floral Egg stamp, five 8cm wooden hearts, one 12cm circular shape to mount them onto, black Brilliance inkpad, clear embossing powder, Distress Inks to colour or watercolour pencils, Glossy Accents.

Stamp the design and immediately cover with clear embossing powder. I find it easier to ink the stamp up and place the heart onto it so you can see exactly where it is positioned. Heat emboss, being aware that the wood gets surprisingly hot. Colour the flowers and leaves.

Put Glossy Accents over the coloured areas and leave to dry thoroughly.

When the Glossy Accents is dry, colour the background. It doesn't matter if you go over the glossed areas as any gaps in the Glossy Accents will pick up the colour, giving a slightly distressed look. I then sanded around the edge lightly.

I coloured the centre of the circle before sticking the hearts in place with a good quality PVA glue. The centre will make a star shape and I found a lovely, conveniently sized, button to put in the centre. I sprayed the whole thing with a matt varvish to help protect it.
I think this would be lovely with a more Christmassy design on it, as a candle holder. Must work on that.
I have a couple of other ideas using this stamp on my blog post. Hope you'll visit.

Thank you.

See you next time, Carole.

Autumn fantasy (by Miranda)

Hello fans of Chocolate Baroque,

Here I am with my 3rd post working with the great stamp sheet ' Folk Art Garden'. I stamped the Folk art garden stamp using a brown colour onto the background. I die cut a large circle out of this background. Then I colored with color pencils for some accents.

But the circle was too large for my card so I did die cut a smaller circle and use the left over piece also. 

Than used a bit of my imagination and stamped some ' dangles' at the bottom of the circle and a flower from the sheet in the circle.........anyway I had a fun time thinking of what to do.......I gave accents with some glitter pens on the ' dangles'.

I embossed the butterfly twice and colored it with watercolor markers, than decoupaged it and attached them to the card....

You can find the ' dangle' stamp on the ' Wisteria' stamp sheet. There is a small and large one on the sheet.

close up to see some shimmer accents........

And here again all tree Autumn posts together, always love these vibrant warm colors!

Well, this was my last post for this guest design episode but I will certainly be back for more in time........I am working on one which has a lot of coloring....will show it soon!

Thanks for your kind comments and till next time,