Pink Auricula (by Jodie)

Good morning everyone.

The month of August has flown by. Hard to believe that this is my third and final project as this month's Guest Design Team member. It's been wonderful.

 

We're going to end with the flower theme and colouring with Distress Inks. 

Supplies:

Stamps- Loving Sentiments Rubber Stamp Sheet - A5, Auricula Script

Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Dried Marigold, Twisted Citron, Worn Lipstick

Ranger Archival Ink- Jet Black

White cardstock, dark pink & pink cardstock

Waterbrush- Detailer tip

Double sided foam tape

Gold cardstock

Corner punch

Gold sticker strips 

 

Stamp the image onto white cardstock with Archival ink.

Taking the Distress ink pad, Picked Raspberry, smush it onto a non stick surface.

Then pick up the colour with your waterbrush and begin painting in your image.

Start with your lightest colour, let dry slightly, then come in with your darker colours for contrast.

In order to get deeper colours, use less water, to blend, add more water.

If you feel you've got too much water, simply dab with a paper towel. 

You may have to go over certain areas a few times to create depth of colour.

Once piece is dry, fussy cut out image, leaving a small border.

Cut white cardstock to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (13.97cm x 21.59cm) and fold in half.

Cut a piece of pink cardstock to 4"x 5 1/4" (10.16cm x 13.34cm). Punch corners with corner punch, and add gold strips of stickers for interest.

Cut two strips of dark pink cardstock, one 1/4" x 5 1/4" (.60cm x 13.34cm), and the other one 3/4" x 5 1/4" (1.90cm x 13.34cm) and attach to middle of pink layer. Attach to front of card.

Attach image to card front with foam tape.

Stamp saying with Archival ink onto white cardstock, trim and mat with gold cardstock. Use corner punch to punch corners of saying and attach to card.

Thank you for stopping by and remember to check out all the new stamps and wonderful colouring mediums.

A stepper and using gold relief paste (by Rachel)

Hello there! Rachel here with a couple of cards from the September shows. The first is made using the auricula script stamp and one from the floral edges set. The card is a ready made stepper that I decorated using distress inks then added the auricula stamp as a topper.

In this second one I used the gold soft form relief paste on the birdcage collage. I love this stuff - you just spread it on, wait around 24 hours then once dry, peel it off! I have used the decorative edges stamp at the base of the card and stamped in flitterglu and added flake. I think the two techniques compliment each other.

I hope you have enjoyed these two makes and I look forward to sharing more with you next month.

Hugs Rachel x

Red Tag (by Magda)

Hello, it is time for my last post of October.
I used for these two projects some of the stamps Lesley featured in September on Hochanda.

I stamped Auricula Script with Versamark , embossed it hot with gold Embossing Powder and coloured all around with a light coat of red Distress Ink Pad, while I stenciled roses with more colour on the background. This let the Auricula flower stand out quite well on the tag.

For the Journaling Page I stamped with Versafine Onyx Black,  Butterfly Dress.
I used a very saturated watercolour Brusho to highlight the flowers and the butterflies of the dress in contrast to the pale Background.

Thank you for passing by. 

Magda

auricula (by Veronica)

 Two versions today using the auricula script stamp from Chocolate Baroque - I have never been a fan of this particular flower, but a lot of gardeners seem to be, though I do like the script background on the stamp!

The background card blank was randomly stamped using the unmounted stamp and just inking up the flowers.
Image was stamped onto white card using versamark and gold embossing powder, then coloured using brusho powders.
I ran the red ink pad used for the background stmaping round the edges of the trimmed card before adding a bit of spotty ribbon and mounting onto the background.




For the second card the image was stamped with black versafine and embossed with clear powder, and this time I used watercolour paints to colour the leaves and flowers, aiming for a more masculine feel.

Auricula Script (By Marga)

Hello everyone, today it's my turn to show you a card I made.

I stamped the image with Versafine Onyx Black and coloured it with Distress Ink.

The stamp I used is: Auricula Script.

Hugs 

Marga

Pastel Auricula (by Julie)

Hello, today I have a card in pastel tones that I have stamped with  Decorative Edges and Auricula Script

I inked up the border from Decorative Edges with grey Versafine ink and stamped around the edges of a piece of stamping card. Masking tape was used to create a mitre in each corner so the stamp design doesn't overlap. I then applied a pink dye based ink over the stamped border before mounting onto black card stock that has been cut slightly smaller than the base card, allowing a tiny border of white to show through.

The Auricula Script was then inked up with grey Versafine and stamped onto spare card-stock and coloured with Polychromus pencils. The edges of the design were inked with Hickory Smoke Distress ink before being mounted onto the base card with 3d foam pads.

Many thanks for stopping by and please be sure to call back for daily Design Team inspiration.

Julie xx

Florals Contrasted (by Zoe)

Good morning Lovelies and welcome to my first post this month.

Today I'm sharing two of my samples that were featured last month on Hochanda with these beautiful Script flowers They can, as I've done just have them as a stand alone, or cut bits out and decoupage etc., so versatile.

So my first card I used an Inky background paper I had in my stash, heat embossed in black and coloured using Vintage colour Sparkle Brush Pens.

My second was again another inky background which I created by layering up Distress Oxides drying between layers. Once completely dry, I heat embossed with white embossing powder and coloured in with watercolour markers.

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments, it means a lot.
Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

Butterfly garden by Brenda

Good morning Peeps. Brenda here with some more inspiration using the lovely stamps Lesley showcased on Hochanda last month.

My first creation is one using lolly sticks which I glued together to form a stamping case and then coloured with Acrylic Paint after fixing a masked sun in place. Next I stamped the beautiful Butterfly Dress image and stamped her again a few more times so I could decoupage her dress. Using one of the stamps from Floral Edges I added some leaves across the bottom to ground her. Next I coloured everything including the additional flowers and Butterflies and built up her skirt adding a few more flying around her garden.

The next one below features Auricula Script which I stamped onto cardstock coloured with Distress Oxides and heat embossed with Lapis Lazulite embossing crystals. The sentiment strip across the bottom is from Amazing Mackintosh Words.

Some more inkiness with the next one using Distress Oxides and the harlequins from Decorative Edges to create a background and I was fairly liberal with the water spritzed onto the inked stamp to achieve a rather messy and random finish and then inked the edges and heat embossed with detail copper powder. I used the same inks to create a background for the Lady's Slipper Orchid image, stamped with Versamark and used the same embossing powder and bleached out the colour from the bloom.

The background on the next one was a bit of an experiment using a piece of kitchen tissue and alcohol inks to create a background. I then stamped Birdcage Collage with Versafine black and added a little white highlighting.

Thank you so much for popping in today, myself and my team mates always appreciate your kind comments.