F is For...By Debbie

It's time for my second visit to the Chocolate Baroque blog and more of my samples from the November Hochanda show. Chocolate Baroque launched 2 decorated initial stamps this month and here's the second one F is For and 3 samples with different looks and techniques.

This one has been stamped onto a mica sprayed background using Versafine black and I've added some colour to the flowers with water based pens. The image has been mounted onto black card and the 7 x 7 white card blank has been stamped with one of the butterflies from Butterfly Mind using grey ink.

 This one has been embossed with gold powder onto navy card and the flowers coloured with metallic pens. The A5 white card blank has been stamped with a worker stamp from Freedom Flower. 

The 3rd sample has been stamped onto white vellum with Brilliance Graphite Black and then the flowers coloured on the back with metallic pens. I have used clear foam pads and transfer foils to mask the pads which I have used to attach the vellum to some white card. To finish mount onto grey card, an embossed lilac piece and finally onto a white 5 x 7 card blank.

Here are the rest of my samples some of which didn't make it onto the show.

Freedom Flower, Butterfly Mind, O is For, Amazing Mackintosh Words

Butterfly Mind embossed with white powder on ivory vellum.

Butterfly Mind on a sprayed acrylic background

Butterfly Mind on a inked background 

 Butterfly Mind gold embossed on a card front and cut away on one side

Freedom Flower, Butterfly Mind and 

Small Graph Paper

That's all from me for this time and my last time on the Chocolate Baroque Design team as I've made the decision to concentrate on my own workshops and craft projects. I'll still be keeping up to date with Lesley and all the team so from me, bye for now! Debbie

Fabulous Trees

Hello
I am sharing some of the pieces I made for the Hochanda show in November.

My first cards are from the new collection of Chocolate Blocks. Each stamp set comes with a focal image and a couple of extras. My first card uses the F is for...stamp set, great for a small, simple card or as part of a larger one . This was coloured with watercolour pencils.

 My second card uses the O is for.... stamp set with the dictionary script. Again, I used my watercolour pencils.

For this card I used the small tree stamp that comes with O is for..... and stamped repeatedly using my stamp platform using a couple of shades of Distress Inks.

Next I used one of the White Board Trading Hearts and coloured with Distress Inks.  I then stamped the Remembrance Tree, along with one of the many words, and embossed with white Embossing powder.

Finally, I used the bridge scene from the Kingfisher Song set and masked off the lower left section before stamping with the  Harmony Tree set.

These are really beautiful stamps and I hope you are inspired,

Sandra xx

Rosy Embrace and Fancy Flora by Penny

Hello and good morning peeps, I hope you are all well and warm.  Can you believe we're in December already?!  I hope you're all a lot more ready than I am lol!  Anyway I have a couple of my samples from the CB tv shows last month to share with you today.

Rosy Embrace.

I have used stamps from the Freedom Flower, Small Graph Paper and Words to Dazzle and Sparkle sets, black Versafine ink, Distress inks, clear EP, Masking Tissue, pink glimmer spray. 

On a piece of white card I stamped the flower in black Versafine ink and embossed it with clear EP.  I masked the image with Masking Tissue and sprayed the card with a pink Glimmer Spray and let it dry.  I stamped and embossed the Small Graph image over the flower in black, then added the graph strip and some dot images using DIs.  I stamped and embossed a sentiment then blended DI around the edges of the panel before removing the mask.

I took some black card and cut it to size to create a border for the focal panel.  I stamped the graph strip and dots images around the edges of the black card using DI, attached the focal panel to it and then attached them both to a white base card.

Fancy Flora.

For my second project I have used stamps from the F is for..., Small Graph Paper, Butterfly Mind, Freedom Flower and  Classic Alphabet Lower Case sets, Distress Inks, Versamark ink, gold EP, and pearlescent paints from my stash.  On a piece of black card I stamped the F is for... image using Versamark ink and gold EP.  I then stamped the rest of the word and embossed it.  I stamped and embossed the small graph image across the card, and stamped and embossed the flowers on a spare piece of black card.  I did the same with the butterfly, then painted both images and the flowers on the letter.  I cut out the flowers and the butterfly.  I used gold pen around the edges of the focal panel and stamped the large dots image randomly in DI.  

I stamped the definition image onto a small piece of black card and embossed it in gold.  I then die cut it into a tag, stamped the smaller dots randomly using DI, used gold pen around the edges and added some ribbon.  I took an ivory base card and stamped the Freedom Flower and small dots randomly around the edges, then attached the focal panel and tag.  To complete this design I decoupaged the flowers and butterfly using 3D glue.
 

Thank you all for popping by today, I hope that you have found my post helpful and enjoyable.  I shall be back later this month with more crafty fun!

Take care all,

                            x x  Penny  xx