ATC collection - by Magda

 Good morning,

sometimes it is really pleasant for me to do ATCs and Chocolate Baroque has a lot of small stamps that match perfectly for this purpose.

I used for theses 6 ATCs :

White Cardstock cut in ATC size, Distress Ink Pads,   Archival black, stencils, white and silver embossing paste, white pen, stickles,  and of course the beautiful stamps

Fantasy Castle,  May Fairy,  Wild Meadow and Words to Dazzle & Sparkle

Thank you for passing by, hugs

Magda

Sentiments and Midnight Tags- (by Magda)

Hello everyone,
The sentiments, you can find on the new stamp of Chocolate Baroque  "Turret House", inspired my journaling page for this month as well as 3 Tags.

For my page I used :  white gesso, Distress Paint acrylic colours, drawing pencil, Archival Ink Jet Black, Turret House stamp and Fantasy Castles stamp. The Turret House stamp and decoupage are colored with Faber Castel Art Grip Aquarelle pencils 

Midnight Tags
The three new houses stamps. Dutch House, Bridge House, and Italian House reflect their lights through the sentiments in the dark night. To make this trilogy I used besides the house stamps, black tags, Versamark Ink Pad, Mica, Archival Ink Jet Black, Brusho,  Glitter and a ribbon.

What shall I propose you next time with these gorgeous stamps ?  I will meet you on the 23rd, so please save the date,  hugs

Magda 

Decorative Milk Cartons (by Gerrina)

Hello everyone, today sees the last of our posts from our Guest Team member, Gerrina this month. She has created an inspirational project for you to try, in bright cheery colours.

Gerrina writes:

It is already time for the third and last of my Guest Design Team posts at Chocolate Baroque this month. This time, two boxes for a present in the shape of a milk carton. The first, a fresh and CAS one, the second one with a fantasy look.

Used Materials:

Stamps: Fuchsia
Die
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Inks- Twisted Citron, Spiced Marmelade, Wilted Violet
Others: Aquarel paper, blending tool, ribbon

Work process:

Cut the milk carton from aquarel paper and make a background with the blending tool and Distress Ink. Stamp the flowers with black ink and glue the milk carton together. Make a hole in the top and tie some ribbon through it.

Used Materials:

Stamps: Fantasy Castles
Die
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Ink- Salty Ocean, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Back Soot
Others: Aquarel and masking paper, blending tool, water brush, ribbon

Work process:

Cut the milk carton from aquarel paper and stamp the castles, trees and clouds. Mask the castles and sponge the background with Distress Ink and a blending tool. Remove the masks and colour the castles with Distress Ink Black Soot and a water brush. Make some black splatters using the Black Soot and water brush. Glue the milk carton together. Make a hole in the top and tie some ribbon through it.

Creatieve groetjes,

Gerrina

Thank you Gerrina for another fabulous project. Gerrina will be back again in a few months' time.

 

fantasy castles (by Veronica)

For my last post this month here are two cards using one of the stamps from fantasy castles, along with my favourite brusho powders.

They are both very simple cards, with the brusho background done first, then the image stamped using black versafine ink over a suitable part of  the background. I used A4 sheets of card for the backgrounds, and trimmed them down after stamping the castle -the spare unused bits always come in handy for other projects, so they are not wasted.

I used Lesley's brusho technique to colour in the trees and the domes - sprinkle the powder in the area you want to colour, then use a wet paintbrush with clean water to add the colour where you want it - brilliant for the trees, as you get all the different greens, and you just shake off any excess powder.
On the first card, I added an extra tree by stamping the tree on the left of the image again on the right, and on thesecond card I sponged hickory smoke distress ink through a stencil to create a foreground.

Woodland Fairy (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I am sharing my last Fairy project of the month with you today. I hope that you have enjoyed the beautiful projects that the Design Team have brought to you this month using these lovely stamps.

I have created my project using Pan Pastels for the background, adding stamps from the Fantasy Castle stamp set initially in the back of the picture, and then I added images from the Design a Tree collection to create a forest effect. I used coloured ink to add the little flowers to the trees, and a deeper shade of Pan Pastel to ground the trees, so that they did not float in mid air.

I stamped the fairy from the Spring Fairy collection onto a separate piece of card, and coloured the image with pencils, before cutting it out and adhering it to the background.

Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx

Fairy Bookmarks (by Magda)

Hello
Everyone likes fairy tales, the children who listen to them and moms who read them. So I thought, that a nice bookmark would be very useful and a good friend between the pages of the "Goodnight Fairy Tales" book.
For this collection I used the the following products you can find on the Chocolate Baroque website:

1.   A4 White Cardstock 250 gsm to cut into a bookmark size 5cm x 13.5 cm
2.   Distress Paints for the background and Distress Ink Pads for colouring
3.   Versafine Inkpad Onyx Black
4.   March Fairy rubber stamp set, Fantasy Castles rubber stamp set
5.   Stickles - Crystal
6.   Rayon Seam Binding 14 mm coloured with Distress Ink
7.  A light coat of Dina Wakley Media Gesso White at the end, on top of the left bookmark with the
     castle to obtain a foggy atmosphere

Have always fun in reading  Fairy Tales, and thank you for reading my post today.

Magda

fantasy castle (by Veronica)

The second of my samples for the shows last month uses one of the lovely images from the fantasy castles set of stamps - I have to admit these were far more my scene than the fairies!
This started out as playing with distress oxide ink pads on white card, without any idea where I was going. I thought that the palace stamp would fit, as it looked as if it was on a shore, and I already had a watery effect at the base of my very rough landscape. I stamped it with black versafine and clear embossed it before adding colour with brusho powders and watercolour pencils. The palace was stamped onto acetate with the versafine, turned over and  matched up with the original, rubbed firmly to transfer the image onto the watery area. It didn't transfer cleanly, but that didn't matter.
I added foliage from the tranquility stamp set using first and second generation stamping to frame the scene and give an impression of depth - it also toned down the rather bright sky!

Journaling Tag ( by Magda)

Journaling is very popular and I think you know already how to do it.
Well in this Giant Nr. 12 Manila Tag I mixed blending, stamping, colouring and doodling, using the following items:

Distress Ink Pad  ( instead of Dylusions Ink Spray) for the background
Dylusions Stencil 5" x 8" Dotted Flowers
March Fairy Rubber Stamp Sheet
May Fairy Rubber Stamp Sheet
Fantasy Castles Rubber Stamp Sheet
Floral Notes  ( for the sentiment)
Versafine Inkpad Satin Red
Versafine Inkpad Onyx Black
Stickles - Star Dust
White and Black Fineliner

I hope you liked the project I have proposed this week and have fun in creating your Tag.

Magda

Fairy Door (by Penny)

Hello everyone, today sees the first of three visits this month from Penny Butler, one of our regular Guest Design Team members. Penny created this fabulous project for our recent TV shows on Hochanda, and she is sharing her creative process with us on the blog today.

Penny writes:

Hello, I'm Penny and it's my pleasure to be Guest Designer this month. I have three projects for you, this is the first.

I used stamps from the Spring Fairy Collection and Fantasy Castles, Aztec paints, glitter and an embossing folder from my stash. I stamped and embossed the fairies and some floral images onto the card, coloured them and cut them out. I stamped a castle onto another piece of card, masked it, created a background, and then painted the castle. The background panel was trimmed and attached to the back of the doorway, then I added an embossed panel to that. The fairies were decoupaged onto the front of the piece.

For more details, head over to Penny's blog.

Thank you so much Penny, for sharing your project with us today. We look forward to seeing another creation from Penny next week.

Fantasy Castle (by Asha)

Good morning, friends! I have a simple card to share with you today featuring a stamp from the Fantasy Castles A5 sheet. This set is packed with several lovely castles taken straight out of your favourite fairy tale.

I didn't want to fuss with it too much because this card is all about that magical castle. I stamped a background design with a stamp from Texture Fragments just to make the image pop and used alcohol markers to colour. To finish, a light dusting with Distress Ink around the edges.

Thank you for stopping by and drop in soon for more designs by the team!

Beijinhos,
Asha

Welcome to Fairyland (posted by Claire)

Good morning folks, today I'm sharing one of the samples I made for Lesley's Spring Fairy shows on Hochanda. I love all the gorgeous stamps in the Chocolate Baroque range but I have to confess that the fairy stamps are a particular favourite so I really enjoyed making this project.

I began with some corrugated card, misted with water to remove the top laer and then applied white gesso roughly to the surface. Once that was dry I dripped acrylic paint in shades of blue and green here and there. To make the scene I stamped the two castles with black Stazon (the top one is from Magical Landscapes and the bottom one from Fantasy Castles). Next I painted in the background quite loosely using watered down acrylic paint, blotting the sky with a tissue to life some paint and create a cloudy effect. To make the waterfall I just continued straight down where the stamped image ends and added a mix of blue and green paint. Once that was all dry I added detail to the scene with coloured pencils and used a white pen to add detail to the waterfall. 

Next I stamped the fairy (from May Fairy and Pegasus (from April Fairy) and glittered the wings with some glamour dust. I glued the scene to the card and added some ribbon and embellishments to finish off. 

I hope you're enjoying the Spring Fairies as much as we are. Thanks for visiting today

Claire xx

Decoration for a children room (by Magda)

Hello everyone,  are you enjoying the stamps of the month?
The collections of Chocolate Baroque stamps: Spring Fairy Collection, Fantasy Castles and Magical Landscapes are really beautiful and  you can use them in several ways.
Therefore, tales, castles and fairies made me think about making a decoration for a child's room.

Step by Step :
1.  Take a round metal lid  and cover it with gesso
2.  Colour the dry gesso with Distress Ink Pad - Antique linen
3.  Blend randomly through a stencil,  Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Broken China and Distress 
     Ink Pad - Worn Lipstick
4.  Stamp with Distress Ink Pad Vintage Photo the chosen castles from Fantasy Castles Rubber 
     stamp sheet A5
5.  Blend some details of the stamp with Watercolor Brush - Detailer Tip
6.  Colour the domes with Distress Ink Pad Fired Brick and the bushes with Distress Ink Pad - Peeled 
     Paint

7.  Stamp the flower of May Fairy Rubber Stamp sheet - DL with Distress Ink Pad Fired Brick and
     Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Broken China
8.  On a sheet of A4 White Cardstock 250 stamp  the fairy of May Fairy Rubber Stamp sheet - DL  with
     Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Broken China and cut it as decoupage
9.  Glue with Inessentials Glue n Seal matte the blue Fairy between the castles and add the twine all
     around the border of the lid
10. Add some dots of Stickles - Crystal on the wings of the fairy, on the flower stamens and on the
      windows of the castle.

I hope you liked my first project  for May.
Magda

Welcome to Fairyland (by Anne)

Good morning. Today I am sharing one of my samples for the recent shows on Hochanda. I had so much fun with these stamps. I hope that you like my fantasy scene.

 
Materials:

• Spring Fairy Collection (May), Fantasy Castles, Magical Landscapes and Welcome to Fairyland stamps
• 7 inch square card blank, black card, white stamping card
• Versafine Inkpad (Onyx Black)
• Watercolour masking fluid
• Water based inks (yellow, red, purple, greens)
• Watercolour pencils (greens, blues, browns, pinks)
• Clear sparkle pen
• Fine tipped marker pen and alcohol marker (black)
• Glossy Accents
• Glitter glue (aqua)
• Decorative corner dies

How to make it:

1. Stamp the scene with Versafine and extend the scene by drawing with the fine tipped pen.
2. Cover the moon, rocks, castle and fairy wing with masking fluid.
3. Colour the scene using inks, remove a little colour from the clouds with a wet brush and blotting with paper towel. Note: you can only do this with certain inks (some set into the paper and cannot be lifted after dry, so you may need to work quickly to lift colour while still wet). Dry and remove the masking.
4. Colour the images with watercolour pencils and blend the colours with a damp brush.
5. Apply sparkle pen over the moon, fairy wings and sections of the sky.
6. Edge the card with black alcohol pen and mount onto black card. Glue to card front adding decorative die cuts to corners.
7. Add Glossy Accents to the fairy and finish with glitter glue for added sparkle.

Katya again

 two more samples using the lovely Katya - you can tell she was my favourite, can't you!
Katya stamped with black versafine, clear embossed and masked with masking fluid. The buildings from the babushka set were stamped using an old multi-coloured dye ink pad that was so old the colours had all merged into an apology for black - very different from the original! It worked for the buildings, as there were still traces of the original colours when the background was spritzed with water to activate the brusho powders, so I got a misty skyline effect.
Once everything was dry, I rubbed off the masking fluid and coloured her using watered down aztec metallic paints.







The second version is a bit more dramatic , and a tad more complicated.
It started out the same way, stamping and masking Katya before stamping the castle from the fantasy castle set, as I thought it looked sufficiently Russian. I coloured the castle with brusho powders and a waterbrush, mostly using sandstone, lemon and leaf green powders. Katya was coloured with mica powders and a waterbrush. I created a layered effect by trimming the castle to a square and cutting round Katya where she was outside the square. I added a square gold mat behind the castle.
The background was randomly stamped with the silhouette palaces stamp using the same ancient ink pad and grey, purple and black brusho powders which all sort of merged into a misty nighttime effect.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing the wonderful samples from the team over the last month, we certainly enjoyed making them!

Guest Post - A touch of Tranquility by Rachel Fisher

Hi everyone, it is already the second week for our new Guest Design Team member Rachel and this week she is delighting us with a card using the Tranquility stamp set. I think we probably all need a little of that at the moment with all the frenzy of the festive season. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this delicious card and have five minutes to just sit and breathe!

Hello again!  This is my second piece for my guest design team stint here at Chocolate Baroque. 

I created this scene using stamps from the Tranquility set and also one from the Fantasy Castles set. I stamped the main image then masked before stamping the other images. Colouring has been done via a combination of distress inks and colouring pencils.

Full details can be found on my blog – Fishers Cards andCrafts.

I hope you have enjoyed what I have done with these beautiful stamps!

Big Hugs

Rachel.

Just love the subtle colouring here, a very tranquil card indeed Rachel, thank you. If you have enjoyed seeing this creation from Rachel, then please come back again soon to see more insiprational artwork from our regular Design Team girls.

 

 

Guest Post - A patchwork bag by Stempelientje

Our guest post this week is by Stempelientje Stempy who lives in the Netherlands. Her project is this fabulous craft patchwork bag featuring the Fantasy Castles stamp set, please enjoy.

For this bag I used:

Fantasy Castles stamp set

Printed cotton fabric

Cream colored fabric (washed and ironed)

Fabric stamping ink

Sewing thread

PanPastels

Derwent Pencils

Fixative

Ric rac ribbon

I also used a Iron and a sewing machine.

• I stamped the castle image on a square of the cream cotton and waited for it to dry.
• After drying I ironed it to fix the image.
• The image was then coloured with Panpastels.
• I then sprayed it with fixative and ironed it again.
• I finished colouring it with my Derwent pencils and ironed it again.

• I cut 8 matching square pieces of fabric, all the same size as the cream square I just stamped.
• When sewing all of them together I've put the stamped square in the middle. Make sure the corners fit together for a neat finish.
• Sew a piece of fabric on top, and a large matching piece on the back. Sew them together so you have a bag.
• Make a  shoulder band out of fabric and decorate top of the bag and the shoulderband with ric rac ribbon.

Crafty greetings, Stempelientje

Thank you for this beautiful idea, we loved it and I know that those of you who love working with fabrics will be inspired by this.  If you wish to see more creative work please check out the Stempelientje blog for lots more colour and interesting projects.