Tags Collection - by Magda

Hello dear friends,
I don't know what do you think, but for me a tag is a concentration of ideas, feelings, techniques, colours and layers of products.
For this Tag Collection I used the following items, that you can find at Chocolate Baroque:

- Fragrant Honeysuckle for the images
- Essence of Nature for the sentiments
- Different stencils
- Distress Ink Pad
- Versafine in different colours
- White Gesso
- Modeling Pastes
- Busho
- Tags size 8"

I hope that in each tag you could find something interesting.

Magda

natural colours? by Veronica

 For my last post this month I am back (mostly) to my favourite brusho powders - I just love the vibrant colours and the randomness of the results!
The large honeysuckle stamp was ideal, I stamped and embossed with white EP before sprinkling the red, yellow and green powders roughly where I would like them to stay, then spritzing fairly heavily with water. The EP resists the water, and also traps some of the colour into the image.
Sentiment from Mackintosh words stamped in black versafine, image trimmed down to fit onto a square white card blank with a deep red mat.





This one is far more muted, just a very light dusting of yellow powder to create a background. Image stamped with black versafine and coloured with watercolour pencils - have to admit I can't remember which set the sentiment came from!


For my final samples this month I have used the lovely big tree stamp from essence of nature.
The first one is very restrained, not a speck of brusho in sight!
I used a square white card blank as the base, and stamped the tree stamp all over  to create the background. I used hickory smoke distress ink and held  the stamp in my hand so that only part of the image stamped at a time.

 The focal image was stamped onto black card with versamark ink and I used a rather ancient bonding powder (which thankfully still worked) before using the gold and coppery mix of gilding flakes. For some reason i never got on with stamping using glue when i had the gilding flakes with everything craze years ago, but the bonding powders worked every time...




My final card was back to brusho for the foacl image. Stamped onto white card using black versafine ink and clear embossed before using yellow, red and blue powders to create the sky.



I started with a square back base card , and added the background card at an angle. This was a square of white card stamped with the trees in hickory smoke distress ink and sponged round the edges.
I trimmed the brusho image down, added a black mat and glued onto the background.

Thanks for looking, and many thanks to Judith for doing my last post for me when i had internet problems - a relief to be back, you don't realise how much you need it until you haven't got it!

4 seasons Card (by Magda)

Hello,
are you ready today for a collage and stamp Step by Step ?

1.  Colour randomly a white A4 paper with Distress Inkpad  in brown and grey shades.
2.  Stamp on it sentiments from "Loving Sentiments" stamp plate and flowers from "Fragrant Honeysuckle"

3. Tear the sheet into irregular pieces and glue them on a heavy A4 cardstock
4. Stamp with Versamark four times the same tree from "Essence of Nature"
5. Colour with Pan Pastel each tree with the matching season colour

6. Highlight some butterflies with Stickles Icicle

7. Cut into four equal panels and glue them on a black cardstock

Here is the finished project 

I hope you will go now for a try, thanks for passing by and let me know.

Magda

Stamping on Dark Card (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I have two cards to share with you today, that I demonstrated on last month's TV shows on Hochanda. I used dark card to create my projects, and stamped the images with white ink, before colouring them with coloured pencils. The finished effect is very dramatic against the dark card, and I have shown how you can use the technique to create both backgrounds and a focal image.

For my first card, I used some dark brown card to create the background, and stamped a leaf image from the Essence of Nature stamp set repeatedly using white ink. I then chose a selection of pencils; yellow, green, orange and red, to colour the leaves. I created a central panel by colouring a scrap piece of drawing cartridge with Brushos. I sprinkled the Brushos onto a large acrylic block, spritzed the block with water, and then pressed the block onto the drawing cartridge. Once the background was dry, I stamped the image, again from the Essence of Nature stamp set. The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of the same background, and I inked around the edge of the panel with the ink that I had used for stamping.

For my second card, I stamped the image from the Fragrant Honeysuckle stamp set onto burgundy card. Again, I used a selection of coloured pencils, this time I chose blue, lilac, pink and green. I added some Stickles for a bit of sparkle to the flower centres, and around the edges of the layers. I chose a toning piece of Crafty Individuals paper as a main background, which worked really well with the image. It just shows how well Chocolate Baroque stamps mix with other brands.

I hope that you will give this technique a try, as the white ink gives you the option of using those dark surfaces to add a bit of drama to your projects if you wish. Combining them with lighter, brighter elements keeps the whole piece balanced.

Thanks for stopping by,

Judith xx

Fragrant flowers by Brenda

Good morning all you crafty Peeps, I hope you are enjoying Spring now that it has finally arrived.

Today's it my turn to share some inspiration using the beautiful stamps Lesley showcased on Hochanda recently, it's was all about Floral's which was right up me street. The collection at the top uses stamps from both the Honey Bee and Fragrant Honeysuckle stamp sets all stamped using Distress Markers direct to stamp and a spritz of water to help blend the colours. The base cards and matching box were all made using dies and before I assembled the lid I stamped around the edges with the same stamps, used a honeycomb die to created the inner of the lid and added little bees stamped, coloured and cut out from the Honey Bee set.

For this one I created a central square mask and then a narrow square mask using dies, with them in place (the white areas) I repeat stamped one of the images from the Fragrant Honeysuckle set, again using Distress Markers and then coloured the flowers with sparkle pens.........only after doing all of this did I remove the masks to reveal the finished 'pattern'. Finally a Butterfly form Just Butterflies.

This fan was just a bit of fun rally, I came across the chipboard kit hidden in a box and long forgotten so it seemed the perfect time to give it some paint and ink as the Digitalis from the Honey Bee set fitted the panels beautifully. I painted all the elements of the fan with purple and gold acrylic paints and then stamped the Digitalis using Versamark and detail gold embossing powder on the purple sections and Versafine black on the gold section, colouring those flowers with the same purple paint. Once dry I fixed the top section of the fan over the decorated base and added a tassel and embellishment.

More Digitalis using Honey Bee, this time stamped onto an Oxide DI background which I applied after using masking fluid to cover a circle before applying. I stamped the flowers with Versafine black and coloured in with sparkle pens and stamped some of the smaller Digitalis onto the background before adding some stenciling and a sentiment from Words of Inspiration.

Happy weekend everyone and my thanks for popping in to take a peek at my shares.

Fairy Wishes (posted by Judith)

Hello everyone, I have a card to share with you today, using some of the new Seasonal Fragments stamps.I wanted to create a little scene using one of the older dandelion clock images from the Fragrant Honeysuckle stamp set and add the clock seeds as if a fairy was blowing them off the flower head.

I stamped the main flower image onto a piece of card, and then added the flower fragment across the bottom of the card. I added some colour to the background using Distress Inks. I stamped the seed fragment, and added a fairy from the Spring Fairy stamp set. I coloured the images with watercolour pencils, and added a little bit of Stickles glue here and there as an accent. I stamped a sentiment from the Card Sentiments clear stamp set to finish.

I created a larger mount for my image using Distress Ink once again to colour the background card, and stamped the seed stamp around the edges using the same colour for a tone on tone effect. I attached both pieces of card to a large white card blank.

 Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx

Floral gift tag - great for Mother's Day

Hello, Joanne here again.

While I had the colouring supplies out on the desk for the seed packet project in my last post (here if you missed it and would like to see) I coloured the floral spray from the Fragrant Honeysuckle set and turned it into a pretty tag. I think this would be a lovely addition to a gift of a bunch of flowers.


I stamped and cut out with a Beaded Oval Nestability die and then carefully cut the beads off, cutting round the flower head and leaves that extended beyond the basic oval shape,. I coloured the image with Copics and Prismacolor pencils and then sponged ink round the edge. I stuck the coloured piece onto a second beaded oval die cut and finished with a simple ribbon at the top.

I used a Copic marker to colour white silk ribbon on both of these projects - it's a great way to get a match for the colours in your image.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Purple Honeysuckle (by Debbie)

This is my first sample from the Fragment Honeysuckle stamps set. I instantly fell in love with this image as it reminded me of my parents garden. Honeysuckle covered the fence at the bottom of the garden.
I hadn't used my watercolour pencils for quite a long time and I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed using them.



I know that purple isn't the usual colour of Honeysuckle but I think it works well.

There are more beautiful cards to come from the Design Team so stop by again.

Debbie

Ladybird Frame (by Claire)

Hi there, today's card features some of the stunning new stamps from the Fragrant Honeysuckle stamp sheet. I love this stamp, its such a stylish floral design. The ladybirds are also from this stamp sheet.

The quote is from one of my old favourite stamp sheets, Curly Birds.

More details of how I made this card can be found on my blog

Thanks for visiting today, pop back soon for more inspiration from my talented teamies

Claire xx

creation in Blue

Hello there,

Today I want to show you a creation made with the stylish flower from the new sheet ' Fragrant Honeysuckle'.
Again made with acrylic bloc technique and distress inks. I kept the colours in blue shades.
I stamped several layers with the same flower, using perfect pearls, distress inks ,blue and silver embossing powder. When the card was finished I found it suitable for a sympathy card. The sentiment is from the sheet 'With Sympathy'.

Till next time, creative greet