Magnolia you sweet thing by Rachel

 Hello there! Rachel here today with the last of my makes from November. This first one I really like - a little masking, stamping, watercolour painting and text ...what's not to like. I used the artist trading heart and the happy flowers day stamps.

In this last sample I used the Harmony tree stamp and created a scene around it using inks. 

Hope you have a fabulous New Years eve tomorrow - and all the very best for 2022!

Hugs

Rachel x

Kraft Magnolia and A Harmony Notelet Set (By Tracy Thompson)

 

This is my final post for this month and this year here on the Chocolate Baroque blog.  So the last of my creations from the Novembers shows, I love using Kraft card especially to colour on.  I stamped the Magnolia's from the Happy flower's day stamp set,   I coloured with Aqua Pencils, directly on to the Kraft card, but I didn't apply the water to the pencils as I liked leaving the strokes in there.  It was just that simple, but I love it!

Unlike the card above this notelet set isn't quite so simple.  I always start by creating the folder first, with a pocket on the inside to house the notelets and the envelopes..  I created the front using the Harmony Tree stamp set, distress oxide inks and the splatters from the  Numerology stamp set.  I coloured the tree with pencils, and added a ribbon.  I like to decorate the inside flap too, and I did that using the Remembrance Tree stamp set,  then as you can see using a selection of the stamps I have already mentioned I inked, stamped and created notelets and matching envelopes, all using the same method.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creations

Happy Crafting

Tracy x

A Trio of Trees (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I hope you are all keeping well and not feeling too frantic as we approach Christmas Day itself. I would like to wish you all a happy, peaceful festive season, and hope that you enjoy the days ahead, whatever you are doing.

I have a few final projects to share with you this month, showcasing stamps from last month's TV shows. My first project was created by inking a large square acrylic block with Distress Oxide ink, spritzing it with water, and pressing it onto a piece of textured card. I had placed a circle mask onto the card first, to block out an area for a sun or moon. I left the card to dry naturally, and once it was dry, I stamped the tree from the Harmony Tree set. I added the words around the tree in first and second generation. I added some colour to the tree with Distress Ink and water, also grounding the tree by adding some shading underneath.

 My second project was also created on textured card using Distress Ink this time. I added a circle mask once again, choosing two colours for the background, and stamped the tree from the Remembrance Tree stamp set. I added the sentiment, and then drew in two birds with a fineliner pen using a stencil.

I added colour under the tree with Distress Ink and a water brush to ground the tree, then added pops of colour to represent a field of poppies or other flowers.

My final card was created with the Harmony Tree stamp set once again. I created a background using Drawing Cartridge, and Distress Ink. I then stamped the wording randomly over the background. I made a strap from Drawing Cartridge which I attached to the card. I stamped a whiteboard heart with the Harmony Tree and coloured this with Distress Ink and a waterbrush, then accentuated the details with pencils. The heart can be slotted into the heart but removed and kept as a memento.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you have enjoyed my projects this month, and will try out some of my ideas. Take care,

Judith xx

Autumn Time & A Subtle Butterfly (by Tracy Thompson)

 

Today I am sharing some more creations made for the November's shows.  For my first card I used Distress Oxides to make my background, simply by applying the ink to my glass mat, spraying with water and smooching my card into it.  I left the top right hand corner white to break it up a bit, and for a place to add my sentiment which is from the Harmony Tree set.  I stamped the large tree from the stamp set Trees A crowd, using some oxide I coloured in some grass around the base of the tree.

For this creation I did something a little different to my normal style, I really enjoyed playing with this technique which I was inspired to do after watching Lesley's workshop on shading with pencil.  So I started by stamping the Butterfly from the stamp set Happy Flower's Day  I shaded the butterfly using just normal HB pencils, then using a stencil and Distress Oxide inks in several colours created a background.  It's a very clean and simple card, but effective.

Thank you for allowing me to show you my cards, I will be back towards the end of the month with some more.

Thank you

Happy crafting

Tracy x

woodlland memories

Today I am sharing samples using the remembrance tree and the trees a crowd stamp sets.

The first one is the remembrance tree , simply stamped in black versafine onto an inky background, although i did cut down the remembrance to remember!

The background was sponged in wild honey distress oxide ink, and images from the polygon poppies stamp set were randomly stamped using the same ink pad. I used a circular mask behind the tree and sponged over it to create a moon, then added a narrow black mat to finish

Using the harmony tree and trees a crowd set as well I created a concertina book from a sheet of A4 card. The background was sponged with distress oxide inks using peeled paint and broken china, with some fairly random stencilling and stamping. 
 

The first spread used the remembrance tree , with two of the words stamped onto spare card, cut out and glued in a slghtly different place and edged with black charcoal pencil.

The harmony tree this time, but only the words on the right of the stam

Two  tree stamps from trees a crowd this time, with the lines of the stamp in the background extended behind the larger tree - sentiment from same set.

Two more stamps from trees a crowd to finish the last page

A bit back to front, this was the outer pages of the concertina, with the leaf spray from  from nature 1 stamped in blue and random words from harmony tree cut out and edged with charcoal pencil

Beautiful Trees (by Sandra)

 Hello, I'm sharing some more of my cards from the November show on the Craft Store.

My first card uses Trees a Crowd. I started with a 18cm piece of card and using a stencil I blended Distress Oxides to create my background scene and moon. I spritzed the background with some water and blotted it to give me a snowy effect. I added some sparkle to the moon, but unfortunately it doesn't show on the photo. I then stamped the main bare tree stamp 3 times at different heights. I stamped out a sentiment and mat and layered my pieces onto a 20cm card base,

For my next card I used a roller to apply Versafine Clair ink to my Inky Plate. I cut a strip of card that was as wide as my card base, but narrower and pulled the print. I then used a scrap of copy paper to make a hill and applied ink with a blending brush. I stamped the trees in Archival ink and adhered to my card base. I added the sentiment which was stamped onto a piece of card with a torn edge.

My next card uses the Harmony Tree, Small Graph Paper and Artist Trading Heart stamp sets.

I started by stamping the heart onto a piece of card and masking off the outside. I blended Distress Inks to make my background and then stamped the tree. I used colouring pencils for the tree. I removed the mask and added the chain  as a hanger and added a shadow on the edge of the heart. I finished by adding the sentiment and layering onto a 15cm card base.

My last card today uses the Remembrance Tree stamp set. I used a small piece of watercolour card stock and sprinkled with Brushos which I then sprayed with water. Amazes me every time! Once it was dry I stamped the tree in the lower part and added the words from Remembrance Tree and Harmony Tree.  

Thanks for looking

Sandra x

Sepia landscape by Brenda

Hello all, Brenda here with a couple more shares and the top one is very much comfort zone crafting for me, a landscape with threes and hills using Harmony Tree staped three times using Versafine Toffee and a little sepia colouring added with Distress Markers. The hills and sky have al been done with a mixture of Pan Pastels and Distress Inks and some small worker stamps used to build up the scene. I hand drew the fence.....a rather rickety one which looks in need of repair!!

I 'splodged'.......very technical term, Distress Oxides to create a background then used images from Timeless to stamp onto a Whiteboard Heart and some smaller circles taken from a  sheet of Whiteboard Shapes, the whiteboard elements were all inked with the same DI's before stamping.

Stay safe and well everyone.

Natural Reflection and a selection of Hearts by Penny

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well, warm and prepared for storm Ciara.  I didn't make any samples for the January shows so I have a few  samples from some of the other shows.  

Natural Reflection.

For this card I have used stamps from the Harmony Tree, Sunburst Scenes and Landscape Edges sets; Versamark ink, white EP, Koh-I-Nor watercolour paints, Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, white paint pen.

On a piece of Kraft card I stamped the Harmony Tree, windmill and tiny tree using Versamark and embossed them with white EP.  I used a white pen to link the images and create a scene.  I then stamped and embossed some birds and words in the sky.  On another piece of card I stamped and embossed the stone wall image twice, then painted them.  I painted the whole scene then blended DI around the edges.  I cut out the walls and attached them with 3D glue along the bottom edge of the panel. 

I took a white base card and stamped the stone wall around the edges using DI,  then used water to move the ink on the stamped images.  Finally I attached the focal panel to the base card. 



Artists Trading Hearts.


Here are a few of the ATHs that I have created as samples.

Thank you for popping in today, I hope that you have enjoyed my first post of this month,  I'll be back later with some more inspiration for you.

In the meantime take care,

                                  x x  Penny  x x

Reflections by Brenda

Good morning, Brenda here with some more samples from last month's Hochanda shows.

My top card features Remembrance Tree with a Pan Pastel background, stencils and Distress Inks used to build up the scene and then the Tree stamped with Versafine Black and a reflection in the water and sentiment from the Harmony Tree set.

Here we have a Brusho background over-stamped with Small Graph Paper and then using Verafine black I stamped 'O' is for just as laid out on the set before cutting into separate stamps. I used my stamp platform to allow several inking to achieve a sold finish.

This is one of the Whiteboard Trading Hearts and inked with Distress Oxides, then stamped first with the grids from Small Graph Paper using a blue Versafine Clair ink, then Freedom Flower using with Versafine Clair, added some splatters around the edge using one of the worker stamps from the same set and highlighted with a white gel pen. The word is from 'F' is For, stamped onto vellum using the same ink and heat embossed with detail clear EP.

Yet more Distress Oxides and then the large image from Butterfly Mind stamped in Versafine Clair and texture paste and a stencil used to add sections of script. I also used the splatter stamp from Freedom Flower to add more interest and sentiment from the Butterfly set. I then stamped the Butterflies again onto vellum using Versamark, heat embossed with white EP, cut out, decoupaged and added wire antenna.

The background for this one was a leftover piece using Alcohol Inks and I simple stamped Harmony Tree and the sentiment with Versafine black and heat embossed with detail clear EP to prevent smudging as the base piece is a gloss coated card.

As always I appreciate your visits and words of encouragement.

Freedom and Harmony by Rachel

Good morning! Rachel here - its Christmas Eve and here are some more samples from the November shows!

Firstly some AT coins using stamps from the Butterfly mind set...

Next the freedom flower on an AT heart - I coloured this with watercolour pencils...

In this sample I used both the small graph paper and the Harmony tree stamp sets in conjunction with flake - I was pleased to see how the detail was still retained.

Lastly an oxide background teamed up with the  main image from the F is for stamp set as a topper.

Have a truely magical Christmas!

Love and hugs

Rachel xx

Across the lake by Brenda

Good morning everyone, Brenda here with some of my shares from last months Hochanda shows which featured lots of lovely new Nature inspired stamps.

As I love creating scenes I knew I had to create one using the lovely new Harmony Tree and Remembrance Tree. I started with Pan Pastels and some masks and created the background onto which I stamped the trees using Versafine Black along with some worker stamps to build up the foreground and sky.

The background for this one is a Gelli Plate print overlaid with vellum onto which I stamped 'F' is For and also the definition quote from the same stamp set using Versamark and heat embossing with detail white EP. I coloured the flowers in with watercolour opens abd fixed the vellum in place with brads.

No secret that I love a bit of colour so I threw quite a lot at this one! I masked a square of Drawing Cartridge to create a border then inked the inner section with Oxides, when dry and with the masking still in place I added some circles using a mask and texture paste. Once dry and still with the masking in place I randomly stamped the grid panel from Freedom Flower along with some elements from Small Graph Paper. The large bloom from Freedom Flower was stamped, cut out and coloured and fixed with foam pads along with two Butterflies from Butterfly Mind.

Finally a tone on tone card with some Distress Inks randomly brushed onto the base panel, a border created with the numbers from Small Graph Paper and the focal element from Butterfly Mind all stamped Versafine Calir. I added a little glitter to the centre of the butterflies, it is crystal glitter in theory without colour but it doesn't seem to look that way in my photo!

Have a lovely weekend.

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