Fat Plants - by Magda

Hello,
do you like fat plants? To be honest I didn't until I received the new "Succulent and Cacti" stamps from Chocolate Baroque to work with. During this month I will show you the samples I have made.

Just for you card  :  
Stamp the big Captivating Cacti image with Versafine Onyx Black on 250 grams white cardstock and colour the background and the cacti with Brusho watercolour powder diluted in water. The sentiment is from the Words to Dazzle and Sparkle plate

Grow positive thoughts card:
On  250 grams white cardstock stamp the image using Distress Ink Pad  according to the colour that will be used to colour the flower from the Scrumptious Succulents plate.  Use colouring Pencils for the background and the flower. While the frame behind and the background of the sentiment are made with  Distress Inkpad green and brown blended together.  Stamp the sentiment from the Blossom and Grow stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black

S.w.a.l.k. card :
Stamp the flower from Scrumptious Succulents plate on craft paper with Versafine Sepia.  Colour the flower with white and brown pencils; stencil the bricks with Distress Ink Pad Walnut.  You can find the sentiment S.w.a.l.k. among the stamps of the Mail Art rubber plate

Thank you for passing by and see you on the 17th again.

Magda

A Quartet of Flowers (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I have some floral projects to share with you today, that were featured on last month's TV shows on Hochanda. These cards were made using the individual floral stamps from the shows, and I used a range of techniques to create the cards.

For my first card, I coloured the background with Distress Ink, and then stamped over the top using a stamp from the Harlequin Fragments stamp set, again using Distress Ink. I stamped the Harlequin Bouquet individual stamp onto a die cut oval, using purple ink, and coloured the image using Distress Inks and a water brush. I added a sentiment to the background from the Loving Sentiments stamp set.

For my second card, I created a background using Brushos and kraft card. I stamped the Floribunda Net individual image onto another piece of kraft card, and embossed it using white embossing powder. I coloured the image using Brushos and a water brush. I stamped the setiment from the Loving Sentiments stamp set onto a smaller piece of kraft card, again using white embossing powder. I have inked the edges of each piece of card using red ink.

For my third card, I coloured the background again using Distress Inks, and used the Large Crackle Background for added texture. I cut a postcard sized piece of card, and stamped the Crackling Rose individual stamp, adding images from the Mail Art stamp set, to create a postcard effect. I created a small sentiment strip using words from the Loving Sentiments stamp set once again.

Long term viewers of the blog will have seen a rendition of this final project, which I remade for the TV show. I hope that you will not mind seeing it again, using the Flora Musica stamp set:

My Team mates have made some beautiful projects using these lovely stamps. Do keep checking back this month to see their designs. Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx

Sending Smiles (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I'm back again with another project created using one of this month's featured stamps. I hope that you are enjoying the Design Team inspiration using these lovely stamps, we have been really enjoying creating our artwork for you.

I decided to create a piece of collage in the style of an old postcard as the focal point for my card, and so I cut a piece of scrapbook paper to the correct size, and gathered a selection of stamps that I could use to create my postcard. I chose a couple of butterflies, and two stamps from a great little mini set found within this collection.

I stamped the butterflies first, and covered them with a mask, before adding the large flower stamp. I then added the little postage mark, and the postcard sentiment last. I coloured the images with pencils, and edged the piece with Distress Ink.

I created a little tag from a piece of scrap card to fit a small paper wallet, and stamped a fitting sentiment, taken from the Amazing Birthday stamp set. I added some stamps from the Mail Art mini stamp set as before to complete the tag, along with some dark brown ribbon.

If you would like to know more details about my card, then hop along to my blog. Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx