Pink Digitalis by Brenda

 

My final post for this month with  three more shares of work from last months TV shows. Above and below a hexagonal box and a set of cards using stamped from Honey Bee which is such a useful set. I  stamped, coloured and cut out several Digitalis to decorate the top of the box.

Below a Winter card using the Robin from The Gift and a collection of worker stamps used to create a wreath into which I place the Robin after colouring and cutting out.

My final share is a stepper card using Majestic Crane and Owl Edges all stamped, coloured and cut our to add to the 'steps'.

Wishing you all a good weekend, perhaps with a little bit of crafting as well.

The birds and the bees by Rachel

 Hello there! Rachel here with you today with more inspiration from the July shows. In this first sample I have used the honeybee stamp set to create a ceramic plate. I stamped the images in ink and then painted in glaze before having the paint fired in the kiln.

In this next sampe I have used a piece of patterned paper in the background and to that I have added a simply fussy cut stamped image from the Majestic Crane stamp set. I like the contrast between the background and the white image. I love that sentiment too.

For this final make I used the owl edges stamp set and created a bookmark. I stamped the image on white card and coloured it using mica powders. Another very quick and simple make.

I hope I have given you some inspiration on ways to use your stamp sets.

Big Hugs

Rachel x

Pappavero by Brenda

Hello everyone, sharing a few more samples from the July TV shows and another card above using the fabulous Polygon Poppies, I just might have mentioned once or twice before that I absolutely love these stamps. I die cut a hexagonal card base to reflect the shape of the worker stamps in the set, stamped the focal image in black and simply added some colour to the Poppies and stamped the hexagons in red .

This is a re-cycled empty tissue box covered in CB Black and White DP's which I first sprayed with Distress Oxides. After stamping images from Walk Tall, Butterfly Dreams and Majestic Crane I added some colour with Distress Markers and fixed around the box.

My final share again uses some of the Black and White DP's, this time sprayed with pink Kitsch Flamingo Oxides, some of the leaves coloured with Distress Makers. The large flourish from Butterfly Dreams and grasses from Walk Tall stamped in black and a Butterfly also from Butterfly Dream stamped, coloured and cut out.

I hope I have offered a little inspiration today.

Introducing Our New Guest Design Team Member Lorraine Crosby

Hello everyone, our final new Guest Design Team member is Lorraine, and we would like to welcome her to the Team. We are sure that you will join us in congratulating her on her place on the Team. We asked Lorraine to tell us a little bit about herself, and this is what she had to say:

Firstly a little bit about me. I am 64, an avid crafter, married, with a son who is currently living at home. Crafting is my escape from the day-to-day routine and my go-to at times of stress. I have crafted in some form more or less all my life - sewing, embroidery, knitting and crochet, but things really took off when I discovered papercraft a little over 30 years ago. I was booked for a small operation and wanted something that I could do whilst recuperating. I bought a few supplies to keep me occupied - little did I realise the depth of the rabbit hole I had just fallen into! I had my op, was fine after 3 days, but by then was hooked, and so it started!

 I enjoy all sorts of papercraft - stamping, inking, watercolour, mixed media. I'm always trying new twists on the old favourites and looking for inspiration and ways to challege myself. Before the pandemic, I loved attending classes and travelled far and wide to be taught by some fantastic tutors, and of course, meeting some lovely people along the way. Over the last year, like many, I have relied more heavily on internet classes, both paid and free. The generosity of these tutors has blown me away, and to be honest has kept me going on some of the darker days. It's also cost me a lot of money, as there also seems to be something I need that can't be found in my extensive stash of crafting goodies! But hey ho, needs must and I'm not complaining.

Majestic Crane

My first entry as a Team Member for Chocolate Baroque. I'm so excited to be here! For this post, I'll be highlighting one of the stamps featured in the Craft Store show from early July.

I was drawn to Oriental as soon as I saw this crane. My first intention was to add the word 'crane' in Japanese, but this proved too difficult! As this is such a large image, I used an 8 x 8 card. I had a rummage through my paper stash, and came across some beautiful patterned papers that my sister brought back from Japan, many years ago. Unfortunately, I didn't have one piece large enough to use as the background, but I think the three together, matted onto black card, create a pleasing triptych effect. I stamped the crane and the sentiment using Nocturne Versafine Clair on to 250 gsm white card, and embossed with clear powder. I prefer to do this with images as it reduces the chances of smudging and besides, who has time to watch ink dry? The image was then coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils. I definitely need more practise in doing this. Finally, the whole image was cut out and mounted on the card, using foam pads to add depth, together with the sentiment.

Moonlight

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

 My first cards use the Majestic Crane stamp set.

First I stamped and embossed the Crane image in silver onto black card.  I then mixed some blue mica powders with a little water to make a "paint" and used this to colour the crane, moon, reeds and water. I finished with one of the sentiments from the set and layered onto some silver mirror card.

For my second card I used watercolour pencils to colour. I also used the tops of the grasses from the next set of stamps to frame the crane.

My next card uses the Walk Tall stamp set. A lovely mix of grasses, berry stems and sentiments.

For this card I stamped the Berry stems in VersaMark and embossed in white over a Distress Oxide on photo paper background.

I have a quick tutorial on how to do the background over on my blog Is That the Time?

Thanks for looking

Sandra x

Summers Day

Summers Day

Hi everyone, here are my picks for today. Can't you just imagine looking a view just like this out of a window ? 

This was a fairly quick make to be fair. I used a cloud mask and some of my Distress Inkpads applying them with soft brushes onto some glossy card.

Next with some Versafine Clair Green inkpads and the 

Walk Tall Rubber Stamp sheet - DL

 For the grasses in the foreground I just used the tops of the stamps, applying them randomly. When completely dry buff with a soft cloth to give a sheen to your finished card and although I chose not to you can easily add a sentiment of your own choice to the card.

Here is another card which uses the grasses from the Walk Tall Rubber Stamp sheet - DL

in the background to compliment the beautiful Majestic Crane Rubber Stamp sheet - DL 

Again this is a simple card to make using the Majestic Crane stamped directly onto a Pixie Powder background which work exactly the same as brushes but with added mica powder.

The card used for this make is the trusty  A4 Drawing Cartridge 220gsm - pk 10 Which is definitely my go to card in the majority of my makes. 

Well that is all from me today, I will be back again later in the month but there is a daily blogpost from the Design Team where you can see some fantastic makes from the rest of the team to inspire you.

Thank You for looking in 

Love Doreen xx

 

Majestic crane (by Veronica)

For my first post this month I am sharing two samples using the gorgeous big crane stamp from last month's show.

The first is a card, rather darker in the scan than it really was. It was a bit of an experiment, I stamped the image in versamark ink onto black card and clear embossed it, then coloured it with pencils. In hindsight it would have been better on grey card........

The base card was 8" square, and the rushes were second generation stamped in grey across base, and the sentiment added. 

I found a  6" square box frame on a charity stall last month, and it was just the right size for the crane. I used the bridge image from kingfisher song stamped onto white card  and coloured with watercolour pencils for the background. The crane was stamped onto spare card, coloured with pencils and fussycut out.  The frame was quite deep, and the one image wasn't standing out enough - so another four stamped  cranes. I only cut out the actual body of the bird from these  and added behind the main image with foam pads. I left the rushes loose when adding the bird to the background in the hope it would add a it of movement to the scene - and also I didn't want to fussycut them out another four times!
 

Birds of a Feather (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I am sharing a couple of projects showcasing stamps from last month's TV shows.

My first project uses the fabulous large crane from the Majestic Crane stamp set. I stamped the image onto a piece of Drawing Cartridge and masked it before colouring the background with Distress Inks. I spritzed the background with water, mopping up some of the droplets with a paper towel. I coloured the image with pencils, and added some white charcoal over the background to soften it somewhat, blending it with my fingers. I added a sentiment from the same stamp set.

To create my second project, I used a large manilla tag, and covered it with some of Lesley's Chocolate Baroque Black & White Papers Series 1. I coloured the background with Distress Inks. I stamped the main image onto a piece of smooth stamping paper, and coloured it in with pencils. I wanted to use non Christmassy colours, and chose to colour the bird to represent a blue tit. You could use the tag as an attachment for a Birthday present at any time of year, not just at Christmas by colouring it this way.

Thanks for stopping by, take care and stay safe.

Judith xx