More Autumn inspirations (by Miranda)

 

Hello there,

It's me again with more Autumn inpirations........

a similar technique and also using the toadstools.....

This is my favorite technique and style although I als enjoy too play with other mediums and styles....

Watercolor backgrounds, using watercolor paints or Ecoline inks, acrylic inks....anything that can flow with water on the paper. And then adding color with color and pastel pencils......

these are the stamp sheets I have used:

Autumn Poppy rubber stamp set A4

Autumn edges rubber stamp set A5

and a little fun using some photo editing....

And some oldies but maybe not seen by everyone of you.....still love these ones......

Also nice to combine with some die cutting too! I will just add them for more inspiration but if you want to know more about these cards, just ask in the comments below......

On these two cards I have use the 

Nature Table rubber stamp sheet DL

On this card I have used the 

A year of stamping issue 10 stamp  

(A cling mounted stamp in a choice of two sizes (or multibuy) 

her I have used the 'Autumn Poppy' (see link above)

Here the 'Autumn Edges' (see link above)

Well, that was a whole lot of Autumn inspirations!

And you can see that I am a real lover......

Thanks for your visit and see you next time,

Upcycled Box (by Gerrina)

Hello everyone, today sees the return of our Guest Design Team member Gerrina for her second post this month. She has upcycled a box that has been unused for some time, using some of our beautiful Autumn themed stamps.

Gerrina writes:

Feels so good...it is my turn again to show some things I made for the Guest Design Team at Chocolate Baroque! Three weeks in a row you will find not only here, but also at my blog, makes from me with the beautiful stamps from Chocolate Baroque....
This week is the second one already, and today I choose to go again with the Autumn season with this box that has been standing so plain and dull in my craft room for years:

Used materials:

Stamps:
Autumn Edges, Autumn Poppy, Nature Table, Nature's Peace, Lace Fragments
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Ink: Tea Dye, Rusty Hinge, Walnut Stain, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint. Forest Moss. Memento: Cottage Ivy, Bamboo Leaves, Potter's Clay, Tangelo, London Fog.
Other: Box, Aquarel and masking paper, water brush, black fineliner, washi tape, brown cardstock.

Creatieve groetjes,

Gerrina.

Transparent Poppies (by Anne)

Good morning. Today I am sharing one of my samples for the recent shows on Hochanda featuring the Pretty Poppies and Poppy Meadow stamps.

I coloured my scene using the fabulous alcohol markers from Chameleon. I simply love the new Color Tops that allow you to blend 2 completely different colours seamlessly – very tricky to do with standard alcohol pens.

Materials:

• Pretty Poppies, Poppy Meadow, Nature Table, Butterfly Poppy Collage stamp sets
• 8 X 8 inch card blank, 6.5 inch square card suitable for alcohol ink (I used Velvet Card) and scrap copy paper (to make masks)
• Inkpads: Versafine (Onyx Black), Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass), Memento Dye Ink (London Fog)
• WOW embossing powder (Clear Gloss)
• Zig 2 way glue (temporary adhesive for masks)
• Alcohol pens (yellow, green, blue, beige and pink): Chameleon Pens (YG3, YL2, BL3) and Color Tops (NU0, PK3)
• Permanent marker (black)
• Coloured pencils (black, green and pink/purple)
• Water based fine tipped pen (light grey)
• Gel pen (Hybrid Ink - black with metallic red)
• Stickles glitter glue (Crystal)

How it was done:

1. The card background was stamped with the honesty stamp and Distress Ink. The corners were stamped with Versafine and the edges blended lightly with Distress Ink.
2. The foreground poppies were stamped onto copy paper and cut out to create masks. Small dots of zig glue were added to the back and left to dry (turns from blue to clear) to create a temporary stick to hold them in place.
3. The foreground poppies were stamped with Memento (water based ink that will not bleed when colouring with alcohol ink pens) and then covered with the masks before stamping the background poppies.
4. The stems were extended where needed by drawing with the fine tipped pen (NB. Make sure it is suitable for colouring with alcohol pens without bleeding – test if unsure).
5. The image was then coloured with alcohol pens. I love the delicate transparent finish – perfect for delicate poppies. I used the new Chameleon pens with Color Tops. These enable really easy one step blending of one colour into the next. Leaves were coloured with YG3 and NU0 Color Top, Flowers with BL3 and PK3 Color Top, Buds with BL3 and NU0 Color Top, Butterfly with YL2 and and PK3 Color Top.
6. A little texture and extra shading was added where needed with coloured pencils. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine and heat embossed with clear powder to emphasise. The card was edged with black marker to frame and glued to the card front with 3D foam for added dimension.
7. The butterfly was stamped with Memento onto a spare scarp of card, coloured with alcohol pens and cut out. To enhance the butterfly details (the grey ink was a bit pale) I overstamped it with Versafine Ink.
8. A little metallic ink was used on the butterfly and stamens. Further sparkle was added with Stickles glue.

More Autumn by Brenda

Hello Peeps, I am back again with some more of my samples from Lesley's recent Autumn shows on Hochanda.

So more indulgence in inky Autumn colours and Poppies and my starting point for the top card was a background of  Mica powders spritzed with pearl mica spray to bleed the colours and add some sparkle. I then stamped the Poppy heads from the Poppy Meadow set along with some smaller ones from Natures Table and some grasses from the same set. Next I used a stencil and Distress Inks to add some sun rays, then stamped some more poppy heads across the top. The sentiment is from Natures Peace which is one one of the sets in the multi buy. I added colour to the Poppy heads using the same mica powders and highlighted with a white pen.

Scenes are something I really enjoy creating and for the card above I started with a cloudy sky using distress inks and bleaching out some clouds. I then stamped trees from the Autumn Edges and Tall Trees using Gathered Twigs DI and added leaves with DI's using just the top of one of the larger stamps in the same set. Using watered down DI I painted in some hills and stamped leaves along the top using another stamp from the same set. The fauna in the foreground is stamped with an image from Silhouette Grasses and sentiment from Birthday Words.

On this one I tried to create warmth using DI's for the background and then added some stenciling. The focal images is from Fantasy Woodland. After cleaning the larger stamp I masked off a section so I could ink and stamp just the tiny trees alongside the small tree to the right. Inking just the tip of the flower stamp in the set I added a border around the piece and finally stamped a sentiment from Birthday Words.

Another Oxide background here with some stenciling, followed by some background stamping using the scrip stamps from Butterfly Poppy Collage and then the lovely harlequin and Poppy head stamp using Versafine Black. After stamping I cleaned the stamp, masked the Poppy heads and inked just the harlequins to extend the pattern. The two Butterflies are from the same set and coloured in with the same inks used for the background.

I hope you all have a lovely day with some crafty time as well.

Autumn Scenes (by Julie)

Hello, hope you are well. Today I have a couple of Autumnal cards to show you. 

My first card has been stamped with Nature Table. I started my card by applying masking tape around the outside edges of the card blank and then I stamped the group of 7 mushrooms onto copy paper so that I could make a mask. I then stamped the mushrooms that appear behind them onto the copy paper and cut out both images.

Ink up the group of 7 mushrooms with Onyx Black Versafine and stamp onto your card blank. You then need to cover them with the mask. Ink up the second mushroom stamp and stamp over the mask that you have just put in place. Now you need to place the mask you previously cut, over your second image so that you can stamp the foliage that appears to be growing behind the mushrooms. Stamp the foliage in any green or yellow dye ink that you have to hand. Once you have stamped everything remove your masks and colour with coloured pencils. Apply Squeezed Lemonade and Broken China Distress ink to the background and then remove the masking tape from around the outside edges of your card. Finally take a fine tip pen and outline the centre panel you have just created. You don't need a ruler, freehand looks best.

My second card is similar to the first but is super quick to make. 

Start by applying masking tape around the card edges, then take your Autumn Hedgerow  stamp set and ink up your chosen foliage stamps and stamp to the bottom left of your card. Stamp the lighter colour first and then over stamped with the darker brown ink. 

Apply Weathered Wood and Wild Honey Distress inks through Kaleidoscope of Butterflies stencil 

ans then apply Squeezed Lemonade and Antique Linen Distress Stain to the background before removing the masking tape from the outside edges. To create some depth run a pale grey colouring pencil around the outside of the panel you have just created, smudge it with your finger and you should start to see a faux shadow.

Finish the card off with a sentiment stamped with Onyx Black Versafine.

Many thanks for stopping by and please call again very soon to see more Design Team inspiration.

Julie xx

Autumn Creations (by Gerrina)

Hello everyone, this month sees the return of Gerrina as our Guest Designer for the following three weeks. She has created two super Autumn themed projects for us this week.

Gerrina writes:

So glad that it is my time to be Guest Designer here again! Can't believe that it is slowly starting to look like Autumn again outside. So let's start my three-weeks-in-a-row-on-Wednesday posts with some Autumn creations....
I first made a card with a technique I learned in a class that I followed in the Summer. I made it totally in Autumn colours...

Used Materials:

Stamps: Autumn Edges
Ink: Alcohol inks, Stazon Black
Other: Postcard, silver tape, gesso and alcohol, brown, yellow and silver cardstock, black fineliner

Work Process:

Glue some silver tape on the card. Put some thin gesso on spots wherever you like. Let some drops of alcohol ink in yellow and brown colours fall on the card and blow them in the direction you want with a straw. Stamp the mushrooms with black Stazon and remove some of the colour from inside the mushrooms with alcohol. Glue the card on brown, yellow and silver cardstock and extend the lines from the stamp further onto the cardstock using the fineliner pen.

The second project that I made is a bookmark to go with the card, made in a more traditional technique for alcohol inks.
The bookmark on both sides:

Used Materials:

Stamps: Nature Table
Inks: Alcohol Inks- Terracotta, Oregano and Lettuce, Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Inks- Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmelade, Fired Brick and Peeled Paint
Other: Yupo paper, aquarelpaper, waterbrush, blending tool, paintbrush and magnets

Work Process:

Put some drops of alcohol ink on the Yupo paper and blow them a bit in different directions. Rub them out with a blending tool and felt ink applicator, and make some red and green spots with the blending tool. Stamp the chestnuts on a piece of aquarelpaper and color with the Distress Ink and a waterbrush. Make some splatters with green Distress Ink, and the edges a bit green with the blending tool. Fold both pieces and glue the Yupo paper on top of the aquarelpaper. Glue some magnets on the inside and it is ready to use.

Creatieve groetjes,

                

                               Gerrina 

Thank you Gerrina for two fabulous projects. Gerrina will be back next week with more creative inspiration to share with us.

 

Birthday Calendar Part Two (By Gerrina)

It is time for Gerrina's second visit to the Gesign Team Blog this month, and she is continuing with her lovely Birthday Calendar project that she introduced to us last week:

Gerrina writes:

Of course I made some more months for my Birthday Calendar for my second week as Guest Designer here. You can find the frame and first two months here on my blog and here on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team blog.

Used Materials:

Stamps: Nature Table, Lace Fragments, Artistic Affirmations
Inkpads: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tangelo and Lady Bug, Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy and Gathered Twigs
Other: Postcards and waterbrush

Used Materials:
Stamps: Sparkling Trees
Stencil
Inkpads: Versafine Onyx Black and Vintage Sepia, Memento Danube Blue and Summer Sky
Other: Postcard, masking paper, gelli plate, brayer

Used Materials:
Stamps Sparkling Trees, Artistic Affirnmations
Handmade stencil
Inkpads: Versafine Onyx Black,and Crimson Red, Memento Dandelion and Lady Bug, Distress Ink Lucky Clover, Silver pigment ink
Other: Postcard, gelli plate, brayer, blending tool, silver paintbrush

 

Used Materials:

Stamps: Punky Hearts
Inkpads: Versafine Crimson Red, Memento Lady Bug, Tangelo and Cottage Ivy
Other: Postcard, masking paper, colouring pencils

Next week I will be back with more months for you!

Creatieve groetjes,

Gerrina.

Thanks so much Gerrina for more fabulous pages for your calendar. We will look forward to the final instalment next week,

Birthday Calendar (by Gerrina)

Hello everyone, this month we are welcoming back Gerrina, one of our regular Guest Designers to the Design Team Blog. She will be featuring throughout September for the next three weeks. Today, she has brought a delightful project to share with you, a calendar created using a canvas. This is such a clever idea that you will want to try for yourselves.

Materials:

Stamps: Texture Fragments, Nature Table, Fantasy Meadows
Distress Inks: Salty Ocean, Fired Brick, Mowed Lawn, Wild Honey, Gathered Twigs, Hickory Smoke
Canvas
Gesso
12 x postcards, 12 x white cardstock, 12 x stamping paper
Watercolour paper postcards
Blending tool
Water based markers
Water mister ans water brush

Instructions:

I used the back of the canvas so that it could hold my twelve calendar months.
To start, I painted the canvas with gesso and let it dry before I stamped and sponged it. A sturdy band holds the paper calendar months in place when hanging, which I stamped as well before I put it in place.
The calendar months are printed on postcards and the edges are sponged carefully in the colours of the seasons.
Winter = blue, Spring = green, Summer = yellow, Autumn = red.
The background papers are white cardstock, and on some I stamped the same stamp as I used on the main image in a lighter colour.
The cards of the month images are all the same size as a postcard and made from different designs, depending on what the month requires.

I will be back next time with more of the calendar months!

Creatieve groetjes,


Gerrina

Thank you so much Gerrina for your beautiful project, we will look forward to the second instalment next week.

Guest Post - Autumn Colours by Gerrina Poncin

Today is the third of Gerrina's project and this week she has given us a beautiful touch of Autumn. Here first card uses Autumn Edges, whilst her second features the ever popular Nature Table. Enjoy.

I am back with some work I made for my last Guest Designer team post this month. Of course I could not resist to make some cards with the beautiful autumn stamps, now Autumn is slowly getting closer:  Here is the first

Start by stamping the mushrooms and masking them. Then some more masking so you have only that piece from the card that you want to sponge. Start sponging on the bottom and work your way up with the colours of your choice. I used five colours. Remove the mask from the mushrooms and colour them with a waterpencil and Distress Inks.

  

On this one I stamped the big chestnuts, masked them and stamped the little ones and masked them also. I love backgrounds, so I used one of the beautiful fragments from the Lace Fragments set. On top of that background I stamped the branches with the skeleton leaves. All what is left to do next is remove the masks and colour it all.

In a few months you can see more work that I made at the Chocolate Baroque blog! In the meanwhile I am sure you will come across more of their stamps on my work...

Thanks for looking!                         

Gerrina

A huge thank from us Gerrina for giving us three such diverse and interesting projects, we look forward to seeing you here again in a few months times.  And of course you can see more of her work on her blog.

Don't forget to drop by tomorrow when there will be a fabulous project from one of our Design Team using the new October stamps.