Dandelion Clocks (posted by Judith)

Hi folks, here's another project that I created from the Punky Romance stamp plate from Chocolate Baroque. I wanted to make a bright and cheery card, using the dandelion clock stamps on the stamp plate. I really like the style of these stamps, and the stems of the dandelion flowers feel a bit Art Nouveau to me. I chose to team them with the  Shapeabilities: Ornate Artisan Tags & Accents die set, as the corners were an almost perfect match.

I created a watercolour background, using various orange and red Ecoline inks. I then placed a large cog mask over the top, and sponged Distress Inks through the mask. I also stamped the two single dandelion clocks randomly over the background. I used a spare piece of the background to stamp the main image, before die cutting it with the die. I chose to use black card as a striking contrast to the orange tones on my card, and added Glossy Accents to the centres of the dandelion clocks. 

The Shapeabilities are available from Chocolate Baroque, they are a great set teamed with these fabulous stamps. This was a very bright card for me, but these stamps really pushed my boundaries, and I have loved using them.

Keep checking back for more samples from the other Design Team members using these new stamps, and a Happy New Year to you all, Judith xx

Harlequin Gift book and Necklace (posted by Judith)

Hi Folks, well as the big day draws near, and we start to think of the New Year ahead, I'd like to wish you health, happiness and lots of great crafting in 2012!

I'd like to show you a project that I made with the fabulous Punky Romance stamp set from Chocolate Baroque. I wanted to create a card and gift in one with these fabulous stamps, using a softer colour palette than I did for my last project. I created a book card, using sections of card folded and glued, to make the insert, and then created a cover, using kraft card. I stamped the harlequin butterfly image onto white card with a creamy white embossing powder, which acted as a resist, over which I applied some ink in different shades of plum and lilac.

I overstamped the cog stamp with a deep burgundy, added some cream lace, and a velum butterfly, again embossed with the creamy white embossing powder. A sentiment from the Butterfly Dreams stamp set completes the cover.

I added some lace to the inside of the book card, matching he lace on the front, and made a necklace to pop inside the niche. I chose some lovely deep purple pearls as the base of the necklace. I used a domino sized piece of Stampbord, which I stamped with Stazon, to pick out part of the harlequin butterfly image. I coloured the Stampbord with the lilac and plum inks again, and then etched details of the butterfly wings using a Stampbord tool, to add highlights.

So that completes my gift set, I hope that you like it! Keep checking back to see what my other team mates have made with this fabulous stamp set, and I'll be back with something else that I have made later. Judith xx

Dandelion Clock pendant

I love to make jewellery and I thought this gorgeous dandelion clock stamp  from Punky Romance would be perfect for a pendant. These stamps are so clever with the clock face in the centre.

These pendants are so easy to make, stamp the image on some white card, colour with markers or pencils and attach a flat backed glass with glossy accents. Once its dry trim off the excess card and seal (I just use satin varnish but I'm sure you'll have something in your stash). To finish off add a glue on bale with some glossy accents and once dry add a chain or as I've done string some tiny seed beads on beading thread and attach a clasp.

The tag is made with memento inks (London Fog and Angel Pink) and the same stamps. The sentiment is from Art Nouveau Birthday , stamped on vellum and wrapped around the tag.

These new stamps are perfect for jewelley and I'll be back later in the week with a Punky Romance necklace made with stampbord inchies

Claire xx

Shabby Steampunk

Hi, I hope you've had a lovely Christmas and the big chap in the red suit has been kind to you. If you're anything like me you'll be ready for a change after all those Christmas cards. The new Punky Romance stamps were a real breath of fresh air when postie popped them through the letterbox. I've used a tissue paper background stamped with the harlequin stamp for this card.

The large focal image is a really stunning stamp and I've triple embossed it adding some holographic EP to the final layer for some sparkle. I've also made a backing paper by clear embossing the rose stamp from Punky Romance and inking with Dusty Concorde distress ink. Die cut cogs and vellum flowers made with Crealies 18 finish the card off.

Keep checking back as my teamies have some truly beautiful projects with all the new stamps

Claire xx

punky Romance butterflies.....

 
Hello there,

 And today my last creation with the punky Romance sheet......for me a very unusual colour combination.....Pumice stone, Crushed Olive and some Tumbled glass. Again with the acrylic bloc technique. I did decoupage some of the elements and used the flowers from the Bold blooms sheet.As you can see I have used the embossing folder 'bricks' on the background behind the image. Added some water drops and gemstones. Also gave some accents with a white pencil.......

And again hope to have inspired you, it's a great sheet to work with!

Probably for now till next year!    Enjoy the last days of 2011 and wish you a inspirational, creative and the most important part, a healthy 2012!

another punky Romance creation......

Hi there,

Hope you enjoy these Christmas days and today I want to show you some other creation with the 'punky Romance sheet. I've made this one with Distress inks Victorian Velvet and also the new 'greens' from the Christmas  Distress set. On the background I stamped the two solid roses using silver pearl EP. I decoupaged the heart and wings and used some Glossy accents and Rock candy on the wings as you can see on the detailed photo above. The ribbon was white and coloured with copic markers. Some embellishments were added at last. And... oops.... again used the textured fragments sheets shimmering through on the background.......can't get enough of this one......

Till next time, creative greetz

Blue Butterflies (posted by Judith)

When Glenda sent me the Punky Romance stamp sheet, I was very happy. There are so many different stamps on the sheet, and I could see that there were so many different uses for this set. I love the big corner stamp, and that was what I wanted to use for this project.

I painted a canvas with stone coloured acrylic paint, blending a couple of colours to get the effect that I wanted. I added molding paste through a brick stencil on one side to give the effect of a wall, echoing the bricks on the stamp image. I stamped the image onto tissue paper for the base layer, and added this to the canvas. I then stamped the image three times, colouring it in with Polychromos pencils. I cut the image out, and decoupaged it over the tissue paper layer. I stamped some extra butterflies and flowers from Ruby Tuesday and Patchwork Butterfly, to name just two sets, and coloured those to match. I die cut some black leaves to echo those on the stamp image, and stuck them up the textured brick area of the canvas, and added the extra flowers and butterflies. To finish, I added some metal cogs.

 

The finished piece is quite striking in its colour scheme, very unusual for me! This stamp set really inspired me to push the boundaries with my colour choices, as you will see with some of my other projects! The layers in this one were time consuming, but worth it for the finished effect.

Keep checking back to see what the other Design Team members have been up to over the holidays. Have a great Christmas, and I hope that you get some lovely crafty presents this year! Judith xx

'Punky Romance' creation.........and Christmas wishes

Hello there,

Hope to inspire you this time with some creations made with the new gorgeous sheet:  Punky Romance from Chocolate Baroque. I must say this sheet was very inspiring to work with.......I really love that steam punk style with that elegant touch of CB!
I've made this card using the new Distress winter colours, great cool colours! I've used lots of water, shimmer and maybe you recognize the texture fragments sheet which I've used for the Crealies flowers.( Petal no.4 and flower no.20) Def one of my favourite sheets at the moment. I've embossed the textures with gold EP on the flowers. I have used clear embossing powder on aquarel paper to stamp the clocks and gears and used the acrylic bloc technique. Then again clear embossing and some extra sponging to create more depth.

For this moment I want to wish you all a beautiful and peaceful Christmas time, enjoy being with family and dear ones! Hope to see you soon again with some other punky romance creations! Hope that Santa likes 'Chocolate' and brings you lot of them!

Birdcage and Honey Bee winners plus another chance to win!

Thanks to everyone for your lovely comments on the Pretty Birdcage and Honey Bee stamps.  I have picked two winners completely at random from the comments and come up with:

Honey Bee goes to Shirls's Cards

and

Pretty Birdcage goes to Gini



Congratulations ladies, please can you get in touch and we'll get your stamps sent out.  Gini, I have your details already, so I'll put yours in the post today.

Now, if you're feeling like you never win anything, we have our final stamp set of 2011 just out.  It's called Punky Romance and it looks like this:

Perfect for Valentine's Day, anniversaries and weddings, but of course it has lots of versatility for Steampunk fans and is by no means limited to purely romantic kind of cards. 

So I am giving you all another chance to be a winner, but this time I am going to pick a winner from our followers.  If you are not already a follower of this blog, you have two ways to become one.  If you look on the right hand side of the page you will see lots of tiny photos of people with a blue button above that says 'Join this site'.  Click on that button and follow the instructions to become a follower.  There are various accounts that you may already have that you can use, or simply create a new Google account and use that.

The second way of following is for Facebook users.  You can use Networked Blogs which you will find right at the bottom of the side bar on the right.

I will add together the followers from both widgets and pick a winner at random.  You have until January 4th 2012 as we are taking a break over the holidays.

Over the holidays, the girls will be blogging some artwork with this set and there's more to come with Honey Bee and Pretty Birdcage too.

So all that remains is for me to thank you all for your support this year and wish you all the very best for Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Hope Santa brings you lots of crafting goodies!