Butterfly Blessings (by Anne)

Good morning. Here is one of my samples for the butterfly stamp set shows featured on Hochanda recently. The bundle that included the matching stencils and masks was a ‘sell out’ - but these should be available again soon (direct from the Chocolate Baroque website).


Materials:

• Patchwork Butterfly, Just Butterflies and Butterfly Stencils 
• 8 X 8 inch (20cm) square card blank, heavy weight acetate
• Inkpads: StazOn (Jet Black), dye based multi-coloured (purples, pinks, blues), Versafine (Onyx Black)
• Metallic acrylic paint (Lilac)
• Sparkle pens (purple, pink)
• 3D glaze pens - work on acetate (purple and deep pink)
• Fine tipped pen (purple)
• Glitter glue (violet)
• Red liner tape (extra strong double sided tape)

How to make it:

1. Cut a 6 X 6 inch aperture into the front of the card. Stamp the swirls using multi-coloured ink to the inside panel. Stamp the butterfly and verse using Versafine. Colour the butterfly with sparkle pens.
2. Trim the acetate to fit inside the front panel. Stamp the swirls with StazOn. Tip: stamp one side of the frame, turn the card 90 degrees, stamp again and repeat to make the swirl frame design. An acrylic block with grid markings will help you align the stamp with the card edge.
3. On the other side of the acetate stencil the butterflies and dragonfly with metallic paint, leave to dry. Overtsamp the butterfly detail with StazOn. With the paint side orientated to the outside the panel will insert with the swirls orientated in the opposite direction to the inside panel. Glue to the inside with strong double sided tape. If you would like a neater inside finish cut a frame to cover the ‘workings’.
4. Add faux stitching and glitter glue dots to frame the outside panel. Finish by adding extra colour to butterflies and dots around the swirls using the 3D glaze pens.

A message from Russia (posted by Claire)

Good morning, Claire here with a large tag made using some of the fabulous new stamps and stencils that Lesley launched on Hochanda recently. I love mail art so I couldn't resist having a play with the new collection.

I began by making a background using distress stains (Tarnished Brass, Vintage Photo, Broken China and Faded Jeans). I stamped here and there with  the beautiful Russian Exquisite Egg stamps but holding it in my hand so I just caught parts of the design and then embossed with gold embossing powder. I also added a little crackle with the crackle stamp using the same technique. I took one of the stencils and inked through it with a deep blue inkpad and then applied a layer of glassy gel medium. While that was drying I made the rest of the elements. I stamped Katya, again with dark blue ink and cut her out, I inked a post card from my stash and used one of the Silhouette Palace stamps and faux postage paper to make the 'stamps'.

Once everything was dry I assembled my tag, adding some flowers, pearl trim, charms, lace and ribbon from my stash.

Thanks so much for visiting today, keep popping back as my teamies have created some really gorgeous artwork to inspire you

Claire xx

Put A Spell On You - Halloween Card - By Florence

Morning everyone

Today I would like to share with you an easy card made using the new fabulous Halloween Stamps.

For this card I have used

"Put A Spell On You" A5 Set and you can see the mult-buy option HERE.

They are both great sets with lots of images that can be mixed and matched to enable you to let your spookylicious imagination create wonderful projects.

The stamps are a great size which are ideal for stamping onto any surface.  They are perfect for card making, tags, ATC's or decorating gift boxes for trick and treating or for making Halloween decorations.  Lots of scope for these stamps.

Here is my card for today.

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To make this card

Cut a piece of white card stock to size.
Colour the card using Distress Inks and a piece of Cut-n-Dry foam.
For this card I used Wild Honey and Seedless Preserves.
Place a mask/stencil onto the card and apply more Distress Ink, using the same color Distress Inks that are under the mask/stencil.
Stamp the images and text.
Take a damp paint brush and some kitchen paper and remove some of the ink to high light parts of the images.
Optional - Add white highlights to the circles and to the bodies of the bats.
Using a piece of torn copier paper as a mask and some black Distress Ink create a frame.
Stamp the spell book and the sentiment onto white card stock, cut them out and attach them to the card using foam pads.

Make up the card as seen.

Thank you for looking.
Do pop back and see the wonderful projects made by the DT.  

There is a new post every day with lots of inspiring ideas.

Take care

Florence x

Hocus Pocus - Halloween Tags By Florence

Hi everyone

I hope your week is going well.

Today I would like to share with you some easy tags made with the fabulous new Hocus Pocus Rubber Stamp Set.

I had so much fun making these. 
The more I use the stamps the more I love them.

Please click on the photos to enlarge and to see the detail.

This is such a fun creature.

 I did think it would also work for a little boys birthday card....I'm thinking dragons and castles.

This stamp set is so versatile. 

The cat, the spider and the trees in this set would work for other stamping projects other than Halloween.

The spider stamp I used to create the little spiders on the tag above are from the
 "Put A Spell On You" Set.

I made all of the tags in the same way.

To make the tags

Stamp the main images:  The creature, the cat and the Witch.

Make a circle mask and place it on the tag where you wish the moon to appear.
Mask off any parts of the image that you wish to colour.
Colour the tag with a light brown Distress Ink using a piece of Cut-n-Dry foam.
Take a stencil and place it over the tag and using a piece of foam apply a darker colour Distress Ink to create the pattern on the background.

Apply some more darker Distress Ink around the edges if necessary.

Stamp all of the remaining images ie., the bats, cobwebs, spiders, script and branches.
Remove any masks and colour the images.

Optional: Spray the tag with a fixative to fix the ink.

Just to share.  

On the second tag, and using a paint brush, I added some lemon juice around the edges of the tag and then heated it to create an old charred look.

Grab yourself and cuppa and check out all of the wonderful projects made by the team.

Thank you for looking.
Happy Stamping.
Florence x

Poppy Edges - By Florence

Hi Everyone

 

Thank you to everyone for your lovely comments and kind words left on the posts.  We all love to hear from you.

Today I would like to share with you all two cards made using the beautiful new Poppy Edges Rubber Stamps.

 

These stamps are brilliant for making tags, cards, altered art projects, lovely boarders/embellishments for scrap-booking.  They also stamp brilliantly onto wood.

For my first card, I mixed the Poppy Edge stamp with one of the boarder stamps from the Elegant Edges set which was released a few months ago.

 

For the main focal piece I coated a piece of basic white card stock with White Gesso.

 

I stamped the purple flowers first, masked them with Masking Tissue and then stamped the poppies.

 

I then, using a piece of Cut'n'Dry, covered the surface, avoiding the flowers as much as possible, with Distress Ink. 

I dribbled some water, mainly around the flowers, onto the background to give it a mottled look. 

I placed a mask/stencil over the card and applied more of the Distress Ink.

I then cleaned up my stamped images by removing any unwanted ink.  By using Gesso for the base, it is easy to remove any unwanted ink from the stamped images using a clean damp paint brush and paper towel.

 

I stamped my little bees. They are adorable!! 

I colored the flowers and bees with felt pens and added highlights and shadows by moving around and removing the ink with a damp paint brush.

I gave everything a quick spray with a fixative, made up the card as seen and added a touch of Gel Medium to just the flowers.

 

 

For my second card I just used one of the flower boarders from the set and repeat stamped it using Masking Tissue.

 This was a really quick card to make.

 

I stamped the images using Archival Ink onto Coated Card Stock for my main piece.  

 

I colored the flowers roughly using some diluted Distress Ink and a damp paint brush and then fussy cut around the stamped piece.

 

I punched some holes in the top of the card and thread some ribbon through.

I made up the card as seen using pretty papers which I scuffed up the edges and added a little bit of bling to the center of each flower.

Thank you for looking.

Happy Stamping.

Florence x

Tangled Fragments - By Florence

Hi everyone

I hope you are enjoying the weekend.  

Today I would like to share two cards I have made using the new Tangled Fragments rubber stamp set.   I don't think I am going to put these away.  They are such good fun to use and so versatile.

Here are the cards.  I hope you like them.

I dabbed some Distress Inks onto a piece of plastic and spritzed it with water.  I then swished my card stock around in it, picking up the color.

I stamped my image using Archival Ink and colored just parts of the image in  in using a damp paint brush and Distress Inks.

I added some dots using a mask and Distress Ink and two wooden leaves.

The second card is really all about patterns.

I created the background on this card in the same way as the card above but this time I used coated card stock.

I stamped my pattern across the top part of the card using Blue Archival Ink and colored it using felt pens.

I then used a stencil to create the square boarder and then stamped the sentiment using one of the stamps from the Artistic Affirmations set and Archival Ink.  I added three little splashes using the little stamp from the Wisteria Lane stamp set.  I love that little stamp.  It is so useful.  I then added the bling.

I embossed a piece of blue card and then just mat and layered my card up as seen.

Thank you for looking.

Take care and happy stamping.

Florence x

Briar Rose Butterfly - by Florence

Hi everyone

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Today I would like to share with you a card I made using the new Briar Rose Butterfly stamps.  I know I keep saying this about all of the stamps but these are one of my favorites of this year.  They have a real country feel about them.  I just love everything about them.  I am ear marking this set and the Harebell Butterfly set to make some Christmas and Birthday presents with.  They stamp beautifully on to paper, card, wood and fabric.

For this card, I used the larger stamp on the sheet.  It is a lovely size about 12.5 cm x 7.5 cm.  This would be great decoupaged on a card.  Nice clean lines to cut.  I think you could get 4 layers with this.

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Just to share,  I recently went to the Butterfly Park on the coast here in Spain.  Oh, it is a wonderful place to go.  So serene and peaceful.   Anyway, in the park there were some giant blue butterflies that just gently floated around.  It was magical.  So, I have taken my inspiration from there for the color of my butterflies on this card. 

As for the roses,  I took inspiration from my garden.

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 When you look at a Briar Rose, the petals are never the same color.  Some are all white or pink, some have hints of yellow and orange on them.  This is my interpretation of the colors.  I hope you like it.

I stamped my image using black Staz-On ink (Archival ink can be used) onto one of the  Vintage Tag digital downloads, designed by Lesley Wharton, that I printed off.

I colored my image using water color crayons.  I colored the image with the crayons and then smoothed and blended them with a just damp paint brush.

I sewed my stamped image sheet to a piece of backing paper and then layered it.  Firstly, on to the country gingham card and then onto my base card.

I stamped my little "With Love" sentiment using Black Staz-On onto some coated card stock, trimmed it to size and then attached it using some foam pads.

That's all from me today.  

If, you have not seen them already, do check out the wonderful projects made by the other members of the DT.  As always you are in for a real treat.

Take Care

Florence x