Bright Landscapes (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I hope that you are all keeping well. I have a couple of vibrant projects to share with you today, showcasing stamps that Lesley brought to you on last month's TV shows on Hochanda. 

 My first project is an accordian book, and I have used lots of stamps from the shows. These little books are a great way of experimenting with stamps and colour, you can let your imagination go wild. I started by colouring a piece of drawing cartridge with some ink, and let this dry completely. I then stamped and embossed the Klimt Panel twice with gold embossing powder, and cut the panel out. I mounted the panel onto black card. 

 

I cut some strips of drawing cartridge just a little bit smaller than the pieces of black card, and coloured these with Distress Ink, before scoring them into sections. I stamped the Arched Landscape and Landscape Collage twice onto the panels on one side, and coloured these with pencils. I stamped the Klimt Panel using second generation stamping in between the panels as an infill with pink and blue Distress Ink.

On the reverse, I used the Klimt Panel once again, using the same colours of ink to build up the background. I also stamped fragments of the Floribunda Net stamp on each page and coloured this with pencils. I constructed the book, adding ribbon to enable me to close the book.

My second project is equally colourful! I chose to stamp the Garden Lace Scene onto kraft card using white embossing powder, and used inks to colour the scene. I matted the image onto a piece of Lesley's A5 Double Sided Designer Papers Roll Up. I also stamped and embossed onto this background using white embossing powder, and chose to use an image from the Lace Fragments stamp set. There is a strip of lace on this set that matches the border on the main image exactly, and I stamped this onto kraft card to use as a strip behind the main image instead of a piece of ribbon. I stamped and embossed one of the new Say It Vertically sentiments onto kraft card to finish my project.

These images are such fun to work with, and I have lots more to show you this month. Keep checking back to see what my Team mates have to share with you as well. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe,

Judith xx

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A Celebration of Flowers, by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies and welcome to my first post this month and indeed April.

I hope you’re all keeping well and safe.

So here are some of my samples from last months Hochanda shows, wasn't Lesley great as always?

These stamps are so beautiful and so versatile.

Of course I’ve popped in a couple of matching envelopes.

I hope you like my creations, thank you so much for visiting today, I hope you’ll pop back each day and look at all the wonderful samples my Teamies made, see you later this month.

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

Kaleidoscope of Spring Butterflies by Brenda

Morning to you all, the final collection of samples from last month's Hochand shows. 

A Brusho background with a die cut trellis as a base for a kaleidoscope of Butterflies using Butterfly Blush, silhouette stamps are a favourite with me so these Butterflies tick all the right boxes and I make no excuse they are coming up again in the card below.

I used Versafine Clair inks and kiss stamped the Butterflies onto various CB backgroind stamps and fixed into place over he trellis.

For this one I used the circles from Strip Stencil set using DI's to shade the edges then with the stencil still in place stamped worker stamps from Eastern Grasses and Fresh Florals and placed a butterfly over each using the same set and kiss technique as the card above.

Thistle Butterfly takes centre stage in my final card stamped using Distress Markers direct to stamp onto a panel created by masking, inking and stencilling then dragging some of the colour from the image.

Thanks for your visit and kind works of encouragement which are always appreciated.

daisy candle (by Veronica)

For my last post this month I have used a stamps fromhoneysuckle butterfly  to create a candle and a  box 

I used the daisy stamp stamped onto white tissue paper with versafine and coloured with alcohol marker pens to create the candle.

The same stamp was used to decorate the panels on the sides of the gift box, and one of the daisies was stamped onto spare card, colourted and cut out to go on the top flap of the box. I used velcro to seal the box

For the card I used the carnation stamp from fresh florals  using distress markers directly onto the stamp. 

I did have to stamp it twice to get the colour, using a stamp platform to make sure the images matched.   My base card was a DL size, so the  image was trimmed down to fit over a base layer in a toning blue/purple shade, and the sentiment added using versafine onto a scrap of white card.
 

Mixing it Up

 Hello

I am sharing the last of my samples from the February show on Hochanda.

As we all know, Chocolate Baroque make the best stamps for card making, but they can also be used for many other things. Here are a few items I have made from Harebell Butterfly, Thistle Butterfly, Honeysuckle Butterfly and Briar Rose Butterfly stamp sets. 

My first is a mini album using the Butterflies and foliage from the sets. I used acrylic paints on the covers and Distress inks and stencils inside. I used lots of quotes, mainly from Words of Inspiration

Next, I have a grey board die cut which I covered with wood effect paper. I stamped and fussy cut two of the butterflies and added "No3" from Lupin Blueprint

This is a MDF piece which I have covered in Black and White Papers and sponged some acrylic paint around the edges in blue, green and copper. I then fussy cut some of the butterflies and coloured in more muted shades to resemble moths. I stamped the word "moth" using Distressed Alphabet Lower Case. I then added a die cut lamp post for the moths to flutter around!

 

My last piece is a round MDF coaster to which I have added self adhesive cork. Even though this was quite thick, I was still able to use my stamping platform to stamp the leafy sprig from Thistle Butterfly  into a wreath. I stamped the butterfly in the centre, but it didn't show up too well, so I stamped it onto one of the blank sheets in the Black and White paper pack and used a gel medium to stick it over the stamped image. I finished by using a white paint pen to highlight the berries and the butterfly. I used a matt varnish to seal it.

Thanks for looking.

Sandra x

Really Useful Cards (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I wanted to show you some really useful ideas for cards. We often need a card in a hurry, and need to rustle up some thing in next to no time. Lots of these cards could be made in different colour options, you could make a set of them and give them as a gift to someone.

My first two cards were made using textured linen card, and I blended three colours of Distress Ink over the background first. I used a circle mask to create a sun in the sky. I then stamped the foliage from Eastern Grasses across the top using Versafine Clair ink in a couple of colours. I used first and second generation stamping to create a bit of depth. I added a sentiment from the stamp set using the same inks as before.

 You could make lots of these and just choose your favourite colours, they are quite quick to make, just vary the sentiment to suit the occasion.

I have left the sentiment off the next card, it could be used for any occasion. I chose a large bloom from Fresh Florals and inked it up with two different colours of red Versafine Clair. I stamped the image randomly over a piece of kraft card to create a background. I stamped the poppy image onto an oval of drawing cartridge and coloured the image with Koh-I-Noor watercolour paints. I added a touch of Distress Ink around the edge.

This last card is an older card that I made some time ago, but I thought that I would share it with you again. I used some very thin masking tape across the background and then added Distress Ink inbetween each section. I removed the masking tape and stamped the image onto the panel using black ink. I backed the panel onto black card. I coloured some ribbon with the green Distress Ink, and once it was dry, I stamped the ribbon with the words from the Amazing Mackintosh Words stamp set using black Archival ink.

I hope that you will try some of these ideas for quick cards. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe and take care,

Judith xx

Fluttering by part 3 - by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies and welcome to my final post of the month.

These are the samples I made for Lesley’s Hochanda show last month featuring these beautiful flowers and butterflies.

I created a DL card using Inktense pencils and cut out the Butterfly to create dimension.

A one layer card which again was coloured with Inktense pencils.

My bookmark is Watercolour card and painted with watercolours.

My final card was painted with Watercolour markers and mounted on card that had been sprayed with coordinated spritzers.

Thank you for visiting today I hope you like my creations.

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

Freesias Again (by Gerrina)

Today my last post for this month as a Guest Designer. I find the stamp set that I used last week so beautiful that I couldn't put it away before I stamped some more with it.

I used stamps from the beautiful Freesia Blueprint stamp set again.

First I stamped the beautiful blueprint stamp from the set, next I stamped the circle of flowers with the two small flower stamps from the set, (the 'worker stamps'). After that I stamped both the text and the two flower stamps twice. I drew one of the lines from the blueprint stamp all the way down and drew the lines around the text and the flowers. Then all that was left was the calming colouring of all the flowers.

Used materials:

Stamps: Freesia Blueprint

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Lucky Clover and Peeled Paint.

Other: white aquarel paper, black marker, ruler and water brush.

Hope to see you back here later this year or at my blog.

Creatieve groetjes,

Gerrina

 

A little bit of sewing by Rachel

 Hello there! Rachel here today with my third and final installment from the February shows. This first piece gave me lots of joy in the making. I used a piece of calico and stamped on it using the main honeysuckle butterfly image in versafine ink. I then painted it using translucent paints and then I got my needle out and simply stitched around the outline of the flowers plus the stamens. I then added the ring and folded the extra fabric into the back and covered it with felt to make a small hanging picture.

This next piece was made using one of the wooden plaque/signs from the website. First I used gel medium to adhere one of the black and white papers to the plaque then stamped butterflies from the butterfly blush using pink ink onto card and then overstamped using the corresponding stamps from the just butterflies set before fussy cutting.

This final accordion card was made using all of the butterfly floral stamps each stamped in versamark on black card and set with white embossing powder and then roughly cut out and mounted onto black and white papers.

Hope you have a lovely day - I will see you next month!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Butterfly trio by Brenda

Morning Peeps, popping in with a few more of my shares from last month Hochanda shows, starting with one showcasing three Butterflies from Butterfly Blush, using Versafine Clair and kiss stamped onto various CB background stamps. The background is stamped with the postcard from Baroque Ephemera 2 and to finish some watery DI's in coordinating colours flicked onto the background.

Another Oxide background with gold paint flicked over it, Briar Rose Butterfly stamped and heat embossed with detail gold EP, coloured and cut out. The lovely sentiment is from Loving Sentiments.

A simple one to finish using another of the images from Briar Rose Butterfly stamped and coloured onto a fancy die cut mat and a bow added to carry the colour.

Spring Perfume ( by Magda)

 Good Morning,

Are you already feeling the nice warm spring air ?                                                                                       Here below I share with you my Step by Step of  "Katya is smelling the Perfume of the Spring Air" 

1.  Blend on the Journaling Page a red colour of  Distress Ink Pad                                                                                2.  Cover all with white gesso and let dry                                                                                                        3.  Blend several blue colors of  Distress Ink Pad  on the gesso                                                                       4.  Rub a baby wipe on Katya stamp to have the perfect humidity before stamping                                       

5.  Stamp Floral Perfumery with Versafine on a white cardstock,  colour the stamp with

     watercolors and cut the contour                                                                                                                                                  6.  Stamp  with Archival  the words  Perfume from  Floral Perfumery and Spring                                             

     from March Fairy on a piece of scrap cardstock colored with the same color                                                        

     of the flower of point 5                                                                                                                               7.  Glue the decoupage cuts on the journaling page and stamp little butterflies in black                                      

     around Katya,  as shown and don't forget to use a nice ribbon as label holder.

     

I hope you had a spring inspiration from my page and  thanks for passing by, hugs

Magda

butterflies (by Veronica)

Today I have cards featuring butterflies to show you.

The first uses the main image from honeysuckle butterfly, stamped in grey versafine ink onto white card and coloured using watercolour pencils for the honeysuckle and the artway shimmer paints from the last month's shows for the butterflies. trimmed to a square. mounted onto a square of black card and then onto a white card blank.

The second card uses the briar rose butterfly, stamped in versmark ink onto black card and white embossed. Thie time the whole image was coloured with the artway paints, sprinkled with white brusho powder and spritzed with water. 

The white base card black was randomly stamped with just the flowers - the stamp was coloured with distress markers .

main image diecut into an oval

 

Keeping it Simple

Hello, I am here to share some more of my samples from the February show on Hochanda.

These were all relatively quick to make with some stamping and embossing and a little bit of colouring.

My first piece uses an MDF board which I have covered with Chocolate Baroque Black and White Paper (Series 2) using a gel medium. I'm not sure if these are still available, but Series 3 are!  I have then added some watercolour inks, starting with purple, then blue and green. When it was completely dry I stamped the Carnation from Fresh Florals and a sentiment from Artistic Affirmations and embossed in white.

For my next card I used alcohol inks in shades of purples and blues at the top and greens at the bottom on some yupo paper. I then stamped a dragonfly and a few butterflies from Butterfly Blush using Alcohol Lift ink. I did the same with some of the foliage stamps that were also on the show and added a sentiment from Sow the Seeds.

My next card uses the Daisy stamp from Fresh Florals. I stamped with Archival and used watercolour pencils for the flowers and Distress Ink for the edges. I have added a sentiment from Fly Away with Me.

This card uses two of the foliage stamps from Eastern Grasses. I used my stamping platform and stamped the larger of the stamps first, rotating my card each time. I then used the smaller stamp to fill in the gaps. I coloured the open seed heads with a red glaze pen and added the sentiment to the centre. Very quick, but effective.

My last piece features an accordion style card from a die. I stamped the butterflies and dragonflies from Just Butterflies onto some white card and die cut the panels out and glued onto the card base.

 I love how the stamp sets mix so well with each other.

See you soon

Sandra x