Black and White Tree Tag (by Julia)

Hello everyone, our new Guest Desin Team member Julia is back with another post to inspire you. She has created a tag using the Orchard Design a Tree stamp set:

 

Hello everyone - trust you are all keeping safe and well.

 

Instructions:

Cut silver tag and a slightly smaller black one.

On black tag stamp tree twice with 'Versamark' ink.

Heat set with white embossing powder.

Add broken line border with white gel pen.

Add some grass around the tree bases.

To add a faux fence effect, I added upside down pearl trim.

Punch hole and add fibre to finish.

Happy crafting, hope you are all enjoying the better weather.

Best regards

Julia

x

Orchard Tree

Hello

I am sharing some more of my cards from the May shows on The Craft Store

These cards feature the Orchard Design a Tree stamp set. A very versatile set of stamps.

For my first card I masked off the lower part of my card by tearing a piece of copy paper. This created my snowy landscape. In the upper part of my card I blended different Distress Inks for my sky. I used the darkest shades at the top and on the horizon, a medium shade next to these and finished with my lightest in the centre. I flicked some water over the inked area and blotted with tissue to lift the ink. This made it look like it was snowing. I then stamped the larger of the trees twice in black. I added a little shadow under the trees and a sentiment from Life is So Much Better. 

In contrast, my next card uses the small stamps from the same set. I used my stamping platform to create the wreath effect. I used different shades of green and pink inks and the flower and foliage stamps. I finished by adding small splatters of pink, green and black ink and a sentiment from Artistic Affirmations

Thanks for looking

Sandra x

Cloudy Skies (by Judith)

Hello everyone, here are a couple of projects that I created for last month's TV shows on The Craft Store, using the fabulous new house stamps from Kim Moody.

 I created a background using Distress Inks in shades of blue and green. I stamped Luv Shack onto a smaller piece of Drawing Cartridge and masked the image. I stamped a couple of trees from Woodland Design a Tree and extended the hedge using a fineliner pen. I coloured the background using Distress Inks and a blending brush, I used a stencil over the top with more Distress Inks to add the clouds. I added foliage to the trees and grass using stamps from Glade Design a Tree stamp set. The image was coloured with pencils. I edged both pieces of card with ink to create more definition before I adhered them to the base card. Finally, I added a sentiment from Say it Vertically.

To create my second card, I chose three of the houses - Luv Shack, Cotswold Stone, Urban Chic, and stamped them on a piece of Drawing Cartridge, masking them as I went along. I coloured the background with Distress Ink, and coloured the images with pencils. I added a sentiment from Amazing Mackintosh Words. I stamped some foliage from Silhouette Grasses along the front.

 

I will be back later in the month with another project to share with you. Take care and stay safe,

Judith xx

Introducing New Guest Design Team Member Tracy Thompson

Hello everyone, I would like to introduce you to another of our new Guest Design Team members, Tracy Thompson. She is joining us this month and will be sharing three posts to inspire you. We asked Tracy to tell us a little bit about herself and to add a photograph. Here is what Tracy had to say:

 

I have a lovely hubby John of 24 years and I'm Mum of three gorgeous children, Scott (who would be 25 (who has sadly passed away on 6th July 2018), Jodie 22 and Bobby 15. We have four cats and three dogs, all so adorable. I started crafting in 2008 and started my blog in 2009. I just love rubber stamping and getting inky so much, and I love blogging so much because every time I log on I'm inspired by so many talented crafters. I am at present part of three lovely design teams, Stamping Sensations, We Love Chocolate Baroque and Allsorts. Now gratefully on the GDT for Chocolate Baroque, there's no bigger buzz than seeing your creations on the television. 

Thank you Tracy x

This is my first post for the Team and a creation from my first TV show from last month May. I started by creating a background paper using Distress Oxides for the base of a gift bag. I then stamped my image, Italian House, I coloured it with Distress Inks. I added some trees from the Orchard Design a Tree stamps, and with Versafine Clair I added some blossom which comes with the tree stamps. I finished the scene with some grass and sky.

 

Hope to see you later in the month when I will be showing another creation from the show.

Happy crafting

Tracy x

Quirky Dwellings by Zoe

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

Today I’m showcasing some of the samples I made for the wonderful show Lesley did for “The Craft Store TV” last month featuring these amazing and quirky houses.

I created the card on Watercolour card using Watercolour paints and a gold Watercolour marker on the turrets to create that oxidised effect. There’s actually 5 layers to this card including the base.

I made a bookmark, I love the Greyscale effect and these stamps make it so easy as Sue had put in all the shading so for someone like myself that isn't great at colouring in it’s perfect. I layered onto a Gel Press print I had done a load in advance.

Thank you so much for spending your time visiting today, I hope you like my creations.

Have a wonderful day. Zoe xx

Blossom Lane

This canvas was quite a labour of love as firstly I stamped, coloured and fussy cut each of Kim Moody's latest release of stamps which include ;

Kim Moody - Bottle and Jug A6 rubber stamp 

Kim Moody - Cotswold Stone A6 rubber stamp

Kim Moody - Luv Shack A6 rubber stamp

Kim Moody - Urban Chic A6 rubber stamp

Plus I have also used the Chocolate Baroque stamps

Orchard Design a Tree Rubber stamp sheet - A6

Although not a necessity and very time consuming I stamped and coloured some blossoms to add depth to the canvas fussy cutting the individual blossoms and shaping and applying each of them to the trees.

Next the canvas itself was coloured using a wash of distress inks, which I also used to colour the cottages. The path was just randomly sized paving slabs yet again coloured using a paintbrush and distress inkpads allowing the colour to fade before replenishing the brush which gives a natural look to the shading.

The sentiment is from the Life Is So Much better set which was simply stamped and cut up before being applied to the canvas.

Life is so much Better Rubber Stamp sheet - A5

To finish I simply set everything in place before adding some birds using a fine liner pen.

Here are also one each of the cards from Kim's new range;

Thank you for looking in today 

Love Doreen

                            

Urban Chic - By Rachel

 Hello there!

Rachel here today with two very different cards I made using the Urban Chic stamp by Kim Moody.

In this first one I stamped the central image then masked it off before stamping the second two images. All of the colouring was done using water colour pens.

This second  make I created much more of moody scene using mostly black and white and grey but with a pop of red colour for the front door and the flowers on the tree. I used distress ink to colour the background having first applied a moon mask. 

I hope this gives you some ideas of ways to use this stamp.

Have a great day!

Hugs

Rachel x

Introducing Julia Baker Our New Guest Design Team Member

Hello everyone, today sees the first of three posts from a new Guest Design Team member, Julia Baker. I am sure that you will all giver her a warm welcome to the Chocolate Baroque family. We asked Julia to tell us a little bit about herself, and to provide a photograph, so that you could put a face to the name. without further ado, here it what Julia had to say:

Name: Julia Baker

Position Required: Design Team Guest

Living In: The New Forest, near Southampton.

Profile:

I have been crafting all my adult life, starting with sewing, kinitting, and crochet when the girls were young.

I moved onto scrapbooking and photography about 25 years ago and have since progressed onto mixed media art and design projects, as well as stamping and journal making.

Over the years I have created altered books, altered Barbie Dolls, work-top mosaics, shadow boxes, murals, large and small canvases and even a few mannequins - decorated with mixed media and stamps.

I even once used bubble wrap and silver spray paint to decorate the hallway and stairs in our house!

Other than crafting in general I enjoy reading, dance music, gardening and birdwatching in the New Forest and along the coast. 

Instructions for Journal Page:

Background created from three shades of Brusho.

Distress Stain lightly sprayed through stencil.

When dry - use texture paste through brick stencil.

Leave to dry.

Stamp houses with Black Versafine and colour with Oxide Inks.

Draw in borders with fine liners and outline a few details.

 

 

 

 

 

Multi coloured houses by Brenda

A very good morning to you all, I'm here to share a few cards from last month TV shows which was all about quirky houses. Above I used Dutch House, Turret House and Italian House, coloured in bright colours with Koh-i-Noor paints onto an A shape card, folding and cutting it so that some of the houses popped above the fold line.

I kept it all monochromatic using  one of the new stamps from Kim called Bottle and Jug, a bit of shading and some brickwork stencilling in the background.

For this one I made a Z fold card, used DI's and a stencil in the background and stamped Urban Chic, another of Kim's new designs, a tree from Orchard Design a Tree which was also in the shows and a quote from Words of Inspiration.

Have a good day and I hope I have provided a little inspiration.