Spring Savings (by Gerrina)

This week we welcome Gerrina back for the first of her three posts and her project is a real burst of Spring. I think you will enjoy this one.

And so it is March again and is it already six months ago that it was my turn to post here, so this month you will see some of my projects again.

This time I stamped on a moneybox in a birdhouse shape with the stamps from Chocolate Baroque and made a matching card:

Materials:

Chocolate Baroque Fantasy Meadow and Bold Blooms (quote)

Ink: Stazon, Vesafine Onyx Black, Distress Ink Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn and Mustard Seed, Memento Cottage Ivy, Tangelo, Dandelion and Danube Blue

Other: Wood Moneybox, blending tool, brush and water, tissuepaper, Multi medium matte, piece of yellow linen and blue cardstock

How to make:

At first I painted the moneybox with gesso and left it to dry. With a sponge, brush and water I coloured the box and let that dry again. The flowers were stamped on tissue paper with several colours of Memento ink, fussy cut and glued to the box with Multi medium matte.

For the card I used the same ink colours and Stazon black for the quote on the yellow piece of linen. The piece of linen was glued first to the card and then the card on a base.

Hope you liked this project and I will see you soon.

Createve greetings,

Gerrina

What a lovely project to start Gerrina, thank you for such bright and pretty artwork.  We look forward to seeing what you have in store for us next week.

Meanwhile, please drop by again for more inspiration from our ever talented Design Team.

Spring is in the air by Zoe

Good morning, I hope you're all well and looking forward to the spring.

Today it's my turn to showcase my creation using the lovely Spring themed stamps.

I started by creating my background on some water colour card.

 I wet it down and lightly scribbled on some water colour markers. 

I dried it off before adding water with a water brush to remove ink and thus creating hills and clouds.

 I then stamped using Versafine Onyx Black, I second generation stamped in some areas too just to create perspective.

 I then tore some paper and added distress ink with a sponge to create more definition in the hills.

I coloured my Crocuses with Water colour markers.

 I highlighted the edges with Black Soot Distress ink applied with a sponge, added some liquid pearl dots and glitter to finish.

 

I hope you like my card, thank you so much for taking the time to visit and leave a comment.

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

Daffodil Gelli Plate Cards (by Marga)

Hello all, what great shows Lesley has given us in the past few weeks. I have made two cards with the stamps that Lesley used on the 16th February shows on Hochanda. These two cards are made with the Gelli plate and Distress Ink. I used stamps from the Spring Bird Daffodil stamp sheet for these two cards. I coloured the daffodil flowers with the same colours as I have used in the backgrounds that I made with the Gelli plate.

For the green card I used the colours:

Twisted Citron, Crushed Olive, Squeezed Lemonade.

For the orange card I used the colours:

Crushed Olive, Forest Moss, Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon.

Hugs Marga.

Spring Time (by Julie)

Hello and welcome. Today I have a couple of cards to share that I have created from the wonderful Spring theme stamps that Chocolate Baroque are featuring this month. 

My first card is stamped with Spring Bird Crocus and coloured with Pan Pastels. I have stamped the circular designs with the little decorative stamp that I have inked with a teal Memento ink. I have to confess to having a bit of help from my Inkadinkadoo stamping gear to help position the circular design but if you were to draw a circle with a pencil for a guide you could achieve a similar design. The crocus were stamped with Versamark ink and then I dusted over pink and green Pan Pastel.

The white highlights and dots were created with a Derwent battery erasure.

The card was finished off with Happy Birthday from Words to Dazzle being stamped on and die and mounted onto the card with foam pads.

My second card is made with Breath of Spring and again I had some help with my Inkadinkadoo stamping gear, but if you would like a similar effect then just have a practice with a pencil drawn circle.

The base card has been coloured with Worn Lipstick Distress ink and the sentiments are from Words to Dazzle and Harlequin Rose.

Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you again very soon.

Julie xx

Bird waiting spring (with Dominike)

Hello
It's my turn to present a little card to announce spring.

First I made the backgroung with black, brown and blue Brusho with some drops of water.
Then I stamped the bird with black ink.
I colored the stamp with different Gelatos.
I cut all around the stamp and I sticked it on the background.

Last, I sticked this piece of art on a card..

Bonjour
à mon tour de vous présenter une petite carte qui annonce le printemps.
Tout d'abord, je réalise mon fond avec des poudres Brushos.
Puis je tamponne l'oiseau que je colore avec mes Gelatos.
Je détoure cette image pour la coller sur le fond.
Enfin, je colle cette piece sur ma carte.

Do you like this ? Enjoy the good weather and take care of you.
Kind regards.

Est-ce que vous aimez ? Profitez bien du beau temps.
A bientôt.

Dominike

Spring (by Magda)

The themes the Design Team have been given for March are "Spring and Pan Pastel" and I hope to inspire you with my three posts during this month. What is the best way to start?
Daffodils are my most loved flowers for several reasons during these months, and therefore I used them for my first project.

Step by Step
1.   Background mat :  blend on your white cardstock several Pan Pastel colour, stamp with
      Versafine randomly a foliage of the set "Spring Foliage Rubber Stamp Sheet A5"  and a sentiment
       of Glorius Spring Rubber Stamp Sheet A5
2.    Mat : Stamp three daffodils with Versamark Stamp Pad on a white cardstock 
3.    Blend Pan Pastel yellow tones on one side of the cardstock and a yellow violet tone on the other
       side.  
4.     Decoupage Daffodil : Stamp a daffodil with Versamark on another cardstock. colour it  with    
        Pan Pastel and cut around the edges
5.     Stamp with Versafine only "Spring " on a left over piece of one of your mats
6.     Glue the mats, the daffodils and the sentiment and assemble the card.

See you soon with another card

Magda

Blog Comment Winner February

Hello everyone, we hope you are doing well.

Once again we would like to thank you all for your visits here at the Design Team blog.  We truly appreciate the time you take to let us know your thoughts about our designs.  
Each comment in February was assigned a number and we used Random Org to draw a winner.  Congratulations to Bernie Simmons  you have won a £15.00 voucher to spend on Chocolate Baroque stamps!  Please send a quick email here to confirm your email address and Lesley will send you your gift certificate.

Lesley will be giving a £15 gift voucher to another lucky winner drawn from March's comments. The more comments you leave the better your chances to win!  
Thank you for your kind words and comments,

Good luck from the Design Team!

Butterfly Stepper Card (by Anne)

Good morning. Today I am sharing another of my show samples using the Breath of Spring stamp set. The butterfly swirl can be used to make lovely backgrounds but it also works well as the main decorative feature. I used sparkly black embossing powder for added dimension (a bit difficult to see in the pic). I stamped and cut out extra butterflies and used them to embellish this stepper card, along with some die cut swirls and paper punched flowers. I also used a pretty background paper from Crafty Individuals (6 X 6 inch pad – Springtime). Victorian Velvet Distress Ink was used on the card blank and edges.

I cannot wait for more shows coming at the end of the month. Lesley will be bringing us something a little different. My lips are sealed – tee hee x.

Spring Allium (by Asha)

Good morning, friends! Here at Chocolate Baroque spring is definitely in the air. My first offering to the DT Blog is an all purpose card from the aptly named stamp sheet called Breath of Spring.

I started by inking the edges of the card with Distress Ink Aged Mahogany. Next, I stamped the allium: the stem in Memento Tuxedo Black and the flowerhead with Ranger Archival Cobalt. To frame the focal image I stamped the swirly corners from Breath of Spring using Ranger Archival Plum.  Finishing touches include blobs of liquid pearls, glitter and baker's twine.

These are probably not your typical spring colours, but no harm in stepping out of the norm every now and again!

I've got more details of tools and products over at my blog. My team-mates have created a few vernal beauties with this stamp to inspire you. And make sure you swing by the DT blog for more project ideas using Chocolate Baroque spring themed stamp sets featured on Hochanda.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Beijinhos,
Asha

spring coasters

 These were some coasters I made for Lesley's recent tv show on Hochanda on February 16th featuring some lovely springtime stamps.

I found a set of mdf coasters that I had bought ages ago and never got round to using - it was past time they got used! I was inspired at the time to get them by a post on Eileen Godwin's blog (sorry, can't find the exact link!) , and duly gave them a coat of white gesso and then one of a very pale blue emulsion paint before stamping the daffodils and tulips using black memento ink.
There were 6 originally, and a holder, but I managed to lose one small vital piece of the holder, so had to make a box instead, and 4 due to running out of time.





The flowers were coloured with promarkers before being given a coat of modge podge as a sealant. I had always thought that promarkers were water resistant, but one of the daffodils did lose a bit of colour when I added the modge podge,. so I spread it around a bit more to try to make it look as if it was meant!
Fortunately the cameras didn't home in on that one......
For the box lid I stamped the daffodils first and covered them with masking fluid, then stamped the tulips twice at angles behind them.
Coloured with markers again - I did the flowers first, then the leaves. It was a bit difficult knowing which leaves belonged to which flowes, so i tried to do the daffodils first, then just added more green to what was left!
Smudged wild honey distress ink round the flowers, then added silver krylon pen round the edges before glueing to the box lid.
Now if only I could remember where I got the coasters from................hopefully Zoe will remember, as she used coasters too (definitely a case of great minds!)

Hope you enjoyed the shows, there will be lots more beautiful samples coming up over the next few weeks.
Thanks for looking, we appreciate you taking the time to visit
Veronica