Gilded Butterfly

Hi All

I treated myself to a Craftsy online class.
This one was 21 techniques with favourite supplies.  It was good to go over some of the techniques again and learn some new ones.
For this card I used Distress Inks Tea Dye and Vintage Photo and an IndigoBlu Butterfly which I added Gilding Flakes to.
Sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque.
Very shiny IRL, but difficult to photograph.

Entering in IndigoBlu All that Sparkles Challenge

Thanks for looking
Sandra

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I'm a bit behind in our monthly Christmas Card makes on Chocolate Baroque.
So here is the September prompt - Walking in a Winter Wonderland. I have also used the colour scheme so that I can enter into the CB Monthly Challenge.

I used the Damask Reindeer Set and Terrific Treescapes.
Distress Inks used - Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Mustard Seed and Picket Fence. These were spritzed with water  and cover with scrunched cling film.

Thanks for looking
Sandra x

Chocolate Baroque Challenge 11

Great colours for this month's challenge.

For my card I have stamped with Ranger White pigment ink and heat set. I then coloured over the stamped image with Spectrum Noir pencils. Floral stamp is from Dusky Damask and sentiment is from Birthday Words. Backing paper is Tim Holtz.

 

 

Thanks for looking, 

Sandra

Chocolate Baroque Challenge 9

Hi All
Just a little card made for the current challenge.

Beautiful colours this month.


For my card I have used the colours on the topper, but I have printed off a gorgeous download from Leslie as the backing.

Apologies for quality of picture, I am still struggling with my camera phone.....keep forgetting to buy new camera batteries. Card is coloured with ProMarkers, the butterfly is coated with Glossy Accents and the daisies have been covered with Crystal Stickles.

Thanks for looking

Sandra

Chocolate Baroque Challenge 8

Hello, it's time for another colour challenge at Chocolate Baroque

For my card I have been experimenting with the Bokeh effect which is popular at the moment.

I used a variety of Distress Inks and Brilliance Inks and a stencil I made on my Silhouette from a blank piece of stencil material. Stamps are from Patchwork Butterfly and  Pretty Poppies.

Thanks for looking
Sandra

Chocolate Baroque Challenge No 7 x 2

Whilst I had my stamps out I had another play with the colour challenge.

Stamps are from woodland Dreams.

Thanks for looking again,
Sandra 

Chocolate Baroque Challenge No 7

 

 Finally found time to have a play with this months colour challenge. 

 I have used stamps from Steampunkery and some homemade sprays. The lovely green has an interference mica added and has come out rather blue in the photo!

Added a stencil to the card base and a die cut feather.

Thanks for looking

Sandra

Pot Pourri Postcard Swap - January

Our monthly swap on Chocolate Baroque this year is "Pot Pourri Postcard".
Each month we are given a colour and a flower. We then make a postcard sized piece of art to swap. This month the colour is Caramel and the flower is Carnation.

For my postcard I have covered the card with Adirondack Butterscotch and DI Wild Honey. I have stamped a small carnation up the side with Butterscotch.  The large damask stamp is stamped with Wild Honey and quickly covered with bonding powder. I flicked most of the powder off before heating to give a patchy effect. I then used gilding flakes. Edged with DI Gathered Twigs
All stamps are Chocolate Baroque.

(As an after thought I stamped a little dragonfly at the top and put a ribbon around the bottom, but put them in the post without taking another photo!)

Sandra x

Jounal heART Week 3

Loving this face book group!

Week 3 is about using Gesso.

I applied the Gesso randomly onto the page using a credit card to get a patchy effect. Sprayed with Dylusions Dirty Martini, Polished Jade and Vibrant Turquoise. I love the difference in colour where the ink is on paper or Gesso.

 Once it had dried I decided to go with an underwater theme - stamps are Chocolate Baroque Underwater

Thanks for looking

Sandra

Journal heART 15

Hi All
I've joined in with Journal heART 15 group on Facebook. Although I have done a couple of pages in my journal in the past they still look like cards so I am hoping to branch out a bit!

Week 1
"create a little page about the no 1/the first time/ the start/ new challenge"

So for my offering I chose the start,
(the first page of my journal that has been knocking about for  a couple of years, too scared to spoil it!)

I inked the page with Distress Inks and Stains.  I then highlighted the raised areas with ink and gold wax and used stamps from Chocolate Baroque Woodland Dreams.









 



Week 2
" Birds with clipped wings can still Sing..."

and Bleeding Tissue Technique

This was a new technique to me. 
I sprayed 1 layer of kitchen roll with Adirondack sprays and left to dry. I then die cut  the paper with the Tattered Florals die. I sprayed my journal page with water and placed my die cuts onto the wet page and waited for the colour to transfer. Stamped the Birdcage from Chocolate Baroque Curly Birds, the sentiment was from Pretty Birdcage. 
Other stamps are from a free magazine set.

Looking forward to next weeks prompt!

Sandra

Chocolate Baroque Challenge 6

This is the colour scheme for the Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge #6.

There is some beautiful inspiration to look at from the design team.

This week I have made a tag using Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves Distress Inks. Stamps are from Fantastic Florals and Butterfly Flourish, a little glitter to finish off.

Thanks for looking,

Sandra