Christmas Baubles

Hello everyone

This is my second post this month showing the wonderful Christmas stamps that were on Hochanda recently.

My first card is from the Shaded Baubles set.

I stamped the snowflake bauble with Versamark Ink and embossed in silver embossing powder. I then stamped the image again with a clear glue.I was able to to do this exactly over the first image as I was using a stamping platform, and this time I used glitter. This gave it a lovely sparkle!  I masked a strip across my base card and stamped the small snowflake from The Christmas Garden set in different shades of blue and grey Distress Inks. I stamped the sentiment, Happy Christmas Birthday in this  case.  I then mat and layered  my bauble and added some gems.

If you saw my last post you will see that the snowy bauble stamp is perfect for the little gnomes in the A Tomte Christmas stamp set.

My next cards are from Christmas Circles set.

 

I stamped the robin and candles onto card stock in black archival ink and coloured with the Koh I Noor Brilliant Water Colour Palette. I then mat and layered onto some circular cards.

Thank you for looking,

Sandra

Christmas Samples for Chocolate Baroque

Here are some of the samples I made for the Christmas in July show on Hochanda using 

The Christmas Garden and A Tomte Christmas stamps.

You can find out more on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team Blog

Thanks for looking, Sandra

Hochanda Shows 5th and 6th August

Hello
Here's a sneaky peek of some of the cards I have made for the shows featuring the new Bookmark Stylised Houses.

Also, a votive I have decorated with stamps from  A Tomte Christmas set and rice paper.

I shall be back with you soon to share the cards I made for the Christmas stamps show.

Sandra x

Chocolate Baroque Flowers

Hello everyone, I am sharing two pieces with you today.

My first is a card made with the Pretty Poppies stamp set.
I started with a 6" x 6" piece of cream card and stamped the gorgeous poppies twice with Archival Ink, varying the height a little. I then coloured them with pencils and added a blending solution to soften the edges. I blended Tea Dye Distress Ink around the edges of the card and used the same colour with the crackle stamp from Echoes of Italy stamp set to give an aged feel to the card. I added the sentiment and mat and layered with blue and black card onto an 8" x 8" cream card.

My second is a mixed media piece.
I started with an 8" x 8" canvas board and brayered blue, green and beige acrylic paints randomly onto it. I then stamped the tall cog flowers from Punky Flowers onto the canvas and embossed with copper embossing powder. I stamped the flower heads from the same set with Memento Ink onto some smooth card and coloured with alcohol pens. I fussy cut these out and then added more embossing powders to give a verdigris look. I added two little birds, the birdhouse and sentiment from Steampunk Birds stamp set. I finished with a few metal cogs. I think this one will be decorating my craft room!

Thanks for looking,

Sandra.

Rose Stem Script

Hi all, I'm sharing a card with you today made with Chocolate Baroque's Rose Stem Script.
I made a background using Distress Inks Antique Linen and Tea Dye. I then stamped the image with an Archival Ink. I used a stamping platform and this enabled me to re-stamp with Versamark, but just in a few areas which I then embossed with copper embossing powder.
Using Distress Inks Tea Dye and Vintage Photo and a water brush I coloured the image in. I used Vintage Photo to add some splashes and blend around the edges. I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of card that had the same background and cut the words out. I mat and layered the card and added the photo corners.

Thanks for looking, Sandra x

New stamps from Chocolate Baroque

Chocolate Baroque will be on Hochanda tomorrow at 10am and 2pm with some gorgeous new Christmas stamps.

Hope you can catch the shows. 

Some news to share.............

Well it's been a while since I was here, but I am delighted to say that I am on the 

Chocolate Baroque Design Team. 

I'm looking forward to sharing some of my cards, etc with you soon.

Sandra x