Alpha Tags U and V

 U for UTEE (and Umbrella!)

Oooh, getting to the difficult ones now!

Now, we are allowed to use Chocolate Baroque products or any that are sold by them, past or present. I know Glenda sells some Holtz things but not sure if she ever sold this stamp so the Umbrella has has a coating of UTEE and the Butterfly also.

Background is Gesso, sprayed with inks and mica. Dots made from sequin waste, swirl from Craft Stamper mag.  Umbrella Man from Tim Holtz and sentiment from CB Artistic Expressions. Butterfly from CB Butterfly Blush, sponged with DI, sprayed with mica, covered with UTEE, melted, sprayed with mica and melted again!

                                             Close up of butterfly.











V for Viburnum

I love this stamp and it always reminds me of  viburnum berries.

Background is DI with swirl from Artistic Expressions faint in the background. Stamp from CB Fantastic Florals. Berries and Butterflies coloured with Sakura Glaze pens.





Not many to go now,
See you soon
Sandra

Alpha Tags Q and R

Next set of tags for the Chocolate Baroque swap.

This is Q for Queen (original huh?)

 For this tag I used the Art Girl stamp from CB and shaded it with DI's China Blue, Scattered Straw and Spun Sugar.
I had an acetate scrap with a crown and some script left over from another project (Hot Off The Press I think) and cut this to cover, sentiment from same set.

For the background I used DI's China Blue, Scattered Straw and Aged Mahogany. I then embossed with the Big Shot, misted with my own sprays - water, mica and reinkers. When it was dry I used a hard brayer and VersaMark and clear embossed.

Tammy Tutterow has a tutorial here

R is for Ruby Resist

This was a really quick tag!
Background is a piece of Heidi Swapp Invisible which I had in one of Glenda's Stash -e-Lopes (lots of goodies in an envelope!). Covered with DI Aged Mahogany to make the image really pop. Added some gems and a flower from Bold Blooms (stamped in VersaMark and clear embossed).



Thanks for looking
Sandra

Alphatags

 Time for the next Alphatags!

O is for Oak Tree (and Oval)

(Not sure if this is an Oak tree, but was all I could think of!)


I masked off half my card and brayered various DI's to create the background. Stamped the little tree from Teeny Weeny Meadow. Turned cardstock around and masked the image and repeated colours etc.  To make a reflection of my tree I stamped the image onto an acrylic block and then used this to stamp onto the card! This way you get a slightly distressed image which is great for water scenes.
Cut image out with oval die cut and backed with oval scallop.
Covered tag with paper from Essence of Nature CD.






P is for Peacock.


The stamps are from Peacock Glory set, but I only have these two from a stash bag a few years ago.

I stamped the Peacock and used Cosmic Shimmer Malachite Fire EP, coloured the image with Cosmic Shimmer watercolours. I then masked the Peacock and stamped with the feathers and embossed with gold. Added DI and sprayed with water mixed with Memento Re-inkers and mica.







Hope its not so long before I post again!
Sandra

Chocolate Baroque Alphatags E, F and G

It's time to send off this month's Chocolate Baroque Alphatags!

E is for Eclipse



For this tag I masked off a moon with a Post it note and using my blending tool covered the tag with DI Black Soot. I used stamps from Chocolate Baroque Howling Moon - railings, trees and small owl, larger owl is from Fat Robin set with the holly masked off. Stamped with Versamark and  Black EP.
Cut out a moon in black card to resemble the eclipse!

F is for Flowers and Foliage

Background of tag made with DI Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Tattered Straw, water and gold mica. Stamped the Fern stamp from Chocolate Baroque Wild Meadow with DI Peeled Paint. Die cut two leaves from Spellbinders set, covered with Versamark, clear EP and different colour micas. Die cut a flower with TH Tattered Florals from CB paper and added a brad coloured with DI Aged Mahogany.

G is for Gratitude

I was struggling with this letter and then Glenda released some new stamps! Artistic Expressions were perfect. I printed off some paper from Essence of Nature, stamped and embossed in Black EP the text, added a butterfly from Just Butterflies painted with mica powders and added three gems.





Thanks for looking,
Will get these in the post today and look forward to receiving my swaps!
Sandra

A is for....................

I'm joining in with the Chocolate Baroque Alpha Tag Challenge.  We are doing 2 or 3 tags each month for the swap, eventually ending with a complete alphabet by the end of the year!

We have to use Chocolate Baroque products or ones sold by them.

This is A is for Angels.


For this tag I embossed with a folder Venus I think it was called, inked with DI China Blue and Scattered Straw, sprayed with gold mica.

Angel picture from Crafty Individuals Merry Christmas Miniatures (sold by CB) stuck to acrylic tag with glossy accents. "Wings" made from shrink plastic and then Swirl stamp from CB Patchwork Butterfly pressed into them to give texture,

Sentiment is computer generated.

Flowers and fibres added.

B is for Butterfly

Background is DI China Blue and Antique Linen tapped onto craft mat, sprayed with water and then tag swiped through to pick up ink. Tag then spayed with more water and mica.

Scrap of card embossed with Brick EF, coloured with DI.

Patchwork Butterfly on acetate, coloured with alcohol inks.

Swirly foliage from Butterfly Flourish stamped with DI with a few gems added.


Looking forward to receiving my swaps!

Sandra

Less is More Week 17

The challenge at Less is More this week is squares.

" You can choose which of the 5 SQUARES from our plan you wish to use to place the image of your card, leaving the rest as PURE WHITE SPACE!"

 For my card I made a flower from the  Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die.  I used white pearlised paper from the Paper Mill scrunched it up and then sprayed with a Mica powder and water mix, brushed the edges with Adirondack Stonewashed and put a brad through the centre. Finished with a vellum swirl [hope it doesn't overflow too much!]

Thanks for looking,
Sandra

Bah Humbug Week 11 - Metallics

Over at Bah Humbug this week the challenge is Metallics.  For my card I have used one of the first stamps I ever bought (seems a long time ago!) and embossed with gold EP.  The image was then coloured with metallic mica powders using an aqua brush. 

Thanks for looking

Sandra