Bold and Beautiful

 Hello, I am sharing some more of my cards from the Chocolate Baroque shows on Create and Craft.

My  cards feature stamps from Not More Flowers!

First I used my stamping platform and stamped the larger leaf  four times in a green archival ink on a 7x7 card base. I then used one of the smaller leaves and filled in the gaps with a different shade of green archival ink. I stamped the sentiment onto a die cut circle and layered this onto a slightly larger circle. Finally I mat and layered the card onto a 8x8 card base.

For my second card I used a 6x6 satin card. I stamped the Dandelions, twice, and the sentiment with VersaMark. I then used a brayer  and Distress Inks over the top. The VersaMark resists the ink and I am always amazed how crisp the stamping is with this technique. Once it was dry I buffed the card with some tissue and stamped some more Dandelions in the background in archival ink. I mat and layered onto some silver card and then onto an 8x8 card base.

Thanks for looking

Sandra x
 

Blended Colours

Hello, I am showing some more of my cards from the May show on Create and Craft for Chocolate Baroque

My first card uses the Alium Collage set.

I started with a piece of watercolour card and stamped the Allium stamp in archival ink. I coloured the Allium with two shades of purple water colour markers. I added splashes of colour around the image and then spritzed it all with water so that the colours merged.  I added a border from Making More Marks and a sentiment.

My next card uses stamp from the Just Useful stamp set.

 I stamped the brush strokes using Versafine Clair inks using my stamping platform. I then stamped the splatters using the same inks. I used the letters to spell out ART on another piece of card and blended around the edges of both cards. I mat and layered the pieces onto some toning card stock.

For my last card today I used Ace Card stamp set. 

I started with a 7x5 card base and trimmed about 1/2" off the front side. With  the card open I stamped the script along the edge so that this could be seen when the card was closed. I then stamped the Ace card over the front of the card, masking each layer. I stamped the collage stamp onto some silk card in VersaMark and embossed in clear. I then used a brayer and 2 colours of Distress ink over the top blending them in the centre. Once the inks were dry I buffed the card with some tissue to remove any ink over the embossing. I mat and layered the collage piece and glued it to the front of the card.

 Thanks for looking

Sandra x

Life is Wonderful

 Hello, I am sharing some more of the Chocolate Baroque cards I made for the April shows on Create and Craft.

My first card uses a 6.5" square of smooth card stock. Using Memento ink I stamped the main image, the dragonflies and the sentiment from Life is Wonderful. I then coloured the images using alcohol markers in shades of Warm Grey and Cool Grey. I then mat and layered this onto some toning card and then onto an 8x8" base.

My second card uses very similar sizes of card, but this time I have used the Be at Peace stamp set. I decided to use some non traditional colours for a more fantasy feel.

 Thanks for looking

Sandra x

A Bit of Sunshine

 Hello, I'm sharing some of my samples that I made for the April shows on Create and Craft.

The stamps that I have used are Sunny Sunflowers and Studded Lattice.

My first project shows how well these beautiful stamps transfer all the detail into Paper Clay. I started by rolling the clay out slightly larger than I needed and pressing the inked up stamp evenly into the clay. I found that using an acrylic block helped. I gently pulled the stamp off the clay and used a glass tumbler to cut out the circle. I used a skewer to make the hole and left it to dry. Once it was dry, I left it overnight, I coloured with inks and used Distress Ink around the edge.

For my next card I've been playing around with frames on my cutting machine..... I kept all the pieces in place and stamped the sunflowers and leaves, using Masking Tissue when needed. When it was all stamped I removed the Tissue and coloured with Distress Inks. I stamped the word Peace from Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh set and then layered over a piece of black card.

Next I used Masking Tissue again to stamp an edge of sunflowers on a 6x6 card. With all stamped images covered I then stamped the Studded Lattice over the top. I removed the tissue and coloured with Distress Inks.  I mat and layered and attached to the front of 8x8 card.

For my last card today I started by stamping a background using Dusky Damask and Distress Inks. I then cut two layers from and oval die. I coloured both layers with Distress and used the Studded Lattice on the smaller oval. I then stamped one of the sunflowers out twice and layered it in the centre. I used some mica in the the centre of the flower for texture.

 Thanks for looking

Sandra x

Elemental

 Hello, I am sharing my third post of the month with you to show my Chocolate Baroque cards made for the Create and Craft shows in March.

I have used Floral Paraphernalia Elements and Out of the Trees Elements stamp sets. These really  compliment the main sets, but can also be used as stand alone sets.

For my first card I sprinkled some Turquoise Brusho down the edge of a card blank, lightly spritzed it  and left it to dry overnight. Once it was dry I stamped the Port Hole shapes and solid circles. I then stamped the floral and leaf stamps, masking where needed. I used pencils to colour in. I added some of the number stamps from the sets and a quote from Artistic Expressions.

Next I used the Element stamps to create a small scene. 

Starting from the "front" I stamped the stone wall. I then masked a small area so that I could stamp the deer behind the wall. I then masked the deer and stamped the treeline. I used a stencil to create some hills in the background and coloured with Distress Inks. I finished by adding the script stamp to the lower edge.

For my last card today I used my stamping platform to repeat stamp the flower and leaf stamps. I have then coloured using watercolour pencils and a little bit of Stickles. I die cut a couple of circles and added the word Joy from Artistic Expressions. 

Thanks for looking

Sandra x

 

Beautiful Collage Stamps

 Hello, I am sharing some more of my cards from the Chocolate Baroque March shows on Create and Craft.

All of my cards are made using Out of the Trees Slim Strip Stamp Set

I stamped the A4 stamp strip, which has some fabulous collage, detail onto some drawing cartridge.  I used my heat gun to dry the ink - Black Archival, and then sprinkled Black Brushos over the top. I then spritzed very lightly with water. I left it to dry naturally overnight and then blended Black Soot Distress Ink around the edges. I then mat and layered onto some white cardstock and then onto a black card base.

For my next card I made a Z card base. I cut some smaller pieces for the background layers and used Distress Inks to colour these. I stamped the Out of the Trees stamp onto some white card and coloured with watercolour markers. I added some extra dots from  Numerology  stamp set and the word Nature from Sow the Seeds set.

For my last card today I stamped the Out of the Trees stamp onto white card with black Archival ink and then die cut 3 pieces.  I then used an Accordion Die and cut 3 panels. I glued the stamped images to each panel and then glued the base together..... a bit fiddly, but it does look good on the mantlepiece!

 Thanks for looking

Sandra x

Floral Elegance

 Hello, I am sharing some of my cards and makes from the Chocolate Baroque March shows on Create and Craft.

All of the cards feature the wonderful new stamp Floral Paraphernalia.

For my first card  I stamped the image which is A4 in length onto some black card with VersaMark ink. I then embossed with silver powder. I coloured the stamped image with shimmer paints and then layered onto some silver mirror card. I scored a piece of black card lengthways to make the card base.

For my second card I stamped part of the image onto a 7x7 Kraft card base using brown archival ink. I then coloured with pencils.

For my third card, I again just stamped part of the image onto some smooth card using black Memento Ink. I coloured the image with alcohol markers and then went over it with  Distress Inks to give a vintage look. I mat and layered onto black card and then onto a 8x8 card base. I added the sentiment from the set.

Next, I stamped in Black Memento and coloured with alcohol markers. I trimmed the base card and layered onto some orange card and adhered to the front of a Kraft bottle bag. I think it would make a lovely gift!

Finally I painted and distressed a piece of MDF and added pencil lines to look like wooden boards. I then stamped and embossed in gold.  I made a couple of holes at the top and threaded some twine through to make a hanging decoration.

 Thanks for looking

Sandra x