Monday 28 July 2014

CB colour challenge

Chocolate Baroque now have a challenge blog of their own, and the first challenge is a colour one - turquoise, green, yellow and red.
I started out with backgrounds using distress inks on a craft mat, spraying with water and mopping up with card - well, after I had got a yellow ink pad first. I used peeled paint, mustard seed, peacock feathers and fired brick - admittedly not much fired brick!
The briar rose stamp was stamped with versafine across a paler patch of card, then the flowers,leaves and butterflies bleached out - I should really have embossed the stamp first, as the outline suffered a bit from the bleach...............leaves and rose centres coloured with green  promarker and a lot of blender pen, though maybe that should be the other way round as I used the blender first!
Butterflies were stamped and embossed (I do learn!) on a bit of card from a brusho experiment using red and yellow, cut out and decoupaged on top. Mounts are black and turquoise card and the base card is a 7" white square.
I tried a much brighter version using brusho inks in blue and green sprinkled round the edges of another piece of distress inked card - it was originally very similar to the first one. I discovered that brusho is very potent, and that if you add more water to tone down the colour it spreads very quickly.........also had a surprise when I opened the green tub and found it contained orange powder! (but it did come out green when I plucked up the nerve to try it).
The main image after again bleaching was coloured with inktense pencils, butterflies with promarkers and a touch of wink of stella to sparkle them.
By a strange coincidence, butterflies are the theme of Make my Monday this week, so I can enter these for that as well.

18 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous, love the background and stamp you have used.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  2. These are both gorgeous. I had a go at the challenge today but wasn't happy with the result so back to the drawing board. (No pun intended)
    Jackiemx

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  3. Great bright card, love the vibrant colour, thank you for joining us this week at MMM Laura DT xx

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  4. Gorgeous card, love the colours.

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  5. I love this stamp. I am still trying to get around to entering this challenge! I was interested to read about the brusho powders as I have just this minute ordered a set. I read about them on Lynne K's blog a few weeks back and wanted to play! This is an unusual colour palette to work with as it incorporates all four main colour groups, but I love the way you have combined them. Kate x

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  6. Love them both vEronica - I am having fun with the brusho too!!

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  7. Fabulous backgrounds on both the cards Veronica and love the image. I've not inked that one up yet and I'm already hankering after the two new sets, lol! Can never have too many butterflies in my opinion ;D!

    I'm so envious you have your brusho paints! I ordered mine over a week ago from the manufacturer and they haven't arrived yet. I'm getting so impatient, lol, and I think I might ring up to pester if they don't come tomorrow. I could have gone to fetch them quicker as they are only 45 minutes away.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  8. Gosh, these are both stunning Veronica. Love how you have used the colors. Must check out Brusho. Fabulous results. Oh no, more craft stash!! he he! Thank you for playing along with the Chocolate Baroque Color challenge.
    Hugs, Flo xx

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  9. Just gorgeous love the colours xx

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  10. Two lovely cards as a result of your playing around with inks etc and the Brusho sounds like fun even if it is a bit unpredictable. How lucky that these fitted both challenges.

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  11. Two beautiful cards, love the second one especially

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  12. Pt who very pretty cards. I adore flowers x

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  13. Wow Veronica, I really love your creation , they are gorgious in every detail!! super!!

    Greetings
    Maria

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  14. Hi Veronica, Both are gorgeous, love the backgrounds and how the red butterflies pop. Thanks for joining us at the Chocolate Baroque Colour challenge! Shirleyxx

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  15. Two beautiful cards!! Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday, Joan dt

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  16. Just gorgeous,lovely design,thanks for sharing with us at Chocolate Baroque.xxx

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  17. Hi Vronnie, I love both versions of your cards, but the Brusho background is just gorgeous. I have yet to even open mine! The effect is just lovely. Thanks for entering the Chocolate Baroque challenge, Judith xx

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  18. Love both of these Vron. Must think about buying these stamps!

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