brusho rose

I have variations using the briar rose stamp, and back to my favourite brusho powders - sorry!
The first is very simple, stamped with versamark and embossed in white before sprinkling the brusho is roughly appropriate places before spritzing with water.
Base card blank was randomly stamped with the roses using pale inks from an ancient set of mini ink pads, with the pink smudged round the edges.








for the second version the image was stamped in grey versafine ink and coloured with watercolour pencils to get a misty effect. the butterflies were stmaped with black versafine onto scraps of spare brusho-ed card, cut out and glued over the original images.
i used a foliage image from honeysuckle butterfly to stamp randomly onto the base card in two shades of green ink to create the background.








My final card uses foliage stamps from both sets to create the wreath, very easy to do if you have a stamp press.Butterflies from both sets were stamped onto the wreath, then again onto spare card.
The spare inages were coloured with marker pens, the wings cut out and glued into place.
the sentiment is from loving sentiments

batch makes

having rediscovered my mini gelli plates for making backgrounds, I felt that I ought to use them before they vanished again, and the oval one was ideal for these quick cards.
Variations in different colours and stamps, but basically the same.
I used a stamping platform, but it is easy to use the gelli plate
just by pressing the card down onto it. I inked it up with distress oxide inks and spritzed with water then stamped onto white card.
Once the ink had dried thoroughly I over stamped with black versafine, using one of the smaller  flower images from honeysuckle butterfly and briar rose butterfly stamp sets from Chocolate Baroque.
I used watercolour paints to colour the images, but any medium will work well.
They only need a mat in a toning colour and mounting onto a 5x7 card blank to finish them off, although i did go mad and add a sentiment on to the last one as well as sponging the gray round the edges.

honeysuckle butterfly

I loved playing with the floral stmaps for last month's Chocolate Barqoue tv shows, and it was hard to choose which to show, but I  finally went for two versions of the honeysuckle butterfly. For a change, no brusho involved! Instead I used a small circular gelli plate to create the background.
I did several backgrounds and then chose the ones I used, and to be honest I am not sure now which colours of distress ink I used - I think the first one used oxides.
I inked the plate up roughly with the yellow direct from the pad, spritzed with water and pressed onto the card. Spritzed again and pressed onto a different part of the card. Repeated using two different green inks, then stamped the honeysuckle butterfly using black versafine ink and clear embossing powder. Coloured using the Koh-i-noor watercolour paints, added turquoise and black mats and mounted onto a white card blank



For the second card I just used one colour of ink and added it to the gelli plate using a brayer, so a much more even coverage. Stamped four times to get the background.
Image stamped using grey versafine and coloured with watercolour pencils. The butterflies were stamped onto spare card in black versafine and coloured with watercolour paints, then cut out and stuck over the original images to give a feeling of distance.