canvas boards

 My final shares for this month are two canvas boards I decorated using the A4 strip stamps from Chocolate Baroque, phenomenal butterfly and floral paraphernalia

I used decor art paints to cover the canvas boards, using browns and blues, just slapping the paint on randomly to get rid of the white.- - one ended up with stronger colours  than the first

I used brown versaclair ink to randomly stamp parts of the images round the edges of the boards to create the background.

The strip stamps were stamped onto copy paper using black versafine ink, and the white paper was coloured using a soggy teabag. Once dry, the images were coloured using alcohol marker pens and torn round and glued onto the boards using modge podge.

 

floral trio

 Three cards to share today using the floral paraphernalia stamp from Chocolate Baroque

The first two actually started out as one A4 image, with cold tea splodged round as a background  - some colour added with a brush and some with the teabag dragged over. All the images were coloured with alcohol markers before cuuting to make two separate cards.

The second card has a random background stamped onto the card blank using parts of the same stamp.

The third version uses the top part of the image again, stamped onto a  sponged distress oxide background in salvaged patina and twisted citron. I stamped the flower from the companion set floral paraphernalia elements elements  and the letters to create a background. The flowers and leaves were coloured with pencils

 

zero calories!

 I love getting inky, and if coffee and cake just happens to come with it, that's a bonus! 

So it is no wonder my current stamp of the moment has to be the fab new set by Bipasha for Aall & Create. The background was created using ground espresso and salvaged patina distress inks on an inky plate ( a bit similar to a gelli plate, but a lot cheaper, available from Chocolate Baroque). I love the fact that you never get two results the same, and I thought that the watery effect worked well with the stamps.

The coffee cup was stamped onto the background using black versafine ink, and again onto spare card, coloured with pencils and cut out then glued over the first image. The cake was also stamped onto spare card, coloured and cut out., then glued next to the coffee cup.

I am linking this to two challenges

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floral candle

  Good morning everyone, hopefully you are enjoying some welcome sunshine today, even if it does come with a breeze.

My share today is a candle decorated using part of the floral paraphernalia stamp launched at the beginning of March by Chocolate Baroque

The top part of the long A4 size stamp was stamped onto white tissue paper using black versafine ink, I tend to stamp onto the smooth side of the tissue paper and colour on the rougher side, but that is just my personal preference.

The image was coloured with alcohol marker pens, then I painted with water round the image and tore it out very carefully.

I positioned the tornout image onto the candle, then wrapped a sheet of copy paper tightly round the candle over the image leaving enough to hold the candle. Using a heat gun  - I use a very ancient hairdryer type gun, as the heat is gentler than the newer ones -  heat the image area gently until it starts to show through the paper.

Remove the copy paper and your image should be attached to the candle.

I do use my decorated candles, you do need to keep the tissue paper trimmed down level with the top of the candle as the candle burns down.