daisy candle

 For my last post this month I have used stamps from honeysuckle butterfly by Chocolate Baroque to create a candle, and a matching box.

 

I used the daisy stampsstamped onto white tissue paper with versafine and coloured with alcohol marker pens to create the candle.

The same stamp was used to decorate the panels on the sides of the gift box, and one of the daisies was stamped onto spare card, colourted and cut out to go on the top flap of the box. I used velcro to seal the box

For the card I used the carnation stamp from fresh florals   using distress markers directly onto the stamp. 

I did have to stamp it twice to get the colour, using a stamp platform to make sure the images matched.   My base card was a DL size, so the  image was trimmed down to fit over a base layer in a toning blue/purple shade, and the sentiment added using versafine onto a scrap of white card.
 

butterflies

 Today I have cards featuring butterfly stamps from Chocolate Baroque to show you.

The first uses the main image from honeysuckle butterfly, stamped in grey versafine ink onto white card and coloured using watercolour pencils for the honeysuckle and the artway shimmer paints from the last month's shows for the butterflies. trimmed to a square. mounted onto a square of black card and then onto a white card blank.

The second card uses the briar rose butterfly, stamped in versmark ink onto black card and white embossed. Thie time the whole image was coloured with the artway paints, sprinkled with white brusho powder and spritzed with water. 

The white base card black was randomly stamped with just the flowers - the stamp was coloured with distress markers .

main image diecut into an oval

 

cosmos

I finally got round to mounting and cutting out some stamps i bought In January from Artisan Designs - in my defence, I ran out of cling mount until last week........

Anyway, these are  the first results using the cosmos stamp

This one is very pink, not a colour I normally use  but it worked with the technique. The stamp was inked using distress marker pens, sprayed lightly with water and stamped onto white card. Stamp was dried off and inked in smoky grey versafine and stamped again over the top - I did use a stamping platform to get the stamps matching!

Woprn lipstick distress ink sponged round the edges, and a darker pink mat. The background was mopped up worn lipstick and peeled paint distress inks from a craft mat, then the cosmos part stamped using the worn lipstick again and another dark pink mat. 

Sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped using picked raspberry distress oxide and clear embossed,.

 

Second card is very CAS, using same technique but this time in shades of blue directly onto a card blank. 

Sentiment again from Chocolate Baroque, this time from the new set called life is so much better, which has some lovely ones

linking to challenge blogs

sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com - monochrome

challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com -#133 flowers

daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com #50 flowers

corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com - anything goes

monochrome grasses

Today  I have two cards using the eastern grasses set of stamps from Chocolate Barqoue to show you, both in monochrome and both 6" square cards.

The base card was stamped with the tall foliage stamp in grey in one corner to make a frame, and edged with black soot distress ink and then the edges  dragged across a black versafine ink pad. The main image was stamped in versamark onto a piece of black card, then embossed in white.

The second card uses the foliage stamp again, this time as the main image. 

The background card was randomly stamped using stamps from make your mark, the small foliage stamp from eastern grasses and the script from ace card and then sponged with black soot distress ink. Once it was dry, the foliage stmap was stamped on one edge using black verafine ink and clear embossed. 

The foliage stamp was stamped onto a piece of black card using white pigment ink then twice more using second generation stamping. Stamped again using versamark ink and white embossed. Edges torn using the new draw and  tear rulers 
 

artful allium

 Some samples using the allium collage stamp from Chocolate Baroque today.The first card is very simple, I coloured the stamp using distress oxide inks and stamped directly onto a DL card blank.

The second version was a bit more elaborate, I created a foldback card blank creasing the card into onethird and twothirds, so the front panel was DL sized. 

The images on the back panel were stamped directly onto the card using black soot distress oxide ink. The large letters were from the just useful set.I stamped the main image for the front onto a separate piece of white card, and coloured the stamp using distress marker pens. I used a stamp platform, so could give a good huff to the image to get a stronger coloured image. The card was inked round the edges with a matching pink inkpad before gluing ontot he fron card panel.

This one the image was again coloured with distress marker pens , but then overstamped with grey versafine ink and torn out round the image. The background was created with distress oxide inks spritzed with water, then overstamped with smaller worker stamps using the same inks. The letters from just useful were stamped in black and clear embossed.

My final sample used an mdf panel covered with a  sheet of copy paper randomly coloured with distress oxide inks using a roller. Once it was dry, I stamped the numbers in the blue oxide ink, and the splodges and letters in black.

I used watercolour paint to fill in the centres of the numbers.

 

Ace card

 A rather different design from Lesley  of Chocolate Baroque to share today, the ace card stamp. 

A very delicate image, so coloured with water colour pencils , image cut out and edged with black ink. Background was stamped in green ink just using the vine part of the stamp, with the small script stamp stamped randomly as well. 

i cheated with the sentiment from the allium collage set by cutting it out the colouring in the hole in the tag shape

My second sample used the woodgrain stamp from fragile wings set for the background stamped using vintage photo distress ink and brushed with water to spread the colour out.

The main image was stamped onto white card , coloured with watercolour pencils, torn out and edged with green ink. The small card image was stamped twice onto white card, cut out aand tucked behind the main image and the sentiment added to finish
 

fragile wings and brusho

 Today I have two versions to share using the beautiful dragonfly stamp from last month's shows on Hochanda with Chocolate Baroque.

Both very similar techniques, using my favourite brusho powders - very quick results, and different every time!

The first one, the image was stamped in versamark and white embossed before sprinkling grey brusho over the whole thing., then spritzing fairly heavily with water. There are lots of lovely muted colours in the brusho powder including oranges and blues in my tub. Once everything was dry, I used ordinary thin bleach to highlight the wings, then trimmed the card down to fit a 6" square card base with a bronze mat layer.

The second version used truquoise and purple powders, with the turquoise sprinkled over the dragonfly  and the purple over the small circle and on the edges.  The different shades in the turquoise were caught in the embossing of the wings and blended in with the purple for the background. 

Trimmed down for a 6" square card again, with a black marker pen used on the edges.

We have been very lucky with the weather here, the promised heavy snow has become sleet, although the strong icy wind did arrive! 

I hope you are all keeping safe and warm, although the bad weather is at least an excuse to stay in and craft.....