Brushos

I made the background with 3 colours of Brushos, Purple, Emerald Green and Yellow.  I let each colour dry before adding the next as I didn't want the colours mixing.  The Fairy is from a set by Chocolate Baroque and the grasses from Inkylicious all stamped with Versafine and heat embossed with black powder.  The sentiment if from a set that was free with a magazine a long time ago.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Halloween

I'm still loving these Halloween stamps from Chocolate Baroque....... lol.  I used Distress Inks in Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord, Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmade for this tag.

I'm entering this tag into the present challenge at That's Crafty, where the theme is Halloween.

Thanks for looking.

xxx

Halloween Tag

I'm entering this tag into the present challenge over at Fantasy Stampers where the theme is 'Fright Night'.

I coloured the background again with 2 Distress Inks, Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire and Spiced Marmalade for the pumpkin, and a promarker for the toadstools.  All stamps are from Chocolate Baroque.

Thanks for looking xx

Halloween Tags

I don't send Halloween cards, but I do like Halloween, so thought I'd make some tags.

 I used 2 Distress Inks for the background, Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint, which I also used to colour Crazy Bird along with Black Soot and Spiced Marmalade.  All other stamps are from Chocolate Baroque.  I now have the dies to match the Crazy Bird stamps which makes things so much easier when you want them cut out..... lol.

I'm entering this tag into the present challenge over at Fantasy Stampers where the theme is 'Fright Night'.

Thanks for looking!

xx

GDT for Chocolate Baroque

A couple of months ago I applied for a DT position at Chocolate Baroque, their stamps are just fab.  You can see all the great stamps available HERE. As expected they had lots of applicants and obviously can't take everyone on board.  So those that were shortlisted were asked to be a GDT for them.  I was thrilled to bits when Glenda emailed me to tell me this.  Anyway this is the card I made for the GDT spot.

The stamps I used are called October Fairy.  I just had to have these stamps since I'm an October baby!

I'm just so sorry that I couldn't get a better photo, acetate is a nightmare to get a good picture of.....  Below is the tutorial on how I made this card.  Any questions please feel free to email me.

Materials used.

Acetate

Double sided adhesive sheet

Gilding Flakes

October Fairy Stamp

Black ink pad

6x6 square card blank

Card for matt and layering

1.  Cut a piece of double sided adhesive sheet a little bigger than the stamp you'll be using and peel away one side of the protective backing and stamp your image onto the sticky side. You can stamp onto the acetate if you prefer, but I prefer to stamp onto the sticky side of the sheet as there's less chance of slipping with the stamp.

2.  Place your acetate over the adhesive sheet and over the stamped image,  press it down firmly and trim to required size.

3.  Peel away the other side of the protective backing on the double sided adhesive sheet and cover with gilding flakes.  Gently rub off the excess flakes .  Your topper is now ready to add to your card.

4.  Take the card blank and cut your matt and layering card to the required sizes.

5.  Stamp and heat emboss the left hand side using another of the stamps from the set.  Add the acetate topper and you're done. 

Chocolate Baroque Edge Stamps

I'm loving getting inky, though I still don't like the dirty hands bit..... lol.  Hubby is bringing me some rubber gloves home from work tomorrow night.... lol.

Anyway, I used Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks to create the background, them stamped the image with black Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  The stamps are from the Landscape Edges set by Chocolate Baroque.

I'd like to enter this card into the present challenges at Artistic Stamper  where the theme is 'Use Distress'.

Getting Inky......

My mojo seems to have up and left me at the moment, so I've been playing with inks for a change hoping it gets me in the mood for card making again.  I made 3 cards yesterday so thought I'd show you them.

I used a stamp from Stamping Up for this one, it's from the Baroque Motifs set (had them for years!) First I used Dusty Concord and Tumbled Glass distress inks and just covered the white linen card stock till I was happy with it.  I've discovered that stamping on linen card isn't the best...... lol.  I then inked up the largest stamp in the set with black Versamark and sprinkled clear embossing powder over the images, and gave it a blast with the heat gun.  I also inked the backing card with Dusty Concord.

I used Worn Lipstick and Shabby Shutters distress inks and the same stamp for this one.  Again using Versamark black and clear embossing powder.  

I used the Rose Stem  stamp from Chocolate Baroque for this one.  I used Black Soot distress ink to stamp with, then just pulled some of the ink into the image with a damp paintbrush.  

A closer look at the image, to show just how lovely this stamp is.  The script is so fine, and clear enough to read.