Quick and Easy Mackintosh Love card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Today I am sharing a quick and easy card made with the Mackintosh themed stamps recently featured on Hochanda. This one can be made in under 15 minutes.

 

 

Materials:

• Mackintosh Beauty, Mackintosh Windows (small flowers) and Amazing Mackintosh Words stamp sets
• Card blank (11.5 X 19cm) with subtle textured and coloured background (or stick a patterned paper to a plain card blank), scrap of stamping card
• Versafine (Onyx Black) and StazOn (Jet Black)*
• WOW embossing powder (Clear Gloss)
• Spectrum Noir Aquatints (red/pink, teal and purple) and Sparkle Pen (clear overlay)
• Ribbon (deep purple)

 

*I used StazOn to stamp the sentiment on my coated card as I wasn’t sure if Versafine would dry on the slightly shiny surface. If you are using an ‘inkable’ type of card/paper the Versafine will be fine for this.

 

How to make it:

1. Stamp the heart and flowers onto stamping card and heat emboss with clear powder. Cut out elements and colour with inks and sparkle pen.
2. Stick the ribbon to card front with double sided tape. Stamp the sentiment. Glue down the stamped embellishments with 3D glue or foam pads for added dimension.

Butterfly Fold Back card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Here is one of my samples for the butterfly stamp set shows featured on Hochanda recently with Chocolate Baroque.

Note: I recently got the Tim Holtz stamping platform from Tonic Studios and I found it perfect for this project. Building the frame with the swirly stamp was so easy. Simply stamped, turned the card 90 degrees and stamped again. However, it is not essential for this project. Using an acrylic block with grid markings will help you to align the stamp with the card edge when building the frame with the swirl stamp.

Materials:

• Patchwork Butterfly stamp set
• 6 X 6 inch square card blank (black), white watercolour card
• Inkpads: Versamark and Versafine (Onyx Black)
• Heat embossing powder (Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Morning Glory Azure)
• Spectrum Noir sparkle brush pens (gold, teal)
• Spectrum Aqua watercolour pens (purple, teal)
• Stickles glitter glue (Icicle)
• Glossy Accents

How to make it:

1. Make a vertical score line half way across the card front and fold back.
2. Open the card out flat and stamp the swirls around the edges with Versamark ink to frame. Use a gridded acrylic block to help align the stamp with the card edges. Also stamp the verse and small butterfly. Heat emboss with the pearl blue powder. Colour the butterfly with sparkle pen and add glitter glue dots for added sparkle.
3. Stamp the large butterfly onto white card with Versafine. Using watercolour pens directly onto the stamp, colour the lightly spritz with water and overstamp onto the black image. This will give a watercolour effect. Add more colour with the sparkle pens. Cut out and glue to the edge of the card fold back. To make it neater you could paint the back of the white card with black acrylic.
4. Finish with more stickles and add some Glossy Accents to some areas of the butterfly detail.

Fairyland card created for the Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge 35

Good morning. Today I am sharing one of my samples for the recent shows on Hochanda. I had so much fun with these stamps. I hope that you like my fantasy scene. This one also perfectly fits the Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge this month too.

 

Materials:

• Spring Fairy Collection , Fantasy Castles, and Magical Landscapes
• 8 inch square card blank, white stamping card and purple iridescent paper
• Scrap copy paper to create masks
• Large decorative circle mat cut from purple card and circle die to cut out image
• Versafine Inkpad (Onyx Black), StazOn (Jet Black)
• Water based inks (purples)
• Watercolour pencils (black, purples and greens)
• Clear sparkle pen
• Fine tipped marker pen (black) and alcohol marker (purple)
• Stickles glitter glue (Star Dust)

How to make it:

1. Stamp the fairies with Versafine, cut out and colour with pencils and a damp brush.
2. Stamp the wings with StazOn onto the iridescent paper, cut out and decoupage over the stamped fairies.
3. Stamp the castles and buildings onto copy paper and cut out. Arrange the elements to plan the scene, i.e. it needs to fit into the circle topper which will fit onto the large decorative mat. Stamp the foreground image with Versafine and cover it with your paper mask before stamping the next image behind. Continue covering the foreground images and working towards the background elements. When complete remove the masks and use a fine tipped marker to join up or draw extra elements where needed.
4. Colour with watercolour pencils and a damp brush. Overlay some areas with clear sparkle pen. I added extra intense colour with water based inks into the background to make the buildings ‘pop’.
5. Edge the card blank with alcohol marker to frame. Layer and glue down all elements. I used 3D foam and glue gel for added depth.
6. Finish with touches of glitter glue for added sparkle.

Quick and Easy Gold Bird card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. This is another quick and easy make using the Spring Fairies stamp collection recently featured on Hochanda. Great for batch making.

 

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I used a ready made gold aperture card. I stamped the bird and sentiment using Versamark and heat embossed in gold onto black card. I added a little colour with opaque gouache paint.

 

Materials:

• April Fairy and Mackintosh Sentiments stamp sets
• A6 oval aperture card blank (gold), black card
• Versamark Inkpad
• WOW Embossing Powder (Gold Rich)
• Opaque gouache paint (blue)

New Shows on Hochanda with Lesley Wharton Chocolate Baroque

You have to catch the new shows and FAB demonstrations from Lesley Wharton on Hochanda at 11am and 5pm – 4th Jan 2017.

Here is a little sneak peek of the gorgeous stamps – think Roses and Love.

I will be blogging all my samples soon x

Quick and Easy Tangled Christmas Tree cards created for Chocolate Baroque

 

Good morning. I hope that you like my quick and easy Christmas cards using the new Christmas Tree Tangle stamp. I split my stamp into 2 to give more versatility, and so that I could use them individually or change the arrangement of the sets of trees. I stamped them onto black card and heat embossed with glitter powder for sparkle. I used a water soluble semitransparent white pastel to add a bit of colour and an opaque white spritzer to create a snowy night scene. I also added a bit of clear mica spritz for added sheen. I finished with a metallic silver marker pen and peel off sentiment. Really quick and easy and great for batch making. Vary by using different colours of embossing powder and background card. I think that Kraft card and pale blue would look good – will have to try that.

Materials:

• Christmas Tree Tangle single stamp
• A6 white card blank and A6 black card
• Versamark Inkpad
• Glitter heat embossing powders (I used blue & silver)
• Metallic silver fine tipped marker pen
• Christmas sentiment peel off stickers (silver)
• Glitter gel pens (optional)
• Spritzer sprays (opaque white, clear mica)
• Alcohol marker (black)
• Watercolour brush
• Heat gun

How to make it:

1. Stamp with Versamark and heat emboss the image with glitter powder.
2. Dissolve some of the pastel pigment into water and paint over the scene with a brush. Add a little colour onto the trees with glitter pens if desired.
3. Spritz with opaque white spray to create the snow effect. Add some mica spray for extra shimmer.
4. Add peel off and trim the topper slightly to leave a border on the card front.
5. Quickly draw a border to frame using the metallic pen.
6. Glue to card front and add a border around the card blank with black pen.

Christmas Gift Tag created for Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge 28

Good morning. I am really enjoying the Colour Challenge this month. Here I have created a pretty Christmas tag using stamps from the Sparkling Trees set. The tag was coloured and splattered with spray inks and the images stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with pearl yellow and white powders. Dark blue ink was blended in from the edges and an alcohol marker used to frame the tag. Finished with yellow and blue ribbon and of course some glitter glue for sparkle.

Materials:

• Sparkling Trees stamp set
• Watercolour card tag (approx. 6 X 12.5cm)
• Inkpads: Versamark and dye based (blue)
• Spray inks (light and dark blue, yellow and green – some with mica)
• Heat embossing powders (pearlescent yellow and detail white)
• Alcohol marker (dark blue)
• Yellow and blue organza ribbon

How to make it:

1. Spritz and splatter the tag with spray inks and dry fully.
2. Stamp the Trees with Versamark and heat emboss with the yellow powder. Stamp the snowflakes and heat emboss with white powder. Tip: to prevent the powder sticking where you don’t want it (especially if your card is still a little damp), dust the surface with a little talc.
3. Blend blue dye ink in from the edges and frame with dark blue marker.
4. Finish by adding ribbons and a little glitter glue for added sparkle.

Quick and Easy Butterfly Cards created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning – I love stamping directly onto pretty background papers to produce quick and easy cards – great if you need to put something together in a hurry. I have created 2 variations using the Patchwork Butterfly stamp from Chocolate Baroque with one of the pretty background papers from Crafty Individuals (Book 5 – Travels in Italy). I stamped the butterflies and heat embossed them with pink sparkly embossing powder, then quickly coloured with watercolour and glitter pens. To give them a bit more depth I added a quick drop shadow around them using pencil. To finish I added a few highlights with white gel pen and a little glitter glue for added sparkle.

Materials:

• Patchwork Butterfly stamp set
• 6 X 6 inch white card blank
• 6 X 6 inch backing paper from Crafty Individuals (Book 5 – Travels in Italy)
• Versamark Inkpad
• WOW embossing powder (Florida Sunset – pink with gold glitter)
• Alcohol markers (dark green, dark red)
• Watercolour and glitter pens (green and yellow, purple and pink)
• Opaque gel pen (white)
• Pencil (grey)
• Clear glitter glue and PVA pearls

How to make it:

1. Trim the paper slightly to fit the card and edge with alcohol pen to frame.
2. Stamp the butterfly with Versamark ink and heat emboss with glitter powder.
3. Quickly colour with watercolour and glitter pens – the embossed areas resist the pens so colouring is really quick and easy. Add some highlights with white pen.
4. Outline with pencil to add a drop shadow and make the butterflies stand out from the background.
5. Glue to the card front and add glitter glue and PVA pearls to finish.

Floribunda quick and easy card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Here is a quick and easy project using the lovely Floribunda Net stamp from Chocolate Baroque. Check out the Design Team Blog for more quick projects from my Teamies.

Materials:

• Floribunda Net and Mackintosh Sentiments stamp set
• A5 white card blank, blue card (11 X 17.5cm) and white stamping card (9.5 X 16cm)
• Distress Inkpad (Chipped Sapphire)
• Alcohol ink pen (dark blue)
• Watercolour brush
• Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles (Aqua)

How to make it:

1. Stamp the image and sentiment with Distress Ink. Brush over the image with a damp paint brush to add shading and colouring.
2. Edge the card with the blue pen (to frame), then glue and layer onto the blue card and card front. Touch up with glitter glue on the rose petal tips.

Hydrangea quick and easy cards and tags created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Here is another quick and easy project. Take a look at the Chocolate Baroque DT Blog for more quick and easy project ideas from my Teamies.

Materials:

• Hydrangea Tag stamp set
• A6 (approx. 10.5 X 15cm) cream card blanks, white stamping card
• Inkpads: Versafine (Onyx Black) and Distress Ink (Antique Linen)
• Watercolour pens (blue and purple)
• Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen
• CutNDry foam and watercolour brush
• Hole punch and matching ribbons

How to do it:

1. Stamp the main image and the tag. Trim card and cut out the tag.
2. Colour quickly by scribbling watercolour pen onto the shaded areas of the stamp. Pull out the colour with a damp brush.
3. Drag the pen around the outer edges of the card and tag, then use damp foam sponge to blend in from the edges. Also blend in Distress Ink from the edges.
4. Glue topper to card front and add ribbon to tag. Brush over highlights on the flowers with a little clear sparkle pen.
5. This quick and easy set is ideal for batch making.