Quick and Easy Floral Harmony card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Today I am sharing another of my show samples for Chocolate Baroque using another of the lovely stamps recently featured on Hochanda. This is also a quick and easy one using the Floral Harmony stamp.

 

Materials:

• Floral Harmony and Mackintosh Sentiments stamps
• 14.5cm card blank (white), stamping card (white)
• Ink sprays (pinkish burgundy and teal with mica)
• Versamark Inkpad
• WOW Embossing Powder (detail white)
• Alcohol marker (burgundy)

How to make it:

1. Stamp and heat emboss the image and sentiment with white powder.
2. Spray over the image with ink sprays, spraying more pink ink over the flower. While the ink is still wet drag out the colour over the stamped image using a damp brush. The embossed line makes this quick and easy. Use a little extra water and blotting with tissue where the colour needs lifting out and lightening.
3. Drag some of the ink out across the base to anchor the image. I used a hair dryer to speed up the drying (a heat gun can bleach out some of the colour and may re-melt the embossing).
4. Outline the topper with burgundy pen to frame and glue to the card front.

Floral Thank You card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good afternoon. Today I am sharing one of my samples for the recent shows from Chocolate Baroque on Hochanda using the lovely Floral Harmony stamp. I love creating these blue and white designs.

 

Materials:

• Floral Harmony and sentiment from Spring Bird Daffodil stamp set
• White card blank and stamping card
• Inkpad: Distress Ink (Chipped Sapphire)
• Glycerine (from chemist)
• Fine tipped pen (blue)
• PVA pearls
• Strip of net ribbon (coloured blue with alcohol marker)
• Decorative die to cut stamping plate (Tonic)

How it was made:

1. I coloured the card blank blending colour onto the card using a sponge and Distress Ink. The card was not designed for blending ink so I used the trick from Sheen Douglass adding a little glycerine to my sponge before adding ink. This enabled it to blend out much more easily.
2. I cut out the stamping plate and blended ink in from the edges. I also added faux stitching around the topper and card blank with the fine pen.
3. The image and sentiment were stamped with Distress Ink. I then used a damp brush to drag out the colour. Where needed I added further colour picking up ink from my craft mat.
4. The topper was added to the card blank with 3D foam for added depth and dimension. Finished with ribbon and PVA pearls.