Seahorse Tag Card created with stamps from Chocolate Baroque

Good afternoon. Another sea themed tag card created with Mermaid Queen, Underwater and Seaside Dreams stamps from Chocolate Baroque.

The Simon Says Stamp Challenge (Monday) this week is tags – so I have entered this one into the challenge too.

Materials:

• Mermaid Queen, Underwater and Seaside Dreams stamps
• 13cm square card blank, white stamping card, black card and scrap cream mount board
• Inkpads: StazOn (Jet Black, Green), Versamark
• Acrylic paints (metallic blue, peach and gold)
• Water based inks (blue, green)
• WOW Embossing Powders (Fuchsia and Daytona Sands yellow/gold mix)
• Pebeo Texture Paste (Concrete)
• Stickles Glitter Glue (Icicle)
• Swirly stencil (Claritystamp)
• Shaving foam and shallow tray
• Organza ribbon (pink)
• Die to cut tag (Sizzix BigZ), square decorative die (Tonic) and corner rounder punch
• Tonic crystal drops (orange)

How it was done:

1. Black card was cut with the decorative die and glue to the card front. The tag (approx. 5 X 11cm) was cut from mount board. The background panel was cut from white card with a paper trimmer and the corners rounded with a punch.
2. The tag and background panel were coloured using the shaving foam technique. Basically a layer of foam is spread onto a tray. Inks are dropped on the surface and swirled with a cocktail stick or similar. The ink is then picked up onto the card (by lowering onto the foam).
3. The background was stamped with black StazOn and glued to the card front. I have found that the shaving foam can leave quite a slick surface which can be a bit tricky to stamp and colour over. Note the ‘Dream’ sentiment was created by partially inking the longer sentiment.
4. The seaweed was stamped onto the tag with green StazOn. Concrete paste was applied onto the tag through the stencil with a palette knife. Coloured by rubbing over with acrylic paints when dry. The tag was applied to the card with foam pads for added dimension.
5. The seahorse was stamped onto white card with Versamark and heat embossed with a mix of powders, then cut out and glued to the card with 3D glue gel.
6. Finished with a bow, sparkly glitter glue and PVA pearls.

Sea World Tag Card created with stamps from Chocolate Baroque

Good afternoon. This mini tag card was created with Gothic Fragments (background), Mermaid Queen and Underwater stamps from Chocolate Baroque.

The Simon Says Stamp Challenge (Monday) this week is tags – so I have entered it into the challenge too.

Materials:

• Mermaid Queen, Underwater and Gothic Fragments (on background paper) stamps
• 7.5 X 10.5cm card blank, inked background paper from my stash (overstamped with Gothic Fragments texture stamp), scrap and white stamping card
• Inkpads: Versamark, Versafine (Onyx Black)
• WOW Embossing Powder (Gold Rich, Clear Gloss)
• Watercolour and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens
• Alcohol marker (black)
• Pebeo Texture Paste (Cement)
• Glitter glue (aqua)
• The shell embellishments were made from paper clay and moulds from my stash (coloured with water based inks)
• Texture Stencil (Texturised – Crafters Workshop)
• Recycled fruit bag netting and satin ribbon (red)
• Die to cut tag (Tattered Lace)

How it was done:

1. The background panel was an inked paper from my stash overstamped with the Gothic Fragments stamp. A tag die was used to cut the paper plus a background panel from scrap card (to support the paper), glued together and edged with black marker to frame.
2. Texture paste was applied through the stencil with a palette knife to add a little texture – coloured over the top with sparkle pen when dry (the Pebeo Cement dries very quickly). The shell and weeds were stamped with Versamark and embossed with gold powder. Ribbon and the netting were attached before gluing to the card front.
3. The seahorse and weed was stamped with Versafine and embossed with clear powder. The image was then cut out and coloured with watercolour and sparkle pens.
4. The embellishments were glued down using 3D glue gel. A little glitter glue was added to finish.

Nautical Seahorse card created with stamps from Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. I created this nautical tag card using Underwater, Ammonite and Seaside Dreams (sentiment) stamps from Chocolate Baroque.

The Simon Says Stamp Challenge (Monday) this week is tags – so I have entered it into the challenge too.

Materials:

• Underwater, Ammonite and Seaside Dreams stamp sets
• A5 Kraft card blank, card scraps in blue, white and Kraft card
• Versamark
• WOW Embossing Powders (Clear Gloss and Detail White)
• Sparkle brush pens (clear and blue)
• Fine tipped pen (opaque white)
• Bakers twine (red & white)
• Starfish and seahorse embellishments – made from paper clay and moulds from my stash
• Die to cut tags (Tattered Lace)

How it was done:

1. The card background was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with clear powder. Clear sparkle pen was brushed over the shells and ammonite.
2. A strip of white card was overlaid with small strips of blue and glued to the background to give the striped panel.
3. The starfish was stamped with Versamark, embossed with white powder and cut out.
4. The tags were cut from blue and Kraft card. The images and text were stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white powder. The seahorse was coloured with blue sparkle pen. Faux stitching and edging were made with the fine tipped white pen.
5. The tags were tied with the bakers twine and embellishments glued to the card front. Foam pads were used to add dimension.