Chocolate Baroque Christmas


Hello again and welcome to my blog.

As promised last time , I have two more Christmas cards for you to see.

This was one of my favourites as it was relatively quick and easy to do.
The background was done with Distress inks  and when dry, over-stamped with  the cones. I stamped the cones around the edge of the red card with VersaMark and clear embossed them.

Stamps used: New England Winter (fir cones)
                      Festive words

This time some of the cones are clear embossed and some white embossed. This gives a slightly different look to them.
The background was then done with Brushos, which I am  warming to, having had them for a while and not really used them much.
Wipe over with a dry cloth to remove ink from the surface of the embossed areas.

Hope you have enjoyed looking.

Please look in again at the end of next week, to see another card made with this stamp . An entry for the 15minute card ,blog post, on Chocolate Baroque.

                                                                        Bye for now
                                                                            Carole

Chocolate Baroque Christmas cards

Hello to anyone reading my blog.

Now that we are into December I am willing to 'throw' myself into Christmas preparations and as usual , will be trying  to get my Christmas cards completed and sent!

I did have a bit of a head start with ideas,  as I did some samples for Chocolate Baroque for a Hochanda show in August. Far too early for me to be thinking about Christmas, but I understand why it has to be done.
Once these were done I put Christmas on the back burner again, so I'm still behind with my cards. No change there then.

So today I thought I would show you a couple of the cards I made for the show.

It had to be a heart shape with this saying. Although this heart is cut from card, the design fits onto a 15cm.  wooden Artcuts heart and makes a lovely wall hanging .
Stamps used: New England Winter (house)
                       Reindeer Landscape (silver decorations)
                       Let's Go Festive (words)





My second card uses a tree design stamped in a circle. I think it makes a lovely star design. It is silver embossed onto a craft card and the edging is silver embossing powder too.

Stamps used: New England Winter (tree)
                       Lets Go Festive words

                      Thanks for visiting. I'll post some more Christmas cards soon, hopefully.
                                                                     Bye for now
                                                                         Carole

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Floribunda Net

Floribunda Net -  15 minute card

Hello everyone.
Today I have another 15 minute card to show you that is very simple to do, but very effective , I think.

I really like black and white cards and  you can always add a little touch of colour to them, if you wish.







Stamps used: Floribunda Net
Words on the  Loving Sentiments set
Versafine onyx black inkpad
White and black card

I stamped  the rose several times onto  white card and trimmed it up to fit a square card blank. Instead of matting it onto black I used a fine black pen and drew lines around the edge, to give the appearance of layering.

I stamped it out again and cut around the top section and tore around the bottom, netted section.
This has been mounted onto black, which has then been torn into shape.
Lastly I added the words.

The black and white gives a lovely crisp look to your card, but any monochrome would look good too.

Thank you for visiting today and I hope you enjoy the Chocolate Baroque show on Hochanda on the 20th November.

                                                                  Bye for now
                                                                       Carole

Laurel Burch Card

Hello, hope you are all well.
This is just a quick posting to show you another Laurel Burch card .

Not one that I have made, but a gorgeous card that I received for my birthday recently,
from a very good friend who is also a Laurel Burch fan.

Chris  really makes her colouring come alive and this is no exception.
This is a great stamp that Chris used, mind you, there are not many of the Laurel Burch designs that I don't like !
Many of my Christmas cards will be featuring a gorgeous Christmas cat stamp.

Must get some colouring lessons.  Love it :) .


                                                           Bye for now
                                                                Carole

 

 

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Baroque Corner

Baroque Corners 15 minute card - Baroque Corner

Hello everyone. Hope life is treating you well.

Today I have a quick make to show you using the beautiful Baroque Corner stamp

 

 

 

Stamp the large design from the  Baroque corners  and trim  down to a 12cm x 12cm. square. ( 4.75 inches)

Slice across the centre of the design  and mount onto a 14 x 14 cm. piece of  black card, leaving a  1cm. gap for the words. ( Amazing Mackintosh Words)

Mount onto  a 15cm. x 15 cm. card blank. ( 6 inches).

 

The card below is the same design in a different colourway. Still prefer the black and white version.

 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will give this very simple project a go.

These corners are really beautiful for building up patterns, as you may have seen from one of my previous posts.

                                                                          Bye for now
                                                                              Carole

Chocolate Baroque samples

Hello everyone.
Welcome to my blog.

Today I would like to show you some more of my Hochanda samples that I did.

I used the stamps from the Take It or Leaf It  set.  They are great for backgrounds but are also good as the main images.

 

This leaf spray is great for backgrounds but it also makes a lovely little wreath shape when stamped in a spiral.

The flowers are from the Floral Harmony set.

Words from Amazing Mackintosh Words

 

 

This is a fairly quick and easy card as the leaves are very easy to cut around.

I made a piece of background paper with Distress inks and then stamped the  leaves and flower heads with black Versafine.

Thank you for visiting.

Happy crafting

Carole 

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Harlequin Rose

Harlequin Rose 15 minute card for Chocolate Baroque





I have had this stamp set for a long while and I still think the  images are great.
 I made this as a wedding card for a friend.

Stamps used: Harlequin Rose set
Clear or white embossing powder
Distress ink : raspberry

I stamped the image with a clean VersaMark ink pad and clear embossed it. You can use white  embossing powder too, although I always feel it has a slightly softer look using the clear. Personal preference.
Stamp and emboss the large border in the same way.

Colour the background using cut-n-dry foam, making it darker on the rose head and around the edges.

The congratulations is a peel off that I found in my stash. Haven't used those in a while, I was quite surprised that it was still sticky!

 

Thank you for visiting and have a great day.

Happy crafting

Carole