Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Sing your song - Christmas

Good morning.

A fifteen minute Christmas card today. Useful for the last minute cards..

 

 

 

This uses a stamp from the Sing a Song set https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/sing-your-song-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html

As soon as I saw this I thought it would make a good Christmas card as well as a general greeting card. It can be embellished in various ways depending on how much time you have.

I started with a backing paper made with pink and blue inkpads. This was over stamped, in the same colours, with the snowflake border stamp from Winter Edges https://www.chocolatebaroque.com/winter-edges-unmounted-rubber-stamp-sheet-a5.html

The main bird image and greeting uses Versafine ink.
I then added a border around the edge to finish it off.

The samples below show cards with slight variations.

Thank you for visiting and I wish you  a very Happy Christmas and a lovely 2019.

Bye for now and happy crafting

Carole

 

Yellow and grey

 

 

 

 

Hello to anyone visiting.

 

 I have a thing about yellow and grey at the moment, and seem to be homing in on anything with these colours.  Seems to be a lot of it about in home décor.

So I thought I would show you a  card I have made recently, with this colour combination.

 

 

 

I like this stamp as you can use it any way around. It is called Mosaic flower and was featured last January on the Hochanda show. Reminds me of Chinese lanterns.



This is my card I made for the show, don't think I've shown this before.

The central heart is French Heart.

 

Thank you for visiting and happy crafting.

Carole

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Harlequin Bouquet

Hello again.
How time flies. Another month gone and the 15 minute card slot is here again.

I have used the lovely Harlequin Bouquet stamp for my card this time.
It's a very pretty image.

Stamps used:- Harlequin Bouquet
                        Loving Sentiments - words

Sunray stencil
Distress inks

Stamp the words first, onto the right hand side of the card, then tear a mask from paper that will cover the words and stamp the flowers over the top.
Use the stencil to ink the sunrays.
Cut the oval around the stamped image and ink the edges.
Cut the black matting layer or the edge could be inked with a black pen.
Mount onto a card base and add the sentiment and bow.

Hope you have a good day and check out the other 15 minute cards on the Chocolate Baroque blog.

Bye for now

Carole

Christmas Artcuts samples

Hello to anyone visiting.

As it is now November I am going to start thinking about Christmas.
Normally my Christmas card making is a mad panic from the  1st of December.

Anyhow, here are three seasonal  projects using Artcuts shapes.
Hope you enjoy seeing them.

The Noel is covered with the beautiful Chiyogami papers that Artcuts sell.
There is a video on their website, showing the technique used to cover the shapes.
I have to say that the Noel was a challenge, quite time consuming, but worth it in the end I think.

 

 

 

This little Scandi style horse is really cute.  I whitened the wood with a white Posca pen first, left it to dry and then stamped the snowflakes with a red VersaMagic inkpad.

The design across the card is a. ribbon.

 

 

 

 

 

Love the squirrel. This again is covered with the papers and I think it makes a cute Christmas greeting card, with the gold and white.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting, hope you'll come again soon.

Carole

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Indian Textiles

Hello to you.

Thank you for visiting, to see my latest 15 minute card, for Chocolate Baroque.

Stamps used:- Indian Textiles - border
                        Natures Paisleys - embellishments
                        Loving Sentiments - words

Versafine -      Majestic Blue
Distress inks - Blueprint Sketch
                        Peacock Feathers

The Indian Textiles set has some lovely elements on it , which coordinate well with the stamps on Indian Elephant and Natures Paisleys.

 The border is stamped. with blue Versafine..
A strip of ribbon across the centre  hides where it is not quite lined up.
Everyone has their own strategy for hiding mistakes. :)

The paisley  embellishments  are stamped with the same ink colour and coloured with Distress ink. They are very quick to cut out.

This border is very useful as it can also be cut into separate strips, lengthways, for different looks.

Hope you are having a good day and happy crafting.

Carole

 

Chocolate Baroque GDT post 3 - Autumn Medley

Hello again.

My final project for this GDT session for Chocolate Baroque is autumn based, a beautiful time of the year.
As the foliage is changing colour rapidly where I live and leaves are falling, I have used a favourite stamp of mine called Autumn Medley and an Autumn Edges stamp.

I love the colours of autumn and you can really 'go to town' with the colouring on this one.
I think this is a beautiful image and the foliage hair can be used on its own, to create lovely autumnal backgrounds.

Products used:- Autumn Medley stamp
Autumn Edges stamp
Essence of Nature words
Versafine black
Versafine Satin red
Versafine  Spanish Moss
Gold glitter embossing powder
Distress inkpads - various autumn colours
Gold gell pen

 I created a background using a variety of Distress inks in autumn colours.
This was spritzed with water so the colours bled into each other then I over-stamped with the border  while it was still damp, so this bled too. It was left to dry and then over-stamped again with the red and green Versafine inkpads.

The main image was stamped with black Versafine and covered with the embossing powder, but only over the hair foliage. When heated this gives a very pretty effect over the black. Unfortunately my photograph does not show this well.

The image was coloured with the Distress inks and the hair highlighted with a gold gell pen.
It was then cut out and the edges inked and splatted lightly with water to give a bit of interest.


Hair section used on its own as a background.

Autumn Medley also looks great on a 15cm. Artcuts heart too, as seen below.
This has been coloured , then sealed with Americano sealant. The back has  felt adhered to it and I use it as a coaster for my coffee cup to sit on. Always essential when crafting.

I hope you try this beautiful stamp out and enjoy it as much as I have.

I shall show another few ideas in my next post.

Thank you for visiting and happy crafting.

Carole

Chocolate Baroque GDT post 2 - September 2018 - Serena

Good morning everyone.

This is my second spot as a GDT.member for September.

I have used the beautiful Serena stamp, which is a great design as it can be used for Christmas but,  'not only for Christmas'.

Always useful to have stamps with versatility.

This is my 'not only for Christmas'  as I thought it would be beautiful as a winter birthday or winter wedding card.

Stamps used: Serena, Hark the Christmas Rose, words are part of a Let's Get Festive stamp.
 Distress inkpads
Versafine black
Versamark
Clear embossing powder
Water-colour pencils

For the background I clear embossed a swirly tree design  and then lightly coloured  with Distress inks.
Serena and the Christmas Roses were stamped with Versafine and clear embossed.
The halo and candles are easily cut away from Serena, and the candles can be cut off and used on another card. The Christmas roses were cut away from their background.

I have coloured the design with watercolour pencils, which is still a favourite method of mine and the colour is blended with a water brush.

Serena is also perfect for making a decoration for your Christmas table as shown below.

This is the candle lit. It looks very pretty when it's dark.

She fits perfectly onto a 12.5cm. plastic faux candle.
Ink the stamp well with a StazOn inkpad, keeping it flat on the table.
Position the candle and roll it over the stamp, putting a little pressure on as you do so. Try not to slip or the image will look smudged.
This can be left uncoloured , as in the picture, or coloured with alcohol inks.


The following sample also uses Serena and a stamp from Floral borders.
This was one I blogged a while back, which I had submitted for the challenge when it was on.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy this beautiful stamp as much as I have.

Bye for now and I'll see you next week for my final project this month.

Happy crafting

Carole

Chocolate Baroque GDT post 1 - September 2018 - Butterfly frame

Hello everyone.

I am delighted to be showing you my first sample as a guest designer for September.

I have used the small butterfly from Butterfly Poppy Collage, a stamp from Poppy Meadow and the words from Pretty Poppies.  The ivy at the top is from the Tall Trees set.

Stazon permanent inkpad - ( Brilliance and VersaMagic inkpads can be used too, or any other inkpad that does not bleed. You should have a crisp image).
Watercolour pencils  
Glossy accents
Versa Magic inkpads - Aloe Vera, Tea leaves
15cm birchwood frame (Artcuts).
25cm square frame I had in my stash

I have started with a 15cm. wooden frame which has a 8.5cm. heart aperture in the centre.

When I do a project like this I always try it out on a piece of paper first. This enables me to make mistakes in the positioning and layout, which I can correct before stamping onto the real frame.
I did work out beforehand that the butterflies would stamp evenly around this size aperture.

Of course, it does not need to be an aperture necessarily, you could make a 15cm card with a heart die cut in the centre and butterflies surrounding it.

When I stamped the butterflies I started with the top three and then stamped one side, trying to space them as evenly as possible. I then 'mirrored' the butterflies on the other side.
Make sure they are completely dry before colouring them in.

I covered each butterfly with Glossy Accents and left it to dry thoroughly.
Then I wiped over the background with the Aloe Vera Versa Magic inkpad. 

The background, in the larger frame, is stamped with the darker green using another of the Poppy Meadow stamps and the ivy.

For the centre I used the frame as the template and drew lightly around the aperture with a pencil, onto a square of green card. This helped me position the words and flowers correctly. Stick this to the back of the frame and attach the frame to the background.



This size butterfly also fits well around a 8.5cm circular hole as can be seen below. Haven't got around to making one of these yet.

 

 Thank you for visiting and I look forward to showing you my second project next week.

                   Bye for now and Happy Crafting.

  Carole

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Landscape edges

Good morning everyone.

Today  I have a card using the lovely scene from  Landscape Edges.

 

 

Stamps used: Landscape edges, Loving Sentiments

I think this sunset scene is very pretty  as it can be used with a variety of backgrounds.

I have stamped the scene and words  with black Versafine.
The sun rays are extended through a stencil using Distress inks and the blue added lightly around the edges.
The sentiment is over stamped with a red Versafine inkpad.

Very quick and easy and the sunset can change colour each time you make it.

       

       Enjoy your day and happy crafting.

 

Carole

Chocolate Baroque Rose samples

Hello everyone.

 

I have two cards today using a couple of the beautiful rose designs and a couple of the word stamps.

 

 

 

I really like this bold design with the crackle background called Crackling Rose

The background of the card is simply done by dabbing a couple of Distress inkpads over the card, overlapping each other. You can use a wet paintbrush to smear the colours across the card, and you will still see the texture.
The rose has then been coloured with the same green ink and red.
Best wishes is from the  Loving Sentiments set.

I think this would be suitable for a male friend who likes gardening.

This card actually uses several sets of rose  stamps and a  Loving Sentiment.
Stamps used; Crackling rose, Floribunda net, and rose heads from Harlequin rose.

The background uses the same stamp as my first card, over - stamped several times, with Raspberry Distress ink and then coloured with Raspberry and Dusty Concorde

I selected the single rose heads that I liked  and cut them out individually.

These are unusual colours for me to use but I was pleased with the result.

                                     

Bye for now

Carole

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Essence of Nature and Rose Tree

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Essence of Nature and Rose Tree

Hello everyone.
Today I have a quick make using these beautiful stamps. Love these two stamp sets.

 

 

Stamps used: Essence of Nature, Rose Tree, words from Pretty Poppies.

 

The background was made by stamping the top of the Rose tree with Picked  Raspberry Distress ink. I then brushed over the whole piece with a damp brush, to bleed the colour slightly.

The butterfly tree was stamped with black Versafine and coloured with the  Picked Raspberry ink.

The words are stamped onto parchment paper with a Staz-on inkpad, or you can stamp with Versafine and heat emboss with clear powder.

When this had dried,  I  used spray mount to attach it to the card.

 

Thank you for visiting and happy crafting.

Carole

 

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute cards - Eccentric Edwardian and Rose Duo

Hello everyone.

It's that time again for 15 minute cards using Chocolate Baroque stamps.

I have two cards for you this week as seen below.

This first card uses the Eccentric Edwardian stamps and words from Punky Expressions and Loving sentiments.
The background was stamped directly onto the craft card with Sepia Versafine and Best wishes with the black Versafine.
The other elements were stamped with black Versafine onto  white card,  then cut or torn around.
The hat was coloured with black water colour pencils.
It was then assembled as shown.

My second card uses Square bubbles, word from Loving Sentiments, Butterfly from Butterfly poppy collage and the Rose Duo.
Each element is heat embossed with gold powder. I have used an anti static bag over the card and parchment before embossing, as metallic powders do have a tendency to stick where you don't want them!
I have stamped and embossed the square bubbles directly onto the craft card.The rose and word onto white card and the butterfly onto Parchment paper. This gives it a delicate look.
I decided to tear around the rose rather than fussy cut it and cut the butterfly around.
It was then assembled as shown.
The butterfly was stuck on using a spray mount.

 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy the other DT. samples on the web site.

Bye for now

Carole:)

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute card - Floribunda Net

Hello
Another 15minute card for you today.
 See others by the Chocolate Baroque DT team on the blog today.

This is one of my favourite rose samples that I've made, using Floribunda net.

 

 

The background was stamped several times over the card using  Bundled Sage and Stormy Sky Distress inks. This was then cut to fit a square card base and an edging drawn around with a wide black pen, to give the appearance of layering.

 The  heart shape had the same colours repeated . I then stamped  the saying first, so that I knew how much space would be left for the rose section on the right.
Matt onto a black heart..

This one has been mounted onto a craft card base.

Thank you for visiting and happy crafting.

Carole

Chocolate Baroque Poppy sample, for a Hochanda show.

 

 

 

 

 

Hello.

 

 

 I have a card today showing beautiful poppy stamps. This is fairly quick to make.

 

 

 

 

It uses  stamps from Chocolate Baroque's  Pretty Poppies set.

I spritzed my card lightly with water and sprinkled two different coloured  Brushos over  and left them to "do their own thing".When this  was dry, I positioned the stamp so it would be over the appropriate colours. The butterfly needed a little more colour, which I painted on.

 

I mounted it onto card, that picks up the colours  of the Brushos.

Thanks for visiting.

Happy Crafting.

Carole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute cards - Tall Trees and Floral Harmony

Hello everyone.
Today I have two  cards to show you, using the Tall Trees stamp set and Floral Harmony. They will both take about 15 minutes to make.

Tall Trees




I had a background piece in my stash made with Worn Lipstick and Weathered Wood inks. I really like the bright pink with the grey. Very moody.

I stamped the tree and verse with black Versafine
The Distress ink background uses the same colours, with the leaf over-stamped in the red.


Floral Harmony

What a great stamp this is. It looks good whichever way around it is put and I like that, as it looks slightly different each time. This is a clean, crisp card that can be used for any occasion.

I have stamped the image onto a 21cm x 10.5cm. piece of card and embossed it. Then I cut  around the tips of the left hand leaf, so that the ribbon can be tucked under the edge, as it is wrapped around.

The image is coloured with Brushos, giving a lovely vibrant look. This takes very little time as the colour stays contained within the embossed areas.

Mount onto a coordinated card base.
Any message can be added to this card.

Hope you have enjoyed seeing my cards and happy crafting.

Carole

Floral Cards

Hello.

March was a very busy month for me  with so many things going on and  lots of cards to make.
I had six birthdays, various cards for Chocolate Baroque's show on Hochanda on the 3rd April, and  Mother's day, of course.
Keeps me out of mischief.



Here are two cards I made with a stamp for the  Hochanda show.  (Rose Tree set).



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Love this stamp.  It is so pretty and very versatile. It can be embellished or left plain and still looks good.

 Just realized, I took the photo before I put the message onto the bottom card, but it is suitable for all occasions really.

Thank you for your visit and happy crafting.

Carole

Chocolate Baroque 15 minute cards - Edwardian Man on Bike and The Road Travelled

Edwardian Man on bike


Hello.
 Today I have two cards to show you which should take no longer than 15 minutes to make.
Always handy when you realize you have forgotten a birthday.

Stamps used: Chocolate Baroque  Eccentric Edwardian


Stamp the bicycle onto the card base and onto a piece of masking tissue.
Cut the mask out. It is an easy shape so doesn't take too long.
Mask the cyclist and over stamp the image with the large text stamp with sepia ink. Remove mask.
Stamp the message tag.
This was then trimmed to a 14cm. (5 1/2inches) square and mounted onto a 15cm.  (6 inch) card base.



My second card uses a favourite set of mine : Woodland Dreams

    This was one of my very early purchases from Chocolate Baroque, which I still enjoy using regularly.

The background is made with Distress inks: peeled paint, bundled sage and dusty concord.
This has been over-stamped with one of the many tree designs that are in this set.
The bird branch and extra branch have been stamped with Versafine,  and a bit of colour added to the berries.

I have put Glossy Accents on the bird and berries, but I realized this would take longer than the 15 minutes, by the time you have stamped the message and mounted the card up. Just a way to emphasize these elements , if you wish to.

There are several other lovely samples on the design team blog at the moment which will take 15 minutes or less to make. Always useful if time is short.

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting.

Bye for now.

Carole

 

Guest Design Team Member Post 3 - Turquoise and green

Good morning everyone.

Today I am showing my final project for this session.
Hope you like it.

A card for a special friend.

I really like the look of white embossing with vivid colours so decided to get my Brushos out which I, shockingly, don't use very much.

 

Stamps used : Fleurs Nouveau - background

Flora Musica

Amazing Mackintosh words

 

Stamp and white  emboss the beautiful flower border horizontally  down the card, on the left.

This is repeated on the right side, so that the base of the stamp is just touching  the previous stamping.

Stamp and emboss the Flora Musica and then  cut away the background. Stamp the message  with Versafine Magestic blue ink.

 

Now for the Brusho fun.

I did a small section at a time.

 

With a wet brush, paint around the inside of several flowers and then sprinkle on some blue Brusho.

Let it spread, helping it into any holes with the brush.

Repeat with the other flowers and leave to 'do its own thing' for a while.

Dab dry with a cloth.
 

Swipe over the background with a wide, wet brush and repeat the process with a green colour. Help this along by brushing across, trying to avoid the flowers, then leave to spread . Dab if necessary.

 

Repeat with the Flora Musica then leave to dry.

Once the Flora Musica are dry,  cover the flower heads with Glossy Accents. 

 

Trim the side edges off the background , making it  16.5 x 18cm. (6 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches).

These strips are used to make the corner bands at the top of the card, picking up one of the individual flowers as the centre.

Matt and layer onto coordinating card.

The final size of my card was 19 x 19.5 cm. (7 5/8 x 7 6/8 inches)

Hope you have enjoyed my three posts as much as I enjoyed making them, and thank you for the lovely comments you have sent. They are much appreciated.

Happy crafting
Carole

 

 

Chocolate Baroque GDT. post 2 - Mackintosh Beauty plus Summer Fayre

Good Morning everyone.

This is my second project for the GDT. at Chocolate Baroque  and I have used one of my favourite stamp sets, Mackintosh Beauty. I really like the Mackintosh style and also Art Nouveau.

The lady is so versatile and parts of the image can be cut away to give different looks, Particularly the dress. I did a blog post a while back, showing how this can be achieved. The images below show this.

 

 

                                If you cut the bouquet away she can be holding other things too.

 

Products used: Mackintosh Beauty stamps

Baroque Orchid - background

Versafine inkpads - onyx black, satin red

VersaMark

VersaMagic - Aspen mist, Pink petunia

Clear embossing powder

White embossing powder

Brushos

Thinlits die cut

Light silver grey and red card

Wink Of Stella pen

 

 

The background is repeat stamped  with the Baroque Orchid and red ink. this stamp does not line up, so that is where the die cutting comes in and the positioning of the lady. It hides this well.

 

I swiped this over with an Aspen mist Versamagic inkpad which is a grey/blue colour.

When dry, I went over the whole background with a VersaMark inkpad and clear embossed the whole piece. Then the centre was die cut .

 

The Large flowers are white embossed and the smaller corners stamped with the red Versafine.

Both of these elements are coloured with Brushos to give the lovely vibrant colours.

The lady is stamped with black Versafine and coloured with the pink Versamagic inkpad.

The message is stamped with the red  onto  grey card.

 

 

 

Judith also asked if I would post my next project too, showing a different lady who is equally lovely.

 

 

 

 

Stamps used: Summer Fayre

Exquisite Edges

Patchwork Butterfly

Artcuts 15cm. heart

Versafine Black Onyx

Watercolour pencils

Wink of Stella clear pen

VersaMagic Aspen Mist

Brilliance black inkpad

Black card or felt

small silver bead trim

Silver metal

border punch

Square  wooden base 25.5cm x 25.5cm ,painted black.

Alcohol ink or markers

 

Background     

I stamped the border frame first with Versafine and cut it down to a square24x24cm.

The flowers were then coloured and a damp brush used to pull the colour out.

The corners were cut from a strip which was punched with a border punch.

This is then mounted onto the base board.

I actually used an old Ikea mirror frame as the base, which was the perfect size.

 

Heart

I stamped the main image onto the heart with a black Brilliance inkpad or you can use another inkpad that doesn't bleed on the wood. 

Make sure this is dry before colouring with the water colour pencils. Pull the colour out with the Wink of Stella pen, but don't put too much moisture on or it will bleed.

 

Ink around the edge of the heart with an Aspen Mist VersaMagic inkpad and stamp tiny butterflies, with the same colour, onto the background. ( I did this with a tiny wooden Artcuts butterfly embellishment).

 

This has been mounted onto a piece of black card or it could be felt.

The bead string was then stuck around the edge with a good quality, clear drying glue.

 

Butterfly embellishment

 

My butterfly is made with silver metal sheet but it could be card.

I have stamped the metal with a permanent inkpad , that dries on non porous surfaces. When the ink was dry, I embossed it  and cut it out.

A little colour was added with alcohol ink.

 

Everything was then assembled.

 

Hope you have enjoyed my projects.

Will be back next week with my final contribution for this period.

Thanks for your visit and happy crafting.

 

Carole  :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest Design team member post - Pretty Poppies

Hello to anyone visiting my blog and welcome.

Today I am showing my first project, of three, for the Guest Designer slot at Chocolate Baroque.

Many years ago I was given a lovely card for my birthday and have had it displayed since then because I liked the colour combination. It is what inspired me to make  this  card, something I've been meaning to do for ages. When I saw these poppy stamps I realised they would be perfect for what I had in mind.































The colour combination of red, gold and brown is not what I would normally use. Not with the brown anyway! But it works.

I stamped and embossed the corner stamps  onto a piece of card  12.5cm x 14.5cm. (5inches x 5 3/4inches) leaving a gap between, to put the central poppy panel over.

The poppy is embossed with the Jeweled gold too, then coloured with  red and green pearlescent paint which gives it a lovely shimmer. I  then glazed it with glossy accents.
The photo doesn't do the embossing powder justice, as it has a lovely  delicate glint  to it.
I have used tiny sequin waste as a stencil and a gold inkpad, to do a slight pattern around the poppies.

The Best wishes has been stamped with Versafine black and clear embossed.

I am going to try and do some more cards with similar colours as I think they would be great for  Golden or Ruby wedding anniversary cards.

Stamps used: Pretty Poppies
                       Poppy Meadow - corners
                       Loving Sentiments - words
VersaMark inkpad
Jeweled gold embossing powder -Stampendous
Brown, red and gold card
Pearlescent paints
Glossy accents
Tiny sequin waste strip
Gold inkpad

Thank you for visiting and I hope you'll give this colour combination a try. I'll have another sample or two next week.

 

Bye for now 

Carole

Hello  to anyone reading this.
Hope your day is good.

I am excited at the moment, as I have my second Guest Designer slot for Chocolate Baroque coming up, starting tomorrow, 14th February (three weekly sessions).

I have had great fun making the projects for this slot.
I have used  a colour way I wouldn't normally use, some of my favourite stamps and my Brushos.
These rarely see the light of day and each time I use them I wonder why this is so! It is so easy to get an interesting and colourful background with them.

Anyhow, just a quick sample showing a card  I made with the same colours as my first post tomorrow. 

This was made for the Hochanda show last week and many other DT. samples can be seen on the Chocolate Baroque blogposts, face book pages and Pinterest.




Quick and easy, it just involves stamping and heat embossing with these great border stamps.

Stamps used : Landscape edges.
Jeweled gold embossing powder - Stampendous

Thanks for visiting and I hope you will follow my next three GDT. member posts too.

Bye for now and happy crafting

Carole

Chocolate Baroque 15minute card


Today I have a card suitable for men, using some of the stamps on the Eccentric Edwardian   set and the Punky expressions words.

The script was stamped first with Distress ink and when dry, I cut out the circle.
This was stuck onto a craft card and a border drawn around the edge with a fine black pen.
The car was stamped with black Versafine ink and cut out. This was the most time consuming bit, but is a very simple shape that can be cut out quickly.
Coordinate the card strips to go onto the bottom of the card and add your message.

                                                                  Thanks for visiting.

 Carole

Hello everyone and a Happy New year to you. Hope 2018 is a good one.


 The Chocolate Baroque  DT team have been showing their samples , on the blog,
 from the mermaid and sea sets of stamps. These were shown on Hochanda, just before Christmas.
So I  have one of my card samples, that I did for the show, to show you today.

One of my favourites was this.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a good photo of it before sending.

I was going to do it as a box card with a curved front, then miscalculated the sizing when I trimmed it up! So I just had it as an opening card with a curved front. Difficult to see in the photo but I liked the effect when it was standing. Does need to go in a box rather than an envelope though.

 I started with a Distress ink background in Weathered wood, Mustard seed and Faded jeans.

Then I over-stamped the different elements to make the scene and added a little more yellow and orange around the sun.

 

 The front section  was wider,  so that it could be scored either side, to make the curved front. The aperture was then cut out to reveal the scene behind.

If you make the base picture a few centimetres wider, you can stick both side edges down on the front panel, to make a curve faced, box type card.

Hope this makes sense!!

Stamps used: Seashore Scenes
                      Seashore Dreams
Distress inks: Weathered wood, Mustard seed, Faded jeans, Orange marmalade.

 

Thank you for visiting and see you soon.

Best wishes

Carole