Canary Bird Rose

Hello fellow crafters.

My final contribution for this month, for the Chocolate Baroque GDT slot, uses the very pretty Canary Bird Rose stamp.

It is stamped and then I cut  an oval around it. Half of this was cut away.

The flower was coloured with water colour pencils and Distress inks.

The background uses an embossing folder covered with VersaMark  and then put through the embossing machine .Then pearlescent powders were brushed over to reveal the design. This is a lovely method which I haven't used for ages.

This was then sprayed with cheap hairspray to seal it.

The message is from the  Folk Art Garden set.

Hope you have enjoyed the samples I have shown you.

Please visit my  Pinterest board to see other Chocolate Baroque samples that I have made.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/carolecann/_saved/

Many thanks for visiting.

Happy crafting until next time.

Carole😍

                                                                                                                                      

 

A selection of stamps

Hello again.

This is my  second contribution for this month for the Chocolate Baroque GDT slot. It has a bit of a retro feel to it. I have used 'worker stamps' from a variety of stamp sets to do a grid pattern. This involved a lot of masking as I decided where the stamps were going. It is stamped with sepia Versafine. The grid evolved as I went along and each section was lightly drawn around as I went. The grid could be drawn out first and the stamped areas masked and stamped. This would probably be easier to build up.

I decided to add a touch of colour with the butterflies and mounted it onto the dark blue, as I like blue and brown together.

Very different looking cards emerge if you alter the grid pattern and change the colours. I have enjoyed using this technique and it is a good way to use some of the smaller stamps which are very pretty and often only used for backgrounds.

Hope you have enjoyed my card and I will be back again ,next week with my final sample for this session.

Many thanks for looking. 

Happy crafting

Carole 😊

Bird Cage Collage

 

Hello everyone.

 I am pleased to be doing another GDT slot for Chocolate Baroque and will have three projects for you over the next three weeks, using some of the older stamps. Hope you enjoy looking at them.

My first sample uses  Bird Cage  Collage , a lovely stamp which is very versatile and much used.

You will find some other samples below.

I have stamped onto black card with VersaMark ink and embossed with silver powder, then coloured the image with pearlescent paints. The left hand edge has been cut away around the cages.

The edging uses one of the Floral Edges stamps and again is stamped with VersaMark and silver pearlescent powder brushed over. I sealed this with a quick spritz of cheap hair spray.

The words are from the Loving Sentiments set.

The samples following are a variation, using the same Bird Cage stamp.

  I hope you like this stamp as I have had fun using it again. 

Thanks for visiting and hope to see you again next week.

Happy crafting

Carole

Dog and Duck

Hello everyone.

 Is it really that long ago that I did my last blog post? Frightening where the time goes. 

Not helped by a few health issues which made me tired, lethargic and totally lacking in any motivation. 

I am making the most of it while the inclination is there!!

Thought I would show you some items I made for a craft show. I have used images from Crafty Individuals,  

Notepad holder

The dogs head has a strong magnet attached to the back so that it can be put on the fridge door.

They are stamped onto wooden shapes and coloured with water colour pencils. Then I sealed them with a spray varnish .

The brooch is stamped onto an oval wooden shape and coloured.  A clasp was stuck to the back with a strong adhesive

My favourite one is the  duck and I still wear it as it amuses me. Hope you have enjoyed seeing these.

Happy crafting until next time. Hopefully it wont be so long.

Bye for now

Carole