Summer Birdies card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Today I am sharing some of my samples made for the recent Christmas shows on Hochanda from Chocolate Baroque. I decided to forego Christmas with this one and make a pretty shaped summer card with the birdies.

Materials:

• New England Winter and Winter Birds stamp sets
• 6 X 6 inch white card blank, white stamping card
• Versafine Inkpad (Vintage Sepia)
• Distress Inkpads (Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters, Tea Dye, Scattered Straw)
• Fine tipped pen (brown)
• Glitter glue (clear)
• Large flower die to create the card blank (Tattered Lace Essential Flowers)

How to make it:

1. Create the card blank by cutting a folded square card, through both layers, overhanging one of the die points over the card fold on the left side. Cut another whole flower from stamping card. If you don’t have a suitable die draw a flower shape onto your card blank and cut out with scissors. Consider how it will sit when standing – I arranged 2 petal points so that they sit level at the base. Use the card blank as a template to cut the stamping panel.
2. Stamp the scene onto the front panel. No clever masking is needed, simply stamp the ‘solid silhouette’ fir tree onto the sides to partially cover and disguise the Christmas trees.
3. Stamp the bird house onto another piece of stamping card. Extend the pole by drawing with a pen. Cut out omitting the holly leaves (just chop them off). Snip the base of the pole to fit the card front when overlaid.
4. Colour the images with Distress Inks. Apply ink to your craft mat or a palette and pick up colour with a damp brush. Use a blending sponge for some of the larger areas (sky and trees).
5. Attach the bird house to the card front with foam pads or 3D glue gel. Finish with a little glitter glue for added sparkle.

Sparkling Star card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good evening. Today I am sharing some of my Christmas makes made for the recent shows on Hochanda from Chocolate Baroque. Sorry if Christmas makes are too early for you but hopefully they will give you a bit of inspiration x.

Although I stamped the Christmas trees onto vellum and cut it out to build the star/flower petals for the embellishment, it doesn’t necessarily have to be for Christmas. White on white would make a lovely wedding card.

Materials:

• New England Winter, Reindeer Landscape
• 6 X 6 inch square Kraft card blank, white vellum
• Versamark Inkpad
• Embossing Powders (clear sparkle - Crafters Companion Holographic Twinkle)
• Fine tipped pen (opaque white)
• Faux gem (gold)

How to make it:

1. Stamp the corners onto the card blank and emboss with sparkle powder.
2. Stamp the stripy trees 6 times onto vellum and emboss with the sparkly powder. Cut out the medium and small tree to make the petals. Glue onto the card and add the gem to the centre.
3. Draw on the faux stitching and dot onto the background (groups of 3 dots).

Sparkling Noel card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good evening. Today I am sharing some of my Christmas makes made for the recent shows on Hochanda from Chocolate Baroque. Sorry if Christmas makes are too early for you but hopefully they will give you a bit of inspiration x.

Materials:

• New England Winter, Frosty Trees, Let’s Get Festive stamp sets
• Seasonal Elements stencil
• 15cm square card blank, white stamping card, heat resistant acetate
• Inkpads: Mulitcoloured pearl pigment ink (Brilliance Twilight – pink & lilac), Versamark, Dye based (Marvey Matchables Pink)
• WOW Embossing Powders (Clear Gloss, Fuchsia Fusion)
• Watercolour pens (pink, blue, lilac)
• Alcohol ink markers (mid and dark pink)
• Holographic clear Glitter Paste (Viva Décor Kristall Gel)
• Ribbon (pink)
• PVA Pearls (Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Pink)
• Glitter glue (lilac pink)

How to make it:

1. Stamp the corners with multi-coloured ink onto the card blank and heat emboss with clear powder.
2. Stamp the sentiment with pink ink and emboss with clear powder (work quickly as dye ink dries fast). Glue down the ribbon with double sided tape.
3. Stamp the trees onto stamping card with the multi-coloured ink and emboss with clear powder. Colour with watercolour pens. When dry add some additional shading with the alcohol pen. Edge the card with dark pink alcohol marker.
4. Apply glitter paste through the stencil with a palette knife to add some sparkly snowflakes and rain drops.
5. Stamp the corners onto acetate and emboss with pink powder. Trim and glue behind the main panel.
6. Fix the topper to the card with foam pads and trim the top and bottom edge of the acetate to fit the card front.
7. Finish with PVA pearls and glitter glue plus add the bow.

Let’s Get Festive card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good evening. Today I am sharing some of my Christmas makes made for the recent shows on Hochanda from Chocolate Baroque. Sorry if Christmas makes are too early for you but hopefully they will give you a bit of inspiration x.

Materials:

• Frosty Trees, Let’s Get Festive, New England Winter, Reindeer Landscape stamp sets
• Seasonal Elements Stencil
• A6 card blank, white stamping card, heat resistant acetate, satin card (silver)
• Versamark Inkpad
• WOW Embossing Powders (Detail White, Calypso and clear with silver glitter)
• Ink sprays with mica (teal and gold – Lindy’s Stamp Gang)
• Fine tipped pen (aqua)
• PVA pearls (Tonic - Caribbean Blue)
• Clear holographic glitter paste (Viva Décor Kristall Gel)
• Glitter glue (aqua)
• Pebeo Gilding Wax (Silver)
• Ribbons (aqua) and small brass bells

How to make it:

1. Stamp and emboss the tree scene with white powder. Trim and spritz with inks.
2. Stamp and emboss the corner onto acetate with blue sparkle powder and trim. Stick behind top right hand edge of topper.
3. Add some snowflakes and rain drops by applying glitter paste through the stencil with a palette knife. Add some aqua glitter glue around the border.
4. Cut a mat for the topper from silver card and glue behind.
5. Stamp the sentiment onto the card blank and emboss with blue sparkle powder.
6. Stamp the snowflakes onto the background and emboss using silver sparkle powder.
7. Add the topper to the card with foam pads for dimension.
8. Colour the brass bells with the silver gilding wax. Add the ribbon and bells to the card.
9. Draw on the faux stitching and finish with PVA pearls.