TV Shows on Hochanda today with Lesley Wharton and Chocolate Baroque stamps

Good morning. Here is a sneak peek of some of my show samples using the lovely Spring themed stamps from Chocolate Baroque featuring on Hochanda today. I will be blogging more details and tutorials over the next month xxx.

Show times 7am, 11am and 3pm – if you miss it you can watch them online at Hochanda.

Butterfly Wreath Card created for Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge 32

Here is my first contribution to Chocolate Baroques Colour Challenge 32 this month.

I came up with this after playing with my Inkadinkadoo stamping gear (circular wheel) – I hope that you like it.

Looking forward to seeing your entries x
 
Materials:

• Sticks & Stones, Just Butterflies, Butterfly Blush, Words to Dazzle & Sparkle stamp sets
• Card: White for card blank, white stamping card and copper mirror card
• Inkadinkadoo stamping gear (circular wheel)
• Inkpads: Versamark, Distress (Forest Moss, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass), metallic pigment (copper)
• WOW embossing powders: Clear and Copper
• Ink spritzers: pale blue with mica (Lindy’s Stamp Gang)
• Water based sparkle pens (Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens)
• Fine tipped pen (pale blue)
• Glitter glue (copper) and PVA pearls (copper)
• Dies: decorative circles (Tattered Lace – Pin Dot Decorative Circles), twigs (Spellbinders Blossom)

 
How it was made:

1. I created the wreath using the stamping gear and the Sticks & Stones stamp set with green Distress Inks. I stamped the butterflies and sentiment with copper pigment ink and heat embossed with clear powder. Similar can be achieved by drawing a circle and dividing it into 8 sections. Keeping the stamp orientation steady, stamp and turn the card between each stamping, or just work more freely around a circle.
2. The background was spritzed with pale blue ink. I cut out the topper and created a circular card using scalloped circle dies. I used the fine tipped pen to draw faux stitching and edged the card with blue Distress Ink.
3. The butterfly was stamped and embossed with copper powder and coloured with sparkle pens. I cut then cut it out and shaped for added dimension. Twigs were cut from mirror card.
4. I finished with the copper PVA pearls and a few dots of glitter glue for sparkle.

Spring Iris Card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Today I am sharing another of my TV show samples using the Kingfisher Song stamp set from Chocolate Baroque. The new stamps are now available directly from Chocolate Baroque. I hope that you like this Spring themed card.
I so enjoyed the shows and Demos with Lesley Wharton on Hochanda. More shows coming very soon! I am beavering away to finish the next set of samples. I feel hugely privileged to be on the Design Team for Chocolate Baroque. It can be hard work but I get to play with some wonderful stamp sets – yay!
 
Materials:

• Kingfisher Song, Words to Dazzle and Sparkle
• A5 card blank (approx. 21 X 14.5cm), card offcuts (blue, green and white) for die cuts and layers, and white stamping card (Sheena Douglass)
• Ink Spritzers (Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Azure Sea Asters, Opal Sea Oats)
• Versafine (Onyx Black)
• Spectrum Aqua watercolour pens (Crafters Companion - greens, yellow, purple, ochre)
• Spectrum Noir alcohol pens (Crafters Companion - greens, yellow, purples)
• Fine tipped pen (blue)
• Dies: Sweet Pea, Pin Dot Decorative Rectangles, Pearl Pin Dot Rectangles (Tattered Lace), Create an Iris (Spellbinders D-Lites)

 
How to make the Stepper Card blank:
Cut the A5 card blank through both front and back panels starting approx. 8cm in from the left side and stopping 3cm up from the bottom. Score the front and back sections equally, 3 and 6cm in from the edge. ‘Mountain fold’ at the 3cm score line to create the side stepper.
 
How to make the card:

1. Lightly spritz the card blank with blue and gold mica sprays. Tip: if the card curls a bit I tend to pop mine under a stack of die cutting mats while I work on the rest of the card.
2. Cut the blue background panels and glue to the card. Cut the leafy sprig from green card. See below for how to create the die cut Iris.
3. Cut the main panels from stamping card and lightly spritiz with blue mica spray. When dry add faux stitching with the fine tipped pen.
4. Stamp the sentiment and image with Versamark. Colour the Iris image with watercolour pens.
5. Glue the sentiment and image panels to the card using 3D foam for added depth. Glue on the leafy sprig and 3D Iris to finish.

How I created the 3D Iris Flower:

I created this using the Spellbinders ‘Create an Iris’ die. I cut it from approx. 180gsm card and coloured it with Spectrum Noir alcohol pens. I shaped it using ball tools and an embossing mat/foam mat. Colours used: DG3 for leaves, CT2 and 3 for larger petal centres, LV2 and 3 for outer petal edges, LV1 and 2 for inner small petals, and the blender to add highlights.

Blue Kingfisher Tile Card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Here is another of my samples for the recent shows on Hochanda featuring the lovely Kingfisher Song stamps from Chocolate Baroque. I love to create monochromatic blue & white scenes – reminds me of gorgeous blue & white china or ceramic tiles.

These are still exclusive to Hochanda but will soon be available directly from Chocolate Baroque too.
 
Materials:

• Kingfisher Song stamp set (Chocolate Baroque)
• 15cm square card blank, blue card (Tattered Lace Shades), white stamping card (Sheena Douglass)
• Distress Ink (Chipped Sapphire)
• Fine tipped pen (blue)
• Spray and Shine (Crafters Companion)
• Tattered Lace dies: Square Accordion, Torn Edge Squares

 
How to make it:

1. Cut the Accordion in white card and trim away the outer shape to make a frame. Trim the blue card to give a fine outer border. Glue mat and frame to the card front. Draw faux stitching with fine pen.
2. Cut the Torn Edge Squares from white card, the smaller from stamping card for the main image. Glue the larger mat to the card front.
3. Stamp the image with Distress Ink. Using a damp brush drag out colour from the stamped image, add more ink in areas of shading (apply ink from the pad to your craft mat and pick up colour with brush). Using a sponge, blend ink in from the card edges.
4. Spray the image with Spray and Shine. This gives it the look of a ceramic tile.
5. Apply to the card front with 3D foam for depth.

Kingfisher stepper card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. I made this card for a friend using the Kingfisher Song and scene building sets from Chocolate Baroque. These are still exclusive to Hochanda at the moment but will be on the Chocolate Baroque site in a few days.
 
Materials:

• Kingfisher Song, Sticks and Stones, Silhouette Grasses stamp sets
• Hammered card (white), stamping card (white)
• Distress Inkpad (Chipped Sapphire)
• Midi Double Side Stepper die set (Tattered Lace)
• Cattails die (Spellbinders)
• Sentiment printed on a laser printer
• Blue toner foil and Minc foiling machine

Our Fragile Earth Kingfisher Scene Card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. Today I am sharing another of my samples made for the recent TV shows on Hochanda using the lovely new Kingfisher and scene building sets. These are still exclusive to Hochanda for a few more days – then they will also be available from Chocolate Baroque.

This sample started out to be a bit of a disaster. I used Soft Form Relief Paste to make the textured embellishment but while preparing we had no electricity for 12 hours. It was only 5 degrees in the house and unfortunately it made my embellishment go hard and brittle (where it is normally flexible and soft) – so I accidently smashed and cracked it! Aaaargh! But then I thought about a theme …… ‘our fragile earth’ …… and this design resulted. Tee hee.
 
Materials:

• Baroque Meadow and Kingfisher Song stamp sets
• 15.5cm X 11cm card blank (black), panel from a tag shaped card blank (white), scrap of white stamping card
• Soft Form Relief Paste (Silver)
• Inkpads: Stazon (Black), Versafine (Onyx Black), Distress Ink (Pumice Stone) and dye based (yellow)
• Ink spritzer sprays (pale blue with mica)
• Sparkle pens (clear, green, blue, turquoise, yellow and bright pink)
• Fine tipped acrylic pen (opaque white)
• Glossy Accents
• Circle mask (die cut from scrap acetate sheet)
• Computer printed sentiment

How to make it:

1. Cover the Baroque Meadow stamp with a layer of Soft Form Relief Paste and leave to fully dry (1-2 days). Gently peel away from the stamp and trim away rough edges with scissors. Rub over the surface with Stazon ink. Mine snapped across due to the cold conditions. Usually this stays flexible so you will need to cut across with scissors.
2. Using a sponge and the circle mask apply yellow ink to create the earth shape. Remove the mask and lightly spritz with the blue ink. When dry apply a layer of clear sparkle over the earth.
3. Edge the card with Distress Ink and glue down the meadow embellishment and sentiment strips. Glue to the card front with 3D foam.
4. Stamp the Kingfisher scene with Versafine ink. You only need to partially ink the stamp – cut out the Kingfisher. Colour with sparkle pens. Dot a little highlight into the eye with the white pen and when dry add Glossy Accents. Shape lightly and apply to the card with 3D glue gel.

Crochet scarf embellished with Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die cut flowers

I embellished this plain scarf with die cut flowers as a gift for a friend – she was delighted.

I used Tim Holtz Tattered Florals BigZ die to cut flowers from felt. I chose pastel colours and used the smallest of the flowers to give a delicate and pretty spring feel which co-ordinated with the soft and delicate yarn.  I stitched them in place with a small sequin and seed bead in the centre to give a little shimmer.