Decorated Candles using the Flowerheads Stamps from Chocolate Baroque

Morning all. I so love these big floral stamps. This time I have used all six of the fabulous new Flowerhead stamps to jazz up some candles. I hope that you like them.

WARNING: The method involves melting the wax with a heat gun to embed stamped tissue paper onto the candle surface. Please take care. Wax is flammable. It may be an idea to have a wet tea towel by your side to smother the candle should a mishap occur and the wax ignites. This has never happened to me yet – but please be vigilant. This is not a project for the children.

I don’t intend to burn these candles but am having them simply as decoration. I have safely burned these in the past without any problem. If you do burn them there is a possibility of the tissue catching fire and acting as a wick. Again, please take care.

I hope I haven’t scared you all! They are really fun to make and look lovely.

Materials:

• Flowerhead stamps (Daisy Centre, Swirl Centre, Mesh Centre, Daisy Ring Centre, Circle Centre and Dotty Centre) and Nature Fragments set
• Inkpads – Dye inks (green, turquoise and purple), Memento (Tuxedo Black)
• White tissue paper and baking parchment
• Alcohol ink pens (lime greens, turquoises, pinks and purples)
• Fine tipped marker (black)

Method:

1. Stamp the flowers onto tissue paper with black ink, colour with alcohol pens and emphasis some of the outlines with fine black marker. Cut out.
2. Stamp the texture stamp using random mix of the coloured dye inks. Tear into small patches.
3. Working with one stamped image at a time, place onto the candle and hold in place using the baking parchment. Grip the parchment so that it sits tightly and smoothly over the stamped image. Heat the stamped area using a heat gun. As soon as you see the wax begin to melt move the gun slowly across the image (in a similar manner to melting embossing powder). Do not keep the heat in one spot for too long. The wax melts almost instantly and the tissue becomes embedded into the surface.

Hope that you all have a great weekend.

Anne x.

Project using the Free Digital Paper from Chocolate Baroque

There is a new free digital paper on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge blog for you to download and use in your creations. This is what I created with mine. I hope that you like it.

 

Materials:

• A Little Bird Told Me stamp set
• Newsprint Fruit Free Digital paper
• 21cm white card blank
• Orange card (to frame/mat) and white paper
• Inkpads: Versamark, Ranger Archival (Coffee), Distress Ink (Peeled Paint)
• Fine detail embossing powder (gold)
• White gel pen
• Alcohol ink pens (Golden yellows, reds, pinks, purples, greens, turquoise)
• Hand made die cut flower coloured with alcohol pens
• PVA pearls (gold)
• Adhesive and 3D glue gel

How it was made:

1. Stamped the bird and cages onto the digital paper with Versamark and embossed with gold. [Tip: need to work quickly on digital print paper as the Versamark ink sinks into the coating quickly making embossing tricky]. The smaller background cage was stamped with archival ink (masking the foreground cage). The tail of the bird on the right was created by combining two of the bird stamps and masking (to extend the tail feathers).
2. The sentiments were stamped on white paper and embossed, cut out and glued on.
3. The images were coloured with alcohol pens and the paper edges enhanced with Distress Ink.
4. The paper was mounted onto orange card to frame, and then glued to the card front. Finally embellished with the flower and PVA pearls.

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Thread Wrapped and Embroidered Buttons

I had some time today to make some thread wrapped and embroidered buttons. I need a little practice with the embroidery but love them.

 

I used instructions (Original Snowflake Button Designs) and 25mm MDF button blanks available from Gina-B Silkworks . I love the textile kits available from the talented Gina Barrett – do take a look at her website.

I am making myself a little sewing box and will use these to decorate it – will share when I have finished.

Anne x.

Quirky Scene Created for Chocolate Baroque Challenge 16

 

I enjoyed making this quirky landscape with the little house stamped on a slant. Thought that it would be a nice card to send and bring a smile to a friend going through a difficult time.

I created it using this months Colour Challenge colours.

The stamps (Country Views and Sunburst Scenes) were featured on the recent TV show with Lesley Wharton on The Craft Channel.

Materials:

• Country Views, Sunburst Scenes and Mackintosh Sentiments stamp sets
• DL card blank (approx. 20.5 X 10cm)
• Printed sentiment from computer
• White stamping card (suitable for alcohol ink colouring)
• Alcohol ink pens (pale blues and greens, pink/purple, golden yellow and black)
• Inkpads: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Distress Ink (Peeled Paint)
• Fine tipped marker – alcohol ink resistant (water based)
• White gel pen
• Clear crystal glitter glue, blue PVA pearls
• Adhesive and sticky foam pads

How it was made:

1. Stamp the scene with Memento ink. Some of the foreground elements, such as the trees, will need to be stamped first and masked before stamping the images behind.
2. Use black detail pen to draw and ‘join up’ the landscape. Colour with alcohol ink pens. Finish by adding highlights with the opaque white gel pen.
3. Trim to fit the card front and edge with distress ink and finally black pen to create a frame.
4. Stamp the sentiment ‘Just to say’ onto a die cut topper and glue on the printed sentiment. Edge with distress ink and black marker. Stick to the card with foam pads.
5. Finish with a little glitter sparkle on the sun and roof tops, and PVA pearls on the sentiment plaque.

I hope that you like my project. I am looking forward to seeing your entries for the Challenge this month.

Anne x.

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Flowerhead Aperture Card created for Chocolate Baroque

WOW! I just love the new Flowerhead stamps. They are fabulous when mixed & matched together, but just one single stamp is enough to make a stunning project on its own. I hope that you like my first project with these stamps. Materials:

• Circle Centre Flowerhead stamp and Mackintosh Sentiments set
• White card blank 14.5cm square, purple card and smooth white stamping card
• Inkpads: Memento Dew Drop (Bahama Blue, Grape Jelly, Pear Tart) and Versamark
• Alcohol pens (turquoise, blue, purple, pink and black)
• White acrylic pen
• Clear glitter glue
• Embossing powder (white with silver glitter)
• Dies or circle cutter

How to make it:

1. Cut a circular aperture approx. 9cm diameter into the card front. Cut a 10cm circle from the stamping card. Cut the purple card to approx. 13.5cm square and cut a circle aperture approx. 10cm diameter.
2. Stamp the flower onto the circular mat using graduated ink colours; green in the centre, then turquoise and then purple for the outer edge of the stamp. Colour with alcohol pens and mount inside the card aligning with the aperture on the card front. I have coloured the background surrounding the stamp with purple alcohol ink, but you could colour and cut out your flower and mount onto a purple background.
3. Stamp the sentiment onto the purple front mat with Versamark and heat emboss. Draw a wiggly line with white pen to create the frame. Stick to the card front.
4. Finally, finish with a bit of glitter glue in the flower centre for added sparkle.

Happy crafting, Anne x.

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Friendship Card Created for Chocolate Baroque using Lace Fragments Stamps

 

This was one of my TV show samples created for Chocolate Baroque with the lovely Lace Fragments stamps, which were recently demonstrated on the Craft Channel TV show by Lesley Wharton.

 

Materials:

• Lace Fragments and Mackintosh Sentiments stamp sets
• 19cm square cream card blank, white and cream card
• Ranger Archival Inkpad (Coffee)
• Marker pen (brown)
• 2mm fine satin ribbon (brown)
• Adhesive and sticky foam pads
• Dies to cut trellis and sentiment topper (Tonic – Deco Trellis Base), and leafy sprigs (Heartfelt Creations – Cut Mat Create sets)

 

How to make it:

1. Die cut a trellis topper from cream card and back with white. Thread with brown ribbon.
2. Cut a sentiment topper in white card, and an 18cm mat in white, edge both with brown marker. Also edge the card blank.
3. Stamp the floral corners and sentiment with Archival Ink.
4. Mount the trellis and sentiment topper, decorate with die cut leafy vines.

What …. No Distress Ink, Glossy Accents, glitter or PVA pearls?

Unlike me – tee hee.

Anne ;0)

 

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Here is my Project for the Chocolate Baroque Challenge 16

Here is my project for Chocolate Baroque Challenge 16 using ‘A Little Bird Told Me’ stamp set. I love this colour combo.

 

 

Materials:

• A Little Bird Told Me stamp set
• Pre-cut white fancy card blank (approx. A5 overall size)
• White stamping card
• Inkpads: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Versamark, Distress Ink (Peeled Paint)
• Fine detail embossing powder (Gold)
• Ink Spritzers (pale blue, and gold with mica)
• Alcohol ink pens (pale green and blue, pink/purple and golden yellow)
• Clear crystal glitter glue
• Small piece of pink ribbon
• Floral embellishments created with coloured paper clay
• Fancy oval die approx. 12.5 X 8cm size
• Adhesive, sticky foam pads and 3D glue gel

 

How it was made:

1. Spritzed the card blank with pale blue and gold ink. Inked the edges with Distress Ink. Picked up some of the ink spray from the craft mat with the small motif and randomly stamped the background.
2. Stamped the bird with Memento ink. Aligned the die and marked the points that will extend off the die cut. Cut around the tail then re-aligned the die and cut omitting the tail section (by pulling it through and over the top of the die cutting edge).
3. Stamped the bird cage with Versamark and gold embossed. Also embossed the edges of the topper and dropped some random sprinkles over the background. The image was then coloured with alcohol ink pens.
4. Stamped the sentiments with Memento ink and glued to the topper. Mounted the topper on foam pads and added the floral embellishments and ribbon. Finished with some glitter glue highlights.

I hope that you like my project. I have just got this stamp set and I love it.

Good luck with the Challenge, Anne x.

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