Butterfly Bouquet

Hi and welcome to my blog, I have an easy and quick card for you today, which is also on the Chocolate Baroque DT blog https://chocolatebaroque.blogspot.com.  For this project I have used stamps from the Celebration Bouquet and Happy Flowers Day sets; black Versafine ink, clear EP, alcohol marker pens and Distress Oxide ink.  

I took a piece of CB Luxury Smooth paper and stamped the butterfly and bouquet images in black Versafine ink, then embossed them with clear EP.  I cut the paper to separate the two images.  I coloured the bouquet with alcohol pens and added a shadow line around the image, to make it pop off the page.  

I coloured the butterfly and cut it out. I matted the boquet image onto blue card then attached it to a white base card.  I then attached the butterfly with 3D gel.  I stamped a couple of foliage sprigs and a sentiment along the bottom of the base card.

I'm really pleased with this quick card, It's a good design for batch making and for those times when you get caught out and need a card in a hurry!

Thank you for popping in today, I hope you've enjoyed this post and that you'll drop in again soon  :) 

Heart of the Garden

Hello - welcome to my blog  :)  I have a bit of mixed media Home Decor to share with you today, which is also featuring on the Chocolate Baroque DT blog as well today     https://chocolatebaroque.blogspot.com  I have used stamps from the Filigree Trading Hearts and the Celebration Bouquet sets; CB stencils - Useful Leaves and Seasonal Elements; another stencil from my stash, Distress Oxides, texture paint, black Versafine ink, clear EP, Koh-I-Noor watercolour paints, Little Birdie chalk paint, a black fine liner pen and a gold pen from my stash.  

I took an MDF board and gave it a coat of white gesso followed by a coat of Little Birdie chalk paint.  I stencilled some leaves across the top of the board using DO ink, then again with texture paint. 
   

I added some 'flowers' by stencilling through the Seasonal Elements stencil and another from my stash in shades of blue. 

I used a black fine liner pen to add outlines to the textured leaves then added dots with a gold pen.

I took a piece of white card and stamped three hearts in black ink then embossed it with clear EP.  I painted the hearts with watercolour paints before cutting them out.  I assembled and attached them to the board.

On a spare piece of card I stamped and embossed the bouquet image, painted it and cut it out, then attached it in the center of the hearts.  

I stamped and embossed a sentiment onto a spare piece of white card, cut around it and painted it.  I added gold dots and highlights then attached it to the board in 3D.

This was such a fun project to do.  I think this design would also be lovely as a card, suitable for many occasions and recipients.

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope that you have enjoyed this post and that you will visit my blog again soon  :)    

Pink Magnolia

Hi, welcome to my blog  :)  I have the second of the two projects that are featured on the Chocolate Baroque DT blog to share with you today.  I have used stamps from the Happy Flowers Day set; black Versafine ink, DOs, clear embossing powder, alcohol pens, Kraft card and an embossing folder from my stash.

On a piece of smooth white paper I stamped the Magnolia image in black and embossed it with clear powder.  I then coloured the image with pens.  I added a few butterflies with the Kaleidoscope of Butterflies stencil, then blended DO ink around the edges of the panel.  

Next I took a piece of Kraft card and embossed it in a folder from my stash.  I attached it to a white base card and then attached the focal panel.  To complete the design I stamped a sentement in black along the bottom edge of the card.

This is a quick card that lends itself to batch making and will suit a lot of occasions.

Thanks very much for dropping in today, I hope you've enjoyed this post and that you'll pop back again soon  :)  

Bouquet of Sunshine and Smiles

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  I have a couple of projects which are featuring on the Chocolate Baroque DT blog, and this is the first.  I have used stamps from the Celebration Bouquet, Happy Flowers Day and Filigree Trading Hearts sets;  black Versafine, Distress Oxide inks, alcohol pens, a gold pen, Kaleidascope of Butterflies and Useful Leaves stencils.  

I took a piece of smooth white paper and stamped the bouquet and butterfly images using black Versafine ink.  I coloured them with the pens then fussy cut them.  

I took a piece of plain paper from CB's Designer Papers and added butterflies and foliage using DOs through the stencils.  I then took a white base card and stamped a couple of worker images along two edges.  I edged the background panel with a gold pen then attached the panel to the base card, offsetting it to one side.

I attached the butterfly and the bouquet with 3D gel onto the background panel.  

I stamped a sentement in black ink onto a spare peice of white card, die cut it and added ink through the die.  I edged the sentement panel with gold then attached it to the card.

I think this cheerful design is suitable for lots of occasions and recipients, it's bound to brighten the day of anyone who receives it.  

Thank you for dropping by today, I hope that you've enjoyed this post and that you'll pop in again soon  :)