Sweet Poppy Stencil and Molotow Liquid Chrome

Good afternoon Lovelies!

Just posting a very quick post featuring the fabulous Molotow Liquid Chrome Markers on Texture paste through a Sweet Poppy Stencil!

I started with Yupo paper and alcohol inks along with blending solution, using a white texture paste through the stencil, once dry I coloured the Mechanical Dog in with the markers, wow! Really is like Liquid Chrome.

 

Thank you for visiting, have a great day xx Zoe xx

 

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Lavinia Stamps Challenge mid-month post by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies, I hope you're enjoying some summer crafting.

I'm here with my "Mid-Month" project for the Lavinia Stamps Challenge, please click on the highlighted area to check out the Rules and regulations, there aren't many, you will also be interested to know that things have changed slightly! The challenge now starts on the 1st of each month and the last day for your entries is the 28th, the winner is now chosen by Random.org, the prize of £40 in vouchers to spend on Lavinia products still remains the same.

The theme for this month is - "No Black", here's my project.

I used Yupo paper and Alcohol inks to create a landscape, I then stamped the Meadow Grass and Unicorn using a pale colour Archival ink and dabbed lightly to remove the wetness then rubbed gently to remove the ink and leaving behind the ghostly image, I then stamped the Creeping Vine using a green Archival ink. Tracey has posted an amazing tutorial video on her site if you click on the highlighted area "Yupo paper and Alcohol inks" above will take you there.

Thank you so much for visiting today, I do hope I've given you some inspiration to join in? Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

 

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A Tim Holtz inspired Christmas card

I've just completed the Creative Chemstry 103 online course, it was brilliant, with lots of new and some not so new techniques, it's great seeing all the new products and the various techniques you can do with them.

My first card isn't featuring any of the new products as I don't have the new White pigment Distress inkpad so I stamped my trees first with Gesso then with distress ink, good old wrinkle free distress background and some splatters of water and white ink, my sentiment is Indigoblu.

My second card is using Yupo paper and Alcohol inks a stencil and blending solution, the technique is called "Alcohol faded layers on Yupo" however! I only did one faded layer as I wanted it more subtle, I was inspired by a beautiful card I saw on Facebook which Jenny Marples made and as its my lovely Nieces 21st birthday today I thought it would be perfect.

Thank you for visiting, have a wonderful weekend xx Zoe xx

 

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Mixed Media Canvas

Good morning Lovelies,

I'm back today with a Mixed Media project I've been working on for a few days using a selection of : Seth Apter dies, Crealies and Penny Black dies combined with Tim Holtz Butterfly stamp, Distress Crayons, masks and other products, and stamp and masks from Imagination Crafts, I used spray inks and texture paste for my initial background.

 

 

Keeping it brief today, thank you for visiting, have a great day xx Zoe xx

 

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Zoe - "No Black" for Lavinia Stamps Challenge

Good morning Lovelies, big apologies! I'm late with my post, time seems to be going by so fast this year!

So as you can see, the theme this month is "No Black" for Lavinia Stamps Challenge, please click on the link to read the rules and instructions on how to join in.

You will notice that things have changed a little! Firstly it now launches on the 1st of each month and ends on the 28th, also the winner will now be chosen by Random.org, we have had such wonderful creations, it's been very difficult for us to choose a winner.

The prize is a whopping £40 voucher to spend on Lavinia products.

I used a Grey board Heart which I Gesso'd first, coloured with spray inks, i stamped my background using various colours of Versafine inks and the Meadow Grass and Maple Leaf! I then heat embossed in White EP firstly stamping with Versamark the beautiful Fairy Dandelions, I edged the heart with Silver Gilding wax to finish off.

Thank you so much for visiting, I hope I've inspired you to join in?

Have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

 

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15 minutes or less by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies, I hope you're enjoying your summer.

I'm back today with my second post this month for the Bi-monthly post for Chocolate Baroque DT blog featuring CAS projects using the fab Chocolate Baroque stamps.

As lovely as it is to have the time to play and experiment with different technique we sometimes don't always have the time or products and of course not everyone likes all the colours and busy backgrounds etc, so we are doing bi-monthly posts featuring CAS (clean and simple), Easy and quick projects that take less than 15 minutes using the gorgeous Chocolate Baroque stamps to give you inspiration and to show that "Quick and simple" can be just as fab.

I'm going to list and link the stamps in order of appearance to save keep backtracking in my post as there are so many photos today, they are all very simple, all the cards were on White Linen Texture card and the tag was Stamping card.

My Christmas cards were stamped using Grey inks, my tag was inked around the edges with Distress ink and the flowers were coloured with watercolour pencils and a water brush, the lace card with the flower was stamped using Onyx Black Versafine Inkpad, the flower was from my stash.

Eccentric Edwardian

Fancy Flowers

Lace Fragments

Inspiration Words

Winter Edges

Christmas Sparkle

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for spending your time to visit and leave a comment, I hope I've inspired you.

Have a great day xx Zoe xx

 

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Take 15 minutes and create something beautiful

Good morning Lovelies, I hope you're all well, I wish our summer weather would come back :( it's been so changeable.

So I'm sharing with you today my CAS creations for the bi-monthly feature for Chocolate Baroque DT blog, it's been set up to show you that you don't have to use flash techniques to create something quite, simple and lovely, these all took less than 15 mins.

My first is using a large stamp from the stunning Patchwork Butterfly set, I've used Linen texture card stock, I masked off square using lo-tack tape, stamped using Versafine Inkpad in Black and coloured using watercolour pencils.

I created this envelope using stamps from the Mini art sets and the SKL Landscape, which I coloured in using Watercolour pencils.

A male card using stamps from the Eccentric Edwardian set, I masked a strip using lo-tack tape, I used Brusho's spritzed with a bit of water, dried and stamped with the tape still in situ, removed the tape then stamped the clocks.

Simply stamped onto Linen textured card which had been die cut using a stitched edge nesting die, then using distress ink and waterbrush to create a bit of light and shade on my blue moon.

I hope I've inspired you today, I do love create CAS projects, thank you for visiting, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

 

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