April Swap - Blues

DDC bought me some great stamps from Chocolate Baroque for Mothering Sunday so I am using this swap to try them out.

I sorted some blue wallpaper samples as the backgrounds for the ATCs and cut them to size.
I used Versafine Onyx ink with all the stamps.


For my first card I chose the 'fibre' background.  This paper has an almost invisible thread running across it and has a shiney finish.  I stamped one of the flowers onto the card and then added some cogs and gears across the left lower corner.
I used Promarkers to colour in the flowers and cogs then added the PC printed sentiment along the side.

For my second card I chose a slightly embossed paper but embossed the top corner using a Tim Holtz cogs embossing folder.  I stamped the butterfly from across the lower right corner and coloured it using a felt tip from my stash.  I had to try out all the colouring mediums on separate pieces of the papers .... Promarkers did not work on this paper at all.  I coloured in the wings and blotted with kitchen roll to remove some of the colour.  When all had dried I coloured the cogs etc but left the ink to dry, so that it showed darker.


This paper had ridges running vertically and did not take all the ink when stamped.  I 'touched up' the missing parts with a fine felt tip black pen.
I used Promarkers again to colour these roses, and to colour the sentiments and around the edges of each card.

I am really pleased with the way all these cards look, just love those Chocolate Baroque stamps.



these were the cards that Sid sorted for me ......




Clever white embossing, with shiny wings.
Thank you Jayne.

 Stamping with a touch of glitter.

Thank you Jo.

Beautiful stamping with a touch of vellum.

                                           Thank you Lesley.