Friday, 11 August 2017

Just Happy Birthday



Good morning, today I am over at the Chocolate Baroque blog sharing a couple of creations from my makes for the recent Hochanda release of the lovely new floral stamps and colouring kit.

For this card I used a diluted mix of Distress Ink to wash a piece of white cardstockock and then used the beautiful Floral Harmony stamp which I repeat stamped using Versamark and detail white embossing powder. After coloring the flowers with sparkle pens I used Distress Ink and a stencil to add some flourishes to the top corner, next I took three square dies but before cutting I used them as a guide to place the stamped sentiment which is from Words to Dazzle and Sparkle. I then cut the piece into three and layered up onto a piece of black card using foam pads and made each layer slightly higher as I worked towards the centre.


And here is a colouring page from me from the Colouring Collection which has the most adorable designs. It's a well known fact to those who know me that I am not a colourist but I have to say I really did enjoy doing this one for which I used colouring pencils and blending solution. When finished I added a some tiny dots using Liquid Pearls.

My thanks to you all for taking a peek today and if you were lucky enough to grab yourself some of the new stamps and pages I know you will be having fun creating with them.

30 comments:

Valerija said...

All of the flowers look fantastic here, love both of your cards.
Valerija xx

Carole C. said...

Hi Brenda. What a gorgeous
card, so delicate looking with the white embossing. This is a great stamp too.
I tried to post a comment on Chocolate Baroque but for some reason my computer will not let me!
Your samples on the programmes are always lovely too.
Best wishes
Carole

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Beautiful Brenda, I love the card at the top the flowers look so delicate. Hope this finds you feeling better than you did.

Sue xx

Marja Sch said...

Wonderful cards and colouring.

aussie aNNie said...

Two beauties here B, love the design of your first card but adore the colours on the colouring page, just beautiful.xxx
[aNNie]

Glennis F said...

Lovely projects Brenda, I love the effect of the layers on the first one

kiwimeskreations said...

Love that layered card using the pierced dies - a beautiful card, and your colouring page is sweet too. I do hope/pray your health is more stable now!
Blessings
Maxine

crafty-stamper said...

Gorgeous samples Brenda great pencil colouring(I cannot get the hang of blending pencils!)gorgeous stamps and layering on the first
Carol x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Amazing both the cards, and love so much expecially the layered one, so sweet and elegant! Wonderful colouring and stamps!

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Hi Brenda, Your card at the top is gorgeous, great use of the images and layering, love it! Thanks for taking time to leave me a comment when you are not feeling well. Take good care of yourself, hugs, Shirleyxx

Donna Ellis said...

Hi, Brenda - thinking of you as your recover, and prepare for your next procedure. Thank you for gifting me this fine morning with your incredible artwork - from the stenciled background of the first "pyramid" card (I've never made one, but now that I've seen the layers in yours, definitely want to try it out), and your gorgeous stamped floral image in the 2nd card from the coloring kit. BEAUTIFUL CARDS, B. xx

Gerrina said...

Love the card; that technique gives such beautiful depth in a card! Enjoy the weekend!

Wendy L said...

Love the first card Brenda, both lovely but the 1st, gorgeous, xxx

KarinsArtScrap said...

gorgeous and very beautiful card Brenda
Gr Karin

cuilliesocks said...

Just stunning Brenda, love your colouring and how you've got the layers, these new stamps are so beautiful and you've done them proud, Kate x

Lorraine said...

What a pretty card Brenda, love the flowers and gorgeous colours. Your colouring looks fabulous too, I always love to add liquid pearls to flowers.
Lorraine x

Kathleen said...

Two fabulous creations Brenda, the first one is just stunning, I keep meaning to try that style but would probably make a real pigs ear of it.
Gorgeous colours and colouring on the second one.

Kath x

ALI said...

Stunning Brenda, I simply adore the first one!

Words and Pictures said...

More gorgeous florals - I love the layered stitched matting giving such a lovely extra dimension to those first blossoms.
Alison x

Crafting Queen said...

Beautiful cards!!!

Fikreta said...

gorgeous cards!

Caro´s kreative Welt said...

Wowwww, two wonderful cards, especially the first card. Great!
Hugs Carola

Sarah said...

Wow Brenda these are wonderful xx

KandA said...

Another beautiful card, love the stamping and the added interest from layering up... and your colouring page is wonderful too with the gorgeous colours and liquid pearls. Take care xx

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Beautiful card Brenda, love the layering too. Happy crafting, Angela x

Berina RGA said...

Beautiful cards Brenda! I love your first card so much. Love the pretty colors too.

Babs said...

Hi Brenda, I must say the colour's you have chosen are so pretty just like the stamps, two gorgeous cards I love them both. Hope you are feeling ok

Hugs Babs x

Greta said...

Oh wow, Brenda--2 of my favorite cards! Beautiful coloring for the second one, but the first one just keeps drawing me back! Love the images, colors, design--everything! PS--Interesting Holly had pancreatitis, too & sure hope she's totally recovered now. Must have been scary with her needing the surgery. Fritz seems pretty much his old self now, so the new food must be what he needs--thank goodness!

Linby said...

Love the effect you achieved with the dies - one of these days I am going to attempt this myself......

Robin said...

More gorgeous cards! Your multilayer card is so beautiful and I just love all the flowers! Hugs, Robin