Saturday 12 November 2016

Chocolate Baroque Challenge October 2016

October 2016
'Taking the Plunge'
 Hello and thank you for popping in. It was such a thrill to be chosen as last month's winner. Lucky me - particularly as it was a very late effort compared to usual!
Above is my entry for this month's Chocolate Baroque Challenge. 
*The stamp sets used were from two different sets of Chocolate Baroque Oriental clear stamps which I have had for some time and I felt they fitted the colour scheme nicely! 
*The inked background was done on a Gelli plate which was firstly daubed with Mini Ranger Distress 'Mermaid Lagoon,'Peacock Feathers' and 'Twisted Citron - in that order and top to bottom;' a piece of scrunched-up newsprint paper was then dabbed over this to create a background texture. A 'sticky-note' circle was placed as a moon mask then a print was 'pulled' onto a piece of 7ins x 7ins white card. 
*The stamped images were arranged and stamped accordingly using Versafine Onyx Black then coloured with Faber Castell Polychromo pencils before a moon was added using a foam blending spot and Distress 'Fossilised Amber.' I added a scribbly border with a Micron pen and finished off by edging the card with an alcohol marker before adding Mr Frog to the bottom right-hand corner.
No 3D additions this month - well - there's a first!!!

Et voila! - and here we have 'Taking the Plunge!'

8 comments:

  1. Hello Shelagh, lovely card, great composition, thank you for joining in Chocolate Baroque colour challenge, good luck, Zoe DT member xx

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    1. Thanks, Zoe. It's always a joy to join in with the CB challenge.;~}

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  2. Hi Shelagh, a beautiful card, great use of the challenge colours and a lovely scene. Thanks for your entry into the Chocolate Baroque Challenge, Judith xx

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    1. Thank you, Judith - something a bit different for me! ;~}

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  3. Absolutely stunning card. Great use of the stamps and lovely colouring. Gorgeous scene. Good luck with the Chocolate Baroque Challenge x.

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    1. Thanks very much, Anne. No 3D elements for a change!!! ;~}

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  4. Very beautiful design, love it :) Shirleyx

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  5. Thank you - it certainly was a bit of a challenge. ;~}

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