My shining star

My shining star

Saturday 2 August 2014

colour challenge at chocolate baroque

Morning all! Well I'm starting to get back into the swing of things - I'm not quite there yet - school holidays don't help so please bear with me! I actually had an almost normal day yesterday - managed the gym and a swim and back home to spend some time blogging and cleaning. Lucy was at a Jujitsu summer school for the day and Penny went to the pictures with her nana. It was a big help towards getting back to normal.

Today I have my first entry into the first chocolate baroque challenge - I used stamps from the honey bee set and also the patchwork landscapes set.


I started by making the background - I stamped the honeycomb stamp in versa mark and heat set with white pearl WOW powders. I then worked distress inks (evergreen bough and tumbled glass) into the background. Then I stamped the honey bee words onto the background.


Next I stamped and coloured the main image using spectrum noir pens. I also stamped, coloured and fussy cut the bee and the flowers.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

chocolate baroque colour challengechocolatebaroquechallenge

Now I have a couple more holiday snaps to share with you:


This one was during a visit to a river - Henry managed to catch lots of fish ( sticklebacks) and carried them home to put in the pond. Unfortunately none of them were with us 2 days later!


This one is during an evening card session - we were playing black jack! The kids learnt the rules pretty quickly and enjoyed playing along but it was always a lot easier when they went to bed!!!

Thats all for today! I hope you have a good Saturday - its forecast to be a washout here so we're off to the pool! Thanks for dropping by today and \i hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx



21 comments:

  1. Good morning Rachel,
    Great card and super photos. All very bright and happy.
    Glad you enjoyed your holiday. Back to the usual again, "brings you down to earth with a bump"
    Have a great weekend

    Patricia x

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  2. This is just gorgeous Rachel.xxx

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  3. a great card and lots of happy smiling children! :) x

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  4. Beautiful bright colours for this gorgeous card Rachel

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  5. love the happy photos -and great card I love bees:) great images and love the embossed honeycombs
    Carol x

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  6. Love the bees and the pretty flower Rachel. It is always lovely to see your photos too! Hugs, Anne xx

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  7. Beautiful card Rachel. Your girls are gorgeous and always look so happy! Susan x

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  8. Hi Rachel, another stunning card, lovely design and colours.
    another couple of lovely photos, thanks for sharing them.
    Hugs Kate x

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  9. Hi Rachel, fabulous family pics, so happy are these little darlings....also love your super card.xx
    // You may like to join my birthday candy on my blog. ♥aNNie

    The Journey is the Start

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  10. Love the background and the beautiful stamps and colours.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  11. Such gorgeous colours, a lovely card... fab photos too :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  12. oh hun,this is just gorgeous,hun just love the stamps and they are super photos,of your children hun looks like you are having a wonderful time,hugs Cherylxxxx

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  13. Beautiful card Rachel with a great combination of stamps :) Thanks for joining in the fun at the Chocolate Baroque colour challenge! Shirleyxx

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  14. Hi Rachel, beautiful card. Those are some of my favourite CB stamps and you've combined them beautifully. Gorgeous pics too. Thanks for joining our first challenge at Chocolate Baroque
    Claire xx

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  15. More great pictures! Pretty card, love how the red/orange flower pops off the card!

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  16. Hi Rachel, What a beauty. Lovely combination of stamps. The colors look fabulous against the green and honeycombed background. Wonderful photos! You guys always make me smile. There is always so much happiness around you. Thank you so much for playing along with the Chocolate Baroque Color Challenge.
    Hugs, Flo xx

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  17. Beautiful card Rachel. Love the colours and the gorgeous background.
    Mags
    x

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  18. Hi Rachel, a fab card. The noneycomb background makes a great backdrop for your central flower, and I love the addition of the extra flowers and bee. A great design. Thanks for joining the Chocolate Baroque Challenge, Judith xx

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  19. Such a pretty card. Thanks for joining us at Unruly PaperArts this month.

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  20. Such a lovely card, the embossed honeycomb and cute bees are gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Unruly PaperArts this month. Danie xx

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  21. love the background and your bright flower. Thanks for sharing this at UPA. Helene, UPA columnist.

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