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Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Guest Design Post at Chocolate Baroque

Hello there! How are you! Today I can officially share with you that I was lucky enough to be asked to fill a post on the chocolate baroque guest design team - that means I get the opportunity to post three times this month for them and three times in a future month too! Woohoo! I was so very excited - I adore their stamps and hope you will enjoy what I have done with them.

Today I have a canvas to share with you. I used the mermaid-queen stamp set and seadragon stamp set. Here's the finished item and then I'll show you a step by step.


So to start with I had fun creating the background:


I worked on an 8x8 inch canvas board and used distress paints to create an initial wash.


Next I added distress ink spritz ....


and then some background stamping and some paste work through a stencil.


Lastly I did more stencil work including colouring and also dripped some paint from the top of the canvas. 


Then I got to stamping the chocolate baroque stamps and also fussy cut all the images.


There is so much detail in these images - they're fabulous!


Before sticking them onto the canvas I stamped the secrets of the deep words all over the background then arranged my images to create a scene.

So this is my first post for Chocolate Baroque ... I have more to share with you next week!

Big hugs!

Rachel xx


17 comments:

  1. Welcome to the 'gang' Rachel and what a super share today's, love the inky background and the whole underwater scene.

    B x

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  2. Stunning Rachel I love your gorgeous scene and the colours you've used. A great tutorial on how you made the canvas too. Congrats on the Guest DT spot.

    Hugs Sue xx

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  3. Well done you and congratulations !! Whoohoo ! Fantastic canvas Rachel !!

    hugs Diane xx

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  4. This is gorgeous Rachel...Well done.xxx

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  5. Congratulations and and I'm not surprised as your creations are always fabulous.
    This is gorgeous, one of my favourite stamp sets from CB, the colours are wonderful and it's a fantastic underwater scene, Kate x

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  6. Congratulations Rachel, you have created a wonderful canvas, your underwater scene is fabulous.
    Pauline
    x

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  7. Lovely to see you Guesting at CB Rachel - and what a beautiful creation this is. I love underwater scenes and this one is just stunning! Hugs, Anne xx

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  8. Congratulations Rachel, so very happy for you! Love the beautiful canvas you created! Fabulous!

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  9. Congratulations Rachel...well deserved GD position. Your canvas is stunning, lovely colours and stamps. Thanks so much for your very elegant card too...and apologies for so tardy! Carol x

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  10. Big hugs and congrats Rachel. Beautiful designed creation with lovely colour theme..
    xx { aNNie}

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  11. That pesky Elf is keeping me so busy I nearly missed this! What a gorgeous scene it is too. You have the patience of saint to fussy cut all those images out. Congrats on your GDT spot. Hugs to you and the girls. Mrs A.

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  12. Lovely canvas, Rachel! And congratulations to your GDT post! xxx

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  13. Wow, how gorgeous, Rachel - amazing underwater scene. I love the layers in the background with those shimmering bubbles. All the brightly coloured foliage is fab, as are those glamorous mermaids.
    Alison xx

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  14. congrats on your GDT spot and fabulous canvas love the images and texture -
    Carol x

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  15. Great project Rachel and fab tutorial. Congrats on the guest design team position too.
    Mags
    x

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  16. Congrats on the GDT spot Rachel, it's well deserved! I love your beautiful canvas!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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