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Monday, 5 November 2012

New Stamps and a Zentangle Flower

Good morning, these Monday mornings come around far too quickly for my liking. Anyway before I rush off to work, I thought I'd tell you about all the gorgeous new stamps from Chocolate Baroque! There are some gorgeous new clear stamps and also a fab A4 sheet of rubber stamps called 'Tangled Garden' 


I stamped the flower 3 times and cut out the layers to decoupage the flower. I also stamped and cut out some leaves. The card was very simple to make I took a square of white card and drew a border around the edges and then spent a happy hour zentangling in the border. I then added dots around the border (I have to confess that I'm a very messy crafter and had got a couple of spodges on the nice white card so I added the dots to camouflage my little mistakes. I quite like the effect so perhaps it was a happy accident)

I used black card to mat my zentangle border and then added the flower and leaves with silicone glue. I also stamped the sentiment which is from the clear stamp set 'Best Relative Ever'.
To finish off I added some dotty black and white ribbon.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Craft us Crazy: black as your main colour
A gem of a challenge: Polka dots/spots

Do pop over to the Chocolate Baroque DT blog if you've got a few minutes as there are some really stunning projects from my teamies to inspire you. We'll as I didn't win the lottery this weekend I suppose I'd better go to work, have a good day
Thanks for popping by
Claire xx


10 comments:

  1. Oh wow Claire. I love your zentangling but most of all the spotty border. It's brilliant.
    Beryl xx

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  2. Wow Claire! This is really striking. I've never been game to have a go at Zentangling...but you have created a real masterpiece here.
    Dot x

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  3. Delightful to see your tangled borders & it looks brilliant with the dotting - definitely a happy accident that one for the black dots on white echo the polka dot ribbon in reverse as it were. the layering adds a lovely touch too. I love the way you have echoed the leaves with your border shapes too. A joy to see you tangling.
    Paula (PEP)

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  4. Gorgeous zentangle effects with those stamps Claire and love those added dots - serendipity rules OK!
    Hugs, Fliss xx

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  5. This is gorgeous Claire what a great make

    Jackie x

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  6. Gorgeous card Claire ! I love your fabulous Zentangled border too. I ordered this set, can't wait for it to arrive here in Canada ! Hope you are having a great day, Shirleyx

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  7. Such a striking card Claire and love your zentangle :-)

    Thanks for joining us over at A Gem of a Challenge for our polka dots/spots challenge - good luck!

    xx Sazzle xx

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  8. WOW Claire this is stunning, wow, I love the black and white theme also the wonderful stamps you have used this is just pure perfection. I also want to thank you so much for your lovely comments on my blog they have meant so much to me.
    hugs
    lorraine x

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  9. Wow, wow, wow, absolutely awesome. I must get more into Zentage bought some books and that's it. Hugs Suzanne

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