Challenge 5, Week Two- Time to announce our Winners

Hello everyone, welcome to our second week of Challenge Five on the Chocolate Baroque challenge Blog. This week, we are announcing the winners of Challenge Four.

The winner of our £15 prize to spend at Chocolate Baroque is Kate whose lovely Mackintosh inspired card was drawn by Random.org as the overall winner. Congratulations Kate, we hope that you will have fun spending your voucher.

You can also display our Winner's badge, details of how to obtain the badge can be found on the FAQ tab at the top of the page. Please email Lesley on lesley@chocolatebaroque.com so that she can organise your voucher.

Our Top Three has been chosen by the Design Team. As always, we had a really hard time, as the entries were just amazing. Our Top Three winners in no particular order are:

Penny

Lesley

Julie

Congratulations Girls, you can display the Top Three badge on your blog. Details of how to obtain the badge may be found on the FAQ tab at the top of the page. Well done to everyone who entered, and we hope that you will enter our current challenge, the colours are gorgeous. You can find the details here.

We have some more Design Team inspiration for you this week. Our first card is from Shirley, a stunning Christmas creation:

The next card is from Asha, a light and airy floral card, suitable for so many occasions:

Finally another gorgeous Christmas card from Claire, lots of snowflakes and a beautiful bow:

Thank you girls for your inspiration, they are all so different. Hopefully they will give you some ideas and inspire you to enter the challenge.

We will be back next week with more projects from the Design Team, but until then, we look forward to seeing more of your crafty projects. If you have any questions and you cannot find the answers on the blog, please send us a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this blog post; you will see it after the comments section.

Challenge Five

Hello everyone, welcome to a brand new challenge on the Chocolate Baroque challenge blog. Thank you for all of your entries into last month's challenge. We will be announcing the winner next week, both here and on our Facebook page, so be sure to check out the announcement, it could be you!

As a reminder to those of you who have visited our blog before, and for anyone who is new to the blog, our challenges are monthly, based on an inspirational photo and a colour swatch. A new challenge is posted on the third Wednesday of every month and you can use any medium to create your projects; paints, inks, pencils, pens, etc., as long as you keep to the colours from the colour swatch in your project.

We are offering a monthly prize of £15 to spend on Chocolate Baroque stamps to one lucky winner, who will be selected by Random.org from all of the entrants who have used Chocolate Baroque stamps that are currently available on the website. We welcome entries incorporating any other stamps, but they will not be eligible to win the prize. All entrants will have a chance to be selected as one of our Top Three and can then display our 'I made the Top Three at Chocolate Baroque' badge on their blog.

Now onto this month's challenge, which has been inspired by a piece of original artwork created by Shirley:

The challenge will close at 12.00 p.m. on Tuesday 16th December 2014, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday 24th December 2014. Here are some inspirational projects from our Design Team for you:

Maria:

Judith:

Doreen:

Florence:

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact our challenge blog team You can get in touch by sending us a private message. Details are at the end of the blog.

We look forward to seeing what you create using the colours provided and hope that you enjoy the challenge.

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Challenge 4 Week Five, a look at your artwork!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the final week of Challenge Four on the Chocolate Baroque challenge blog. Thank you so much for the amazing entries that you have been sending into the challenge so far, we love taking a look at what you have been creating. There is still plenty of time to enter the current challenge, and if you would like to add your project, you can find the link in this post.

This week, we are taking a look at some of the entries that we have received so far for our current challenge. The first card is this lovely sample from Janny. She has used a Poppy stamp from the Poppy Meadow set as her focal image, and the colouring is really bright and uplifting:

Next is an email entry from Janice, using a pretty butterfly. Her background is a great blend of the colours:

Penny has created a super steampunk tag, with a great textured background for her entry:

A really clever idea, stamping onto mulberry paper for Crafty's background:

Finally, an unusual colour scheme for a Christmas card, but this steampunk tree looks great on Debbie's starry background:

Such a great variety for our selection this month, but all using the same colours in one way or another.

We will be back next week with a new challenge, and in the meantime hope to see lots more entries for the current challenge. Remember, you stand a chance of winning a £15 voucher, details of which can be found on our How it works tab at the top of the page. Don't forget if you have any questions, and you can't find the answers on the blog, please send us a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this post; you will see it after the comments section.

Challenge 4, week Four

Hello everyone, welcome back to the Chocolate Baroque Challenge blog. Thank you so much for your entries this week, it never ceases to surprise us at the variety of entries that we receive. There is still plenty of time to enter the challenge and if you would like to add your project, you can find the link in this post.

We have two free downloads from Lesley for you this week, and as always, they are absolutely amazing. Please do not pass them on to others, but send them back here to collect the freebies for themselves.

To obtain your free downloads, please click on the images below. Once you have enlarged the images on your screen, right click the images, choose the option 'Save As', and save the images to your computer. You can now print the images onto a variety of surfaces for your crafting projects.

The Design Team have been busy making some projects for you with the downloads for your inspiration.

Here are a couple of projects from Florence, a fabulous journal book using Stampbord for the focal image:

and a classy masculine card with a great mix of images:

Next up is Miranda with some Indian inspired pieces, the jewel colours are just beautiful:

and a leafy card that is perfect for this time of year:

Shirley has made a pretty card using one of the Chocolate Baroque bird stamps, these colours are lovely against the background paper:

Doreen's tag is a nod to the coming Season, and the white highlights are really striking:

If you feel inspired to make anything with the downloads yourself, why not upload them to our Facebook Page? We would love to see what you have made. 

We will be back next week with another post, and look forward to seeing lots more entries for the current challenge from you in the meantime. Don't forget if you have any questions, and you can't find the answers on the blog, please send us a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this blog post; you will see it after the comments section.

Challenge 4 Week Three More DT Inspiration for You

Hello everyone, welcome back to another week on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. Thank you to those of you who have entered the challenge so far, your entries are all fabulous.

For those of you who are visiting our blog for the first time, here is the inspirational photo and colour swatch that we are using for our current challenge:

You can find the link to our current challenge here.

Our challenges are monthly, based on an inspirational photo and a colour swatch. A new challenge is launched on the third Wednesday of every month and you can use any medium to create your projects; paints, inks, pencils, pens, etc, as long as you keep to the colours from the colour swatch in your project. We offer a monthly prize of £15 and the winner is drawn by Random.org from those entries that have used Chocolate Baroque stamps currently available on the website. We welcome entries from anyone however, and all entries will be considered by the DT members for a slot in the Top Three each month.

This week, we have some more inspiration from the DT. Our first project is an Autumnal card from Maria:

Our second project is from Doreen, who has kindly written step by step instructions for her pretty card:

Materials:

Red Card Blank 10.5cm x 15cm

White Card 10cm x 14.5cm

Pan Pastels: Permanent Red, Diarylide Yellow, Violet Tint, Red Iron Oxide, Permanent Red Tint, Chromium Oxide Green

Sakura Pigma Micron Black Pen

Black Archival Ink

Briar Rose Butterfly Stamp Set

Mackintosh Sentiments Stamp set

Cheap Hairspray

Eraser

Thin Paintbrush

Instructions:

1. Using the red, yellow and violet Pan Pastels, cover the white card. Start with yellow at the bottom then red and blend in the violet.
2. Spray the background with hairspray, this will seal the Pan Pastels allowing you to stamp more clearly.
3. Stamp the image and sentiment using Black Archival Ink and dry with a heat gun or leave to dry for ten minutes.
4. Using the eraser, rub off some of the Pan Pastels from inside your images. This does not have to be perfect.
5. Using the Pan Pastels and a slightly damp paintbrush, colour the image. Do not over wet the brush, dab it onto some kitchen roll to take off the excess water.
6. Doodle around the image using the Micron pen.
7. Adhere the image to the red card blank.

Thank you so much Maria and Doreen for your inspiration this week. We will be back next week with another post and more projects for you. We look forward to seeing more of your entries, so dig out your crafting stash and have some fun!

You can add you entries to the Inlinkz link here. In the meantime, don't forget if you have any questions, and you cannot find the answers on the blog pages, please send us a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this blog post; you will see it after the comments section.

Challenge 4 Week Two, it's Winners Week!

Hello everyone, and welcome to another week on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. This week, we are announcing the winners of Challenge Three.

The winner of our £15 prize to spend at Chocolate Baroque is Rachel whose fabulous accordian card was drawn by Random.org as the overall winner. Congratulations Rachel, we hope that you will enjoy your prize.

You can also display our Winner's badge, details of how to obtain the badge can be found on the FAQ tab at the top of the page. Please email Lesley on lesley@chocolatebaroque.com so that she can organise your voucher.

Our Top Three has been chosen by the Design Team. We had a really hard time choosing a Top Three, as we had so many brilliant entries to choose from. Our Top Three winners in no particular order are:

Debbie:

Sally:

Felicie:

Congratulations, you can display the Top Three badge on your blog. Details of how to obtain the badge may be found on the FAQ tab at the top of the page. Well done to everyone who entered, and we hope that you will enter our current challenge. You can find the details here.

We have some more inspiration from our Design Team for you this week. Our first project is from Florence she has decorated a lovely little box for your inspiration:

Our second project is from Debbie, who has created a lovely CAS style card:

Finally, Miranda has created her beautiful layered card to inspire you:

Three very different projects from the Team to hopefully give you some ideas. Thank you Girls for your inspiration.

We will be back next week with more projects from the Design Team, but until then we look forward to seeing more of your crafty creations. If you have any questions and you cannot find the answers on the blog, please send us a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this blog post; you will see it after the comments section.

Challenge Four

Hello everyone, and welcome to a brand new challenge on the Chocolate Baroque challenge blog. Thank you for all of your entries into last month's challenge, we will be announcing the winner next week, both here and on our Facebook page. Keep a look out, it could be you!

As a reminder to those of you who have visited our blog before, and for anyone who is new to the blog, our challenges are monthly, based on an inspirational photo and a colour swatch. A new challenge is posted on the third Wednesday of every month and you can use any medium to create your projects; paints, inks, pencils, pens, etc., as long as you keep to the colours from the colour swatch in your project.

We are offering a monthly prize of £15 to spend on Chocolate Baroque stamps to one lucky winner, who will be selected by Random. org from all of the entrants who have used Chocolate Baroque stamps that are currently available on the website. We welcome entries incorporating any other stamps, but they will not be eligible to win the prize. All entrants will have a chance to be selected as one of our Top Three and can then display our 'I made the Top Three at Chocolate Baroque' badge on their blog.

Now on to this month's challenge, which has been inspired by a piece of original artwork created by Lesley:

The challenge will close at 12.00 p.m. on Tuesday 18th November 2014, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday 26th November 2014. Here are some inspirational projects from our Design Team for you:

Shirley:

Asha:

Claire:

Judith:

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact our challenge blog team. You can get in touch by sending us a private message. Details are at the end of the blog.

We look forward to seeing what you create using the colours provided and hope that you enjoy the challenge! So get out your stash and start playing.

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