Announcing Our Winners and Time to Say a Fond Farewell.

Hello everyone, welcome to our very last post on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. This week, we are announcing the winners of Challenge Thirty-Five. The winner of the £15 prize to spend at Chocolate Baroque is Cath Stead, whose project was drawn by Random.org as the overall winner. Congratulations Cath, we hope that you enjoy your prize.

Please email Lesley on lesley@chocolatebaroque.com so that she can organise your voucher. The Top Three this month have been chosen by the Design Team, and as always, we have had a tough time choosing from such a fabulous array of entries. The Top Three in no particular order are:

Shelagh:

Janny:

Sandra:

Congratulations ladies, you can display the Top Three badge on your blogs. Details of how to obtain it can be found on the FAQ tab at the top of the page. Well done to everyone who entered our final challenge.

We hope that you have enjoyed visiting the Colour Challenge Blog over the past three years, and have managed to take part in some of the challenges along the way. We would like to thank everyone for your visits, your comments, and your wonderful artwork. Although we have tried to inspire you each month, we have been truly inspired by your talent and creativity each time we have launched a new colour challenge.

Have you had a favourite colour swatch over the years?

I had to include this last one!

Perhaps there was a favourite piece of  Design Team inspiration that inspired you?

This fabulous card from our Challenge Fourteen by Anne, was a stunner:

This beautiful card by Claire from Challenge Seven, was another stand out card:

This stunning book by Miranda, as part of our Challenge Eleven inspiration, was another great memory:

Always with a brilliant eye for colour, Asha has created some wonderful artwork for the challenge blog over the years. This charming card from Challenge Twelve is a real delight:

We also had lots of fun with a series of wonderful download papers from Lesley. I have created a tab at the top of the page, where you can find all of the backgrounds to download and create lots of projects using these beautiful designs. If you want to see some inspiration using the backgrounds, simply type in the label 'Digital Download' in the 'Search This Blog' box, and you will be able to see the posts on the blog that contain the downloads.

The blog is not closing down, it will still be here so that you can look through the pages, and you can always revisit the posts for inspiration. At the top of the page, you will see a tab marked 'Colour Challenge Swatches', and you will find all of the swatches from every challenge in case you feel like a bit of a challenge some time. Just pick a swatch, grab the colours, and off you go, create something inky and fabulous. If you do make something, please let us now via our Facebook page, as we would love to see what you are creating. We have met a lot of new friends through the Challenge Blog, and it would be great if you would still pop along to the Design Team Blog, and to our Facebook Group.

Finally, I would like to thank my lovely Team Mates, for their help in providing their absolutely wonderful projects for the challenge blog. They have given of their time, and been a huge support, enabling me to bring you blog posts full of inspiration. Thank you girls, you are super stars. Thank you Lesley for allowing us the freedom to just get on with things, and for providing the monthly prize for the Challenges each month.

Take care everyone, and thanks for stopping by,

Challenge 34, Week Two, Winner's Week

Hello everyone, and welcome to another week on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. This week, we are announcing the winners of Challenge Thirty-Three. The winer of the £15 prize to spend at Chocolate Baroque is Aussie Annie, whose project was drawn by Random.org as the overall winner. Congratulations Annie, we hope that you enjoy your prize.

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

The Top Three this month have been chosen by the Design Team, who have had a tough time as always choosing from all of your fabulous entries.  This month, as is the case sometimes, we had a tied vote, and we have a Top Four. The Top Four in no particular order are:

Magic Flying Boots:

Leanne:

Shelagh:

Sandra:

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

We have some more inspiration from the Design Team to share with you this week:

Vronnie has created a beautiful card, using Katya as her focal image, and a fabulous washed background:

Asha's pretty card incorporates a real vibrant pop of colour in those red flowers.The stitched border, and coloured matting are lovely details:

Magda has added lots of clever details to her card; repeat stamping of the focal image to create a background, and fabulous texture to her main background:

Finally Anne's card is really dramatic, the bold colours all work so well together, set against a kraft background. The turquoise elements cleverly draw the eye around the card:

We hope that these projects will inspire you to create something yourselves and to join in with the challenge.

We will be back in a couple of weeks at the end of the current challenge with more Design Team inspiration, and a look at some of your artwork. Until then, we look forward to seeing lots more entries from you. If you have any questions, and cannot find the answers on the blog pages, please send a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this post; you will see it after the comments section.

Challenge 31, Week Two- It's Winner's Week

Hello everyone, and welcome to another week on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. This week, we are announcing our winners of Challenge Thirty. The winner of the £15 prize to spend at Chocolate Baroque is Alice, whose project was drawn by Random.org as the overall winner. Congratulations Alice, we hope that you enjoy your prize.

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

The Top Three this month have been chosen by the Design Team, who have had a tough time choosing from such a fabulous selection of entries. The Top Three in no particular order are:

Shelagh:

Carole:

Kate:

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

We have some more inspiration from the Design Team for you this week:

Julie's pretty washed background creates a lovely setting for the image taken from the Exquisite Edges stamp set. She has used a DL card horizontally to create an elegant slimline project:

Magda has created two inspirational projects that she is sharing this week. The first, a lovely haberdashery-themed card, incorporating a very pretty floral mannequin:

Her second project is a fabulous textured tag, incorporating gesso and tissue paper on the background:

Finally, Zoe is sharing her floral card created by using a mini hexagonal gelli plate on the background:

We hope that these projects will inspire you to create something yourselves for the challenge using the current colour swatch. We will be back next week with another post, and more inspiration from the Design Team, but until then, we look forward to seeing some of your entries. If you have any questions, and cannot find the answers on the blog pages, please send 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 30, Week Two- Winner's Week

Hello everyone and welcome to another week on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. We hope that you all had a lovely Christmas, and would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year from everyone on the Challenge Blog Team. May 2017 bring you health, happiness, and lots of crafting!

This week, we are announcing the winners of Challenge Twenty-Nine. The winner of the £15 prize to spend at Chocolate Baroque is Janny, whose project was drawn by Random.org as the overall winner. Congratulations Janny, we hope that you enjoy your prize.

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

The Top Three this month have been chosen by the Design Team, who have had a tough time choosing from such a marvellous selection of entries. The Top Three in no particular order are:

Shelagh:

Gerrina:

Carole:

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

We have some more inspiration from the Design Team for you this week:


Asha's beautiful Spring themed card will remind you of the warmer days just around the corner. The image looks delightful in the challenge colours:

Magda's tag is so pretty, combining one of our new floral images and the soft background. The romantic sentiment is perfect for the approaching Valentine season:

Vronnie's card uses more of those lovely florals, beautiful colouring and a fabulous background. A card that could be used for so many occasions:

We hope that these projects will inspire you to create something for the challenge yourselves, using the current colour swatch. We will be back next week with another post and more inspiration from the Design Team, but until then, we look forward to seeing some of your entries. If you have any questions and cannot find the answers on the blog pages, please send a private message using the contact form located at the very end of this post; you will see it after the comments section.

Challenge 29, Week Two- Winner's Week

Hello everyone and welcome to another week on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. This week, we are announcing the winners of Challenge Twenty-Eight. The winner of the £15 prize to spend at Chocolate Baroque is Joan, whose project was drawn by Random.org as the overall winner. Congratulations Joan, we hope that you enjoy your prize.

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

The Top Three this month have been chose by the Design Team, who have had a tough time as always, choosing from such a fabulous selection of entries. The Top Three in no particular order are:

Shirley:

Kate:

Shelagh:

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

We have some more Design Team inspiration for you this week:

Vronnie has created two ornament cards for us using a stencil. They both look very different, owing to the images and backgrounds that she has used:

Julie's card is very reminiscent of Autumn with the multicoloured leaves and inked edges:

Magda has created a textured tree tag, great for masculine gifts and occasions:

We hope that these projects will inspire you to create something for the challenge yourselves, using the current colour swatch. We will be back next week with another blog post and more inspiration from the Design Team, but until then, we look forward to seeing some of your entries. If you have any questions and 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 post; you will see it after the comments section.