Lavinia Stamps "Fairytale" Gift Tag

Up early this morning and found a background I had created from mopping up Distress Ink from my glass mat some months ago, so cut it into a tag shape and started stamping. 

There is actually a lot of shimmer and glitter on this tag, which unfortunately the photograph doesn't pick up.

I paired two Lavinia Stamps up, that I thought worked well together:  "Fairytale" and "Fairy Dandelions" for the main feature and the "Foliage Set" for the foreground, all stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I used one of the Lavinia "Mini Stars" stamp in the background stamped in Memento Ink.

I used shimmer, glitter and Posca Pens for the extra details.

Waffle Flower "Essential Sentiments" Congratulations Brusho Card

This morning I made a congratulations card.  My Hubby is taking his flying exam at this very minute, so I have my fingers crossed that he calls me with positive news later and I wanted to give him a little card to acknowledge his achievement.

I have used one of the Brusho backgrounds I made earlier in the week, I've added a touch more colour around the edges using "Tumbled Glass" and "Shaded Lilac" Distress Oxide ink.

Using one of the Lavinia Stamps "Mini Star stamps" and Memento"London Fog" ink, I stamped the grey stars randomly.

I used Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink to stamp the Waffle Flower sentiment, which is part of their "Essential Sentiments" stamp set, I then die cut the sentiment and adhered to the card.

Finally, I used a Sakura gel pen to add a bit of silver sparkle to the middle of the stars and adding small dots across the card.

Day 1 - 24 Days of Tags with Karen Telfer

Last year, I took part in a challenge, set by Karen Telfer.  Each day, Karen provides a demo of a tag and then you're invited to make one yourself, either identical or with your own take on the tag.  Karen runs the "24 Days of Tags Challenge" on her group Facebook page.  Here's the link if you would like to join in. 

Day 1 tag uses the following:

Lavinia Stamps:  Mary, Christmas Tree Group, Three Blessings, Mini Stars and Orb Stencil.

Distress Oxide Inks:  Kitch Flamingo, Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord and Black Soot.

Versafine Clair Inks:  Nocturne and Monarch