Lavinia Stamps "Hanging Pods" on a gel plate background tag

Another make using the new Lavinia Stamps, this time a tag.

I've used a plain white tag, stamping the new Lavinia Stamps "Hanging Pods" the Lavinia "Happy Birthday"sentiment, part of the "Heartfelt Verse" stamp set, and the grounding in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink".

I then coloured the pods, using two shades of Elements Inks, (Sundance and Paprika) applied with a brush.  I popped a slight smear of Distress Glaze over the painted area (be sure not to apply too much as it may stay on your gel plate, also try to keep it within the painted/coloured area as it may slide about if there is too much glaze).

On a rectangle gel plate, I brayered one (long) half with "Sundance" Elements ink, the other with "Paprika" Elements ink,  I then used a fan shaped paint brush to splatter some water droplets across the surface of the gel plate, I then took the impression.

I chose to use the Paprika Elements Ink through the Lavinia "Ambiance stencil", applied with a stencil brush to provide a patterned background.

Finally, I decided to add the "Small Branch" stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink adding dots of Posca Pen to replicate berries.  I then splattered white Posca Pen across the surface to lift it a litte.

Penny Black "Butterfly Charmer" card

I've treated myself with a tin of Derwent Inktense water colour pencils.  I got the 72 set from Cult Pens for a bargain price of £81.47  I've seen them in other on-line shops for almost double that amount, so I was thrilled with my bargain.

I was keen to have a play, so decided to use a Penny Black cling stamp called "Butterfly Charmer", stamped in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink and then coloured the butterflies with the Inktense pencils.  They're really great to use and blend beautifully.

Funky Fossil Designs New Stamp Preview "Happy Words"

Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous new clear stamp sets that will be available to purchase from their site on Saturday 28th March at 9am. I've used one of the new sets with an existing stamp set to create this card.

I've used an existing Funky Fossil clear stamp set called "Chubby Unicorns" with a new stamp set called "Happy Words" to create this card.

I stamped the unicorn and the sentiment in Versafine Clair  "Glamorous" pink ink.  I used "Picked Raspberry" Distress Oxide ink through the  Funky Fossil "Shooting Star" stencil.

I added colour to the unicorn with a turquoise colored Posca Pen and glitz to the shooting star area using sequins and a silver glitter Signo Pen.

Week 35 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2019 (Crafty Individuals CI-265)

The challenge prompt for Week 35 is "Birds".

For my tag, I started off with a gelli plate background I had prepared a few weeks ago, using Colorbox Inks brayered on to the gelli plate and then sprinkled with wet Brusho, which creates the mottled look.

Using a Crafter's Companion script stamp I stamped across the tag using Versafine "Smokey Gray" coloured ink.

On a separate piece of card in the same gelli-plate colours I stamped the Crafty Individuals CI-265 in Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" shade of ink.  I then cut the stamped image into three.  Using the same ink, I stamped the ferns, which are part of a Crafty Individuals set (CI-207).  

The mini dragonflies are from the same set, but I stamped them in Versafine Clair "Twilight".  I also inked the edges of the tag in "Twilight" and the edges of the stamped bird images too.

I mixed some Distress Oxide ink (Brushed Corduroy and Wild Honey) with some water, then added some Brusho SprinkleIT.  I mixed them together, then using a fan brush splattered across the tag.  This gives a subtle coloured sparkly look.

Using double sided sticky tape, I adhered the bird sections onto the tag.  I gave the birds some additional colour by painting Distress Oxide in shades of "Brushed Corduroy", adding white around the eyes and highlight areas using a white Signo pen.

Design Team Make - 30th November 2018 (CAS one layer) My Time To Craft Challenge

It's time for another "My Time To Craft Challenge".  The prompt for this challenge is "Clean & Simple - one layer". Please do pop over and check out the other fab makes by the other Design Team members.

For my Design Team make for this challenge, I used a sentiment stamp from Visible Image called "She Smiled" and a butterfly stamp from IndigoBlu called "Flutterby".  I also used a Stampin' Up stamp set called "Gorgeous Grunge" for the background speckles.  All these were stamped in Versafine Clair Ink in the "Fantasia" shade.

I coloured part of the butterfly with an "Amethyst" coloured Promarker and a gold metallic pen.

Week 33 - 52 Week Mini Art Card / Tag Challenge 2018

Week 33 of the challenge.  The prompt for this week is "Wings"!

My tag is a bit random, this week, I grabbed a handful of bits and decided to make of them what I could.

I've used Distress Oxides to create the coloured base. I used a Lavinia Stamp called "Sacred Spells" and lightly stamped the text deliberately leaving a fragmented text look.

I stamped the wings, which are a Gemini/Crafter's Companion set called "Angel Wings" in a StazOn ink onto Vellum, then die cut them.  

The deer head was from a magazine set last year.  I stamped it and coloured it with Promarkers and then die cut the image.
I partially adhered the wings onto the tag and then mounted the deer head using sticky foam pads so that it is a little raised.  I then added some Stickles to the wings to add a little glitter. Finally, I used a Stamper's Anonymous stamp for the sentiment stamped in Versafine Clair ink.

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Have a great weekend.  Sam x