52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge

Monday 31 October 2022

Lavinia Stamps "Lupin and the birds" Card



I'm still on a roll playing with the new Lavinia Stamps release.  Today is the turn of Lupin the hare. 



I started by using a gel plate background I made a few days ago using two shades of Elements Inks (Emporor Red and Graphite) with the Lavinia Stamps "Berry" stencil.

I started by stamping Lupin the hare, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I then masked off the moon and used "Confetti" Elements Ink around it.  Around that I then used "Violet Chalk" Elements Inks.  After removing the mask, I coloured the moon in using layers of white Pan Pastel, building up the colour till it was more solid.  I then used a black Van Goch Pastel Pencil to shade in the lower left hand side of the moon.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" again, I multi stamped the "Tree Branch" and "Gip" on each side of the card, I then stamped two birds from the new "Birds" stamp set.

Moving to the bottom half of the card, I used two Lavinia "Hill Masks" with Versafine Inks to create the landscape.  I then stamped the "Tree Group" in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, with the hills masked off, so that the trees appear behind the hills.

I then moved on to stamping the foliage in the foreground using:  Leaf Spray, Flora Set, Lamps, Woodland and Small Branch in a mix of "Nocturne" and "Morning Mist" Versafine Clair ink.

Using second generation stamping and Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the "Winter Spice" sentiment down the left hand side of the card.

I used a stencil brush and "Wilted Violet" Distress Oxide Ink to darken the edges of the card, then edged it in Nocturne black ink.  I added extra detail using a selection of Posca Pens, Gel Pens, Pastel Pencils and a normal pencil.


6 comments:

  1. you never fail to excite and impress, you are an inspiration another exquisite card

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words. They are very much appreciated x

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  2. What a beauty Sam love the use of the stencil on your gel press and the colours are stunning.. great project and you are my inspiration, can I buy some time to play though xx

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    1. Thank you. Time is precious, that's why I have dropped all my DT commitments. I craft now because I want to, with no pressure for deadlines. It's lovely x

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    2. I am on arouond 10 DT still some been on there for 7 yrs, time to let go.. xx

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    3. Yes, maybe. I guess it depends what makes you tick being on a DT. I quickly realised blog DTs were not really for me and although it is lovely to receive free product from manufacture DT's it can restrict the way you work.

      I really like that I now have the freedom to create what I want when I want to x

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