Lavinia Stamps "Pods Stencil" Card

Having had about a week away from paper crafts, I decided to ease myself gently back in to it by making this card. 

I masked off an area of the card, then blended two shades of Archival Inks (Chrome Yellow and Sunflower) using the lighter shade at the top, the darker at the bottom.

I then used the "Sunflower" Archival ink through the Lavinia Stamps "Pods" stencil to create the patterned background.

Next I stamped the sentiment, called "Time to reflect" which I think is now a retired Lavinia stamp, stamping in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I decided I needed to lift the background a little, so I outflines and filled in areas of the pods using a "Clear Star" Gelly Roll Pen, which adds just the right amount of shimmer.

Lavinia Stamps "Dragon Pods on Kraft card

I thought I would try something a bit different today, so have used Kraft card as a base and pastel pencils for colouring.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Dragon Pods" using Versafine Clair "Golden Meadow".  This allowed me to see the outline of the stamped image, without it being too obvious.

I then used Van Goch Pastel Pencils and two shades of Gelly Roll pens to colour the image.

I stamped the "Heartfelt Verse" sentiment using versasfine Clair "Shady Lane" greey ink.