I had a play with my Lavinia Stamps this evening making this forest snow scene tag, it makes me feel cold just looking at it!
I've used various shades of Versafine Clair inks: Arctic, Bali Blue, Twilight, Morning Mist and Nocturne shades of ink. to stamp the following Lavinia Stamps: Christmas Tree Group, Small Pine Trees, the large and small Red Pines and the Snowfall Verse.
I've used Dr PH Martin bleed proof white paint for the splatters to replicate the snow storm
I've made a mystical magical and misty scene using an assortments of Lavinia Stamps for this card.
For the background, I have used a Brusho background I had made a few weeks ago, as it was quite dark, it had been sat unused till inspiration struck on how to use it.
First, I masked off an area to create a large moo, lighting the circle using Pan Pastels and Van Goch Pastel Pencils. Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink I stamped the "Dragon Stone Castle", the "Christmas Tree Group of trees" and the "Red Pine Trees".
For the mist area, I used a Hero Arts ink pad called "Unicorn". Then using the "Foliage Set" I stamped the foreground area using "Shady Lane" and "Nocturne" Versafine Clair inks. I added touches of colour and detail using Posca Pens and Gelly Pens.
Today, I am back with another Lavinia Stamps make.
I stamped the "Fairy Castle 2" and the "Path" in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and then stamped them again on a post-it note, cutting around the image to make a mask.
I masked off both the castle and path then used Distress Oxide inks with the Lavinia "Floral" stencil.
While the mask was still in place, I stamped the "Christmas Tree Group" in first and second generation stamping using Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.
I coloured the castle and path using Distress Oxide Inks and Derwent Inktense Pencils. I then multi stamped the "Small Branch" using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.
I used the "Foliage Set" with various shades of inks to create the flower bed at the foregraound of the card.
I added berries to the tree branch and created flower heads using different colours of Posca pens.
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
