52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
My friends became Grandparents recently, so I made a card for them. I used the stamps that I knew were her favourite Lavinia Stamps.
I created a background using assorted colours of Distress Oxide Inks. For the sky area, I used Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky. For the lower area, I used Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint. I used the swooshing and a paint brush techniques to fill the area.
I used an assortment of Lavinia Stamps to build up the image, starting with "Sacred Spells" script stamp, stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink. Using the same ink, I created the landscape lines by dragging the ink across the torn edge of copy paper.
I stamped the "Celestial Tree" in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink then the "Midnight Meandering" in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" ink.
Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the "Large Owl", the "Tree Branch", "Pipin" the baby hare, the "Fern Heads", the "Willow" and the "Mini Slender Mushrooms".
Finally, I added white highlights to areas using a Posca Pen. I stamped the sentiment on the front of the card using a "Personal Impressions" stamp called "Double Sayings". The sentiment I used inside the card is a stamp I have had for many years by Inkwell Stamps. Both sentiments are stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.
Every month, Lavinia Stamps hold a challenge. The theme for September is "If you go down to the woods". If you enter and your name is randomly drawn from all those entered into the challenge, you will win £40 of vouchers to spend on lovely Lavinia goodies.
I decided to make a woodland tag for my first Design Team challenge sample. I started by using the following Distress Oxide Inks: Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint and "Cracked Pistachio" to create a very loose landscape scene for the background.
I started by stamping the "Tree Root", the "Tree Branch" and the "Owl", in Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink, but then overstamped in a couple of other shades of Versafine Clair Ink (Pinecone and Fallen Leaves), to get the main colour that I wanted. I coloured the tree using four shades of brown Arteza Brush Pens.
I stamped the hare, which is part of the "Whimsical Hares" set of stamps in Versafine Clair "Acorn" shade of ink. I added some grounding to him using a pencil.
Finally, I added some "Mini Slender Mushrooms" to pop up from the tree roots. I added highlight areas to the tag using a white Signo Pen.
Today I have played with another of the recently released stamps by Lavinia Stamps. "Maka" is the seated wolf!
I used a background I had previously prepared using Brusho paint. I started by stamping "Sacred Spells" in two areas on the card.
I then stamped another new release called "Tree Of Faith" and then "Maka" the seated wolf. Next, I stamped the "Tree Root", the "Large Owl" and the "Mini Slender Mushrooms". I added highlighted areas in white and shimmer using Signo Pens.
