Lavinia Stamps "Pheasant" Birthday Card

Today I've made a birthday card, using Lavinia Stamps.  I usually struggle making male cards, but I'm pleasantly pleased how this card turned out.

I used a background I had in my stash, that I made some time ago, using the gel plate, Pan Pastels and the Lavinia "Pebbles" stencil.

I stamped in various shades of Versafine Clair Inks using the following Lavinia Stamps:

• Pheasant
• Tree of courage
• Forest Spruce 
• Foliage Set
• Small Branch 
• Silhouette Grass

I used a Simon Says Stamp for the sentiments, part of their Tiny Words  - Birthday set.

Finally, I used Posca Pens and a white gel pen to add highlights and detail.

Lavinia Stamps "Spellbound Fairy" and the "Whimsical Hare" Card

This evening, I had a chance to play with my Lavinia Stamps.  It felt so good to use them again, even though it has only been a couple of weeks since I last used them. 

I've used the following Lavinia Stamps for this card:

• Spellbound Fairy
• Whimsical Hares Set
• Berry Leaves
• Words of Spring
• Silhouette Foliage Set
• Silhouette Grass

I've used the following Versafine Clair Inks:

• Nocturne
• Twilight
• Warm Breeze
• Shady Lane
• Verdant

I've used the following Distress Oxide Inks:

• Rustic Wilderness
• Cracked Pistachio
• Twisted Citron

Finally, I used Sakura Gelly Roll Pens and Posca Pens too.

Lavinia Stamps "Tia" on the toadstool Card

I've had a lovely session making backgrounds on the gel plate this afternoon, and decided I needed to use one immediately as I really loved the way the colours had mingled.

Today I also received my order of the six recently released stamps by Lavinia Stamps, so it was a marriage made in heaven.

I stamped in two shades of Versafine Clair Inks:  Nocturne and Morning Mist.

I used the following Lavinia Stamps:

Fairy Toadstool, Tia, Silhouette Foliage Set, Silhouette Grass, Foliage Set, Foliage Set 2 and the Flora Set.

I used white and gold gelly roll pens for the highlights.

Lavinia Stamps Moonlight Garden

When you can't sleep, craft...!  That kind of sums me up for the past few nights.  I fall asleep fine, but then ping, my head starts thinking of all sorts and my mind won't let the thoughts go, so I make a coffee and craft for a while.  This morning I decided to play with a couple of my new Lavinia Stamps, which were released recently.

I started by using the Lavinia Moon Mask to mask of a circle area.  I used two of the Lavinia "Elements" inks "Sunset and Russet Orange" to fill in the moon colour.

Next, I placed a circle moon mask over the inked area and coloured the area around the moon in Distress Oxide Inks (Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Wilted Violet).

Over the top of that, I placed the Lavinia "Posy" stencil/mask and used "Faded Jeans" Distress Oxide Ink through the stencil.  I then blended "Chipped Sapphire" Distress Oxide over the top of that.

Using a wet fan paint brush, I tapped it over the surface of the sky area and then blotted with a piece of kitchen paper.

I then turned my attention to the stamping, using Verasfine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the new Lavinia "Silhouette Grass" and then the "Silhouette Foliage" in both first and second generation stamping. I then stamped the fairy, which is part of the "Fairy Foragers" stamp set. I used a heat gun to speed up the drying of the ink.

Finally, I added a touch of yellow Posca Pen the lantern area.  I used a Sakura Gelly Roll Pen in a soft gold glitter colour to add high lights to the edge of the moon, the fairy wings and the tops of the flowers and grass areas. I added some white dots to the sky to add dimension as if some stars are brighter than others.