Lavinia Stamps "The Nook" Tag

I used a cream coloured card for the base of this tag.  Stamping the Lavinia Stamps "The Nook" tree house stamp in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

I used three shades of Ranger Archival Inks through the Lavinia Stamps "Charming Stencil", using Plum, Prickly Pear and Orange Blossom shades of ink.

I then used"Potting Soil" brown Ranger Archival Ink through the Lavinia Stamps "Honeycomb Stencil" around the edges of the tag.

I used Versafine Clair "Chianti" dark red ink to stamp the "Just For You" sentiment, which is part of the Lavinia "Heartfelt Verse" stamp set.  I then used the same ink to randomly stamp sections of Lavinia "Spirit Signs", using finger pressure on the back of the inked stamp rather than using a block or platform.

Next, I coloured the tree and house using assorted Distress Oxide Inks and a fine liner pen.  Finally, adding some dots of Ranger "Prickly Pear" Liquid Pearls to embellish the tree area.

Day 12 of "24 Days of Tags 2022" with Karen Telfer

Today has been one of "those" days!  So it has been nice to come home and unwind with a bit of easy crafting.

Here is my Day 12 tag of the "24 Days of Tags 2022" with Karen Telfer.  You can find her Day 12 tutorial here if you want to have a go yourself. I would have posted info and a photo of my tag earlier but I have been waiting for the Glossy Accents to dry and become clear.  I know from experience, if I start handling wet Glossy Accents I always manage to drop it or put my finger in it, so I have left it alone.

I decided to do the background of my tag slightly different to Karen's by making it tonal, going from dark to light.  I used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks "Scattered Straw" and "Rusty Hinge" blending one colour in to the other.

Over the top of the blended tag, I placed the Lavinia Stamps "Charming" stencil, spritzed water side down, gently pressing mopping up any surplus water.  Once the stencil was lifted, it left a bleached pattern of the stencil on the tag.  I set it aside to dry.

When I receive an order from Lavinia Stamps, I keep the chocolate wrappers with various images of their stamps on them.  I guess it's the hoarder in me.  You never know when you may need something and today was the day I needed one of the wrappers.

I used a one inch circle punch to cut the sweet wrapper into a disc.  I then cut a piece of card using the same punch and stuch the two discs together with the image on the top. I inked the edge of the disc with Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.  By this time the tag was dry, so I used the same ink to edge the tag and then stamped the verse vertically using the Lavinia Stamps "Talk to the moon" stamp.

I mounted the punched disc on to the tag using a foam pad, then coated it in Ranger "Glossy Accents" and set aside to dry.

Lavinia Stamps "Charming" Gift Tag

This afternoon, I had a little mishap with a background I was creating, so I cut it down and made a tag out of the area that was alright to use.

I used three shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio and Broken China) through the Lavinia Stamps "Charming" stencil. 

Using Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink, I stamped the buttons, then coloured them with Peacock Feathers and Weathered Wood Distress Oxide Inks.

I used one of the "Heartfelt Verse" sentiments, stamped in Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink. Finally die cutting into a tag shape.

Lavinia Stamps "Charming Stencil" with "Zenith" and the "Urchins"

Today was an exciting post day as I received my order of six brand new 8x8" stencil from Lavinia Stamps.  

I hadn't planned to play with them, as there are other things that I should be doing, but I couldn't help myself, making this card. 

I've used "Zenith" mermaid as the main feature, heat embossed in silver Wow! Silver embossing powder.  I then used the new "Charming" stencil with various shades of Distress oxide inks.

I used the Lavinia Stamps "Urchins", "Sea Bubbles", "Sea Algae" and "Zen Plant" for the undergrowth