Lavinia Stamps "Coven of the blue moon" Halloween Card

Being on the cusp of the changing seasons, makes me think of halloween, which prompted this card.

In the background, I have used the Lavinia Stamps "Dynamic" stencil and their "Moon Mask", with a lilac and blue/grey ink that was left on my blending brushes from a previous project.

Using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the Lavinia "Spring Trees", using the hill mask to create the landscape with the same ink.

I then used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp one of the witches from the Lavinia  "Coven of the blue moon" stamp set and "Mini Jinx" the cat.

I added extra detail to the trees using a 2B pencil, a white gel pen and a black fine liner.  Adding shodows to the trees, figure and cat using the ink on a small blending brush.

Lavinia Stamps "Snails" card

Thumbing through some of my backgrounds I have made previously, I came across one that caught my eye.  I'd used Dylusion Spray Inks and as the sheet was quite large, I decided to cut it in half before I started this project.  This is the half that I used, I then cut it down further to create a 4" square.

The colours of the sheet made me think of a night scene, so I went in that direction.  Masking off a moon and filling the circle with white and light yellow Pan Pastels and then used Van Goch Pastel Pencils to add shading to the moon.

I then stamped part of the Lavinia Stamps "Creeping Vine" and then both the snails from the "Snail Set" in Versafine Clair 'Nocturne" black ink.

I then stamped the "Spring Trees" in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.  Next I stamped the foliage in the foreground, using the "Foliage Set" and the Woodland Fern" stamps.

I used a white Signo Pen, a gold shimmer gel pen and some Posca Pens for extra detail.