Lavinia Stamps "Luka" in the street light card

 

I tried something a bit different for me today, making this card.

I used a piece of black card, covering the surface with a chalk bag before stamping the Lavinia Stamps "Street Light" and "Luka" the cat in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I then coated the stamped areas with Wow! Clear Gloss Embossing Powder and heat set.  

You'll notice in the photo above, the black surface of the card has chalky residue, the reason for this is that it helps to stop the embossing powder to stick to areas you don't want it.  The chalk will dust away afterwards.

I then used four shades of Pan Pastels:  Titanium White, Hansa Yellow Tint, Orange and Black to create the light coming from the street light.  I then set the Pan Pastel with a good spray of hair spray before adding some touches of white gel pen and black fine liner pen.

Lavinia Stamps Frosty "Street Lamp" Tag

On Saturday, I received my order of the new Lavinia Stamps release called "Starlight Whispers".  Sadly I wasn't home when the stamps arrived, so as I was up early this morning, decided to have a quick play.

I started with a plain white tag, using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks to create the background.  The names of the inks I used were Squeezed Lemonade, Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the Lavinia "Street Light", the figure "Annie" and "Mini Rune".

To the left hand side, I used the Lavinia "Gip" stamp with Versafine Clair "Morning Mist", stamping a bird from the Lavinia "Bird Collection" in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

In the bottom left corner, I used the Lavinia "Small Branch" stamp with Versafine Clair "Pinecone" brown ink, adding red berries to the branches using a Posca Pen.

I added shadows to the stamping using a 2B pencil and added a more frosty look to the branches by ading touches of of silver glitter using a Uniball Signo pen.