Lavinia Stamps "Coven of the blue moon" Misty Witch Artist Trading Card

This is.my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  I used a gel press background from my stash with blues and purples in it, so felt it suitable for halloween.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the witch, part of the Lavinia Stamps "Coven of the blue moon" stamp set, I deliberately faded the ink out towards the base of the skirt as I wanted a misty lool.  

I used a circle stencil to create the moon with a white pastel pencil.  I then used "Nocturne" ink again for stamping the branches from the Lavinai "Tree of courage" stamp set.  

I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the text on the left hand side of the ATC, the text is part of the Lavinia stamps "Witching Hour" verse.  I then used Hero Arts "Unicorn" white pigment ink, with a finger dabber to create the misty look at the base of the ATC.  Finally adding some coloured berries to the branches using a lilac and purple Posca Pen.

Lavinia Stamps "Toad Lodge" and "Honeysuckle Cottage" in monochrome card

This afternoon, I've had a play with a couple of the Lavinia Stamps buildings, creating this little scene.  All stamping is done in two shades of Versafine Clair inks.  Nocturne (black) and Morning MIst (grrey).  All shading is done using a 2B pencil and a paper stub.  the stamps that I have used are:

LAV657 Tree Of Courage

LAV686 Toad Lodge

LAV687 Honeysuckle Cottage

LAV1021 Twilight Passage

Lavinia Stamps "Fernwick Small LAV1054" Tree of Courage Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card for the day.  Today I have used Lavinia Stamps and stencils.  I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Lavinia "Tree of courage" stamp.  I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp "Fernwick small racoon".

I used a 2B pencil and paper stub to colour and shade the tree, racoom and the moon.  I then used one of the new Element Inks from Lavinia Stamps "Marmalady" very lightly through one of the new Lavinia stencils called "Baroque Flower Stencil.  I then used the remaining Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink that was on my blending brush through the new"Distressed Chequerboard" stencil..  I darkened the left hand edges with the same ink.

Lavinia Stamps "Coven of the blue moon" on a charming background card

I found the background of this card in my stash, if I remember correctly I used the Lavinia Stamps "Charming Stencil" with inks, I don't recall which ones, to stamp the stencil design on to the card.  There was quite a lot of white space on this card, so I added some yellow and orange diluted Distress Oxide Ink to the card.  The colours I added are:  Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the witches, all three are from the Lavinia Stamps "Coven of the blue moon" stamp set.  Using Versafine Clair "Twilight", a dark blue ink, I created the landscape using the Lavinia Stamps "hill masks".  I used the same ink round the edges of the card. Returning to Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the trees on each side of the witches, using the Lavinia Stamps "Tree of courage" and "Tree of hope" stamps.

I used pastel pencils to colour the trees and some of the landscape, adding touches of white gel pen as highlights and tiny dots of yellpw and white Posca Pen for flowers.

Lavinia Stamps Geese on a Dinkles background

For the background of this card, I've used four shades of Lavinia Stamps "Dinkles" using Yellow, Deep Yellow, Pine Green and Blue Dragon shades.

I've used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" and "Morning Mist" inks to stamp the Lavinia Stamps Geese, Tree of hope, Tree of courage and a sentiment from the Lavinia "Christmas Greetings" stamp set.

Finally, I used a white gel pen to outline the geese and the branches and a red Posca Pen for berries.

Lavinia Stamps "Honeysuckle Cottage" at sunset

I'm keeping the process of making this card brief as I used so many shades of inks that I have forgotten what I used at what stage! For this card, i have used the Tree of Courage and Tree of Hope, Honeysuckle Cottage, Small Pixy Houses, Tree Scene and the Path stamps.

Stamping in Versafine Clair inks with a mixture of Archival Inks and Derwent Inktense pencils for the background colours.

Lavinia Stamps "Blue Moon" Witches Card

I've surprised myself, a third card in one day!  This was supposed to be a birthday card, but Hubby reckons it's "a bit dark" for a birthday card, so I will make another one.

For this card, I started off with a white piece of square card and stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Tree of courage" and "Tree of hope" using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I popped a moon mask in postion then used Lavinia "Sundance" Elements Ink with a blending brush within the tree area.  At the base of the tree, I used "Lime Punch" Element Ink to add more of a green tinge.

Next, I used a further three Element inks, around the edge using Dark Denim, Violet Chalk and Midnight Blue colours in that order.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the three witches, which are part of the Lavinia Stamps "Blue Moon" stamp set.

I used Derwent Inktense pencils with a paint brush to colour the tree trunk and to add some background foliage and green shadows.

I then used a white gel pen and a black fine liner pen to add highlights and low lights to the tree areas.  I also used the black fine liner pen to add extra shadow.

Finally, removing the moon mask, I used "Antique Linen" Distress Oxide Ink to colour in the moon with a blending brush.

Engagement Card (inspired by Manja Nelan)

We received some wonderful news a few days back, that our younger son and his girl are now engaged.  We are absolutely thrillled for them.

I am really not in crafting mode at the moment, due to packing up for a house move.  My crafting mojo seems to have been replaced by all things moving!  So I was really struggling with ideas for a card to make.

I remembered seeing a card on the Lavinia Stamps facebook group that I thought was very clever, so I searched for it and found the one I was looking for, it was by Manja Nelan from 2021, so I decided to give it a go.  The card above is inspired by Manja's card.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the two Lavinia Stamps trees, they're called "Tree of courage" and "Tree of hope".

I then found my Visible Image "Love is love" stamp set, with two profiles.  I stamped them on to a piece of card and then fussy cut the face profiles. I used a pencil to lightly draw around the profiles on the edge of each tree.  I then used the central area between the stamped face image as a stencil, colouring and blending the face with "Fern Green" Ranger Archival Ink.  I've shown a photo of what I mean.

I used the same ink with a blending brush and a Lavinia Stamps "Hill Mask" to create the land that the trees are based on.

Next, I used a fine liner black pen to add extra branches to fill in the empty areas of the faces. I  then used a brown Derwent Inktense pencil with a paint brush to colour the tree trunk and some of the thicker branches. I added gold coloured dots within the tree branches too.

Finally, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink I stamped the word "love" between the foreheads, using part of one of the "Heartfelt Verse" sentiment stamps from Lavinia Stamps.  I used the same ink to stamp the word "Congratulations" which is part of a Clarity Stamps stamp set called "Entwined Sentiments".  I mounted the card on to a piece of dark green card and then on to a 8x8" card blank.

Lavinia Stamps "Bandit" in the mist

Today I have played with Lavinia Stamps again, this time using an older stamp from my stash called "Bandit".  I have places him in the mist with the "Tree of Courage" and the "Tree of Hope" along with the "Seasons Change" sentiment.

I have used Distress Oxide Inks, Versafine Clair Inks, Archival Brilliance and Derwent Inktense water colour pencils to create this scene.