Lavinia Stamps "Wild Summer Flowers LAV749" Artist Trading Card

 

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  I used two shades of Ranger Archival Ink to cover the white card.  the shades I used are "Bluebird" and "Leaf Green".  I then used the "Bluebird" ink through the Lavinia Stamps "Dynamic ST031" stencil.  I decided I wanted the bottom corner of the ATC a bit darker, so added some "Cobalt" Ranger Archival Ink to the bottom right hand corner.

I used Versafine Clair "Medieval Blue" ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Wild Summer Flower LAV749" stamp set.  I then used a white Posca Pen to colour the seed heads.  Finally, using a word sticker from the Lavinia Stamps "Sentiment Stickers 6" set, saying "peace and harmony".

Lavinia Stamps "Sunflower 1 - LAV991" in the meadow card.

 

This is a very long over due Lavinia Stamps make.  For some reason I've not used my Lavinia goodies for a long time, so it was nice to re-acquaint myself and have a play, creating this scene.

I started by stamping the Lavinia Stamps "Sunflower 1" in two shades of Versafine Clair inks.  I used "Shady Lane" for the stem and leaves and "Summertime" for the flower head.  I then painted Pebeo Drawing Gum over the stamped image to mask it from other inks.

I then painted the background colour, using a paint brush with diluted Distress Oxide inks.  The colours I used are:  Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn for the ground scape and Tumbled Glass, Speckled Egg and Weathered Wood.  I then used Tumbled glass and Peeled Paint through the Lavinia Stamps "Laurel" stencil.

I used Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Willow".  I used the same ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Wild Summer Flowers".  I then used Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Flora Set".  Next, I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the Lavinia "Small Pixy Houses".

I moved on to adding more detail, removing the masking fluid and colouring the sunflower with Derwent Inktense Pencils and a gold gel pen.  I used a white Posca Pen to add flower heads t the "Wild summer flowers".  Pencil detail for smoke from the chimneys of the Pixy Houses  and a black fine liner pen for shading in various areas.

Lavinia Stamps "Wild Flower" Birthday Card

Each Friday evening, Lavinia Stamps Design Team member Amanda Branston, does a Facebook Live demonstration.  Last week she showed how to use alcohol inks on a gel plate, so I decided I needed to try out the technique, resulting in this card.

I pulled out my gel plates, alcohol inks and alcohol blending solution ready to play.  I decided to opt for three shades of Alcohol Inks:  a yellow, a green and a blue.  I didn't make a note of which ones I used but I do remember that the yellow one was a pearlescent one, so has left a lovely sheen on the card.

With the gel plate on my glass mat, I squeezed some "Alcohol Ink Blending Solution" on to the gel plate, then dotted the three colours on top, starting with the lighter, working to the darker.  I added a little more blending solution to the gel plate then used the hand puffer - sorry I don't know what the proper term is, it's like a little fire belllow!  The puffer distributes the ink around the gel plate.  I then pressed a card over the gel plate, leaving in position for about a minute, before lifting to see the image it had created.

I tried this technique several times.   By the third attempt I had got the hang of it!  Lighter inks or less of the darker shades seem to work better... for me at least.

To clean the gel plate, I initially used my water spritzer, but there were still areas of ink left, so used some alcohol gel hand sanitizer which lifted the ink.  I then washed and dried the gel plate before returning to its storage tin.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps in three shades of Versafine Clair inks, using:  Shady Lane green ink for the "Leafy Spray", Warm Breeze turquoise ink for the "Wild Flowers" and Nocturne, black ink for the dandelions.  I actually used four different Lavinia Stamps:  Open Dandelions, Drooping Dandelion, Make a Dandelion and Tall Dandelion.

I coloured the flowers with a mixture of Posca Pens, Signo glitter gel pens, Derwent Inktense pencils and Van Goch Pastel Pencils.  There is actually a lot of sheen and sparkle on this card, which sadly is not captured by the photograh.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the "Happy Birthday" sentiment, which is part of the Waffle Flower "Essential Sentiments" stamp set.

Lavinia Stamps "Wild Summer Flowers" card

Sometimes you need to send cards for difficult situations.  This is one of them.

I have used the Lavinia Stamps "Elegance" stencil with "Shabby Shutters" Distress ink for the background.

I used the new Lavinia Stamps "Wild Summer Flowers" stamp set and a sentiment from their "Blessings" set, both stamped in Versfine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

Finally, adding some white splatters using a Posca Pen.