Lavinia Stamps "Winter Berries" Tag

Sorry, I know, I've been missing in action for a long time.  I've been away on a canal boat with Hubby and Rosie the dog.  We had a lovely relaxing time, pootling along at a maximum four miles per hour.  We got home yesterday and I am ploughing my way through the mountain of dirty washing.  Four loads done and a few more to go yet.

Normally, when I am away I am itching to get back to my craft desk, but it felt different this time.  it felt very much take it or leave it.  Obviously, that didn't last long as I got up at silly 'o clock (the gusting wind outside woke me) and decided to craft. It felt good to be at my desk, but I also felt a bit rusty too, which I feel is reflected in this tag a bit.

I used a piece of white card, cut into a tag shape.  Masking off the lower (snow section) of the tag with a piece of copy paper, I coloured the sky area using Distress Oxide "Blueprint Sketch" ink.  I then used a fan shaped paint brush with water to created splatters over the inked area, blotting it, which created the mottled sky. I removed the mask and set aside to dry.

With ink left on my blue blending brush, I created the snow landscape, using thie Lavinia Stamps "Hill Mask". I then used white acylic paint to splatter the white dots over the sky area to create the look of snowflakes.

I used Versafine Clair "Rain Forest" green ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Fir Branch" in first and second generation stamping.

Next, I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp sections of the Lavinia Stamps "Small Branch" stamp.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Winter Berries" and "Mini Winter Berry" in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

I moved on to colouring the berries, using both orange and red Posca Pens and a white gel pen.  I used a silver Signo glitter pen to add a bit of sparkle to the tag, and edged the white area with"Blueprint Sketch" Distress Oxide Ink.  I used a white gel pen to add lines of white above the branches along with touches of Ranger "Enamel Accents".

I mounted the tag on to a piece of dark green card, which I thought complimented the colour of the branches.  Finally adding Ranger "Glossy Accents" to some of the berries to make them appear to be 3D.

Lavinia Stamps - my take on Emma Jo's Tag 3

Last night I didn't feel well.  Nothing I could put my finger on, just feeling a bit meh and cold.  I was in bed before 9:30 but of course, by midnight I was wide awake and saw every hour till 5am so decided to get up and craft.  I'm definitely not feeling right.  Hopefully, it will improve as the day goes on.

To pass the time, I watched a Lavinia Stamps tag tutorial by Emma Jo,  so thought I would give it a go. It's a bright and vibrant tag.  I didn't throw as many products as mine as Emma Jo did as I was working with a smaller tag.

I didn't use the same inks as Emma Jo as I didn't have them.  Instead I used Dylusions "Pure Sunshine" and "Postbox Red" spray inks, then gave it a blast of the heat gun to dry the surface.

I then used "Henna Elements Inks" through the Lavinia Stamps "Dynamic" stencil, keeping the design to the right hand side, again I gave it a blast of the heat gun to ensure it was dry for the next step.

I ran an anti-statitic bag over the surface of the tag.  Using Wow! Clear Emossing Pad and the Lavinia "Heartfelt Verse" "Just For You" sentiment stamp, I stamped and then coated the stamping with Wow! Rich Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.

I repeated the process with the "Winter Berries Stamp", I stamped across the bottom of the tag and up the sides, then heat set.

Where the berries were on a dark stencilled area, I first coloured the berries in white Posca Pen, waited for them to dry and then coloured with the shade I wanted, using a glittery yellow, green, and red Posca Pen to colour the berries.  

I inked the edges of the tag using Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink. I then mounted the tag on to a piece of green cardstock.

Finally, using a gold metallic pen I edged the tag and added some gold dots around the stamped berries.

Lavinia Stamps "Winter Berries" with Funky Fossil "Fern" stencil

I had the urge to make another tag this evening, this being the result. I'd made a card some time ago that looks very similar, so decided to use the same technique for a tag.

I used the Funky Fossil Designs "Fern Silhouette stencil" with "Bundled Sage" and "Peeled Paint" Distress Oxide Inks.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Winter Berries" using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.  I coloured the berries using a paint brush and two Distress Oxide Ink colours:  "Festive Berries" and "Candied Apple".  I then coated the berries in Ranger "Glossy Accents" and set aside to dry.

The sentiment is part of a Simon Says Stamp set called "Tiny Words - Christmas", again stamped in "Acorn" Versafine Clair Ink.

Lavinia Stamps "Winter Berries" on a "Pods" Pan Pastel Gelli Plate background

A couple of weeks ago, I had a play session with the gelli plate and some of the new Lavinia Stamp stencils, so I decided to make an Autumnal themed card using one of the backgrounds I had prepared

For the background I had used the Lavinia Stamps "Pods" stencil with Panpastel colours and acrylic paint to lift the image.

I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Oak Leaf Branch" stamp using Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.

I then stamped the "Winter Berries" and the "Red Leaves" sentiment (both by Lavinia Stamps) in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.  

At this stage, I decided I didn't like the size of the image, it seemed to be dominated by the green leaves, so I cropped the card till I was happier with the way it looked.

I used a Distress Oxide ink called "Fired Brick" around the edges of the card to provide more Autumn warmth.  I then coloured the berries using a red Posca Pen.  Finally, I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the berries and left over night to set.