Lavinia Stamps "Heart Sticker Stencil" play

I've had a few days off using Lavinia products, but this morning I decided to play with the new "Heart Sticker Stencil" which is part of a set of four you can purchase from Lavinia Stamps.

I positioned the aperture/heart outline onto my card base and then started filling in the heart detail.  Starting with the background shades, using five shades of Distress Oxide Inks applied with a blending brush (Speckled Egg, Tumbled Glass, Victorian Velvet, Chipped Sapphire and Tea Dye).

Using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the Lavinia "Stargazing" couple.  Using the removing the sticker stencil and placing the mask over the heart, I then stamped the tex, in second generation stamping, using the same ink with the Lavinia"Background Script" stamp.  Once dry, I coloured the area from the edge to the heart using two shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Speckled Egg and Victorian Velvet.

Again using "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the word "Love" which is from a Lavinia stamp set called "Live the life"  which is a five word sentiment set. I edged the card in the same ink.

I added a little detail to the sky and the fairy wings using Derwent Inktense water colour pens.  I added touches of gold shimmer to the image using the "Clear Star" Gelly Roll pen.

Lavinia Stamps - Once Upon A Dream through the Willow Arch

Today I have played with my Lavinia Stamps, deciding to use a couple of stamps I've not used very often.

I used a gelli plate background I'd made a while back for the base and stamped the "Willow Arch" and the "Twisted Willow" to create an archway stamped in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.  I coloured it in with shades of brown Distress Oxide Inks and then stamped "Sacred Spells" script.

I used the Funky Fossil "Brick Wall" stencil with "Forest Moss" Distress Oxide Ink to create the look of a wall around the arch.

I stamped the "Stargazing" couple using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.  I multi stamped the "Twisted Vine Set" in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.

Using Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink I stamped the "Fairy Barnacles" to create flowers growing up the wall like a cottage garden. I coloured the flowers with a mix of Oxide Inks and Signo pens, I also added some highlights to the card using a white Signo pen.

Finally, I stamped the "Once upon a dream" sentiment using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.

Lavinia Stamps have started a new Wellbeing group called "Reach out for Lavinia" so I have added this to their new group.

Lavinia Stamps February 2020 Monthly Challenge "Beneath The Moon"

On the first of each month, Lavinia Stamps announce a new monthly challenge theme.  The theme for February is "Beneath The Moon".

For this sample, I decided to make it with a "Love" feel... well it is February, calling it "The Moon of Love'!

I started with a white card base, masking off a circle for the moon, adding colour using the following Distress Oxide Inks:  Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries and Wild Honey. I then removed the circle mask and added a touch of "Scattered Straw" Distress Oxide Ink to the moon shape.

Using a Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the background "Background Script".

The remaining stamping was all done using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, starting with the "Star Gazing" couple, then the "Silhouette Thistle", the "Heart Hill Border" and then the word "Love" which is part of the "Live The Life" stamp set.

I then mounted the image on black and co-ordinating card before stamping the "Together We Have" sentiment at the top and the bottom of the card.

Finally, using a Sakura Gelly Roll pen, I added some gold shimmer highlights to the thistles and the fairy.

Lavinia Stamps - Star Gazing Engagement Card

Friends of ours have recently got engaged, so I made this card for them using Lavinia Stamps.

I used a piece of Shenandoah patterned paper and enhanced it with Distress Oxide Inks in the shades of:  Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Abandoned Coral.

For all the stamping, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink. I stamped the "Star Gazing" couple, then masked off a circle and edged it in ink to create the sun.  I then stamped the "Dandelions".  

I tore a piece of paper and used that to create the landscape that the couple are seated on, by dragging a blender across the torn edge.

I then stamped the "Lunar Buds", the "Meadow Grass" and the "Wild Vines".

Finally, I stamped the sentiment using stamps from a Spellbinders set (ref STP-002).  I used a gold shimmer Sakura Gelly Roll pen to add highlights to various areas.

Lavinia Stamps "Northern Lights View" Card

This afternoon, I have been playing with Distress Oxides making this Northern Lights card using Lavinia Stamps.

I created the background using several shades of Distress Oxide Inks.  I used Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers, Crushed Olive, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Black Soot.  I used the edge of a folded piece of damp kitchen paper to create the lighter whisp areas of the sky, by very lightly dragging the corner across the sky in slight wavy lines.  You could also use a cotton bud or a wet wipe for this too.

I used a fan brush to give light splatters of water, which sort of bleaches the surface making a star effect.  I was really happy with the way it turned out and was slightly scared to stamp on it for fear of ruining such a beauty.

I started by stamping the trees.  They're Lavinia Stamps and called "Spring Trees" stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" shade of ink.

I then created the landscape by using a torn piece of copy paper and dragging the blending tool downwards using the "Black Soot" oxide ink.

I then stamped the seated couple which is also a Lavinia Stamp called "Star Gazing" stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" shade of ink.  Using the same ink, I stamped the "Mini Slender Mushrooms".

Finally, I inked the edges of the card using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" and added white highlighted areas using a Signo Pen.

Lavinia Stamps February 2019 Monthly Challenge #2

Every month, Lavinia Stamps have a monthly challenge.  As part of the Design Team, we are asked to produce samples to promote the challenge and inspire crafters to take part.  This is my second sample for this challenge, with a prompt of "A Place To Escape To".

I was trying to think, where I escape to.  Every day, I escape within the pages of a book, but that is not so easy to replicate using Lavinia Stamps.  I then got to think about the area I live in.  I'm very fortunate to have beaches just a ten minute drive and sometimes there is nothing better than sitting on the headland and watching the sun going down on a summer evening.

For my card, I used a lot of different shades of Distress Oxide Inks to create the landscape.  I used:  Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserve for the sky.  I then stamped the pixie image called "Star Gazing" in Versafine "Black Onyx".  For the water I used Faded Jeans and Weathered Wood and for the foreground, the setting sun and the section of land jutting out into the sea, I used a selection of green, grey and black Distress Inks.  Finally, I used a silver glitter Signo Pen for the detail on the wings and water.

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