August Lavinia Challenge Blue and orange hues.

Hello everyone.
The August lavinia challenge has just begun, the theme for this month is blue and orange hues and will run until the 28th of August. We love to see all your magical creations.

You could be the lucky winner of a £40 gift voucher  chosen at random, to spend in the Lavinia shop. There is a variety of great stamps and goods to buy. For your chance to win please visit the link below for full details.
http://laviniastamps.com/lavinia-stamps-monthly-creative-challenge/

Products used for card 1
http://laviniastamps.com/product/maple-leaf/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/autumn-fall-large/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/bugs-new/
I also used the following stencil, from sweet poppy stencils designed by lavinia stamps.
http://www.sweet-poppy.com/catalog/sweet-poppy-stencil-angelic-words-p-1165.html
For the background I used spiced marmalade, faded jeans and broken china distress oxide inks,
the main images were stamped with onyx black versafine. Clear wink of stella brush marker
white pen and pearl drops were used to highlight images



Second card

http://laviniastamps.com/product/wild-poppies/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/stones-small/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/tree-half-1/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/tree-half-2/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/moon/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/fary-inn/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/birds/
Inked the background with spiced marmalade and broken china distress oxide inks, also used walnut stain, spiced marmalade and faded jeans  to stamp the trees, poppies and moon, they stamped very well, this was the first card I have used the oxides on and I was impressed.
Stamped the fairy inn and the stones with black sparkle embossing powder, then coloured with the oxide inks. The birds were stamped with black onyx versafine ink.



Happy crafting, I look forward to seeing all your fabulous creations.