Foxes come knocking.

 

Hello everyone.

Wow! What a fabulous weekend it’s been. Still a few more 

demos to come and a few more prizes to be won. 

The Lavinia extravaganza is a fabulous idea and I hope 

You are all enjoying the videos and step by step tutorials

 that the team have put together. Congratulations to all the winners 

so far.

This is my first step by step tutorial for Lavinia stamps.

The foxes come knocking. 

I’m using the Druids Inn tree, as this is one of my favourite’s

and I thought it would make a lovely home for the new foxes.

 

The Products that I used, were…

Druids inn             Climbing Ivy

Ivy Stencil              Flourish Stencil

Vine Flourish         Field grass

Fairy Foragers       Multifarious Card

The Tutorial for creating

The Foxes come Knocking.

Step 1. 

Using a 17 cm square piece of multifarious card, gently blend squeezed lemonade oxide ink onto the top 2 thirds of the card, using a makeup brush.

 

Step 2.

Stamp Druids inn with Acorn versaFine Clair ink, then heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

 

Step 3

Using Tea dye distress oxide blend under Druids inn to make a den, then use shabby shutters distress oxide, either side of den to create a grass area.

Step 4

Stamp Climbing ivy with rain forest versaFine Clair, using 1^st and 2^nd generation stamping either side of the den.

 

 

Step 5

Using the Ivy stencil, place stencil over den area and gently blend over using Tea dye oxide ink, with a makeup brush.

 

Step 6

Make sure that all ink is dry for the next step. Stamp foxes using a stamping platform, versamark ink and antistatic pad, sprinkle over crackling campfire distress glaze, then heat from underneath.

Step 7

Gently brush over flourish stencil with dried marigold oxide ink, on both sides of Druids inn.

 

Step 8

Place a 10cm circle mask, over the center of the druids inn then brush around edge with dried marigold oxide ink to make a sun.

 

Step 9

Stamp vine flourish with acorn versaFine Clair ink using 1^st and 2^nd generation stamping.

 

Step 10

Blend gathered twigs oxide ink around edge of card, add a little extra under base of foxes at base of card, to ground them.Mix a some mica gold powder with a little water and paint the druids inn bark with this, highlight leaves foxes and sun with clear sukura stardust pen. Use a grey pencil as a shadow for the foxes.

Step 11

Stamp small fairy with black onyx versaFine ink, and emboss with clear embossing powder. Using rain forest VersaFine Clair ink stamp field grass using 2^nd generation stamping, either side of the climbing ivy. Mount onto 8” square card to finish.

 

 

 

Take care, stay safe.

Rosemary

Lavinia stamps September challenge.

Good morning, beautiful summer sunshine through the widows this morning. 

1st September today, So that means it’s the start of another Lavinia stamps creative challenge. 

As always Tracey is being very generous by offering a £40 voucher to spend in the Lavinia online store. 

The winner will be chosen at random so everyone is in with a chance.  

The design team have been busy creating lots of inspirational projects to inspire you. 

The theme for August is Dark and bright. 

The challenge runs from the 1st till the 25th September on  Lavinia creative challenge page.  You will find full terms and conditions for entries here as well.

For my fist sample I have used: 

The large owl

Tree root

Mushrooms

Bats

Maple leaf

I blended squeezed lemonade all over the card. Then using a paper circle As a stencil I used mustard seed to highlight the moon. Then used torn paper for the ground area.  Stamped the tree root And owl with acorn Clair ink. Stamped the Leaves with rainforest Clair ink (first and second generation.) 

Stamped bats and mushrooms with black Clair ink. Highlighted card with a clear Sakura pen to add highlights. 

I used the following stamps for sample 2. 

Fish set

Arlo

Sea tangle

Marine kelp

Mini fish

Coral stencil

Enjoyed making this card with the new stamps. 

The background started as a marbled card made using shaving foam. 

Then stamped the marine kelp  and sea Tangle with Clair inks, then using a brush and mermaid lagoon Distress ink brushed though stencils randomly. Stamped small fish (second generation) so they look more in the background. Stamped the main fish with Clair inks then embossed them. Highlighted fish with glitter pens, used white pen for bubbles. 

Looking forward to seeing all you wonderful creations. 

I’m off to go get ready to go back to work tomorrow, lots of changes at school to learn about, looking forward to seeing the children that are returning after a long break. 

Take care. 

Lavinia stamps mid month reminder.

 Good  Evening. 

Had a very busy weekend, as we started to decorate the Hallway, hopefully will have it finished by Wednesday!  

Had a heavy downpour of rain this evening, so the air is feeling nice and cool. 

There is just over a week to get your entries in for the Lavinia August challenge, Which closes on the 25th of August,the theme is Yellow and orange. You could be the lucky winner of a £40 gift voucher to spend in the Lavinia shop. 

For full details please visit the Challenge page

The stamps I used for this sample are: 

Aurora 

Star blossom

Vine flourish

Keeping faith

The background was done with distress oxide inks, on a craft mat and sprayed with water, drying each time with a heat gun. Words inked with spiced marmalade oxide, for the remaining inking I used versafine black onyx. Highlighted with a gold gel pen. 

 

Good luck with your entries, look forward to seeing lots more lovely creations. 

Take care 

Rosemary. 

Lavinia stamps August challenge

Good morning, beautiful summer sunshine through the widows this morning. 

Well it  is the 1st of August, the start of the Lavinia stamps creative challenge. 

As always Tracey is being very generous by offering a £40 voucher to spend in the Lavinia online store. 

The winner will be chosen at random so everyone is in with a chance.  

The design team have been busy creating inspirational projects to inspire you. 

The theme for August is Orange and lemon, how appropriate for the beautiful weather, we are having at the moment, yesterday here in London, it reached 38’ in my little garden which is a sun trap. 

The challenge runs from the 1st till the 25th August on  Lavinia stamps website   You will find full terms and conditions for entries here as well.

For my first sample I used the new Jalandhar Stamp. 

I heat embossed with wow yellow embossing powder, onto my background that was made with Spiced marmalade and squeezed lemonade distress oxides, I then used one of the new stencils from Lavinia on the background. I masked off Jalandhar to stamp The sea algae with black memento ink, I also stamped the  Marine-kelp with black Memento then coloured with with polychromo pencils. 

I coloured Jalandhar with Zig watercolour pens, then highlighted with grey alcohol pens and Sukara pens. 

Finally stamped the Bubbles with grey Clair ink once dry highlighted with clear sparkle pen, then used glossy accents to fill in the bubble.

For sample 2, I thought I’d have a go at sharing pictures of steps to make this card. I’ve got some extra time to craft this summer as no holiday, will also be spending most of the summer at home. Would very much appreciate any comments on what would make it better. 

Stamps used for this card were: Zemira, Hanging-lanterns, Flutterbies, Hare from the wild hare set., 

Berry leaves, lavender and Laurel stencil

I started with a background made using the cling film technique, inked card with wild honey and spiced marmalade Distress oxide, then sprayed card and cling film with water, placed cling film on top and left for approx 15 mins before removing cling film. Then using wild honey Distress ink brushed over stencil randomly. 

Next I used a torn piece of copy paper to create a landscape with distress ink. I do like using distress ink over the oxide background. 

Then using versafine onyx black stamped Zemira using stamping platform. Once happy with image dried with a heat gun before highlighting with clear and orange sukara pens. 

Stamped the fluttrbies with spiced marmalade oxide ink. 

Stamped hanging lanterns with spiced marmalade oxide, then highlighted with a clear sukara pen 

Was happy with the brightness behind Zemira, so decided to use a mask and make a sun, 

I used scattered straw ink around mask. 

Finally stamped leaves and lavender using spiced marmalade Distress ink. 

Look forward to seeing all the lovely entries this month. 

Please take care and stay safe. 

Will be back with a mid month reminder on the 12th of August. 

Sweet Poppy stencil creative challenge

Good afternoon, what a beautiful day it is. 

Well tomorrow is the 1st of August, it is the start of the first sweet poppy stencils creative challenge. 

Lucy is being very generous by offering a £40 voucher to spend in the sweet poppy stencils online store. 

The winner will be chose at random so everyone is in with a chance.  

The design team have been busy creating inspirational projects for you. 

The theme for August is Hot summer colours, how appropriate for today’s beautiful weather here in 

London, it reached 38’ in my little garden which is a sun trap. 

The challenge runs from the 1st till the 29th August on the simply sweet poppy stencils Facebook page. 

Here are the rules for entering.

I have made a card especially for the challenge using the Elephants and the Fall, back plate as I just love them. 

Quite a quick card to make, the background was made with distress oxide using the wet wipe technique. I used Distress inks, worn lipstick, squeezed lemonade and spiced marmalade, then used Black Memento ink for the images and ground area. Used a Honey Doo flower stamp on the base of the card. 

Here are some extra cards that I’ve made in the past that could also be used for The hot summer Colours theme.

Lavinia stamps. Hochanda show 24 July

The long awaited day has arrived, Lavinia stamps are appearing on Hochanda  today at 9am and 1pm  You can watch the shows on Sky 673, Freesat 817, Freeview 85 and in HD online. The fabulous Amanda Branson will be hosting the shows for Lavinia stamps. Amanda will be sharing some fabulous techniques, hits and tips, there will also be some inspiration from the design team.

 

This is my first sample using Indra and Mystic swirl and Dream word from the inspire me set.

The background was made by applying distress oxide with a damp sponge, dabbing one colour then drying before adding second colour. I coloured Indra with mica powders mixed with water. Then stamped mystic swirl around edge, finally added word, once topper was mounted onto card. 

For my next sample I used my scan n cut to cut out the egg shape.

I then used the center piece to make my background on. 

the background was made using distress oxides. then stamped images in versafine onyx black, stamped the flowers second generation.  

 Stamps used for this card: 

Woodland Hares, Vine Flourish, and seed heads

For this sample I blended distress oxide onto smooth card. stamped Indra and Dream word with black onyx verafine ink, dapped different colour oxide onto the mystic swirl stamp to get a rainbow effect and stamped with water. 

I also blended oxide inks onto this background, stamped all images with black versafine. once dry coloured fairy lantern set, with orange sparkle pen. Highlighted Dragon keepers wings with clear  gelli roll pen. stamped summers ebb verse.

For this background i smooched the card into blue distress ink and water, once dry I inked the outer part of the card with mustard seed oxide. stamped Tree of dreams with brown clair ink, then using a scrap piece of paper grounded the tree. Stamped the Wild hares small set  with black versamark ink, stamped Words of spring with brown clair ink, highlighted tree with orange gelli  pen 

 The back ground for this sample was smooched into distress oxide and water on a craftmat,

grass area was blended onto card with distress ink. dragon keeper and fairy lanterns were stamped in black versafine, then highlighted with an orange gelli pen. Vine flourish was stamped with brown versafine Clair ink.  Verse stamped with mustard seed distress oxide. 

 

For this background I used distress ink. the images were all stamped with black versafine ink. 

Using a fan brush I splattered mica powders onto bakground 

Distress ink blended onto smooth card. All images for this card were stamped with

black  versafine distress ink,  mask used for sun, 

I hope you enjoy the shows. Enjoy making your projects with these wonderful stamps 

Take care, stay safe and have a great summer. 

Lavinia stamps July challenge mid month reminder.

Good evening. I hope your all keeping well, we are halfway through July 2020, so there are 10 days left before the challenge ends. There are fabulous entries on the challenge page, but everyone stands a chance as the winner of a £40 voucher to spend in the Lavinia shop is chosen at random.   

For this sample I used spectrum noir Harmony inks, I then used seedless preserves distress ink over one of the new Lavinia stencils called Foliage, I then stamped the Keeping faith Words in the background using morning mist versafine Clair ink, next I stamped the Sea flower and Mini fish also with morning mist Clair ink then brushed Silver pearl mica powder over the top.  Final stamp used for the background was the Sea Algae also in morning mist Clare ink. My final two stamps in the foreground were Sebastian who was inked with onyx black versafine then embossed with clear embossing powder. Finally added the Believe Stamps with mortgage mist then brushed with gold mica powder. 

Have fun creating your fabulous creations. 

Lavinia stamps July challenge

Lavinia stamps July 2020 Challenge.

Good evening. Hope you are all keeping well. The Lavinia stamps challenge for July begins today, the theme for this month is  My favourite stamp.  What a great theme looking forward to seeing everyone’s favourite stamp creations. 

Don’t forget you could be the lucky winner of a £40 gift voucher to spend in the Lavinia stamps shop. 

My favourite stamp before the new launch was Sebastian so I’ve used him on my projects. 

I made this card at the beginning of lockdown, lost my mojo for a while after this card but getting back into daily routine once again. 

I made the background using spectrum noir Harmony inks. 

In the background I have used some sweet poppy stencils and Lavinia stamps. 

I stamped Sebastian  with versafine Clair nocturne ink then embossed with clear embossing powder. I also used Sebastian’s fin for the edge of the card. Highlighted both with a gold pen. In the background I used the Seaweed2 stamp set., and the Shoal of fish Stamp. 

Love the brightness of this card. 

For my next  project the background was made using salty ocean, antique linen and tea dye distress ink. 

Stamped Sebastian with acorn versafine Clair ink then highlighted with clear glitter pen. 

Stamped whimsical whisps in salty ocean distress ink. Seaweed 2 in broken China and mowed lawn distress ink, Sea bubbles in salty ocean Distress ink then highlighted with Silver pearl mica powder. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone’s beautiful creations. 

Take care have fun crafting. 

Lavinia stamps June challenge

The June Challenge Theme is...

 Woodland Magic.

Good evening, hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine on this beautiful day.

June has arrived so its time for a new Challenge, you could win a £40 gift voucher to spend in the Lavinia store if your the lucky winner picked at random. 

For full details on the challenge please visit the Lavinia Creative Challenge page.

Good luck. Stay safe

For my first Sample this month I used the following products:

Tree of wisdom

Vine

Fairy Fir Tree

Rory and Darcy

Field grass

For the background I used weathered wood, antique linen and old paper, blended onto smooth stamping card. used a piece of ripped paper for hills and as a mask for background trees,

then stamped the Fairy Fir Tree in the background using vintage photo distress ink. then stamped the Tree of wisdom and Vine in versafine Clair Acorn ink. colored the tree with tea dye distress ink, before adding small berries on the tree and vine with a red glitter pen. 

Finally stamped  Rory and Darcy with Nocturne Clair ink and Field grass with forest moss distress ink. then highlighted with clear gel pen.

I used the following products on sample 2.
                                                                     Fairy Fir Tree

Mini Hare set

The Wallace family

Three dancing fairies

Lavender

Forest so green

I blended mowed lawn and seedless preserves ink onto smooth stamping card with a blending tool,

I then stamped the Forest so green words with peeled paint (second generation stamping)

Using Shady lane and Acorn versafine Clair I stamped the Fairy Fir Tree randomly to represent a woodland. the lavender was stamped next in dusty Concorde, then the bunnies and fairies in black nocturne Clair ink. Finally stamped the Wallace family in acorn Clair ink before highlighting with a clear gel pen.

For my final sample I used the following products.

 Fairy Fir Tree

Ollar

Dragon set

Stars

Decided to use sparkle pen for the background of this card, took the lid off the pen, then oops there was ink all over the work area! I decided to mop it up with some card and ended up with 8 Backgrounds. Once I had done this I started on the background for this card, I brushed the pen backwards and forwards across the card. then sprayed with water and repeated the process. Once background was dry  used acrylic paint through a stencil to make the moon. stamped the dragons and trees with black archival ink, then stamped the stars versamark, using a soft brush, brushed over silver mica powder. To finish off I blended chipped sapphire ink around edge.

These are my 8 backgrounds that I ended up with from my sparkle pen spillage.