Lavinia stamps on Hochanda.

Hope you are able to watch Amanda do some wonderful Demos on Hochanda today.
The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire your creativity.
I have made the following samples to inspire your imagination.



Badger amongst the falling leaves.

I have used the following Distress inks:
Cracked pistachio, worn lipstick, squeezed lemonade, spiced marmalade,
peeled paint and fired brick.
stamped images with black onyx versafine ink.
Coloured the log with brown sparkle pen.



Fairy on flower.

I used the following Oxide inks:
Wilted Violet, evergreen bough and broken china.
I used a natural sponge, dabbed and rubbed ink randomly
onto white card, then sprayed with water, once dry stamped image
with black onyx versafine, masked stamp, just used flower at top and bottom of card.
words and flowers at top of card where stamped with wilted violet oxide ink.
highlighted with white pen and gold gel pen.




Fairy in the rain.

I used the following Distress inks: Faded Jeans, Squeezed Lemonade,
salty ocean, Peeled paint, bundled sage, mowed lawn, broken china
and antique linen.
Inked the grass area with a torn piece of paper, used
a gel pen through a Stencil for the raindrops.
images inked with black onyx versafine ink.



Fairy on toadstool.

Embossed forest spruce stamp with versamark and pink melt dust, which I found
hidden in a box, must of been there for years. I embossed the Fairy with  Black Sparkle
 embossing powder from Honey doo crafts.
Distress inks used:
Broken china, tattered rose, twisted citron, salty ocean and faded jeans.
Flicked  blue and pink sparkle pens over background.



Badger and butterfly in the midday sun.



I used a natural sponge, dabbed and rubbed ink randomly
onto white card, then sprayed with water, once dry stamped image
with black onyx versafine .I used the following oxide inks:
Peacock feathers, evergreen  bough, mermaid lagoon, squeezed lemonade and  picked raspberry.
distress inks used:
Lucky Clover and peeled paint.
images stamped with picked raspberry oxide, olympia green versafine and black archival inks.
placed stencil  over top of card to make sunbeams with squeezed lemonade distress ink.
Highlighted with clear  sparkle pen.



fairy on flower .




distress inks used:
Worn lipstick, twisted citron, bundled sage, salty ocean, faded jeans, iced spruce and
broken china.
worn lipstick, oxide for words, and flowers, sqeezed lemonade oxide for hanging flowers.

creative fingers Challenge # 135

Hello Everyone.

Hope the weather is better where you are here in london it has rained a lot in the past few days. the flowers look good though.

The creative fingers challenge #135  has begun over on their blog. Please follow link below for full details. http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/challenge-135-winners-133.html

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are, Bugaboo stamps


For my card I used Bugbee 3

I used The CC Die,sire honeycomb patchwork embossing folder
Inked with Distress inks, squeezed lemonade, scattered straw and wild honey.
Bugaboo image coloued with following spectum noir pens.
IG1, IG3,IG5,IG7,FS1,TN1,TN3,DG2,DR2,DR4 and TB1,
 The flower is from Honeydoo stamps embossed onto vellum.
happy birthday die from crafters companion .

Had a fab time colouring this image look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations.

Lavinia stamps

Good evening Folks.
The Lavinia stamps April challenge is well underway on the Facebook page. The theme for April is Buds and Blooms. The prize is a £40 gift voucher to spend in the Lavinia store. to participate in the challenge and full details please follow the following link
  http://laviniastamps.com/lavinia-stamps-monthly-creative-challenge/

My cards for this month used the following products..
http://laviniastamps.com/product/fairy-pods/

The fairy pods were stamped onto parchment paper with white embossing powder then highlighted with clear winkastella.
For the background I used Evergreen bough and shaded lilac distress ink the Rose stencil is designed by Lavinia stamps and is available from  sweet poppy stencils. i then highlighted the border with a purple glitter pen  

For card 2 I used 
http://laviniastamps.com/product/thistles/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/zen-flower-3/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/zen-flutterby/
http://laviniastamps.com/product/magical-birthday/

For the background I used worn liptsick and squeezed lemonade  distress inks
First I stamped the zen flower 3 onto my card stock, then masked them before stamping the thistles, leaving the zen flower masked, I used ink dusters to do the background I then stamped zen blossom with scattered straw distress ink. Gave the flowers a stem using the fairy pod flower stamp drew in a border freehand. final touch was dots of glitter around outside of main flower then decoupaged  another flower on top of front flower embellished with red glitter pen and a black bead.

March mid-month

Hi folks.
Just a reminder there is still time to take part in the Lavinia stamps challenge.
You could win a £40 voucher to spend in the store, the theme for this month is colour, sparkle and bling. My card for the mid month reminder was fun to make. Loved colouring the toadstools, I used sukura gel pens. The background was made with distress inks, mowed lawn and tumbled glass.
I used the following stamps with Honeydoo stamps black sparkle embossing powder.
  http://laviniastamps.com/product/zen-toadstool/

http://laviniastamps.com/product/hanging-lanterns/

http://laviniastamps.com/product/tree-scene/
The hexagon shape and faux stiching was cut on the scan a cut. 

Looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations and good luck. 

Workshop Projects

Good afternoon. It's a cold but sunny day here in London. 

Had a wonderful day at Eileen Godwins workshop yesterday. Learnt a new technique that I've not tried before and really enjoyed making my projects. Was a very inspirational day. 

Great company as always with lots of crafty ladies. 

Also got to spend the day with a friend and my best buddy too.

 Thought I'd share my projects with you. 

This card was made using the Masterboard technique, which I love doing. 

The following two cards were made using the mica spray, brushos and cling film technique. Such an easy technique to do, think I'll be using it more often. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. 

Sketch Saturday #407 card 2

Good evening crafty friends. 

Hope your having a fabulous evening. 

This is my second card for sketch Saturday. Visited The craft show at Ally Pally on Sunday with my Daughter and my best friend, we had a chat with the lovely ladies at Honeydoo stamps, while there I was looking at all the stamps and thought to myself I'll use a Honeydoo set for my next sketch Saturday card. So on my return home an idea popped into my head. Last night I sat down in my kitchen and set to making the card. 

Distress inked the background with seedless preserves and shabby shutters. Then inked some pearlescent card with the same colours. Used Honeydoo bottle of vine and wine vine stamps. Used black and Purple Mirri card for mat and layering. Turned design 45 degrees for this card. 

http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.co.uk/