Lavinia stamps April challenge.

Hi Everyone. April has sprung into action, this year is going so quickly. Come along and join us at Lavinia stamps for the April challenge, theme is buds and blossoms. I have been having a play with some stamps I’ve not used for a while. For full details on entering the challenge pleas visit the Lavinia stamps challenge Here

         For this card I used the following Lavinia  stamps 

  Dandelions
    Trailing-ivy

                                                                       Brave and loved 

For the background I used, spectrum noir Harmony inks, straw bale, oasis and pumice. The images were stamped using versafine Claire. 

The following lavinia stamps were used for this card. 

Dream from the inspire me set

Honeysuckle

For the background I smooched distress oxide squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick and dried marmalade, using each colour separately, onto my craft mat then sprayed with water, I dried with a heat gun in between each colour. 

Stamped the honeysuckle randomly over the card, then coloured petals with sparkle pens. 

The following lavinia stamps were used for this card. 

Lilly

Dancing-fairies

Hare

For this background I taped edge of card with masking tape then blended distress oxide evergreen bough and salty ocean onto the card, then using same colour I inked through a free magazine flower stencil. The Lilly was stamped with Versafine Clair then coloured with sparkle pen. fairy and hare stamped with Versafine Clair 

Lavinia stamps February challenge

Good evening all.
It’s the first of the month so time for a new Lavinia challenge. The theme for February is: a place to escape too. Looking out my window I don’t think I’ll get very far with the snow that’s falling at the moment.
For full details please visit: https://laviniastamps.com/lavinia-stamps-monthly-creative-challenge. You could be the lucky winner of a £40 voucher picked at random, to spend in the Lavinia shop.
Good luck everyone.

For my first sample I used Spectrum noir Harmony inks.
Grasshopper, plum jam, winter rose, pale fig, and honey pot.

Blended inks onto Sheena card, then inked through the  inkylicious cloud stencil and highlighted with a white pen. 

I cut a random shape from photo copier paper for the hills and inked th grass area first. I Then used a white ink pad though a small circle 

For the sun, then highlighted sunbeams with a sparkle pen. 

Lavinia stamps
Maple leaf, Tree scene, Fairy Dandelions and Make a wish.

For my next sample I also used spectrum noir inks. 

 lemon tonic, straw bale, ocean blue, parakeet,spring meadow and grasshopper. 

For the hills I used hickory smoke distress ink.

For this sample I inked up the sun first, then blended in the blue colours. 

Next I masked off the grass area and blended the green ink onto the card. Moved masking tape down to the top of the grass area then using a paper mask that I cut from copier paper I inked the mountain area. To finish off added som glitter and white pen highlights. 

Lavinia stamps used for this sample. 

Dancing till dawn, Tree scene, Wild vines, and field grass

Have fun making your creations. Looking forward to seeing where your fairies will escape too. 

Congratulations to Karin Åslund's who’s entry “You Are Braver Than You Think” was selected by our Python Random Generator to win the £40 voucher in this month’s Creative Challenge.