Birthday card with Lavinia stamps

This is the card I made for the hubster for his recent birthday.  He walks our local fell, Binsey, most mornings and from his morning musings and meditations is writing...maybe a book, who knows!  So the book mountain represents that and there is also a particularly tall tree by Bassenthwaite Lake that he is drawn to.  Oh, and the pheasant - Nick is not an animal lover but feeds the pheasants who visit our garden, from his hand and often twice daily.  The current visitor is Fred, who just hangs about on the steps until he gets fed.  Two, now very chubby, sparrows accompany him!!

All done with Lavinia stamps and masks on a previously made inky background.

Juliexx

A few Lavinias from 2021!

As there's a new release today from Lavinia Stamps I thought it's about time, I shared these makes from two years ago!!  Honestly - I load them into posts and they stay there as drafts which isn't much use is it!!

I love this style where the main image drifts over the side of the central inked panel.

Love the seed head and thistle head dies too!

Julie

Lavinia Zen Tree and new addition to the family tree!!

This is the birthday card for our lovely Holly back in May, and following a tutorial from Tracey at Lavinia Stamps  using the Zen tree and liquid pearls.  I made the background papers with Distress Oxides.

Very simple in many ways but loved the process.

My Holly and her Harry are also adding to the family tree (geddit!) with a baby brother or sister for Violet due at the end of December - almost half way!!

Happy News

Hugs, Juliexx

Foam Block Stamping with Lavinia Products

I absolutely love this foam block printing technique shown by Lavinia Stamps recently.  You heat the foam block with your embossing gun, then press a stencil or die into the foam which retains the impression.  You can then ink it up to make a stamping block.  So much fun and I intend to do it with my granddaughter later today as I know she will  love it!

The stencil and stamps are from Lavinia, and they also sell the foam blocks, but the sentiments are mostly PaperTrey Ink - hence the American spelling on neighbourhood! Such a great way to make some batch cards.

I've also made some with Marianne products which I'll share soon!  

Juliexx

Whale Card - Emily

This is my birthday card for Emily who loves the sea, water and dolphins and whales!  I made the background first with a bit of spritzing of distress spray pains, then added some Gesso through a Lavinia mask.  Added a few Lavinia fish stamps and then cut out the matt with a Marianne DL Distress Edge die - CR1569. 

Can't believe my baby is 28 years old now!xx

Birthday celebrations at Passion for Markers challenge blogspot

Hello there - today's card is for our new Birthday themed Challenge at Passion for Markers, as set by our lovely Sue - who is celebrating her birthday today so very appropriate - Happy Birthday Sue.

I love this froggy image from Lavinia Stamps and I was determined to fit our theme with the sentiment - luckily I had this one in my stash!

Lots of inky fingers and colouring - otherwise kept it fairly simple.

Our generous sponsor this week is Di’s Digi Stamps and they are offering one lucky winner a $6.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

Hugs, Juliexx

Lavinia Stamps and tutorials

I love Lavinia Stamps but sometimes just don't know where to  begin.  So, the Design Team tutorials are fab.  I've been particularly looking at  Lavinia creator, Tracy's, Jo Rice and Eileen Godwin tuts and had intended to go down to the Open Day at Lavinia Stamps on the Friday just gone.  However, the weather here has been atrocious and what with that and the distances, I decided it was best not.    

So the card above is following Tracy's tutorial and the one below is following Jo Rice's which I subscribe to on YouTube.

And it's very true that Jo said on her tutorial that once you have followed along, you  then start to figure out how you want to use the stamps.  I'll have a few more to share in a couple of days.

Juliexx

Lavinia Lodge

I love these new dwelling images from Lavinia Stamps especially as I could do a little colouring with my Copics and then do a little inking.  The trees are all the same stamp - Fairy Fir Tree - I just masked off the bottom for the one by the lodge and masked off the lodge itself to position it behind.  I used Versafine Clair Morning Mist for the inking along with some of Lavinia's Acetate masks for landscaping.  There was a little Twilight ink left on the acetate which has given this green/grey background which I think was a happy accident.

I am definitely going to make a few more of these for Christmas.

Hugs, Juliexx

Lavinia Moon Pods

A recent card I made using Lavinia Stamps  Moon Pods and one of their sentiment stamps too.  I coloured the moon pods with some Promarkers and Posca Pens.

Nice and simple!  

Hugs, Juliexx

Tracy Easson Mermaid

Something a little  bit different today using a Tracy Easson Angel of Love and Light along with some Lavinia stamps . I've stamped her on some inky backgrounds that I made with brushos and Distress Oxides.  I hadn't intended to make an underwater scene but once I'd stamped her (and using White Embossing powder ) I felt she had a bit of a mermaid feel to her with her flowing hair so I went with it!  I've then coloured her with my alcohol markers which have added to her other-worldly feel!  

I stamped most of the  plants and fish in Versafine Clair Twilight ink and then used some Posca pens and gold and white highlighter to add detail.

Finally, I've stamped some words from the vairous Angel sets that I have, agian with white embossing powder and fixed them in place with foam pads.

As I said, a little bit different but I do kinda  like it!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Lavinia Winter Stag

This is the card I made for our son at Christmas - he left it here so don't know what that says - he'll be getting it again next year though!!  :) :)   All Lavinia stmaps apart from the sentiment which is from Cat's Life Press.

It's still so cold and wintery here although the sun has been gorgeous and we've had some lovely walks along our lane looking over onto the awesome snow-capped fells here in the Lake District.  The snow in my card isn't quite right but I still love it!

Hugs, Juliexx

Lavinia Stag

A late Christmas card here using Lavinia Stamps and inky backgrounds!  Really liked how this one turned out which isn't alwasy the case!!

Back to cleaning the craft room - day three in progress!  Found loads of boxes with Christmas stuff that just might be useful so have managed to condense them down to around 4 (not including stamps/dies and papers)!  

Good day to be doing it anyway - looks like the drizzle is set in for the day.

Juliexx

Lavinia Stamps Blue Fairy Raven

Here's  a couple of quickish Christmas cards using Lavinia stamps and stamped in the Twilight Versa Clair.  I think I prefer the first one - don't think I've quite got the perspective right on the one with the stag. Love Raven though - such a gorgeous fairy!

Happy Saturday folks!

Juliexx

More Christmas cards with Lavinia stamps

I made this set a few weeks ago, again with the gel plate that I cut from a large square which I thought was wasted but I like the uneven edges this produces!

Hoping to get inky fingers again today and make some more cards looking at the Lavinia tutorials on You Tube from the Lavinia DT - so inspirational!

The ink hasn't blended quite so well on the next one but it does look like a blood moon which we are lucky to get occasionally  where we are.

Hoping to get inky fingers again today and make some more cards looking at the Lavinia tutorials on You Tube from the Lavinia DT - so inspirational!

Thanks for popping in!

Juliexx

Wintery Christmas Cards

Here are a couple of wintery Christmas cards - quick and easy with Distress Oxides and Twilight Versa Clair.  Watched a Lavinia Video using the trees just behind the hills like this!  

Hugs, Juliexx

Lavinia scenes

A while ago, I purchased a large square gel plate by Marianne Designs thinking that I could cut it to size to suit me.  However, it was very difficult to cut and I got rather jagged edges on the little rectangle piece that I'd cut!  However, I rather like the result I've got here with the uneven edges - it suits the mixed media style of these.

Once I'd  finished the rectangle topper, I then stamped the image again onto the card blank and fixed the topper in line with the stems.  

That's all for today -off to my craft room now for some more making!!

Hugs, Juliexx

More Autumnal feels with Lavinia Stamps

I started off making this card with just the oval coloured and clear white border but as you can see it didn't work - my ink leaked into the white border and so I ended up inking it all.  Having said that, I quite like the foggy , misty feel of it so decided to post anyway.  The pods are from Lavinia stamps and the Autumn tag  and tiny script stamp are from Marianne designs - MM1630 - a lovely mixed media set.

Have a great week,

Juliexx

Lavinia Twilight Trees

I fell in love with a card tutorial  that Tracey Dutton of Lavinia Stamps posted a few weeks ago on Youtube here.  I've also discovered that I can get Youtube in my craft room with the Firestick I have in there!  So I decided to follow along with the tutorial stopping and starting as I went.  I didn't have quite the stamps or products that Tracy used apart from the Fern branches so I made use of what I do  have and I was so pleased,  I went on to make  made ten cards to add to my Christmas stock.!!  Given me a lot of confidence with the techniques that Tracy showed too, so expect to see more!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Inky fingers!!

This is my card for my daughter's partner, who celebrated his 30th birthday this year (one of a number in our family!).  Happy Birthday Jack - present when we see you!!

I've used a Marianne Design Leaf Stencil for the background - PS8041.  The  main Dragonfly stamp is Visible Image and the smaller one, bee and flying geese are from Lavinia Stamps.  The tree top stamp and birds are Inkylicsous.

The little phrases are from Tim Holtz.

That's it for today - I'm recovering from a major walk yesterday- so shattered but did add two Wainrights to my count - 95/214!!  Need to get much fitter to carry on!

Have a good day!!

Julie

Lavinia Stamps for a change

I'd like to find more time to play with my Lavinia and silhouette stamps at the minute but it just isn't happening!  This one is a fairly simple card I made recently though that didn't take too long.  I do love all the makes that I see in social medialand  so hopefully, I'll get some more time soon!!  The stamps I used are as follows:

Luna Lights

Fairy Bells

Mini Toadstools

Pipin

The sentiment is from an old set that I have lost the packaging for!

Thanks for  popping in!

Juliexx