Lavinia - Fairy Wings...

 Happy New Year!

Hope you have had a magical start to 2023!

Speaking of magical, I have beautiful Fairy cards again today - can you tell these are a favourite to create!?!

Fragile Fairy Melanie is a Stamp It stamp framed by Lavinia Fuchsia and Dylusions Oodles of Foliage.

Luna sitting on her branch is from Lavinia and the background foliage is a Japanese wooden stamp.

Lavinia's Daydreaming and Creeping Vine and Hero Arts Blooming Meadow are the stamps used on the card below.

Stickles have been added to the Fairy's wings for sparkle as a touch of fairy dust!

Thank you for visiting us today!

Shell

xox

Lavinia - Fairies...

Hello,

I have five cards for you to day, all featuring beautiful fairies from Lavinia.

Card one: Lavinia Freya and all foliage from Kaisercraft - Full Bloom

Card Two: Lavinia Flower Fairy and foliage from a Japanese Wooden Stamp

Card Three: Lavinia Bria Rose, foliage from Kaisercraft Full Bloom, Butterflies are from Stampendous Butterfly Beauties.

Card Four: Lavinia Moon Fairy and foliage is Seasonal Tree from Lavinia and Dylusions Oodles of Foliage across the bottom of the card.

Card Five: Lavinia Moments Like These, Stampendous Butterfly Beauties and foliage from Kaisercraft Full Bloom.

All the backgrounds were created with Distress Oxide Inks on white card, then layered on coloured card bases.

Hope you are having a creative day!

Shell

xox

 

Lavinia - Pixies, Fairies and Dragons...

 Hello

Pixies, fairies and a dragon are todays' theme. The cute little dragon is from Lavinia and the funky trees on this first card are from a Kaisercraft set called Hey Birdie.

Fairy Chain Small and Creeping Vine (top of the card) are from Lavinia. The flowers and leaves across the bottom of the card below are from Kaisercraft's Full Bloom using Liquid Pearls for the flower centres.

Below: Lavinia Small Pixies and Miniature Stars are framed by Lavinia's Fuchsia and Hero Arts Blooming Meadow, again using Liquid pearls for the flower centres.

I really enjoy using these Lavinia Stamps!

Visit again soon,

Shell

xox

Lavinia Alana - Mermazing...

Hello,

Todays' card features an internal window-box into an under the sea scene. I have used a scalloped oval die on the front which is carried through to the inside as well. The beautiful mermaid on the front is Lavinia's Alana.

The wording and the images on in the inside of the card are from an unnamed stamp set that I have in my stash. The octopus and the jellyfish are cut from white card stock.

By using the same paper inside the back of the card and on the scalloped circle, the jellyfish and octopus are brought into the scene.

I had a great time creating this style card - the possibilities for themes are endless!

Have a great day!

Shell

xox

Lavinia 2

 Hello

Still playing with Lavinia Stamps, here is the second set of cards.

Backgrounds were again created first using masking techniques and Distress inks.

Stamps used for this card are Zanor, Zen Thistle, Orchid, Lavender, Fuschia, and Silhouette thistles.

The orchid was stamped in Versamark ink and white embossed, after the other images were stamped with Versafine ink.

White gel pen, Stickles glitter glue and Wink of Stella and Stardust glitter pens were used for highlights.

Stamps for this card are Toad Lodge, Small whimsical wisps, Fairy barnacle, Lavender, Spotty toadstools, Bats and Stone path.

Liquid pearls and glitter glue and Wink of Stella and Stardust pens were applied.

Stamps for this card are King Hopkins, Bogart, Lilly pad, Bullrushes, Bugs, and Fairy Orbs.

All images (except Fairy Orbs) were stamped with Versafine inks.

Fairy Orbs were stamped with Versamark ink and Perfect Pearls brushed over.

Sardust pens, Wink of Stella, and Stickles glitter glue were again used.

I hope these magical, whimsical cards bring a little light to your day.

Till next time

be happy

BaRb

Lavinia 1

 Hello

For these cards I went back to some of my favorite Lavinia Stamps.

Backgrounds were created first using masking techniques and Distress Ink blending.

Stamping was done with Versafine inks.

Stamps used for the first card were Mushrooms, Lilly, Lavender, Fern Leaf and Vine.

The Mini Flowers and Fairy Forager were stamped with Versamark ink and white embossed.

White gel pen was used to highlight stems, and Stickles glitter glue was added to the vine.

For the second card stamps used were Owl, Tree Den, Bluebells, Slender Mushrooms and Mini Slender Mushrooms, Creeping Vine, Whimsical Hares and Bugs.

Stardust pens were used for the spider web and hand drawn border, and white gel pen and Stickles glitter glue for highlights.

For this card, stamps used were Gaggle of Geese, Meadow Grass, Bugs, Birds and Mini Snail.

A gem, white gel pen, and glitter glue were again used.

For all cards the completed panels were layered on to white card, then on to a coloured card base.

Have a great day

Till next time

be happy

BaRb

Lavinia Mermaid and Stampendous Turtle Cards...

 Hello,

We are under the sea today - first, I created the backgrounds, then added the stamped images over the top using black ink.  The first card features Guinevere and Shoal of Fish from Lavinia. The cute little turtle is from Kaisercraft's Deep Sea Stamp Set, Sea Grass from Kaszazz and coral from Stampin' Up By The Tide.

Stampendous Turtle Trio (stamped a couple of times hehe) is the image I have used here.

This is Alana from Lavinia with her friends, Kaisercraft Deep Sea (turtle) and Stampin' Up By The Tide (seahorse). 

This happy turtle is Stampendous Sea Turtle and the coral and shell image is also from Kaisercraft's Deep Sea stamp set.

Hope you have enjoyed another under the sea adventure with us!

Shell

xox

Lavinia Mermaids Alana and Guinevere...

Hello!

The following Mermaid cards were created using gorgeous stamps from Lavinia. The backgrounds were created first using distress oxide inks etc, followed by stamping the images in black over the top.

The image used above left and below right is the beautiful Alana and Guinevere (above right and below left) is talking to her little seahorse friend who is from Stampin' Up's By The Tide stamp set.

The little fish are also Lavinia - Shoal of Fish. To create the scene around the mermaids, I have used coral from Stampin' Up's By the Tide and Sea Grass from Kaszazz. Some of the sea grass has also been gold embossed  and adding Stickles to the edges of the cards and to Alana and Guinevere's hair helps to bring a pop to the cards.

Lavinia has an amazing range of images, you really should check them out!

See you again soon!

Shell

xox

Lavinia

Hello

We are taking a little trip to the land of myths and magic today.
Stamps from Lavinia were used for these cards.

Backgrounds were created on white card using masking techniques and distress inks.

All stamping was done with Versafine inks.

Panels were then attached to card bases and designs highlighted with white gel pen, liquid pearls glitter glue and Wink of Stella pens.

The background for this blue card was created on patterned paper.

Stamped panels were matted on to coordinating coloured card, then on to the card bases.

Gems and glitter add highlights.

The outside edge of all image panels was framed with glitter glue.

Have a great day

Till next time

be happy

BaRb

Fairies and Woodland Friends - Lavinia Stamps

Hello

We take a little trip to fantasyland this time and for these cards I have used some of the gorgeous designs from Lavinia stamps.

The above cards were all created using smooth white card for the design panel. Backgrounds were first created using masking techniques and either distress, or distress oxide inks.

All stamping was done with Versafine inks. Black for main focal images (eg. animals) and colours for other elements. Wink of Stella pens were used for additional colouring (fairy thistles and cherry blossoms).

The panels were then fixed to card bases in colours chosen to correspond with the designs. Stickles glitter glue and liquid pearls were added for sparkle.

This design has been stamped on white gloss card. Hero Arts dandelion frame border was first stamped, then Lavinia's fairy and flutterby, using Versafine black ink.

Colour was added to the background by sponging on Distress inks.

The coloured panel was layered on to  black gloss card, then on to a coloured base card.

Stickles glitter glue was added for highlights.

I hope you have enjoyed our little visit.

Till next time

be happy

BaRb

Magical Cards - Lavinia, Hero Arts, Dylusions & Indigo Blu...

Hello,

Lavinia Stamps have a beautiful range of magical stamps - fairies, dragons, trees, fairy houses and so much more. Here are three cards I have created using Lavinia Stamps and a selection of other stamps to create mythical, magical scenes...

Stamps used on the above card: Lavinia Felicity LAV222, Lavinia Fuchsia, Lavinia Mini Flutterby and Hero Arts Blooming Meadow.

Stamps used on the above card: Lavinia Moments Like These, Dylusions - Oodles of Foliage, Indigo Blu and Stampendous - Butterfly Beauties.

Lastly, stamps used on the above cards: Lavinia Fairy Wish, Lavinia Fuchsia, Indigo Blu and Hero Arts Silhouette Burst.

I created the backgrounds using Distress Oxide Inks, then added all the images with Versafine Black Ink. Added rhinestones to the flower centres etc and finished off the edges of the cards with glitter.

Can't wait to create more of these cards!

Shell

xox

Fairies & Pixies at Play - Lavinia

Hello

We have been  playing with the fairies and pixies for this post.  Created with images from Lavinia.
Backgrounds created with Distress oxide inks. Images stamped with Versafine inks.

Would you like to join us?

Till next time

be happy

BaRb

Mermaids and Sea Friends - Lavinia

Good morning

These magical cards have been created using Lavinia stamps.

Backgrounds were created first, using Oxide inks.

Stamping was done with Versafine inks, and additional colour added with Wink of Stella pens.

Liquid pearls and Stickles glitter glue were the final touches to these designs.

Hope your day is magical

Till next time

be happy

BaRb