Glittery Celestial Tree

I have a card using Lavinia Stamps to share today.

I used the small Reindeer, Pipin, Celestial Tree and the little flower at the base is from the Foliage set.

The background was made with the Smoosh Technique and Distress oxide inks.

It is a one of a kind background that I'm not sure I could replicate unfortunately but it is great to be able to give someone such an individual card. as it turned out pretty cool I think.

I sponged on some mowed lawn oxide ink for the grass at the bottom and used peacock feathers distress ink around the outside to really draw your attention to the centre of the card.

I then used a glittery gold gel pen for a flurry of ''blossoms" on the tree.

I decided to leave this card sentiment free so that I can use it for pretty much any occasion :)

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps - glitter flurry

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Celestial Gold

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with love and laughter :)

 

I have one last Christmas card to share. :)

I made the background by brayering distress inks onto my gel plate and splashing on a little water and ink.  These Christmas cards have been my first time experimenting with a gel press and I'll admit, I threw a lot of attempts in the bin :(  But this is one of the backgrounds that really worked :)

I used Lavinia Stamps small Reindeer, Pipin and Celestial Tree to create a very clean and simple card.

I darkened the ground with a little charcoal, used a white gel pen for highlights and a gold glitter pen on the tree.  It is very sparkly in real life :)

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - sparkle and shine

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas filled with love and laughter.

Thanks for your support :)

Kathy

Snow Deer

 I have another Christmas card to share using Lavinia Stamps today.

I used the small Reindeer, Pipin and the Celestial Tree again but this time I tried stamping straight onto kraft cardstock with black.

I then used white ink to create a bokeh, snowy effect using circles of different sizes.

I also added some white ink to create the snowy ground they're standing on.

I used white gel pen to highlight the animals but the dots on the tree are done with a silver glitter pen. This was just a fairly inexpensive pen I bought from Typo and I was unsure how well it would work but it looks fantastic in real life, bright and sparkly :)

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps - Snowfalls

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - Christmas critters

Simon Says Monday - Ice Cold

Time Out Challenges - photo challenge

Thanks for dropping by to take a look :)

Kathy

Reindeer and Hare Christmas

I have been busy creating Christmas cards over the last few weeks and I have finally got around to putting them on my blog :)

This one is one of my favourites :)

 

I used Ranger Distress Inks brayered onto a gel plate to create the background scene.

Then I used a Christmas word stencil over the top of it and splashed on a little water.

The stamps are from Lavinia Stamps.  I used Celestial Tree, Pipin and small Reindeer.

I also added a little white gel pen the the animals and tree to highlight them.

I love these Lavinia stamps so much!!!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia World Challenge - anything goes

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Simonsaysstamp - christmas critters

Chocolate Baroque - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Celestial Tree

I wanted to try to make a Clean and Simple, but Grungy at the same time, card for a guy :)

I also wanted to use my new Lavinia stamps again so it was a bit of a tricky challenge I set myself but I was happy with how this turned out :)

I decided to mask a panel down the middle of white card.
I blended Tumbled Glass,  Broken China and Salty Ocean Distress Inks for the sky and              Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks for the grass.
Then I used Faded Jeans Distress Ink with a Tim Holtz stencil called Bubble from Set #5.

I used Archival Black ink to stamp the gorgeous Celestial Tree by Lavinia Stamps.
I splashed some water onto the card and some watered down Mowed Lawn Distress Ink also.

I wanted the dots on the tree to be white and used a white paint pen but I wasn't real happy with the look and ended up going over it again with white gel ink.

I cut some words from some paper by Bella Blvd and drew around them a little. 

I also added some Ranger black enamel accents and mounted the piece onto a black card.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps challenge - flora and fauna
Lavinia World Challenge - anything goes
Casology - Plant
Time Out Challenge - Free
Penny Black and More challenge - Boys and men
Ink Art Designs - anything goes


Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Celestial and Whimsical

I recently treated myself to some new stamps and being on a very tight budget that happens rarely.

I have loved Lavinia Stamps for a long time now because the designs are just so beautiful.
They are very different to what I usually use because there is no colouring involved!
And while I still love my colouring it was great to create something different.

This was my first attempt and I was pretty happy with how it turned out :)

I used Lavinia Stamps Celestial Tree, Whimsical Hares and Fairy Buttercups to create this little scene.

I used Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac and Black Soot Distress Inks for the background. I splashed a little water on top also.

I stamped the tree with versamark and embossed with silver and stamped the Buttercups in Faded Jeans Archival Ink.
The hare was stamped with Black Archival Ink.

I sponged on some white craft ink for the moon and also added some highlights with a white gel pen and Wink of Stella.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge : blue and silver

Ink Art Designs Stamping Playground : anything goes


I had lots of fun getting inky and playing with these stamps :)
Thanks for dropping by today.

Kathy