Irish Fairy

I've had lots of fun playing with my gel plate, stencils and stamps this week :)

With St. Patrick's Day coming up, I was reminded of the stories my Dad would tell me of finding fairy houses in the woods when he was a boy living in Ireland.  I really loved those stories and so I was inspired to create this Irish fairy card.

I used Twisted Citron and Speckled Egg Distress Oxides on my gel press to create a background.

Then I used the Speckled Egg with the TCW stencil - Ethereal.  I also used the TCW stencil - mini confetti and lifted off some of the ink with water and sponged some Black Distress Ink around the edges through this stencil also.

I used these Lavinia Stamps to create the scene : Bella's House, Berry Wreath, Fairy Foragers, Mini Meadow Mushrooms, and Fairy Buttercups. 

I stamped Bella's House separately and coloured it with my warm grey Copics.  I had originally thought of having a colourful fairy house and so had coloured and cut it out a few times but I like the grey version better.  I stuck my other attempts together on the back of this one to give the house some depth without the amount of height foam tape gives.

I sponged around the edge with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and black Distress ink and added some word stickers and white gel pen for highlights.

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

Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge - use something green

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Lavinia Stamps - Spring blooms

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge - a bit o' green

Fairy Stamper Hugs Challenge - anything magical

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Whimsical lemon and orange

I've been having fun with my Lavinia Stamps again :)

I always get lost in my own little world while creating with these beauties :)

I did something on this card that I don't think I've ever done before.

I stamped directly onto some patterned paper, rather than building up the background with inks myself.

It kind of felt like a bit of a "cheat"?  But really I don't think it was.

I still did all the stamping and designing and added some extra ink blending to the card.  

But yes, having the background card did make it quicker and I'm a very slow cardmaker so this was a big bonus :)

The patterned paper is by 7 Dots Studio and is called Paint Chips.  It is a really smooth and thick paper, more like smooth cardstock and it worked beautifully for this.

I only used versafine black to stamp the images and some black distress ink to go around the edges and to create the ground the hare and mushrooms are on.

I also used some white paint to splash on some dots and added a few highlights with a white gel pen.

I used Whimsical Hares, Fairy Buttercups, Meadow Mushroom, Willow and Fairy Foragers by Lavinia Stamps.

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

Lavinia Stamps - orange and lemon

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

TCP Tuesday - slimline card

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Meadow Mushroom Hare

I have a new card to share today using gorgeous Lavinia Stamps and some stencilling.

The wonderful Meadow Mushroom stamp is the newest addition to my Lavinia collection and I couldn't wait to use it :)  It's gorgeous!

To create the background I used a piece of card that I had started previously which had the sun rays already on it. It was a second "print"  from another piece I'd been working on.
I had used distress inks to sponge on a colourful sky and then placed a sun rays stencil on top and sprayed it with water.  It created a gorgeous effect but I also noticed there was a lot of wet ink left on the stencil after doing this so I pressed it down on another piece of card and so ended up with two lovely backgrounds for the price of one :) Yay!

The rays were created using mustard seed, marmalade, raspberry and dusty concord Distress Inks.

I sponged some tumbled glass and broken china Distress Inks on top of the rays and splashed the card with some water and watered down Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

I also decided to add some stars.  I used Ranger Texture Paste for some and Versamark for others.
I then used a blue mica powder on top of them so they are actually shimmery.
I also added some "Disney stars"  to the sky with a white gel pen.

I stamped Whimsical Hares, Fairy Buttercups and Meadow Mushroom stamps by Lavinia Stamps using dusty concord, peeled paint and black Archival Inks.

I also used some Echo Park paper for the sentiment and strip behind the main panel.


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

Lavinia Stamps challenge - my favourite stamp (whimsical hares)
Lavinia World challenges - anything goes
Modsquad Challenge - silhouette time
Southern Girls Challenge - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown -  anything goes
Ink Art Designs - anything goes


I had so much fun creating this card.
Thanks for dropping by for a look :)

Kathy

Lilac Whimsical Hares

I had lots of messy fun playing around with Lavinia Stamps yesterday :)

I decided to use two of the Whimsical Hares this time along with Willow and Fairy Buttercups.

I used Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Dusty Concord, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough and Black Soot Distress Inks to create the background and then spritzed it with some water.

Then I used Dusty Concord Archival Ink to stamp the Willow and Fairy Buttercups.

The Whimsical Hares were stamped with Black Archival Ink and I flicked some white acrylic paint on top of it all.

I really enjoyed creating a scene on a circle rather than a rectangle and I was really happy with how this one turned out :)


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

Ink Art Designs - hashtag animal challenge

Lavinia World Challenge - anything goes

Lavinia Stamps creative challenge - flora and fauna

Southern Girls Challenge - anything goes


Thanks for dropping by for a look 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