Christmas Buddies

Hi everyone, my journey as Decembers Guest designer for Lavinia Stamps has come to an end - sob sob!!!

My step by step tutorial for this project can be found HERE

Ingredients used for this Step by Step Tutorial

I called this ''Christmas Buddies''

Lavinia Stamps

Bird Collection LAV756

Lupin LAV774

Fairy Forager LAV498

Winter berries LAV571

Winter Magic LAV708

Fairy Merry Christmas LAV130

Stars mini LAV 152

Mini winter berry LAV569

Elements ink Pads Sahara and Truffle

Versafine Clair Pinecone and Golden Meadow

Lavinia Stencil Brushes No 3, 7 and 9

Water brush

Silver Posca

Micron fineliner

WOW Platinum sparkle embossing powder

WOW Clear gloss embossing powder

Glossy Accents

Copper metallic/Mirri card

WOW Embossing pen

Kuretake Zig Clean Colors

037 Cornflower blue

034 Dull blue

901 Gray tint

072 Beige

071 Flesh colour

067 Mustard

064 Oatmeal

Here is the finished project

I do hope you have enjoyed my tutorial - fingers crossed

Hugz Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

crafting from the heart: Challenge 8 01/02 1/3 entries

LeAnns World 101: December - Challenge #67 01/01

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Out in the elements

 Hi all I was watching a Lavinia tutorial by Tracey Dutton and she inspired this project though mine did not go to plan lol.  I finished the scene, peeled the sticker stencil off smudged a load of ink over the card. Tried removing and made it worse.  Was going to bin it then had a lightbulb moment.  I cut the scene out. Took a piece of card as a panel, die cut a square to make an aperture, placed the scene behind, used double sided foam tape to raise the panel.  Finished off the front by stamping a few stars and using diamante for the centre of a few stars

I created the scene using the following products

Lavinia - hill mask, sticker stencils 5 (The square) and Inspirational words sentiments stickers

Lavinia stamps mini stars, Woodland hares, foliage set and mini holly

Versafine Clair Nocturne, medieval blue and warm breeze

Elements Sahara, della blue and midnght blue

yellow pastel pencil for highlights

Red glitter posca pen

White posca pen

Thank you for visiting me today - appreciate it

Elaine xx

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crafting from the heart: Challenge 8 01/02 1/3 entries

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Classic Design Challenge Blog December 01/01

Krafty Chicks 696 All Occasions 05/01 unlimited

The Creative Crafters 71 AG's 01/01

Magical Things

 Hi all 

After yesterdays scenery post I fancied making a clean and simple card, well one or two or more, will see how I feel lol. 

 I have several stamps I have not used so I broke open Fairy wish. Here are the ingredients I used

Cream card A6 size

Lavinia stamp Fairy Wish

Versafine Clair - Pinecone

Elements ink Della Blue and Sahara

Lavinia Stencil - Charming

Orange and gold glitter gel pen

Lavinia Sticker Stencils Inspirational words

Brown fineliner and sharpie

White Pastel pencil

Wink of Stella

Thank you for visiting me today - appreciate it

Elaine xx

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The Fairy and the Unicorn anything fantasy December 01/01 4/5 

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Classic Design:  AG 10/01

The Creative Crafters:  AG 01/01

Worldwide Crafters December AG's 10/01

Worship the Forest

 Hi everyone, hope you all had a lovely Christmas.  Mine was hectic and have spent last couple of days crafting.  Lots of cards made for my DT obligations so will not be seen until the challenges goes live. I have managed to get projects done up until June next year - yayyyyy !!! 

I just had to make one That I am able to show now, though it is not a card, it is being framed for one of my grandaughter's. It took me several attempts, in fact 4 attempts until I was happy with it. 

The size of this is 8.5 x 8.5 inch

I used the following Lavinia stamps 

Unicorn 2, Foliage set 2, Fairy path, Fairy steps, Forest Temple, Sacred Tree, Foliage set, Spanish moss

Everlee, Fairy Foragers, Mini Branch , Spellbound fairy, Woodland mice and Orchard Grass

Hill mask

Circle mask

Elements ink Della Blue, Midnight blue and Olive

Versafine Clair Nocturne and Medieval Blue

Pastel pencils Black, green, brown and white

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils numbers - 4, 5, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 131, 132, 170 and 177

Holographic glitter

Autumn spice glitter

Gelly roll stardust clear pen

Black glitter gel pen

Wink of stella

Thank you for visiting me today over this very festive season and loving every minute in my Craftroom - one bonus of living alone lol

Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

Ellibelle's:  anything goes 01/01 unlimited 

The Fairy and the Unicorn anything fantasy December 01/01 3/5 

Ally's Angels anything goes December 01/01 maxed

Crafty Addicts-anything goes

Creative Fingers: 268 AG 10/01

Classic Design:  AG 10/01

The Creative Crafters:  AG 01/01 TOP THREE

Worldwide Crafters December AG's 10/01 RUNNER UP and Gails Fave winner

Morgans Artworld 12 December AG's 10/01 WINNER

Four Quickie Tags

 Hi all a quickie post - I made these a few days ago - requested by one of my grandaughters, needing them for her friends instead of cards that is after me telling her I would not be able to produce four cards in the time she was here lol. 

Lupin and Lupin silhouette

versafine Pinecone

Stencils Lattice and Charming

Elements inks Sahara and Truffle

Brown33, ochre 29 and pink 131 Koh-i-Noor watercolour pencils 

watercolur brush

White pastel pencil

Jute twine

Thank you for visiting me again

Hugs Elaine xx

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Out of the fog and into the light

 Hello everyone, hope you are all well. 

I started this card last night and had to keep looking at it to determine as to where this eas going.  So this morning I added colour and white pan pastel plus a few other bits

Anyhow here are the ingredients used for this card

Cream DL Card

Brown Mat

Lavinia stamps - Wild Hares Large, Dancing fairies, Fairy Foragers, Foliage set and my new stamp Fairy Toadstool 

Elements inks Truffle and Henna

Versafine Clair Pinecone

Orange, yellow and white pastel pencils

Black fineliner

Titanium white pan pastel

Glossy accents

Gelly roll stardust clear pen and Wink of stella

Autumn spice and holographic glitter

Brown and gold glitter gel pens

Thank you for visiting me really appreciate it

Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

Ellibelle's:  anything goes 01/01 unlimited 

A Perfect time to craft anything goes December 01/01 unlimited

The Fairy and the Unicorn anything fantasy December 01/01 3/5 

Ally's Angels anything goes December 01/01 1/3 entries

Crafty Addicts-anything goes

Shine the lights on me

 Hello everyone

Last night I felt the urge to make a gift take and ended up making a coordinating card and bookmark

I used the following products

Lavinia stamps - Lupin, Fip, Eve and Berry leaves

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Elements Olive and Della Blue

Stencil - Replenish

Koh-I-Noor pencils purple and pink

Kuretake clean Colour pens. red and orange

White and yellow pastel pencils

Stix2 bookmark sleeve

Tassle from stash

Sakura Gelly Roll stardust clear

Wink of Stella

Blue and purple glitter gel pens

Fairy-tales glitter

 

Thank you for visiting me today, I do hope you pop in again

Hugs Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

A Place to Start:  anything goes 7/8 entries

Ellibelle's:  anything goes 01/01 unlimited 

NBUS Challenge: #57 New Lavinia stencil Replenish 01/01 maxed

A Perfect time to craft anything goes December 28/01 unlimited

The Fairy and the Unicorn anything fantasy December 01/01 4/5 entries

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Magic for you

 Hi all 

I am here today to share yet another card. I had the urge to use the gorgeous Lupin and fancied colouring him.

Here are the ingredients used for this card

Cream DL card

Elements - Olive

Varsafine clair - Nocturne

Versamark

WOW Metallic Platinum Sparkle Embossing powder

Lavinia stamps - Stars mini, Spellbound, Lupin and Faerie Spells

Stencil - Leaf trails

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils Browns 32 and 33, Red 170, pink mauve 177 and pink 131.

White pastel pencil

Wink of Stella

Brown Sharpie for the edges of card panel

Thank you for coming to visit me today

Hugz Elaine xxx

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NBUS Challenge: #57 New Lavinia stencil leaf Trails 01/01 2/3 entries

A Perfect time to craft anything goes December 01/01 unlimited

The Fairy and the Unicorn anything fantasy December 01/01 3/5 entries

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Secret Garden

Good evening, afternoon or morning , whichever the case may be 

Just a reminder Don’t forget, you can enter this challenge up to 5 times and could win a fantastic £60 Lavinia Stamps Gift Voucher! Entries close on the 25th of this month. After the Closing date, a winner will be drawn entirely at random.

To enter the challenge or to take a look at all the other beautiful entries, follow this link: https://laviniastamps.com/lavinia-stamps-monthly.../

Have fun creating

#laviniastamps

I have making this card on and off all day.  The first three ended up in the bin lol

I used cream card to make a DL size

Lavinia stamps -  Pipin, Mini North Star, Icicles, Fairy Path, Secret Garden sign, Wild Pine, Orchard Grass, Woodland set 2 and Winter Magic

Versafine clair Pinecone

Elements Sahara and Truffle

Yellow, orange and white pastel pencils

Water brush to take out the colour on the sign post and icicles 

Used truffles and sahara to blend in the path and sign

Wink of Stella

Gelly roll stardust

Holographic Glitter

Thank you for visiting me yet again - really do appreciate you coming on over

Thank you again

Elaine xx

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Bauble Watching

 Hi everyone!

Some inspiration and a little reminder for this month's Creative Challenge which is, ”The Magic of Christmas ”!

Don’t forget, you can enter this challenge up to 5 times and could win a fantastic £60 Lavinia Stamps Gift Voucher! Entries close on the 25th of this month. After the Closing date, a winner will be drawn entirely at random.

To enter the challenge or to take a look at all the other beautiful entries, follow this link: https://laviniastamps.com/lavinia-stamps-monthly.../

Good luck!

#laviniastamps

Here is mytep by Step Tutorial for Lavinia Stamps as December’s Guest Designer. The theme this month is ‘’The Magic of Christmas’’

I have called ‘’Bauble Watching’’

Here is the card I have made

Lavinia stamps used

Fairy Foragers LAV498

Woodland Mice LAV402

Woodland Hares LAV409

Fairy Fir Tree LAV478

Small Fairy Fir Tree LAV489

Small Pine Trees LAV836

Fairy Fir Tree 2 LAV477

Fairy Path LAV246

Bayleaf Cottage LAV685

Christmas Charms LAV696

Foliage set LAV679

Large Reindeer LAV481

Magnus LAV638

8x8inch card

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Versafine Clair Pinecone

Elements ink pads Sahara, Della Blue, Graphite and Truffle

Lavinia Stencils brushes size 3, 7 and 9

Signo Gel pens green, silver and red

Kuretake clean color pens  Mustard 067 and Flesh Colour 071

Black fineliner

Grey/Red/yellow pastel pencil

Titanium white Panpastel

Quickie glue pen

Starbrights Holographic glitter

Glossy accents

Circle mask

Torn paper for the hills/shadows

Frisk Artist Masking liquid

 

1 - 1 Using 8x8inch Multifarious card inked up the Bayleaf Cottage stamp LAV685 in Versafine Clair Nocturne and stamp just below the centre. Add the Fairy Path LAV246 stamp so that it leads up to the cottage, stamping in Versafine Clair Nocturne. 

2 - Next using Versafine Clair Nocturne stamp the animals, Woodland Mice LAV402 and Woodland Hares LAV409 in the front at the bottom of the card, as you can see in the picture. Then stamp a fairy forager at the top of the roof.  

 

3 – Now stamp the trees, Fairy Fir Tree LAV478, Small Fairy Fir Tree LAV489, Small Pine Trees LAV836 and Fairy Fir Tree 2 LAV477,  in Versafine Clair Nocturne .

These trees go around the cottage, with the larger ones at the front and the smaller stamps further away at the top of the card. You will stamp these in first and second generation stamping to achieve a sense of distance.

2. I decided to stamp the baubles onto the roof, the bottom parts of the Christmas charms set

3. I tore some copy paper and created the hills using No 3 Lavinia blending brush with Graphite Elements

4. Using circle mask, No 7 Lavinia blending blush and Della Blue Elements ink created the moon and sky

5. Using No 3 stencil brushed with Elements Truffle, Graphite and Sahara coloured Bayleaf cottage

 

6. Coloured the baubles using Green and red Signo gel pens.  Used red and orange pastels for the lamp light.  I used torn copy paper and Graphite Elements to create texture in the snow

7. I used The Kuretake Clean Color watercolour pens for the rope round the roof.

 Used Quickie glue pen and Glitter Starbrights Holographic glitter over the baubles. 

Stamped Foliage behind the stones and along the path using Vesrafine Clair Pinecone.

Covered the trees furthest away using  Titanium white Pan Pastel, 

8. Used glossy accents over the baubles

9. At this point I decided the scene needed. I used Frisk Artists blue mask over the trees where I wanted to do some more stamping

10. Once dry I stamped Magnus and Large Reindeer using Versafine Clair Nocturne

over the masking fluid to give the impression of them being between the trees

11. I used grey pastel to give more shading to the path and highlighted the gathered friends. 

12. I added more shading on the roof, mounted the card front to a black background and placed onto the 8x8 inch card base

I do hope you enjoyed following my tutorial.  Hugz Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

ABC Christmas - Y is for Your Choice (Anything Goes) 01/10 2/3 entries

C.R.A.F.T. #702 - Christmas the Last Stretch 01/01 2/3 entries

 Crafty Gals’ Corner #250 - ‘Tis the Season 01/01 2/3 entries

Creatalicious #273 - Anything Goes with option Last Minute Christmas 01/01 2/3 entries

 Inkspirational #305 - Celebrate 01/01 2/3 entries

 Krafty Chicks #694 - Christmas 20/12 unlimited

Little Red Wagon #735 - Christmas 01/01/ 2/3 entries

Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas 01/01 2/3 entries

Sweet Stampin’ - Christmas 01/01 2/3 entries