Magical Connection

 Good evening, morning or afternoon where ever you are in the world

I thought I would make a simple one tonight - relatively simple but messy - black fingers here lol

This is my fourth entry into Lavinia Stamps Creative challenge 

I have called this ''Magical Connection'' 

(The fairy's hair and the unicorn's Mane are magically entwined)

For this one I used Lavinia stamps Aria, Talia, Wild hares small, Tree of Hope and Tree of Courage

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Elements Graphite

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils green 27 and grey 35 lightly on the trees and no water

Holographic glitter

Sakura Gelly Roll stardust pens clear and silver

White pastel pencil

Black sharpie 

Thank you for visiting me tonight

Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

A Perfect Time To Craft 28/02 unlimited

Krafty Chicks 697 Stamps 05/01 unlimited

NBUS 58 Talia and Aria 01/02 unlimited

Moving along with the times New Craft Items Vine flourish and Rufus 01/02 3/5 entries

A place to start anything goes Jan 2024 01/02 5/8 entries RISING STAR

Allsorts 762 anything goes 15/01 2/3 entries

Sweet stampin - whats new with you - Aria and Talia 01/02 2/3 entries

Creatalicious 274 no option of snowman 01/02 2/3 entries

Morgans Artworld 72 anything goes 01/02 2/3 entries Sherry's Fave Winner

Taking in the Magic

 Good morning, evening, afternoon to you all dependant to where you all are living

I watched one of Tracy Dutton's tutorials mainly for practice with my Gel Press, trying to get the hang of it. Well after a few attempts I managed to make a background I was pretty pleased with BUT then I mucked it up with my stamping lol.  Then another background and another muck up and to be truthful I attempted 4 times since last night. At least I got practice with the gel press.

I have just this miniute managed to complete my card. (24hrs later!!!!) Phewwwww!!!!!

Here are all the ingredients used for my project 

8x8 inch card base - panel Multifarious card

Roland gel press 5inch circle

Elements ink pads - Olive, sahara and mulberry

Versafine Clair - Nocturne, Twilight, Warm breeze and Chianti

Lavinia Stamps - Mini Meadow Mushroom, Mini Slender Mushrooms, Foliage set, Meadow Mushroom, Fairy Foragers, Dancing Fairies, Fairy Toadstool, Flower pods, Vine Flourish and Rufus

Red Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencil

Yellow Glitter posca pen

black and white pastel pencil

Wink of Stella

Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pens - red, rose, purple, green and clear

Glossy accents

Thank you for visiting me I really appreciate it

Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

A Perfect Time To Craft 28/02 unlimited

Krafty Chicks 697 Stamps 05/01 unlimited

NBUS 58 Vine Flourish and Rufus 01/02 2/3 entries

Ally's Angels 77 anything goes 15/01 6/8 entries

Moving along with the times New Craft Items Vine flourish and Rufus 01/02 2/3 entries TOP 5

A place to start anything goes Jan 2024 01/02 3/8 entries RISING STAR

The Crafty Addicts 9 anything goes 01/02 maxed

Allsorts 762 anything goes 15/01 1/3 Entries

Sweet stampin - whats new with you - Vine Flourish and Rufus 01/02 1/3 entries

Creatalicious 274 no option of snowman 01/02 1/3 entries

Morgans Artworld 72 anything goes 01/02 1/3 entries

Snow is falling, all around me

 Hey all it is that time again over at Simply Clean and Simple and the theme is always Anything goes, the option is Winter.

For my card I used just one set of Card-io stamps - Surprise vist

Inks used was Nocturne Versafine Clair, 

Royal Blue versacolor

White Brilliance

White Posca pen

Black and orange fineliners

Crystal glamour dust glitter

Lavinia holographic glitter

Circle mask and stencil from Inkylicious

Here is the end project

Thank you for visiting I really appreciate.  We would love to see you join in with our new challenge over at Simply Clean and Simple so why not head on over and have some fun

Love always

Elaine DT xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

Classic Design Challenge Blog December 01/01

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A place to start anything goes 01/02 3/8 entries

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A Perfect Time To Craft 28/02 unlimited

The Crafty Addicts 9 anything goes 01/02 1/3 entries

Four Seasons January Winter season 2024 26/01 1/3 entries

Love Story

 Hi all 

I made this one this evening and will be heading to bed very soon however wanted to get this posted

For this I used a 7x7 card

Lavinia Stamps - Orchard grass, Field grass, Trinity, Fairy chain small, Small Pixies, mini hearts and musical notes large

Elements inks Truffle and sahara

Stencil Leaf trail

black fineliner

gold glamourdust

Sakura Gelly Roll stardust gel pen

Gold and bronze gel pens

black and white pastel pencils

sentiments stickers

Wink of stella

Thank you for visiting me

Hugz Elaine xx

This has been entered into the following challenges

Crafting Happiness anything goes 01/02 maxed

A Perfect Time To Craft 28/02 unlimited

Crafts Galore Encore 01/02 maxed

DL.Art Linky Challenge 01/01 maxed

Krafty Chicks 697 Stamps 05/01 unlimited

NBUS 58 Field grass, Trinity, Fairy chain small 01/02 1/3 entries

Ally's Angels 77 anything goes 15/01 4/8 entries

Moving along with the times New Craft Items Field grass, Trinity, Fairy chain small 01/02 1/3 entries

A place to start anything goes Jan 2024 01/02 1/8 entries RISING STAR

The Crafty Addicts 9 anything goes 01/02 1/3 entries

Magical Woodland in Turmoil

 Hi everyone, hope you are all okay. 

I had a brainwave this afternoon of a piece of work which will be framed. This will be my second entry in this months Creative Challenge

 I have called this 

''Magical Woodland in Turmoil''

Now you can all see how my brain works when  unchecked lol

I will try to explain the layout but doubt I will manage to do so.

Logan is actually jumping on the underside of the sun but that doesn't explain why the greenery is above him.  The tree he is supposedly jumping over is upright however the trees in the greenery are upside down or are they. Turn it around and they and the sun would be in the correct placement however the tree would be hanging from the sky, Logan upside down under the sun, the fairy would fall off and hurt herself and Lupin would be feeling sick with all the blood rushing to his brain. The fairies are sideways, upside down omg I myself am confused.  I will leave it up to you to decide lol

No matter which way you look at it someone is going to land on their head!!!!

Anyhow here are the ingredients used

Lavinia stamps - Lupin, Logan, Sacred Tree, Tree of Courage Small trees, Tree of Dreams, Firy Foragers

Versfine Clair Pinecone and Nocturne

Elements inks sahara, olive and della blue

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils

Browns 29,30, 32 and 33, yellow 3 and 4, Red 170, Pink 131, Green 22, Purple 8, Lilac 178

Glamourdust Crystal and gold

Holographic and Autumn Spice Glitter

Red, gold and purple glitter gel pens

Thank you for visiting me today. Love having company

Elaine

This has been entered into the following challenges

Lavinia Creative Challenge Woodland Magic 01/02 2/5 entries

Crafting Happiness anything goes 01/02 2/3 entries

A Perfect Time To Craft 01/02 unlimited

Crafts Galore Encore 01/02 2/3 entries

DL.Art Linky Challenge 01/01 2/3 entries

Classic Design Challenge Blog December 01/02 unlimited

Krafty Chicks 696 All Occasions 05/01 unlimited

Magical Gathering

Happy New Year to you all. 

There is a new Creative Challenge over at Lavinia and the theme is ''Woodland Magic''.  This will be my first entry for the challenge and for 2024. I am quite please how it turned out.

I used the following Lavinia stamps

Dancing fairies, Fairy Foragers, Star blossom, Spanish Moss, Rue, Everlee, Fairy toadstool , Winter berries

Elements ink Della Blue, sahara and midnight blue

Versafine clair Nocturne and Twighlight

Fairy-tales and holographic glitters

navy sharpie for the edges of card

Ranger glossy accents for toadstool

Ranger crackled accents for the blossoms and berries

sakura gelly roll stardust pen

Wink of stella

White gel pen and pastel pencil

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencils White -1, Blue 16 and 18 and Grey 34

Thank you for visiting me today

Elaine xx

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Lavinia Creative Challenge Woodland Magic 01/02 1/5 entries

Crafting Happiness anything goes 01/02 1/3 entries

crafting from the heart: Challenge 8 01/02 maxed

• A Perfect Time To Craft 20/02 unlimited
• Crafts Galore Encore 01/02 1/3 e
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Classic Design Challenge Blog December 01/01

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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

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday 01/01 unlimited

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Krafty Chicks 696 All Occasions 05/01 unlimited

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

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

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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

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 4/5 

Crafty Addicts-anything goes

Creative Fingers: 268 AG 10/01

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