Collecting Nectar

Hi all 

I have been playing with my all time favourite Lavinia stamp -  Open Dandelion and Tall Dandelion.  Here are the ingredients used for this card

 Ivory DL card with Orange and black mat and layering

Used low tack tape all round the card for a clean border.

Elements Sundance

Versafine clair Nocturne

Lavinia stamps - Bumblehums, Tall dandelion and open dandelion

 faux water colouring technique using Kuretake Zig clean colouring pens numbers 46, 50 and 52 lightly spritzed with water 

Flourish stencil

Orange and yellow Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz water colour pencils

White posca pen

Glossy accents

Thank you for visiting me, I love your company

Elaine xx

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Twinkle Little Star

 Hello everyone, I do hope you are well

I made this night time card and enjoyed every minute except for the two prior attempts lol.

I used the following

Ivory DL card , black and navy mat/layering

Versafine clair Nocturne, Summertime, Rain Forest, Cheerful and Twilight

Elements inks - Dark Denim, Graphite

Lavinia stamps - Lumus small, Moon, climbing ivy, fairy foragers, star cluster, dragon pods, orchard grass

Black and grey fineliner

Sakura Gelly roll stardust clear pen

Sakura black glaze pen

wink of stella

Quickie glue pen and holographic glitter

white pastel pencil.

 Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paint sets Pearl and Starry

Glossy accents

Sticker sentiments

Thank you for coming on over to see me

Elaine xx

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April Calendar page

Yayyy another page completed, though it took me practically all day.  

Attempted 4 times on card to work out where it was going and when it came to repeating my design I dropped my inkpad on the calendar.  So I had to complete it on a piece of card and adhere to calendar page.  The bad luck did not stop there.  I stuck it upside down on the page. I managed to peel it off and re adhere to page. I am relieved it is over lol

Anyhow here are the ingredients

Elements ink - Blue lagoon, Della blue, Confetti

Versafine clair Nocturne

Lavinia stamps - Lumus Large, Nia, Birds Cherry blossom

White and sparkle purple posca

Lavender and fuchsia stickles

White and grey pastel pencil

Black glaze pen

glossy accents

wink of stella

Lavinia feather leaf stencil

Sakura stardust clear pen

Koh-I-Noor pencils 36. 100, 131, 177

Black fineliner

Thank you for visiting me, really appreciate it

Elaine xx

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May your day be full of sunshine

 Hi all, hope you are all well and enjoying your crafty time.

It is time for a new challenge over at 613 Avenue Create which is always Anything goes with the optional theme of ''Easy Living''

I am on the Anything goes team

For today's project I wanted to revisit Lavinia stamp Mae as she is one of my favourites.

Ingredients used-

A6 size card base - yes a smaller one today

Lavinia stamps - Mae, mini fairy lantern, Pipin, Orchard grass and Fairy Lantern set

Elements - Truffle, Sunset orange and Sahara

Versafine Clair - Nocturne and Summertime

Brown and white pastel pencils 

Brown sharpie

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencil number 4, 5, 28, 29 and 132

Sakura glaze pen black

Silver gelly roll stardust gel pen

Glossy accents

sentiment stickers

Wink of Stella

Sandstone stickles

Thank you for visitng me again - love your company.  We would also appreciate if you come on over to 613 and join in with our challenge

Elaine xx

Let it fall, let it fall, let it fall.......

Hi all

 It is time for a new challenge over at Peace on Earth Christmas with the help of a new moodboard to help get those creative juices flowing

My inspiration came from the green fir tree branches, a bauble and the snow

For my card I used the following ingredients

A5 card blank (A4 card in half)

Light and dark grey card matt/layering

Versafine Clair- Nocturne and Spruce

Elements - Graphite

lavinia Stamps - Christmas charm, Reindeer large, Magnus, Small pine trees, Red pine small, Fairy Fir tree 2 and Christmas greetings

Sakura gelly roll stardust clear on the bauble and greeting

White pastel pencil

White posca pen

Thank you for visiting me today.  We would love you to come on over to Peace on Earth Christmas and share your projects with us - we gain inspiration from you

Hugs Elaine xx (DT)

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Forever blowing bubbles

 Hi all

For my card today I turned to an old stamp for a change. 

For this DL card I used black and turquoise mat/layering

A piece of Lavinia Dream-scape papers (really did not know what I was going to use them for lol

Lavinia stamp - Giselle and Faerie spells

Versafine Nocturne and Warm breeze

Hill, circle and White Orbs stencils/masks

Elements Dark Denim, Pine and Olive

Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz water colour pencils 9,18,19,36,53,54,55, 131, 170 and 180

White pastel pencil

Black sharpie

Glossy accents

wink of stella to blend

Thank you for visiting me appreciate it

Elaine xx

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With Sympathy SCAS

 Hi all it is time for a new challenge over at Simply Clean and Simple and the optional theme is

Off Centre

I decided to make a really hard card which we all find hard to make. I like to have a couple in my stash as when they are usually needed we are no state of mind to make them. 

For this one I used Lavinia stamp Lillium

I coloured just the one flower using a red and orange watercolour pencil and covered in glossy accents.

I used wink of stella over the others to give a little shine.

The sentiment is also Lavinia from the set Heartfelt verses

Layered on black cardstock

Thank you for visiting me today and why not make pitstop over to Simply Clean and Simple and join in with our challenge

Elaine DT xx

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Mini double tags

Just a quickie project. Found some tag dies in my stash, no idea of make. The dies I have are in different sizes so used 2 of them for this tag.
Lavinia hotpress Watercolour card
Nocturne Versafine clair
I used Lavinia stamps- Bumblehums, tree hive set, flower pods and flower pots.
I inked the background using the ink left on brushes (confetti and olive)
Blue, Yellow. white and orange Koh-I-Noor pencils
Wink of stella
sticker sentiments from my stash
extremely fine silver thread I have had in my stash for like forever lol,

I made this one using pound stamps - I am loving these. I would have to make hundreds of these to even make a dent in my scraps lol
2 mini dies( do not know origin of dies had them in my stash) with Lavinia watercolour hot pressed card
I used Versafine clair- nocturne, shady lane and verdant
Elements della blue, olive
circle mask
White orange, yellow and blue Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz pencils
Sentiment stickers
Honey comb stencil
Lavinia stamps - mini forest mushroom, mini leaf 5, slender mushrooms mini, flowers mini and bee mini.
Cropadile eyelet setter. White eyelet
Really really fine twine from my stash

 I think this one might be the last today. For this one I used

Versafine Clair Nocturne, Grass green, Bali blue, Shady lane, Hawthorne Rose and Lilac bloom

Elements Della blue and pine

Lavinia stamps Foliage set, Foliage set 2, Woodland set and Dana.

Sakura Fluorescent gel pens blue and pink

Yellow, red and orange Koh-I-Noor Mondeluz pencils

White gel pen

Wink of Stella

Cropadile eyelet setter. White eyelet
Really really fine twine from my stash

Thanks for visiting me today

Elaine xx

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Meadow

 Hello everyone

I was inspired by a live tutorial by Mona Hauge DT over at Lavinia Stamps

I used the following ingredients

8x8 inch ivory card not mounted as one of my friends popped in last and has taken this as she wants to frame it (saved me a card blank lol

Versafine Nocturne

Elements Dark Denim

Lavinia stamps new release Shadowbloom, Flower divine set, Moss flowers, Bumble and hum, Hummingbird large and small

Lavinia Dinkles for the background

Mondeluez watercolour pencils - blue, orange, yellow, pink and purple

yellow, pink Sakura fluorescent gel pens

Gansai tambi paints starry colours paints

Red, yellow and orange Kuretake Zig pens

Black glaze pen

Aqua gel pen

wink of stella

glossy accents

Thank you for coming on over

Elaine xx

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In Paradise

 Hi all

Here I am showcasing some of Lavinia's latest release of stamps - they are beautiful

Here are the ingredients

8x8 inch ivory card with navy and teal mat/layering

Versafine - Nocturne

Elements - Blue lagoon

Lavinia stamps - Large and small Hummingbirds, Moss flowers, Twilight Lily and Shadow Bloom

Koh-I-Noor Mondeluez watercolour pencils 4, 5, 15, 18,21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 34, 47, 60, 131, 132, 177, 178, 181 and 182

Stickles - Lime green, Cayman, Lavender and Golden Rod

Wink of stella

black fine liner 

glossy accents

Thank you for visiting me

Elaine xx

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