Long Time No See

I can't believe that this is my first post of 2018!

I suppose it's a bit too late to say "Happy New Year" but I hope that the year is going well for you so far!

Any way, I was loading some photos onto my computer and realised that I hadn't shared this ScanNcut card that I made way back in September 2017 so, here it is, quite simple really just lots of the inbuilt shapes and a bit of distress inks to dirty up the football. 

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Allsorts 456, Beginning with B, Ball,

Crafty Catz 405, Birthday,

CC133, Boys.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Hochanda Samples

If you were watching Hochanda earlier today you would have seen the lovely Amanda demonstrating some of the gorgeous new Lavinia Stamps. Just check out the beautiful Scenescapes that I've used in each of these cards for the backgrounds. 

I inked the ground for the first card and then stamped the Woodland Hares, keeping the rest really simple.

I added a lot more stamping to create this card, then added highlights using a white gel pen.

A bi of inking to create the ground then I stamped the script using Oxide ink, before stamping the Hare and Mia.

More inking to the ground for this one, before stamping the Small Reindeer  and hare. I have to say that the Willow is my most used foliage stamp ever, it really frames the focal area and looks just as good growing up as trailing down!

I inked a bit of a hill for this one before stamping Fayllin and the Hare using Versafine ink 

Another inked hill then the other Hare from the duo, before stamping Fairy buttercups for him to hide amongst. 

I inked the ground again for this one then simply stamped  the small reindeer and the Fairy Fir Tree 2.

If you did happen to miss the show, you can get to watch it here

 keep a look out for my sample cards!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julue.x

Autumn Equinox

The September's  challenge at Lavinia has begun and the theme this time is 

"Autumn Equinox" 

didn't see that one coming, did you? Summer breeze would have been preferable but alas, 2017 is racing!

If you fancy being in with the chance of winning £40 to spend on some new stamps, just Ink up your Lavinia stamps and join us in the challenge this month!

Two very similar cards from me this time, in fact the 

Oxide ink backgrounds  started off as one piece of card, I just love playing with these beauties, you never know what you're going to end up with when you lay down the colours on your blending mat. Have to say that the new Multifarious card works like a dream with the inks, I can't quite explain what it is but if you try it yourself you'll see the difference it makes. There's only one ink to use on our beautiful fairies and that's Versafine, it picks up every beautiful detail!  I used the following stamps on these two:-

Dragonfly keepers,

Seed heads,

Oak leaf branch,

Fern heads,

Fern heads singles,

Sacred spells.

All of these stamps were from the new collection as seen on Hochanda.

I used Wink of stella on the wings to add a beautiful sparkly shimmer

I'm using these cards for the following challenges:-

CACB, Mixed Media,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

More From Today

Here's a few more of my DT samples from today's 

Lavinia TV Debut

 at Hochanda, these were from the 2pm show.

My first is using the vibrant Colorbox inks.

This one was using the gorgeous Distress Oxide inks.

A cute CAS card

And another using Oxides. 

I'm using these cards for the following challenges:-

Penny Black and More, Creatures great and small,

MAWTT, Beginning with B.

If you'd like to see my samples from the 8am show please scroll down.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Did You Watch It?

Hands up who watched Hochanda this morning?

I did, and what a buzz to see a couple of my cards.

It was Lavinia's debut today, Amanda did a brilliant job doing the demos!

These were shown in the 8am show where the 

SceneScapes were featured.

There were so many sell outs that I'm not sure what is going to happen about the 2pm showing!

 I'm using these cards for the following challenges:-

Mod Squad, fantasy,

UCB24, Mythical.

Waiting now for the 2pm show, might see some more of my makes, I'm lucky to be part of such a talented dt.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Add Some Stamping

I'm a bit behind with my dt post, sorry Team Lou! 

The theme for challenge 166 is

Add Some Stamping!

The sponsor for this one is 

Krafter's Cart

For my card I stamped Bella's House, masked it and stamped my stone wall , I coloured using Copics and Polychromos. I added glimmer and doodling and mounted it onto my Background Script stamped and distressed using Oxide ink.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

FSC126, Use your inks,

SS August, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Forgotten Yupo

A few months ago, the talented Tracey Dutton of 

Lavinia Stamps called on the design team to help with some samples for an upcoming release, I took photos of my cards, posted them off but forgot to blog them once the stamps went on sale. I used a selection of Alcohol inks on

Yupo paper to create my background then

I used Blending solution to remove a circle of ink where I stamped the Moon then the Tree half.

Forgive me, it has slipped my mind which ink I ended up using to stamp onto the Yupo, I will add it once I remember. I cut an aperture from my card and placed

the yupo scene behind it.

 I stamped Fairy Inn and coloured using Copics, I cut this out, shaped it slightly and mounted it onto the 

card using foam pads. 

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

CAS Mix Up, August, recipe,

CAC, Mixed media.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x