Mid Month Favourite at Stamping Sensations

At Stamping Sensations we're halfway through our current challenge of Favourite Stamp. I love Lavinia stamps and my favorites are usually the flowers, but I do love this fairy  from Moments Like These,  she looks so peaceful. 

I've used another of the Scenecape papers and then built up the scene around her using Bell Flower Vine,   Fairy Buttercups,   Orchard Grass   and the Leaf Creeper stamp.  It's hard to tell from the photo, but I painted Diamond stickles on and around the foliage.

The rest of the team are showcasing their favourite stamps, so pleas pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find all the challenge details along with details of this months prize of Lavinia Stamps.

Avril xx

3-2--1 at Try it on Tuesday

 

The new challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight is Countdown 3-2-1  

For my card I've picked 3 Flowers - 2 stamps - 1 stencil.

I started with a white card base and used embossing paste through a TH stencil.  When the paste was dry, I spritzed with Victorian velvet  and although I dabbed colour off the paste, it needed brightening up so I dabbed white Gesso through the stencil.

My  2 stamps are AALL&Create 304 Heartfelt and an old Hero Arts Birthday greeting.

3 die cut flowers coloured with Picked Raspberry DI.

The rest of the DT have been very creative with their 3-2-1, so please pop over to the main blog for all the details.

Avril xx 

All Loved Up at TioT

February is the month of Love and we're feeling All Loved Up at Try it on Tuesday.

I've used one of the lovely Scenecape papers from Lavinia for my tag and stamped the fairy couple gazing at the moon. The sentiment was a magazine freebie from a while back.    My tag is very similar to a card I made a couple of months ago and the two are apparently being used together, lucky someone is getting a gift for Valentine's day!

The rest of the DT have some fabulous Love themed inspiration to share, so please pop over to the main challenge page where you will also find all the challenge details.

Some challenges for my tag - Shopping Our Stash - Love Me Do

                                                Creative Moments - Love  and Romance

                                                The Dream Factory - Love Actually

                                                Sweet Stamping - Love

Avril xx 

 

Favourite Stamp at Stamping Sensations

February!...   where did January go........ 

  

The first of the month means it's time for a new challenge at Stamping Sensations and this month it's chosen by Lynn and she would like you to use your Favourite Stamp and of course tell us what it is.  This month we have two prizes of Lavinia stamps but remember to be eligible to win, you  must have some real stamping on your project.

I have a few favourite stamps and it was hard to just pick one but Lavinia's Flower Divine Set has to be one of my favourites, I really do love those quirky flowers.  I've stamped them onto a Gelli plate background along with the Orchard Grass stamped with Twisted Citron DI, and coloured them with some neglected Sparkling H2O paints, and of course there's a good sprinkling of glitter, which sort of shows in the photo as tiny dots.  I then used a stitched and plain circle die to frame them, then mounting onto white linen card.

The rest of the team are showcasing their favourite stamps, so please pop over to the main challenge page to see, you won't be disappointed.

Some challenges for my card

Beautiful Blossoms - Florals challenge 37

Moving Along with the Times - Floral

Avril x