Lavinia World #42 ~ Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

 Hello everyone and welcome to challenge #42 at Lavinia World, where the theme is always Anything Goes!

I saw several of these cards being made by some fun crafters and wanted to try my hand at one.  I'm not too sure it's what I was expecting, but it's certainly different :-)  This card is called a "Turn me Inside Out" card.  Let me show how it works ...

So this is the front of the card. I blended the sky using various shades of Distress Oxide inks in blue.  Next I stamped the trees using a variety of Memento and VersaFine Clair inks.

Then when you open the card ... there is Santa and his reindeer flying over the tree tops :-) Cute, right?  Now here is something I have to share ... you really do need stiff acetate.  Mine was not that sturdy and since the Santa stamp is a rather slim image, I added another piece of acetate behind the original and then covered it up by placing a moon behind Santa.  

On the other side of the opened card, is where you stamp your sentiment and have plenty of space to write your own message.  I also cut a plain circle in white to adhere to the back of the moon, so you wouldn't see the double acetate.  Lastly I stamped and heat embossed a few snowflakes.

I think I will give it another try, but rectify a few things such as use a different image, use sturdier acetate and probably choose a different size as a card base. But all in all, I'm happy with the end result of this card.

Now here is the list of crafty ingredients, each linked to the Lavinia World store, for your convenience.

Lavinia Stamps - Fairy Fir Tree (Small)

Lavinia Stamps - Fairy Fir Tree 2 (Small)

Lavinia Stamps - Fir Tree

Lavinia Stamps - Fir Tree 1

Lavinia Stamps - Moon

Lavinia Stamps - Snowflakes

Lavinia Stamps - Christmas Night

Lavinia Stamps - Spirit of Christmas

Memento Ink - Bamboo Leaves

Memento Ink - Northern Pines

Versafine Clair Ink - Shady Lane

Versafine Clair Ink - Rain Forest

Distress Oxide Ink - Faded Jeans

Memento Ink - Paris Dusk

Thank you so much for coming by.   Now, it's your turn to make a project and come play along with us.  Although our theme is always Anything Goes, you do have to use physical stamps, either rubber or clear. 

 NO DIGI stamps allowed. 

The winner of the challenge will be able to proudly display our Lavinia World winner's badge on their blog, and receive a $15 gift certificate to the Lavinia World store.  Lavinia World offers the complete range of Lavinia stamps and papers.  Although Lavinia Stamps is from the UK, Lavinia World is a US based store that ships worldwide.

Also, please note that we are not part of any other entity or Facebook group that carries Lavinia stamps.  ONLY the cards posted to Lavinia World Challenges will be entered into the drawing for the Lavinia World prize. Also note that the gift certificates are ONLY valid at the Lavinia World store. 

 For more inspiration, visit our Challenge Blog and see all the wonderful and creative projects my teamies made for you.  We'd love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram too!

We also have a public Facebook Group called Anything Lavinia, where you can share your projects, interact with the Design Team, get inspired to create your own projects,  and ask any questions you may have about the wonderful Lavinia Stamps.  There are also challenges and prizes to be won!  One winner will be picked by our Designers.

Till next time,

stay safe and well!

Lavinia Word #33 ~ Spinner & Guinevere

Hello everyone and welcome to challenge #33 at Lavinia World,

where the theme is always Anything Goes!

I had so much fun putting this card together. I love Spinner, the dolphin. He has such attitude. You can see the playfulness in his expression. And, yes I did give him a googly eye because I dropped a marker right on his eye. And as you all know, there are no mistakes in crafting, only creative opportunities, right? 😀

So here is Spinner asking Guinevere to go play with him, but she is taking a little "me time", so he'll have to wait till a little later. Do you see how beautifully the new line of Fairy Hugs stamps work with the Lavinia stamps? So easy to build scenes and tell stories 💖 I used VersaFine  Clair inks to stamp spinner and all the underwater foliage. I stamped Guinevere using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, because I wanted to colour the rock  with copic markers.  I also used Fairy Hugs glitter on her body and on the seaweed floating in the ocean. I have listed all the supplies below.

On the inside I used the same beautiful Aqua Watercolor Strokes paper. I added the birthday greeting and seaweed to finish it off.

I love the translucent Fairy Hugs glitter.  Here is a close up.  You can see the Orchid colour beautifully, with the iridescent sparkle, but you can still see the mermaid scales of her body.  It's too cool to be able to glitterize (is that even a verb? 😀) an image without loosing its detail.

And here is a close up of the Ocean Fairy Hugs glitter.  This is not the translucent kind, so you get a solid covering of glitter.  Both types are wonderful to work with. They are super fine, iridescent and very containable which, as we all know, is very important 😀

Here is the list of all the supplies I used to make this card, each linked to the Lavinia World store for your convenience.

Spinner - Fairy Hugs stamps

Guinevere - Lavinia stamps

Seaweed - Lavinia stamps

Seaweed 2 - Lavinia stamps

Willow - Lavinia stamps

Fairy Barnacle - Lavinia stamps

Mystical Swirl - Lavinia stamps

Aqua Watercolor Strokes paper - We Are 3

Orchid Translucent glitter - Fairy Hugs

Ocean glitter - Fairy Hugs

Tuxedo Black - Memento

Bamboo Leaves - Memento

Shady Lane VersaFine Clair

Warm Breeze - VersaFine Clair

Purple Delight - VersaFine Clair

Morning Mist - VersaFine Clair

Acorn - VersaFine Clair

Quickie Glue Pen

I hope you enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed putting it all together. I love creating scenes,  especially if they're ocean kind🐬 

 Now, it's your turn to make a project and come play along with us.  Although our theme is always Anything Goes, you do have to use physical stamps, either rubber or clear. 

 NO DIGI stamps allowed. 

The winner of the challenge will be able to proudly display our Lavinia World winner's badge on their blog, and receive a $15 gift certificate to the Lavinia World store.  Lavinia World offers the complete range of Lavinia stamps and papers.  Although Lavinia Stamps is from the UK, Lavinia World is a US based store that ships worldwide.

Also, please note that we are not part of any other entity or Facebook group that carries Lavinia stamps.  ONLY the cards posted to Lavinia World Challenges will be entered into the drawing for the Lavinia World prize. Also note that the gift certificates are ONLY valid at the Lavinia World store. 

 For more inspiration, visit our Challenge Blog and see all the wonderful and creative projects my teamies made for you.  We'd love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram too!

We now have a public Facebook Group called Anything Lavinia, where you can share your projects, interact with the Design Team, get inspired to create your own projects,  and ask any questions you may have about the wonderful products we use.  There are also challenges and prizes to be won!  One winner will be picked by our Designers.

Till next time,

stay safe and well!

Christmas Snowglobe

Happy July 4th to all my American friends! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend. Welcome to Lavinia World's  4th challenge.

It's the beginning of Christmas in July madness, crafting friends, so what a better way to kick it off than with a Christmas snow globe.  I love snow globes! There's just something magical about them, don't you think?

Well, Lavinia Stamps aren't all just about Fairies. There are some other beautiful designs that go beautifully with the different seasons, just like the one I used today, called Mary.

Isn't it a beautiful silhouette stamp of Mary, Jesus and Joseph?

I enjoy using my stamps with dies, sometimes they just work perfectly together, as is in this case. The snow globe is a Moonstone die from Hundydory.  To create the background, I used various Memento Inks.

Mary was stamped using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

Mirror silver and gold card stock were used for the snow glove base, sentiment and other finishing touches.

 Here is the list of the materials I used to create this card.

 Each is linked to the Lavinia World store for your convenience.

Mary

Versafine Clair Ink - Nocturne

Memento Ink - Dandelion

Memento Ink - Tangelo

Memento Ink - Morocco

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will make a project to come play along with us.  Our theme is always Anything Goes as long as you use stamps, either rubber or clear, but NO DIGI stamps allowed. 

We prefer that your submissions use Lavinia stamps, but it's not a requirement.  However, if you do use Lavinia stamps in your project, your chances of winning are doubled.

The winner of the challenge will be able to proudly display our Lavinia World winner's badge on their blog, and receive a $15 gift certificate to the Lavinia World store.  Lavinia World offers the complete range of Lavinia stamps and papers.  Although Lavinia Stamps is from the UK, Lavinia World is a US based store that ships worldwide.

Also, please note that although we carry the full range of Lavinia stamps, we are not part of any other entity or Facebook group that carries Lavinia stamps.  ONLY the cards posted to Lavinia World Challenges will be entered into the drawing for the Lavinia World prize. Also note that the gift certificates are ONLY valid at Lavinia World.  

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 Please visit our Challenge Blog for more inspiration from my teamies.  We'd love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Till next time,

crafty hugs, 

Christmas in June :-)

Hello and welcome to Lavinia World Stamps' 3rd challenge.

Yes, crafting friends, I started on my Christmas cards in June :-)  Since I love everything about Christmas, it's never too early for me to start on my Christmas cards.  As you know, I also love stitching on cards, so you can imagine how much I enjoyed making this card.

I used Versafine Clair Shady Lane to stamp the Mistletoe image from Lavinia Stamps, and added pearls for each berry.  Next I stitched the pattern, from Stitch & Do 92 kit,  in green, red and white, and accented it with the same pearls. Using Versafine Clair Nocturne, I stamped the Fairy Merry Christmas greeting, also a  Lavinia stamp.

On the inside of the card, I continued the theme by stamping the Mistletoe image several times and in several angles along two of the edges of the card.  Next I stamped the Spirit of Christmas sentiment and added

one of the Fairy Forages.  As the greeting suggests, there has to be a fairy on the card, right? 😄

Since I didn't want to add the extra bulk on the inside of the card, instead of using pearls for the berries on the mistletoe, I added pearl dots by using a Viva Decor Pearl pen.

Here is a quick recap of the stamps I used with links to the Lavinia World store, for your convenience.

Mistletoe

Fairy Merry Christmas

Spirit of Christmas

Fairy Forages

Versafine Clair ink - Shady Lane

Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne

Well, crafting friends, that is it from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will make a project to come play along with us.  Our theme is always Anything Goes as long as you use stamps, either rubber or clear, but NO DIGI stamps allowed. 

We prefer that your submissions use Lavinia stamps, but it's not a requirement.  However, if you do use Lavinia stamps in your project, your chances of winning are doubled.

The winner of the challenge will be able to proudly display our Lavinia World winner's badge on their blog, and receive a $15 gift certificate to the Lavinia World store.  Lavinia World offers the complete range of Lavinia stamps and papers.  Although Lavinia Stamps is from the UK, Lavinia World is a US based store that ships worldwide.

 Please visit our Challenge Blog for more inspiration from my teamies.  Also, we'd love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Playing along with the following challenges:

Double D Challenges - Pick a pattern

I picked Swirls

Till next time,

crafty hugs, 

Aurora

Hello crafting friends. Welcome to challenge #2 at Lavinia World Stamps.

For my DT project today, I used the beautiful fairy called Aurora.  I thought that making an Aurora Borealis background would be perfect to showcase this beauty.  So here is my first try at the Northern Lights 😃

Aurora is one of my favourite fairies.  Although you can't see from the pic, and believe me I tried different angles, I sprinkled her wings with Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds.  Beautiful, delicate and magical! 

 Here is the list of Lavinia stamps I used to create this card.

 Each is linked to the Lavinia World store for your convenience.

Aurora

Star Blossom

Fairy Bugs

I used the same stamps to continue the theme onto the inside of my card.

I used a combination of Memento and Ranger Distress inks to make the Northern Lights and to sponge the night sky around them.   I used a white pencil to colour the Star Blossoms and then went over them with a clear Wink of Stella pen to add a little sparkle. This card measures 6.5" x 5" and fits perfectly in an A7 envelope, without requiring any additional postage.

Well, crafting friends, that is it from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will make a project to come play along with us.  Our theme is always Anything Goes as long as you use stamps, either rubber or clear, but no digi stamps allowed. 

We prefer that your submissions use Lavinia stamps, but it's not a requirement.  However, if you do use Lavinia stamps in your project, your chances of winning are doubled.

The winner of the challenge will be able to proudly display our Lavinia World winner's badge on their blog, and receive a $15 gift certificate to the Lavinia World store.  Lavinia World offers the complete range of Lavinia stamps and papers.  Although Lavinia Stamps is from the UK, Lavinia World is a US based store that ships worldwide.

 Please visit our Challenge Blog for more inspiration from my teamies.  Also, we'd love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Till next time,

crafty hugs, 

Meet Sebastian, the Seahorse :-)

Welcome to Lavinia World and to our first challenge.

Challenge#1 ~ Anything Goes

Although this Fairy world is very new to me, I'm loving every minute of it and having loads of  fun experimenting with my inks, that have been sitting on the shelf, very neglected, for quite some time now.

Isn't Sebastian, the seahorse, very majestic? 

Here is the list of Lavinia stamps I used to create this card.

 Each is linked to the Lavinia World store for your convenience.

Sebastian

Seaweed

Seaweed 2

Fairy Barnacle

Shoal of Fish

Deeper than the Ocean

The Sea Bubbles stamp was out of stock, so I took the back of a pencil and used it's little eraser to stamp my bubbles :-)  I think it did the job for now, what do you think? 

I used the same stamps to add a little scene on the inside.

Other materials I used are:

Teal card stock - GinaK

Memento Inks - Teal Zeal, Sky Blue, Morocco

Versafine Clair Inks - Shady Lane, Purple Delight, Acorn, Warm Breeze, Morning Mist

Fishnet die - Marianne Designs

Clear Stella of Wink pen and Clear Gelly Roll pen to add a little sparkle and shine, as you can see from the pic below.

Now that I have shared my card with you, let me tell you a little about our Lavinia World challenges that begin today.

Our bi-weekly Thursday challenges feature Lavinia stamps and papers.  Our theme is always Anything Goes as long as you use stamps, either rubber or clear, but no digi stamps allowed. 

We prefer that your submissions use Lavinia stamps, but it's not a requirement.  However, if you do use Lavinia stamps in your project, your chances of winning are doubled.

The winner of the challenge will be able to proudly display our Lavinia World winner's badge on their blog, and receive a $15 gift certificate to the Lavinia World store.  Lavinia World offers the complete range of Lavinia stamps and papers.  Although Lavinia Stamps is from the UK, Lavinia World is a US based store and ships worldwide.

Well, crafting friends, that is it from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and made a project to come join in the fun with us.  Please visit our Challenge Blog for more inspiration from my teamies.  Also, we'd love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

I would like to play along with the following challenges:

World Wide Open DT Challenges - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges - Use Ink
Classic Design Team Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafty hugs,

Exciting News!

Hello crafting friends.

 I've been sitting on this news just waiting for the time to come to be able to share it with you, and all the time doing a happy dance :-)  I have joined the newly created Lavinia World design team.

Lavinia World is a US based online store that carries the full range of Lavinia stamps and papers from the UK, and although it is based in the US, it ships worldwide.  The Lavinia World Challenge Blog will host  challenges on alternate Thursdays.  The theme for these challenges will always be Anything Goes, but you must use either a rubber or clear stamped image to play along with us (digi imates are not allowed).  If you use a Lavinia stamp on our project, you will automatically be entered into the winner's drawing twice.
I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce the rest of the DT.  If you click on their name, you'll be directed to their personal blog.

Alina Florea

Anne Temple - DT Coordinator

Debbie Sherman

Donna Ellis 

Julie Odil

Lena Fonkert

Lisa Fish

Lori Kobular

Steph Ackerman

Vicki Beall

I've been doing the "Carlton" ever since I found out about being a part of this amazing group of ladies, and although this is totally different for me, I'm very excited and can't wait to dive in!
Wish me luck!

The store is already open.  Our first challenge will go live on May 23rd, 5:00 am CST.

I hope you will stop by for some fairy pretty inspiration 😃

Till next time,