Look Up with Lavinia

Hello!  It's Thursday and you've got Colleen here to share a card.  This week at Topflight Stamps, we're focusing on Lavinia stamps, stencils, inks and more.  I knew I wanted to create a scene with the adorable Pipspell mouse.  I gathered the Lavinia Moon, Christmas Tree Group and Pipspell, and stamped them all in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Then I inked up grass and sky using the following Lavinia Dye Inks:  Della Blue, Graphite, Olive, Green Parrot and Violet Chalk.  I used a yellow ink from my stash.  Once the inks were dry, I splashed some water onto the card to create a magical touch.  The sentiments from Lavinia Sentiment Stickers - Uplifting Collection were added at the end:  "Look up and breathe..."

Have a wonderful day! ~ Colleen

Supplies used from Topflight Stamps:

Lavinia Moon

Lavinia Pipspell

Lavinia Christmas Tree Group

Lavinia Dye Ink - Della Blue

Lavinia Dye Ink - Graphite

Lavinia - Green Parrot

Lavinia Dye Ink - Olive

Lavinia Dye Ink - Violet Chalk

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Lavinia Sentiment Stickers - Uplifting Collection

You Hold the Power...

Hello everyone!  Betsy on the blog today sharing with you this encouraging card using

AALL & CREATE - Curiosities   stamp set

This is such an interesting stamp set and very different.  I love the ideas that were popping into my head just looking at it!

I started by stamping the hand on Neenah card stock and coloring it with Copics.  I used a 

Copic-friendly black ink and when I colored, I extended the arm as I knew I wanted it to 

come from the side of the card.

Note when I fussy cut out the hand I cut off the string and heart.  I trimmed my background paper to

4" x 5 1/4".  I then stamped the sentiment and I also stamped just the string with the heart...lining up the string with the point of the star.  After I colored the hand I took a black Copic-friendly marker and extended the outline of the arm.

Next I added Stickles to the heart and I dotted the background with it using a toothpick.  I then adhered the hand using foam tape making sure the string that was visible on the finger lined up with the string on the base of the card.

I adhered a piece of specialty card stock to my A2 size white top folding card base.  Then as a final bit of bling I used a sparkle pen there and there...and that finished my card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

aall-create-clear-stamp-set-209-a6-curiosities

Other Products Used:

Black Hybrid Ink

Copic Markers

Background papers

Stickles

Shimmer Pen

Foam tape

For a more detailed tutorial please check out my blog:

/https://caringheartcards.blogspot.com/

Thank you stopping by!

Betsy