Our Guest DT Member for August is Angelique de Groot
My name is Angelique de Groot. I’m a 59-year-old Dutch woman, living in the beautiful Ardennes in Belgium (that’s the French-speaking part of the country) since 1995. Ever since I can remember I have been drawing, colouring and crafting. It kept me busy in quiet times, happy during sad times and sane in mad times. […]
Spellbound by Karen Telfer
Hello everybody. Karen here from the Lavinia Stamps Design Team. I hope you enjoy following the various steps involved in making this lovely card featuring the fairy, Spellbound. To see more crafty projects and details of my workshops, please visit my Facebook, Instagram, Youtube pages. The Products Used SpellboundTree BranchSmall TreesFairy Fir TreeFir TreeMini StarsDistress OxidesClair InksLavinia BlendersMultifarious […]
Lavinia Branded Acrylic Plates
Six Exclusive Sizes. At just 3mm thick, these premium quality Acrylic Boards allow for greater positional accuracy when stamping and are perfect for use with Lavinia Polymer stamps. They are long-lasting, easily cleaned and available in six exclusive sizes. Lavinia Stamps Acrylic Boards £4.45 – £12.50 inc VAT Select options
The Gathering by Lisa Taggart
This tutorial features some firm favourites from recent stamp releases and some brand-new stamps. Today we explore how to create a focal point for light and how to compose a scene around the light source. I show the versatility of the tree stamps and how with some simple masking you can group them. We also […]
The Forest Hare and The Pods by Jo Rice
Today, design team member Jo will share a design using the gel press and PanPastels. She will show us how to apply the pastels through a stencil and then take a print. She will finish off the design with some stamping using our new Forest Hares stamp. And you can catch up with Jo’s crafting […]
Poppy Fun by Karen Telfer
Inspired by coming across a sea of red poppies whilst on a drive in the country, design team member Karen created this lovely little folding card. It makes a fabulous project that you can follow along with in your craft room. You can follow Karen’s crafting journey at https://www.facebook.com/karentelfercraft
New Stamps – Forest Hares and Forest Creeper
A special launch to coincide with our Craft Store TV Show. We are delighted to introduce these two new stamps “Forest Creeper” and “Forest Hares”. These were brought out as part of the sets of Lavinia products featuring in the July TV shows. You can see the rest of the product line-up here â–º. Forest […]
Three Kind Mice by Tracey Dutton
Far from being blind, this trio of cute little field mice has nothing but admiration for the beauty of the leafy vine sprinkled in moon dust. The backdrop to today’s card was made using the Gel Press, brayered with Elements ink and dappled with diluted Brushos delivered off a fan brush. The Products Used â–º […]
Two cards with the New Stencils and Gel Press by Tracey Dutton
Last week we introduced the three exclusive Lavinia Branded Gel Press plates, three new stencil masks and six new Word Stamps. and featured a demonstration in which Tracey made a lovely card with the Square Stencil and Gel Press. Today’s tutorial features the oval and oblong sizes along with the stencils designed to fit them […]