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Outline Stencilling by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here, thanks for joining me again. Today we are going to be having a play with a fabulous fun technique: Outline Stencilling.  This will be as part of a panel card, but the technique could equally be employed to give a full-sized background.  There are so many stencils that will work well and […]

A Festive Fir Cone Branch Design by Jo Rice

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English Bluebell Wood. A Triptych by Jo Rice

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Ariel Casts a Spell by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here from the design team. Thanks so much for joining me for another Mindful Monday.  Today we are going to be creating a magical scene with Ariel casting a spell, she has her cauldron at the ready, her wand and a couple of her spider friends. The stone stencil provides the perfect […]

Stefanie Moses is our Guest Member of the Design Team for May

Hello Lavinian friends. All of my life I have had a fascination with all things fairy. After seeing them for the first time on Youtube, I have been stamping with Lavinia Stamps for about two years and have come a long way since starting with just five Stamps. I love what I do and cannot tell […]

Bokeh Technique by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again from the design team, and today’s Technique Tuesday sees us doing something different. Have you heard of the Bokeh Technique? It is a photography technique where small areas of an image are purposely blurred. I have had great fun recreating the effect using the Archival Brilliance ink pad – Moonlight […]

Autumn Wreath by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again with another Mindful Monday craft session. Today where we are going to create a beautiful Autumnal Wreath design featuring the Small Branch stamp as the basis, and then fill in with various other stamps. We will be using some fabulous autumn colours of Versafine Clair ink pads and Elements ink […]

Resin on a Claybord – Part 2 with Tracey Dutton and Sarah Anderson

In part 2 of this video tutorial, Tracey Dutton and Sarah Anderson continue the craft room fun, exploring the use of Art Resin to impart a luxury gloss finish to their Claybord projects. They combine a wide range of stamping and embellishing techniques, utilising stencils, Posca Pens, foils and gilding flakes for those all-important finishing […]

Resin on a Claybord – Part 1 with Tracey Dutton and Sarah Anderson

Climb aboard and join in the crafting fun as Sarah Anderson teams up with Tracey today to demonstrate stamping and inking techniques on Claybord, using the Pure range of alcohol inks. They embellish their projects with foils and gilding flakes before coating with Art Resin to impart a fabulous deep, high-gloss finish. Watch part 2 […]