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Bobby Under The Mistletoe by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again. Thanks so much for popping in today, I do hope you are enjoying our Lavinia Online Extravaganza.  Today I am going to be using a round card base, and a couple of our fabulous new stamps to create a festive design. The detail in the new Robin stamps is amazing. I am going to sit

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Bobby sings the Blues by Sarah Anderson

Just like circles, rounded squares are a great way of containing the various components within a design. They are quick and easy to create using Sarah’s “ink box lid” method and really help to highlight the main image. We are sure our new robin, Bobby, will feature on many a Christmas card, but here Sarah demonstrates how he is equally

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The Nook by Tracey Dutton

With the news that today sees the launch of her brand-new stamp collection, “Starlight Whispers”, Tracey has chosen to feature two of the stamps, “Edward” and “The Nook” in her demonstration. To create the background, she used the soft rubber Brayer Roller to apply contrasting shades of Elements Ink onto a DL-sized Gel Press, before taking a “print” onto a

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Freddie Lights the Way by Sarah Anderson

Playing with pigment powders and stencils is one of Sarah’s favourite things to do. It’s a relaxing, playful technique that can result in lots of backgrounds in a short space of time. The original background for this tag came from such a session and as a result, the tag was quick to put together. It’s also a great way of

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Blessed Harmony by Emma-Jo

Today, Emma-Jo is using our brand-new fairy cottage, “Woodside View”, as the focal point for this lovely design, stamping it several times at the base of the heart-shaped card. These fabulous cards and envelopes are fashioned from hand-made Khadi paper and come in various shapes and sizes. They have a wonderful rustic texture and unique frayed edges. Emma-Jo used Elements

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Festive Annie & Edward by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, thanks so much for popping in, on this, the first day of our fabulous online Hallaganza. I do hope you enjoy it.  On this project, I am going to create a magical scene inside a Winter dome using one of our sticker stencils, along with a couple of our brand-new stamps. For the finishing touches, we’ll have a

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Winter Chalet by Emma-Jo

Today Emma-Jo explores the new Starlight Whispers stamp collection and has chosen the beautifully detailed Woodside View fantasy cottage as the centrepiece for this lovely winter scene. She created a cut-out of the cottage and after colouring it with Kuretake Clean Colour Pens, applied it to the card with sticky foam squares to create a three-dimensional effect. A touch of

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Meet our New Jemima by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again. Today I am going to introduce you to one of our fabulous new Robin stamps. Meet Jemima, she is so beautiful and exquisitely drawn.  I will be stamping her on some gyp, along with the Mini Holly, and adding some Posca snow and a seasonal sentiment.  Some quick “wink-a-colouring” and the design is complete. This

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