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A Little Book of Spring with Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again! Thanks so much for popping in. Today, we’re creating a sweet little design that’s perfect for this month’s Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge — The Joys of Spring. We’ll be pairing one of our fabulous new stamps, Book of Spells, with a few well-loved favourites to create something full of seasonal charm. It’s also a great

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The Dreamatorium Grand Opening Spring Extravaganza 2025

Our Extravaganzas are always an amazing time for us and our wonderful visitors. But this year’s Spring Extravaganza was unlike any before it! After a magnificent renovation project, carried out with love and care, we were so excited to finally be able to open the doors of our fabulous new building, The Dreamatorium. Inside our brand-new dedicated workshop space, we

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Fairy Bookshelves with Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again—thank you so much for popping in! Today, we’re going to create a magical design using a lovely mix of old and new stamps, a background stencil, and a beautiful blend of ink colours. I’ve absolutely fallen in love with the new bookshelf stamps—they’re so versatile! You can fill them with all sorts of wonderful little

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Clock in a Dreamscape with Tracey Dutton

It’s widely known that when fairies have time on their hands, they love nothing more than wandering through a magical dreamscape—after all, it’s what makes them tick! You might wonder how fairies manage to know exactly when it’s teatime. Well, luckily for them, there’s always a Grandfairy Clock nearby. Inspired by this magical idea, Tracey designed the beautifully detailed Grandfairy

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Dreamatorium Cloche with Jo Rice

Hi everyone, thanks so much for joining me today! It’s Jo here, and I’m excited to share some ideas using the wonderful new stamps from our fabulous Dreamatorium Collection. Today we’ll be exploring masking techniques, allowing us to create depth by carefully stamping and layering various images. Subtle background stamping combined with gentle pastel shading will enhance the magical effect.

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Decorate an Apothecary Tin (part 2) with Sarah Anderson

Part 2 – The “Inside” Story. In Part 1 of this tutorial. Sarah showed you how to create your very own decorated Apothecary Tin, and asked you to imagine all the magical tinctures and enchanting elixirs the fairies might keep in theirs. In this concluding part of the tutorial, she describes the stamping and papercraft techniques you’ll use to fill

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