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Poppy Meadow by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here, from the Design Team. I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Today I have a Poppy Meadow design to share with you. I created it for a friends birthday as she absolutely loves poppies. For the background, I blended the inks ready to stamp over with some of our fabulous […]

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Pipin and the Christmas Tree by Jo Rice

As promised last week I am popping back to share with you a Christmas card design.  I have chosen a design that I feel is perfect for batch card making, along with using our technique of extending the background scene design. The Lavinia feather stamp makes the most gorgeous Christmas tree. I do hope you […]

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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 […]

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Fire Dragons by Jo Rice

 Today design team member Jo is going to introduce us to one of the wonderful new Lavinia Stencils. She will be showing us how to blend through the stencil plus how to get a bonus background. Then with the addition of just a couple of stamps, she will create a magical design. You can catch up […]

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Along the Edge with Dandelions by Jo Rice

Today, Jo demonstrates how to make this simple and effective card that can be adapted for many different purposes. She used our set of dandelion stamps for edge decoration and an optional sentiment stamp, against a stencilled background. Jo is a Lavinia Design Team member and you can catch up with her crafting activities on […]

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Pipin and Pine by Jo Rice

For today’s video demonstration, design team member Jo Rice shows us how she created this simple one-colour card using Pine from the Elements Premium Dye Ink range applied via one on the lovely Lavinia Stencils. Our cute little hare, Pipin, takes centre stage, with the foliage being provided by the Sea Flower and Mini Seed […]

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The Orb Fairies by Jo Rice

The Fairy Foragers have been out collecting orbs in this lovely card made by design team member Jo Rice. The background was created using a Lavinia Stencil and our Orchard Grass stamp. You can catch up with Jo’s crafting activities on her blog – https://jr-crafts.blogspot.com/ The Products Used Fairy Foragers Fairy Orbs Orchard Grass Stencils […]

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Maylin in Flight by Jo Rice

Today, design team member Jo Rice pictures the owl, Maylin, in flight above the rooftops, viewed through a foreground of foliage built up using our Tree Brand and Mini Leaf stamps. Finally, she creates a lovely evening watercolour sky using diluted Elements Inks. The Products Used Maylin Small Dwellings Tree Branch Mini Leaf Mini Foliage […]

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The Meadow Butterfly by Jo Rice

Design team member Jo Rice takes a stroll through a Summer meadow in this lovely card featuring one of her favourite colours. The warm sunny orange background was created by blending Distress Oxide inks and makes the perfect setting for our butterfly. What is YOUR favourite colour? That’s the title of our latest Creative Challenge […]

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