Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge - Buds and Blossoms

Each month, Lavinia Stamps runs a Creative Challenge, with a different theme, and the chance to win £40 worth of their stamps.  The winner is chosen entirely at random using Python Random Generator, and you don't need a blog to enter, just click on the link here to find out what to do.

This month's challenge theme of  'Buds and Blossoms' was a perfect excuse to crack open this new stamp image from Lavinia Stamps - Star Burst.

I was shown this technique by Tracey a number of years ago and still love it - gelli printing with inks.  It's what persuaded me to buy my first gelli plate!   I brayered Colorbox Mustard and Artichoke onto a small, 5x7 gelli plate, and stamped Star Burst onto the inked plate first without any ink (which lifts it), then inked with Colorbox Plum.  These Colorbox inks react with water so I splashed the card with water droplets and lifted the ink off with a paper towel.  I finished the card with Star Burst stamped with Versafine 'Clair' Nocturne.

For my second card I created a Distress Oxide background before stamping Seed Heads using Versafine 'Clair' Glamourous and then Nocturne.  I stamped Aurora onto white paper too so I could paint up the blossom and glitter up her wings before fussy cutting and adding hem to the card.

Stamps Used:

Star Burst

Seed Heads

Aurora

lavinia stamps challenge: add some glitter

Finished my entry last night but decided to photograph it in daylight.

Oops, that was the wrong decision as I had failed (again!!) to read the rules properly and when I checked the blog this am  I would have been four hours late with my entry!  Ah well, it wasn't about winning as I won the £40 voucher a couple of months back (and just spent it on the new release!!)

Then, as I added the photo to my Lavinia Stamps album I discovered I'd used this stamp in a similar way already!  Never mind, I thoroughly enjoyed making it - digging out my gelli plate to add background texture, then adding more colour with a sponge and adding stamping then glittering up the fairy's wings. 

Here's my previous tag:

..and you can find the new Lavinia stamps here; I struggled to choose!!

my little princess

This is my very favourite photo of my little princess. She's not so little anymore, 12 last birthday. This was taken on her first day at Nursery. I added the wings and pixie boots a couple of years ago and now this little Sophie fairy lives in my workroom:)

another fairy

This sweet little fairy ATC is for the monthly ATC swap I take part in, and am always running late with!!