December Lavinia Challenge - Magical !!!

Hi

Well today is the start of a new Creative Challenge for Lavinia Stamps and for December's theme it's "Magical" .....

There is a Voucher for £40.00 that will be given to the winner to spend in the Lavinia Webshop ..... so come on get going and start today in creating what could be the winning entry..... Good Luck to you all !!! .....

If you take a look on Lavinia Stamps Facebook Page you will see the link that will take you through to the Creative Challenge on the Lavinia Stamps Website alternatively you can go direct to the Website and download your entry there .....

Oh Boy ..... did I have a great time creating the latest Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge Samples ..... Here are my Fairy Jars and to be honest I used so many of the different Lavinia Stamps I can't even remember what I did use ..... I am sure that it you picked any of the beautifully designed Stamps and included them on your Jars they would look equally as good ..... Tracey Dutton who designs them herself has designed some awesome stamps ..... If you need to use exactly the same or a specific stamp and you cannot find it please let me know and I will be happy to tell you there names .....

Well here they are my 3 Fairy Jars and I just adore them and they look especially beautiful in the dark with the twinkling battery operated candles glowing ..... They would also make beautiful nightlights for the children to sit and watch as they drift off to sleep ..... ZZzzzzzzzz .....

I do hope you like them as I adored creating these ..... I have added so many photo's in various stages of darkness so you can see what they are like in normal light .....

Anyway that's it for now as I am trying desperately to do my Christmas Cards ..... So till the next time I hope you all have a peaceful month and try not to stress too much with all the Christmas preparations ......

Take care and love to you all
Marianne
xxx

November Lavinia Challenge - Let it Snow !!!

Hello again .....

Well it's that time again ..... the start of a new Lavinia Challenge ..... Yay !!!

..... and for this Month's theme it's "Let it Snow" and I really enjoyed this theme but for me just not enough hours in the day for me to get all the ideas done out of my head .....

Now don't forget there is a Voucher for £40.00 that will be given to the winning entry to spend in the Lavinia Webshop so start creating that hopefully winning entry today and enter it into the Lavinia Challenge Category either on the Website or on the Facebook Page .....

Hope you are managing to get started on your Christmas Cards..... Well I'm so behind in fact haven't even started them yet ..... Think they will have to be quickies this year or ssshhhhh bought ones but I will try to get them done otherwise I will feel that I have failed myself..... Oh well !!! ....

Ok...... Here are my samples for this Month's Challenge ..... hope you like them ..... and mostly I hope they inspire you to enter this Month's Challenge .....

The stamps I have used in my first sample are .....

Zen Snowflakes
Woodland Hares
You touch the Dream within my Soul

Mistletoe

Red Squirrel

Fairy Lodgings

Tree Root

Tree Scene

Seasonal Words

Zen Snowflakes
Woodland Hares
Large Owl
Pheasant
Tree Scene
Seasonal Tree
Oak Tree

Snail
Snowflakes
Three Field Mice
Spotty Toadstools
Seasonal Words

You Touch the Dream within my Soul
Snowflakes
Icicles
Spellbound
Mooch

..... well that's it for now so off again to start my Christmas Cards ...... Mmmmm well maybe !!!

Lots of love
and take care till the next time I manage to blog .....
Marianne xxx

October Lavinia Challenge - Blue and Purple Hues

Hello again

I'm back to share with you another of my DT Samples for the Lavinia Stamps October Challlenge "Blue and Purple Hues"......

Don't forget that there's a Voucher of £40.00 to be won so come on get your crafting stash out and your Lavinia Stamps and have a go at creating a beautiful masterpiece that could win you that voucher to spend in the Lavinia Webshop.....

Here's my Sample card and the Stamps I have used are :

Fox 1 ..... Kernal
Fox 2 ..... Peri
Flutterby
Fairybarnacle

Well see you again soon and I'll leave you my card from 2 different views, one Front and one from the side .....

Hope you like it .....

See you again soon .....

Loads of Love

Marianne xxx

New Lavinia Stamps Challenge - October Challenge "Blues and Purples"

Yoohoo ..... It's me again ..... and it's already October ..... How time flies .....

I am here to tell that today is the start of a New Lavinia Challenge and for this October the theme is "Blues and Purples" and I really believe this is going to be a Theme that everyone is going to enjoy .....

Don't forget that the winner of the Challenge will win a Voucher for £40.00 to spend in the Lavinia Web Shop and remember there are some gorgeous new stamps to tempt you too !!!

I really have adored playing with the Blues and Purples hues as they really are such pretty colours ..... so go on get out your Lavinia Stamps and mediums and enter for the chance to win that voucher !!! .....

Here are my latest Samples using various tones of Blues and Purples along with some of the beautiful new Lavinia Stamps ..... I do hope you like them .....

For my first card I use the following Stamps .....

Guinevere (Mermaid) Stamp
Forest Spruce
Flutterby
and Fairy Barnacle .....

 

and for my second card .....

Eden (Fairy)
Mini Snail
Moon
and Ocean Flowers .....

Well I off again as I have some more samples to create and they again will be made in the Blues and Purples tones..... OOooooo I can't wait !!! .....

So till I write again ..... I hope you all have a super time in creating a project that could win your that Voucher for £40.00 .....

Take care and  lots of love to you all

Marianne xxx

It's "Archie" (Elaine) Maisey's Birthday today !!!

Hello

It's my mates Birthday today Elaine Maisey but we call her "Archie" after her little "Oodle" Dog who is a bundle of mischief and keeps her on her toes. always .....

So come on let's sing her the Happy Birthday song .....

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Elaine "Archie" Maisey
Happy Birthday to You.
From good friends and true,
From old friends and new,
May good luck go with you,
And happiness too ......

Repeat,  lol .....

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Elaine "Archie" Maisey
Happy Birthday to You.
From good friends and true,
From old friends and new,
May good luck go with you,
And happiness too......

..... and we hope you have many, many more Happy Days Elaine ......

Here is the Card and Canvas I made for her ..... Just praying she likes it ..... :0)

Loads of Love Elaine .....

Love from Me of course, Steve and all of my Furry Babies xxx

Welcome to Lavinia Stamps new range of Stamps and Scenescapes…

Morning .....

Oh boy how exciting is today ..... not only is it my 60th Birthday but Tracey Dutton of Lavinia Stamps has been working for the last 6 months designing 27 new Stamps and they seriously are so gorgeous ......

There are Foxes, Badgers, Squirrels and a Snail..... Moon, Mermaids, Fishes, Seaweeds and Sea Anemones..... Fairies, Fairy Houses, Trees, Toadstools and more and more .....

There are also some new Scenescapes that have been made using Alcohol Inks, they really are so beautiful and will work so nicely with the new stamps .....

Here is the link that will take you through to the newsletter and also where you will find inspiration from all the Design Team ..... There are also little pictures of all the new Stamps .....

www.laviniastamps.com/new-stamps

I can tell you this we all have adored working with the new stamps and I hope that the samples show you this .....

Below are my latest two cards using some of the new Stamps ..... I hope you like them and I hope they inspire you to maybe buy a couple and have a go at creating your own beautiful work of Art .....

I'm off now to start again on making some new samples .....

Thanks for popping by and see you all again soon .....

Lots of love

Marianne xxx

New Lavinia Stamps Challenge for September ..... Autumnal Hues ....

Hello .....

It's been an age since my last Blog but I am back and hopefully won't be going too far for a while.....

Today is the start of a New Lavinia Challenge and for September the Challenge Theme is "Autumnal Hues" ...... Oh how I loved creating my Samples this month just my kind of colours and one of the best times of the years too ..... Just look around you at the fantastic colours we are given to inspire us. just gorgeous .....

You could have the chance of winning a Voucher for £40.00 to spend in the Lavinia Webshop where you will find lots of beautiful goodies to tempt you ..... so come on start today and enter the Challenge and who knows it really could be your chance to win this months Challenge ......

This month I have created 2 cards using the beautiful colours of Autumn ......

Here is the link to the Lavinia Stamps Webshop ..... www.laviniastamps.com so go along and have a browse ...... there really are some gorgeous products on there along with inspiration from the Lavinia Design Team

My first card I have used the following Stamps and a Stencil from Sweet Poppy Stencils which were designed by Tracey Dutton of Lavinia Stamps ,,,,, They really are just so beautiful too !!!

Here is my first samples.....

and the Stamps I used for my card are:

Spring Trees
Maple Leaf
Midnight Meandering
Bugs
Fairy Web
and the Stencil I used is called Maple Leaf .....

My second sample is

and the Stamps I used are

Spring Trees

Bats

Three Field Mice

Tree Scene

Autumn Scene

Sky

So come on get out your Crafting Stash and start creating today ..... I'm off to get another couple of samples done so I can share them later in the month hopefully to inspire you further .....

Happy Crafting !!!

Loads of love

Marianne xxx

May's Lavinia Creative Challenge - "Spring Blooms"

Hello again.....

Boy that month went quick so off we go again, lol  .....

It's the start of a Lavinia Stamps New Creative Challenge and this Month it's "Spring Flowers".....

You could be in with the chance of winning a prize of £40.00 in vouchers to send in the Lavinia Stamps Webshop.....

Just enter your entry onto Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge and the top 20 with the most votes will be shortlisted and voted on and the winner will the be announced shortly after 28th of May.....

I have created 4 cards to help give you inspiration..... So get you crafty bits and bobs out and start creating today as you never know you could be the lucky winner this month......

I have used many of the stamps in these cards and I hope that they inspire you to have a go.....

 

 

 

 

See you again soon and thanks so much for popping by.....

Lots of Love
Marianne

New Lavinia Challenge - "Glitter it"

Hello again.....

On 7th April is the start of a Brand New Lavinia Challenge and this Month's it's ..... Glitter it !!!

We want you to join in and have a go at creating your own masterpiece using the beautiful Lavinia Stamps and enter it into this month Challenge and you could be in with a change of winning a voucher for £40.00 to spend in the Lavinia Webshop.....

From April 7th you’ll be able to upload your entries by clicking on the “Monthly Challenge” tab on the Facebook page and then all the Visitors to the page will vote for their favourite entries by clicking "Like". ...... so you can then get your friends to like your creative art work.

WINNERS
The top 20 entries receiving the most votes (likes) will be short-listed to go before the judging panel who will select a winner on the basis of style and creative use of colour.
The winning entry and the top twenty short-listed will be announced and displayed on our website and Facebook Page, Seven days after the Challenge ends..... Go on get creating !!! .....

Here are my Sample cards to hopefully give you inspiration......

For this sample I have used the gorgeous Moon Pods stamps..... Here's the link for the stamps http://laviniastamps.com/product/moon-pods/

 

...... and on this one I used the beautiful Single Glow Flower along with the Glow Flowers ...... both links are here http://laviniastamps.com/product/single-glow-flower/  http://laviniastamps.com/product/glow-flowers/

 

Zen Thistle were used on the below Sample ..... http://laviniastamps.com/product/zen-thistle/ 

 

 

......and finally Dandelions 2 stamp was used to create this bookmark ...... http://laviniastamps.com/product/dandilions-2/

 

 

I do hope you enjoyed you checking out my cards today and I'm hoping to be back real soon..... Well I will try !!!

Take care and lots & lots of love
Marianne xxx