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Step by Step by Elaine Langford-Pugh 💚
Hi everyone, I do hope all is good with you all. I am honoured to be able to share my Step by Step Tutorial with you hopefully as inspiration for the monthly Lavinia Creative Challenge. The theme for May is ‘’Favourite Florals’’. I have chosen to use Orchids as the entire focus for my project. It was one of my mother’s favourite flowers and a firm favourite of mine.
- I used a piece of 7×7 inch Multifarious card trimmed down to 6.75 inch square. Using Lavinia low tack tape I masked off around the edges and put another piece just below halfway down the page. Please check the picture for placement.
2. Using Elements ink Della Blue and a size 9 stencil brush I blended around the edges, inside the taped areas and repeated the process until I’d achieved the desired effect.
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- I repeated the process using Elements ink Violet Chalk again until I’d achieved the
desired effect as per the photo.
- I coloured Fairy Orchid Stamps LAV547and Single Fairy Orchid LAV548 using
Kuretake Zig Clean Colour Real Brush pens Green 040, Light Violet 081, Purple 082
and Lilac 083. I then lightly spritzed with water and stamped one so that the stalk
started in the lower section and the flower was in the upper section.
- I continued the process using both sets of the Orchid stamps. I stamped the smaller
flowers so they were in the lower section. Â
- I removed the low tack masking tape and stamped the Orchids outside of the
blended areas.Â
7. Using Versafine Monarch I stamped Birthday Wishes from Heartfelt Verses LAV677
 through the middle. Please see the photograph for placement.
- Using Multifarious card for matting/to create a backing card, I coloured round the
edges using Kuretake Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Pen Lilac 083 to tie in with the
images.
9. I put the front panel aside to decorate the 8×8 inch card base using the Lavinia
Flower Spray stencil and Elements Ink Violet Chalk in opposite corners.
- I edged the matt using Kuretake Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Pen Deep
Violet 084 to tie in with the design. I stamped Flutterby Mini LAV444 with the same
Kuretake Zig Clean Colour Brush pens I had used for the orchids. For the
Orchard Grass LAV672 I used Green 040 and Olive Green 043.
- Here is my finished project with the finishing touches using Silver Uni-ball Gel pen
 with a touch of glossy accents over the top. I put the Glossy Accents on using a
cocktail stick!
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I do hope you enjoyed my tutorial as much as I enjoyed making it for you.Â
Much love to you all.
