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New Range of Van Gogh Art Products

We are delighted to have become stockists of Van Gogh products.

Paints, brushes and pencils that you can focus completely on your creativity and the painting process. Thanks to the lively colours you can do anything in your paintings.

Your inspiration determines the direction and the paint is your instrument. Van Gogh is therefore the ideal brand for the serious artist for whom quality is important.

Van Gogh Products

Also new in stock - Extra Sticky Tape

Layla Amongst the Vines

Another watercolour background created with diluted Brushos and Distress Oxides dappled with flicks of water off a fan brush provides a colourful setting for our lovely new fairy, Layla, surrounded by leafy vines and foliage.

Gel pens and Posca pens, together with a splash of eco glitter, complete the picture.

Music courtesy of Facebook’s royalty-free collection

The Products Used

Layla

Bramble

Wild Berry

Brusho Inks

Fan Brush

Distress Oxides

Stencil Brush

Posca Pens

Quicky Glue

Eco Glitter

Fairy Thistles

For today’s demonstration, Tracey first created the watercolour background with diluted Brushos and Distress Oxides dappled with flicks of water off a fan brush.

Our lovely Fairy Thistle stamp takes centre stage flanked by an abundance of foliage made with a selection of mini stamps.

Music courtesy of Facebook’s royalty-free collection

The Products Used

Fairy Thistle

Miniature Stamps

Word Stamps

Brusho Inks

Fan Brush

Distress Oxides

Stencil Brush

Posca Pens

Quicky Glue

Eco Glitter

 

The Lovely Liliums

Today, Tracey uses our luscious new Liliums stamps and makes them “pop” by applying a second, stamped flower head over each one. A touch of clear Glossy Accents and the illusion is complete.

The watercolour background was created with diluted Brushos and Distress Oxides.

Music courtesy of Facebook’s royalty-free collection

The Products Used

Lilium

Lilium Set

Miniature Stamps

Word Stamps

Brusho Inks

Distress Oxides

Stencil Brush

Quicky Glue

Eco Glitter

Make a Parchment Fairy Lantern

Design Team member Susan Bradney has created this lovely Fairy Lantern using parchment.

Read on to find out how she made it in this easy to follow, step-by-step guide.

susan bradney - step 9

The Products used…

A sheet of A4 parchment paper
A selection of alcohol inks
Alcohol blending solution
Versafine clair in nocturne
Black embossing powder
Selection of Lavinia stamps
Selection of archival inks
Double sided tape

The Steps in creating the card
(click on the first image to view as a slideshow)

susan bradney - step 1
Take a sheet of A4 parchment and cut it to the size. I made mine 7” x the length of the A4 sheet
susan bradney - step 2
Drop some alcohol ink onto your parchment followed by a couple drops of blending solution. Blow the ink around with either a hair dryer on low or a hand pump blower
susan bradney - step 3
Continue until the entire sheet is covered and leave to dry
susan bradney - step 4
IMPORTANT: Turn the parchment over and work on the reverse. Use an anti static bag to give a good coating all over.
susan bradney - step 5
Use nocturne versafine clair ink, stamp your main images and heat emboss these with black embossing powder
susan bradney - step 6
Use torn paper and archival ink to ground your images
Susan Bradney - Step 7
Using archival inks add some trees and foliage.
Susan Bradney - Step 8
Put a piece of double sided tape along one of the short edges and join both sides together.
susan bradney - step 9
Add a border to the top and bottom, it is best to do this after you’ve completed step 8, otherwise it could buckle. Add a battery operated candle and you have your fairy lantern

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will make your own lantern.

Susan x

New Additions to our SceneScapes and PanPastels ranges

Using SceneScape Backgrounds

These pre-printed background cards are really useful for knocking up that quick, last-minute card when you don’t have time to set up your craft area for an inking session. They are something many experienced crafters like to keep in stock, as well as being perfect for someone just starting out in stamping.

Lavinia Stamps have a wonderful range of SceneScapes to choose from, and to make way for some brand new designs about to be released, we are retiring a few of our older designs. So today, Tracey is creating some lovely quick cards using three of the end-of-line stock.

The Products Used

SceneScapes

End of Line SceneScapes

Seren

Mini Hares Set

Fairy Chain

Word Stamps

Glue Pen

Eco Glitter

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