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Logan the White Hare by Stefanie Moses

Chris Birchall May 28, 2023

Hi, it’s Stefanie Moses here, the guest design team member for May.

Lavinian members have asked for a Pictorial using a white hare.

I hope you like it.

Products Used

Dinkles Powdered Inks
Logan
Versafine Clair
Gesso Paste
Posca and Uniball pens
Watercolour Brushes
Watercolour Pencils

Step-by-Step

: Step 1: I used Powdered Inks to make the background in greens, scarlet, turquoise and yellowrptnb

: Step 2: Then I stamped Logan the hare with Versafine Morning Mist.

: Step 3: I very lightly painted the hare using White Gesso.

: Step 4: Once the Gesso is dry I used a white posca pen, making small light strokes to create fur.

: Step 5: I very lightly used watercolour pencils, to shade the paws and around the underneath of Logan's eye.

: Step 6: I used a Watercolour Brush and a little water to blend the pencil

: Step 7: I used white Gelly Roll pen to add strokes of fine fur around the whole of Logan.

: Step 8: I used the Posca Pen and Gelly roll to fill in any gaps to make the fur appear fuller. And then the fuscia intense watercolour pencil for a translucent pink inside Logans ear.

: Step 9: Finally, I a Uniball Pen added the details to Logans eyes, to make them stand out

I do hope you’ve enjoyed this Picture tutorial. Happy Crafting!

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Shimmering Steampunk by Katarina Eliasson

Chris Birchall March 18, 2023

A stunning “shimmering steampunk” card created by Katarina, using a selection of the recently launched collection of stamps.

The “Clockwork Carnival Collection

Mica Mist Sprays

Versafine Clair

Elements Ink

Step-by-Step

: 1. Starting by randomly spraying Mica Mist Spray, Spring moss and Chestnut bay over the card. Spray some water over it to make the colours move. Let it air dry or use a heat gun to dry it. Then spray some Mica Mist on your craft mat, dip the Fan brush and splatter over the card. Make sure the card I dry before stamping.

: 2. Using Versafine Clair Warm breeze for all the stamping. Stamp Zia on the left side of the card. Wipe away the paint above her eyes on the stamp before stamping. Put the stamp a bit outside the card.

: 3. Now stamp the beautiful mask over her eyes. And don’t worry. It’s easy to get it in the right position to stamp.

: 4. Time to complete the steampunk look by giving Zia her topper hat.

: 5. Stamp the wings with 1st and 2nd generation stamps. I used a mask on her shoulder when stamping because I didn’t use the whole stamp.

: 6. Use the Flower mask and a stencil brush to make the pattern at the bottom of the card.

: 7. Time to stamp some words in 1st and 2nd generation along the right side of the card. You can use a Stamping platform if you find it difficult to get the words straight.

: 8. We need some Cog wheels too. Stamp them in the upper left corner. In different sizes and in 1st and 2nd generation.

: 9. Darken the right side with Shady Lane. Then use the Blue Belle around all edges to frame the card.

: 10. Now for the finishing touches. Spray some extra Chestnut Bay on the card if you want more shimmer. I just had to have some more. Time to mount the card and then it’s done!

I do hope you’ve enjoyed this Picture tutorial. Happy Crafting!

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Evening Sky by Mona Hague

Chris Birchall March 11, 2023

Products:

Versafine Clair Inks
Elements Ink
Bluebells
Small Dwellings
Tree Den
Sky
Oak Leaf Branch
Multifarious Card
Brushes and Smoothies
Posca Pens
Posca Sparkly
Gel Pens

Evening_sky_Finished_picture_nr21 (Custom)

The new Stamps can be found here: https://laviniastamps.com/clockwork-carnival-2nd-5th-march/

Step-by-Step

: 1. Stamp Tree Den (Lav642) in Versafine Clair Pinecone, and the Topper (Lav792) in Versafine Clair Morning Mist. Then put masking on both the hat and the tree, I use both masking sheet and liquid masking (not together). Liquid masking is great for smaller areas and finer parts, and the masking sheet is great for bigger objects.

: 2. Stamp Sky (Lav357) and Oak Leaf Branch (lav468) in Versafine Clair Pinecone.

: 3. Put masking on Sky Wings, then stamp the Tree Den on the right side, and the Oak Leaf Branch in Versafine Clair Pinecone . Do a second time stamping both on the left and right side with the oak Leaf Branch to create a fuller treetop. Now stamp the amazing Fairy Inn (Lav452) in the background.

: 4. Use the Hill Masks to create some mountains in the background. I use a brush with just the leftover colour from Distress Inc Black Soot.

: 5. To create the evening sky I used several Colours , but first put masking on the Inn. Then I start with the darkest colour in the corners. Distress Inc Aged Mahogany.

: 6. Now blend in the Distress Inc Dried Marigold. Just be sure to leave space for the yellow colour

: 7. Splash on some Distress Inc Saltwater Taffy

: 8. Then for some evening glow I use Pan Pastel Yellow. I have a brush only for yellow Pan Pastel.

: 9. Stamp two of the Tree Dancing Fairies (Lav136) in Versafine Clair Pinecone. Then stamp the beautiful new Rose Set (Lav795) in Versafine Clair Morning Mist. Now choose some Cogs from the three new Cogs collections Cog set 1 (Lav775) , Cog Set 2 (Lav776) and Cog Set 3 (Lav777) and stamp them in Versafine Clair Twilight . Stamp some around the hat and some for the fairies to play with.

: 10. Mask the roses and the cogs. Then stamp the Falling Ivy (Lav352) in Versafine Clair Shady Lane . Use both first time stamping and second and third time stamping to create depth . Put some behind the hat and some next to the hat. And the roses need to be covered in leaves to create a rosebush.

: 11. Still use The Versafine Clair Shady Lane to stamp Tree Scene (Lav219) in the background. Also here you stamp some first time stamping in front an do some second and third time stamping to create depth. You can see that I messed up in this picture, I forgot to wipe of the tree trunk and now there is a green line where there should not be anything yet. But just keep watching how I will cover it up later.

: 12. The amazing new background stamp Texture 3 (Lav788) is amazing to use as part of the ground. Stamp in Versafine Clair Morning Mist. I also put a little Elements Olive just on the ground in front.

: 13. Now we colour all the wooden things. I use Aquarelle Pencils because they are softer than regular pencils and the colours blend even without water. I use black, deep brown, redish brown and ochre.

: 14. Next we do all the blue, the hat the Inn, the roses, and the cogs. Use many different blue colours and then I use the white to help the colours to blend.

: 15. The stones and the roof need some colour. Use from black, dark grey, light grey to white to create depth

: 16. Time to create the whole front yard of the Magical Fairy Inn. Use many greens and a little blue. Try to imagine where there would be paths to walk on and keep these spaces lighter. Draw some straws on with the Aquarelle pencils to create some different textures on the ground. Use Elements Olive to gently fill in some more colour

: 17. Now it is time to colour the fairies and do some details with Posca pens. First colour the fairies with a brown pencil that is slightly darker than the Versafine Clair Pinecone colour on the side of their body that will be in the shade from the Light. Then use the white Aquarelle pencil to draw some lighter areas on the fairies to create the illusion of light shining on them. Also put some of the brown on the bottom halves of the fairies’ wings. Very lightly. Create some details on the leaves with brown and beige posca, White posca on every stone and cog to create highlights, and I use the Uniball pen where I feel the posca pen is too thick. I do some white dots several places on the ground to create some texture and light. I put white on every surface the light hits, even the straws.

: 18. More Posca fun. This time we do the roses and windows. I like to see some light coming from the windows of the Inn , so just colour them wite. The roses are a bit difficult to explain how to colour, but I use 3 ore 4 different colours and I make sure I don’t cover the stamped lines. This time the roses are blue to match the Inn and the Hat.

: 19. Posca madness , but only to create some texture and put some more colour on the ground so it is not just green . So put many dots on with all the colours that you have. The yellow is also used in the windows of the inn to give it some warmth. Then it is always fun to use a little glitter

: 20. Not long before we are finished , but I decided to add some more stamps, The sky was so empty and it needed some more flowers with a little colour in front. So, I found my Ducks stamp and did them in Versafine Clair Morning Mist. Then put some highlights on them. And finally I brought out my Bluebells stamp (Lav002) and stamped it in Versafine Clair Shady Lane . I stamped some in front and some behind the cogs . Colour them with Posca pens in the same colours as the sky. One final touch is to splatter a little white Posca pen on the picture and now we have a finished card . Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

I do hope you’ve enjoyed my Picture tutorial, and I’d love to see all your recreations of this make 🧚‍♀️ Happy Crafting!

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My Extravaganza Steampunk Tutorial by Janet Blaauw

Chris Birchall March 3, 2023

Products:

Versafine Clair Inks
Elements Ink
Mysticals Spray
Multifarious Card
Brushes and Smoothies
Posca Pens
Posca Sparkly
Gel Pens

The new Stamps can be found here: https://laviniastamps.com/clockwork-carnival-2nd-5th-march/

Step-by-Step

: First spray with the ink spray

: Then use a mask and add distress oxide

: Next, stamp the hat and colour it with Zig markers

: Mask the hat, whilst you stamp the ladders and mice

: Use Elements ink on blenders for the bottom

: Stamp the wheels. I used Cog set 1

: Now colour the wheels using pens or Poscas

: Now it’s time to stamp some trees

: Make holes in the hat and thread a string through them

: More blended Elements Inks to make the bottom darker

: This provides a nice base to the picture

: Stamp the accessories

: Make it dark around the edges

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A Mermaid Card by Mona Hauge

Chris Birchall February 16, 2023

Products:

A5 Multifarious white card, Versafine Clair Twilight, Monarch, Purple Delight, Warm Breeze, Medieval Blue, Rain Forest, Shady Lane and Morning Mist, Embossing powder, Liquid masking, Hill Mask, Elements Ink Graphite, Violet Chalk, Blue Atoll and Dark Denim, Mask Away Block, Watercolour pencils, white Gelly Roll pen, white Posca pen, Glitter Glue.

Stamps: Althea LAV617, Zelith LAV616, Mini Crown LAV622, Stamp Glow Flowers LAV388, Foxglove LAV475, Fairy Bonnet Set LAV612, Stamp Urchins LAV631, Marine Kelp LAV625, Willow LAV173, Far World Castle LAV543, Forest Spruce LAV428, Spanish Moss Foliage LAV505

Step-by-Step

: Stamp Althea LAV617, Zelith LAV616 and Mini Crown LAV622 onto A5 Multifarious white card using Versafine Clair Twilight. Put Embossing powder on the crown and blow dry. Apply Liquid Masking to both the mermaids.

: Stamp Glow Flowers LAV388 and Foxglove LAV475 with Versafine Clair Monarch and Purple Delight and Fairy Bonnet Set LAV612 with Versafine Clair Warm Breeze.
Stamp Urchins LAV631 with Versafine Clair Medieval Blue, Marine Kelp LAV625 with Versafine Clair Rain Forest and Willow LAV173 with Versafine Clair Shady Lane.
Use a Hill Mask to create some rocks, hills, and ocean floor with Elements Ink Graphite.

: Add a few more hills and then stamp the Far World Castle LAV543 with Versafine Clair Morning Mist.
I stamped some with first generation and some with the fainter second generation stamp to create the illusion of some being further away.

: Stamp just the ends of the Forest Spruce LAV428 and the ends of Spanish Moss Foliage LAV505 with Versafine Clair Monarch, Purple Delight, Shady Lane, and Rain Forest on the rocks and some on the ocean floor. Make sure to leave some spaces without "grass" in the background.

: Very gently remove the Liquid Masking on the mermaids using a Mask Away Block. Add some background colour (and on the mermaids) with Elements Ink Violet Chalk. Just brush on top of the flowers and the castle. Make sure to keep the middle part white.
Using Elements Ink Blue Atoll, add colour to the mermaids and fill in the white centre with some lovely blue!

: Simply darken the corners with Elements Ink Dark Denim.

: To bring a little warmth to the design, use a little bit of Elements Ink Violet Chalk on some of the rocks and some of the grass.

: Then use soft watercolour pencils to colour the mermaids. I chose one green and one purple. So, both have 4 different shades on them. The darker colour on their backs and a lighter colour towards the front. Finish using the white pencil to highlight the front of the mermaids.

: Colour their hair to match their bodies and colour the Glow Flowers, Foxgloves and Urchins with the purples, blues and pinks, and the Fairy Bonnets with a light blue!

: Continue to colour the rest of the grass, trying not to colour anything in one solid colour. Either colour only half of things or use one lighter and one darker colour. Also shade in the ocean floor and in between the stones. Some of the grass may not look like it is connected to the surface, so colour to make it look like it grows from the ground. The castles got a little colour on them too, just to make them look complete.

: Use the white pencil to draw some highlights on the vegetation and on the rocks and the ocean floor.

: Use a white Gelly Roll and/or Uniball pen to create light reflections and highlights on everything. Put white light in all the castle windows and some small dots on the ocean floor to make it look like shiny sand.

: A white Posca pen to create some bubbles/small floating orbs in the water. Just make dots in groups and some dots coming from the mermaids mouths and some of the flowers.

: And finally some glitter glue to make it sparkle !! Now it is finished !

: I hope this was a fun experience for you all !! – Mona

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Dance your life by Uli Delli

Chris Birchall October 8, 2022

Today, former guest member of our design team, Uli Delli, takes us step-by-step through the process of making this lovely card featuring the dancing mice.

The Products Used

Basil and Bibi
Minni and Moo
Tilly and Tango
Multifarious Card
Acrylic Spray
Periwinkle Spray
Mica Mist
Versafine Clair Nocturn
Versafine Clair Blue Belle
Stencil

The Steps in Creating the Card
(click on the first image to view as a slideshow)

: Spray white acrylic spray on multifarious card. Place the stencil on the wet card and spray periwinkle acrylic spray and mahogany twist mica spray over the stencil. Remove the stencil. Dry the background with a heat gun.

: Highlight the pattern of the sprayed background with white color pencil (I used polychromos by Faber-Castell). Shade the edges of the pattern with purple and pink colour pencil. Draw a line with a ruler as edge of the stage. Enhance the edge with the purple colour pencil and shade the bottom part with the white colour pencil. Add a bit shine with a transparent glitter gel pen.

: Add pastel shading and smudge with your finger.

: Place the stamps to estimate the layout.

: Colour the Stamps with Versafine Clair Blue Bell and add Noctourne on the edges. After stamping and drying, darken the edges with a black colour pencil

: Imagine the light-source in above the stage. Add highlights with a transparent glitter pen. Colour shadows behind each mouse. Die-cut the letters and glue it on the card. For a more dramatic feeling, blend Versafine Clair Bluebelle and Noctourne around the edges.

: A close-up of happy dancing mice

I hope you like the technique and give it a go.

Play and have fun!

Uli xx

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Hangin’ Out by Uli Delli

Chris Birchall June 22, 2022

Hello, I’m Uli Delli, and as this month’s guest designer I’d like to share with you this step-by-step tutorial.

The theme of this card celebrated the mischievousness of the cute Lavinia mice as they hang out while Bibi sets the rhythm for them.

The Products Used

Basil and Bibi
Minni and Moo
Tilly and Tango
Mini Star Group
Stencils
Versafine Clair Inks
Distress Oxides
Multifarious Card

The Steps in Creating the Card
(click on the first image to view as a slideshow)

: Place the Block Print stencil on a kitchen towel. Dab Distress Oxide Ink directly onto the stencil. Start with the lightest colour at the top, in the middle the slightly darker colour and below the darkest colour.

: Spray water on the stencil. The stencil should be properly wet. Gently pat the top edge dry with a kitchen towel.

: Slowly turn the stencil over and carefully place it onto the Multifarious Card. Place the dark coloured part of the stencil at the bottom of the paper. There should be some space left at the top. Do not press! Leave the stencil on the paper for a minute to allow the ink to transfer well.

: Carefully lift off the stencil. Let the paper dry.

: Fix the paper to your work surface with washi tape.

: Place the stencil exactly over the design. Fix the stencil with a strip of washi tape on the right side (if you're right-handed - otherwise on the left side.) You should now be able to fold the stencil up and down without shifting. Take a big stencil brush and a light grey dye ink.

: Pick up colour from the inkpad with the brush. Blend the ink in even strokes, diagonally from top right to bottom left. Start under the top edge of the stencil. It takes some patience, but the result is worth it. Take the brush to colour the background evenly. By applying diagonally, the grey appears darker at the top right corners of the gaps in the stencil. This gives the background more depth. Lift the stencil to check if you coloured the whole background and if you want to apply more colour. Finally, fold the template to the side and lightly blend in at the top edge.

: Fold the stencil back to cover the coloured lines. Take the "Star Group Mini" stamp and stamp the stars all over the background. I used Versafine Clair Morning Mist ink pad. The first print was too dark for me, so I stamped on scratch paper and then the second and third prints on the background. With a silver stamp pad, I stamped a few shiny stars in between to bring in more variation.

: Put the stencil away. Now stamp a few stars on top of the background.

: Stamp Bibi, Minni, Moo, Tilly and Tango with Versafine Clair Nocturne on smooth white paper.

: Cut out the mice exactly. Tilly has the top end of the tail cut off.

: Trim the background that the vertical lines of the stencil print are even with the edges of the background. Cut off the top and bottom ends which were covered by washi tape. Ink the edges of the background with a black ink pad. Place the mice to estimate the layout.

: Glue the mice to the background. On the head and body, I smeared PVA Glue which gives some dimension. You can also use thin foam tape. Cover the feet with a precision glue pen.

: Start with Tilly. Place her that the cut tail starts directly under a rung and she hangs upside down. The last small part of the tail is glued over the rung. It should look like she's hanging from the rung with her tail curled around it.

: Work your way down. Each mouse holds a paw of the mouse hanging below. Only Bibi stands on a lower rung and plays the flute. As final touch put small dots glitter glue (Stickles) in the middle of the stars. Let dry. Mount the card on a card-base.

I hope you like the technique and give it a go.

Play and have fun!

Uli xx

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Stag in the Morning Mist by Leanne Harris

Chris Birchall March 29, 2022

Hello, I’m Leanne Harris, and as this month’s guest designer I’d like to share with you this step by step tutorial. Creating a misty scene is actually quite a simple process and any stamping errors can easily be disguised with your mist.

So, here we go…

The Products Used

Stag
Rufus
Wild Hares
Small Branch
Tree of Hope
Tree of Courage
Red Pine
Word Stamp
Pan Pastels
Acetate hill masks

The Steps in Creating the Card
(click on the first image to view as a slideshow)

: Starting off with two pan pastel colours (Titanium White and Hansa Yellow) on black card stock I made a moon by just swirling the pastels around with a rectangular sponge within the Lavinia large moon mask giving myself a gentle white hue around the outer edge.

: Using the Lavinia acetate hill mask, I laid it on and brushed over it with the white pan pastel and same rectangular sponge to form the first of my hills.

: Here you can see the first of the hills having gone on

: Stamp the stag stamp in Versafine Nocturne in the centre of your moon, don’t worry if it isn’t perfect, you can always touch it in with a black pen/pastel pencil/black ink - I had to with this one!

: Now, I didn’t want my stag floating so I had to ground him so with some torn paper I just laid it under his feet and swept the white pan pastel over again with a little of the yellow pan pastel for a glow from the moon - now he is nicely grounded.

: The next step is to add the two trees either side , I’ve used the Tree of Hope stamp and the Tree of Courage stamp as they balance the design beautifully.

: In comes the Lavinia Red Pine large stamp, I have made the pines at the front dark and used second generation stamping to put some of the pines in to the background (the blacker they appear, the nearer they appear to you).

: At this stage, I felt that I needed a little bit more in the foreground down at the front so I added a couple more hills with my torn paper and white pan pastel.

: Now the stag needed a friend so I’ve stamped Rufus in Versafine Nocturne down in the right corner, again, don’t panic if the stamping isn’t perfect when it’s over pastel, just fill it in with a black pastel or charcoal pencil, black pen or black ink.

: Lavinia’s Small Branch stamp gave me some lovely foliage down at the front.

: The Stag and Rufus were given some more friends by way of Lavinia’s Wild Hares stamp set either side of the stag, again stamped in Versafine Nocturne.

: Now for the exciting bit and the need for a bit of atmosphere and morning mist! Now don’t be shy, it will feel a bit daunting going over your beautiful artwork but if we need mist, we need mist!!!! So, I have used a little white pigment ink with a small make up sponge (any smooth sponge would do) and I’ve covered the low ground making sure that I covered all the animals’ lower bodies. You can do this with the same pan pastels, but I needed the effect to stick and adhere well as I knew that this card would be travelling. Now we have atmosphere. Do you notice, some of my black Versafine Nocturne stamping of the small branches at the front, caught the white pigment ink and turned them white - this was quite a happy accident, and I loved the effect.

: The final thing to do was to add my birds in the sky which are the Lavinia Birds stamp and the Secrets are Hidden Lavinia sentiment stamp and your project is complete.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial, and maybe have a go yourself.

Stay safe and well.
Leanne

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Cutting File Fun with Maggs Barratt

Chris Birchall March 6, 2022

Former Design Team member and long-time friend of Lavinia Stamps, Maggs Barratt has a passion for Cutting Files.

Join her now as she works with her favourite Lavinia cutting file, and follow along as she creates this wonderful three-dimensional tree.

The Products Used

Tree Cutting File

Green Man Stamp

The Steps in Creating the Card
(click on the first image to view as a slideshow)

: This is my Favourite and most used Cutting File of Lavinia's, I have so much fun with this. I have used this in so many projects

: Here I have cut out four of the trees - choose which size you would personally like, then ink them in your favourite colours

: Now, at this point you can have even more fun, I stamped Lavinia's Green Man on the centre of my trees

: I used a bone folder to fold in half

: All Trees are equally folded in half and stamped with the Green Man

: Use a good quality Glue to glue the trees together, then use a paper clip to keep them in place.

: Just fluff out the leaves

: As you can see, it stands up perfectly on its own, or you can flatten the back and attach to a card or canvas etc.

: Over the next few days, I will be posting up photos in the Lavinia Facebook groups showing completed projects with this tree to give you some ideas what to do with it

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial, and maybe have a go yourself.

Have Fun.
Maggs

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Rory and Darcy Having Fun by Leanne Harris

Chris Birchall December 6, 2021

Hello, I’m Leanne Harris, this month’s guest member of the design team.

As the theme for the current monthly challenge is Winter Dreams, I thought it would be nice to do this little step-by-step tutorial. I hope you enjoy it.

The Products Used

Rory and Darcy
Lilium
Faerie Spells
Swing Bed Small
Tree Hives
Acetate Hill Mask
Acetate Circle Mask
Distress Oxides (Chipped Sapphire, Victorian Velvet, Stormy Sky, Mustard Seed)
Versamark Ink Pad
Wow Embossing Powder Opaque Vanilla White
Versafine Clair Ink Pads (Medieval Blue, Nocturne)
Stencil Brush
Yellow Brusho
White Posca Pen

The Steps in Creating the Card
(click on the first image to view as a slideshow)

: I started with an old mop up background that I had done some time ago using a mixture of distress inks in blue and lilac tones.

: Add a moon using the Lavinia Stamps acetate circle with chipped sapphire distress ink.

: Here you can see the moon has been sponged using a rounded dauber.

: Stamp three small swing bed images using the versamark ink pad and Wow opaque vanilla white embossing powder.

: All stamped, sprinkled with the embossing powder, and heated to set.

: Add a touch of Victorian Velvet distress ink around the images to add a pop of pink.

: Then go over with Stormy Sky distress ink, adding the Victorian Velvet and Stormy Sky increases the lovely lilac tones.

: The distress inks have also darkened the background slightly to show up the beautiful white embossing more.

: Stamp the tree hives inside the swings using Versafine Clair medieval blue.

: Use the Lavinia acetate hill mask to mark the ground using the stencil brush and Versafine Clair medieval blue.

: Shows you the added ground level.

: Add a little more ink to the ground to fill it in and some diluted yellow brusho around the hives for added glow.

: In come Rory and Darcy in Versafine Clair Nocturne. Highlight them with some white pen.

: Stamp the Lilium stamp twice in Versafine Clair medieval blue - I didn’t feel the need to colour them in.

: Use the straight edge of the acetate hill mask with mustard seed distress ink, rotating the straight edge around the central swing to add some light strobes.