Thistles at Sunset by Emma-Jo
This week it’s time to Have A Go at making this truly vibrant card using the Spellbound Fairy Stamp. 🧚♀️ There’s a flame coloured Dinkles background with a touch of Mica Minerals. Some stamping fun with Fairy Pods, Glow Flowers, Thistle and Vine Branch…ooh and some Posca Pen accents too. I hope you like it […]
Through the Trees of Hope and Courage by Jo Rice
Hi everyone Jo here, thanks for popping in today. I do hope you are keeping well. Today I thought we could have a play at creating a design suitable for this month’s Challenge. Through The Trees. I am going to use the Acetate circle mask with some Elements inks to create my backdrop, then stamp the […]
Star Gazing in September by Jo Rice
Hi everyone, Jo here from the design team. Thanks so much for popping in and joining me again. Today I have a lovely design for the September page in our Lavinia Calendar using the beautiful Star Gazing fairies along with some autumnal foliage. This is a very versatile design and we have so many different […]
The Kuretake Funky Mushroom by Helen Pritchett
As the UK demonstrator for the Japanese Art products company Kuretake, Helen Pritchard has been in the ideal position to really get to know their range of paints and watercolour pens, inside-out. Today she shares that knowledge as she demonstrates a selection of the Clean Colour Watercolour Pens on our magnificently detailed mushroom, the Forest […]
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolours with Helen Pritchett
Helen Pritchett demonstrates how to create rainbow backgrounds using the highly versatile Gansai Tambi paints. These traditional Japanese watercolour paints by Kuretake are blendable and have a creamy-smooth, almost gauche feel to them. After applying the pigments with the company’s Series 181 Watercolour Reservoir Brush, she then spritzes with water to allow the colours to […]
A quick tag by Jo Rice
Hi everyone Jo here from the design team. Thanks so much for popping in for another Technique Tuesday. I am going to create a little tag today, which was my 5-minute Challenge Tag at the Fairy Craft Festival. A few of you asked for more details, so here we go. I am going to use […]
Ginger Having a Hoot in July by Jo Rice
Hi everyone, Jo here. Thanks so much for popping in for another Mindful Monday. Today, we have a wonderful calendar page design to make you smile, featuring Ginger the Owl and those cheeky little mice. The clean and simple background is made using Elements ink and we’ve added colour using the fabulous Clean Colour pens. […]
Blending With the Kuretake Clean Colour Pens by Helen Pritchett
Kuretake demonstrator Helen Pritchett continues her introduction to the company’s Clean Colour watercolour pens. Working on the Lavinia Hot Pressed Watercolour card, she uses the pens to colour a stamped image of the wonderful Bayleaf Cottage. During the tutorial, she also demonstrates the versatile Kuretake Embossing Pens, using them to add some sparkling finishing touches […]
Introducing the Kuretake Clean Colour Real Brush Pens by Helen Pritchett
Helen Pritchett is an established UK demonstrator for the Japanese Kuretake Company who has been producing high-quality pens and paints for over a century. Lavinia Stamps have just started stocking these exquisite products, and today, Helen will be introducing the Clean Colour Real Brush Pens and demonstrating how beautifully these smooth-flowing brush pens glide effortlessly […]
