Bokeh Technique by Jo Rice
Hi everyone, Jo here again from the design team, and today’s Technique Tuesday sees us doing something different. Have you heard of the Bokeh Technique? It is a photography technique where small areas of an image are purposely blurred. I have had great fun recreating the effect using the Archival Brilliance ink pad – Moonlight […]
Autumn Wreath by Jo Rice
Hi everyone, Jo here again with another Mindful Monday craft session. Today where we are going to create a beautiful Autumnal Wreath design featuring the Small Branch stamp as the basis, and then fill in with various other stamps. We will be using some fabulous autumn colours of Versafine Clair ink pads and Elements ink […]
Resin on a Claybord – Part 2 with Tracey Dutton and Sarah Anderson
In part 2 of this video tutorial, Tracey Dutton and Sarah Anderson continue the craft room fun, exploring the use of Art Resin to impart a luxury gloss finish to their Claybord projects. They combine a wide range of stamping and embellishing techniques, utilising stencils, Posca Pens, foils and gilding flakes for those all-important finishing […]
Resin on a Claybord – Part 1 with Tracey Dutton and Sarah Anderson
Climb aboard and join in the crafting fun as Sarah Anderson teams up with Tracey today to demonstrate stamping and inking techniques on Claybord, using the Pure range of alcohol inks. They embellish their projects with foils and gilding flakes before coating with Art Resin to impart a fabulous deep, high-gloss finish. Watch part 2 […]
Lavinia Tours 4 – The Wish Factory Part 1, the Factory Gates By Emma-Jo
This week’s stop on the Lavinia Tour is at …..The Wish Factory! A place full of wonder, wishes and dreams….and a little chaos. We start at the Factory Gates and using Mystic Swirl, a Busy bee and some Brilliance Metallic inks we make a Grand entrance. Add in some Posca Magic, some Dreamscapes and a […]
Using Distress Collage Medium by Jo Rice
 Hi everyone, Technique Tuesday is on us again and it’s Jo here from the Design Team. Thanks so much for popping in again. Today we are going to be looking at the Distress Collage Medium. How it is used and the difference between the three types. This glue and Glaze medium is wonderful to use […]
Giselle Enjoying August by Jo Rice
Hi everyone, Jo here from the Lavinia Design Team. Thanks so much for joining me for another Mindful Monday in the craft room. Today we are going to have some double stencilling fun. This is such a great technique; we are going to add our lovely Giselle and decoupage her dress to give extra detail. […]
Pan’s Christmas Wreath – by Tracey Dutton
Today’s card from Tracey features the cute little fairy, Pan, with his hobo-stick knapsack. The result is a wonderful magical scene viewed through a lovely floral wreath. I wonder where he is off to, and what exciting adventures he has in store. Shopping List Pan Floral Wreath Mini Foliage Stamps Winter Magic Stencil Brush Elements […]
Lavinia Tours 3 – The Enchanted Forest Part 2 by Emma-Jo
This week we are ready to complete our time in the Enchanted Forest. So prepare the Stickles, the Elements and let’s add some character and sparkle! There’s a little stencil magic from Laurel, some Posca Dott-age and whole lot of Mouse and fairy action with Olivia and Nia getting in on the scene. Let the […]
