My blog is called "Creative Smiles" because my designs are the result of incorporating mistakes. With fumble fingers that drop whatever they are holding - repeatedly, it takes a lot of giggles, smiles and creative patience during my crafting process. xx

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Lavinia World - Moon Gazing

I have two posts this morning - the MAWTT post is here.

Hello, dear blogging friends! I hope you are doing well - A little insight into my life...

I enjoy stepping outdoors, especially in the wee hours of night, to gaze upon the sky, regardless of the weather, and allow the Beauty of the sky and the quietness of the pastures to fill my soul with the Wonders of Life and the Splendor of Love. These nighttime "excursions" fill me with a type of inexpressible Awe-filled Gratitude.

Lavinia's Moon Gazing Hare depicts my experiences.



YOU KNOW that brings us to a new Lavinia World Challenge!

We are an ANYTHING GOES theme challenge using ANY brand clear or rubber stamp - no digitals. Winner receives
a $15 gift certificate to the Lavinia World store.

While "our" Lavinia World store is located in the US, it ships worldwide. In the US, buy $25 and get free shipping! Lavinia World carries other crafting supplies for your convenience.

I cheated with this beautiful pre-made background, and changed it up with inks and good old finger daubers to reflect an Autumn theme. I also tore a piece of copy paper as a mask, and created a larger spot for the Hare to stand on:


After inking the bottom portion with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, I dredged the area with a brown EP containing brown glitter for texture and dimension.



This angle shows off the autumnal color glitter atop the VersaFine Clair Nocturne inked dragonfly. With each movement of the card, the sparkle shows up in different places:



Here it is around the moon and edges:


I wish the heat embossed sentiment had been stamped lower, covering the moon - there is always next time! To better show the letters of the sentiment, a little white pen was added:



Dimensional Glue was added to the brown embossing powder, and coated with the autumn colors of glitter to provide more dimension and shimmer. A Quickie Glue Pen was used around the moon for more glitter. Specks of glitter surround the hare and a few are even in front of the hare for more depth:



Don't forget to play in our challenge! I honestly think these Lavinia stamps are the best quality clear stamps I've ever played with, and a heartily recommend them.




Products Used:


Challenges I'd like to Support:

  1. Creative Knockouts #317 Anything Goes C10 10/3 (2nd entry)
  2. Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1938 Anything Goes C10 09/30
  3. Crafty Cardmakers #241 Autumn Colors 09/30
  4. Creativ Fusion Arts and Crafts #14 Autumn Theme 10/1
  5. World Wide Open DT Challenge #9 AG DT 10/15
  6. Lil Red Wagon Challenges #516 Fall It 10/2 (sep post)
  7. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (Sept 25) Anything Goes 10/2 (sep post)
  8. Penny Black and More Challenges (Sept) Animals - Critters on Parade 10/1


Fairy Hugs,



55 comments:

brenda said...

Loving the intense Autumnal colours Donna and the touches of glitter around the moon really draw the eye into the magical scene. It would fit in so well at Penny Black and More's animals theme, would love to see you over there!

B x

Monica said...

Wow, another wonderful scene on a card from you, Donna. You rock!!! This card has such beauty in it. I love the hare and the sentiment and I love how you got that white around the sentiment. The glitter makes it look even more attractive.

Thank you for your kind words, Donna. Today was my 4 session and another two to go before we do a rerun of the programme. I have to say, this activity taught me a lot. I hope I will become a better person than what I was at the start of it. We started with Meditation as a thumb rule and we watched videos on the same topic followed by videos on gratitude, happiness and loving kindness. Next week I will do law of attraction or affirmations.

Love and gratitude,
Monica

LeAnne said...

Wowza, this is amazing! I'll bet it is even more fabulous IRL! Gorgeous details and I love that hare!

Lori m said...

Fabulous, card, very magical and so pretty, I felt like dancing under the stars....
hugs, Lori m

Beebeebabs said...

Wow love your card - love the image and background - you did a great job as always thanks for sharing my friend!!!

*Vicki* said...

What a really wonderfully magical scene you've created for us here Donna! I really love the difference with the inks for the background! The highlights and the touches of glitttr and magically stars really turn this into something amazing my friend! I can tell you had fun with this one!! HUGS

Natalia said...

Lovely idea, that looks amazing ☺

KarinsArtScrap said...

gorgeous paper and card Donna

next week we have a crafting event hope they have that paper too.
Gr Karin

Chris said...

Oh wow Donna! I love your enchanting scene in the gorgeous autumnal colours, so magical!
Hope you are well.
xx

Linda Simpson said...

WOW, WOW, WOW Donna this is awesome! I love the layers and design on this fabulous work of art.
Hugs
Linda xxx

jimlynn said...

Love how you changed up the color of that background. Really has a dreamy quality to it and I love your card. So very pretty!
Thanks so much for joining us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.
Lynn

Sue said...

Hi Donna, I love this one. I have a thing for hares, particularly moon gazing ones.

Hope you are having a nice day. Sue

Lori Kobular said...

Oh Donna!! You have outdone yourself with this magical card! I love how you changed the paper into a fall background and using the white pen on the stamped images is perfect! That bunny gazing up at the full moon is so adorable! I love all the little stars on your card!

Julie Odil said...

This is wonderful, Donna! I love the fall colors and the layers of hills on the bottom of this. It's so pretty!

Nonnie's Cards and Gifts said...

I. LOVE. THIS. The papers are fantastic- I really should pull mine out to use them. I love the hare too- one of my favorite sets.

Doni High said...

Totally beautiful!
Thanks for sharing with us at The Little Red Wagon.

Conniecrafter said...

Oh my goodness you are on a roll today, this is just amazing, I love the color that you brought to the background it is just amazing, your added touches with the embossing and glitter and white gel pen is just the perfect touches to put this over and above!! I think this is my favorite all time card from Lavinia stamps you have done, AWESOME!

KraftyKoolKat said...

Such a beautiful adorable creation Donna. Awesome colours too.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Jackie T said...

Hi Donna this is a stunning card. I love the scene you have created with the deep rich colours. Take care. Hugs Jackie

cuilliesocks said...

Oh my goodness Donna what a stunning card, I love the scene and the hare gazing at the moon, it's beautifully designed and the glitter just makes the magic.
My hubby and I quite often go outside before bedtime to have a look at the sky, although we often have a lot of cloud, so the stars are obscured, but we have an observatory near us and go there to look through the big telescope, and the sky is much darker there, no light pollution, it's marvellous, Kate x

Anne Temple said...

This looks amazing and I love how the gold accents certain areas and not everything. Love the before and after photos of the paper too. Another amazing creation Donna :-)

Bunny said...

A fabulous card. I love the sentiment. Oh the colors on it are amazing. Beautiful job. [Bunny]``

Verna Angerhofer said...

The color you added to that wonderful background scene is awesome. I love the fine line of glitter along the side of the moon. And, the bunny is so cute looking up into the moon and sky!And I must say that is a wonderful sentiment. I love the little shadow of white with it.

Terri Winske said...

What a gorgeous background for your card! Love how you did that! So happy you shared this with us at PIP Challenges!

cotnob said...

A beautiful card Donna, you have created a wonderful scene ad I love your sentiment - I always love to see your Lavinia creations.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

sarascloset said...

I have certainly found magic here on your blog, Donna! I love this card, as I am especially fond of rabbits. You did a fabulous job of altering the paper to make it extra special, and I love the gold accents, especially around the moon! I was thinking of you as we made our way through the more rural parts of Florida to see my Mom recently. I hope all is well with you, and that you will forgive my absence. There are just more things to 'do' every day; I thought as you got older your life was supposed to slow down! Sending hugs!

Imke said...

WOW, these colors rocks ! Perfect for our Fall Challenge over at Little Red Wagon.

Thanks for joining us this week @ Little Red Wagon and i hope to see you back again soon.

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

Mrs A. said...

I absolutely love the way you have changed the colour of the background. What a super card. Hugs Mrs A.

NanaConnie said...

WOW! What an incredibly magical background you created for this scene, my friend! I'm really in love with all the Lavinia fairies but this card convinces me I need to branch out and check the other silhouettes, too. I don't even have enough words to express every emotion this card brings our of my heart. :-D I truly believe the truth of that sentiment.

pam said...

Oh my goodness Donna what a stunning card, your scene is magical! love all the beautiful details, gorgeous stamping ..
Hugs Pam x

Leslie Miller said...

You're a woman after my own heart, Donna. I think you know that. And, ohhhhhh, how you've expressed both our feelings with this card. I'm in awe. The way you changed the color, did the highlights... love the hare. This is just SO beautiful!

Annettes Hobby Rosettes said...

Wow, definitely improved that background with your expertise. Loving this project so much. Great work here.
Thank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Annette DT / Admin / Registered Owner for https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

WOW!!! Just magical and amazing!!! Fabulous scene, love all the details! Thanks for sharing the way you have created it, there are some very useful tricks, for me :D

Donna Phelan said...

YOWZA! You got so much depth by using this technique, looks amazing! Totally magical!!!

wannabcre8tive said...

Wow, Donna, this card is fabulous. I love all the brown tones on this spectacular night sky. It is amazing.

Dawn Phillips said...

Stunning. I have a friend who loves moon gazing hares. This is perfect for her. Love Dawn x

Carole J said...

Hello Donna! Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving such lovely comments. I've been a follower of your blog for a long time, but in recent months I have lapsed with commenting due to time restraints. You always put so much thought and detail into your creations and I truly love reading your blog posts. This moon gazing hare is just beautiful and I love how you altered the background. The glitter adds a mysterious sparkle. A glorious card! x

crafty-stamper said...

Absolutely fabulous card and background Donna beautiful stamps and sentiment love all the glitter.when my daughter was at home we used to let the dogs out and stand and look at all the stars -amazing what you actually see
Carol x

Shona Erlenborn said...

I love how you turn these gorgeous papers into works of art, Donna. This autumnal scene is just breath-taking. The addition of the glitter, working as highlights is awesome. You really did out-do yourself here!

Inkyfingers said...

What an awesome scene, Donna and the added shimmer makes such a difference to the overall feel.
Hugs
Carol x

Furrbster said...

This is absolutely stunning - what a fab way to adapt the background!

Hugz Tinz

Donna said...

How stunning, like how you created such a fabulous autumn scene and the glitter really brings it to life!

Lisa Lynn said...

WOW this is gorgeous.

Steph Ackerman said...

Wow, this is a great fall card, love the background.

Sue said...

Beautiful card, Donna, I love the bunny, I think they are my favorites. I love what you did with the designer paper background, of course it wouldn't be you without the glitter and sparkle!!! That is my favorite sentiment too. The rich fall colors are perfect. An awesome make and some brilliant inspiration.

Hugs
Sue

aussie aNNie said...

Well this is another outstanding design team project, you are the most inspiring person around. Love that moon and the touch of white on the images.xx

Jessica K said...

Beautiful card Donna! You are always inspiring with your tips and techniques! I know I will learn something when I come to your blog, and this is not different! Just gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at Creative Knockouts! Good luck with your entry!

Jess - DT
www.freshbyjess.ca

Monica C. said...

I am completely with you on nightly walks. We do that too often and I love to see the differences in the moon, the stars and the creatures are work at night. We met a Barred Owl the other night - what a magnificent creature.
I am amazed at the color change you brought about on the background panel. Your card is just perfect - I love it.
Hugs Monica

Valerija said...

Gorgeous card with the lovely and cute scene and I love your sentiment too!
Valerija xx

Karen Dunbrook said...

such a totally amazing card Donna....wow, the details are so unreal. I just started using the Versafine black and I am loving it.
xx Karen

Alina Florea said...

Spectacular card. Those white shades are just perfect!

Anne Buckingham said...

Your tutorial on this is priceless. I must try to follow your ideas/suggestions. The gold glitter makes the image both magical and gives the look of fire. I believe in magic from you. You are magical.

Loose Stitches said...

Oh my goodness Donna, that is a gorgeous creation, I love everything about it! Thank you for sharing with us over at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
~ Sherry DT/Admin xx

Tracy said...

Gorgeous creation, thanks for joining Penny Black & More @ Allsorts challenge, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Aimeslee Winans said...

Donna, you have knocked this one outa the park. Simply gorgeous! xox