Sweet Purple Bunnies for Spring

Waving Hello!
I hope you are doing well.

Today I have some bunny cards to share from an old, old, virginal Inkadinkadoo image, stamped with Monarch VersaFine Clair and colored with Tombow #133 marker. The leaves are very sparkly with glitter. I've used a different glue to adhere the glitter, so hope to hear back from recipients if it did not work well.

A great feat! They are A2 size.

Thanks to my friend Ana for helping 

to choose colors on these cards before our quarantine!

Clear glitter was applied to the greenery.

Shaded Lilac Distress ink highlights the background.

• Image: Inkadinkadoo Bunny Retreat (this is the stamp)
• Dies: Assorted Sue Wilson and Spellbinders dies
• MS border punch
• assorted embossing folders
• assorted Brilliance inks, VersaFine Clair, Distress

Challenges I would like to play in please:

1. Crafty Friends #133 AG 4/25
2. Crafty Cardmakers #254 Easter 4/19
3. Shopping our Stash #418 Happy Spring 4/28
4. Unicorn Challenge #53 Furry Friends 4/30
5. Use your Stuff #395 Easter 4/18
6. All Fun Challenges #6 AG Easter 4/25 (Mon aft)
7. Classic Design Challenge HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY! #4 AG 5/1
8. Sparkles Challenge #127 Spring is in the Air 5/15

Wishing you love and wellness,

Lavinia World 24 - Every Wish Begins With A Dream

Greetings, friends. Sending you wishes for peace and good health.
I am so grateful you are here, and that our paths have crossed.

It is time for our new
Lavinia World Challenge!

Store -- Facebook -- Challenge -- Instagram
Play in our Anything Lavinia Facebook Challenge
and/or our Anything Goes Challenge Blog

Today's story 

Surrounded by love, Guinevere Mermaid is spending time alone, 
using the days to expand her heart, 
and to discover dreams that will make her world more 
meaningful to herself and others, especially those in need.
After all, everyone is "needy" in one way or another.

Both cards are colored with the same inks,
but different die shapes and stencils were used.

Guinevere Mermaid is stamped with Cheerful Yellow Versafine Clair and heat set with white detail embossing powder. I wish Versafine Clair came in a white!

Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink is the primary base, and is used in the foliage as well. The underwater foliage is done with the Spanish Moss Foliage set. 

A little Antique Linen Oxide provides a grounding for the rocks and sandy areas.

The glitter dots around the "wish" were done with my favorite detail adhesive - Quickie Glue Pen. It's my go-to product for certain intricate jobs, and I've used it for as long as it has been on the market.

The star brads are heated up and dipped into Cerulean Glitter EP, where the EP melts in place:

I used an Aqua Prismacolor Pencil in certain places to define shadows.
Unfortunately, I was a bit heavy-handed with the ink and stencils:

 

The Every Dream sentiment was stamped with Nocturne Versafine Clair onto vellum and heat set with clear detail EP.

Lavinia Products:

Products Used:

• Lavinia World Images: Guinevere Mermaid LAV445, Spanish Moss Foliage LAV505, Every Dream LAV573
• Dies: Sue Wilson Australian Collection - Melbourne, SB Grand Scallop Square, Punch by MS Loops Heart
• Inks: Mermaid Lagoon Distress, Peacock Feathers Distress, Cheerful Versafine Clair, Antique Linen Oxide, Broken China Oxide, Raspberry Adirondack, Nocturne Versafine Clair
• Misc: White Detail EP, Cerulean Glitter EP, Clear Detail EP, Aqua Prismacolor Pencil, White CS, Teal CS, Vellum, Star Brads, Stencils, Masks, Clear Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen

Challenges I would like to play in please:

1. World Wide Open DT Challenge #3 AG DT 4/15
2. The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge (April 4) AG Fantasy 5/1
3. Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2014 AG 4/13
4. A Bit More Time to Craft #113 Anything Goes 4/15
5. Classic Design Challenge #4 HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY 5/1
6. Aud Sentiments Challenge #248 AG+ Sentiment 4/15
7. Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #468 Anything Goes 4/15

Thinking of you fondly,

Winners Owl Digi Set by Donna Ellis

Hello, Blogging Friends!

May Life be treating you well.

The winners of my digital Great Horned Owl set are...

Verna Angerhofer

Jane Willis

Connie Crafter

Chris (also a Top 3 at 2CCC)

Leslie Miller

Patti J

Karen Ladd

Crafty Stamper

KT Fit Kitty

Monica C

everyone who asked for it (giggling)

Be sure to email me so I can send it to you!

click on my profile in the right side bar to get my email addy.

To make this card, click here:

hugs,

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Lavinia World 23 - Help Finding Home?

Finding A Safe Place?
Wishing you all the very best as we experience an unusual Life Event globally.
My heart is with each one of you.
In the meantime...

It is time for a new
Lavinia World Challenge!

Store -- Facebook -- Challenge -- Instagram

Play in our Anything Lavinia Facebook Challenge
and/or our Anything Goes Challenge Blog

Today's story 

Three Woodland Mice are scared and worried about getting home - to their Safe Place. Eden Fairy explains that Home is not a specific place but wherever they are, no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the hardships, as long as Love is in their hearts. If they will cherish their own dear lives and cherish the lives of their families and friends, they can find themselves SAFELY home.
And so, the mice carefully cross over the River of Misfortune, facing their fear head-on, learning that they are INDEED resilient in the face of adversity.

My cards today depict a night-time excursion, so they are darker than user. The Lavender Water Mist Paper was inked up and altered. I felt like experimenting, and learned a lot in the process.

The first card has a stenciled backdrop, using Distress Inks and Versafine Clair ink:

Then another stencil was placed on the blue stencil, and swiped with Nuvo Mousse:



I learned that the Mousse is impervious to any ink, and acts as a resist.



Maybe I should have tried VersaMark and embossing powder when stamping the fairy? As it happened, I had to restamp the fairy, and heat set her wings with glittery black embossing powder, and FUSSY CUT her! giggle



The periwinkle colored scene uses the Vine image inked with French Blue chalk ink. It was stamped randomly all over the background, and then coated with a white pearlescent mica powder:



These were full of product lessons (for me) and I look forward to playing a little more knowledgeably next time!



Come join the challenge for a chance to win the $15 store credit!

Products:

• Stamps: Lavinia World Vine LAV165, Sparkle LAV446, Lavender Water Mist Paper, Three Woodland Mice LAV402, Eden Fairy LAV422, Toadstool Mini LAV216, Slender Mushrooms Mini LAV151, Stars mini LAV152, Fairy Bugs LAV471
• Inks: Versafine Clair in Monarch Purple, Chianti Red, Blue Belle, Nocturne. Distress inks in Broken China and Shaded Lilac
• Embossing Powders: Black with Glitter, Detail Clear
• Misc: Gelly Roll Pen Trio in White
• Papers: Black, Pale Blue, Lavender, Periwinkle Blue

Challenges I would like to play in pretty-please:

hugs,