Lavinia World Challenge #7

Hello everyone and happy Thursday!! It’s time for a new Lavinia World Challenge featuring Lavinia stamps and papers. We are a bi-weekly Challenge Blog and the theme will be Anything Goes using stamps (either rubber or clear, but no digi stamps). Details are found under the "rules" tab on the Challenge Blog.

For my projects, I was inspired by THIS video on the Lavinia Youtube Channel.

For the backgrounds, I used Brushos in several different colors (sorry...I didn't think to write them down!)

Using Versafine Clair Nocturne I stamped the Reindeer (large) and four different trees: Fairy Fir Tree, Fairy Fir Tree (small), Fairy Fir Tree 2 and Fairy Fir Tree 2 (small). They were all then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I used Versafine Clair Green Oasis for the Spanish Moss for the grass. Versafine Clair Monarch was used to highlight the moon and mountains.

Lavinia World Products Used

Reindeer (large)

Spanish Moss

Fairy Fir Tree

Fairy Fir Tree (small)

Fairy Fir Tree 2

Fairy Fir Tree 2 (small)

Versafine Clair Green Oasis 

Versafine Clair Monarch

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Brushos

We prefer that your submission use Lavinia stamps, but they are not required. However, if you do use Lavinia stamps in your project, your chances of winning are doubled for each entry. The winner of the challenge will receive a $15 gift certificate to Lavinia World to shop for more goodies. Please note that although we carry the full Lavinia range, we are not part of any other entity or Facebook group that carries Lavinia stamps. ONLY the cards posted to Lavinia World Challenges will be entered into the drawing for the Lavinia World prize. Also note that the gift certificates are ONLY valid at the Lavinia World website.

Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram. Head on over to the Lavinia World Challenge Blog to see the projects my design team sisters created for today's challenge and then link up your project!! I can't wait to see what you create!!

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #193 - Color Challenge

Happy Thursday and a very Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends in the USA!! I hope you have a safe and happy holiday with your family!! It's time for a new challenge at DL.ART and the theme this week is a Color Challenge - Orange, Green and Brown. If you use the code l01201, Diana will give you 10% off at the DL.ART shop.

For these cards, I let my Brushos and Dylusions Sprays come out to play :) The base is Kraft Cardstock. The banner is a Taylored Expressions Banner die, cut on printed vellum. The sentiment is from My Creative Time.

The base of this card was created with Dylusions Sprays. The Taylored Expressions Seasonal Tree die was cut from papers colored with Brushos and also with foam for dimension.

The opposite on this card...the background was created with Brushos and the Seasonal Trees were cut with paper covered in Dylusions Sprays. This beautiufl crinkle ribbon is One Fathom from The Mermaid's Tale First Edition. The button is a Poppystamps Stitched Button Die and Green/White twine.

This gorgeous ribbon is Caribbean Coral from Tropical Summer Bundle  and Orange/White Twine. The pine cones are an Elizabeth Craft Pine Cone die, and they were also cut in foam for dimension.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1) Little Scrap Pieces Show It Off Saturday

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to DL.ART to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your Orange, Green and Brown project!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

Anything But Cute June Challenge - The Birds and the Bees

Happy Sunday!! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!! It's time for a new challenge at Anything But Cute!! The sweet and fabulous Niki of Pawsitively Creative is our hostess and she's chosen the theme "The Birds and the Bees". Here's what she has to say about the challenge:

With the lovely warm weather in my neck of the woods, I am seeing so many wonderful birds and bees, so I would love to see those in your mixed media makes! Pull out those bird stamps, think of feathers and maybe some honeycomb. Or you could even go for a non-traditional interpretation like a family crest that has a bird emblem on it. The sky is the limit but NO BUTTERFLIES please!

When I sat down to work on my project, I was totally positive I was going to create a card with birds...imagine my surprise when it ended up being all about bees instead :)

I started with a background created with various colors of brushos. I then used Liquitex Texture Paste through a honeycomb stencil...okay, it's actually a reverse chicken wire stencil, but I thought it looked like a honeycomb :)

I then used a TCW Chicken Wire stencil with DecoArt Crackle Paste for the strip of paper behind the sentiment. I used the same stencil with with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Inks on the label.

The bees are a Spellbinders die. I masked off the tail and inked it with Squeezed Lemonade Distrss Ink and then Mustard Seed towards the end of the wings for a subtle ombre effect. I then masked the body and Inked the tail with Black Soot Distress Ink.

The bee was then covered with DecoArt Crackle Glaze. I cut a black base layer and attached them with foam tape for added dimension.

There are several layers to the card. The edges of the papers were distressed with a Zutter DIA.

I had to give a nod to our feathered friends by adding a feather among the Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and ribbon from DL.ART.

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Anything But Cute to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge...I guarantee they will inspire you!! Then link up your mixed media Birds and Bees project (remember, no butterflies and no cute images)!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

Celebration Blog Hop

This is my second post of the day. For my Scrapy Land project, click HERE!! 

We here at Die-Versions have collaborated with two awesome companies: Joy Clair Stamps and DL.ART to come up with a fun and festive Celebration Blog Hop. We want to showcase how well our three companies products work together. Die-Versions makes very intricate and lovely dies; Joy Clair makes high quality clear stamps; and DL.ART makes gorgeous rayon hand-dyed crinkle ribbon and also carries bakers twine and other hand crafted seasonal supplies.

The Celebration Blog Hop will take place on Wednesday, May 18th, Thursday, May 19th and Friday, May 20th. Over the three days all Design Team Members will be sharing with you projects they have made for all the many upcoming Celebrations that come around this time of year, ie....Weddings, Baby Showers, Baby Births, Graduations, Father's Day, and of course Birthdays! All Design Team Members will be using supplies from all three companies to make their projects so you can see for yourself how lovely these products work together and how dies, stamps and ribbons are the perfect combination!!

There will be prizes for those who comment on all the blogs over the three days and who become followers of all the blogs. Die-Versions is giving away a $50.00 Gift Certificate to the Die-Versions store. Joy Clair is giving away 3 $25.00 Gift Certificates to the Joy Clair store, one each day and DL.ART is giving away a $10.00 Gift Code to the DL.ART Store to one lucky winner!! The prizes will be announced on all three of the companies Die-Versions, Joy Clair and DL.ART blogs on Sunday, May 22nd.

DL.ART is running a 3 day Special during the Blog Hop for all of the Design Team Followers ~ 12% off your entire order at DL.ART by using code: DJDHOPS this code will only be valid on the 3 days of the Celebration Blog Hop.

I'm the first stop on the hop. The entire list of Designers for the entire Celebration Blog Hop is listed on the Die-Versions Blog if you get lost along the way.

For my first set of cards, I created baby cards for both a girl and a boy with papers from Lemoncraft. All of the sentiments and the sweet little babies are from Joy Clair's Oh, Baby Stamp set. The babies were placed on a Die-Versions Whispers Stitched Nested Circle die.

The adorable dog safety pin and bunny safety pin are from Die-Versions new Whispers Build a Safety Pin die set (love it!!). This beautiful crinkle ribbon from DL.ART is Sweet Dream from the Baby Bundle and the Blue Twine is also from DL.ART.

This gorgeous DL.ART crinkle ribbon is Baby Pink from the Baby Bundle. The button on the ribbon is a Die-Versions Wee Petites Button die and the Pink Twine is from DL.ART.

For my second set of cards, I used the new Die-Versions Whispers Butterfly Collage die. Isn't it gorgeous??!! I didn't want to take away from it too much, so I popped it up with foam tape and applied it over a Brusho background.

Birthday is a Die-Versions Express Edges die. The sentiment is from Joy Clair's Wedding Sentiments stamp set. I thought the sentiment was perfect for a birthday, too :) This crinkle ribbon from DL.ART is Primrose from the 2016 Spring Bundle. The Yellow Twine is from DL.ART.

This crinkle ribbon from DL.ART is Peach from the 2016 Spring Bundle. The Orange Twine is from DL.ART. The button is a Die-Versions Wee Petites Button die.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Crystal Thompson's Blog. Blow is the list of the blogs with their links, or you could also head back to the Die-Versions Blog. The complete list will be posted there each day.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016

Lisa Fish < You Are Here
Crystal Thompson
Martha Lucia Gomez Hernandez
Diana Larson
Donna Green Idlet
Anne Temple
Penny Cunningham-Ward
Lori Kobular

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016

Jessica Pascarella
Karen Hasheck
Cornelia Wenokor
Katie Ota
Kara Snyder
Crystal Ramo
Mary Moisan
Monica Edwards

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2016:

Lori Kobular
Dawn Bennett
Irit Shalom
Alicia Mia Falu
Alicja Asia Panewka
Steph Ackerman
Emilia van den Heuvel
LeeAnn McKinney

We hope you have enjoyed the Celebration Blog Hop!! Be sure to leave comments on on all the blogs for a chance at winning one of the many prizes!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Cheers!!

Happy Tuesday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! You only have a few more hours left to enter my 5 Year Blogaversary Giveaway HERE!! It's my turn to post on the Die-Versions blog and I have a card to share with you using a couple of dies from the newest Die-Versions release.

I love the beautiful new Whispers Peacock die!! Those long, flowing feathers gave me the chance to try out my new Brushos...oh my gosh, I love this stuff!! I could spend hours playing with it...such gorgeous colors!! I sprinkled some Sea Green, Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine and Turquoise Brushos on watercolor paper and spritzed it with water to get the swirl of colors. A little secret...I cut it from the background paper and then just covered the peacock-shaped hole with the top layer of Lemoncraft paper ;)

I also added a touch so sparkle with a Wink of Stella pen, but it's hard to see in the picture.

The border along the top is a Whispers Loopy Lace die. A Whispers Daisy Flair die was used beneath the flowers. A Wee Petites Button die was used on the beautiful ribbon from DL.ART.

On the inside, I used the new Cheers Curly Word die. I am entering this in the following challenges:

1) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
2) Pause, Dream Enjoy Linky - Anything Goes
3) 2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
4) Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great day :)