Hi everyone, here I am back again with a second post today - anyone looking for my Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge guest DT post, please see here.
Towards the end of last year I started decorating a Lavinia 2025 calendar, which is a really fun though very intricate and time consuming project. By the end of the year I had completed 5 of the 12 pictures, meaning I need to complete the remaining ones this year before a particular month rolls around and I need to turn the page over! The first missing one was February, and for one reason or another I had kept putting it off until I finally sat down to it at 4:30pm on January 31st!! Talk about last minute! However I managed to get it finished in time and here it is.
I can’t photograph the whole calendar page as the calendar is now in use, but the illustration for February is of 2 hedgehogs so I decided to make that the focus of my picture, which I wanted to reflect both a romantic and wintry theme.
I cut a 19.5cm x 14.5cm piece of stamping card and created a heart by blending Della Blue Elements ink through a stencil (the colour is pretty faint … methinks I need to replace that inkpad as it is very well used!). I edged the heart with stamped mini leaves in Arctic and very Peri Versafine Clair, then stamped some teeny snowflakes alternating between Medieval Blue VFC and Platinum Planet Brilliance ink. I stamped the 2 cute hedgies from the Wallace family inside the heart then added some landscape with blended Elements ink using a Mini Hill Mask. I added a few background trees in various shades of blue VFC and a dangling heart Fairy Charm. I stamped the sentiment in Medieval Blue then added some random scattered hearts in Hawthorn Rose. To finish I edged the panel with Dark Denim Elements and a dark blue marker pen, and added a few white Posca highlights here and there.
Stamps: Lavinia Wallace Family, Small Pine Trees, Christmas Tree Group, Fairy Charms, Snowflakes, Mini Leaf 1, Group of Hearts Mini, The world is full of beauty (retired);
Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Della Blue, Dark Denim); Versafine Clair (Very Peri, Arctic, Medieval Blue, Pinecone, Hawthorn Rose, Nocturne); Posca pen (white);
Tools: Press to Impress heart stencil; Lavinia acetate Mini Hill masks.
Challenges I would like to enter:
Addicted to Stamps & More #485 - Diecuts and/or Stencils
As You See It #340 - Pesky Resolutions
(Mine is to finish the 2025 calendar I didn’t complete by the start of the year!)
Country View FB Challenge (February) - Romance or Friendship
Crafty Animals #91 - Include an Animal
Crafty Calendar (February) - Hearts
Creatalicious #285 - Anything Goes with option Love Is In the Air (2nd entry)
Dream Valley #329 - Use Pink or Red
FarmQuest #68 - Animals That Hibernate
Four Seasons (February) - Anything Goes Winter
Heart’s Quest #70 - Include a White, Pink or Purple Heart
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #201 - Hearts Galore
Outlawz (February) - Anything Goes In a Card Free Zone
Papercraft Challenge #114 - Winter Wonders
Path of Positivity #127 - Anything Goes Positive (4th entry) - TOP PICK & DT DELIGHT
Pearly Sparkles #104 - Love Is In the Air
{PIN}spirational #322 - Quilt of Hearts
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (3rd entry)
Sweet Stampin’ (February) - Love
I’m definitely hoping that I will manage to get on with my calendar during the next month … that was a bit too close for comfort!
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
28 comments:
A lovely romantic scene featuring those sweet hedgehogs, perfect for a February calendar page.
Thank you for joining in with our challenges at Sweet Stampin' and Crafty Calendar.
Chris
x
Your calendar page sounds absolutely delightful! The combination of the heart motif, soft blues, and those adorable hedgehogs creates such a perfect wintry romance. I love how you've blended different inks and stamps to bring everything together so harmoniously.
Thank you so much for joining our *Love is in the Air* challenge at Pearly Sparkles! We truly appreciate your participation and look forward to seeing more of your beautiful creations. 💕✨
- DT Pearly Sparkles / Majalena
A beautifully designed scene, made me smile as soon as I saw it!
Thank you for joining our challenge at The Four Seasons!
Diane FS Co-Owner
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This page is so perfect for February, I love the Wallace Family, they are so cute and I love how this scene turned out!! So great to see you at Four Seasons challenge too!
This is so pretty - love that blue leaf heart! Thanks for sharing with us at Pearly Sparkles :)
Super cute image, great layout. Thanks for playing along with Papercraft Challenges. X
Fabulous calendar page perfect for February, love all the stamps.
Carol x
This is wonderful, Pauline. I love that mirrored image. So cute. Thank you for sharing your art with us at The Four Seasons Winter Challenge. We hope you'll join us again soon.
Pauline, this page is beautiful! Gorgeous wintery colors and the illustration certainly brings the sentiment to life! Just goes to show an unexpected idea can strike at the last minute. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Path of Positivity. Katrina
Your February calendar page is fabulous - the heart wreath and the love--struck hedgehogs are perfect images for this month.The sentiment is wonderful. You may have been on the last minute creating this page, but you certainely nailed it!
Many thanks for sharing it with us at The Path of Positivity.
It's beautiful, what a great little scene. I love the heart wreath. Well done for getting it done in the end xx
Lol, what a great resolution - you have your work cut out! These hedgehogs are totally adorable, and I love the colors! Thanks so much for playing at As You See It!
A gorgeous, romantic header for your calendar - love those sweet hedgehogs
Lorraine x
This is stunning calendar art! I would have guessed that this was yours without seeing your name or blog title! Wonderful stenciling, inking, stamping, masking and layering techniques! The scene is wonderful! Thanks for creating and sharing with #70 at Heart's Quest. -- Becca
P.S. Hedgehogs are hibernating animals which is the theme at FarmQuest #68 if you want to take the time to link over there...just saying..
Smashing calendar header for February, really pretty
Happy Monday to you
Kathyk
Absolutely brrrrrilliant calendar page for Feb xxx
AW! An absolute delight Pauline. x
It's me again! Thanks for sharing at FarmQuest #68!!! I didn't realize that hedgehogs hibernate in the winter season before this theme. Typically, I think of bears and squirrels. So I learned more with this theme, too! You've made an adorable February calendar artwork! -- Becca
With the love elements in this card, it's perfect for February and Valentine's day. What a great idea to make a calendar - and an even better resolution to finish it! Thanks for joining in with us at As You See It.:-)
A lovely image for February - and a fun resolution too. Thanks for sharing with us over at As You See It this week!
Hi Pauline, the calendar is beautiful and I'm sure that at the end of the year it will be a masterpiece. Thanks for joining the Dream Valley Challenge Taty x DT
So pretty!! Thanks so much for participating in my PINSPIRATIONAL challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
So pretty! Thanks for playing at Addicted to Stamps and more
What a great February image. I like the references to Valentine's Day. The scene you created is fabulous. Thanks for joining our challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More!
sue n.
Oh this is gorgeous Pauline - glad I got to see your Feb calendar!
Thanks for joining us at Addicted to stamps and more.
Happy crafting!
Catherine x DT
Adorable card!! Thanks so much for participating in my IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE... challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
Always so lovely to see your creations pop up in our challenge. Thanks for playing along with our 'LOVE' challenge. Hugs, Wends xoxo Sweet Stampin' DT
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