Hi everyone, here I am again with another card using one of my new Lavinia stamps, from my visit to the Dreamatorium on Saturday. Initially I wasn’t going to purchase the ‘Berry Branch’ stamp, but then I saw that amongst Jo Rice’s gorgeous demo samples she had made a couple of Christmas cards with it, so I was inspired by that. Here’s my card, using the new stamp with some older Christmas stamps.
I cut a 6.25” x 4.25” piece of stamping card, and stamped the street lamp. I masked the lamp then created my snowy landscape with Mini Hill masks and blended Elements ink, and blended more ink using a circle mask to create the twilight sky. I stamped the branch several times using Pinecone VFC then stamped berries here and there, and also added Annie and Edward looking up at the lantern. I coloured the berries and lantern with Inktense pencils, and the branches with Zig pen, then added some Wink of Stella to the lamplight for sparkle. I stamped the sentiment then added white Posca snow to the branches, lamp and sentiment, and highlights,, to the berries and figures with Posca and Stabilo pencil. I added some spatter Posca snow and when dry, matted the finished piece onto a red border and 7” x 5” card blank.
Stamps: Lavinia Berry Branch, Street Light, Annie and Edward, Christmas Greetings;
Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Della Blue, Dark Denim); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Pinecone); Inktense pencils; Kuretake Zig Clean Color Watercolor pens; Sakura Stardust pen (clear); Wink of Stella; Posca pen (white); Stabilo pencil (white).
Challenges I would like to enter:
12 Months of Christmas #124 - Anything Goes Christmas
613 Avenue Create (July) - Anything Goes with option Any Holiday
Art Impressions #407 - Spritz, Spatter and Paint
Aud Sentiments #327 - Christmas In July + a Sentiment
Craft Rocket #127 - Christmas In July
Creative Artiste #117 - Anything Mixed Media Goes
Daisy Chain #98 - Christmas In July
Double Trouble #195 - 3-2-1 Recipe
(Thing 1: Include AT LEAST 3 colours, 2 hard stamped images and 1 sentiment
Thing 3: Include shimmer/spatter)
Everybody Art #582 - Christmas in June
Fab ‘n’ Funky #620 - Christmas In July
FarmQuest Country Christmas #22 - Anything Country Christmas Goes
Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love #7 2025 - Christmas In July
The Holly and Ivy #187 - Anything Christmas Goes (2nd entry)
Lavinia Creative Challenge (July) - Once Upon a Time
Merry Little Christmas #63 - Anything Christmas Goes
Outlawz Festive Fridays (July) - Christmas
Peace On Earth #91 - Anything Christmas Goes
Simon Says Monday - Fun With Paint
(I don’t have much in the way of paint media, but I DO love to spatter with my Posca paint marker!)
Sparkles Christmas #174 - Sparkle and Bling
Sweet Stampin’ - Christmas In July
Unicorn #111 - Christmas In July
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
9 comments:
That is such a beautiful card!
A beautiful winter scene with the children standing in the snow gazing up in awe at the magical lamppost, the berries in the foreground give it so much depth.
Thank you for joining in at Fab'n' Funky and at Sweet Stampin'
Chris
x
Oh Pauline ... you are SO creative! Love this sweet scene! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace on Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Peace on Earth Co-Owner
Whimsical wintry evening delight in the glow of the lamp post! How darling! Thanks for creating and sharing with FQCCCB! And the first link-up too for #22!! -- Becca
I'm so glad you did buy the Berry Branch Pauline! This is a lovely card. It really captures the essence of a cold winter day at dusk. The streetlamp was one of the first things to jump out at me. I love how it glows. And of course the Berry Branch is perfect. I love how you colored it. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday!
Such a perfect scene. I love the streetlamp and candle highlights. Thanks for joining our Double Trouble challenge.
Oh my, Pauline! I absolutely love how you have coloured these beautiful berries. They look so real, I fancy picking one, and you have done a magnificent job here. The background scene is so evocative, and this is a beautiful Christmas card.
Hope you are well,
Hugs,
Carol x
That berry branch works brilliantly in your twilight snowy scene. Just lovely xx
Wow great card! I love the vintage look and I like how the lanterns and candle seem to glow! Thanks for sharing with us at Sparkles!
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