Hi everyone, yesterday I had a fabulous day out in Ruthin, North Wales, visiting the Lavinia Dreamatorium for their summer Fairy Festival. It was another magical experience, chatting with the staff and other customers, and watching demos by Jo Rice, Sarah Anderson, Emma Jo, Mona and Tracey Dutton. Of course I also had a good browse in the shop - I really like the latest release with the sunflowers and quirky tea pot fairy houses. The whole shop was decorated with sunflowers (as were the design team!) so everything felt summery and joyful!
I’ve already had a play and made a couple of cards this afternoon, and as the fairy festival had an overriding sunflower theme I thought my first share should feature one. To be honest I bought all the new sunflower stamps (I didn’t need them but couldn’t resist!) and have a number of ideas, so I foresee a profusion of sunflowers in the coming days and weeks!
I cut a square of stamping card, positioned a hexagonal stencil then stamped the focal sunflower. I masked the flower then placed my Lavinia Honeycomb stencil over the hexagon stencil, and blended Sahara and Russet Orange Elements inks. I removed the stencils and stamped the bee on the edge of the stencilled area, then coloured the sunflower and bee with Zig pens, topped with Wink of Stella. I took the opportunity to try my new Zig blending pen, which definitely moves the colour around better than water when used on non-watercolour card (I use Pink Frog super smooth). I did a little texture stamping in two corners and a white on black stamped sentiment, then added some doodling and matted onto a black border and 6” square card blank. To finish I added some Glossy Accents to the flower centre.
Stamps: Lavinia Open Sunflower, Bumble and Hum, Texture 1; Uniko Simply Said Blocks II;
Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Sahara, Russet Orange); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Golden Meadow); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; black fineliner pen; Wink of Stella; Glossy Accents;
Tools: Press to Impress hexagon stencil; Lavinia Honeycomb stencil.
Challenges I would like to enter:
Addicted to Stamps & More #496 - Make Your Mark
As You Like It - Favourite 2 Colour Combo (and why)
(I have a number of favourites but I do like yellow and black)
Beautiful Blossoms #30 - Anything Floral Goes (6th entry)
Cardz 4 Galz #253 - Welcome to Summer
CAS on Friday #312 - Botanical
Colourful Options (July) - Summer Picnic Moodboard - TOP 3
(I am showcasing yellow and orange plus the sunflowers)
Crafty Catz #697 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (July) - Use a Stencil
Creative Aunts #103 - Summer
Creative Crafting Uncles #66 - Summer (2nd entry)
Dragonfly Dreams (July) - Use Polygons
Dream Valley #340 - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon #814 - To Boldly Go
Paper Funday #78 - Anything Goes with option Fun with Stencils
Path of Positivity #132 - Anything Goes Positive (3rd entry)
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Sending Flowers
Triple B (July) - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies
Word Art Wednesday #706/707 - Anything Goes
Here’s a few photos of me and the Fairy Festival.
The Dreamatorium!
Me with the lovely Jack
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
22 comments:
Fabulous card Pauline, such a beautiful summery design. I so wish I could have been in Ruthin at the Dreamatorium this weekend, it looks like everyone had a fabulous time. I’m really tempted to get the new set of stamps, especially as they are sunflower themed.
Liz xx
Awesome card Pauline! Love that little bee lol. WOW looks like you had a FABULOUS weekend ... good for you!!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B & Stencil Fun challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Triple B Challenge Co-Owner
Stencil Fun Co-Owner
Love the stencilled background and your colouring is terrific! Thanks for sharing with us at Dragonfly Dreams :)
Wow, how wonderful to have a day out at the Lavinia Festival, thanks for sharing the photos too, it all looks magical. Love what you've done with the sunflower on this card and look forward to seeing what else might have tempted you. The new release is certainly very tempting 😉
flowers and bee def let me know when summer is here, great card that you shared with us at C4Galz, thank you.
Great card! The glossy accents are perfect over the middle of the pretty sunflower. Thanks for sharing your trip with us; looks like you all had a wonderful and creative time!! So happy you shared with us over at Path of Positivity. Katrina
What a treat that day out must have been Pauline! Love your beautiful new sunflower stamps and the gorgeous cards you made using them. I'm trying very hard to resist buying any more stamps until I've used the last lot...not sure how long I'll last!
xx
How lucky you are to be able to attend these events. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Love your card too. I shall look forward to seeing more xx
Such a lovely card! Adding the Glossy Accents is the perfect touch. Thank you for sharing photos of your Fairy Festival visit and thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.
Pauline, this is such a lovely post! I loved seeing you at the stamp store. It looks quite enchanting for sure! I had to chuckle when you mentioned buying more sunflower stamps when you really didn't need them. I get that! Your card is so worth it. I love how you did the stenciled background. And the bold statement is perfect. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday. We really appreciate you!
Mega schöne Karte. Danke fürs zeigen bei den KREATIVTANTEN. Herzlichst Kirsten💜
Pretty...love your hand doodling!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our clean and simple BOTANICAL challenge over at CAS on Friday!! Those pictures make me a little jealous for that kind of day of fun!! Deb Horst, DT #312
Beautiful card and love the plump fuzzy bee! Your pictures look like oodles of fun, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Colorful Options, Triple B and Stencil Fun!
Diane CO DT, TB, SF Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Colorful Options}
A beautiful design with your new stamps, and a lovely day out, thanks for sharing at Crafty Catz challenge, Tilly
Wow! Absolutely gorgeous! Please keep sharing your creations at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Blog.
Looks like a smashing day out. The Dreamatorium looks great.
LOVE your pretty sunflower card. xxx
The Dreamatorium looks fabulous, what a fun weekend, you are so lucky to live somewhat close by! And the card is gorgeous!
This is so beautiful! I really like your coloring. Thanks so much for sharing your project with us at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge, and I really hope you play along next time. ❤️
Great card Pauline. Loving the layout & all the sunny yellow. Sounds like a fun time had on your weekend. Thank you for playing along with The Paper Funday Challenges
Thank you for sharing with us over at Dragonfly Dreams.~ Maria DT
Thank you for sharing with us over at Dragonfly Dreams.~ Maria DT
Lovely card! Thanks for sharing at The Paper Funday Challenges.
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