Pixie Lanterns and Faerie Spells

Hi everyone, today’s card is another mixture of old and new Lavinia stamps - I decided to have a little rest from the sunflowers (though there are more coming along soon! 🌻) as I wanted to play with the new Pixie Lanterns, so I decided to make a simple fairy card. I also determined to use up a few snippets!

I die cut a stitched square from a snippet of white card, and created a soft inky background by smooshing Green Parrot Elements ink using acetate. I stamped the fairy and hanging lanterns, and coloured them using blue and gold Wink of Stella pens. I then framed the scene by creating soft lines of blended ink using the straight edge of an acetate mask. I stamped some background text and a couple of butterflies, added some white Posca and pastel pencil highlights, then stamped the sentiment onto a separate snippet, cut out and attached.

It was only when I came to assemble the card that I realised I hadn’t used my largest stitched square die as I thought - oops! - so I had to cut a larger stitched square for matting - and I JUST managed to cut it from the only snippet I had in the colour I wanted to use! I then assembled the layers onto a 6” square card blank.

Here’s an angled picture to show the sparkle …

… and a couple of pics of my snippets.

Stamps: Lavinia Moments Like These, Pixie Lanterns, Faerie Spells, Butterflies, Deeper Than the Ocean;

Media: Lavinia Elements (Green Parrot, Lime Punch); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Blue Belle, Bali Blue); Wink of Stella (blue, gold, clear); Posca pens (white, gold); pastel pencil (white);

Tools: Hunkydory Moonstone Duo-Stitched Square dies.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafts from the Fairy Den (June) - Anything Goes with option Fairies (2nd entry)

Creative Moments #272 - Use a Die Cut

Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge #7 2025 - Anything Fantasy Goes - TOP 3

Lavinia Creative Challenge (July) - Once Upon a Time (3rd entry)

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies #2527 - Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Stripes and/or Dots

Snippets Playground #510 - Use Snippets

Sparkles #189 - Fairy Tale or Storybook

Tic Tac Toe #274 - Tic Tac Toe

(Flowers/butterfly/any sentiment OR die-cut/free/butterfly)

Word Art Wednesday #706/707 - Anything Goes (4th entry)

That’s all from me for today. Hope everyone is coping ok with the scorching heatwave we’ve been having here in the UK. 

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,