Teapot Cottage

Hi everyone, I’ve not had a lot of time for crafting recently, so I’ve been working my way patiently through the new release Lavinia stamps I bought when I visited the Dreamatorium a month ago. Here’s a card which uses the remaining stamp sets I hadn’t yet opened - namely Teapot Cottage, the poppy seed heads and teeny sunflowers.

I cut a square of white stamping card, stamped the teapot then masked it and stamped the fairy path. I then masked that and created my landscape by blending Elements inks using hill and circle masks. I stamped some flowers and foliage emerging from the teapot, the little background houses and the fairies holding the teapot lid aloft (quite tricky masking there!). I removed the masks and coloured the teapot and path with Zig pens, and added some mushrooms and poppy seed heads to fill the scene. I stamped two small sunflowers onto separate card, coloured, fussy cut and attached, then added some sparkle to the windows and fairy wings, and a sticker sentiment to finish. 

I was using a brand new VFC Nocturne inkpad, and with hindsight my stamping of the teapot looks a bit heavy but hey, it’s done now! 

Stamps: Lavinia Teapot Cottage, Fairy Path, Dancing Till Dawn, Fairy Foragers, Wild Summer Flower, Dill, Thyme, Sunflower Heads, Small Dwellings, Poppy Dwellings, Mushrooms Mini, Birds;

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Blue Lagoon, Sundance, Olive, Pine, Green Parrot; Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Pinecone, Morning Mist, Shady Lane, Avocado, Verdant); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Sakura Stardust pen (yellow); Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white); 

Tools: Lavinia acetate Hill masks, Mini hill masks, Circle masks;

Other: Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Alphabet Challenge - H is for Home

Country View FB Challenge (August) - Silhouettes

Crafts From the Fairy Den (July) - Anything Fairy Goes

Crafts Galore Encore #138 - Anything Goes

Girlz & the Art of Letters #6 - F is for … (2nd entry)

(Fairies, Flowers)

Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge #8 2025 - Anything Fantasy Goes

Krafty Chicks #779 - Anything Goes

Lavinia Creative Challenge (July) - Beautiful Blooms (version without sentiment)

Love to Craft #87 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Try It On Tuesday - Make It Magical

Word Art Wednesday #710/711 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Sadly the sunny scene on my card doesn’t remotely reflect the weather here today - it’s absolutely pouring down! Fingers crossed it will soon improve! Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,