Lavinia Stamps I have a slight addiction!!!

Hi All,

I had to share my next set of whimsical cards 

featuring Lavinia Stamps,  a Prima Fairy stamp & a Concord & 9th Unicorn stamp. 

The cool backgrounds were created using various Distress Inks on a Gell Press Plate.

My Gell Plate still had some spots of paint
which added to the texture of the 'Planet' & the Background.

This gorgeous Fairy is perfect over a Brayered & Stamped Distress Ink Background
directly to the Gell Plate.
This gives that lovely soft impression to the background layers.

I had to picture her in close up!

Another dreamy background that I left quite plain as the colours look so lovely.

Combining same techniques with Prima Fairy stamp this time.
The Background card was tapped onto the Gell Plate after pulling the initial background.
This gives those striped effects which are quite cool.

My second pull of colour from the Gell Plate was really subtle
so I added a bright sun & Unicorn from Concord & 9th.

This gorgeous fairy stands alone on patterned paper
 with her wings & background accents twinkling.
They were heat embossed with Opalescent powder.
Older Tim Holtz die cuts & diamante brads complete this simple card.

Hard to see but background font, sprinkles, & wings all twinkle.

This was another interesting background from the Gell Press Plate.

I am amazed how different these cards can look depending on the colour & technique
used for the backgrounds.

Hope you like them.  I will share any more that I make soon.

Cheers Deb xx

Gell Press & Lavinia Stamps Card Play

Hi All,

I have been having lots of fun experimenting with my 

Gell Press Printing Plate & Lavinia Stamps

to make a variety of Whimsical Cards.

I recently bought some Lavinia Stamps from Paperific in Melbourne

featuring silhouettes of Fairies & Unusual Plant Images.

I was really intrigued by the examples they had on display that included

beautiful backgrounds with a glowing moon & misty hills & foliage.

The first card I made had a misty background made from Distress Oxide Inks & water.

The images were stamped in Versamark Ink & White Heat Embossed.

Tim Holtz Wildflower thinlits die used to accent with Glossy Accents for shine.

After doing a bit of research on You Tube & Pinterest.

I tried to recreate some of the techniques in my own style. 

The Gell Press Plate I used still had paint on it from a previous project, 

so I used Acrylic Paints (from Jane Davenport) to try to lift the remaining paint off.

I absolutely love the way that these backgrounds turned out on  6x6" white cardstock.

I cut a circle from Copy Paper to mask off the Moon above.

It looked so beautiful when I lifted it off, that I applied it to the next card

to form a gorgeous Moon image. See Below...

I then tried to lift the stubborn paint by doing a full print on an A4 page.

This resulted in the very cool image I have below

which suited these stamped images.

I am going to call this 'Morning Has Broken'

& will probably frame it eventually.

Once my Gell Press was 'clean' I started trying out Distress Ink & Archival Ink backgrounds 

applied directly to the Gell Plate with a brayer & Stamps.

These effects were much more subtle, but still really cool!

The Fairies silhouetted by stamping with black Archival Ink.

 Totally different effects were achieved when stamping direct to paper (above)

or onto the Gell plate itself as below. 

Liquid Pearls & opalescent glitter 

added to the Moon & dotted on card added a hint of shine.

Subtle effects on the stones painted with Art Alchemy Opal Magic paints.

These effects don't show up in the photos very well, but look very special in real life.

I have lots more examples in the process of being designed.  

I am improving from these early examples in layering the foreground & backgrounds.

I stamped some beautiful sentiments inside these cards.

I felt they didn't generally need anything written on the front.

I hope you enjoyed this peek.  Cheers Deb