It seems like ages since I last used my Lavinia Stamps, but as I needed to make a card for a horse mad young lady, the "Horse & Foal" stamp seemed ideal for the focus of the birthday card.
I used the Sweet Poppy "Circle Aperture" stencil for the central round area. Using "Sky Blue" Archival Ink with a blending brush to create a very subtle background. I then lay the Lavinia Stamps "Feather Leaf Stencil" over the top and used the same ink and brush to provide a quiet background pattern.
I was in two minds to keep all the stamping within the circle or let some of it "off the edge". I decided on the latter.
I stamped the large tree, the Lavinia Stamps "Elm" Tree in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, allowing the branches to extend past the circle edge. Using the same ink, I stamped the Lavinia "Horse & Foal".
Using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I created the landscape using a finger dabber to apply the ink over the torn edge of copy paper.
Using the same ink and the Lavinia Stamps "Small Trees", I stamped the tree images so they looked like they were in the distance.
I used a black pastel pencil to create the impression of shadows from the legs of the horse and foal. I then used a black fine line pen to give the impression of grass in the foreground.
Finally, I stamped the "Happy Birthday" using the Lawn Fawn "Simply Sentiments" stamp set.
This is so pretty Sam and I love the soft background colours with the delightful bit of stencilling in the stencilled circle, and the large tree works brilliantly stamped over the edge of it, and the hills and distant trees make a beautiful scene to accompany those wonderful silhouette horses. x
ReplyDeleteThank you very much x
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