Mid Month reminder for Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies, how are your Christmas preparations going? I'm in Canada with my lovely daughter for Christmas and loving every minute, we've had snow since we arrived Friday and it's -5c so far, I love it :D 

So I'm back to post my Mid Month project to remind you of the fabulous Creative Challenge and the amazing prize of £40 to spend on Lavinia Products - winner chosen by Randon.org widget. You will find details on how to enter and the rules etc by clicking on the link above, plus you can check out all the amazing DT projects.

Here's my project, I've created a scene using using all "New" stamps and distress inks plus a bit of sparkly embossing powder.

 

I hope you like my scene, thank you for visiting, have a Wonder day and a very Happy Christmas xx Zoe xx

Colour Challenge #29 for Chocolate Baroque by Zoe

Good Morning Lovelies, I hope you're keeping warm and looking forward to the Christmas season.

Today I'm sharing with you my sample for Chocolate Baroque colour challenge #29, great colours to work with, you will find all the info you need to join in on the site, just click on the highlighted link above.

Here is my sample;

I used distress inks to colour the image no background, I adore this stamp from the Autumn Poppy set, i felt it was the perfect stamp to go with this months colours, I hope you like it? 

You will find the Colour Swatch in which to follow below my sample, please note "I didn't make the card on the Swatch sample" 

 

Autumn Poppy

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love reading your comments, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

Workshop projects

Good morning Lovelies, I hope you're enjoying your weekend, it's a bright morning down here on the South East coast, cold but lovely.

I had a great day yesterday at Eileen Godwin's Workshop down in Allhallows Rochester, it was a very productive day, great techniques and lovely friendly atmosphere.

I got home on Monday having had a lovely 10 days in Morocco, we had 6 days of rain unfortunately but still got some sunshine and warm weather, it was very relaxing. 

Having spent a year looking after our gorgeous Foster boy he moved to his new forever family 5 weeks ago, it was very emotional as I'm sure you'd understand? The grieving process takes time and I'm still crying most days, but I know in time I move on, we go to visit him today, which often helps with closure, I just hope we can stay in touch?

 We are flying out to Canada on Friday (9th) to spend a wonderful 3 weeks with our beautiful daughter which will be a wonderful end to the year.

So here are some of my creations from yesterday, I can't share them all yet as a couple are DT samples, so you'll have to wait until the 1st Jan for those ;) 

 

I used stencils from Sweet Poppy, Designs by Georgina and Stamps from Lavinia Stamps on my star card.

Thank you for the great day Eileen xx 

Have a fabulous Sunday, thank you for stopping by, Zoe xx 

December Challenge for Lavinia Stamps by Zoe

Good morning Lovelies, and happy 1st of December, I hope you're all keeping warm?

I've just returned from Morocco where it was lovely and warm, although we did have a fair bit of rain, and we are off to Canada on 9th to spend Christmas with our lovely daughter, can't wait, and it could be a white Christmas for us 😁.

So today is the launch of the brand new Creative Challenge for Lavinia Stamps, the theme this month is "Magical" you will find all the info you need on the Facebook page to join in, no need to have a blog either, plus there is an amazing prize! £40 to spend on Lavinia Stamps products! 

So here are my samples

My first sample is a Stampbord oval coloured with Pan Pastels and some scratching to create highlights, I've done some heat embossing on certain stamped images with a glitter embossing powder. Stamps are ALL Lavinia Stamps and can be found here 

 

 

I hope you like my creations, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

15 minutes or less for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning Lovelies, brrrrrrr, certainly feeling a lot more like winter, just as well I'm off to sunnier climes on Thursday, Morocco for 11 nights, then home for a week and a half then fly to Canada until new year to spend Christmas with a our beautiful daughter, can't wait.

So here is the first of my CAS projects for this months bi-monthly feature, the aim is to showcase simple, clean and easy projects that can be made in 15 minutes.

 

I die cut some Linen texture cardstock simply stamped with Onyx Black Versafine Inkpad using the stunning Holly, Mistletoe and Poinsettia Script stamps I added black embossing powder and heat set as Versafine is an oil based permanent ink, then coloured in using pencils, I love these classic stamps, they are so beautiful, and so easy to create something quickly or something more detailed by decoupaging.

Thank you so much for visiting today, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx 

 

Zoe - Lavinia Stamps Creative Challenge

Good morning Lovelies, is it really the 1st of November? My goodness not only has this year gone fast but what about this fab weather?

So today is the launch of this months new Creative Challenge for Lavinia Stamps, the theme this month is "Let it snow", please click on the link to check it out, the rules and instructions are there too. There is a whopping £40 to spend on Lavinia Products for the winner, chosen by Random.org widget.

Here are my samples, I used distress inks to create my backgrounds - I used a combination of older and the new range of stamps, all can be found here

 

Thank you for visiting, I hope you like my Christmas cards and they've inspired you to have a go? Have a great day xx Zoe xx

 

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Zoe - Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge # 28

Good morning Lovelies, I'm back with my second post for this months Colour Challenge

This time I've created a sketch book page using the fabulous stamp from Sketchy Doodle Landscape, I stamped with Onyx Black Versafine inkpad ad heat set it before I created the background using a circle mask and distress inks with I spritzed with water and heat dried to create some texture, I coloured the image using Distress inks and a waterbrush.

Thank you for visiting, have a wonderful day xx Zoe xx

 

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