July Challenge

Good morning all, 

Wow, can you believe it , 

July already..

I am particularly excited as my darling Elliot will be 3 this month..

He seems to be growing up so fast, 

I am just glad that we can finally see him again..

As it is the first of July 

We have a new Lavinia Challenge

My favourite stamp.

Now that might sound easy, but oh no, 

It is so hard to choose, 

I have so many favourites, 

Bet you do too

So I went for one that I use so much,,

Years ago I fell in love with the idea of using the feather as a tree,

and I have used it so much since. 

I have made a YouTube video, if you fancy taking a look 

https://youtu.be/ilWJHxBtYA0

Obviously I was just going to use one stamp but then little Pipin ran into my design 

and just sat there...

I started by adding some ink to my card using Billy Brayer 

I just have to keep using this new colour 

Next I added some purple just to alter the colour tone. 

Followed by some stamping. 

Next I added the moon and some scenery, but it still needed something else. 

So out came one of the new stencils 

I kept to a pale colour to keep the tones nice and light. 

I do love how that looks, it really adds atmosphere to the design 

I used Inktense pencils to add colour, but I like to add a secret ingredient to my water when I water colour them. 

This really adds some glimmer to the tree. 

The finally some white Posca pen and some glitter...

A lovely, relaxing scene. 

I do hope you will enter the challenge, 

It is on the Lavinia website, and you could win £40 to spend there. 

It is dry here today, Eric and I have just had a lovely walk , 

It is so good to get some fresh air.

I hope you have a lovely day, whatever you get up too.

See you at 11am for coffee and biscuit.

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx