Lavinia Journal Cover

[Image ID] The cover of a journal laid flat so that both covers are visible. A moonlit scene with a silhouetted fairy stood on a grass topped rocky outcrop. On the far side of the outcrop is a small stone cottage and a bare, windswept tree. [description end]

Each year I make an A5 hand bound journal, and this year I decided to decorate the cover with a Lavinia stamps scene.

[Image ID] The journal is tilted so the stars, shimmery moon and fairy wings as well as highlights on the tree and cottage can be seen more easily. [description end]

It was an interesting project to make, as I had to consider both the composition of the entire scene when the journal is flat, but also how each cover will look on its own when it is folded.

[Image ID]  Close up of the back cover, enabling details of plants in the foreground as well as colour and texture on the cottage roof to be seen more easily. [description end]

[Image ID] Tilted image of the back cover showing off the shimmer and highlights on the plants and the cottage. [description end]

The basic layout of sky, moon, and ground was created by ink blending a mixture of distress inks and oxides. I used both types of ink due to having different colours of them rather than for a specific effect from their different ink formulations.

[Image ID] Close up of the front cover showing the fairy, holding out a dandelion seed in their left hand.  [description end]

[Image ID] Tilted image of the front cover showing the shimmer on the moon and highlights on the fairy. [description end]

After that I used Versafine Clair ink in ‘Nocturne’ (black) to stamp the house, fairy, tree, lantern, and foliage. Finally, I added colour and detail with a mixture of Fabre Castell Pitt Artist brush pens, and some sparkle with glitter gel pens/stickles.

 

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Fairy stamp: Olivia Small

House stamp: Bumble Lodge

Tree stamp: Tree of Hope

Foliage stamps: silhouette Foliage Set

Mushroom & Lantern stamps: Lamps set

Distress Inks & oxides (various colours)

Versafine Clair ink in ‘Nocturne’

Stickles Glitter Glue in ‘Stardust’

Pitt Artist brush pens (Various colours) - Fabre-Castell

Gold gel pen – Uniball Signo

Glitter gel pens – Uniball

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