Dreamatorium Challenge

Hi everyone, following from my recent visit to the new Lavinia Dreamatorium for the opening weekend, I was keen to dream up a creation (or hopefully more than one!) for the special Dreamatorium celebration challenge which is taking place until the end of April, with the lovely team at Lavinia offering some very generous prizes. Entries must use ONLY  stamps from the new Dreamatorium collection so this was quite a challenge for me, as I bought a moderate selection of the new stamps and will normally combine them with my existing stamps. However I do love a challenge, so I started thinking about what other permitted Lavinia supplies I could bring into play to fill the space on my card. I decided to use a few new stamps along with a sticker stencil and a sticker sentiment, and I also used one of the Scenescape cards I treated myself to in the shop. Here’s the result.

I created the dome using a sticker stencil -  first I created the base using blended Black Soot Distress Oxide, then I created the dome using Dark Denim Elements ink. The dome stencil is pretty big, so I shortened it so it would fit onto the 15cm square Scenescape card - this was pretty straightforward as the dome stencil has straight sides so is easy to align with the inked base. I stamped the pixie, swing, foliage and bottles inside the dome with the mask still in place, then removed it and stamped the hanging lightbulbs. I edged the dome with clear Stardust pen and added white Posca highlights, coloured the lightbulbs with Stardust pens, then added liquid to the bottles using coloured Wink of Stella pens. Finally I added a sentiment sticker and matted the finished piece onto a black border and 7” card blank.

Here’s an angled picture to show the sparkle.

Stamps: Lavinia Pris, Swing, Silkweed Hops, Wild Foliage, Tonic of Health, Light Bulbs;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Black Soot); Lavinia Elements ink (Dark Denim); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Avocado, Shady Lane, Rainforest); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Sakura Stardust pens (yellow, clear); Wink of Stella (blue, pink, gold); Posca pen (white, yellow);

Papers: Lavinia Seascapes - Tranquility;

Tools: Lavinia Sticker stencils set 9;

Other: Lavinia Sentiment Stickers 6.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Alphabet Challenge - A is for Alphabet (choose a letter)

(D is for Dreamatorium, Dream and Dome)

Addicted to Stamps and More #490 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Ally’s Angels #93 - Anything Goes  

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (April) - Use a Stencil

Creative Crafters #87 - Anything Goes 

Heart’s Quest Fantasy Challenge #4 2025 - Anything Fantasy Goes

Lavinia Dreamatorium Creative Challenge - Use only Dreamatorium Collection stamps

NBUS #73 - Use Your Never-Before- Used Schtuff

(3 of the new Lavinia stamps, pink & blue Wink of Stella pens, Scenescape card & sentiment sticker)

Path of Positivity #130 - Anything Goes Positive

We Love 2 Create #4 2025 - Anything Mixed Media / Papercrafting Goes

Word Art Wednesday #694/695 - Anything Goes (4th entry)

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,