In the Spring Meadow 🐝

Hi everyone, I went out for a country walk with my dear husband at the weekend, and we saw our first coloured butterflies of the year along with lots of beautiful bumble bees in the spring meadows, so I felt inspired to make another spring card for this month’s Lavinia Creative Challenge. I also tried a technique I had seen demonstrated at the Dreamatorium by Jo Rice, to make clouds in the sky using ripped cotton wool pads on the gel press (tutorial here). Here’s the result.

I brayered Blue Lagoon and Green Parrot Elements ink onto my Roland gel press, spritzed lightly with water, then placed some ripped pieces of flat cotton wool pads on top. I dabbed the cotton wool with my fingers then lifted off to lift some of the blue ink, before taking a print directly onto my base card. I masked the circle and stamped my flowers and grasses in various shades of Versafine Clair, then added Bumble and Hum. I coloured the flower tips with white Posca pen, and the bees with gold Wink of Stella and Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen on the wings. Finally I added a little doodling around the circle with a black fineliner, and a stamped sentiment.

I also blended a couple of soft inky lines across the “clouds” as I felt they looked a bit stark … Jo’s definitely had a softer more wispy look. Still, practice makes perfect as they say, so I’m sure I’ll give it another go in the future. 

Here’s an angled picture to show the sparkle.

Stamps: Lavinia Wild Summer Flower, Wild Poppies, Field Grass, Bumble and Hum, Heartfelt Verses;

Media: Lavinia Elements ink (Blue Lagoon, Green Parrot); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Shady Lane, Avocado, Sand Dune, Blue Belle; Wink of Stella (gold); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear);  Posca pen (white); 

Tools: Lavinia Roland gel press.

Challenges I would like to enter:

613 Avenue Create (April) - Anything Goes with option Splash of Colour

Addicted to Stamps and More #491 - Make Your Mark

Beautiful Blossoms #28 - Anything Floral Goes (2nd entry)

Creative Moments #269 - CAS

Do All Kreatives #100 - Spring Birthday (2nd entry)

Dream Factory #138 - Magnolia (use flowers)

Ellibelle’s Garden Party #2 - Anything In or From a Garden (2nd entry)

Fab ‘n’ Funky #615 - Use Your Favourite Colours

(I love blue and green)

FarmQuest #70 - Ladybugs or Other Insects - TOP 3

FarmQuest General Store #27 - Anything Farm or Country Goes (2nd entry)

Four Seasons (April) - Anything Goes Spring (3rd entry)

Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love #4 2025 - Birthdays (3rd entry)

Lavinia Creative Challenge (April) - The Joys of Spring (3rd entry)

Let’s Craft and Create #218 - Anything Goes with option Add Flowers (2nd entry)

Make My Monday #250 - Things With Wings

Simon Says (Monday) - Blooming Blooms

Triple B (April) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms (3rd entry)

We Love 2 Create #4 2025 - Anything Mixed Media/Papercrafting Goes (2nd entry) - WINNER

Word Art Wednesday #696/697 - Anything Goes

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,