Lili Of The Valley - Love Letters Owl

Hi there everyone

Today I'm sharing a piece of art I created on a wood slice using one of the new stamps released by Lili Of The Valley last week. The stamp is from the 'Love Letters' collection and I used Prismacolor pencils to colour with. 

Did know, you can stamp your image onto wood using a permanent or waterproof ink like Stazon or Ranger Archival ink; then colour with it whatever takes your fancy eg pencils, Copics and even paints such as watercolour and acrylics etc. However, what's unusual about my piece of art is that I actually used a digi stamp and pencils on wood. I flipped the image, printed it out and coloured it with my pencils. I know crazy eh! After doing lots of research I found a way to do this. You should also be able to use paints if you print out using an Epson printer as their ink is usually water resistant - however, I haven't tried this as I've only got a Canon  Pixma printer atm. Check out below how I did this, then have a go and send me your feedback. Obviously you can use this for any digital stamp. :) 

Please note that as a LOTV Design Team member I was given permission by the company to use the digital version of the image, as the polymer stamp version wasn't available at the time.

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

First I made sure the wood slice was smooth, dry and dust free. Next I imported the owl into my software program and resized it to fit a 4" x 4" circle and flipped it. I printed this onto a piece of copier paper so I knew what the image placement was. I use a top loading printer (it feeds in from the top) and made sure that the image was sited on bottom of the page, meaning it printed out last. This ensured that the plain copier paper would feed into the printer first, which was crucial for the next step. 

Once the image has been printed out I attached a piece of wax paper sufficient to cover the image and tape this in place with removeable tape. I changed my printer setting to 'Photo' printing, and choose the Glossy photo paper option (this ensured that the ink stayed wetter for longer). I put the paper back into the printer ensuring the wax paper was going to be the last thing to print out, and pressed print. 

The next step was crucial, I very carefully removed the wax paper from the copier paper and placed it face down onto the wood slice. I made sure that I did this confidently so as to not move or smudge the image once it was down. Whilst keeping the paper in place with one hand, I carefully pressed and smoothed out the lines of the image (from the centre outwards), I just used my fingers (but I did use an old credit card on another image). Keeping the paper in place I lifted a corner of the paper to check everything was ok, as the transfer only takes a few seconds. Once I was happy with everything I removed the wax paper. I wiped over the surface of paper with a paper towel just to make sure there was no ink residue left, as this can be reused again, and again. The image instantly dried onto the wood, so I coloured the image in using my pencils. To finish off  I added a little glitter to the heart, a printed out sentiment and a little bow. FYI - if I was planning on giving this away I would probably spray it with varnish to protect it. 

If I get enough requests I will create a proper handout using this method. :)

Here's What I Used 

Polymer Stamp:  Love Letter Collection

Digital Sentiment: Embossed Labels

Prismacolor Pencils: Owl - Bunt ochre, Sienna Brown, Light Umber, Blush Pink, Pink, Beige / Flowers & Crown - Blush Pink, Pink, Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange, Spring green, Olive Green, Envelop - White, Blush Pink, Poppy Red / Branch - Light Umber, Spring Green, Olive Green   

Other: 4" x 4" Wooden Slice, Wax Paper, Copier Paper, White Card, Glitter, Embroidery Thread

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely digi images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, advertisements or my participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Spring stamps. TTFN

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x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Love Letter Elephant

Hi everyone

Happy New Year to you all. Let's hope that 2022 is going to be a much better year than the previous 2. Fingers crossed. Anyhow upwards and onwards as they say, for my card today I'm sharing the new polymer stamp sets being released by Lili Of The Valley very soon. The elephant stamp is from the 'Love Letters' collection, and the sentiment badge is from the 'Rainbows' collection. To add some colour to the images I used Copic pens. The stamps are simply fabulous with lots of space to do either flat colouring or adding a little shading, you could also try a little paper piecing. (For Sale - £4.50 + P&P) SOLD

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

I added trimmed down a piece of pretty pink paper slightly smaller than my 6" x 6" card blank, and attached it to the card front. Using my graphics software I created a square with a dotty pink line then printed it out, then die cut with a square die. The elephant was stamped into the centre of the square and coloured with Copic pens, then mounted onto a pink scalloped square. Foam was added to the back of the topper and glued to the centre of the card front. The sentiment badge was stamped, coloured and fussy cut out, and added to the top of the card with a foam pad. 

To finish off the card I add a little glitter to the sentiment, hearts and a few areas of the elephant plus a little gem. 

Here's What I Used 

Polymer Stamp:  Love Letter - Elephant

Polymer Stamp: Rainbows - Spread A Little Love

Copics: Elephant & Decorations - W1, W2, W3, E000, E00 /  Y15, Y17, Y38, RV06, RV27, RV52, RV55, YG01, YG03, YG17 / Hearts & Sentiment - RV06, RV27

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, Make It Colour Card, Pink Card, Bloom & Wild Paper Pad (Craft Consortium), Decorative Nested Square Dies (Craft Buddy), Funky Foam, Gems, Biodegradable Glitter (Docrafts), Glue, Double Sided Tape

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely digi images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, advertisements or my participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Spring stamps. TTFN

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x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Love Letter Unicorn

Hi there

I'm back again with another Lili Of The Valley beauty from their new collection. For my card today I have used 2 of the new stamps from the Love Letters collection - Unicorn and sentiment 'Birthday Hugs'. I used Copic pens to colour the image. Isn't it just so sweet though, such a gorgeous stamp and perfect for all the little unicorn lovers out there. I hope you like it. x 

(For Sale - £4.50 + P&P) SOLD

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

First I trimmed down some pretty lilac paper to fit my 6" x 6" scalloped card base, leaving a slim border around the edge. 

The cute unicorn and stamped out onto colouring card stock, then coloured it with Copic pens and fussy cut it out. The sentiment was stamped onto white card and die cut into a circle, pale pink ink was added to the centre. When the ink was dry, the circle topper was glued to a lilac die cut scallop mat, then the cut out unicorn was glued in the centre. I added glitter to areas of the unicorn to make it sparkle.

Funky foam was glued to the back of the topper and attached to the centre of the card front. To finish the card I added a few dots around the unicorn with a white gel pen, then added a few pearls on the bottom. 

You can email me at jsnine.quinn@gmail.com if you require more information about how I created this card. 

Here's What I Used

Polymer Stamp: Love Letter Collection - Unicorn and Birthday Hugs

Copics: Unicorn - C0, C1,C2 / Mane & Tail - V12, V15, BV000 / Unicorn Decorations, Saddle & Pole - RV02, RV21, RV52, RV55, B000, B00, B02

Other: 6" x 6" White Scalloped Card Blank, Make It Colour Card, Lilac Card, My Sweet Provence A4 Paper Pad (Lemon Craft), Stitched Scalloped Circle Die Set (Creative Expressions), Spun Sugar Distress Ink, Pearls, Glitter, Funky Foam, Glue, Double Sided Tape

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely digi images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, advertisements or my participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Spring stamps. TTFN

Challenges entered:

Hugs

x Janine x