Tree of Dreams {Lavinia World #20}

I have two posts today.  Please scroll down for my second one featuring a wine bottle tag.

It's time for a new Lavinia World Challenges #20. Anything goes using a stamped image (no digis please).  The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to Lavinia World!

I've created this simple piece that is large enough to place on a bookshelf or add to a small frame and hang on the wall using the Tree of Dreams stamp.

I love how versatile this stamp can be.  I added simple die cut flowers using a Sizzix die (Susan's Garden-Yarrow), but you could add tiny hearts for Valentine's, flowers, gems, crystal drops, leave it bare for winter time.  The list keeps going on and on in my head. 😆.

I started out by stamping this with VersaFine Clair (Chianti).  I think that's my favorite color for now.  It's a purplish/brownish color that really looks good in person.  I stamped this onto linen text weight paper, so it's pretty thin paper.  I loved it though because you can see all the texture from the paper when I added by background colors.

After making sure the ink was completely dry, I created my sky and grass using Pan Pastels. This was a quick and easy way to cover the entire background without any fuss (and as I said, really brings out the linen texture of the paper).

To give the tree a bit of early spring color, I used a fine tipped marker to add green to the vine growing up and intertwining with the branches.  I then die cut a bunch of the tiny Yarrow flowers in pink and added Nuvo Vintage Drops (Vanilla Milkshake) to the centers of each small flower.  Once the centers were dry, I adhered the flowers all over the tree and a few on the ground.

Using a Sue Wilson die set (Noble Dies-Double Pierced Rectangles Set B), I created a simple frame around my image.  Next I created the base of the project using a large die from Tonic Studios (Memory Book Maker-Layered Cascade die set).  I thought it was a bit plain, so using a Spectrum Noir Sparkle marker, I added sparkle and shine all around the edges. 

I found some old photo corners in gold and thought they would be a great addition to this project. The finishing touch was a couple gems.

Now it's your turn to join us.  You can either upload your current project to the Challenge Blog or you can join our Anything Lavinia Facebook group and upload your project there.  If you upload into the Anything Lavinia album, your project must include something Lavinia (stamps, paper); if you upload to the Challenge Blog, anything goes as long as you have used a physical stamp on your project.  

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Until next time.....