Monday, February 2, 2015

Valentine's with Lavinia - Challenge #2 Bright and Beautiful

Hello My dear Crafter and Stamper Friends:

A new challenge starts today, (every 2nd of the month) at the Lavinia's challenge Blog!
This month the theme is Bright and beautiful ...
Here are my two takes as part of my DT contributions...

I have to admit that bright colors are a little bit of a challenge for me...so I pick two different color schemes...

For the first project I chose to go with the colors of the month for Valentine's,  Red and mixed with some warm colors...

lavinia's alura die for valentine's front

The technique in here 
is how to look at your dies in a different way... 

Stretching your dies .... 
in this case "Dissecting" your dies!

I took the beautiful "Alura" die from Lavinia (left die) and I die cut it 3 times, then cut parts of the die...

lavinia's alura die for valentine's dissecting the die

From the wings I made the butterfly and I cut the fairy to be by herself and used the remaining top flourishes to make like a half moon...

lavinia's alura die for valentine's detail wings

This way you are stretching your die and finding a new look...So I invite you from now on to look at your dies carefully and try to "dissect" them! to see what you might find...

lavinia's alura die for valentine's supplies


And the second card is made with "neon/bright" cool colors... depicting Love for the month of February!


Lavinia neon card for valentine's front

for this card I painted the background with "Luminarte Silks", which  are glazed acrylic paints and very vibrant...
then on a second paper I used a "Memory Box" stencil and sponged some neon inks for the background,


Lavinia neon card for valentine's steps

stamp the house and heat emboss it in black,
added some heart dies
and Voilà another valentine's card using Lavinia stamps!

Lavinia neon card for valentine's detail

A last view

Lavinia neon card for valentine's last view


I hope that you like these projects...and enter your project at Lavinia's challenge blog for the chance to win £40.00 to spend at their main store online website...

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Lavinia: alura die; Freya's house stamp
Memory Box: retired heart border die
Cherry Lynn: Valentine's



27 comments:

  1. Both perfect Bibiana, always inspirational.
    I've been looking at how to use the dies in different ways so thank you for more ideas.
    Wonderful colour choices too...xxx

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  2. Absolutely stunning creations Bibiana xx

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  3. Beautiful work as always. What a lovely colour filled post to brighten the start of a new week. Hope you are feeling well.

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  4. Bibiana .. your work is always so lovely ... Your lavinia stamps work is just wonderful to see and have on the challenge blog ... thank you E xxx

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  5. Both of your cards are stunning!! I love how you dissected the die on the first one!! The colors are gorgeous!! And the second one is just beautiful!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  6. WOUAH 2 BIEN BELLES CARTES BRAVO MA BELLE

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  7. Wow love the colors on both cards. I really do need to look at the die cuts better to see how else they can be used, you do it beautifully. Love the house stamp on your second card too.

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  8. Both pieces are lovely but the way you used the fairy wings ingenious.......Lis

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  9. 2 superbes cartes, bravo. Bises.

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  10. Tes deux cartes sont superbes Bibiana ! Encore une belle astuce pour l'utilisation des dies ! Bises

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  11. WOUW WOUW these are both sooo beautiful Bibiana. So gorgeous colors, especially the first one hit me really hard at heart, just sooo elegant and beautiful, but also the second one is very delicat and beautiful.

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  12. Absolutely beautiful Bibiana, so love the mixture of colours.

    Love & Hugs

    Jacquie j xxx
    http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

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  13. Stunning creations and beautiful colours

    Anne

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  14. Such beautiful colours - I love the brights! You are a whiz with the dies, Bibiana! Gorgeous cards, my friend!

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  15. T'es cartes sont très belles pleines de Pepsi
    J ai un faible pour la seconde à cause de la tite maison
    bisous

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  16. C'est beau comme tout , ça donne des idées et le goût de refaire tes modèles avec de si belles couleurs! j'adore!

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  17. Wowww hermosos trabajos Bibiana, me encantaron los colores que usaste, la hadita, todo hermoso!!!

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  18. Its so nice to see the process and your techniques. awesome!!! love the punch of bright colours in both designs!! :)

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  19. Oh my goodness, I can't stop staring at your two projects. Both are incredibly awesome.

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  20. HI Bibiana, wow these creations are stunning! I love the colours you have used...the cascading hearts in the background of the first card are really effective and the second card is so vibrant...both beautiful! Hugs Carole Z X

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  21. Wow, these are amazing...I love the bright and bold colors, and the "dissecting " of the dies is a fabulous idea!!

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  22. fab Bibiana and such clever use of the die x

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  23. très jolies cartes et merci pour les explications !

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  24. Oh wow, some clever work here lady! I LOVE what you did with those wings, altogether amazing!

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  25. These are beautiful Bibiana, cannot pick a favourite. Kx

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  26. 2 remarkable and inspirational cards, love the colours xx

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  27. Two stunning cards, can't choose which I like best and the colours are gorgeous on both of them, hugs Carole Z X

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