A Quick and Easy Card with Lavinia Stamps and a Stencil

Hello everyone, today is the start of a new Allsorts challenge with the theme of New... Baby, Home, Job etc. selected by Liz. Lots of options there and then as awalys the Anything Goes option is there too!  We have prizes from AALL and Create for this challenge, two stamp sets and you have two weeks to join us for a chance to win!

A couple of months ago I went on a Lavinia Stamps shopping spree at Del Bellos Designs (a US based Lavinia stamps retailer who is retiring and closing her shop) and this cottage and tree stamps were a part of my purchase. 

I decided to make CAS style card with these new to me goodies and I love how it turned out. 

Using Pinecone Versafine Clair ink, I stamped the cottage (Meadow Cottage) and the trees (Tree of Spirits Small) along with the "grass" (Winter Foliage) then added a thin strip of dark brown cardstock to ground the images. I used Faber Castell Polychromos pencils to add a little bit of color to the cottage. I went with pink as I love a pink and brown color combo. The birds are from a retired set by Hero Arts. I don't think I have a "New Home" themed stamp (couldn't find one in my stash) and thought about computer generating one but then decided to go with a simple "congratulations" sentiment instead. This one is long retired from a set by Whimsy Stamps. 

I was going to leave the card as is but then it looked a bit bare and so I decided to add some stenciling on the background using Aall and Create's Crisp Tulips stencil by Tracy Evans. Btw, I linked the Lavinia stamps to my favorite US based Lavinia retailer because she is always offering free US shipping, but if you are in the UK or for the best selection you will find them all at the Lavinia Stamps shop. And maybe you'll find some goodies at Del Bellos Liquidation sale!

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I plan to share this card with these challenges:

• Ally's Angels - AG
• C.R.A.F.T. - AG
• Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! - Stencils
• Creative Fingers - AG
• Creative Inspirations Challenge - AG
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday - AG
• Do-Al(l) Kreatives - AG
• FarmQuest Home Challenge Blog - Home Related (New Home)
• Pattie's Creations - AG
• Simply Clean and Simple - AG Option
• The Creative Crafters - AG

Thanks so much for visiting and hope you're having a wonderful weekend! We've had a couple of very cold days (almost record low!!) and while it now warmed up a bit, we're supposed to get another round of snow this evening and into Sunday night. 'Tis the season!