Stand Out!

Good morning and happy Tuesday. I've left the Christmas preparations behind and set off in search of sunshine, so this is a scheduled post. Helen and Mark recently had a Black Friday weekend sale over at Visible Image, and this is one of the sets that fell into my basket :-)

I started by giving my monolith and stand a couple of layers of white gesso so that the alcohol inks would have a slicker surface to move on, then I just blew them through a straw.

Then I made a total mess of the stamping. I've just re-inked my Versamark and I don't seem to have much luck with re-inked ink pads - I think in future I'll just buy a new one. Anyhow instead of binning it and sulking which is what I wanted to do, I gave it a couple of coats of white acrylic. I quite liked how this knocked back the brick wall embossing that I'd used from the Teenage Kicks plate.

So I huffed and puffed and re-blew the alcohol ink, and just stamped the brick wall a little around the edges then rubbed off some of the bronze embossing powder before heating it.
The legs from Teenage Kicks have been embossed in black, and the quote is actually purple and black but it doesn't show up so well here. Then it was a bit of bottle top stamping and all done.

I really enjoyed the start and the end - the bit in the middle not so much lol but I'm happy how it's turned out, there's actually quite a bit of texture in there which is always good.
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Have a wonderful week, and thanks very much for looking x

I'm Happy

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! I'm well and truly into Christmas card making mode at the moment as we go away on Thursday and when we come back it will be very near to Christmas. This is one that I made with my favourite (for this week, my favourites change daily) Tomorrow Doesn't Exist plate from Visible Image.

This one is for my sons girlfriend and I didn't want it to be too traditional, so I chose my pink and purple DecoArt paints...

and sponged away with a piece of foam.

Then out with my trusty home made stencil

and the white gesso to build a bokeh background. I really do like this as a background as the images really pop from it. 

I decided to chop a bit off to make a rectangular card and used this as a practice to make sure my embossing powder showed up.

I stamped my happy girl first and embossed with black EP. It's not a traditional Christmas stamp, but it's how I feel at this time of year! Then came the words from Go To Christmas Words, and Happy from the Tomorrow Doesn't Exist plate. There's also stars from Universal and edgy from De-stressed backgrounds.
So I didn't forget it was a Christmas card I gave my girl a felt Santa hat and a bit of bling. 

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I'm also entering this into the That's Crafty 'grungy' challenge - who says grungy can't be pink :-)

I hope you (and she) likes my card, have a fun week and thanks very much for looking x

Glimmer of Light

Good morning, and Happy Tuesday. It's my turn to share a visible Image project with you, and I've been feeling very bold!  I've made a journal page, straight into the book without a safety net. 

This is the best photograph I can get as we're slightly lacking in the old daylight department.

This is lots of Distress Ink blended in patches, with some stencilling in the same colours.  I liked it, but boy was it bright, so I toned it down a bit with some gesso through a stencil. The edging stamp is from the Music on World Off plate.

Time for some fun now in building up the background. I've used Ranger Archival inks to stamp my quotes from Imagine, Dream, Inspire, and there's also circles from Universal.

I've been wanting to use the Glimmer of Light plate for a while now, but I've been in Halloween (thankfully gone) or Christmas (OMG it's getting close) mode for weeks, but today was playday!

Don't you just love this moth! He's just stamped onto the background and coloured in places with Stabilo pencils. I stamped the light bulb into the previously stamped circle, then stamped the circle again and embossed in white.

And this is the quote, stamped and embossed with black fine EP. I've just highlighted bits and bobs with stencils and Portfolio pastels. This was such fun to make once I'd got over the terrors of stamping in my shiny new journal.

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Have a brilliant week, and thanks very much for looking x

No Regrets

Good morning and Happy Sunday. It's my turn today to share a Visible Image 'out of the garage' creation. 

 I made this right at the start of our 'Grand Design' and it was in the mini heat wave in September. It was sooo hot in our garage - not so much now lol.

Look at all that sunshine! Although I made it a while ago this has very much been a work in progress. The background is Distress paint, and the stamping is from the Revolution set.
The lovely girl is on the relaunched No Space For Dreams plate which now contains the most amazing dream catcher stamp!
Listen to your inner voice has been stenciled, and one of my favourite sentiment plates 'No regrets' is back and will be dispatched from tomorrow!

By take 2 it's Winter, so no daylight for photographs. I think I have SAD syndrome already! I've just got some new Seth Apter dies, so decided to highlight the No Regrets. I forgot to mention my go to Edgy stamp, which can now be found on De-Stressed Backgrounds. I think it's safe to say that I use it on everything!

So take 3 - the final cut, a couple more die cuts, and I'm happy! So listen to your inner voice, and have no regrets! My inner voice just says 'eat the chocolate' or 'buy the stamp' - it's a very easily pleased inner voice.

If your inner voice says 'buy the stamps' they can be found here.
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Have a great weekend, and thanks very much for looking xx

True Love Never Dies

Good morning and happy Tuesday. It's my turn to share my Visible Image project with you today. Although we've not had Halloween yet, I've moved forward to Day of the Dead.

I started by applying lots of DecoArt Multi Surface Satin paints to a chipboard heart, then stencilling over the top. It's looking a bit rough at this stage but it doesn't matter.

I put another stencil over the top then went over again with watered down gesso.

Next I stencilled Day of the Dead with black gesso, and stamped the large stamp from Mr Bone Jangles twice for placement.
I then stamped him onto card and cut him out. Mr and Mrs BJ have been stencilled and even doodled on (yes I doodled!) He's also been stamped onto shrink plastic (baby BJ lol).

My sentiment has been made with my go to label maker. I would be really lost without this!

It would be fab if you shared your Visible Image makes with us in our Show and Tell file on facebook. 
There's also loads of inspiration here in our FB group, then there's the blog , and the shop  where you can see all the lovely stamps.

I'm also entering this into the Lost Coast Designs's 31 days of Halloween scary or weird challenge, and Dream in Darkness's creepy or weird (anything but cute) challenge. Though I do think the BJ family are quite cute!

Thanks very much for looking, and have a fun week x

Thriller

Good morning and happy Tuesday. As Halloween draws closer I've been having a play with my Visible Image stamps and monoliths and this is what I've made.  

The monolith has been painted with black gesso. They are so smooth and paint beautifully. Then I've added some silver paint through a stencil, and stamped Rays of Light and covered with gilding flakes in gold and silver.
The blood is of course real... actually it's nail varnish - this is the closest I've got to wearing it for years although technically I do paint my nails quite often!
The varnish has been painted direct, and also on a Seth Apter die cut. 

Time for Mr Bone Jangles to make an appearance. I couldn't manage jazz hands but I've given him a sparkly hat instead.

I've typed the words - I think it's time to change the ribbon on my old typewriter!

Mr B J has a sparkly base too with one of the smaller stamps from Rays of Light. This set is coming back in a couple of weeks with new additions including a fabulous 'Sparkle' sentiment.

This was great fun to make, not just because I love the smell of nail polish!
I'm entering this into the That's Crafty All of a Sparkle challenge,  Lost Coast Designs Scary or Weird,  Dream in Darkness anything goes except cute, and A Vintage Journey Make it Spooky.

You can find lots more Visible Image inspiration on our 
Facebook page where your can join in with our 'show and tell' for the chance to win £25.00 to spend in the shop.

Thanks very much for looking, and have a great week x

New Beginnings

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's my turn to share my Visible Image project with you today. Cast your mind back a couple of weeks when it still seemed like Summer, and we had lots of butterflies. 

I love making pages for my tag book, but it's now officially full, so this is the first page of my new tag book! 

I started by brayering a background.

Then I cut out my tags, and added some stamping. I've used
The Ripple Effect and
Universal. These stamps look beautiful covered in paint, but I did clean them afterwards,  honestly!

Then I stamped and cut out the big butterfly from Butterfly Beginnings and used it as a stencil to stamp the words from Revolution.

Added some stencilling with Portfolio pastels, and I'm ready to start with the butterflies.

These are the small butterfly from Butterfly Beginnings, and are stamped on acetate and vellum. There's also Tando board, embossing powder and bling - lots of bling!

The sentiment is from the same set and I've just stamped, embossed and sewn around it.  I've layered the butterflies up as I'd made quite a few and I didn't want to waste any!

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You can visit the blog here for lots of inspiration, and all the goodies are in the shop.

I'm also entering this into the That's Crafty challenge, which is asking for a touch of bling.

Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x

Good Times!

Good morning and a very Happy Tuesday. Today I'm the new girl on the block on the Visible Image design team, and for my first piece I've made a monolith.

I love these monoliths, they are so smooth and take whatever you care to throw at them. In this case lots of paint, embossing paste, and embossing powders.

I started by working out where my main image was going to go (Behind Every Mask) then adding some texture paste through a stencil.

I've made my own high tech stencil ;-) and added lots of Dina Wakley paints.

and more paint, it's looking really bad now isn't it!

Stamped my Behind Every Mask stamp, and started with the stencilling.

In the end I stamped it 3 times, with a Frantage layer in the middle. I've found with these stamps that black embossing powder gives a much better effect than black ink with clear embossing .
There's also lots of stamping in the background. I've used the text from Revolution and the small stamp from Rays of Light.

Had to add the obligatory sequins...

And because it's a monolith you can just turn it over and play on the other side too!

You can see the base better on this one. They are a fabulous fit, you just slot the monolith in and it stands up perfectly.

There are squillions of stamps on this one - I LOVE a good background stamp, they are my unsung hero's lol.

I've used
No Regrets
Flower Inkognito
Glimmer of Light - for the words
Rays of Light
How Fragile We Are - for the words
Universal
The Ripple Effect

I am so happy to be part of the team, these are such fabulous stamps to work with.
Here are some links for you to check out some wonderful inspiration from the DT
Website and blog
Facebook group
Facebook page

Have a great day, and thanks very much for looking x