Visible Image - Isabella

 Today I am showing you Isabella from Visible Image Stamps.

I adore this image, I just love the look on her face, lost in love, well I hope its love and not a broken heart!!  Having coloured her in using my pens I fussy cut her out due to a clumsy cat walking across the cardstock!!  Tom is not as careful round my crafting stuff as Miffy was - but hew will learn!!!  Anyway having cut her out I popped her onto 3d foam pads for a bit of dimension.  The dp is MME Pris and Co and the circle is also on 3d foam pads for dimension.  The sentiment is from Visible Image's Imagine, Dream, Inspire set and I popped it under the circle.  I added some lace, ribbon, punched butterflies, pearls and a button on the centre of the bow.

 And for more inspiration don't forget to check out the Visible Image's facebook page, and the Visible Image blog where we have a monthly challenge.  This month's theme is love.

Supplies:

Image: Visible Image Isabella

Sentiment: Visible image Imagine, Dream, Inspire

Colouring medium: promarkers

Skin: coral sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

Hair: raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose

Clothes: mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup, primrose
twilight sky, demin blue, grey green, pastel blue

Papers: MME Paris and Co

Embellishments: lace, pearls, ribbon, button

Tools: Martha Stewart Butterflies punch

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Creative Inspirations - buttons aNd bows

I love promarkers - lace and pearls

Joanna Sheen - lots of layers

Flutterby Wednesday - lots of layers
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
Moving Along with the Times - lovely ladies
My heart peices - use three of your favouirte things (lace, pearls, butterflies)

 

Cute Card Thursday Guest spot

 This is my last week as guest designer for Cute Card Thursday, and I have had a blast.  The theme is something old ... and I went for old stash as a certain person I live with has suggested i need to use up some of my older stash!!! He didn't mention the fact that that would mean more room for new stash :)

I love the stamps from the JanuaryStamp kit, and masked Bucket of Fun and the well to create a little scene.  The dp is Basic Grey and I went a bit embellishment mad, adding lace, ribbon, pearls, flowers and a diecut banner!!

Now it might not look like a Mothering Sunday card - but according to my children this is my Mum to a tee!!  Always got a bucket in her hand - either full of gardening rubbish or sheep food!!

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments, bucket of fun, well

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: Basic Grey Whats up

Embellishments: pearls, paper flowers, lace, ribbon, die cut banner

Tools: Dienamics banner die

Challenges:

 Whoopsi daisy- add a sentiment

Creative Stamp friends - pearls, lace, swirls

Stamptacular Sunday - swirls and lace

Dream Valley - ribbons and bling

Glitter and Sparkle - bling it on

Sweet Stampin - mothers day/for a special lady
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Craft Your Passion - banners
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

 

Crafty Sentiments Wedding release

 Its the last day of the Crafty Sentiments Wedding release, and I am sure you will agree all 5 images have been absolutely gorgeous ... perfect for those wedding cards for the summer.

SO today I am showing you Tobey Groom 2 ... How fabulous does he look?!!! 

 

I decided to make a bottle tag to match the tag I made for Sunday's release.  Having colouredTobey in I cut him out and put him on the decorated tag using 3d foam pads.  The hearts were made using a couple of heart dies, and some red and cream glittered card.  I made a triple bow out of gold organza to add to the hearts.  Finally a few pearls to finish it off.
But looking smart like this Tobey would be perfect for 18th/21st male birthday, job congratulations or graduation congratulations - he is one versatile dude!!

And here are the matching bottles ...

 And a closer look at the tags and gorgeous images ...

 
The bottle tag was really easy to make.  I simply cut a peice of cardstock 10cm x 26cm, scored at 4cm and 11.5cm.  I used a nestibility circle to cut out the 'hole' in the bewtween the 2 score lines.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty SentimentsTobey Groom 2

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 

Clothes: black, cool grey 5,4, crimson, rubby, lipstick red

Papers: MME Laundry line

Embellishments: organza ribbon, pearls

Tools: Marrianne Creatible hearts

Challenges:

Everybody Art - tag
Stampavie and more - Tag it 
Addicted to stamps - addicted to stamping
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
I love promarkers - lace and/or pearls

 

Crafty Sentiments Wedding release

I am showcasing another bride from the Crafty Sentiments Wedding release, and I am sure you will agree all she is absolutely gorgeous ...

Having coloured the image using my pens I cut her out.  I simply embossed some white cardsotck, and then cut out the loopy circle and added some of the embossed cardstock to the middle.  I layered up white satin and red satin ribbon, and used the banner die to create a slider sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Sincerely Yours

 Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 

Clothes: putty, almond, crimson, ruby, lipstick red

Papers: 

Embellishments: ribbon from stash

Tools: Crafty Sentiments Loopy Circle, 

Coutre Creations washed away embossing folder

Spellbinders tag

Challenges:

Addicted to stamps - addicted to stamping
Crafting for all seasons - dies and punches
Crafts and Me - dies and punches
Divas by Design - anything goes
Paper Pretties - spike the punch
Crafters Cafe - love/friendship

 

Visible Images - Max

I have some really exciting news - I am now part of Visible Image Stamps design team :)  Mark designs
some fantastic clear polymer stamps, including backgrounds, and they stamp up really crisp images.

 So here is Max ...

 I thought I would make a tag for a change, and a boy/grungy one!  I coloured Max in using my pens and then cut him out.  I stamped the metal plate background over the whole tag - as the stamp is clear acrylic it is easy to line up to get a repeating pattern.  The tag was distressed and inked round with black soot distress ink.  I die cut the clock and fence using grunge paper, and then coloured them using black soot and silver alchol ink.  The metal tag was embossed and covered with the same alcohol ink, and gently sanded.  I added some stickers to it and dabbed black soot distress ink over it.  Finally the seam binding was distressed with black soot and the tag tied through it.

 And for more inspiration don't forget to check out the Visible Image's facebook page, and the Visible Image blog where we have a monthly challenge.  This month's theme isLove.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible images Max, Metal Plate background

Sentiment: Tim Holtz chit chat stickers

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: coral sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: Warm grey 1-5

 Clothes: midnight blue, twilight sky, grey green, soft aqua

black, cool grey 2-5, ice grey 1,2

Papers: 

Embellishments: Tim Holtz weathered clock, picket fence, metal tag,

Tools: Tim Holtz weathered clock, picket fence, alcohol inks, sizzix embossing folder

Challenges: 

Anything goes - make it manly

Bearly mine - anything goes

Everybody Art - tag

Dutch Dare - Tag you're it
Addicted to stamps - addicted to stamping
Crafting for all seasons - dies and punches
Crafts and Me - dies and punches
Stampavie and more - Tag it

 

WOYWW

I haven't joined in Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday for a while, not sure why as I have been crafting!

 Here was my desk late yesterday afternoon ... rather messy with lots going on!!  Images part coloured or ready to colour, papers, packets of art parts, modge podges and IndigoBlu stamps - very electic crafting going on - even by my standards!!!


 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

This week's Crafty Sentiments challenge is a Recipe - 1 image, 2 design papers, 3 embellishments.

 I coloured this gorgeous image in using my pens and then cut it out using my nesties labels.  I love these papers, really spring like and fresh.  I cut the flowers and butterfly out, and then coloured the pearls in using my pens to match the papers and colours in the iamge.  Finally I stamped the sentiment and cut it out using a nesting ticket die.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Lazy Days

Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments January's Stamp kit

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: MME Bluebell

Embellishments: diecut flowers and butterfly, pearls

Tools: Dienamics layered rose, Spellbindered labels

Crafty Sentiments  butterfly die and Ticket 2 die

Challenges:

Little Miss Muffet - blue and yellow
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Whoopsi daisy- add a sentiment
Glitter and Sparkle - bling it on 

 

Benson Bear- birthdays

 I love Benson bear, and this cute image, Benson Bear - Birthdays is absolutely adorable!  I coloured him with my pens and then used MME Oliver papers.  I added some prestty lace, ribbon, a crotcheted flower and button, and a pearl swirl.  Very girly embellishments for a not so girly colour scheme!!  This is for my Mum's birthday, and she is really not into pink or girly, so the colours are perfect!

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Benson Bear - birthdays

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Warm grey 1-4, 

midnight blue, twilight sky, grey green, cool aqua, 

gold, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup

 Papers: MME Oliver

 Embellishments: lace, ribbon, pearls, button, crotchet flower

Tools: Spellbinders Nestiblities

 Challenges:

Cardcrafters circle - teddy bear

Allsorts - animals

Forever Friends - bears

I love Promarkers - 4 legged friends

ABC - happy birthday

Stamps and fun=creativity - heart

Stamp with fun - sketch

Whoopsi daisy- add a sentiment

Creative Stamp friends - pearls, lace, swirls

Stamptacular Sunday - swirls and lace

Dream Valley - ribbons and bling

Glitter and Sparkle - bling it on

Sweet Stampin - mothers day/for a special lady

 

Crafty Sentiments Wedding Release

I am showcasing Billy from the Crafty Sentiments Wedding release, and I am sure you will agree he is one handsome, cool dude!!!!

Now I haven't gone specifically for a wedding card here, because I thought he was quite a versatile image, and would be perfect for all types of male card - so it could be a birthday, new job, graduation ... anything really!  He is coloured in with my pens, and I simply added red twine and buttons. 

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Billy Mr Romantic

 Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan

Clothes: black, cool grey 5 &4, burgundy, crimson, ruby, lipstick red

Papers: Bo Bunny Enchanted

 Embellishments: twine, buttons

Tools: 

Challenges:

Make it Monday
Love to Create - string, twine fibres
Paper playtime - use a sentiment stamp

 

Crafty Sentiments Wedding Release

Its day one of the Crafty Sentiments Wedding release, and you are all in for a treat over the next 5 days - the images are stunning!!  We have 2 brides, 2 grooms and 1 bridesmaid to share with you.  And today I have one of brides to share with you.

 How gorgeous is Annabel in this dress??

I decided to make a bottle tag.  Having coloured Annabel in I cut her out and put her on the decorated tag using 3d foam pads.  The hearts were made using a couple of heart dies, and some red and cream glittered card.  I made a triple bow out of gold organza to add to the hearts.  Finally a few pearls to finish it off.

The bottle tag was really easy to make.  I simply cut a peice of cardstock 10cm x 26cm, scored at 4cm and 11.5cm.  I used a nestibility circle to cut out the 'hole' in the bewtween the 2 score lines.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Annabel Elegance

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 

Clothes: putty, crimson, rubby, lipstick red

Papers: MME Laundry line

Embellishments: organza ribbon, pearls

Tools: Marrianne Creatible hearts

Challenges:

The Paper Shelter - celebrations

Craft your passion - all that glitters
Love to Create - all that glitters
Ohlala Creations - sparkle and shine

Divas By Design - fancy fold
2 Sisters  - Romance

 

Crafty Sentiments Boy and dog

How cute are these two??? I love this fab male stamp from the Crafty Sentiments February release, Boy and Dog.  I coloured them in with my pens, having stamped straight on to the card bland.  I added some doodling round the edge and stamped the sentiment.  A really CAS card.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Boy and Dog

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers and copics

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges:

Charisma Cardz - one layer card

Colour Throwdown - soft suede, cajun craze, very vanilla, lucky limeade, marina

Allsorts - animals

ABC - happy birthday

One Stop Craft-  one for the kids

 

Basic Grey Challenge

The theme for this fortnight's Basic Grey Challenge is Anything Goes.

 I used this fab Crafty Sentiments image, Biker Girl, and coloured her using my pens, before creating a stippled background.  The dp is from Granola nad life of the party and I added this fab black jute webbing.  I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out.  The pearls are coloured using my pens, and added some layered flowers.
 

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Biker Girl

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: burgundy, crimson, poppy, lipstick red, pale pink

 Clothes: Cool grey 1-5, black, 

twlight sky, midnight blue, grey green, tea green

Papers: Basic Grey granola, life of the party

Embellishments: pearls, paper flowers

Tools: Dienamics banners die

Challenges:
Fab n Funky - flower power
Creative inspirations - anything goes

 

Molly

I am loving these Visible Image stamps - and Molly is so like my younger daughter!!  Most of her Barbie dolls are headless!!!  I coloured her using my pens and then created a stippled background.  I went for quite muted papers and backed them onto dark cardstock.  I die cut the flowers and attached brads to their centres.  I added some lace and thin satin ribon, and a bow, charm and button.  Finally a swirl and the sentiment which I stamped directly onto the dp.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Molly

Sentiment: Kraftin Kimmie Wednesday

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: coral,sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: aubergine, purple, orchid, lavendar

 Clothes:aubergine, purple, orchid, lavendar, cool grey 1-5, black

 Papers: MME Fiddlesticks

Embellishments: diecut flowers, adhesive swirl, lace, ribbon, charm, button, brad

Tools: Dienamics Layered rose

 Challenges:

Crafts and Me - charmed I'm sure

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Fab n Funky - flower power

Papercrafting Journey - bingo (lace, dies, brads)
Bearly Mine - lace, ribbon, twine
Papertake Weekly - buttons and bling
Make My Monday - buttons and ribbon
Crafting by Designs - anything goes 
Crafty Catz - dies and punches

 

Birthday Lulu

 How cute does Lulu look with her pretty dress and crown?  Having coloured her in using my pens I simply added some stickles to her feet and crown.  The sketch was a very CAS one, so I added some punched butterflies and pearls - that was it :)

Supplies:

Image: Kraftin Kimmie Birthday Lulu

Sentiment:Craftwork Cards sentiment

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

 Hair: raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 

Clothes: rose peach, coral, sunkissed pink, soft green, pastel green, tea green

Papers: First Edition Blank Canvas

Embellishments: pearls, punched butterflies, organza ribbon

Tools: Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges:

Daring Cardmakers - butterflies

Just Us Girls- coral, sage, kraft, white

Kraftin Kimmie - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - use kraft

Creative Card Crew - birthday

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Crafting by Designs - anything goes 

The Paper Shelter - celebrations

Craft your passion - all that glitters
Love to Create - all that glitters
Ohlala Creations - sparkle and shine

 

Cute Card Thursday GDT

The theme this week for Cute Card Thursday is Simplfy ...

So I have gone very CAS - I simply stamped and diecut these butterflies, and put them onto crumb cake cardstock, before adding the sentiment - very simples!! 

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly wishes

Sentiment: Penny Black Take Flight

 Embellishments: 

Tools: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly wishes die

 Challenges:

 

Isabella

Lisa is going to be stocking these fabulous Visible Image stamps soon - this one is called Isabella, and she was a dream to colour. Having coloured her with my pens, I stitched the MME dp and added a doily, some lace and organza ribbon and a bow.  The mdf swirl has been glamour dusted, and I added a layered flower and pearls.  Finally I added a button with twine tied through it to the bow centre.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Isabella

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: Warm grey 1-5

Clothes: midnight blue, twilight sky, grey green, cool aqua

gold, mustard, pastel yellow,buttercup

Papers: MME Oliver

Embellishments: phlox diecut flower, lace, organza ribbon, lace, 
pearls, button, glamour dust, stickles,Swirl

Tools: Memory Box Phlox flower die

Challenges:

ABC - all stitched up
Craft your passion - all that glitters
Love to Create - all that glitters
Ohlala Creations - sparkle and shine
Kreative Stamp friends - pearls, lace and swirls
Cupcake craft - doilies, lace and swirls
Stamps + fun-=creativity - lace
Bearly Mine - lace, ribbon, twine
Papertake Weekly - buttons and bling
Make My Monday - buttons and ribbon
Crafting by Designs - anything goes
Stampavie and More - lots of layers

 

Altered Suitcase

 Lisa has a fabulous range of alterable items in the shop, and the little suitcases are gorgeous!
Here is what i did with mine ...

 And this is how I did it ...

I am a cheapskate and won't pay for patterned  tissue paper so I make my own.  So all you need is white tissue paper, your alterable, stamps, inks and embellishments.

 Before I started I carefully peeled the straps back using a craft knife - this just makes it easier to cover the case.

 I used archival black and sepia inks and stamped all over the tissue paper with stamps.  I used Stampers Anonymous Air Travel set.  You need to be patient at this point and let the ink dry thoroughly.

 Once the ink was dry I covered the suitcas with PVA glue and then eased the tissue paper over.  It doesn't need to be very smooth, a few creased helps with the aged look!  You need to cut into the sides to allow the paper to fold .

Once you have covered it and the tissue is dry, glue the straps back down.

 

Now to age it up - I used vintage photo distress ink and rubbed it all over the suitcase, but not over the straps.

 The straps were covered in walnut stain distress ink to add a bit of a contrast.

And finally I decorated it with more stamps and tickets. 

Passion for Promarkers Challenge

 This week's Passion for Promarkers theme is prince/ss and a crown ...

 I used this gorgeous DigiStamp Boutique image, and coloured her in using my pens, before liberally glamour dusting her wings.  Its not really a colour scheme I use but I need to use these First Edition papers as they are very strokeable!!  I added diecut flowers and banners, some pearls and some ribbon and a bow.

Supplies: 

Image: DSB Fairy Hattie Collection

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan 

Clothes: soft green, pastel green, honeydew

cocktail pink, pale pink

Papers:  First Edition Summer Breeze

 Embellishments: die cut flowers, banners, pearls, ribbon

Tools: Dienamic banner, Dienamic layered rose, Spellbinders nestibilities

Challenges:

Craft your passion - all that glitters
Love to Create - all that glitters
Ohlal Creations - sparkle and shine