Visible image DT post

 Today I am showing you a clean and simple card using stamps from Visible Image Stamps.

I used chipped sapphire distress ink to stamp the Music background stamp and repeat stamped it to create the background.  I stamped the Inspire stamp from the Imagine, Dream, inspire stamp using the same ink and matted it and the music background onto navy  cardstock.  Finally I matted it onto layered cardstock.

 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 Brighten your day - you just have a couple of days to enter.

Supplies:

Image: Visible image Music background

Sentiment: Visible image Imagine, Dream, inspire

Colouring medium:

Papers:

Embellishments:

Tools:

Challenges:

Crazy4 - no dp

Stamps+fun=creativity - CAS

Challenges4everybody - anything goes
Anything goes - handmade backgrounds

 

Passion for Promarkers Challenge

 Its time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and the theme this week is ribbon, lace or twine.

According to my best firend I am a perpetual over-achiever - maybe she is right, because I used all three!!!  I coloured this Crafty Sentiment's image, Lets Swing, in using my promarkers - I have been playing with different skin tones :).  I cut the image and mat out using my Spellbinders labels.  The dp is a digi I downloaded recently - love its bright and bold patterns.  I addded a doilly, layered flower, lace and a ribbon and bow.  I tied some twine through a button and added that to the centre of the bow.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Lets Swing

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: cocoa, cinnamon, tan, dusky rose

Hair: umber, shale, tawny owl tan, march hair

Clothes: 

Papers: Hello Summer

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges: 

Sweet Stampin' - doillies and dies
Charisma Cards - here comes summer
ABC - not just 1
2 Sisters - outdoor fun
Paper Playtime - use 2 or more ribbons
Incy Wincy - photo inspiration
Bearly Mine - colour challenge
Creative Card Crew - punches/dies

 

On the Seas

 

 How adorable is Primrose On the Seas?  I love her retro swimming hat!  I coloured her with my pens, added stickle to the sea, and then cut her out using my decagon nesties.  I love blue and kraft cardstock, and layered mats.  Having matted Primrose onto the kraft, I added a doilly.  Finally some ribbon, twine, flowers and pearls, and a printed sentiment to finish.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments On the Seas

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Pink Petticoat gingham

Embellishments: ribbon, twine, flowers. pearls,doilly

Tools: Spellbinders Decagons

Challenges:

Creative  Inspirations - bingo (ribbon, flowers, glitter)

Sweet Stampin' - doillies and dies
Charisma Cards - here comes summer
ABC - not just 1
2 Sisters - outdoor fun


Allsorts - happy birthday
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Craft your passion - natural materials
Glitter n sparkle - birthdays

 

Visible Image DT post

 Today I am showing you a altered paper bag ablum I have made using lots of stampsfrom Visible Image Stamps.

Be warned - it is photo heavy!!! 

I created the album by stitching 2 paper bages together and folding them to create a book.

I stamped the grunge flourish round the edge of the designer paper and then stamped the sentiment from the Immortal love set, using chipped sapphire distress ink.  I used the small rose from the same set and stamped 3 and coloured them using copics, before cutting out and adding.  Finally I added some flat backed pearls.

I kept these pages simple, as the dp is gorgeous.  I stamped the bronte border over sections of the dp in chipped sapphire distress ink and then added the Isabella and the Dream sentiment.  Finally some pearl swirls nad flat backed pearls.

Isabella was coloured using my pens and I used the damask stamp from the Immortal love set to create the border round her.

The middle pages - I used patterned paper, ribbon, pearls and gems swirls.  The sentiment is the gorgeous Fairytale Ending - perfect for this couple!

I stamped Edward up and then masked him before stamping Isabella behind him.  I used my pens to colour them and stamped the grunge flourish round the edges using chipped sapphire distress ink.  I added some ribbon, gem swirl, paper flowers and pearls.

And the last pages - here is Edward looking all mean and moody!!  Again a simple layout, with Hobbycuts borders, pearls and the imagine sentiment.  I stamped the crow from the Free your imagination set.

Here is Edward - I coloured him in using my pens and then stamped the winter tree in chipped sapphire distress ink round him.


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 Brighten your day.

Supplies:

Stamps: Visible Image

Isabella

Edward

Imagine, dream, inspire

Bronte border

Grunge flourish

Immortal Love

Fairytale Ending

Winter tree

Free your imagination

Colouring medium:copics

Papers: Glitz

Embellishments: pearls swirls, gem swirls, lasercut border,
flat backed pearls, paper flowers

Tools:

Challenges:

Make it Monday

Addicted to stamps - bingo (ribbon/lace, pearls, sentiment)

ABC - not just 1 (more than 3 embellishments)

Challenges for everybody - anything goes

Everybody art - flowers 

Bearly Mine - anything goes  

Stampavie and More  - ribbon or lace

Fab n Funky - ribbon or lace

 Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon

 

That Craft Place challenge

  Its Sunday and that means it's time for a That Craft Place challenge and the theme this week is punches and dies.

 I love this Bazzill dp, and wanted to go for a non image card for a change.  I cut the floral oval and then die cut the flowers and made them up. I creased the petal in to create a bit of dimension.  Having added pearls to their centres I matted some of the designer paper on to kraft, and added lace, seam binding and flat backed pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: 

Papers: Bazzill Wayfarer

Embellishments:seam binding, lace, flat backed pearls

Tools: Joy flower die, Spellbinders floral oval

Challenges:

 Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon

Stampavie and More  - ribbon or lace

Fab n Funky - ribbon or lace

Cute Card Thursday - tie it up

 

Hobbycutz challenge

Its  time for  Hobbycutz challenge

The theme for this fortnight's challenge is flowers and roses.

Something very different from me - I thought i would have change from colouring and image in.  I used the fancy swirly doily circle from Hobbycutz and resisted the temptation to frantage it! Having stuck it to the cardstock I simply added the mix of flowers.

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium:

Papers: Cooredinations

Embellishments: Hobbycutz fancy swirly doily circle, mulberry flowers

Tools: 

Challenges: 

Whoopsi - May flowers
Everybody art - flowers

Girl on film

 I do love Clara from Visible Image - not really a massively steampunky girl, but for some reason I love Clara.  And I love browm/purple as a colour combination - I have tried to go fro a more lilac colour, been having a play with pen combinations today.   The brow is a new combination for me too.  Clara is coloured using my promarkers and then I stamped the postcard and sentiment onto kraft cardstock using sepia ink.  I addedsome lace, ribbon, a bow and an umbrella charm, and some film strip - she definitely looks the modle type!!

Supplies: 

Image: Visible image Clara

Sentiment: LOTV grunge sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers 

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

Hair: warm grey 5-1

Clothes: aubergine, amythesyt, spring lilac, orchid, 

walnut, cocoa, caramel, tan, putty

Papers: Craftwork cards 

Embellishments: lace, ribbon, charm, Tim Holtz film strip

Tools: 

Challenges: 

Cupcake Craft - lavendar and lace

Joanna Sheen - girls girls girls 

The Paper Shelter - charming

Incy Wincy - metal mania

Bearly Mine - anything goes   

Simon Says Stamp -take a picture

Totally Papercrafts - Divas young or old  

 Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon

My Heart Pieces - go sentimental 

Crafts and Me - lots of layers

Ribbon girls - use lavendar/lilac

I love Promarkers - anything goes

Stampavie and More  - ribbon or lace

Fab n Funky - ribbon or lace

Cute Card Thursday - tie it up

 

Visible image DT card

Today I am showing you a new home card I made using a selection of stamps from Visible Image Stamps.

My best friend's beautiful daughter has moved into a new home and got herself a cute little kitten, so I wanted a cat themed new home card. I used the splats from the Free your imagination set and stamped them in distress inks, before stamping the paw prints from the Good luck cat set in the same colours. I stamped the cat from the good luck cat set in versafine and added the words from the More than Words sets.


 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 Brighten your day.

Supplies:

Image: Free your imagination,  good luck cat, More than Words sets

Sentiment:

Colouring medium: distress inks

Papers:

Embellishments:

Tools:

Challenges:

Less is More - cats/dogs
Bearly Mine - anything goes 

Addicted to stamps and more - anything goes

 

Passion for Promarkers Challenge

 Its time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and we have a very special challenge for you this week as it's our 4th Anniversary.   As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "anything goes".  As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual .  Here we go.....

---------------------------------------------------------

Letraset are offering one lucky winner a pack of their Limited Edition Spring/Summer Promarker 12 pack

------------------------------------------------------------

Whimsy Stamps/Michele R Designs are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

--------------------------------------------------------

Saturated Canary are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice

------------------------------------------------------

Bearly Mine Designs are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

---------------------------------------------------

Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

-------------------------------------------------

 I coloured Molly in from Visible Image using my promarkers - its a bit brighter and more colourful than most of what I do - but the Basic Grey papers scream use lots of colours!!  I added some gingham ribbon, a bow, layered flower and pearls before adding the sentiment from the More than Words sentiment selection from Visible image.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible image Molly

Sentiment: Visible Image More than words

Colouring medium: promarkers 

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

Hair: black, cool grey 5,4,2, antique pink, cocktail pink, pale pink

Clothes: antique pink, cocktail pink, pale pink, azur, sky blue, arctic blue.
bright green, lime gree, lime zest, orange, bright orange, tequila sunrise

Papers: Basic Grey Knee Highs

Embellishments: ribbon, paper flowers, pearls

Tools: 

Challenges: 

Fab n Funky - favourite embellishment (ribbon and pearls)
DutchDare - recipe
The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Whoopsi - May flowers
Love to Create - something for the kids
Creative Creations - for a child
Forever Friends - for a child
Joanna Sheen - girls girls girls

 

Crafty Sentiments challenge

 Its time for another Crafty Sentiments challenge, and the theme this week is buttons.

I coloured Primrose Summertime in using my pens and then masked her up, before stamping the tree accessory stamp over her.  I love this First Editions dp and I added some lace, ribbon and a bow.  The bow and flower had buttons added and finally I added the pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Primrose Summertime, tree

 Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: First Edition blank canvas

Embellishments: lace, ribbon, buttons, pearls, flower

Tools: 

Challenges:

Whoopsi - May flowers
Love to Create - something for the kids
Creative Creations - for a child
Forever Friends - for a child
Joanna Sheen - girls, girls, girls
Charisma Cardz - no digis
Bearly Mine - anything goes

 

Edward from Visible Image

 Today I am showing you Edward from Visible Image Stamps.

I love Edward from Visible Image, and wanted to create a dark and moody card for him - Twilight-ish!  I stamped him directly onto my card base and coloured him using my copics.  I then masked him off and created the background using distress inks, and a masked circle for the moon.  Finally I stamped and ghost stamped the winter tree to create a wood.

 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 Brighten your day.

Supplies:

Image: Visible Image Edward, Winter tree

Sentiment:

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers:

Embellishments:

Tools:

Challenges:

Make it Monday

Charisma Cards - no digis allowed

The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Stamps and fun=creativity - card for a man

 

Good Luck

 Today I am showing you the Good luck Cat set from Visible Image Stamps.

A quick card this morning for a friend who is starting a new job.  I used all the elements from the Visible image good luck cat set and stamped them in versafine black ink.  I matted it onto black card, added some doodling and a couple of pearls.

 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 Brighten your day - so lots of bright colours.

Supplies:

Image: Visible image good luck cat set

Sentiment: Visible image good luck cat set

Colouring medium:

Papers:

Embellishments: black pearls

Tools:

Challenges:

Less is More - cats/dogs

Sketch Saturday

Sweet Stamping - oddles of doodles

One Stop Craft - anything goes

Crafty Creations - KISS

 

Basic Grey Challenge

Its time for another Basic Grey challenge and the theme this time is Inspired by a Song.

I used the stunning Clara from Visible image stamps and coloured her in using my pens, before creating the border grunge detail using the grunge flourish from Visible Image.  The dp is Basic Grey Infuse 12x12 papers and I distressed and stitched them.  I added lace, seam binding, pearls, flowers and the gorgeous lasercut film frame from Hobbycutz.  Finally I stamped the Live your Dreams sentiment from Visible Image and cut it out before adding it.

As always, our wonderful sponsor, Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky winner a fab $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Superstore. 

(Please note: This is a voucher code that entitles the winner to a $25 saving off their order in Simon Says Stamp, P+P charges will still apply unless the conditions are met to earn free P+P, please check here if you would like to see these conditions)

Supplies: 

 Image: Visible Image Clara
Visible Image Grunge Flourish

 Sentiment: Visible Image Live your dreams

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: Basic Grey Infuse 12x12

Embellishments: lasercut film frame, flowers, seam binding, lace, pearls

Tools: paper distresser, sewing machine

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft - lots of layers

Pretty little Ribbon Shop - lace

Love to Create - so many flowers

Songbird - bloom and grow

The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Charisma Cards - no digis allowed

Simon Says Stamp -flower power
Totally Papercrafts - Divas young or old

A couple of cards using Visible Image stamps

 

 For this card I created the background using distress inks (broken china and peeled paint).  I stamped the Tall Grass using mown lawn distress ink and then stamped the large butterfly and butterflies onto the card using versafine ink.  I used peacock feathers and raspberry distress inks and swiped them onto my craft mat, misted them and swiped cardstock through them.  Having dried it,  I stamped the butterflies on to the cardstock and cut them out. I attached them over the stamped butterflies and finally stamped the Butterfly sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image butterfly, large butterfly, tall grass

Sentiment: Visible Image Butterfly sentiment

Colouring medium: distress inks

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges:

 For this card I used the Bronte border and stamped it out across and down the card base using versamark ink, and then clear embossed it.  I used Victorian velvet and vintage photo distress inks to go  over the embossing and the label that I cut using my spellbinders lables 18.  I stamped the Fairtytale ending in sepia ink and added some teeny pearls.  Finally I added some ribbon and a bow and some larger pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Bronte border,

Sentiment: Fairytale Ending

Colouring medium: distress inks

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: Spellbinders labels 18

Challenges:

 Crafty Ribbons - no designer paper

Charisma Cards - no digis allowed

My Heart Pieces - anything goes

Bearly Mine - Lucky dip (ribbon, pearls, die cuts)

 

Sitting pretty in purple

 My bestest friend has just moved from a 30 minutes drive away to 5 minutes down the road, so I thought I would make her a card to celebrate being closer!!  She loves purple and reading, so this image was perfect.  I coloured Alicia loves reading in using my pens and thencut her out using my nesties.  I used a couple of digi papers I have and added some ribbon.  The flowers and corners are diecut and I added pearls to them.

Supplies: 

Image: Alicia's little Shop - Alicia loves reading

Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: BMD spots and Pink Petticoat gingham

Embellishments: die cut flowers, ribbon, pearls, die cut corners

Tools: Memory Box Phlox flowers, Spellbinders corners

Challenges:

Alicia's Challenge - anything goes 

Love to Create - so many flowers

Songbird - bloom and grow
Bearly Mine - lucky dip (ribbon, flowers,pearls)
Oldie but a goodie - Inspired by a song (I read alot by Nick Lowe)

 Tuesday Throwdown - smell the flowers 

Creative Stamp friends - sketch 

Creative Craft - just checking

Cupcake Craft - lots of layers

Everybody Art - purple
Crafts and Me - use a digi
The Paper Shelter - anything goes