CAS cards

Hello! We hope you are having a great weekend. Sharon Traynor is here on the blog today with a striking clean and simple card featuring our ‘Two Tone’ stencil…

Hello there. It’s time for a CAS card using another brilliant Visible Image stamp and stencil from the latest release.

This one has nice crisp lines and a geometric look, so it’d be really easy to change the colours to make this design suitable as a masculine card too.

How to make this:

Mask off an asymmetrical diagonal band on the card with masking tape, place the stencil on the top and blend distress inks through it with make-up sponges, trying to keep each colour separate, but if they blend it still looks okay. You will need to move the stencil a couple of times to fill in the whole of the band, so be sure to clean it in between each placement. Remove the masking and use a ruler and a pencil to define the edges of the inked band.

Cut the panel twice with a stitched curvy border die. When the panels are attached to the card blank, raise the top and bottom one up on fun foam and attach the middle panel directly to the card blank. Make sure to leave a gap between each panel too. Add some random dots with nuvo drops and let the card dry.

Heat emboss the sentiment in white embossing powder onto black card, cut it into a banner shape and attach it to the card on fun foam.

Stamps and Stencil Used:

(click on the picture to be taken direct to the stamp set in the online store):

Other Supplies:

Distress Inks (squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers), make up sponges, pencil, masking tape, Lawn Fawn, Stitched Hillside Borders, versamark clear ink, WOW! opaque bright white superfine powder, Nuvo Crystal Drops gloss ebony black, fun foam.

That’s it from me for now. Thanks for stopping by and I really hope to see you again soon.

Hugs,
Sharon xx

Such a great card Sharon! We love how you’ve used the stencil. Thank you ♡

Hi! We have a double dose of awesome inspiration here on the blog today. First up is Sharon Traynor, with a brilliant card featuring our hummingbird stamp…

Hello there.

I’ve been very kind to you today because my card only uses one stamp set and just a few other supplies. You really don’t need a ton of supplies to be able to create something beautiful with this amazing stamp set from Visible Image.

This beautiful hummingbird stamp was just crying out for some gorgeous blue and green colours and I just couldn’t resist a bit of water colour drippage too.  The amazing black twinkle embossing powder also gives this gorgeous bird a wonderful shimmer. I hope you like it as much as I do.

How to make this card.

Stamp the hummingbird stamp in black ink onto white card using a stamp positioner tool such as a Misti. Leave the stamp on the door of the stamp positioner.

Paint the hummingbird using Gansai Tambi water colour paints. Paint clear water onto the card where you want the drips to appear, trying to match up the drips with colours used on the hummingbird. Add the paint to the top of the card for each individual drip and let it run down towards the bird. Set aside to dry.

Once dry, use an antistatic pad on the panel and re-stamp the bird again in versamark ink (that’s why you needed to leave the stamp in your stamping tool!) and heat emboss with a sparkly black embossing glitter.

Mount the panel onto gold card and add a couple of additional thin strips of the card for some added interest. Mount the panel onto a card blank. Stamp the words onto spare white card, cut them out and mount them to the panel with 3d foam.

Here’s a close-up where you can catch how sparkly the embossing glitter is.

Stamps Used:

(please click on the picture to be taken direct to the stamp set in the online store):

Other Supplies:

Versafine Onyx Black ink. Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolours (No50 pale aqua, No55 green, No61 cornflower blue, No62 cobalt blue, No64 blue, No91 bluish gold), Versamark clear ink, WOW! black twinkle embossing glitter, white card, gold card.

That’s it from me for now. Thanks for stopping by and I really hope to see you again soon.

Hugs,
Sharon xx

What a fantastic card Sharon! Loving the drips, and that sparkle is gorgeous ♡

Good Afternoon! Thanking you for visiting our blog today! Sharon Traynor has got her hands on some of our new stamps and has created a very happy card featuring one of the smiley face emoji stamps from our ‘Choose Happiness’ set, and teamed it up with one of our new sentiments… Just Smile!

Hi! How’s your smile? I bet it’s beautiful.  Smiles are just infectious, aren’t they? So today I’m hoping to infect you all with a smile and a bit of happiness.

I’ve used some of the wonderful brand new sets from Visible Image Stamps.  Honestly, this latest release of stamps is just incredible. Have you seen the humming bird and the woods scenery sets? They are awesome (I have a few cards with those coming up in the future). And the sentiments are just fantastic too.  I think each set is a winner.

Choose Happiness. That’s the set that this superb smiley face comes from, and I tell ya, I did a little happy dance when I saw it was in my DT pack. Honestly…. I don’t think there are enough hours in the day for me to do all the ideas that have popped into my head for this set. It’s a shame that I’m on holiday for two weeks because I’m itching to play with these stamps again.

Just Smile…

How to make this card

Mask the bottom portion of your card blank and blend squeezed lemonade all over the top, then blend some mustard seed in an arc at the outer edges. Secure the stencil in place then blend mustard seed, dried marigold and spiced marmalade for an ombre look to the rays.

Leave the stencil in place and stamp the lines from the Shape It Up set into the rays using the VersaColor inks. You need to mask each ray separately to make sure the lines are going in the right direction.

Stamp the smiley face in black ink, colour with Promarkers and cut it out. Stamp the sentiment onto a second piece of white card – leaving room for the smiley face to overlap, and attach that to the card blank with fun foam.

Heat emboss the silver metal leaves with gold embossing glitter.

Cut 2 circle shapes from fun foam and chop the bottom off one of the circles. Glue the middle 3 leaves onto the part circle of fun foam, and then attach that to the full circle of fun foam. Glue the outside leaves to the back of the full circle of fun foam and then attach the whole piece to the card. Attach the smiley face to the middle and finish with a few black sequins

Stamps & Stencil Used:

(please click on the picture to be taken direct to the stamp set in the online store):

Other Supplies:

Distress Ink (Ssueezed lemonade, mustard seed, dried marigold, spiced marmalade), VersaColor (56 Cinnamon & 182 Bisque), Versamark clear ink,  Memento tuxedo black ink, Versafine onyx black ink, Promarkers ( lemon, yellow, canary, sunflower and gold), WOW! metallic gold sparkle embossing glitter, metal leaf embellishments, black sequins, fun foam.

Go on…..head over to the shop and take a look at the new stamps…..you know you want to 😉

Thanks for stopping by. Have a smiley day.

Hugs,
Sharon xx

We love love love this card! It really does make you smile.. who wouldn’t be cheered up if they received it in the mail?
Fabulous card design Sharon thank you ♡