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Autumn Stamps Release | Visible Image

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 by helen

Hi there! We are really excited to introduce our Autumn stamps release… Visible Image Autumn Stamps Release

HEDGEHOG HUGS

This fantastic Hedgehog Hugs stamp set includes 2 gorgeous hedgehogs with co-ordinating elements of grass and leaves, enabling you to create wonderful Autumn scenes, and clean and simple cards with the fun sentiments.

hedgehog stamps | i just want to hibernate | handmade card

hedgehog stamps | sending hedgehugs | handmade card

hedgehog stamps | leaves | nature | handmade card

hedgehog stamps | sending hedgehugs | CAS Card

TOTALLY TOADSTOOLS

This fabulous Totally Toadstools stamp set includes 3 individual toadstools and a group of smaller ones, with spores, grasses and rocks, enabling you to create wonderful Autumn scenes.

toadstool stamps | mushrooms | handmade card | nature heals the soul

toadstool stamps | handmade card

toadstool stamps | tag | handmade crafts

toadstool stamps |handmade card

NUTS ABOUT SQUIRRELS

This wonderful Nuts About Squirrels stamp set includes a realistic squirrel stamp and 2 small silhouettes, with co-ordinating elements of acorns and a log, enabling you to create fabulous Autumn scenes, and clean and simple cards with the fun sentiments.

squirrel stamps | handmade tag | you're my kind of nutty

squirrel stamps | are you nuts | handmade card

squirrel stamps | acorns | leaves | handmade card

squirrel stamps | acorns | leaves | hibernate | handmade card

LOVE OF ATCs

This fantastic stamp set includes an ATC back stamp for all your essential ATC swap details, along with some fabulous mail art stamps to decorate your envelopes!

ATC stamps | mail art

ATC stamp | mail art | handmade with love

VI MINIs #1

This set of 5 mini versions of our gorgeous butterflies, feather, seahorse and bare tree stamps are perfectly sized for ATCs and tags, for smaller cards and projects, or combining with the standard size stamps!

Miniature stamps | butterflies | CAS Card | Affirmations

Miniature stamps | seahorse | CAS Card | Affirmations

Miniature stamps | ATC | bare tree | Affirmations

Miniature stamps | butterflies | CAS Card | Affirmations

AFFIRMATIONS

These positive affirmations sentiment stamps can be used in your art journaling, or for handmade cards to lift others.

ATCs | Affirmations sentiment stamps | stamping

Affirmations sentiment stamps | grunge flourish swirl | CAS card

Affirmations sentiment stamps | ATC | Bare tree | stay humble

Affirmations sentiment stamps | handmade card | mail art

SMILE BIGGER

This bold statement sentiment stamp contains 3 separate stamps: Laugh louder, Smile bigger, Love deeper which can be used together as the focal point of your card, or used individually.

Laugh Louder | Smile Bigger | Love Deeper | sentiment stamps | handmade card

Smile Bigger | sentiment stamps | handmade card

Laugh Louder | Smile Bigger | Love Deeper | sentiment stamps | handmade card

Love a little Deeper | sentiment stamp | seahorse | handmade card

CREATE WITH YOUR SOUL

This gorgeous sentiment stamp in a beautiful font contains 3 separate stamps: Love, Believe, Create which can be used together as the focal point of your card, or used individually.

Believe with your mind | sentiment stamp | handmade card

Create With Your Soul | sentiment stamp | handmade card

Love Believe Create | sentiment stamps | handmade card

Create with your soul | sentiment stamp | handmade card

GRUNGE FLOURISH

Our stunning Grunge Flourish stamp creates beautiful edging for your handmade cards and projects, giving you the versatility of the elegant swirls or the grungy side.

Grunge Flourish Swirl Stamp | CAS card | sunset | Create with your soul sentiment

Grunge Flourish Swirl Stamp | handmade card

Grunge Flourish Swirl Stamp | affirmations | handmade card

Grunge Flourish Swirl Stamp | i am grateful for every day | handmade card

Thanks for checking out our new stamps today… we hope you love them! ♡

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Visible Image Autumn Stamps

Flower + Butterfly Stamps | Summer Card

Posted on June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 by helen

Hello! We hope you are keeping well. Jane is here to inspire you today with a fabulous summer card featuring the flower and butterfly stamps from our May release, which co-ordinate wonderfully….

Good Morning

Today I am mixing up 2 of the fabulous new A5 stamp sets

WHERE FLOWERS BLOOM

BUTTERFLY EFFECT

This is what I got up to;

I decided to make an 8 X 6″ card.

I made a background with this mix of distress inks.

I added some collage stamping with a grunge background element from the Where Flowers Bloom set, and also used the string stamp.

I embossed the large flower 3 times using Wendy Vecchi cactus flower embossing powder.

I stamped and cut out 1 large and 2 small butterflies from the Butterfly Effect set, and coloured them using these distress inks.

I added a little Blueprint sketch ink to their edges.

I also stamped out one of the sentiments the Butterfly Effect set, cut it out and matted it onto black card. I then put everything together.

Here is my finished card

with a couple of close ups;

and one last shot

I have also started up a Visible Image Artist Trading Card swap over in the Facebook group! 46 swappers including several of the VI Design Team took part in the first “Just Be You” swap. This was my swap for May using the Beautiful Soul Stamp Set which I sent off to my swap partner.

I actually made 4 as I keep one, sent one to my granddaughter and I also swapped one elsewhere.

Everyone is welcome to join in Worldwide, so do come and join the group to find out more! Visible Image ATCs have been flying all over the world!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Such a beautiful summer card Jane, fantastic background and loving that pink! Thank you Jane ♡

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We’ll be back here on the blog later today with more fabulous inspiration!

Hope you have a good day!

Helen & Mark xx

Life Is A Journey | Handmade Card

Posted on October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 by helen

Hello! Today’s the day we are back on Create and Craft TV for a double length mixed media show with Mark! (More details below!). Today’s inspiration is one of the gorgeous show samples created by Ali Carubia, featuring our fabulous BREAK FREE stamp set with our TIME TUNNEL stencil…

Happy Tuesday!

I’m sharing a card made for today’s TV show! It’s perfect for Autumn, with bonfire coloured daisies and a Catherine wheel inspired background – things I remember from years gone by.

daisy stamp | spiral stencil | monochromatic card | handmade | stamping

Tutorial

Spray the back of the Time Tunnel stencil with stencil spray and leave to dry for a few minutes.

Cut a piece of white card to just over 6″ x 6″ and stick the stencil on firmly.

Pour a little black gesso onto a saucer or an old foil tray – away from your craft mat (as it gets everywhere!).

Load up your stencil brush with a little black gesso and apply to card in a upright pouncing motion, so the paint doesn’t slip under the stencil. Go over any white bits you have missed.

Peel the stencil away from the card, the centre bits are quite delicate so you may need to rotate your card and peel away in sections.

Put your stencil in some water!

Create a colourful background using the the yellow, orange and red distress oxide inks.

Squish some ink onto your craft mat and spritz with water, pick it up on some white card and dry with a heat gun.

Take the Visible Image Break Free stamp set and stamp the flower head onto your coloured card with black versafine ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

You will need 4 flower heads for this card.

Stamp and clear heat emboss 2 vases and 4 flower stems onto scraps of white card.

Cut these all out – I left a border around the flower heads and vases but cut the stems very close to the embossed lines.

Snip between the petals so you can manipulate them later.

Trim any mucky edges off your black and white spiral card and fix it onto a larger piece of black card with a border of about 1/4″ around, and then onto a white 7″ x 7″ card blank.

Colour the 4 flower stems with green and a little orange oxide ink.

Snip out the inside of one of the vases leaving the water line in place.

Colour both of the vases with a little pale blue ink for the water and light grey alcohol pen on the glass.

Glue the complete vase to the bottom right hand side then glue the stems. Don’t worry too much about what the top of the vase looks like as that will be covered by a flower head.Fix the second snipped vase over the first with pva glue, so that the stems are trapped underneath the water line.

Add a shadow to the bottom of the vase using your grey alcohol pen, to ground it to the card.

Use a white gel pen to add some highlights on the petals.

Shape the flowers using a ball tool and the palm of your hand/foam mat to give them a bit of dimension, curl a few of the petals forwards, away from the rest before attaching the four flower heads to your card using 3d glue gel.

Apply some Star Dust stickles to the centre of the flowers.

Stamp the ‘Life is a Journey’ sentiment from the Just be Happy set with black versafine ink onto white card, and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Matt this onto black card with about 1/8″ border

Attach the sentiment to the bottom left hand side of your card using foam tape or 3D glue gel.

Stand back and admire your finished work!

Here is my completed card 😎

I am really happy with this one!

Supplies

Stencil Spray (Crafter’s Companion Stick & Spray)
Distress Oxide Inks – Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Barn Door, Broken China, Mowed Lawn
Versafine Onyx black pad
Clear Embossing Powder
White gel pen
Light Grey Alcohol pen
Star Light Stickles
Black gesso
Stencil Brush
Heat gun
White card (300gsm) and Black card for matting & layering
7″ x 7″ white card blank
double sided tape or pva
3D glue gel

I hope you have enjoyed this project.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Ali xxx

Awesome card Ali! Loving your bonfire coloured daisies against the striking monochrome background! Great choice of sentiment and another brilliant tutorial.. thank you Ali ♡

You will find more of Ali’s gorgeous cards over on her blog.

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Helen & Mark xx

Forest Stencil | Dream Sentiment

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 by helen

Hi there! We hope you had a lovely weekend. We have Ali Carubia here on the blog today with a tutorial showing how she created an amazing card with our Forest Stencil, DREAM sentiment and our beautiful intuition quote…

I thought I would show you how I created my Forest Dreams card using the beautiful Forest Stencil from Visible Image. It took a little while to make but I think it was well worth it 😎.

forest stencil | dream sentiment | intuition quote

You will find a list of supplies used at the end of this post.

And here we go…

First cut a piece of white card 6″ x 6″. Use the blending tool to apply Ocean Blue and Midnight inks over the card so that you have lighter and darker patches. Then add a little Plum Pudding over parts of the card and all around the edges. You could use any dye based ink instead eg Distress inks to get the same effect.

Use your paint brush to flick some water droplets over the card, wait a few seconds and dab off with kitchen paper. Take a round pot about 2″ diameter and place it in the top right hand corner. Wet your round paint brush and draw around the pot. Remove the pot and dab off the water with kitchen towel.

Use your flat brush to gently apply water to the circle in a circular motion and dab off with kitchen towel to faux bleach a moon shape. Dry the card with a heat gun. Use the Sparkle pen to fill in the moon and then tap your pen over the card to add some sparkly drops.

Dry your card again and then add Jet Black ink around the edges of the card to create a vignette, then dry it again.

Your card will look something like this..

Wipe over your card with an anti static bag.

Place the forest stencil over your card and tape them together along the top edge.

Flip up the stencil then press your versafine black ink pad over the whole stencil. Your ink pad need to be quite juicy to get a good letter press, but you can re-apply.

Flip the inked up stencil back over your card and pass it through your die cutting machine using the plate combo used for thin metal dies.

Check that the ink has transferred to your card. If it is patchy then re-ink the stencil and pass it through the machine again.

Carefully remove the stencil, cover your inked up card with clear embossing powder, tip off the excess and melt with your heat gun.

Add white highlights to the top and right hand side of the trees and branches where the moonlight would hit them and a little at the ground between the trees.

Trim down the card if necessary at this stage.

Take the ‘Dream’ sentiment stamp from the Imagine, Dream Inspire set, mask off with paper so that only the Dream words are showing and ink up with versafine black. Remove the paper masks and stamp onto a scrap of white card. Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Stamp and heat emboss the intuition sentiment from the Night Owl set as before. Lightly edge your sentiments using the blue ink that’s left on your blending foam and matt them onto black card with about 1.8″ border.

Matt and layer your forest card onto white card (1/16″ border) and then onto black card (1/4″ border) and then onto a 7″ x 7″ white card blank.

Attach your sentiments using double sided foam tape or 3d glue gel so they are raised up.

Here is my finished card…

Supplies

forest stencil | dream sentiment | intuition quote | scene card

owl stamp | flying | branch | intuition quote

imagine dream inspire create | sentiment stamps | definition

Other Supplies

Spectrum Noir Harmony inks in Ocean Blue, Midnight, Plum Pudding & Jet Black
Blending tool & foams
Clear Sparkle Pen
Paint brushes – round 3 and 1/4″ flat
Small jar to draw around eg. Pebeo gilding wax pot
Water pot
Kitchen towel
Craft Mat
Heat gun
Clear embossing powder
White gel pen
White card (300gsm) and Black card for matting & layering
Black Onyx Versafine Ink pad
Die cutting machine
Stamping Platform
7″ x 7″ white card blank
Masking tape

I hope you have enjoyed this project, thanks for stopping by.

Ali xxx

Wow what a stunning scene! It’s so atmospheric and inspiring! Our intuition quote, dream sentiment and forest stencil work so well together.

Thank you for your fantastic tutorial Ali ♡

You will find more of Ali’s gorgeous cards over on her blog.

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You Can Always Make Me Laugh | Stamp

Posted on August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 by helen

Hello! We are back with more gorgeous inspiration for you this afternoon. Stempelfrida has created a fabulous card with our ‘Daisy Stencil’ and a really positive sentiment…

I love my garden. And that’s why I like to use the inspiration from the garden in my cards. Sometimes it’s the animals, sometimes the colours or the flowers. I was directly in love with the Daisy Daisy stencil from Visible Image from the new release and said I needed two of them. Not to give them away, no. I want to work with one of them and the other one is for admiring it and to pet it. It is just so beautiful. It’s – like some others from the new release – a frameless design.

But this card is not only inspired by my garden. I remembered my Kindergarten days. From time to time we worked with stencils and used a toothbrush to sprinkle the watercolour through a sieve. I wanted to try this technique again.

But first I applied the paint in the middle of the flower with a brush through the stencil. In the middle I used a yellow tone and blended it with orange towards the outside.

Then the spraying technique was used. My water colours are water crayons from Lyra. For this step I covered the middle of the flower with a circle.

For a special effect I wanted to have petals in orange shades behind my motif. So I had to dig deep in my box of ideas, because I realized that I have many filigree leaf dies, but somehow I didn’t have a suitable one for my motif. And so I used a punch set that contains rather spacy objects (called atomic elements). You can see the dies I used on the picture in the material list further below.

I stamped the wonderful sentiment from Visible Image with Distress Oxides. To underline the happy playful look a bit more I cut the stitched wavelines on the edges.

Supplies

Stamps: Visible Image So Much Stronger

Stencil: Visible Image Daisy Daisy

Stamp pads: Distress Oxides black soot
Dies: Poppystamps 1795 Ric Rac Stitches; Sizzix 664152 Atomic Elements
Crayons: Lyra water crayons

This is such a gorgeous happy card stempelfrida! Our Daisy stencil looks amazing with the coloured centre and sprayed ink! Thank you ♡

You can find more of Stempelfrida’s wonderful inspiration on her blog.

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Upcycling | Mixed Media Art

Posted on June 4, 2020 by helen

Good Evening, we are back with our 3rd and final dose of colourful art today! Heather Mitchell has created some awesome inspiration for our Facebook group up-cycling challenge…

Hey Everyone…

The latest challenge over in the Visible Image group is an up-cycling challenge where you are encouraged to up-cycle something you would normally throw away!

upcycling | cereal box | mixed media | stamping

I sat (for ages) trying to figure out what to make and then it hit me that what I actually needed was a small box to pop my makes in so that they are kept separate from those cards I’ve already blogged or posted on social media. I like keep my un-posted makes separate so I know where my head is at!

I needed a box wide enough to fit an 8×8″ card in and initially I looked at a small cardboard box I had but realised the porridge box in the bin was perfect!

At 8.5″ on it’s side, it was perfect size-wise but a tad flimsy so I backed it with some thick card and then added watercolour card over the top so I could distress and grunge it up. I filled in the gap round the top of the box using modelling paste and a palette knife just so it looked a bit more ‘finished’.

I didn’t have a theme for the box, didn’t know where I was going with it really so I just went with the flow.

I began by using the Stars and Stripes stencil, utilising the stars with modelling paste for the sides of the front of the box. Once dried (over night) I just spritzed it with blues and green Distress Oxide Spray as I love the chalky finish they give and added some Picked Raspberry Distress Crayon to the stars to contrast with the cool colours.

I had to use my favourite stencil, Ripples, on the project somewhere so grabbed a Chipped Sapphire ink pad and dotted the fabulous circles around the box.

It was then a matter of layering up the stamps. I love the two fish from the Art Rebel set so stamped those swimming around and then added the seaweed image from the Dare to Swim set. I hadn’t really intended the box to have an underwater theme but the colours kind of dictated it a bit.

I love the Scribble stamp on the Total Chaos set and had to have it on the make somewhere, so heat embossed it using WOW’s Angel Eyes powder

To give the box a random feel, I added the tree from Into the Woods using Versafine Clair ink pads in Rain Forest and Verdant and ‘sealed’ the ink using a clear powder from WOW. The leaves, from both Total Chaos and Tree of Life, are done exactly the same way and coloured using Arteza watercolour brush pens.

The sides needed some art and so again, make it a little quirky, I used the bulbs (and moth) from Glimmer of Light and Shining Bright and tucked the word ‘Shine’ in between them.

For the front of the box, I went all out colour clash and stamped the gorgeous Visible Image eye using Versafine Clair Charming Pink and Glamorous which I then heat embossed using a clear powder.

To finish, I needed a hefty sentiment, something that meant something to me so I chose ‘Create Your Imagination’ from the Just Be Happy stamp set.

So there we have it… think I’ve mentioned it all!?

You can find the challenge in the Visible Image Facebook group and there is a HUGE £40 voucher for the first winner and then two £20 vouchers for the next two! Enough to grab yourselves a stamp set or stencil or two… and there are some new ones on there way!!

Take care of yourselves and I’ll see you soon and thank you for taking the time to read my posts… it’s massively appreciated.

H xx

Wow!!! This is amazing! So many stamps!!! We love your underwater themed background and all the layers, details and texture! Really awesome inspiration! Thank you so much Heather ♡

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We will be back later tomorrow with gorgeous new cards from Nadine and Macarena!

Stay safe!

Best Wishes,

Helen & Mark xx

Life is What You Make it

Posted on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 by helen

Hi there! We have stempelfrida here on the blog today with the kind of card that would brighten anyone’s day…

Life is what you make it. Wow, that’s another killer statement, huh? I had this idea some time ago with the hearts, which I would arrange like this on a canvas and then place a saying at the bottom right. The ones who know me, are aware that this happens rather rarely with me. I usually do not know beforehand how my card will look like in the end. But you can be sure, even with this project it wasn’t clear before how it will look in detail afterwards.

happy bright card | hearts | ink splats | life is what you make it

Each of these hearts makes its life as it pleases. And look how beautiful this variety is! Yes, I have consciously chosen something very beautiful for each individual heart. And look at what’s going on around the hearts! But also here: these are splotches and doodle circles, but how great and beautiful is this interaction? Life is what you make of it – look around you!

Life is what you make it – and indeed, isn´t that, what we should always remind us of? Yes, it might be hard sometimes, when you are feeling miserable because life gave you a hard time or you need to deal with a tough task. But in the end it is about YOU! You hold the strings in your hands. Your eyes can make the world grey or bright.

I wish you all have the power to realize this every day and especially when you are down.

I started to paint hearts with my LYRA chalks, which I have used so rarely until now. But I wanted something with great bright colours and actually the result is so wonderfully shiny. Thanks to the clearstamps I was always able to estimate the size I needed to paint, because I wanted to stamp the hearts in black on the edges later. I took the colours of the rainbow for my project.

In a second step I mixed the colours with a brush and water and added light and darker areas. I let them dry well and then stamped the hearts on them with Versafine and fussy-cut them.

Afterwards I made light spots with water and darker spots by spraying paint on the hearts with a brush. On the again dried hearts I set white and black accents with acrylic pencils. I bent the hearts a little bit up at the edges and fixed them with spacer pads of different thicknesses.

For my background I have combined the stamps from several sets of Visible Image stamps. I always call this kind of stamps “grubby maker”. Many stampers use them for mixed media techniques and often they are used in dark colours. But I wanted to use them in the right happy colours to set a perfect scene for my hearts and let them feel good. The lines at the bottom of the square are again painted with an acrylic pencil.

The whole picture is quite very big: 21×21 cm, if you want to make it yourself.

Supplies

Stamps: Visible Image

Stamp pads: Versafine onyx black; Distress Oxides wilted violet, salty ocean, broken china, twisted citron, mustard seed, wild honey, carved pumpkin, barn door, black soot
Lyra Artists’ crayons
Sakura 1.0
POSCA pen – white

This card really makes us smile! The hearts look wonderful coloured with crayons, and the ink splats stamps and scribbled circles behind them look awesome! Great choice of quote too! Thank you stempelfrida ♡

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Stay safe and well.

Helen & Mark xx

Upcycling | Visible Image Stamps

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by helen

Hi there! We have a new challenge running over in our Facebook group and the theme is Upcycling! Jane Tyrrell is here on the blog today with some fantastic inspiration using tomato tins…

Hello

It’s time for my latest inspiration for Visible Image.

I had a look in my recycling box and this is what I found… an empty tin of tomatoes

In my studio I use the rather attractive Pizza Express passata tins to store lots of my crafting accessories including pens, brushes etc. I decided that I would decorate my tin for some more crafting bits.

I removed the label, measured the length and width of the tin (between the rounded end plates) and cut a piece of card. I added 1 cm onto the length of a piece of card for a small overlap.

I decided to use the eye from the See Everything stamp set

and some art words from The Word Needs Art

I also added some extra “circles” using the stamp from my Guardian Angel set

guardian angel | stamp | dark | birds | circles

Once I got my stamps out I decided to also decorate one of my other tins so I stamped up 2 new “labels”. I stamped using Versafine Clair Nocture and clear embossed.

I added some extra circles using the stamps in the Guardian angel set.

I masked the eyes and added Brushos, rose red and violet to 1 label and Paperartsy Violetta Infusions to the other.

Then I removed the masks to reveal the whites of the eyes.

I coloured the pupils using glitter pens.

The clarity of Visible Image stamps really are second to none..

Finishing touches included white pen accents and glitter layer pen to some of the circles.

I then attached the labels to the tins using red line tape;

And here they are;

altered tins | stamping | mixed media | up cycling

altered tins | stamping | eye stamp | mixed media | up cycling

And also back in my studio already filled!

craft pots | handmade | stamping | altered tins

and one last shot

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Stay safe and stay creative.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Wow these are so awesome! The brushos and infusions make stunning backgrounds for our eye stamp, and the pots look perfect filled with all your brushes and pens!

Thank you for this amazing challenge inspiration Jane ♡

You will find more of Jane’s inspiring cards and projects over on her blog.

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We will be back later today with more gorgeous inspiration.

Thanks so much for visiting our blog today!

Stay safe and well.

Helen & Mark xx

Look Forward With Hope

Posted on May 12, 2020 by helen

Good Evening, we are back with our 3rd and final inspirational post today. Sharon Traynor has created a gorgeous and really uplifting card featuring stamps from our ‘Look Forward With Hope’ set…

Hello there,

Today’s card is spreading a positive message and was created as inspiration for the ‘Brighten Someone’s Day’ challenge, and what can be brighter or more cheery than spreading a little sunshine and hope, eh?

This ‘Look Forward With Hope’ stamp set is one that I regularly turn to for spreading some cheer or just giving someone a little boost. It is full of beautiful and positive sentiments.

Here is how I made this card:

First, mask off the top portion of the sentiment like I’ve done in this photograph, ink it up, remove the masking and stamp then heat emboss the sentiment onto a strip of vellum.

Next, stamp the sunshine in a rainbow of colours all over a white panel of card.

Now run the panel through an embossing folder for some texture, and distress the edges with some yellow ink.

Add stickles to the centre of each sun and set aside to dry.

Wrap the vellum strip around the panel and mount the panel onto a white card blank with 3d foam.

look forward with hope | card | sentiment stamp

Stamps Used:

Other Supplies:

White card, Vellum, scrap paper and masking tape, Versafine onyx black ink, Wow clear gloss embossing powder, Prism Inks, star dust Stickles, embossing folder (Sizzix), 3dfoam pad.

I hope you are all looking forward with hope to a time when we can all meet our friends and families again. But until that time…. Stay safe and stay home folks.

Sending you all big, virtual hugs,
Sharon xx

This is a really beautiful and very uplifting card. Love the sparkle and rainbow colours!
Thank you Sharon ♡

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New Beginnings Vision | Gel Print Cards

Posted on March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 by helen

Hello and Happy Saturday! We have Ericka Strange here today with two gorgeous cards featuring our stunning eye stamp, butterfly stencil and lots of inspiring sentiments…

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. I’ve been having lots of fun with making backgrounds with my gel press. Today I’m playing with some Visible Image stencils and stamps to make some more fun gel press backgrounds.

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I love the soft look of the gel press background with the distress oxides. To start off I used Bristol smooth paper and then picked out some Distress Oxide inks and used a brayer to apply them to my gel press. If you want a deeper color just repeat the process. For my first card I used Fress Squeezed Lemonade and Lucky Clover. Once I was happy with the background, I added the Collision stencil and pressed that on top of the inked gel press.

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I then used Verafine ink and stamped the eye image from Where Dreams Take You and heat embossed it with WOW Black Glint for a sparkly look.

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I added the sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with WOW Midnight Dream. I added a little gel pen to the white part of the eye and finished the card with some ink blending on the edges with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide.

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For my second card, I used the same gel press technique with Distress Oxides in Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers. This time added the Butterfly Ink stencil and a second coat on the gel press with Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet.

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I then added the sentiments from a Beautiful Soul to the side of the butterfly with white ink.

I added the center sentiment from the Brave and Strong set with Versamark ink and I heat embossed all of the sentiments in white.

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To add a little more texture to my card, I used the circle stamp from the Life is Beautiful set and added it to the card in the same Distress Oxide inks.

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These cards are so striking and really inspiring. Thank you Ericka ♡

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Handmade Bookmark | Stamps | Stencils

Posted on January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 by helen

Hello! Sorry for neglecting our blog a little lately, we are busy busy with our exciting new designs and life is a little bit crazy right now too…. and breathe! Martha is here today with a fantastic handmade bookmark and process video too…

Happy Thursday, today in my post for Visible Image I’ll share with you a canvas bookmark

I’ve played with distress oxide and Two Tone stencil for my first layer and then some stamping with The World Needs Art and Scripted Streets

Some finger paint and sewing machine’s stiching and is almost done 🙂

And here is the process video

Products Used:

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This is fabulous Martha! We love how you used the stencil and the stitching really adds to it… Thank you ♡

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Sadly Martha has decided to leave our design team, but we do have a few more of her gorgeous projects to share with you over the coming weeks. We wish you all the very best Martha, and thank you for all your wonderful projects and support over the past year.

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Be True To Your Roots | Card

Posted on January 14, 2020 by helen

Good Evening! We have Judy Rozema here on the blog this evening with a beautiful card featuring our ‘Into The Woods’ forest stamps, which include some really inspiring sentiments. Check out Judy’s stunning sky…

I am here to share one of my Visible Image creations with you today.

I used one of my favorite stamp sets, Into the Woods, and some Distress Oxide Inks for the background. My background started out as a “brush cleaning” piece of cardstock for another project, and then it started looking like a cool sky, so I saved it. For this project, I just added more ink until I liked how it looked, and then splattered with water for stars.

I stamped the silhouette images with VersaFine Clair Nocturne and Morning Mist. The sentiment was stamped on and cut from the extra background pieces. I wrapped the panel with rainbow colored thread from my stash for some fun sparkle, and to connect the two panel parts.

I love how it turned out. And I really love this stamp set! Thanks for taking a peek!

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We love this card Judy! So glad you kept that piece of card, it makes stunning sky behind the silhouette trees. Thank you ♡

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Inhale Confidence | Art Journal Page

Posted on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by helen

Hello! We are back as promised with more wonderful inspiration today. Veerle has created an inspiring art journal page, with a tutorial video too, so sit back, relax and inhale…

I’ve been missing for a while… it have been some crazy couple of weeks with the end of the year happening. But we’ve started 2020 and of course creativity will be a big part again ^.^

So January first… I had my camera on and just went ahead and made my first video for this year.

art journal page | inhale confidence | mindfulness

I think these words are perfect to get a whole new year started. Words to keep in mind. And I know, it’s always easier said than done. But I want to make these a big part of 2020. These and so many other words from the Visible Image word stamps. Let’s make 2020 a strong year ^.^

Stamps Used:

Don’t Judge

Believe in Me

This is so inspiring Veerle, and your video was so calming to watch.. thank you ♡

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New Beginnings | Card | Visible Image

Posted on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by helen

Hello! We hope you had a great weekend! We have lots of fabulous inspiration to share with you on the blog this week. First up is Martha with an awesome mixed media card featuring our New Beginnings sentiment stamp.. perfect words for the new year!

New year, new decade, new beginnings, new post for Visible Image 🙂

I made this card for my self, maybe I’ll hanging on my wall as a reminder 🙂

Here is a quick step by step:

On watercolor paper I blended some distress ink through the stencil Fibres

then I stamped with Somewhere In Time the big stain with Pumice Stone Disteress Ink

then from the same stamp set, I stamped the clock with Black Archival Ink

to build the background some more stamps, from Creative Chaos this time

On another piece of cardstock I stamped my quote from the Brave And Strong stamp set and made a frame with a fine marker

Now is time to give a little more structure to the background so I applied some modeling paste through the stencil Count Me In

and when dry add more color with the grey Brusho

Some white splatters to finish the background, before applying some wire, the quote and the little strip that I cut from the top of the card

And here is the result

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We adore this Martha! So much gorgeous texture and detail in your background… Thank you ♡

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Open Your Mind | Owl Stamp

Posted on November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 by helen

Hello! We have stempelfrida here on the blog today with a brilliant card featuring our NEW ‘Night Owl’ stamp teamed up with an inspiring sentiment from our Autumn release…

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Today I have a card with the beautiful owl from the autumn release of Visible Image for you. The card is quite wintry by the background, but the temperatures here in Germany are already around 0°C.

Just this morning I saw a very emotional message by a craft friend who said that she was overwhelmed by the many things she felt committed to, but now decided not to catch up, but move forward from now on. I think, this hits all crafters at some point that they are overwhelmed by the things that you think are expected by others. Our hobby should be relaxation and enjoyment. I wish you all that you always have fun crafting.

And if you should fall into a creative hole or you feel overwhelmed by the expectations, I wish you the strength for a new beginning!

I painted the background for my owl with acrylic paints. For the lines at the edges I used a posca pencil and a sacura marker. First I stamped the text with a greyish Distress Oxides colour and embossed it with transparent powder. Then I stamped the text again with Versamark leaving some space to the first impression and embossed it with a dark brown powder. To see it even more clearly, I reinforced some parts with a white marker. I stamped the owl in a brown tone and then coloured it with copics and polychromos. Then I fussy-cut it and attached it to my card with spacer pads.

Supplies

Visible Image Night Owl stamp set

Visible Image Brave and Strong stamp set

Stamp pads: Memento rich cocoa; Distress Oxides iced spruce; StazOn jet black; Versamark
Embossing powder: Rayher transparent / clear; Stempelträume Candy Braun
Copics Y17, YR27, E41, E31, E33, E37, E59
Polychromos 103, 187, 180, 280, 177, 199
Posca dark brown
Sakura 0.8
Acrylic paint

open your mind | new beginnings | card

What a fantastic card! You have coloured our owl stamp beautifully stempelfrida, and we love how you offset the sentiment giving it depth. Your snowy scene is perfect for a winter card. Thank you ♡

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Face Stamp | Beautiful Soul

Posted on November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by helen

Good Evening! We have Ericka Strange here on the blog tonight with 2 incredible cards created with our gorgeous new ‘Beautiful Soul’ face stamp…

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a wonderful day. Today I’m playing with the new release from Visible Image called Beautiful Soul. I love this set and the beautiful words it contains.

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I started by stamping the image on Bristol Smooth paper and gold heat embossing it. My oldest daughter saw me making it and asked if I could use red on her hair and make the middle yellow. So I took out my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and used a variety of pink and reds to color her hair as well as yellows for the middle.

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Once I was finished I used a sparkle pen on the hair to give it a little more shine. For the background, I blended Antique Linen Distress Oxide and a light Black soot on the edges. I heat embossed the sentiments in gold and added some sequins for some extra shine.

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I love this set so much that I had to make one with blue hair as well.

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I made this similarly to the one above. I used Bristol Smooth paper and heat embossed it with Silver. My youngest daughter, whose name is Elsa, saw the first card and wanted me to make her one, thus the “Let it Go” look.

I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to color her hair and decided to add a little sparkly silver embossing to the middle of her hair. I then added some silver sequins I had in my stash to give her a more regal winter look.

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I finished by stamping the “Let it Go” with a Concord & 9th set Perfectly Penned and then used the other sentiments in the Visible Image set to add to her.

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Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Oh Ericka we love these cards.. your colouring is beautiful and both girls look so striking! Thank you ♡

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Get Up | Dress Up | Face Stamp

Posted on November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 by helen

Hello! We have Sharon Traynor here on the blog this evening with a fabulous card featuring our NEW ‘Beautiful Soul’ face stamp with our ‘Never Give Up’ sentiment…

Happy Monday!

I have some no-line colouring of a gorgeous image from the BRAND NEW RELEASE by Visible Image. She is an absolute dream to colour, if you like colouring, and she comes with so many gorgeous words too. The sentiment on this card is from a new set too.

Here’s how I made this DL card.

Take some Strathmore Toned Grey sketch paper and stamp the image onto it using a light grey ink.

I started with the face. Using some polychromos pencils and a very light touch I started to colour, adding white to the areas I wanted a highlight first (because you can’t really add a highlight afterwards). Then I added more colour moving from light to dark, adding a little blue to the darker parts. I wanted to retain the look of hand colouring so the pencil strokes have not been completely blended in. I am still learning how to colour like this so I knew it wouldn’t be perfect, but I like the finished result.

Next colour the hair. I used 3 colours for the hair, adding low-lights with the dark colour and highlights with the lighter colour. Making sure the highlights don’t line up over every strand gives it a more natural look.

To finish the card I stamped a sentiment and some of the words along the edge, then doodled a border in between the stamped words with a black pen.

Stamps Used:

Other Supplies:

Strathmore toned grey sketch paper, Memento london fog ink, Polychromos (101 white, 102 cream, 126 permanent carmine, 130 dark flesh, 131 medium flesh, 132 light flesh, 151 helio-blue reddish, 183 light yellow ochre, 187 burnt ochre, 283 burnt sienna), Versafine onyx black, stamping platform, black micron pen.

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

Hugs,
Sharon xx

Sharon our Beautiful Soul looks absolutely stunning! Your colouring is wonderful.. thank you ♡

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Life Can Be Tough | Face Stamps

Posted on November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 by helen

Hello! We hope you are having a great weekend! Stempelfrida is here on the blog today with a gorgeous card featuring our face stamps, with a sentiment from our NEW ‘Brave and Strong’ stamp set…

I am mega enthusiastic about the new words of the Visible Image Autumn release, and today I have combined an older set with “Life can be tough but my darling so are you”. Whoa!!!! What a wonderful source of inspiration for my card.

You may not believe it, which of the card was a challenge, but it is the face. First, how do I want the proportions? Because the eye stamp with the eyebrow and the mouth stamp, on which the nose is only indicated, are two stamps. Without having drawn anything from my face, it was not so easy for me to decide how big the distance should be. And then, of course, there’s the colouration. And there is almost nothing of the facial contour after stamping. Of course this offers you a white canvas for your artistic freedom. It was faszinating to see the woman under the pencils emerge. The colouration is done with copics and polychromos. The zipper is also coloured with copics and glued on the cut out face. I designed my background with acrylic paints.

Supplies

Brave and Strong

Don´t Judge

Face it!

Stamp pads: Ink on 3
Copics 0, E51, E53, E55, E13, E15, E33, E04, T1, T4, T6, R85, R59, B0000, B12, B91, B04, B02
Polychromos 189, 131, 146, 120, 151, 199
Acrylic paint

How amazing is this card! So striking with a fabulous mix of stamps and such beautiful colouring. Thank you stempelfrida ♡

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Entwined Butterflies | Stencil

Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 by helen

Good Evening, we have the very fabulous Ericka Strange here to inspire you this evening with a beautiful card featuring our entwined butterflies stencil with a gorgeous sentiment…

Happy Monday! Its been a little gloomy here lately so I thought I’d brighten things up in the craft room with this Visible Image Entwined Butterflies stencil and Distress Oxides.

I love Distress Oxide blending on Bristol Smooth paper because it is so easy to get a nicely blended background. For this quick card I used Distress Oxide in Squeezed Lemonade, Lucky Clover, Peacock Feathers, and Wilted Violet.

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Once the blending was done, I let it dry a bit so that I could heat embossed my sentiment without it sticking all over. I love this So Much Stronger Sentiment set from Visible Image and the fonts are so pretty.

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I stamped the sentiment in Versafine ink and heat embossed it. To finish the card I used some Black Nuvo Drops.

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Have a wonderful day and I hope you have a chance to make some sunshine!

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Ericka your background is stunning, what beautiful blending. Gorgeous choice of sentiment to compliment the butterfly stencil too ♡

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Through The Storm | Handmade Card

Posted on August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 by helen

Hello! Guest Designer Lynda Hall is here on the blog today with a gorgeous card featuring one of our newer sentiments, written by Helen, called ‘You’ll get through this storm’…

Wow it’s just come across really stormy here in Hampshire this afternoon and the heavens have opened. A perfect moment to be sharing this card for Visible Image.

I created this from a mop up card that I had from a previous project, using Amsterdam acrylic ink. The combination of blues and greys just screamed ‘sea’ to me.

I used the ‘strobes’ stencil and swiped some gesso through it to give a white base for some rays of sunshine.

I swiped yellow and orange paint over the top when dry, and stamped and heat embossed the sun from the ‘Look Forward With Hope’ set in the centre.

I stamped some clouds from the same set, and painted with acrylic ink. For this I used my stamping platform, as once I had painted I wanted to re stamp the detail over the top.

I added some waves with paint to create the stormy sea.

The final step was to stamp the sentiment and fussy cut some paper boats from the ‘Destination Unknown’ set and pop them in the sea to bob about.

I added the rest of the sentiment inside the card.

As if by magic as I uploaded the final image here , the rain stopped, the clouds lifted and the sun came out. How bizare is that!

Products Used:

hope - sentiment stamps - inspiring words

paper boats - stamps - planes - destination - journey

I’ll be back soon with more Visible Image inspiration for you.

Lynda

We adore this card.. you have interpreted the sentiment so perfectly Lynda. Your stormy seas look amazing and the rays of sunshine are stunning! Thank you ♡

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Live Like Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist | Card

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by helen

Hello! Thank you for coming to visit us here on the blog today. Stempelfrida is here to inspire you today with a fabulous card reminding us all to…

live like tomorrow doesn´t exist!

Nowadays this saying can be seen from two sides. First of all, I think it’s the good thoughts that come to mind: Enjoy every day!

But of course there is also the other side: What if there is no tomorrow, because we simply live without worrying about the future?

You usually don’t know me so deeply here on my blog, but when I used this saying on my card, these thoughts about ambiguity came to my mind.

There are so many things each of us can do every day to spare and care for our world and not harm it. Respect nature! Save resources! Avoid garbage! For example, you can use reusable nets for fruits and vegetables, baskets and fabric bags instead of plastic bags when shopping. Think about how you can contribute to tomorrow!

But since I am a very positive person, I like the other interpretation of this saying much better: Live as if there were no tomorrow! Always remember to enjoy your day. With all your senses and in every minute. Be good to yourself! Surround yourself with people, who make you feel good.

At first I stamped the butterflies with Memento and coloured them with Copics. Then I added a layer of Crackle Glossy Accents to them. The picture shows them while they are still wet, so there are no crackles yet. The crackles appear when the surface it completely dry.

I made my background with a round gelly plate, the fibres stencil from Visible Image and acrylic paint. I matted the background on a turquoise card and drew the black frame to match the word pieces. I had stamped the pieces themselves with Memento and coloured them wirh Copics as well. I rounded the wings of the butterflies to give them a nice shape and added everything with spacer pads to the card.

Stamps & Stencil Used:

Other Supplies:

Stamp pad: Memento tuxedo black
Copics 0, B01, B04, B16, B39, RV11, RV19, RV34, RV69
Stadtler Lumocolor M
Ranger Crackle Accents

We adore this card! It’s so bright and happy. Your earth looks fantastic, such a great way to use this stencil! Our butterflies look fabulous with the crackle.

Thank you for your gorgeous inspiration Stempelfrida! ♡

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Look Forward With Hope | Handmade Card

Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 by helen

Hello! Sorry we have neglected our blog lately, the last few weeks have been a challenge as I (Helen) had a nasty fall and have been in quite a lot of pain. So… as we have lots of inspiration to catch up with here on the blog, we are planning lots of posts over the next few days sharing the latest cards and projects from our fabulous Design Team and our wonderful guest designers! Jane Tyrrell is kicking things off with a gorgeous card that would brighten anyone’s spirits, it has definitely brightened mine! As I have now started a programme of physiotherapy, I will look forward with hope to being pain free again! Over to Jane…

Good Evening,

Today I have used one of the 3 lovely new sentiment sets. This one is called Look Forward with Hope. So many really positive sentiments, suitable for all occasions.

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I decided I wanted to make a seaside feel card. I added some distress oxides to speciality stamping card and then added some “sea” using paints.

I then added fossilized amber distress oxide ink through the Strobes stencil

I decided I wanted more texture so I added texture paste through the strobes stencil in the same area. When dry I found that the sunshine in the set fitted perfectly inside. I also added some Glossy accents to the sun which you can see in the final photos.

I stamped some of the clouds directly onto the crackle and others I stamped onto card and fussy cut out.

I then stamped and coloured one of the sweet dolphins from the Mythical Mermaid stamp set

and fussy cut him out. I added a little sheen with Spectrum Noir sparkle.

I also stamped some waves using the stamp in the mermaid set. I then stamped the ‘don’t look back’ sentiment from the set, added the dolphin, a little white ink highlighting and my card was finished..

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A couple of close ups…

And one final shot.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Back soon.

Bye for now,

Jane x

What a stunning card Jane! The crackle looks fantastic through the rays of sunshine, and your scene is fabulous! Thank you ♡

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Just Smile | Vibrant Card | Inky Flower Stamp

Posted on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 by helen

Hello! We are thrilled to welcome Ericka Strange to the blog with her first post as a Guest Designer! Ericka has created an absolutely stunning card with the beautiful inky flower stamp from our ‘Creative Chaos’ set…

I hope your day is going well, I’m so excited to share my first project as a Guest Designer for Visible Image. Let me just start by saying I’m a huge fan and I love their unique images and awesome sentiments! All the products blend so well together, inspiration is easy to find.

Ok on to my card

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I love this flower and this stencil is so fun to play with. I started out by blending Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide on Bristol Smooth paper. I added Mustard Seed Distress Oxide along the edge to make it a little darker. I placed the Collision Stencil and then blended Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide on top.

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I set the panel aside to dry and then stamped the inky flower stamp from Creative Chaos on Copic friendly paper and used RV91, RV63, RV55, and RV66 to color it in. I fussy cut around the flower portion and used a black marker to color the edges of the image to give it a crisp look. I stamped the flower again on my blended panel in Versafine ink and clear heat embossed it. I wanted to make sure that all the beautiful details of the flower were still on my panel.

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I used 3D Zots from Therm-o-web to adhere the flower on top of the stamped image to add dimension to the card. I also added additional stamped images from the Creative Chaos set along the edges using Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide and Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink.

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I added a sentiment from the So Much Stronger set and white heat embossed it on black cardstock. I love the scripty look and the sentiment is perfect.

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I adhered the sentiment with some foam tape and used clear droplets on the card as an extra embellishment.

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Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Ericka this card has such a WOW factor! The pinks of the petals look beautiful against those zesty colours, and our collision stencil looks so striking! Thank you ♡

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Her Spirit Was Strong

Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 by helen

Hello! It’s a rainy day here in Wales, so Jane’s latest inspiration is just perfect for today! Featuring our sassy rain lady and Dream Big quote, this card has a fabulous inky feel with a touch of sparkle…

Good Afternoon,

January always seems to be a long month. Christmas seems long ago and spring still seems a long way away.As I walked down to Dotty’s Teahouse in the High Street of Carshalton, I decided to look for some sparkle and shine and even on such a dull, dreary day I spotted some of Mother Nature’s sparkle and shine on the plants;

rain sparkling on the winter aconite..

on the plucky viburnum flowers..

and on new shoots..

So for this week’s design team inspiration, I went with the sparkling rain theme using the fab Sparkle in the Rain stamp set

The background is a stencilled ink one using the Grungy Union Jack stencil

I added some distress oxides to my card

then stenciled salty ocean and squeezed lemonade oxides through the stencil

These photos are quite dark you will see the true colours in my finished photos.

I stamped the rain in blue Archival ink

and then I added my lady by embossing her in blue and also stamping the quote ‘Dream Big’

You can see that I masked and split the words. The top words are stamped and embossed in black, and the unrivalled in green glitter

Our Christmas/Winter challenge on Facebook runs until the end of January, a couple of weeks left to make something and be in with a chance of winning the £40 voucher to spend! The winner is selected by random so everyone has an equal winning chance.

Back soon.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Gorgeous inspiration Jane, thank you ♡
Our lady looks fabulous embossed in that pale blue, all shiny against the matt of the oxides in the background. The sparkle of the sentiment really finishes it off perfectly!

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Don’t Dim Your Light | Visible Image Stamps

Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 by helen

Hi there! Pauline Butcher is here to inspire you today with a gorgeous plaque featuring our awesome moth and toadstool stamps, with these really inspiring words… ‘Don’t Dim Your Light’.

Hello and Happy New Year!

Today I’m sharing a new mixed media project I’ve made, using some awesome Visible Image stamps and stencils. The grey board heart is from my stash.

The stamps I’ve used on this project are:

The large circles from Shape it Up

the small circles from The Ripple Effect

the Mushroom from The Caterpillar set

the moth and the light bulbs from Glimmer of Light

and part of the sentiment from Shining Bright

The stencil I have used is called Distorted Chess

I used some Decoart fluid acrylic paint and some Dyna acrylic paints on the heart, building up the background, and then stamping with some of the background stamps. Next I put the stencil on the top, and went through it with gold paste. Using Blue/Black Pebeo Dyna paint, I covered the gold paste, but rubbing back some of it to allow the gold to shine through.

I stamped the mushroom and the light bulbs on to white card, fussy cut them, then coloured them all using watercolour pens.

I stamped the moth onto heat resistant acetate using Versamark, then used Wow Black embossing powder. I coloured the moth on the reverse side, again using the Pebeo Dyna paints, and fussy cut. On a piece of black card, I coated it with the Pebeo Blue/Black paint, then chose the words I wanted to use, stamped them in Versamark, and heat embossed using Wow Florescent Blue.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,
Pauline xxxxx

What an awesome plaque Pauline! We are loving all the texture and layering, and the vibrant colours. Thank you ♡

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Inspiring Words Stamps for 2019

Posted on January 9, 2019 by helen

Hello and Happy New Year to You! We are excited to be back after a good break and today kicks off another year of amazing inspiration from our wonderful team. Jane is here with some inspiring words stamps on a gorgeous wall hanging…

Good morning it’s time to get back to “normal” after all the excitement and celebrations of Christmas and the new year. The Visible Image team have all been on a break but today I’m delighted to be kicking off with the first Design team inspiration post of 2019.

I do love the new year…. I never make resolutions but I do think it’s a good time to take stock of our views and hopes in life. I love the inspiring words that Helen writes which Mark turns into amazing stamps which I can incorporate into my crafting.

I decided to use the words from Voices in your Head to create an inspirational wall hanging for the year.

I made some backgrounds with my small Gelli plate (lucky me got an 8″ by 10″ one from Santa so watch out for more larger projects using this).

I used some DecoArt media acrylics and stamps from the Visometry set

the Universal background stamps

and also the Two Tone stencil to pull some prints

I made a whole batch of prints

and selected 3 to make into ATCs.

I gold embossed the words and added some more patterns with gold ink using universal. Sorry the photos are a little dark, there is so little daylight this time of the year when I am crafting inside.

For the wall hanging I used some corrugated card on mount board. I exposed some of the core and added paints and crackle paint. Once dry I rubbed on some Treasure gold. I attached some string using my mini stapler.

I also stamped the year using the numbers from Alphabetical onto scraps of gelli prints and mounted them on card.

So here is my finished wall hanging..

Our Christmas/Winter challenge on Facebook runs until the end of January so you still have a whole month to make something and be in with a chance of winning the £40 voucher to spend on some gorgeous new stamps or stencils! The winner is selected by random so everyone has an equal winning chance.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind comments you take the time to leave. There are lots of exciting Visible Image newbies in the pipeline, and I am so looking forward to designing with them! An exciting year is ahead and I am going to try to remember these inspiring words during 2019.

Back soon.

Bye for now,

Jane x

We were the lucky recipients of this plaque at Christmas! Thank you again Jane it is absolutely gorgeous and very inspiring! We look at it every morning when we arrive in the office!

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No Regrets

Posted on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 by helen

Hello! Veere Moreels is here with a video tutorial showing how she made her latest tag featuring our No Regrets sentiment stamp and some gorgeous watercolour effects…

You all know I love words on my projects and today is not different. They even get their own place in the spotlight on today’s project. Visible Image has these beautiful sets with strong words perfect for cards, art journaling and I myself used them on a tag today. I had my own twist on them as I felt like they needed to be torn apart and then joined together again. Strange? Not in my head 🙂

Well I had the camera rolling for you so enjoy the video ^.^

Stamps used:

Veerle this is another wonderful interpretation of the quote! Thank you ♡

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Helen & Mark xx

Skull Stencil – Halloween Crafting

Posted on October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 by helen

Hi there! Happy Friday! Lisa Taggart is here with some awesome Halloween inspiration today featuring our Skull stencil and ‘Leave Your Fears Behind’ stamps, a perfect combination…

Hello,

I’m here with a Halloween theme using some of my favourites from Visible Image.

skull stencil - halloween card

I’ve used alcohol inks on to heavy yupo paper from Ranger. I’ve stamped using Versa fine ink in onyx black. My ink pad isn’t as juicy as it used to be so it works a little better. I’ve also continued to use an alcohol blending marker and co ordinating colours of my spectrum noir alcohol markers. These are good for highlighting areas and adding extra colour.

The awesome stencil is:

The stamp set is:

I began by laying down the paler colours. I placed the stencil on top and sponged darker inks through. I also sprayed alcohol in places. It gives a great effect.

I went over the edges with black and highlighted parts in white.

I used the black and white again on the tree along with some a light brown marker. I tried to create reflections at the bottom to a water area. I also used part of the stamp to create extra wooded areas.

I love purples and yellow together.

Till next time

Lisa xx

Wow! What an incredible project! The purples and yellows do look so good together and the texture is phenomenal! Our skull stencil looks amazing! Thanks Lisa ♡

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Moth Stamps and Skulls Stencil

Posted on October 16, 2018 by helen

Good Morning! We hope your week has got off to a great start! Jane Tyrrell is here on the blog with another incredible Halloween tag today featuring our awesome moth stamps…

Good morning

It’s my time for my weekly make for Visible Image and we are halfway through the month, and our October challenge theme of ‘autumnal colours’. Remember you could win a £40 coupon if you join in!

I have another of my Halloween tags to share today, this time using the brilliant Glimmer of Light stamp set

I stamped and coloured the moths and fussy cut them out

I stamped one set of large wings onto acetate and used these to glitter up (you can see this in my final design)

I blended some distress inks onto my tag adding some water flicks

Then I used the Dark Hearts stencil

to add some more black ink

The sentiment was stamped in gold ink

I stamped the smallest moths onto the tag and then layered over some die cut spider webs

I added glossy accents to the light bulb and the medium moths

Then I put my design together.

Here is my finished tag…

with some close ups..

and one final shot…

halloween tag - moth stamp - skulls stencil

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the wonderful autumn colours surrounding us at the moment.

Back soon.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Jane this is a brilliant tag! Love all the layers and the skulls look awesome in orange against the black. Thank you for your fantastic inspiration as always ♡

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Helen & Mark xx

You Are Not Alone

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by helen

Good Evening! This week is flying by, can’t believe it will be Friday tomorrow! We have the lovely Veerle Moreels on the blog this evening with a gorgeous tag featuring our ‘you are not alone’ stamp…

Hello!

Sometimes you see a set and you just fall in love. Well this ‘You Are Not Alone’ set is one of them. Sometimes it’s so easy to explain and sometimes it’s not, it’s a feeling that a set gives you and that’s exactly what’s going on with this set.

hand stamp - visible image

I love the hands and love the words, they will make perfect cards to give some support to anyone in need of it. But they have so many more possibilities. For today’s project I chose to make a supportive tag…

And yes, that’s a little bit of gold on my butterfly ^.^

you are not alone - sentiment stamp

And yes, I had some fun burning holes in my tag ^.^

Here’s the tag in it’s full glory. But you could easily make it in a card’s version, and choose to make it in a color. Or just give the butterfly a color instead of the golden accent I chose for this tag…

you are not alone - tag

Stamps Used:

You Are Not Alone Stamp Set

Ink Splats Stamp Set

Veerle this is so beautiful.. we love your little butterfly her finger. Thank you ♡

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Do you know someone who needs reminding that they are not alone?

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Thanks for visiting our blog, have a lovely evening.

Helen & Mark xx

Write The Next Chapter

Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 by helen

Hello! We have Heather Mitchell here on the blog today with an amazing card featuring our awesome new typewriter stamp set which includes two brilliant quotes, and some little greetings that cleverly fit on the paper…

Howdy doody everyone…

All these gorgeous new stamps and stencils from Visible Image have got me rather excited!! I am loving the graphic look to the stencils and know that they are going to be used loads… and the stamps? Well, Mark has pulled his designer hat out of the bag yet again and created some real beauties!!

My make today uses the utterly brilliant One Kind Word stamp set and the Grateful stencil. So many possibilities with this set and I know both will become firm favourites with everyone.

typewriter stamp - visible image

Really easy make this one. Create a distressed background using a mixture of Distress Ink and Distress Oxide ink pads and spritz with a shimmer spray. To add extra texture, splatter some Antique Bronze Distress Spray Stain and leave to dry.

While drying, ink up the typewriter stamp and stamp twice, fussy cut them both, placing one to the side. With the other, trim around the paper and the bar bit (that holds the paper in place… which I’m sure has a proper name but I have no idea what it is!) and trim a longer piece of paper to fit in the space. Ink all over with a linen coloured ink pad and edge with dark brown.

time to write the next chapter - rubber - clear - stamp

Stamp the letters and splat with the same Distress Spray Stain as before. When dry, feed the paper through the typewriter and attach some tape on the back to secure in place. Take the other stamped typewriter image and attach foam tape to the front. Secure the (now complete) other image over the top.

Before adhering to the background, take the Grateful stencil and mask off various areas to give a random look. Apply red ink through the stencil and then stamp the sentiment to the bottom of the background before attaching the main image. Once in place, curl the corners for added effect and voila!

Here are the two new Visible Image products I used…

One Kind Word stamp set

Grateful stencil

Check out the gorgeous makes from the other DT members here on the Visible Image blog or in the Facebook group!

Catch up again soon.

Heather xx

Heather this card is brilliant! The distressed paper looks amazing and your background is divine! Thank you ♡

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Have a fabulous day!

Mark & Helen xx

Reach Out

Posted on October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 by helen

Good Evening! We are back with more inspiration created with our NEW stamps! Lisa Taggart creates such incredible works of art, and today’s project is an absolute stunner featuring our awesome new hand stamps and sentiment from our ‘You Are Not Alone’ set…

Hello, today I’m very excited to be using some of the October new release stamps from Visible Image!

reaching hand stamps

The featured stamps are:

Today I’ve used Ranger heavy yupo paper and a combination of alcohol inks and Versa Clair inks. I also used white acrylic paint and white gel pen.

I loved using the texture stamps and the circles stamps along with the main image. The stars were drawn in by hand.

I hope you get a chance to check out all the new releases!

Till next time…

Lisa xx

Lisa your background is perfect for these stamps, there’s so much to discover! Amazing work! Thank you ♡

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Time To Write The Next Chapter

Posted on October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 by helen

Hello! We hope Monday has been kind to you! We are so excited to share lots of gorgeous inspiration created with our brand new stamps and stencils this week! Release date isn’t far away now… just a few more days! We have been really busy shipping orders off to stockists all around the world today, so keep an eye out in your local store or favourite online retailer over the next week! Today’s inspiration comes from Jane Tyrrell and features our (already) incredibly popular ‘One Kind Word’ stamp set, which includes a brilliant typewriter stamp and so much more…

Good Evening

It’s the 1st of October and a Monday so of course that means it’s my day for sharing my Monday Design Team make for Visible Image.

Today I am sharing for the first time a card I made using the brilliant One Kind Word set.

typewriter stamp - time to write the next chapter

Now don’t tell anyone, but this is my favourite. I have honestly been looking for a vintage typewriter stamp where I could actually stamp words on the paper for years. Well now I can. It is such a clever set and I am sure is going to be a best seller. It works for so many occasions and for card making, journalling etc etc.

I had a lovely Friday and Saturday creating in my garden studio. There was wall to wall blue skies and sunshine and I loved being outside. I have noticed the signs of autumn though all around me.

We are starting a new challenge today over on our Visible Image Facebook group. The theme is “Autumn Colours”. So dig out your brown, yellow, orange, gold, mauve, red and other autumnal colours and your Visible Image stamps/stencils. We would love for your to join in! The winner is randomly selected so whether you are a novice or experienced stamper you have a chance of winning the £40 voucher to spend over in the shop.

My card was made in shades of browns to hopefully give some inspiration for our new “autumn colours” challenge, I also wanted to create a vintage feel to it.

I was very taken by one of the 2 sentiments in this set “time to write a new chapter” and I had a light bulb moment when I was sitting in my studio. I had decided to include my much used vintage book pages from “A tale of 2 cities” donated by my Hb.

As I was thinking of how I would use them in my design I thought that I could actually find a page that was the end of a chapter, ready to start a new one. I found a suitable page and stamped the sentiment and the letters flourish in brown ink. I also cut out the paper part and stamped the words, “You are loved” in brown ink. I put some foam under the top of this and glued down the base to add some dimension.

I made a “book” with my vintage book pages and aged them using vintage photo distress ink plus a little tearing and peeling here and there.

I stamped,embossed and fussy cut out my typewriter and stamped the small and large hearts and matted up my card.

Here it is..

typewriter stamp - card - new job - visible image stamps

With a couple of close ups..

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a very happy October, the year is just racing by now.

Back soon.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Jane your card is amazing! What a brilliant idea to set it on an actual end of a chapter from a great book! Love all the torn edges and the distressing too. Thank you ♡

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Mark & Helen xx

NEW stencils – Visible Image

Posted on September 29, 2018September 29, 2018 by helen

Good Morning and Happy Saturday to you! It’s a beautiful day here in Wales, the sun is shining and the trees are displaying all the gorgeous Autumnal colours. We are counting down to the release date of our amazing new stamps and stencils, so we will be sharing lots of brand new inspiration here on the blog! Heather Mitchell is here this morning with an amazing card featuring 2 of our new stencils with our stunning new ‘You Are Not Alone’ stamp set…

Hello everyone!

I’ve been playing with my Gelli plate recently and had prepared some backgrounds (using some of the Visible Image beautiful products naturally!) and I was itching to use them, so when the gorgeous new stamps and stencils landed on my door mat I knew exactly what to do with them!

The first card uses the new 1983 stencil and all I’ve done is simply draw around the outlines using a Derwent Inktense pencil in a matching purple hue and then used a teeny tiny brush to water the edges and blur them slightly.

geometric - two tone - stencils

To add to the geometric vibe, I’ve then used the new Two Tone stencil with some Graphite Texture Paste.

The hands on the You Are Not Alone stamp set are truly amazing! I didn’t want to stamp them onto card and then fussy cut them out as I wanted a more translucent look, so I’ve heat embossed onto vellum, adding the sentiment from the set first in white and then in copper powder (to create a slight shading).

pointing hand stamp

The flash of light that I’ve positioned beaming out the finger, has been heat embossed in several metallic shades (copper, platinum and rich gold) and I’ve added a few adhesive gems to finish it off before matting it onto purple pearlised card and attaching to a 7×7″ card blank.

Ghost Print

The second card started life as the ghost print of the Gelli print used above. A ghost print is where you take off the excess ink on the Gelli plate after you’ve already pulled a print. This print is usually faded and lighter in appearance but very often they’re my favourite print as you can get some fantastic texture coming through!

strobes - rays - stencil

Over the print, I’ve layered the small fading polka dots from the Set The Tone set and then added the three different sized circles from the You Are Not Alone set used previously.

The gorgeous Hummingbird, from the Life is Beautiful set, looks fabulous positioned over where the Strobe stencil has left a textured gold print and has been heat embossed in a beautiful sparkly amethyst colour. To finish, I’ve added the sentiment from Voices In Your Head set and matted it onto matching turquoise card before adhering to a card 7×7″ blank.

hummingbird stamp

Here are the NEW Visible Image products I used for these cards:

1983 Stencil

Two Tone Stencil

You Are Not Alone Stamp Set

Set The Tone Stamp Set

And these are the other Visible Image stamps and stencils I used…

Strobes Stencil

Count Me In Stencil

Life is Beautiful Stamp Set

Voices in Your Head Stamp Set

Catch up again soon,
H xx

Heather these cards are AMAZING! The texture you create with our stencils is so awesome! Loving all the details and touches of gold.. thank you ♡

You will find more awesome inspiration from Heather over on her blog.

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We hope you have a fabulous day!

Mark & Helen xx

You Are Not Alone..

Posted on September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 by helen

Hello and Happy Monday to you! We are really excited to have launched 6 awesome new stamp sets and 3 brilliant new stencils today!

Available to pre-order now!

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 5TH

The most exciting part of any release is seeing the very first samples created with them, and today we have been wowed by Jane Tyrrell’s first card, featuring our ‘You Are Not Alone’ stamp set which includes our amazing reaching hands stamps and some really inspiring words. Over to Jane…

Good Morning, I am delighted to be sharing the first sample using one of the brand new October release stamp sets:

reaching hands stamps - you are not alone sentiment - visible image

Inspired by the changing blue sky of Rhodes, I made 2 cards which I called Night and Day. Today I am sharing “Night”, I will share “Day” another time.

I made an blue oxide background on black card. I thought the hands are like those of the legends of the Greek gods making mischief from the heavens to the ancient Greeks below them on earth…. perhaps even on Rhodes thousands of year ago. I studied classical civilizations at both O and A level at school and loved the stories of the Odyssey and Iliad.

card - you are not alone - visible image stamps

Here are some close ups…

The reaching hands stamps are so detailed and the circles and sentiments are fun to play with.

I used gold ink to stamp the circles, to me they represent the sunshine and in this vast universe I am pretty certain that we are not alone.

One more shot, I edged the card with gold ink which you can just see in this photo.

Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comments. I am off to see some autumnal splendor in Surrey today as I am meeting my crafting buddy Brenda Brown for a day out at Wisley RHS Gardens. The sun is forecast to make an appearance, I have my camera packed!

Bye for now,

Jane x

Wow this is amazing Jane! Stunning inspiration for these new stamps! Love the gold circles against your awesome oxides sky, and the hands look brilliant embossed in black! Thank you so much ♡

You will find more of Jane’s wonderful projects over on her blog.

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Thanks for visiting our blog today.

Helen & Mark xx

You Make Your Story

Posted on July 2, 2018 by helen

Hi there! We are back with more fantastic inspiration! Veerle Moreels has a great video tutorial for you showing how she created her latest tag featuring some of the words stamps from our ‘Voices In Your Head’ set with our awesome ‘Elemental’ blue print background stamp…

you make your story - tag

You… no one else. It’s you who is truly in charge of making your own story.
Yes, you can leave it up to others but… will they write it the way you want it to go? After all, they can’t look inside of your head and soul to see what is really going on in there.

And yes, others can come in and try to turn it all upside down. But you are in charge of taking control again and turn everything right back as you want it to be.

Are there things we can’t control? Yes, sure. But you decide how to go from there.
You see… you make your story.

If you think you might need a little reminder sometimes… go and take out those Visible Image stamps and create with me. I have it all filmed in my new video ^.^

Make your story a beautiful one.

Stamps used:

Elemental

Shape it Up

Voices in your Head

Thank you for another awesome video Veerle, your tag is superb! Love the old feel to it, and the stitching. Great idea to add a word to the centre of the circle stamp too ♡

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You’re Stronger Than You Think

Posted on June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 by helen

Hello! Hope you are having a great weekend! The sun in shining here in Wales, it’s absolutely gorgeous! And we have some gorgeous inspiration coming your way here on the blog today too. Jane Tyrrell has combined 2 stamp sets from our April release to create and amazing card. If you know someone going through a difficult time this card would be perfect for them, to remind them ‘you’re stronger than you think’…

Good Evening,
it’s time for my weekly DT make for Visible Image and today I am using stamps from the So Much Stronger set

and the single tree from the Into The Woods set

forest - bare tree - stamps - visible image

I made an alcohol ink background, using glossy card stock, gradually adding drops until I was happy

I then stamped the tree and embossed it with Seth Apter’s baked texture embossing powder.. I love these powders as they have “bits” in which give a very different effect

I then stamped and black embossed the sentiment and also some leaves from the super Create it set

The ‘you’re so much stronger than you think’ sentiment works so well with the tree stamp

I then matted and layered up my card

and one more close up

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and for your very kind comments which you take the time to leave.

Back soon.

Bye for now,
Jane x

Loving your background Jane.. wow! And the tree looks amazing! Thank you ♡

You will find more of Jane’s fabulous cards and projects over on her blog.

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We will be back a little later with a fantastic card from Tenia!

Mark & Helen xx

You Inspire Me

Posted on June 9, 2018June 9, 2018 by helen

Hello! We have Lanette Erickson here on the blog this evening with an amazing and very ‘eye catching’ card created with our brilliant Eye stencil….

Hello All!

Today it is my turn to share & hopefully inspire you here on the Visible Image Blog, so today I thought I would share a quick card that I created for a dear friend of mine, hopefully it will inspire you half as much as she inspires me….

eye stencil - visible image

Visible Image Products Used:

Eye Contact Stencil

Choose Happiness Stamp Set

I really love this stamp set & stencil! This latest release is amazing!!

So now lets take a closer look at my card….

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!
I hope that I have inspired you in some way!

Incredible card Lanette! Those vivid colours are awesome and our eye stencil looks amazing! Thank you ♡

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Thanks for visiting our blog today. Enjoy your evening!

Mark & Helen xx

Take My Hand Stencil

Posted on June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 by helen

Hello! So sorry we have neglected our blog over the past week.. the good news is we have lots of amazing inspiration to share with you over the next few days! Pauline Butcher has created an awesome project featuring our Take My Hand stencil…

It’s time to share a new project, using some spectacular ‘Visible Image’ products.

I think I have a thing with these lolly sticks, I just can’t stop using them…

So, on this mixed media project, the stencil and stamps I’ve used are:

Take My Hand stencil

the sentiment ‘You Inspire Me’, is from Choose Happiness stamp set

the moths are from Glimmer of Light stamp set

and the background stamp is Elemental

I glued all the lolly sticks together, and blended Distress ink over them. I stamped the Elemental background, then put the stencil over the top, and used some black paste through it.

On a separate piece of card I stencilled the hand stencil using a black pen, painted it using Dyna paints, then fussy cut it. The moths were stamped onto a piece of painted card, heat embossed and fussy cut, as were the sentiment words.

Thanks for dropping in.

Hugs,
Pauline xxxx

This is so awesome Pauline! Our hand stencil looks brilliant! Loving the vibrant colours, such an inspiring piece! Thank you ♡