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Imperfection is Beauty

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Good Evening! Lisa Taggart is here with some super stunning inspiration for you this evening…


Here at Visible Image I have a little something to brighten your day, I hope!

This mixed media piece combines stencilling leftovers; sparkly texture paste; stamping and frantage. What more could you want !!





Here are today’s star products:


Imperfection is Beauty




Cosmic Skies stencil




Strobes stencil




I began using a piece of card where I had blotted ink off my strobe stencil when using it for another project . I love left overs. Actually sometimes I prefer them! I thought my scrap inked card would look nice with some sparkly texture paste on top.


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Next I stamped and embossed some flowers, stems and sentiment using black sparkle embossing powder. I experimented a bit adding some frantage fragments as texture and some black micro beads after the flowers were cut out. I also stamped onto inked scrap card for added interest and intensified the colour using my Spectrum Noir acohol markers.


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The morale of this story is never throw away your interesting scraps! Also a little texture can breathe life into any project.


Until next time.

Lisa xx




Wow! How awesome is this! We love it Lisa… so much to look at and your texture is divine ♡
Thank you!

You will find more of Lisa’s inspiring projects over on her blog.



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We’ll be back tomorrow with more fabulous inspiration.


Have a great evening.

Mark & Helen xx

 

 
 

Imperfection is Beauty – Visible Image

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Hi there, thanks for visiting us 🙂

Nicky Gilburt is here to inspire you on the blog today with a gorgeous card…


Hello,

Here’s my latest card.

The main stamps used are from Imperfection is Beauty, and the background features two stamps from The Ripple Effect


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How apt that this is the set that I chose to play with, I had previously made a set of backgrounds with Distress inks, spritzers and paints, and this was one of my least favourites, as I felt it was less than perfect, the ink hadn’t spread evenly across the sheet, making a mottled effect botttom left. However….




when I stamped the two scripty flowers onto separate pieces of coloured card, and cut them out, it all seemed to work. And I thought that the effect actually seemed….right!




I used the bubble circle outlines and stamped and embossed with white, making it super easy to roughly fill them in with watercoloured distress ink. I used the same colour to stamp the other full circles, to tie them together, and stamped random patterns round the edge of my design to add interest and highlights.



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Happy Crafting!
Nicky xx


We love this card ♡ Gorgeous background.. Thanks Nicky!

You can find more of Nicky’s fabulous cards and projects over on her blog.


Be sure to come back and visit us soon for more gorgeous inspiration from the team.

Mark & Helen xx

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Visible Image Debut – Corrie Herriman

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Hi there!

We’re really excited to share the very first project by NEW Design Team member Corrie Herriman today!


Hello everyone,

This is my first project for the Visible Image Design Team. I am very happy to be here. Yay !!!!

I made an art journal page ; what else ???



Visible Image stamps - Me Time - Journal Page - Inky Flowers _ Corrie Herriman


I have used the fabulous  Flower INKognito set and the sentiment called ‘me time‘.
 
This page was started with a piece of pattern paper by Prima Marketing from the Epiphany Collection called “Devine Exposure”. I stamped the three flowers on it with a very light pink ink. Next I used a brayer and brayered some turquoise blue acrylic paints on the edges. I used two or three shades. I also used a little pink to give it some more interest. You can still see some of the pattern paper through the paints. I then took my Polychromos coloured pencils by Faber Castell and coloured over the flowers. I used three shades of pink and some yellow and orange.


I then drew in the stems and coloured them with a black and a white gel pen.


Lastly I stamped the sentiment on a piece of the same paper, coloured the edges with a pink coloured pencil, cut it into strips and adhered it to the page.


That was it !


You will find the lovely stamps of Visible Image HERE 
 
Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Corrie




Wow what a stunning page! Loving the funky stems and your background is gorgeous… thanks Corrie! ♡


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We’ll be back later with the next preview from our NEW ‘Express Yourself’ quotes stamps!

Enjoy your day, whatever you are doing.

Mark & Helen xx

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Love Yourself – Visible Image Stamps

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Good Evening! Hope you have had a great weekend.

Kim Johnny is here with some more fantastic mail art created (of course) with some of our awesome stamps!

Here’s Kim…


Hello!

Today I want to share a postcard for my weekly Visible Image creative make.



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The postcard is 4 inches by 6 inches and cut from Canson Mixed Media paper.  I picked my go to soothing colors of Distress Ink, Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon. I added the happy bubbles with an ARTplorations stencil and DecoArt modeling paste.

The word art sentiment Love Yourself is part of the No Regrets set. I heat embossed all the stamps in white EP, Ranger Superfine

I think Flower INKognito is my most favorite Visible Image stamp…it is so fun to use in so many ways. I hope someday there would be a smaller version and some cousins for this beauty 🙂

I adore the stem is a separate piece from the flower. The stem works great for any grungy touch needed 🙂 It is a fantastic set.



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I hope you have a fantastic week and can steal some time for creative play!


Need some more inspiration? Check out all these Visible Image links:

Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our ‘Show & Tell Challenge’ for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps!

And don’t forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up for the Newsletter HERE


~hugs~
~kim 



I’m sure anyone would love to receive such a great postcard. Fantastic work thank you Kim 🙂

We will be back tomorrow for another week or amazing inspiration here on the blog.

Enjoy the last part of your weekend!

Mark &  Helen xx

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3 Distress Inks + Awesome Visible Image Stamps!

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Hi… we are back with our 3rd post this evening, meaning we are all caught up with the latest cards and projects from the team 🙂

Over to Sue Joseph with her trio of fabulous cards…Hi Guys

Sorry my blog’s a bit late today but my laptop has been reconfiguring for 2 days!  So it’s here at last but just a quickie as it’s almost bed time.

 

All these FAB stamps are from Visible Image of course! Bestest stamps in THE WORLD!

 

I’ve used distress inks, memento inks and white Neenah card.

 

For matting & layering, black card and bronzed mirror board for the autumnal card.

 

I will list all stamps used with direct links and colour combinations 🙂

 

Card 1 is twisted citron, mermaid lagoon and chipped sapphire Distress Inks, with memento tuxedo black.

 

Stamps are the Inky French script from the Revolution set, Butterfly INKognito, Large Butterfly, and ‘Just Be Happy’ from the Be Happy set

 

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Card 2 is picked raspberry, worn lipstick and spun sugar Distress Ink, with tuxedo black memento ink.

 

The inky French script stamp from the Revolution set, ‘Life is what you make it’ from the Be Happy set, and one of my favourite stamps EVER Flower INKognito

 

…but to be fair ALL the stamps are awesome, there’s something for everyone!

 

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Card 3 is wild honey, spiced marmalade and mustard seed with memento espresso truffle.

 

Stamps used are the inky French script from the Revolution set and Colours of the Wind

 

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Other useful links that are a must are…
Visible Image Facebook group
Show and Tell competition

 

Thank you for popping in if you did 🙂

 

Much Love
 
Suze

 

Three stunners from Suze! Love the colours and designs. Have you got your hands on these awesome stamps yet??? You will find more of Sue’s inspiring work over on her blog.

We will be back tomorrow with some Wonderful Wednesday inspiration 🙂

Thank you so much for visiting us here on the Visible Image blog today.

Don’t forget that we are closing for 3 weeks from this Friday, July 31st, for a rather special event!

Mark & Helen xx

Distress Inks, Clingfilm & Gorgeous Visible Image Stamps!

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Hello 🙂 We are back with more gorgeous inspiration for you!

Over to Pauline Butcher…

Hi again,
 
Another week gone, and I’m back to share three cards I’ve made using some of the very unique stamps from Visible Image.
 
I have used the same inking technique on all three cards, using glossy cardstock, Distress Inks applied with a Brayer, and then clingfilmed until dry. I love the effect it gives.
 
The first card was stamped in versamark and then heat embossed using black powder. The Visble Image stamps I used were…..
Behind Every Mask, Birds and Feathers from Free Your Imagination and Happy Birthday.



Visible Image stamps - Crow Mask stamp - Pauline Butcher






I used the inky side of the flower stamp and distress inks to edge this card, and again heat embossed the main images.
The stamps used here were….. Flower INKognito and an older Visible Image sentiment, that some of you might have.



Visible Image stamps - Inky Flower stamp - Pauline Butcher




And again I used a stamp from the set with Distress inks, to edge this card, and  some frantage powder below the horse.
This is one of my favourite sets to use……  Revolution



Visible Image stamps - Inky Horse stamp - Pauline Butcher



Just a week or so to get your ‘Show and Tell’ entries in, for a chance to win some new Visible Image stamps, all details are HERE.
 
Do visit the Facebook group too, to see whats going on, and to see the inspiration that fans of Visible Image are posting, HERE.
 



I have another ‘Inky Workshop’ in the pipeline, Sunday 23rd August 2015, 10am – 4pm, in Warwick, email me for further details…..


Thank you for visiting, have a fabulous week,


Big hugs, Pauline 



This is such a fabulous technique! Gorgeous backgrounds and the black images really pop out at you!  You will find more of Pauline’s amazing work over on her blog… And if you do get the chance to attend one of her Inky Workshops you will have an awesome time 🙂


We will be back tomorrow with a beautiful new card from Doreen and a fantastic canvas from Susanne!



Two weeks today we will be tying the knot ♥♥♥ So if you want some gorgeous new stamps to play with, you’ll need to get your order in… as we will be closing for a few weeks while we honeymoon on the Algarve 🙂


Have a great Friday…

Mark & Helen xx

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Bronte script and beautiful flowers – Visible Image stamps

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Hi there! We are back with our second post this evening.

Here’s Elena…

Hello  friends!

Today I want to show you one more card for Visible Image! which I made with the help of their amazing stamps!

Visible Image stamps - Inky flower - script - dragonfy - Elena Smoktunova



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Visible Image Flower INKognito stamp



Visible Image Dragonfly 2014 stamp

Elena



Fabulous card from Elena… Love the beautiful embellishments against the inky background! You can find more of Elena’s work over on her blog.


We will be back tomorrow with more stamping inspiration!

Enjoy your evening.

Mark & Helen xx

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Inky Birthday Flowers – Visible Image stamps

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Good Afternoon! Hope you are having a fantastic weekend!

We have so much gorgeous inspiration to bring you today from our awesome team! 🙂

First up, here’s Pauline Butcher with some very special cards…


Hi there,
 
This will be my last Visible Image Stamps blog for a couple of weeks, as I’m off to the seaside for a well earned rest, lol !!!!
 
My first card was made for the lovely Helen Michelle’s Birthday (Visible Image Stamps co-owner and marketing wizard, stamp packer, blog writer and general dogsbody, lol) 
 
 
This is the card I made her, using her favourite stamps and colours (I hope)…..

Visible Image stamps - Flower INKognito - Inky Flower - Happy Birthday - Pauline Butcher
 
The stamps I used were…….
 
 
 
I created the background using shaving foam and Dylusion sprays, I heat embossed the Flower Inkognito using black powder, and then painted them with purple Stickles, I used the flower from the Happy Birthday set around the edges, and heat embossed the sentiment to match.
 
 
 
My second card is a little ‘Thank you’ card….

Visible Image stamps - White Feather stamp - Thank You - Pauline Butcher
 
The stamps I used here are…..
The feather from Angels are Near and the sentiment from the ‘Thank you Set’.
 
 
The background is Alcohol Inks on a Glossy Card, the feather was first stamped in Black Stazon ink, along with the sentiment. I then stamped the feather using Versamark onto some black card, and heat embossed in White powder. I fussy cut this out, shaped it and using Gel Glue, added it to the background but offset it a little to give the illusion of a shadow, I put some Stickkles on the top for sparkle.
 
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A few days left to enter the Visible Image ‘Show and Tell’, for a chance to win some new stamps, all the details are HERE.
Check out the Visible Image Facebook Group, with lots going on HERE. 
 
Thank you for visiting, and I shall be back a little browner, if English weather permits, and a lot rested.
 
Big hugs, Pauline xxxx


Thank you so much Pauline for your gorgeous Birthday card (yes definitely my fave stamp & colours!) and thank you for your very special ‘Thank You’ card too <3 They are even more stunning in real life! Have an awesome holiday 🙂


You’ll find more of Pauline’s gorgeous work over on her blog.



We will be back soon with a stunning canvas from Doreen! A brilliant project from Susanne! Some gorgeous cards from Karen! And something dark from Kim J!!!

So make sure you pop back later 😉


Mark & Helen xx

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