Hi there! We are very excited to be sharing the very first samples created with our new stamps over the next few days! Jane couldn’t wait to get her hands on our FEARLESS TIGER stamp and has created some incredible inspiration…
Hello, this is a very exciting post as I can reveal my first make with the brand new Visible Image March release!
I decided to make canvas/wall hanging to showcase the gorgeous Fearless Tiger.
There are lots of photos ahead to share my process.
Here we go
I had the idea to have my tiger hiding in the jungle undergrowth so first I wanted to make some jungle foiliage. I drew some leaf shapes on white card and cut them out. I made some distress ink backgrounds and cut out my leaves using the shapes as a template
I then used the Grunge tones to make them more realistic, adding depth and texture
I also added depth by moulding them with my ball ended tool
I stamped my tiger onto an alcohol ink background and a distress ink one, you will see why in a moment
My plan was to have the tiger emerging from the jungle so I cut into the distress ink one leaving the ears and some of the outline behind. I cut into these to make “tabs” which I pulled forwards
I added some ink and the grunge dots again to both the folded back tabs and the background
I stuck the alcohol inked tiger in place and decoupaged his ears so that they stuck through the aperture
It was then time to add the foliage
and finally the sentiment which I matted with black card
Close ups
Supplies
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Bye for now,
Jane x
This is an amazing canvas! We are loving your grungy jungle plants and our tiger stamp looks stunning! Thank you Jane ♡
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How Fragile We Are | Canvas
Hello and Happy weekend! We have Heather here on the blog today with an amazing mixed media canvas featuring lots of our stamps and stencils with our ‘How Fragile We Are’ sentiment stamp…
Hello to you all and a very happy new year to all of you. I’m back with some new Visible Image inspiration for you and I’m hoping to ‘up my game’ a bit this year and push myself into new directions.
My first make for 2021 is this 8×6″ canvas using Shining Bright, Glimmer of Light and How Fragile for the main focal images of the piece.
I’ve been having a bit of a clear out in my craft room of late. I gave a huge amount of paper pads away to some neighbours and in my clearing up I found some half used canvases of which this is one.
Before I gave it a couple of coats of gesso, the canvas was a pale blue with various stamped images, it even has some tissue paper strips down one side but none of the bothers me as I love a bit of texture!
Once I’d gesso’d it (gesso is a primer so is a good base for most surfaces) I clear embossed Fibonacci in a couple of random places so that once I added ink, the image would come through and give some white texture in the background.
I used Distress Oxide Sprays (Chipped Sapphire, Rustic Wilderness and Evergreen Bough) for this make as I love their matt and almost chalky finish and just dabbed them on using the tiny straw in the bottle and brushed them on. I did go over them using blender brushes just to neaten the surface slightly before adding crackle paste with the fabulous Count Me In stencil.
While the crackle pastes dries I began on the little circle (5″ in diameter) and this is just to break up the rectangle really, to add more interest and somewhere to focus the images. I’ve used Organics to continue the crackle theme that I’ll be using on the main bulb. Having stamped it using VersaFine Clair Morning Mist, I used a clear embossing powder to add a bit of sheen and to protect the stamping as I wanted to add Distress Oxide inks over the top.
Like the canvas, I added crackle paste through the Count Me In stencil again to tie the two together.
With this complete, I dripped Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Bittersweet Vine) onto both the circle and the canvas and then used a watercolour fan brush to sprinkle on watered down gesso.
When stamping the bulbs, I masked out the middle images from the larger ones. To do this, I used masking tape cut to cover the image and removed it after the ink. Having then stamped the bulb onto a sheet of scrap paper, I cut out the bulb interior so I could stamp the shattered glass effect from How Fragile We Are. The bus were stamped in VersaFine Clair Nocturne and the shattered glass in Morning Mist. Both were heat embossed using clear embossing powder.
You could use whatever you prefer to colour the bulbs but I love these Arteza Brush Pens as the colour is beautifully vibrant and that’s kind of what you want in a bulb, no?! With the colour in place, I used a watercolour brush pen to blend and neaten them up.
To highlight the broken effect, I used Glossy Accents to add a glass look to the bulb and Organics on the circle and it looks amazing!
With the bulbs and crackle paste drying, I turned my attention to these gorgeous moths from Glimmer of Hope. Stamped in Nocturne VersaFine Claire again, these too were heat embossed using clear powder before being coloured with brown shades of the Arteza pens.
Having trimmed all the images, I added foam tape to the backs to give them extra dimension on the project. Having looked at the bulb wondering how to attach it, I decided to wrap some wire around the cap so it looked like it was almost hanging.
With everything made, it was time to layer the images up and secure them into place. It was at this point I felt the larger moth needed some extra dimension so I stamped the wings again onto vellum and attached them slightly lower than the original so you can see his second set fluttering away.
I now have this hanging in my craft room and it looks just fabulous (even if I do say so myself!). Although your eyes are naturally drawn to the bulbs, you’re pulled down by the texture from the Count Me In stencil, and the smaller moth.
These are the Visible Image stamps and stencil sets I’ve used for this make…
I’m really excited to push myself this year… get out of that comfort zone and experiment more than I usually do and I’m excited to see what new designs Mark and Helen make for us because I know they’ll be spectacular as they always are!
There’s been lots of inspiration over the Christmas period in the Visible Image Facebook group so do pop in and if you’ve made anything new why not post it up! I love to see everyone’s makes and ideas.
Thats’ all from me today. Look after yourselves and I’ll catch up again soon.
H xx
Woweee this is an amazing canvas Heather! So much detail, gorgeous layers, and wonderful texture! Your sentiment choice is so perfect right now. Thank you ♡
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Helen & Mark xx
Total Chaos | Inky Flower Stamp | Mixed Media Canvas
Hello and Happy Monday to you! We hope you had a lovely weekend, they just go too fast don’t they! We have loads of inspiration coming your way this week from our wonderful Design Team. First up this morning is Jane Tyrrell with a gorgeous canvas featuring our ‘Total Chaos’ stamp set which includes our incredibly popular inky flower stamp in a new larger size…
This is the very first card I ever made with ‘Creative Chaos’ back in January 2019:
I used book pages from my beloved A Tale of 2 cities for the bloom and it is my most pinned card on Pinterest!
This is what I got up to..
(Apologies that there are not a lot of process photos here as I have been so busy making samples. I just did not get time to stop and keep taking snaps especially with very inky hands).
I decided I wanted to make a background to make me think ahead to spring days and used lots of ink sprays and water on heavyweight watercolour paper. They are a mix of distress sprays; pine needles, mustard seed, wild honey, grass and turquoise Dylusions greens plus some tarnished brass metallic spray.
I cut myself a 5 x 7″ piece from it and stamped the flower to get an outline and placement for my canvas.
I then stamped the scribble stamp over the top in orange archival ink.
Out came my well used Tale of 2 cities and I stamped the flower and 2 of the small flowers onto a page and cut them out. I also added some stamping around the edge of the canvas using archival ink and the other background stamps.
I stamped the sentiment onto a snippet of card, cut it out and mounted it on black card. I added Glossy Accents to the large circle and to some of the circles in the background, I wanted it to appear as dewdrops.
Here is my finished canvas:
with some close ups
and one last shot..
Thanks so much for stopping by today.
If you would like to see me in action, I will be demonstrating on the Stampers Grove stand at the NEC in Birmingham on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March, sharing lots of tips and techniques with the new Visible Image stamps and stencils plus lots of oldies too.
Back soon.
Bye for now,
Jane x
We love how our flower looks stamped on the book pages Jane, and your background is amazing! The dew drops add that extra special touch.. Thank you ♡
You will find more of Jane’s inspiring cards and projects over on her blog.
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Helen & Mark xx
Own Kind of Beautiful
Good Evening! We have Lisa Taggart here on the blog sharing an incredible mixed media canvas…
Did you know that Visible Image have some fabulous background stamps to compliment their feature sets? In today’s post I wanted to celebrate these stamps and show what wonderful texture they can create.
Also I’ve long wanted to experiment with printing feathers using my gelli plate. So I thought that I would incorporate these too. Here’s the result:
Stamps Used:
To begin the project, like I seem to do most days I used a gelli print background from my stash as a starting base. This was created using Golden high flow acrylic paint.
I stencilled over it and built up the background gradually, using distress ink (including oxides) and the background stamps.
I then then flicked some blue, white and gold ink on top. When dry I added another layer of stamping.
Having printed my feathers I used the stamps to stamp on top of these.
I then used the feature set to stamp the butterflies on to scrap card. When cut out I added them along with the sentiment and hearts. I also did some doodling and added highlights with acrylic pens including gold pen. Finally for additional texture I cut up some floristry mesh,adhered gems to the butterflies and attached some black and blue bakers twine.
I think this is one of my favourites. I hope you like it too!
Lisa x
Wow! Your background is awesome! There is so much to discover on this piece and your stamped feathers look amazing!!! Thank you Lisa ♡
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We have one final post today, so hope you will pop back a little later to see a beautiful clean and simple card from Veerle.
We love how our Design Team show all the possibilities with our stamps.. from highly detailed mixed media pieces to stunning clean cards.. whatever your style our stamps will work for you!
Thanks for visiting our blog today.
Mark & Helen xx
Zodiac Gemini
Hello! We are having such an exciting day reading all the fantastic comments about our NEW zodiac stamp collection! So glad they are loved already!! If you missed the Day 2 reveal you will find it HERE!
Lisa Taggart is here on the blog this evening with an incredible canvas we previewed earlier today…
This week sees the preview of the very exciting and unique images which are 2018 brand new stamps from Visible Image. You are going to love them!! Today is day two and we are previewing the the fabulous Zodiac sets.
As I am a Gemini who could resist!
For my first sample I had a go at painting a little Galaxy… why not!
It’s an 8’x8’ canvas and I’ve used a range of acrylic paint from Amsterdam and Pebeo dyna paints. It’s basically a mix of colours surrounded by dark navy and black and heavily flicked in white. The stamps were heat embossed using sparkling silver wow powder. The images were highlighted with gems and hey presto your own little galaxy!
Don’t forget the keep an eye out for the other designs available for pre-order this Friday!
Till next time.
Lisa xx
We are in love with this! Wow! Thank you so much Lisa, we will be so proud to show it off at Creativation!! ♡
You will find more of Lisa’s stunning projects over on her blog.
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We will be back later with Sharon Traynor’s fabulous ‘light up’ zodiac card!
Tomorrow we will be revealing more awesome NEW stamps!! Yay!
Can’t quite believe that this time next week we will be on the plane making the 11 hour flight from the UK to Phoenix!! How exciting!
If you are heading to Creativation, you will find us @ Booth #539 in the International Pavilion!
See you later!
Mark & Helen xx
Keep Going…
Hello! We ‘re really excited to be sharing the very first project by Lanette Erickson here on the blog today…
Hello All!
Today I am sharing a bright 6×6 canvas that I created using a couple fun stamps from Visible Image! And a bit of Finnabair’s Impasto Paint.
Products Used: Visible Image Keep Going & De-Stressed stamps, Finnabair Impasto Paint & Trinkets, Misc -Resin Heart, Waterproof Ink and Cardstock.
I hope that I have inspired you in some way!
Awesome canvas Lanette! Loving the bold colours and the layout of the quote! Thank you ♡
You will find more of Lanette’s fantastic projects over on her blog.
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40% OFF selected stamps! Limited stock! Not to be missed!!
What do you have your eye on???
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Sharon Traynor will be here on the blog tomorrow with some gorgeous inspiration for our ‘make a tag’ challenge over in the Facebook group!
Thanks for visiting our blog today!
Mark & Helen xx
Sparkle!
Good Evening! We have an incredibly sparkly first project from Lisa Taggart here on the blog this evening…
Well today is an exciting day! I begin my journey using the inspirational products from Visible Image. What better way to start than with a bang!-it is the month of fireworks after all!
The project is an A4 canvas and to create the firework effect I used:
The products links are below:
How it was done:
line an A4 canvas with Sheena stamping card. Take the stencils and randomly spray sections of the canvas using coloured ink sprays . I used distress ink sprays.
Next using the dark blue spray darken the top and bottom of the canvas to create a night sky effect. Take the large stamp and stamp the image a few times in a couple of colours on top. To highlight the stencilled shapes go over some areas again using pink and purple distress oxide ink. It’s a good ink for adding light chalky layers.
Then comes the fun bit! When the background is dry cover with an anti static powder and select a range of different colour glitter embossing powders. I used wow powders. Using all the stamps stamp in different colours and sizes with the main area towards the top to create that popping firework effect.
Finally darken around the edges with dark blue and black ink so the centre of the canvas becomes the focal point. Ink a rectangle of card in complimentary colours and heat emboss the sentiment in black glitter powder. I also made this more sparkly using diamond stickles on top.
It was a lot of fun. Have a go. The stamps and stencils were super easy to use!
Till next time..
Lisa xx
Wow! Such a striking piece! The sparkle is incredible!
Thank you Lisa ♡
You will find more of Lisa’s stunning projects over on her blog.
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We will be back tomorrow with the very first project from Elisa Ablett!
Thanks for visiting our blog today, have a great evening.
Mark & Helen xx
Born To Perform
Hello and thanks for coming to visit us here on the Visible Image blog today.
Pauline Butcher is here with an incredible canvas that we proudly showcased on our Create and Craft TV show last month!
Hi again,
Such a stunning set of stamps to play with.
I found some bits of lace, and other stuff, glued them to the canvas, then got out my Ink sprays
and Dyna Acrylic paints, and played at being Picasso, lol !!!!
I used a Mirror image stamping technique, to add the Ballet dancers.
and I added gold Stickles to all the stamped stars.
The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of white card, and fussy cut.
The detail on this is stunning! And wow those tutus ♡ Thank you Pauline it’s amazing!
You will find more of Pauline’s fabulous cards and projects over on her blog.
If you have missed any of our latest inspiration you will find it all HERE!
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We have a beautiful dragonfly card by Jane coming up next!
Mark & Helen xx
Darkest Moments – Visible Image Stamps
Hi there! Thanks for visiting our blog today! Sorry for the lack of posts recently, we have just been inundated with orders for our Summer Release which is AMAZING! Thank you ♡ We are thrilled you are loving these new designs so much!
We have lots of amazing Design Team inspiration for you over the next few days! We’re kicking off with a brand new project from Teresa Morgan…
I am so excited to be sharing my first project with one of the new sets of Visible Image stamps – Glimmer of Light. This beautiful moth design comes with a cool light bulb and fantastic sentiment and is so versatile. I have created a mixed media canvas for you:
I used washes of DecoArt Media acrylics to created my background: Cobalt Teal Hue, Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Dioxazine Purple, Burnt Umber, Pthalo Green Blue. I flicked some Carbon Black Media Mister onto the damp wash then allowed to dry. Once dry I flicked a bit more of the black Media Mister (to create more defined spots) and did the same with White Linen Dylusions spray ink.
I wanted to add some texture, so used white DecoArt Media Crackle Paste and black DecoArt Modelling Paste with some stencils, and once again set aside to dry.
I used the script stamp and flourish from the Revolution set to add some background detail. I stamped them both with black Archival Ink, and then used the script stamp with Ranger Sticky embossing powder and turquoise foil. I stamped the moth and light bulb with Archival Ink and used Glossy Accents to highlight the glass bulb.
Finally I stamped the sentiment onto white card and cut it out, edging the pieces with black ink. I hope that you enjoyed today’s project – be sure to come back next week to see more of the new release stamps in use!!
Stamps Used:
Glimmer of Light
All the links you need:
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Teresa
Amazing canvas thank you so much Teresa! Loving the dark and light elements and all that shimmer ♡
You will find more of Teresa’s awesome projects over on her blog.
It is always so incredibly exciting to see the first Design Team creations with new stamps!!!
We hope you will show us what YOU create by entering our ‘Show & Tell’ challenge in our Facebook group 🙂
Thanks for stopping by today, you can check out our whole summer release HERE!
Have a great weekend!
Mark & Helen xx
Visible Image Debut – Shilpa Nagaonkar
We’re back, as promised, with more fabulous inspiration from our amazing team!
It’s Shilpa’s debut for Visible Image here on the blog today, with 2 stunning projects… Something old and something new!
Two fabulous projects Shilpa! Love all the texture on your canvas, it’s so beautiful ♡ Thank you!
We will be back soon with more awesome inspiration!
Mark & Helen xx
Visible Image Debut – Denisa Gryczova
We’re very excited to share Denisa’s Design Team debut project today…
Hello crafty friends, today is the Big Day :). It´s my first post about Visible Image stamps which are incredible. Unique designs, made with top quality photopolymer, versatile and being packed in super plastic bags..these are the reasons why I love them sooo much. Simply, the stamps out of this world.
Wow such a gorgeous canvas ♡ ♡ ♡ Thanks Denisa!
We will be back later with today’s NEW stamp preview.
Have great day.
Mark & Helen xx
Sparkly Lips Canvas – Visible Image Stamps
Good Morning and Happy Saturday to you!
Sorry we missed yesterday’s post but it was a crazy busy day! We didn’t manage to get everything finished as planned, so today will now be our last day in work before we wind down and get into ‘Wedding mode’ !!! Getting very excited now… just 6 days to go before the big day ♥ ♥ ♥
So here on the blog today we have triple inspiration for you from Pauline, Susanne and Doreen.
First up, here’s Pauline with her latest Visible Image stamps project…
Hi there,
Right, back to the canvas, I added some grunge paste through a stencil, and dried with my heat tool.
I spritzed it all with water, and sprinkled Brusho paints onto it, spritzed with water again, and then let it all drip down. I also mixed some red Brusho with water, and let that drip down too.
Big hugs, Pauline xxxxxx
WOWZA! What a bold, colourful, awesome canvas! We LOVE it! Have you got your hands on our amazing lips stamp yet?! You will find more of Pauline’s fabulous work over on her blog.
Thank you so much for your wonderful words Pauline… we are so excited that you will be sharing our special day with us ♥
We will be back soon with Susanne’s latest project… she’ll be taking you to Wonderland 🙂
Have a great Saturday!
Mark & Helen
Create Your Imagination – Gesso Image Transfer – Visible Image stamps
Hello 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Kim Johnny our US Design Team member is here with an awesome project this evening…
Hello!
I hope your day is fantastic and leads to a fantastic week!
Before I share my ‘canvas’ with you today, I want to share a quick link to Visible Image’s NEW wonderful Christmas stamps. They are timeless and elegant and will last many years to come. I hope you will pop over and see (and order 🙂 )!
Click HERE to transport to the Visible Image Shop 🙂
Today as promised here is my ‘canvas’ to share. The substrate is cardboard from a recycled shipping box panel.
Lots of pictures, I really love texture and think I got a bit carried away with it on this one 🙂
Click to make each image a bit larger.
I coated both sides of the canvas with DecoArt White Gesso. On top of that I added some stenciled patterns using DecoArt Modelling Paste. I let the whole board dry overnight.
Once it was dry, I covered it with another layer of gesso, sort of a thick layer. I used a laser printed copy of one of my own photographs, the dandelions, and placed it face down into the gesso.
My blog post with the original photograph is HERE
I pressed it down into the gesso by hand and did some more smoothing with a bone folder. I wanted to make sure I got the whole image pressed into the wet gesso. I let it dry overnight again.
Once dry I misted the surface with water then started rubbing off the paper.
Once the image was clear and slightly distressed, I covered the dandelions with a layer of Americana Decoupage Crystal Glitter to seal it. It adds a nice fine sparkle with one layer and helped the main image to stay clear for all the next layers of paint and ink.
I used the “Create Your Imagination” sentiment by Visible Image in the This is Me set. The diamonds are cut from the background stamp, Grunge Harlequin. Love the size of both these stamps!
Have a fabulous fun day!
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Wow isn’t this awesome! Fabulous texture and what a great technique. The dandelions look so realistic! You’ll find more of Kim’s brilliant work over on her blog.
We hope you gave been inspired this evening… we have one more post still to come! If you missed any of our previous posts, you will find them HERE!
Mark & Helen xx
Listen To Your Heart – Visible Image stamps
Hi There 🙂 Thanks for visiting our blog today! We are catching up with all the latest Design Team inspiration today.
Here’s Doreen OBrien with her latest project…
Well this is going to be my last live blog Post for a few weeks. We are moving house and I am having to pack away my craft room. I will still have scheduled posts to share though.
I stamped my words from the “This is Me Set” onto some card, cut them out and stuck them down. The canvas was then edged with some red Gelato and once it was all dry I sanded my canvas all over. xxx
Wow isn’t this awesome! Loving those colours Doreen. Such a gorgeous canvas <3
You’ll find more of Doreen’s wonderful work over on her blog.
Hope you will swing by a little later to see more fabulous work from the team 🙂
Bye for now!
Mark & Helen xx
Stay Strong – Visible Image stamps
Hi There! Thank you for coming to visit us here on the Visible Image blog today 🙂
If you have missed any of our previous posts you will find them HERE!
One of our stunning NEW stamps is rather special… Beautiful, positive words for anyone going through a tough time in their life. Kim Robertson has created a stunning canvas which would make such a wonderful gift.
Here’s Kim with more details…
Good Afternoon all
Well today I have an extra post for the fabulous Visible Image this week as they have a huge new launch day with new characters, and lots of new sentiments and really thought provoking phrases that are just not covered by any other team. I just love the individualism and combination of a fabulous artist/creator and an ingenious Poet and wordsmith /media specialist in fact Helen and Mark are the opitomy of Jack and Jill of all trades, and I am sure they won’t mind me sharing that with you all.
I created a Mixed media canvas which I would like to share with you all and I hope you love it as much as I do.
I realise it is quite hard to pick up on the shabby chic sort of colourway but it is actually pale pinks chalky whites brown and gold in all the recesses I used the stamping on 1 ply of tissue to get the image transferred to the canvas method for this one coating it in PVA glue to hold it on to the surface and over the entire thing to protect it. It will wrinkle and bubble but that’s ok just leave it be to dry as it flattens itself out as it does.
I prepped my canvas then by adding a thick layer very roughly of texture Crackle paste around the sentiment in a frame shape, I heat dried it til it cracked then I added some hessian in places and also some cheese cloth and I dried that layer. I then took a stencil and ran some Grunge paste through the shapes which were splots dots , stripe , zigzag in a grungy pattern in random areas. dried again then began adding all the goodies.
After I had done that I started adding all my items to the canvas and here is a picture of all the items attached before all the colouring started.
You can see all the items in their original colours and what they all are here with mixes of gold and silver , green and turquoise flowers and how I built up the winged dragonfly in the bottom right corner.
I covered the whole thing except of course the main show in the centre which I shielded with card cut to size. To start I covered everything in Gesso in fact I did a few coats not only for opaque coverage but also for texture as some place I stippled the medium on rather than painting it will smooth brushstrokes.
After the gesso I went in with a vintage chalk acyclic paint in a pinky/lilac cool tone and covered everything then added several spritzes of colours in browns/golds/mauve’s to the mix and dried in between each coat with a heat gun.
Here is that same corner finished with all its glitter.
The stamp I used for this one..
Isn’t this such a special project from Kim, I know a few people who would appreciate receiving something like this right now, as I’m sure you do too.
Thank you for your lovely words too Kim! We are so lucky to be working with such talented people like yourself xxx
You will find all our gorgeous NEW stamps right HERE! And if you want to take advantage of our amazing offer to celebrate the release, then place your order before midnight on Sunday (June 14th) to received 20% OFF with coupon code: june2020release
We will be back tomorrow with more inspiration from Kim J and Karen 🙂
Have a great evening!
Mark & Helen xx