Missing you with Visible Image

Hi there, it's time for my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image. Today I am showcasing some old with the new again. I used the awesome new "I miss your face" sentiment from

 Lost for words

with the incredibly versatile new 

Grunge tones set

plus their gorgeous "rose" from the

Random art of kindness set

and their beautiful ink swirls stencil

I decided to make a tag. Here's what I got up to;

I smashed some some squeezed lemonade and fossilized amber distress inks onto my mixed media mat, added some water and created a watercolour background to my tag.

Next I blended speckled egg distress ink through the ink swirls stencil

Then I stamped using all 3 stamps from the Grunge tones  set using salty ocean ink and first and 2nd generation stamping to give a subtle background

I also stamped and embossed the sentiment  from Lost for words and the numbers stamps from Random art of kindness set and carried on building up the layers.

I added some alcohol ink pearls to heat resistant acetate. I have shared this technique many times before and also demoed it at many a stamp show in 2019. I stamped and clear embossed the roses and cut them out.

I stamped the roses again on the tag and then layered everything up

using glossy accents as my adhesive.

Here is my finished tag which I mounted onto black

a couple of close ups 

and one final shot.

All the Visible Image links are listed below

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you there. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are regular giveaways...open world wide. Do check out the Facebook LIVES and videos where you will be able to see lots more samples and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

And once again the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased.

This is the link to the new release. 

 If you would like to follow me on Instagram where I share all my makes, many more than I get the time to blog,  this is the link to my account.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Dreams of sunshine birthdays with Visible Image

Good morning it's time for my fortnightly design team post for Visible Image. For today's make I was inspired by my upcoming "not going to happen big birthday plans". I have a big birthday coming up on Thursday and all the plans we made a few years ago have gone out of the window courtesy of Mr Corona.  

We had planned a celebratory trip and a lovely meal out .

This is a distant memory of a meal out in our beloved Rhodes 2 years ago. 

 but as that is not going to happen I created an imaginary "sunshine holiday" birthday on a canvas. A girl can still dream can't she?  Confused....well that's how my creative brain works. All will be revealed....

I worked with these sets;

the birthday sentiment from Lost for words

Random art of kindness

and the Count me in stencil

This is what I got up to;

I added drops of picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade and crackling campfire distress reinker to a rectangle of water colour card and added water using my distress sprayer. 

Once dry I added these distress inks through  the Count me in stencil

I also machine stitched around the edge of the card.

Next I created a circle frame for my flowers using 3 die cut scallop circle edges. 

I stamped the flowers from 

Random art of kindness onto inky mop up card and cut them out. I decoupaged the centers of the circular ones and adding glitter pen details to them all for extra sparkle.

I then glued them around the circle frame.

I stamped the birthday sentiment onto card and stitched a border. I also did this to a coloured card mat and stuck them together.

I glued this into the centre of the floral circle.

I made a corrugate card base for my canvas by adding a little red ink and then some embossing powders to it for extra detail and texture.

 I ripped off some of the covering and used a brush to add embossing ink to areas around the visible edges only. I sprinkled in the powders and heat embossed them from underneath.

Then I matted the finished canvas onto blue card, adhered it to the base and added sprinkle of sequins to finish.

Job done....

Here it is...you might need sun glasses!

with some close ups showing the details.

and one last shot of my Calypso birthday canvas.

I would like to enter my canvas into the following challenges;

The house that stamps built 1/3 anything goes

Fab n funky 1/3 flowers

 All the Visible Image links are listed below

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you there. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are regular giveaways...open world wide. Do check out the Facebook LIVES and videos where you will be able to see lots more samples and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

And once again the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased.

This is the link to the new release. 

 If you would like to follow me on Instagram where I share all my makes, this is the link to my account.

 My Hb and I will obviously not be donning our sunglasses on Thursday and lapping up the sunshine in a tropical hideaway. We will still enjoy a little celebration at home ....and a bottle of champagne is going in the fridge to chill.

The only upside of all this is we that don't have to share it with anyone!!!! Cheers! 

I will be back here on my birthday, as of course being the first of the month I also have my other 2 DT's hats to put on. Time and tide eh!!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Zips and safely pins for Visible Image

Hello I have 2 posts up today. This morning I am back with my usual fortnightly design team post for Visible Image.   Pre orders are open on the website and the worldwide release date is this Friday March 19. There are 6 fab new stamp sets in this release. Last week with my extra post I share my punk rocker rocker card. If you missed it you can see it here. 

Today I am using the same set but this time I have made a wall hanging/canvas. . When I think of the punk fashions I first think of safely pins and zips so I decided to get out my trusty sewing machine and incorporate these in a fun canvas.

First I made a background using a mix of acrylic and Lindy's sparkle sprays.

 I cut  it apart and removed some of the pieces. I replaced these pieces with the same sized pieces of black card and stitched them back together to make my background.  

I also stitched in a zip and yes it actually opens!

I used my Refuse normal stamp set

I stamped the words onto lime green card and "grunged" them using black distress ink and my distress tool and then added a safely pin.

I stamped the punk in Versafine black onyx and clear embossed her. I coloured her with Zig watercolour pens adding a little pencil shading too. The cross earring was coloured using silver gel pen. I then cut her out.

Then it was time to assemble everything.

Here is my finished canvas.

with some close ups;

and one final shot.

I would like to enter my canvas into the following challenges;

Crafters Castle 2/3 anything goes 

Crafty catz 1/3 anything goes

Creative artiste 2/3 anything goes 

Creative fingers 2/3 anything goes 

Allsorts 1/3 add a stamped image

Lil patch of crafting friends 1/3 anything goes

 All the Visible Image links are listed below

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you there. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are regular giveaways...open world wide. Do check out the Facebook LIVES and videos where you will be able to see lots more samples and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

And once again the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased.

This is the link to the new release. 

There will be lots more makes shared in the coming weeks using this fab new release so do check out the website and social media. If you would like to follow me on Instagram where I share all my makes, this is the link to my account. Visible Image will also be back on your Create and Craft TV screens next week on 23 March at noon (UK) and you will spot some of my samples there too. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'm back again this afternoon with my 2nd post of the day.

Bye for now,

Jane x