Visible Image Stamps in the November issue of Craft Stamper Magazine.

Hi my Crafty friends,

Just a quick post today, I'd like to share this card I made using the fantastic Revolution stamp set, made by the awesome Company Visible Image Stamps.

I was lucky enough to have it published in the October Issue of 'Craft Stamper'. what an honour, and I'd like to thank Helen and Mark (aka Visible Image) for the fabulous opportunity.

I won't go into great detail of how I achieved this card, because it's all in the magazine for you all to see.

Don't forget about the Visible Image Challenge, the November theme is, 'Your Favourite Visible Image Stamps', do have a go.

You can also enter in the Visible Image Group, add your photo, and state that it is a November Challenge entry......HERE.

If you are visiting the NEC Hobby Crafts show this weekend, do pop along to Stand B26, where the lovely Helen and the awesome Mark will show you their fantastic unique stamps.

Thank you for visiting,

Big Hugs, Pauline xxxxx

Lavinia Stamps, Distress Inks, Dries white glue, Glitter & Stickles.

Hello again,

I'm here today to tell you about the Lavinia Stamps November Challenge,

the theme this month is 'Snow and Sparkle',

with a chance to win a whopping £40 to spend in the

 Lavinia Stamps web shop, and there are loads of new goodies,

 including the brand new Celtic Dream Dies.

Here are my DT creations, 

which I hope will give you a bit of inspiration to enter !!!!!

Do pop over to the Challenge blog, and check out all the DT inspiration HERE. 

Thank you so much for dropping in, see you again soon.

Hugs, Pauline xxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Distress Inks, Stickles, Glossy Accents and White Embossing Powder.

Hello again,

I'm back to tell you about the Visible Image November Challenge,

 the theme is 'Your favourite Visible Image Stamps'.

I had to think hard about which of my favourite stamps to use, I love so many, in fact all of them, lol !!!!

Anyway in the end I chose the fantastic Revolution,

it is such a comprehensive set, so unique and versatile.

This card was created blending some Distress inks, then over stamping still using Distress inks. The Horse was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in white, and the Fleur de Lis was stamped in Black Versafine,I used extra thick bleach with a small paintbrush to whiten the inside of the Fleur de Lis, then covered it with Glossy accents. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Black. The finishing touch was Stickles coating the mane and tail.

I showed the lovely people who attended my workshop last weekend, how to make this card, their end results were amazing, such a talented bunch.

I hope you'll choose you favourite Visible Image stamps, and enter this Challenge, all the details and more DT inspiration are HERE.

If you haven't got a blog, you can still enter in the Facebook Group, HERE.

If you're going to the NEC Hobby Crafts show next week, do pop and say Hello to the Lovely Helen and Awesome Mark, aka Visible Image, their stand is B26, and will be displaying all their yummy stamps, with lots of DT inspiration.

 I will be there causing some havoc on Thursday 6th, lol !!!!

Hugs, Pauline xxxx

Visible Image Stamps in Creative Stamping Magazine.

Hi there,

Gosh we are nearly into November, not long to the big C word, lol !!!

I thought today I'd share a card using some fantastic unique

Visible Image Stamps.

I was very proud and lucky enough to have one of my 'Visible Image' creations chosen to be published in issue 20 of Creative Stamping Magazine, along with the makes of some of my lovely teamies. 

It gives me such a buzz to see my cards in publication, wow, I'm on cloud nine.

The Visible Image Stamps used for this card are....

Vision Inkognito, Where Dreams take You and the Revolution set.

I won't go into my usual detail of how to re-create my card, as it's all in the article.

If you are going to the NEC Hobbycrafts Show next week,

 Thursday 6th - Sunday 9th November,

 do pop to stand B26, 'Visible Image Stamps' and take a look at the fantastic stamps available, and the DT artwork on display, the Lovely Helen and Awesome Mark (aka Visible Image) will be there to help you,

 and if you are there on Thursday 6th afternoon, I shall be on the stand too, please come and have a hug and say Hello.

I shall be back again tomorrow, with news of the December Challenge, so see you then,

Hugs Pauline xxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Brusho Crystal paints, Distress Inks, Wow embossing powders and a White pen.

Hello again,

Just popping in to share a card using some fantastic Visible Image Stamps, on this card the stamps I've used are........

 Man Inkognito, Woman Inkognito, Ink Splats, These are the Moments and the small heart from the Harley Jester Set.

I used my Brusho's with water to make a colourful background, then using Versamark and the Man Inkognito stamp, heat embossed in white powder,

 then the same with the Woman Inkognito stamp, but heat emboss with back powder.

I stamped the sentiment and the small heart, again using versamark and again Black embossing powder. Using a paintbrush, I flicked water onto the project, left it a few seconds then used a kitchen roll to mop up, this bleaches the ink leaving splash marks.

Using the stamps again with black ink, I went along the sides of the card, then with the splat stamps I inked with Black on the mans side, and household bleach on the Woman's side. Th last thing I did, was add some highlights to the sentiment with a white pen.

You have just a few days to enter the Visible Image Challenge, the theme is 'Get Spooky', for a chance to win a £20 coupon for new stamps, take a look at the rules and how to enter HERE.

You can also enter in the Facebook Group, if you don't have a blog, HERE.

I hope you all have a great week, I'm hosting my Workshop on Saturday 25th, so I shall be back with new of how it went and lots of photos, see you then.

Hugs, Pauline xxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Paperartsy Grunge Paste, Distress inks, Wow Embossing Powders & Treasure gold.

Hello again friends,

Today I'm sharing a card I've made with one of my favourite stamp sets from Visible Image, the fabulous 'Free Your Imagination set'.

I started off with the background, blending 3 colours of Distress ink, Salty Ocean, Ripe Persimmon and Mustard Seed, I added a mask and spritzed water through it, bleaching the ink. then stamping the small feather randomly, using Mustard Seed ink. 

Now the messy bit, lol, I placed the mask back on the background, spreading a little grunge paste in 3 places, and left to dry.

Using a gold Treasure Gold gilding wax and my finger, I rubbed over the grunge paste to highlight it, then stamped the ink splat radomly with Ripe Persimmon ink, the Raven was stamped with Versamark, and heat embossed in gold powder, I also added the Treasure Gold around the edges of the background.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the feather 3 times with Versamark, heat embossed them in blue powder, fussy cut them, highlighted them with Treasure Gold, shaped them and secured with glue gel.

I inked a separate piece of card with Salty Ocean ink, stamped the sentiment with Versamark, and heat embossed in Orange powder, cut to size, then using the mask and spreading some grunge paste onto the corners to add some more dimension, when it was dry I rubbed over with the Treasure Gold.

The October Visible Image is well under way, the theme this month is 

'Get Spooky', I hope you're going to enter. Rules, DT inspiration, and how to enter are HERE.

If you don't have a blog, don't worry, you can still enter in the Visible Image Facebook Group, HERE.

Thank you for popping by,

Hugs, Pauline xxxxxx

Lavinia Stamps, Distress inks, Wow embossing powder, and Stickles.

Hi there,

Just popping in to tell you about the Lavinia Stamps October Challenge, which has just started, the theme this month is 'Autumn Colours'.

On my first card the stamps I used are, 

Fairy Pods, a Fairy from Three Dancing Fairies, Bubbles and Believe in Magic.

I blended some Distress inks for the background, and gave it a splatter of water, then stamping the Pods with Versamark and heat embossing in white powder, I also stamped the Fairy, bubbles and the sentiment in the same way. I coloured inside the pods with Distress inks, added glossy accents to the bubbles, then went around all the images with a blue Promarker, to make them pop,

 and the finishing touch......Stickles of course !!!!

My second project is a tag, using.......

 Spotty Toadstool, Zen Plant,Vine, and Field Grass 

I used a manila tag, blending some Distress inks over it to make a scene, I stamped all the stamps where I wanted them, then stamped the Toadstools onto a separate piece of card, coloured and fussy cut, but the tops only, which I added with Glue gel to give dimension. 

To finish I added Stickles and some coloured ribbon.

I hope you'll have a go and enter the Lavinia Challenge, there's a chance of winning a whopping £40 on some new goodies, all details and lots of yummy DT inspiration projects, can be seen HERE.

 I am running an Inky workshop in Warwick,

 on Saturday 25th October, 10am - 4 pm,

 3 projects, using Distress ink techniques and Brusho's, with Lavinia Stamps, Sweet Poppy Stencils and Visible Image Stamps. 

There are a few places left, for more details, please contact me at

robingphipps@msn.com

Thank you for your visit,

Hugs Pauline xxxx