Pauline's Inky Workshop, June 14th 2015.....The results.

What a fantastic day, I had a brilliant time, sharing a few techniques with a group of very enthusiastic Crafters, the results are amazing, well done to all of you.......

My youngest recruit, and an awesome Crafter, the lovely Maisie.

I think you have to agree, that my lovely crafty crew made fabulous cards.

My next 'Inky Workshop', will be on Sunday 23rd August, samples still to be made, but I'm going to have a holiday first, lol.
 If you are interested in joining us. please email me at
robingphipps@msn.com

Hugs, Pauline xxxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, New Stamp releases......

Hi there,

It's time for some fabulous brand new designs from Visible Image Stamps.
 I have made samples using these awesome designs, so my blog today will be  cards I've created using the new Character stamps, and the new sentiment samples will follow next week.

The first 3 cards are using the fantastic new Space sets.......

Card 1..... CAPTAIN AWESOME

Card 2....... ROBOT DATA

Card 3....... ALIEN INVADER

And wait for it....... if you are a bit squeamish, you may need to hide behind a cushion to view this next card....the ZOMBIES are coming.....

Card 4....... ZOMBIE DAWN and ZOMBIE BRIAN.......

 I have nick-named them Mr & Mrs Bloodlust, hehehehe

The new stamps are available to buy right now, from the

Visible Image Website  

 If you spend over £20 on the brand new stamps, you'll get a fantastic 20% discount until midnight on Sunday, just quote 'june2020release'.

 You can see all the new sentiments there too, they are a must have.

Don't forget about creating a project, using Visible Image stamps, and popping it into the 'Show and Tell', for a chance to win some fab stamps.

Join us too in the 'Visible Image Facebook Group', lots of inspiration, spot competitions with prizes, and lots of other things going on in there.

Thank you for visiting,

Hugs, Pauline xxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Brusho Crystal paints, Wow Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents, and Stickles.

Hi there,

Today I'm sharing a card I've made, using some fabulous Visible Image Stamps, a very simple card really. I made a background using Brusho's, I liked it so much I didn't want to cover it all, lol, I bet you've all done that too !!!!

I used the Brusho's on water-colour card, I spritzed the card with water, then sprinkled 3 colours on top, Blue, Yellow and Orange, spritzing to make them run into each other, it gave this cloudy day look. On a smaller piece of 

water-colour card, using similar colours of Distress ink, I mixed each colour with a small amount of water, and washed them over the card, adding more colour where I needed it.

The stamps I've used are............

Grunge Flourish, Classic Face and 'Never give up on your Dream' from the Sunshine Set.

I stamped the curly bit of the Grunge Flourish a few times to the left on the larger coloured background, stamped the sentiment using Versamark, and heat embossed in Orange powder.

Then on the smaller piece of coloured card, I stamped the Classic Face using Black Versafine ink. Using thick bleach and a small paintbrush, I bleached the colour out of the eye, then added some blue and orange to the iris, when it was dry I added Glossy Accents, for a shiny eye. I coloured her lips with a 'Ripe Persimmon' Distress ink wash and to finish off I added orange Stickles to the flourish, for that bit of sparkle.

Time to get your imagination going, pick up your inks and Visible Image Stamps, and enter the 'Show and Tell', for a chance to win some new Stamps, details HERE.

Go have a look at the Visible Image Face Book Group HERE, there's always a buzz going on, and Helen is showing sneaky peeks of the new stamps, being released very soon, exciting stuff.

Just a couple of places left for 'Pauline's Inky Workshop', in Warwick,

 Sunday June 14th, 10am - 4pm, 

we will be playing with Bleeding Art Tissue, Alcohol Inks, and Distress inks, along with Stamps and Stencils. For more details PM me via Facebook 

or email me at

 robingphipps@msn.com

Thank you for visiting,

Big Hugs, Pauline xxxxxx

Lavinia Stamps, Distress inks, Stickles.

Hi there,

This is only a quick post, just to let you know that the

 June Lavinia Challenge is starting today, the theme this month is

 'Use any colours you like'.

 I have just got back from a fabuous, very hectic crafting weekend with some fabulous friends, including Eileen Godwin, Karen Buckle, Hellen Pearce, Barbara Cleggett, Yvonne Froehlich and Jane Barber, and wow what a weekend it was, I could now sleep for a week, lol !!!!

Here is a little bit of Lavinia inspiration from me, but please pop over to the Challenge link above, to also see my very talented fellow Teamies projects, they are wonderful.

The stamps I used are.....

Hobbit Home Large, Star Gazing, Spring Trees and Large Path.

Distress ink background, over-stamped and coloured with Distress inks, Stickles on the little fairies, and acrylic paint stippled for the blossoms.

These stamps are.......

Night Watch, Dandilions 2, Willow and a small mushroom.

Distress ink background, over-stamped and coloured with Stickles.

And the last one, the stamps are.....

Zen Angelic Words and Bria Rose.

I used Pebeo High Viscosity Acrylic paints for the background, stamped using versamark and heat embossed in Black powder, Stickles for the wings and flower.

Thank you for popping by, don't forget to join in the Challenge for a chance to win a whopping £40 to spend on the Lavinia Stamps website, email entries are also accepted if you don't blog.

I am running another 'Inky Workshop' in Warwick on June 14th, we will be playing with Bleeding Art Tissue, amongst other things, there are a couple of spaces left, if you are interested and want more info, please email me on 

robingphipps@msn.com.

Big hugs, Pauline xxxxxx

Visible Image Stamps - Bristol Workshop, Sunday 17th May 2015 - The Results.

Hello,

What a fabulous time I had last Sunday, I was very honoured to tutor a

Visible Image Stamps Workshop, hosted the lovely Amy Russell of 

'Out of the Blue' a gift and craft shop in Chipping Sodbury. 

The very awesome duo of Helen and Mark, owners, designers,  & makers of Visible Image Stamps, also attended. 

We all descended on the 'Compass Inn' in Tormarton, for a wonderful day full of crafting. with a break to eat a yummy Roast dinner.

These are the 2 cards, which I showed the lovely workshop ladies, how to achieve, and boy did they do me proud, their results were fantastic.

For this card we used......Angels are Near and the Universal set.

And this card was made using....... again the Universal set and Sing.

And yes, as you can see we did a bit of fussy cutting too !!!!

Here they are, heads down, engrossed....

the results of the mornings work.....

back after dinner, Mark, Mr visible Image, was my very able assistant, and here he is doing his rounds

the results of the second card

We also had enough time to play with some Brusho's and tags, which was great fun, and again, brilliant results from such a fabulous group of Ladies.

There's just over a week lef,t to get your Visible Image creations into the

 'Show and Tell', with a great prize up for grabs, have you put yours in yet ?? 

Details HERE .

There is always a buzz going on in the Visible Image Group, do pop and have a look, join in, and of course get inspiration, HERE. 

I will be running another ' Pauline's Inky Workshop' in Warwick, on Sunday 14th June, email me for more details.......

robingphipps@msn.com

Thank you for visiting,

Big hugs, Pauline xxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Distress Inks, Wow Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil, White Frantage and stickles.

Hello all you lovely people,

I'm here again to share a very simple card, made with some more fabulous 

Visible Image Stamps.

On this 6" x 6" Card the stamps I used were......

Edgy and 'Creativity is good for the Soul' from the Make me Smile set.

I used some new Distress inks for the background, Fissilized Amber, Mermaid Lagoon and Abandoned Coral, blending them together where they met. I then put the Chevron layering Stencil on top and spritzed water through, waiting a few seconds, then rolling a kitchen roll over it. Then with the edge stamp, I went round the 4 sides stamping with Abandoned Coral, I used the same colour in the middle using the larger stamp. After drying it all thoroughly, using Versamark, I stamped all the sides again, using the edge stamp, and stamped the sentiment also in Versamark, and heat embossed in white powder.

I added some Stampendous white frantage, and heated it from underneath using my heat tool, and dotted some Gold Stickles around the edges and at the bottom of the letters.

Two weeks left to post you Visible Image projects into the 'Show and Tell' album, for a chance to win some new stamps, all details are HERE.

There is always the Visible Image Facebook Group to check out lots of fabulous inspiration HERE.

Big hugs, Pauline xxxx 

Visible Image Stamps, Aquatints, Grunge paste, TWC Stencil, Wow embossing powder, Treasure Gold, and Stickles.

Hi there,

It's fabulous Friday again, and I'd like to share a creation I've made using some of the fantastic Visible Image Stamps available.

I decided to make a sort of mixed media card, using my very favourite butterfly stamps.

The stamps I used were........

Bronte Script, Retro Dots Background, Large Butterfly, Butterfly

 and Butterfly Sentiment.

I started off with a piece of watercolour card, and smoothed Grunge paste through a wood patterned stencil, when it as dry, I painted randomly it using Aquatints. Using the Retro Dots background and the Bronte script, and some Distress inks, I stamped randomly holding the stamp in my hand, and not on a block, then with the Treasure Gold gilding wax on my finger, I added it to the raised bits to enhance the pattern.

On a piece of black card, I stamped 5 smaller Butterflies and one large Butterfly with Versamark, and heat embossed using white powder, and fussy cut them all out, I  also used the same steps for the sentiment. I used Stickles as a colouring medium on the butterflies.

Don't forget to post your Visible Image makes into the May 'Show and Tell', for a chance to win some stamps, there are already some great entries, details HERE.

Also check out the Visible Image Facebook Group, there is always lots going on HERE.

I am taking bookings for 'Pauline's Inky Workshop', on Sunday 14th June, at a venue near Warwick, we will be playing with 'Bleeding Tissue' paper, and other messy stuff, lol, email me for further details robingphipps@msn.com

or PM me via Facebook.

Thank you once more for dropping in,

Big hugs, Pauline xxxxxxx