Lavinia Stamps, Distress Inks, & Stickles.

Helllooooo Crafters,

It's the beginning of the month, and the start of a new

Lavinia Stamps Challenge, the theme for August is...

'Anything but a card'.

Here is my DT inspiration....

This little box, started as a wooden chocolate box. I added some small wooden cotton reels for feet, and a knob and painted it all black with come chalk paint.

I used some glossy card, a brayer plus distress inks and clingfilm for the inserts, cut them to size, and stamped them with black Stazon ink, then added acetate wings to the Fairy and Bee on the top, and topped off with Stickles.

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

Lavender, Flower Fairy, Bee, Slender Mushrooms, and Miniature Toadstall.

I am conducting another 'Inky Workshop' on Sunday 23rd August, 10am-4pm, in a venue near Warwick, using some inking techniques with stamps.

 If you'd like more details or to book a place, please contact me,

 either by email at ....... robingphipps @msn.com

or PM me via Facebook.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, 

Happy Crafting,

Hugs, Pauline xxxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Brusho's, Wow embossing powder, Distress inks, Gilding flake, & Stickles.

Hi there,

It's me, back again, spreading some Visible Image love,

 superb deeply etched photo-polymer uniquely designed Stamps, 

which I love to use, can you tell, lol !!!

The very unique stamps I've used for this project are......

The lips from Bite me, Smile, Sparkle, Shine, Ripped Fishnet, Ink Splats, and the straight stamp from Edgy.

This week, just for a change, I've used a 5" x 7" canvas, which I primed with 2 coats of white Gesso. Whilst that was drying, I stamped my main images, the lips and the sentiment, onto some heat resistant acetate, using versamark, and heat embossed them with some pink sparkle embossing powder and fussy cut.

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.

Using some gold paint on the Ripped Fishnet and Edgy stamps, I stamped randomly over the canvas. I found an old jar of white ink in one of my drawers, which had gone very thick, but it was perfect for the white drips and circles !!! I edged the canvas with gilding flake, then glued the lips and sentiment into place, and lastly added Stickles for more sparkle.

Only a couple more days to get your entry into the Visible Image

'Show and Tell' , for a chance to win some new stamps, where has this month flown to ???

Join us in the Facebook Visible Image Group, lots of inspiration and banter HERE.

Helen and Mark (the awesome couple behind the Visible Image Stamp Company), are getting married next Friday 7th August, I am sure you will join me in wishing them an extremely happy Wedding Day,

 and long, loving and prosperous years of wedded bliss.

See you soon,

Big hugs, Pauline xxxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, distress inks, Black Embossing Powder & Stickles.

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.

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.

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

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.....

robingphipps@msn.com

Thank you for visiting, have a fabulous week,

Big hugs, Pauline

Visible Image Stamps, Distress Inks, and Embossing Powders.

Hello,

I'm back from my wonderful two weeks holiday in Swanage, Dorset, the weather was fantastic, so I'm sporting a rather nice tan !!! I am finding it very hard to fit in any crafting at the moment, with all the rain we've had this week, it's a bit like Widow Twankey's Laundry in my house, lol.

Anyway, I'd like to share a couple of cards I made a few weeks ago, using some unique Visible Image Stamps.

The backgrounds for both cards, were created using the same stamping technique.

On this first card, the stamps I used are......

Inkognito Butterfly and 'Life is a Journey' sentiment, from the 'This is Me' Set.

The background was made using Distress inks, and then over stamped using Versamark and heat embossing with a Black Sparkle Embossing Powder, likewise the sentiment.

And on this card the stamps I used are...

The Baby Stamp Set.

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed using white Embossing Powder.

I hope you've created something for the 'Show and Tell', for a chance to win some new Visible Image goodies, click the link for all the details.

Check out the Visible Image Face Book Group too, there's plenty going on there, go on, join in, you know you want to !!!!

Thank you for visiting, normal transmission will resume next week, lol, when I've caught up with house chores, I do love my holidays, but when you leave a Son at home for 2 weeks, there's an awful lot of work to come home to, hehehe !!!!

Big hugs, Pauline xxxxxxx

Lavinia Stamps, Brusho Crystal Paints, Wow Embossing Powder, Distress Ink and Stickles.

Hi there,

I am reporting from beautiful Swanage, where I am having a fabulous holiday, that's dedication to the cause for you, lol.

It's another Lavinia Stamps Challenge, and the theme for July is 'Flowers'.

These are my DT samples......

This one is a Brusho background, and the stamp is....

White Bottle,

Stamped first in Ripe persimmon Distress ink, then over stamped and heat embossed, using Versamark and orange and green embossing powder, with orange and green stickles applied on top.

This card, I made my background using Brusho's, then stamped with...

Floral Spray and Dancing til Dawn,

again heat embossed using Versamark ink and Black embossing powder, and finished off using Stickles.

I hope you'll have a go at this very easy July Challenge, there are so many Lavinia flowers you can use, for a chance to win £40 worth of products from the Lavinia web shop, all details are HERE.

Thank you for popping in, normal blogging will resume after my holibobs,

Big hugs, Pauline xxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Dylusion spray inks, Wow Embossing Powder, Alcohol Inks and Stickles.

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 !!!!

Today I would like to wish the Lovely Helen Michelle's, 

(Visible Image Stamps co-owner and marketing wizard, stamp packer, blog writer and general dogsbody, lol) 

Birthday, I hope you have a wicked time and get spoiled and pampered.

This is the card I made her, using her favourite stamps colours (I hope).....

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

Flower Inkognito and Happy Birthday Set.

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....

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

Visible image Stamps, Distress inks, Brusho's, Stickles, Grunge Paste, Dylusions and other crafty goodies !!!

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I'm sharing some projects I've made, using some of the new

 'Express Yourself' sentiment stamps from Visible Image.

I had great fun making these, and used various crafty products whilst creating them.

 This is a 8" x 8" hardboard plaque, the stamp I used  is.....

Smile Sparkle Shine.

The next one is a 8" x 8" canvas board, and the stamp I used is....

Stay Strong.

This one is a 6" x 6" card and the stamps I used are...

Wake up and be Awesome and Butterfly.

The stamps I used on this 7" x 7" card are....

Take the moment and the flower from the Thank you Set.

 This 6" x 6" card has two stamps on it......

No Space for Dreams, and Classic Face.

And a couple of tags, this one uses....

Time to be Happy, the birds form Free Your Imagination, the smiley face from Robot Data Set and the edge stamp is the free flourish that came with the Craft Stamper magazine.

Last one is......

If you have Hope, and again, the free flourish that came with the Craft Stamper magazine.

I hope these projects have given you a bit of inspiration,  and I hope also that you have started making a creation for the 'Show and Tell', using Visible Image stamps of course, for a chance to win some new stamps.

Visit our 'Visible Image Facebook Group' for all the gossip and loads of questions, banter and inspiration.

Thank you for visiting,

only 9 sleeps until I go on my holibobs, yipeeee.

Big Hugs, Pauline xxxxx