Lavinia Stamps, Distress Inks & Stickles.

Hi there,

Today sees the start of the November Lavinia Stamps Challenge,

the theme this month is 'Christmas'.

Here are my DT samples, and of course it gave me an excuse to use lots of glitter, not that I need an excuse though !!!!

The stamps used on this card are......

Christmas Tree Group, and 3 Kings and a Star.

On this tag, the stamps used are....

Seasonal Words, Pheasant, Spring Trees, Tree Scene and Holly.

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

Christmas Night, Fairy Shops 1, Fairy Shops 2, Fir Cones and Fir Tree.

All three were created using Distress Inks, Versafine Black Ink, dries white glue, Sweet Poppy Crystallina glitter and Stickles.

I hope you will enter the Lavinia Challenge, just using Lavinia Stamps of course, for a chance to win a whopping £40 worth of Lavinia vouchers to spend on some new stamps, we also except email entries too.

Thank you for popping in,

Hugs, Pauline xxx

Visible Image Stamps, Brusho's, Wow Embossing Powder and Angelina Fibres.

Helloooo,

I hope you are all well,

just a quickie today, a card I made for one of my recent workshops, I do love passing on techniques.

 The unique stamps I've used, are designed and made by hand,

 by Mark and Helen at Visible Image,

they both work very hard, and are very passionate about their Company and their fabulous stamps.

I used Brusho's for the background, along with spray starch and cling film, such a cool vibrant outcome, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark, mixing 2 colours of sparkle Embossing powder, before heating to set. The Image is made using Angelina Fibres, placed ontop of the stamp which has Versamark on, then ironed, such a fab technique, and finally fussy cut.

If you are going to the NEC next week, do pop along to the Visible Image Stand, B09 where you meet Helen and Mark, see some of the stunning stamps available, also see loads of inspirational DT work, and you will also see me, I am doing 'Make & Takes', but get in early to book your place as they are limited.

It's the last few days to get your Pink entry into the Visible Image

 'Show and Tell', for a chance to win some fabulous stamps, check it out HERE.

Also pop over the the Visible Image Facebook Group, and see the inspiration the fans of the stamps are producing, HERE.

Thanks for checking my blog out,

see you again soon,

Hugs, Pauline xxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Alcohol Inks, Prima Mica Flakes, Stazon ink, & Wow Embossing Powder.

Hello,

Gosh where has this week flown to, I think my craft room eats time, lol !!!!

Talking about Time, my creation for today, is a fab set of stamps from 

Visible Image, called Time is precious.

I am still feeling the vibe from the Visible Image Blog Hop last Friday, it was in aid of Breast Cancer Care, so I am carry on the theme, and using a bit of pink !

My background is a piece of glossy card, with the Shaving foam and Alcohol Inks technique, then added some texture using wax, and Mica flakes.

 I stamped the pocket watch with Stazon, onto Acetate, and then stamped again  (2nd generation), so it was very faint, then fussy cut both, I then used a gold Sharpie pen on the wrong side of the acetate.

 I stamped the clock again, onto white card, and heat embossed using a Gold Sparkle powder, fussy cut, also cutting out the face of the clock. I stamped the clock one last time, using Stazon, onto white card, cut the face out and attached it to the gold clock, then added Glossy Accents for the glass.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed.

Don't forget the Visible Image 'Show and Tell', your chance to win some fabulous stamps, check it out HERE ( No blog needed).

Join in the buzz in the Visible Image Facebook Group, HERE.

Thank you for popping by, see you soon,

Hugs, Pauline xxxx

Visible Image Stamps, BIG PINK Blog Hop.

Hello fellow Crafters, and welcome,

today I am joining in the Visible Image Stamps Big Pink Blog Hop.....

The hop starts from the Visible Image Blog, where you can read the rules and join in.

So you should have reached me from the lovely Teresa Morgan's blog.

Here in my PINK card,

I created this using some fabulous Visible Image stamps.....

Time is Precious, Never Give Up, Classic Face, Ripped Fishnet, the spotty circle from the Universal Set, the flourish and the script from the Revolution Set.

My background was created using blended Distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Spiced marmalade, over stamped using the same colours. The images were stamped using Versamark, and heat embossed with pink and orange embossing powder, the clock was heat embossed in Gold powder. The tears were created with glossy accents and a couple of gems.

Visible Image is raising funds for Breast Cancer Care throughout October with our BIG PINK EVENT!

Today is our BIG PINK BLOG HOP so we hope you will join in and help us raise as much money as possible for this wonderful charity. 

You'll also be in with the chance of winning an AMAZING bundle of stamps over £100 worth !! 

**Look out for and collect the pink letter at each stage of the blog hop!**

More about our BIG PINK fundraiser...

Breast Cancer Care's BIG PINK event will help more people find a way to live with, through, and beyond breast cancer. It really is a wonderful charity which is close to our hearts.

Visible Image is donating 50% of all sales of their 'Stay Strong' stamp during the whole of October. These beautiful words are perfect for anyone facing difficult 

times.

STAY STRONG STAMP

We have an EVENT set up over on Facebook where you will find all the details of our fundraising activities! So please come and join in, and invite your crafty friends too... There are some fantastic prizes to be won this month!

You now need to visit Susanne Rose, to continue on the Blog Hop.

This is the Blog Hop List.....

Start at the Visible Image Blog
Kim Bacon
Sue Joseph
Lisa Nygards
Kim Roberson
Teresa Morgan
Me
Susanne Rose
Kim Johnny
Karen Liddle
and end with the Visible Image Blog.

Thank you so much for joining in and good luck.

Hugs, Pauline xxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Brusho's, Spectrum Noir Aqua Tints, Distress Inks, Wow Embossing Powder & Stickles.

Helloooooooo,

It's Fabulous Friday, and I'm back with a little bit of inspiration for you, a card using some of those fantastic Visible Image Stamps that I love using so much.

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

Winter Tree and the sentiment is Me Time.

A very simple card to make, I used some Brusho paints on the background, mixing them with water and just washing them over the card. I then used some Spectrum Noir Aqua Tint inks, and using the dropper provided in the kit, just dripped them down the card. This gives the impression of trees, so I stamped Winter Tree with Distress Inks onto the inky background. I finished off with the sentiment stamped in Versamark, and heat embossed with Black powder, I filled in the letters with some Stickles for that little bit of sparkle.

The October Visible Image 'Show and Tell' is going well, it has a Pink Theme to it this month, in aid of Breast Cancer Care, why don't you enter, for a chance to win a voucher for some yummy stamps, details HERE.

Please check out the Visible Image BIG PINK EVENT, in aid of Breast Cancer Care, a very worthy cause.

 Helen and Mark are very kindly donating 50% of all sales of the Stay Strong Stamp, it also comes in a unique PINK package just for this event.

 If you already have the stamp, you could donate instead, straight to the Breast Cancer Care charity, using their 'Just Giving' page, details HERE.

There are always updates of things in the Visible Image HQ, and you can see daily DT inspiration, also customers creations too, in the Visible Image Facebook Group HERE.

Just one more quickie, I have another 'Inky Workshop' being held in Warwick, on Sunday 25th October, 10am - 4pm,

please email me for details....... robingphipps@msn.com

See you soon, hugs Pauline xxxxxx

Lavinia Stamps, Distress Inks, Alcohol Inks, Wow Embossing Powder, Stickles

Hi again,

It's the beginning of the month, and a new Lavinia Stamps Challenge has started, the theme is 'Glitter and Gems', all the details and rules can be found HERE.

As you can imagine, I found this challenge very difficult ...  errrrrrrr not !!!! I think my middle name should be 'sparkle', hehehehe !!!!! I created 3 cards using some gorgeous Lavinia Stamps.

The stamps used on this first card are........

Sky, Zen Plant and Willow.

I used Alcohol inks on a glossy card for the background, and plenty of Stickles.

The stamps used on this card are......

Fairy Dandelions, Meadow Grass, Birds, I also used some Holographic Glitter.

The background was created with Distress inks.

On this last card, the stamps used are.......

Fayllin, Willow, Tree Scene, and Dandilions 2.

This too was created using Distress inks, and I used Mica flakes around the edges of the card, the photo doesn't show up the bling very well.

Don't forget to get your entries into the Challenge, it's a chance for you to win a whopping £40, to spend on Lavinia goodies.

I am holding another 'Inky Workshop' in Warwick, on Sunday 25th October, 10am - 4pm, for further details email me on

robingphipps@msn.com

or PM me on Facebook.

Happy Crafting,

Hugs, Pauline xxxxxxx

Visible Image Stamps, Distress Inks, Wow Embossing Powder, and Versamark.

Hi there Crafty Friends,

No your eyes are not out of focus, lol, I wanted to try something a little different with this card, and I used a couple of super duper Visible Image Stamps.

 My inspiration came from a retro 3D poster I saw recently, although I haven't tried to view it through a pair of 3D glasses, lol, but you get the idea !!!!

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

You are Loved and Grunge Polka Dots

I stamped the background with the Grunge Polka Dots , 4 times, using 4 different Distress ink colours, I also did the same on another piece of card and stamped the sentiment in Versamark, heat embossed it using clear embossing powder, fussy cut it, mounted it onto black card and fussy cut it again, to give a thin black outline.

 And hey look, no bling or glitter used, that was incredibly hard, lol !!!!

A new months 'Show and Tell' has been opened, your chance to win some awesome new Visible Image Stamps to add to your collection, just create something, using your Visible Image Stamps, and pop it in the album HERE.

Check out the Visible Image Facebook Group, to see what other fans have created, and of course daily inspiration from the Visible Image DT,

 see it all HERE.

For the month of October, Visible Image have set up a 'Big Pink Event', raising funds for Breast Cancer Care, please check out the event and help if you can....

Visible Image Big Pink Event.

I am demoing for Visible Image, on Sunday 3rd October, at the Port Sunlight Happy Stampers Show, please pop by and say hello if you're there.

Thank you for visiting my blog,

Hugs Pauline xxxxx