Followers

Friday 20 March 2020

Visible Image Stamps and Stencils,Bockingford, Brusho, IndigoBlu Slap it On, Distress Oxides and Stickles.




Hi there my lovlies,

I hope you are all keeping well and safe, in this terrible pandemic. I am self isolating as much as I can, but I also look after my elderly Mum, who's 99, so some days are very difficult. Anyway, I just wanted to share a card I've made, using some awesome 'Visible Image' stamps and stencils, and to tell you that 'Visible Image' are trading as usual at the moment, so you can place your on-line orders with confidence, get some new goodies to play with, whilst you are at home.


I used a new stencil for this card, called.......Scribble, along with a sentiment from ........ Brave and Strong, which contains 5 fabulous sentiments.

I used some Bockingford hot pressed 300gsm watercolour paper, cut to just under A5 size. I placed the stencil on top of the Bockingford, and anchored it with some stencil tape, then using a palette knife, I smoothed the IndigoBlu Extra Thick Slap-it-On, through the stencil, and removed it straight away, you can either wash it, or put it to soak in water. I left the card to dry over night.

When the paste was totally dry, I spritzed it with water, then sprinkled Brusho onto the water, adding more water to make the colours move, as you can see from the photo, the colour settled into the design of the stencil ( you can take colour off the dry paste, with damp kitchen towel. Again I put this aside to dry,

On another piece of Bockingford, I stamped the sentiment, using Versafine black Ink, then shaped the card, and blended Oxide inks around the edges, I chose colours that would match the Brusho's I'd used. I also used Oxide ink, blended around the edges of the main background. 



I adhered the background onto a blue card layer, then adhered it onto a white A5 card blank, I also put the sentiment onto a blue layer, then adhered it to the front of the card, with Pinflair 3D Glue Gel, to give it some dimension.
Lastly I added some Stardust Stickles to the paste on the background, to give it a bit of bling.

Here are all the Visible Image places of interest, for you to check out......

The SHOP, where you can find all the Visible Image Stamp collections, and the Black Friday Sale.

The BLOG, catch up with all the Visible Image news.

The FACEBOOK GROUP, where you can enter the 'Show and Tell'.

The FACEBOOK PAGE, where there are exiting weekly giveaways.

and the three social media sites......



Thank you for visiting, please leave me a comment, stay safe, hugs Pauline xxxxxxx

Friday 6 March 2020

Visible Image Stamps and Stencils, Brusho, IndigoBlu Super Thick Slap it On, Bockingford Paper, Wow Embossing Powders, Distress Inks, Heat Resistant Acetate, Stardust Stickles &




Hello there,

I do hope you are all safe, and not suffering with floods and viruses, gosh we do need some better weather, to brighten all our spirits !!!
I'm here to share another card I've made using some of the awesome stamps and stencils available from 'Visible Image', have you checked out their new stamps and stencils ?, click on the link to take a look.


I used the new Revolution stamp set, it's a fabulous set, so many usable stamps, I love it. I didn't use all the stamps either, so I'm still playing. I also used the super new Renaissance stencil.

I started with the background on a piece of A5 Bockingford 300gsm Hot pressed watercolour paper, on which I spritzed water, then sprinkled Brusho on top, adding more water to fill the card with colour. I put this aside to dry naturally, as force drying it with a heat tool, would have taken bleached the colour. I then blended some more colour onto the card, in the form of Distress inks, the colours I used were....... Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Wilted Violet.

When the background was totally dry, I put the stencil on the top, but to one side, taped it down with low tack tape, and with a palette knife, smoothed the Slap it On through. I gently took off the tape, and lifted the stencil off. I put the stencil straight into water, so's the paste wouldn't go hard on it.
While the paste was wet on the card, I sprinkled 'Wow' embossing powder ( Twinkling Lights WS73R, and Neptune WS177R ), and then heated it with my heat tool, until the powder bubbled. I also used some double sided red line tape down the other side of the edge, took off the red bit, and also added the same Embossing powders randomly onto the sticky tape, and heated. I put this background aside to totally dry.


 Taking a sheet of  A4 Heat resistant Acetate, I stamped onto it, 3 of the horse stamp, using a Wow Embossing pad, and then heat embossed with 'Wow' Primary Ebony  Embossing Powder, I fussy cut these out, because they are on acetate, you don't have to be particularly close, as the edges disappear once on the project. The 'Wow' Embossing Pad, is very good, because it's a sticky formula, it doesn't slip so easily on the acetate....... do try it.


I repeated the process with the sentiment stamps and the Three Musketeers, sometimes you may get a missed bit when you heat emboss, just let it dry, and use a black paint on the reverse of the acetate, to cover the missed bits.

Going back to the background, I used the scroll stamp, and some Distress ink in Peacock Feathers, and randomly stamped in the bit of card between the embossing parts.

I put the card together, using Pinflair Glue Gel, on all the acetate pieces, to raise them up to add dimension. I decided it needed something else, so again using the acetate, I stamped some Fleur de lys and heat embossed them with 'Wow' Earthtone Pepper WJ04R, and attached them with Glue gel too. I added some Stickles to the Fleur de Lys, for another bit of bling.

Here are all the Visible Image places of interest, for you to check out......

The SHOP, where you can find all the Visible Image Stamp collections, and the Black Friday Sale.

The BLOG, catch up with all the Visible Image news.

The FACEBOOK GROUP, where you can enter the 'Show and Tell'.

The FACEBOOK PAGE, where there are exiting weekly giveaways.

and the three social media sites......



Thank you for visiting, please leave me a comment, hugs Pauline xxxxxxx