Visible Image - Autumn Home Deco Panel

Hi, Visible Image fans!  Our theme this week is autumn colours, and my brief is a non-card creation. So I've gone for a home deco panel for the mantelpiece.

I started off by tearing strips off a cardboard offcut and painting it with black gesso.

Once that was dry I spritzed some Antique Linen Distress Oxide, then a few Distress Mica Stains.

I tilted the panel to get the sprayed colours to run.  The gold reminded me of a bare tree, and I was quite happy with that.

I wasn't sure which leaves or sentiments I would use, so I just loaded everything from Erika's Maple onto my stamping platform and stamped them a couple of times onto watercolour card using Versacolour Onyx Black ink.

Using distress inks, I watercoloured and splattered the leaves and sentiments.

In an attempt to emulate Tim Holtz I dripped some Crooked Broomstick Mica Stain onto the leaves, but then disaster struck!

The drip became a huge blob, but I managed to rescue the leaf by using a black Posca paint pen and dabbing lightly where the black ink once was, so at least I recovered my outline.  I trimmed the leaves then ran a black felt pen around the edges before mounting them in place on my panel.

The sheen from the mica stains is fantastic!  Tilted one way, all the yellows show up, then tilted another the other colours shine.

I curled the leaves upwards slightly before fixing them in place with silicone glue, and ran a gold Krylon pen around my sentiment before adding a couple of tiny staples and fixing it to the panel.

Why not try making your own autumn home decor piece from some of the fabulous Visible Image stamps?  If you do, don't forget to share it on the Visible Image Facebook/Meta page.

Erika's Maple

Seize The Birthday - Dots

 

Hello, and welcome to a new challenge at Seize The Birthday!  It's my turn to host, and I've gone for Dots.

My dots are courtesy of a strip of washi tape, but you could stamp, stencil or draw your dots, or use patterned paper, or any other way you can think of to add dots.

The image and top sentiment are by StampingBella, and the Happy Birthday is by Altenew.  The bling is by Stickles.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see how the rest of the team and our surprise party guests have used dots in their creations, then come and join us.  If dots aren't your thing, you can still play along with any birthday themed project.

See you in the gallery!

Visible Image - Clean And Simple Cupcake

 

Hello!  This week's theme at Visible Image is Food and Drink, my favourite subjects for cards.  I've gone with a Clean And Simple (CAS) card, showcasing the cupcake from Blow Out The Candles.

This cupcake, a leftover from a previous post, was waiting in my stash to be used.  I had coloured it with Tombow dual marker pens and a Jane Davenport sparkly marker, then die-cut it with the coordinating die from the Blow Out The Candles die set.

For my CAS card base, I needed something subtle to anchor the cupcake yet still leave plenty of white space.  I opted for the dotty circle from Art Spheres #1 to suggest a doily.  I taped off the area surrounding the dots and stencilled Kitsch Flamingo distress ink over the stencil.

Then it was just a matter of placing the card into my stamping platform and arranging the sentiments.

I went with black for the sentiments because I think red, black and white is such a vibrant colour scheme for CAS cards.

You can find the stamps, dies and stencil over on the Visible Image website or the Hobbymaker website.

Seize The Birthday - Celebrate

 

Hello, it's Nancy's turn to choose the topping for Seize The Birthday, and she wants us to use the word 'Celebrate" on our cards.  Easy enough on a birthday card, eh?

This must have been one of the quickest cards I've pulled together recently, and it's a good job it was quick, because it was the night before hubby's birthday when I realised I hadn't made him a card!!! 😂 

I had a spare beer glass that was stamped, cut and coloured, and the background was also in my stash.  So I lined up all the sentiment stamps from Visible Image Birthday Wishes on my stamping platform and stamped them all in one go.  Genius.

The beer glass is from Visible Image Bring On The Beers stamp set and coordinating die set, and if you look at the background you can just make out the Visible Image Echoes stencil where Ive used it as a mono print.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for more fabulous inspiration from my teamies and our wonderful surprise party guests, and join the party!  If you don't want to use the word celebrate you can still play along with with our Anything Goes theme.

Visible Image - Wine Tag

Our theme at Visible Image this week is Men, and for my non-card brief I've made a wine tag.

You can buy wine tag dies, but it's easy enough to make your own - all you need is a large enough circle punch or die.  I cut a length of kraft card measuring 3.5" x 8", scored it at 3" to make a top fold, then cut a circle in that top fold, making sure to leave enough room for my sentiment,

I then stamped the sentiment below the cutout circle.

I coloured the wine bottle with Distress inks then die-cut it.

I stamped and die-cut the glass, then positioned it on the MISTI platform, taping it in place while I stamped the splash with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.

Using the Orbs stencil I added some Cosmic Shimmer Gold Pearl Texture Paste to the top flap.  I covered the sentiment with a bit of washi tape to avoid getting any texture paste in the wrong place.

With the glass and bottle held in position by the magnet, I added a few random wine rings.

The final touch was to add a strip of washi tape along the lower edge, then adhere the bottle and glass into place.

Wine tags are a great alternative if you don't have a gift bag handy.  You can personalise them for your recipient, and there's room to write your message on the back.  Win, win - or wine, wine!

Cheers!

Seize The Birthday - Stripes

Hello, we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday, chosen by Linda, and it's Stripes.

The stripy background was in my stash from a couple of years ago, so I can't remember what I used - possibly Distress paint.  Actually, the lily (Altenew) and sentiment (The Stamp Market) were also in my stash.  I just diecut the panel, and a coordinating black panel, and mounted then onto green card.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog where you can see some more fabulous inspiration from the rest of the design team, and our fab Surprise Party Guests, and join in the fun.  If stripes aren't your thing, you can always play along with our Anything Goes theme.

See you in the gallery!

Visible Image - Music On World Off

Hello! For my Visible Image Design Team post today I wanted to show you one of the cards I made for the Hobbymaker show last week using the fabulous Music On World Off stamp set.

I started by stamping the headphones in Versafine Onyx Black then heat embossing with clear powder, then secured the Orbs stencil over the panel.

I chose a range of bright funky colours, and just concentrated on the area around the headphones.

After stamping the sentiment on hot pink card, I chopped it up unevenly and scribbled a border around each piece with a black fineliner.

I also did some second-generation stamping in Versafine Smoky Grey along the top and bottom and drew a border around the panel.

I matted the panel onto black card to complement the black headphones and squiggly lines, then mounted that onto my hot pink card.

By swapping out the colours this design could easily work for a male card too.

Pop on over to the Visible Image blog for this and other fab stamps, stencils and dies.