Seize The Birthday - Add A Silhouette

Hellooo!  We've got a new challenge at Seize The Birthday, hosted by Cathy, and she wants us to Add A Silhouette.

I used an image from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous CMS329 Theories, words from CMS325 Glorious Bouquet, and marks from CMS362 Media Marks.  The background was a Distress Ink mop-up piece.

We've got some more fabulous inspiration for you from the rest of the team and our Surprise Party Guests, so pop over to the Seize The Birthday blog and play along.  If silhouettes aren't your thing, you can still play along with any birthday-themed creation.

Visible Image - Christmas In June

It's Christmas in June at Visible Image, and for my non-card Design Team make I've created a home decor piece using the Christmas Robin stamp set along with the Ye Olde Christmas stencil.

I started off by priming a canvas board with gesso, then stencilled with gold paste.  The stencil flipped up a little on the lower part, smudging it slightly, but I decided to embrace my mistakes ;)

Once all that had dried, I spritzed the canvas with Distress Mica Stains.

On some kraft card I stamped out the large robin and branch,

and some holly leaves (I knew I would need that strip of card one day!)

I used a Tombow pen to add shade to the leaves, and a Zig Clean Colour pen for the red berries.

I cut my images with the coordinating Christmas Robin die set, then arranged them on my deco piece.  I had to cut some extra leaves to camouflage the worst of the stencil booboo.

The Robin word was stamped onto red card,

and the red splashes were created by dropping some Peppermint Stick Distress Mica stain onto the canvas.

You can pick up the stamps, dies and stencil here at Visible Image.  Have fun creating!

Seize The Birthday - Fancy Fold

Hi guys, we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - Fancy Fold, hosted by Barbara.

I've cased a design I saw on the Unity Stamps website using one of the Angie Girls stamps, seeing as I was using Aria Girl.  The background is made with Tim Holtz Flower Field, the foreground 'flowers' are done with Dottarific pens and the sentiment is from Stamps Away.

Pop along to the Seize The Birthday blog for some fabulous fancy fold inspiration from the team and our surprise party guests, and join in the fun.  If you don't want to make a fancy fold you can still play along with our Anything Goes theme.

Visible Image - Picnics/Summer

 

Hello!  Our theme at Visible Image this week is Picnics/Summer, and my brief is Clean and Simple.  I took my inspiration from this vibrant summery meadow filled with creeping buttercups, and from an earlier card I made, which you will see below.

I started by stencilling Fossilised Amber distress ink through the Sixty Four stencil, fading it out as I got further down the card.

I used the Precious Life flower for my buttercups.  After stamping one off the bottom of the card, I masked the flower head and leaves, then stamped another, masked that as well then stamped the third, where I had to bend the stem in order for the door to close.  

Then I added the sentiment in the central white space, along with a flick of colour to the petals and leaves.

I resisted the urge to add splatters :)

The trimmed panel was adhered to a buttery yellow card.

And here's a pic with the other card that I never shared when the stamp set was first released, which was also my inspiration, but there wasn't enough 'white' space for it to be CAS, hence my new card.

You can get the stamps and stencil, and many more, from the Visible Image store here.  Happy stamping!

Visible Image - Father's Day

Hi, VI fans!  Our theme at Visible Image this week is Father's Day.  My dad was a keen gardener so I went with that as my starting point.

This mop-up piece was in my stash and it reminded me of sky and a meadow, and the splotches of brown made me think of impressionist paintings.

I wanted to add textured loose flower shapes in the foreground, so I mixed some Cosmic Shimmer paste with Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed re-inkers.  The paste is quite old and drying slightly but that suited my needs perfectly because (a) I wanted texture and (b) the re-inker would moisten the paste a little.

I taped the Orbs stencil to the front of my panel and dotted the two colours of paste through, overlapping a bit, then mixed the pastes together for a last dab.

I removed and cleaned the stencil - it was drying so quickly that I could just scrape the excess off.  While the paste was drying I stamped the camera from Capture Every Moment onto white card, then cut it out and coloured it with grey for the metal parts, and blue and green upside down for the lens reflection.

I added the sentiment from Best Birthday Ever.  Finished card, you'd think?

Nope - I remebered that I'd wanted to use the Transmission Glitch stamps for a little background interest, but everything was now assembled.  Copy paper to the rescue.  I slid some under the camera and taped it down so that I could partially stamp the numbers on the right,

and the blocky image top right.

Then I moved the paper round and stamped the grid on the left.

Card complete!  Here's a close-up of the 'flowers'.

and the camera a lens with the reversed colours,

and the Visible Image products I used, which are available in the store here.

Seize The Birthday - Use A Frame

Hello! we've got a new challenge for you at Seize The Birthday - Use A Frame, hosted by Ashwini.

 

I've used a hexagonal frame from my stash with a flower die, and leaf stamp and die from Altenew.  The sentiment is from Stamps Away.  The butterfly has been in my stash forever.  I'm not 100% sure about the background text stamp, but I think it's PaperArtsy.

Take a look at the gallery where you'll find fabulous inspiration from our surprise party guests and the rest of the design team, and play along with us.  If you don't want to include a frame, you can still play along with any birthday-themed project.

Visible Image - Messages of Congratulation

Hello!  This week's theme at Visible Image is Messages of Congratulations, and my brief is a non-card creation.  I decided on a masculine tag that could be attached to a gift bag or box, or indeed a bottle.

The starting point was this panel, which was in my stash.  Using Distress Mini Inks, I pressed them onto the card, then with a wet brush I moved the ink around slightly.

I cut the panel into a tag shape, and to break up the pattern I used the Splash stencil with Speckled Egg Distress Ink and a blending brush.

With the tag in the Misti I stamped the drip, chains and spray can using Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I stamped, coloured and cut Max Rocks, then added a bit of sparkle to his chain using a Sakura Jelly Roll clear star pen.

I also added a some sparkle to the spray can and a bit of sparkly highlight to the chain.

I added the 'You Rock' sentiment and three nail heads, then decided I wanted to add some stitching.  My craft mini sewing machine was at the back of the cupboard, and when I got it out, I couldn't get it to work.  One YouTube video and lots of muttering later, I did manage to get it going again, and added a couple of rows of stitching.  The tab was too thick for the needle so I drew some faux stitching with a fineliner.

To finish off, I sponged some Black Soot Distress Ink around the edges.  And there you have it, a masculine tag.  Pop on over to the Visible Image store where you can pick up these and other great stamps and stencils.