Visible Image "Ahead of our time" challenge card

Today Wednesday, Eileen Godwin has set a challenge of "Circles".  In total contrast to the last card I made, this one is very busy to look at and may make your eyes go funny, so apologies in advance!

I started by using the Funky Fossil Designs "Grid Stencil" with "Shadow Grey" Archival Ink, making it darker around the edges and lighter in the central area.

I then lay the Funky Fossil "3D Sphere" stencil over the top and applied "Cobalt" Archival Ink through the stencil, again, making it darker at the edges and lighter in the middle.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink with Visible Image "Ahead of our time" stamp set, I stamped the clock spiral, the falling people and the birds in flight. I then mounted the piece oon to black card.

Visible Image "Ahead of our time" Birthday Card

I've taken a look at birthdays coming up in January and decided I had better get making some card.  I've started with the most difficult one that I find to make for:  Teenage Boys! 

I used stampb by Visible Image for the main area of the card, using the silhouette stamp that could be Churchill from the "Ahead of our time" stamp set.  Stamping it in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and then coating it in Wow! clear embossing powder and heat setting.

I then used a brick wall stamp from the Visible Image "Teenage Kicks" stamp set and stamped the wall in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink in multiple positions.

Once dry, i gave the whole image a light wash using "Antique Linen" Distress Oxide ink and then wafted the heat gun over it to dry.  Using a blending brush and "Aged Mahogany" Distress Oxide ink, I coloured over the bricks and background to give a warmer background.  I edged the tag with "Tulip Red" Versafine Clair ink.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the flying birds to the right of the hat (they are also part of the "Ahead of our time" stamp set.  Using the same ink and the verse from the Visible Image "Happy Birthday" stamp set, I multi stamped part of the verse down the left hand side of the card. I also edged the card in the black ink.

I then added some white and black splatters using Posca Pens.

Finally, after mounting the card, I added a Simon Says Stamp sentiment from thier "Tiny words - Birthday" stamp set, again stamped in "Nocturne" black ink

Visible Image "Ahead of our time" 50th Male Birthday Card

Today our friend celebrates his 50th birthday.  As the postal service is a bit slower, I made this card a fortnight ago, just to be sure it arrives with him before or on his special day.

I knew the blue colour scheme I wanted to use(this friend spends a lot of his leisure time on the water) and although I had an idea what I wanted to create, I actually had a dummy run of the card using a background I was not so fond of.  This gave me an indication of positions etc.  As it was it turned out ok, so I may well use this "draft" card for somebody else in the future.  This is the first draft of the card.  Same stamps, just a different colour way.

For the main card, I used four Brusho colours (Ultra Marine, Turquoise, Violet and Black) to create the background colour.

I used stamps from Visible Image "Ahead of our time" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I used a silver, blue and purple glitter Signo pens and a white Posca Pen for areas of the card.

I typed out and printed the "You Sir, are fifty today!" then die cut and layered the sentiment.  The two smaller stamped sentiments of "Congratulations" and "Happy Birthday" are from a Papertrey Ink stamp set.

The Male Room Challenge Blog #135 "Sentiment in focus" (Visible Image Stay Weird and Fibonacci stamp sets)

A friend asked me if I would like to take part in a fortnightly challenge blog called "The Male Room". The idea is that you make things for males, which I find quite tricky, so I thought it would be a good wayto push me to make more male orientated pieces.

Challenge #135 has a theme of "Sentiment in focus".

I used Visible Image stamps for this card, starting by stamping the grid/curve using the "Fibonacci" stamp in Versafine Clair "Tulip Red".

I then stamped the sentiment and the balloon, both from the "Stay Weird" set and finally the birds in flight from the "Ahead of our time" stamp set.

Design Team sample for 'My Time To Craft Challenge Blog" #416 - Rubber stamp (not digital)

It is time for another challenge theme on the "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog".  Challenge #416 has a theme of "Rubber - not digi stamps".  If you have a minute to spare, please do pop over to the blog and take a look at the fab makes by my Design Team colleagues.

For this sample, I have used a selection of stamps from Visible Image.  I really enjoy working with these stamps as they allow your mind to go in odd directions, which in turn ends up on a card like this one.

I started with a gelli plate background I had created a while back, so I don't recall the colours I have used, but it was originally a mustard/gold colour with water splashes over it.

The first stamping I did was the book, part of a Visible Image set called "Free your imagination", (which is one of their February 2020 releases), stamped in Versafine Clair "Fallen Leaves" dark brown ink.  

I stamped the book again on a post it note, cut around the book and used it as a mask over the original stamped image.
Using Versafine Clair "Chianti", a dark red ink, I stamped the spiral, from the Visible Image "Ahead of our time" stamp set" (the mask over the book protects the area from getting the spiral image muddled up with the book image.  I then removed the mask.

I stamped the crow on the left, also part of the Visible Image "Free your imagination" set in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I stamped the crows in flight on the right hand side, which are part of the Visible Image "Ahead of our time" stamp set, in the same ink.

I then stamped the large sentiment on the bottom right in
Versafine "Vintage Sepia" brown ink.  The sentiment is from another Visible Image set called "Where dreams take you".  Using the same ink, I stamped the word "Hope" at the top left of the card, using a stamp from the Visible Image set called "Peace, Love and Hope".

I needed to pull the eye in to the main images, so using a finger dabber and Versafine Clair "Chianti and Nocturne" I added darker shades from the edge inwards.

I used a white Posca pen, making lots of small dots to lighten the pages of the book and a Sakura gel pen for the page edges.  I used a metallic gold pen for areas of the spiral too.

Time To Make Some Changes Tag - Visible Image Stamps

It seems ages since I have made a tag that isn't part of the challenge, so this evening I had a quick play and made this one.

The base is a mix of Distress Oxides.  I then used Distress Inks in the shade of "Candied Apple" through an Andy Skinner "Tornado" stencil.

Using a Visible Image stamp from their "Ahead Of Our Time" set, I stamped the spiral and the falling lady, both stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.  

Using the same ink, I stamped the "Time To Make Some Changes" sentiment which is part of the Visible Image set called "Somewhere In Time".  Also from the same set, I stamped the fragmented splatter around the edge of the tag.  Finally, I used a Sakura Jelly Roll pen to colour in areas of the spiral.

Free Falling Card - Funky Fossil Stencil

Today I made something a bit different.  I hope it hasn't made your eyes go too funny!

Last week I ordered some stencils from "Funky Fossil Designs".  The one I have used on this card is called "3D Sphere".

I used Distress Inks through the stencil and then used the same shade to ink the edges.  I didn't want to interupt the dots too much, so decided to stamp the falling man image in a corner.  The stamp is part of a Visible Image stamp set called "Ahead of our time", which I stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" shade of ink.

The sentiment, I typed and printed on the computer, then die cut it to a rectangle shape.