Design Team sample for "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog" #415 "Love Me Do"

It is time for a new challenge theme on the "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog".  Challenge #415 is "Love Me Do".

For the base of my card, I brayered three shades of Distress Ink onto the white card, graduating the colours from light to dark using "Spun Sugar", "Worn Lipstick" and "Picked Raspberry" shades of ink.  I then used a fan brush to splatter water droplets onto the surface, mopping up with a piece of kitchen roll, this creates a lovely mottled look and a little more interest to the background rather than just colour.

For all the stamping, I used stamps from three Visible Image stamp sets.  I started with the grid called "Fibonacci", stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

Using Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink, I stamped the heart, part of the "Don't Judge" stamp set.  I then stamped the same heart on a piece of patterned paper with the word definition of "Love".  I then coloured that stamped heart using "Picked Raspberry" Distress Oxide Ink and cut around the shape, adhering it over the heart that I had stamped on the grid.

Using the word "love" from the "Peace, Love and Hope" set, I stamped the word over the heart and grid using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I decided to grunge up the edge by using the fragmented edge of a Visible Image Butterfly, repeatedly stamped in "Nocturne".  I then inked the very edge of the card, mounting it onto black card and then onto a white card blank.

Visible Image "Don't Judge" Tag

I used two Distress Oxide Spray inks to create the background of this tag (Peeled Paint on the lower half and "Faded Jeans" at the top).

I tore a page from an old book and coloured it with two shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Spiced Marmalade and Abandoned Coral).  Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink  and the Visible Image set called "Don't Judge", I then stamped two figures adding the fractured split up each figure and cut the shapes out.

I stamped a heart onto black card using the same ink and stamp set.

I used the Nocturne ink to add the dots and edging to the tags using the Visible Image "De-stressed" stamp set.

I adhered the heart into position and edged it with some silver stitching.  I then decided that I would only use one of the coloured figures, so flipped one and coloured it a grey tone.  I then glued the figures into position.

On a piece of grey card, I stamped the sentiment, cut it down to the size I wanted and adhered over the heart.

I decided the background needed a bit of a lift, so using a white Posca Pen added dots of various sizes.

Visible Image - A Little Bit Broken

I've not had a play with my Visible Image stamps for some days, so decided to address it this evening making this card.  You may recall I had a significant purchase from their Black Friday sale, so I have used some of the new goodies on this card.

I found an off-cut of a Brusho background I'd made some months ago, so decided to make use of it for this.  It had peach and blue tones.

I decided to use "Blueprint Sketch" Distress Oxide Ink through the Visible Image "Fibres" stencil in the central area of the card,

Using the wings from the Visible Image "Faerie Magic" clear stamp set, I stamped them first in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue colourd ink onto the card.  I then stamped them onto a piece of vellum using a StazOn Ink called "Blue Hawaii".

I coloured the vellum wings with a silver glitter Signo pen, then fussy cut them out, adhering partially over the stamped wings on the card, to create a more layered look.

On plain white card, I stamped the heart shape, which is part of another Visible Image stamp set called "Don't Judge" in Versafine Clair "Twilight" ink.  

I coloured both hearts with Distress Oxide Inks, one with "Wilted Violet with Chipped Sapphire" and one with "Mermaid Lagoon" shade of inks.  I then cut both out.  I adhered the darker purple looking heart on to the card.

Using the "Mermaid Lagoon" coloured heart, I stamped the safety pin/fracture across the heart to create to create an impression that the heart is being held together.  Again, I used Versafine Clair Twilight and coloured the safety pins with a silver Sakura Gelly Roll pen.  I added clear foam hearts to the back and then adhered over part of the purple heart.

The "A Little Bit Broken" sentiment is also from the Visible Image "Don't Judge" clear stamp set and I used the Twilight ink again for that.

Finally, I added some silver dots to the stamped background wings and then darkened the edges of the card, using a finger blender with Versafine Clair" Twilight" ink.

Visible Image - Erika's Maple Card #erikasmaple

This evening, I've had an opportunity to play with another one of my new stamp sets from Visible Image.  This time I've used "Erika's Maple".  This stamp set was made in memory of fellow crafter Erika Philpott, who was a huge fan of Visible Image products.

I used a background of swooshed Distress Oxide Inks in the following colours:  Ripe Persimmon, Fossilized Amber and Mustard Seed.

I stamped the large maple leaf in the middle of the card.  I then stamped the rays around the top of the leaf.  This stamp is from another Visible Image stamp set called "Set The Tone" stamped in Versafine Clair "Chianti" ink.

I used the same ink to stamp the dots on the lower half of the card.  The dot stamp is also part of the Visible Image "Set The Tone" stamp set.

I painted Distress Oxide "Aged Mahogany" ink between the rays and then added a shimmer by using a gold Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

In the lower left hand corner of the card, I have stamped a Visible Image sentiment "Picking Up Th Pieces" which is part of the "Don't Judge" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.

Using a paint brush, I painted the leaf in a selection of Distress Oxide inks:  Mowed Lawn, Wild Honey, Fired Brick and Candied Apple.