Visible Image "Live In the moment" Dragonfly Card

I'm still in Visible Image mode today, making this dragonfly card.

I started by stamping the dragonfly (part of the Visible Image "Live in the moment" stamp set) in two colours of Versafine Clair" inks, "Twilight" for the body and "Warm Breeze" for the wings.  I then coated the stamped area in Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. The sentiment, also by Visible Image, part of their "Happy Birthday" stamp set was also stamped in "Twilight" and heat embossed in the same way.

I then started on the background, using a paint brush and different strengths of four shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Tumbled Glass, Salvaged Patina, Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon, fading the colours out towards the top left corner.  I then used a heat gun to dry the surface.

Next I used the Visible Image "Ripples" stencil with two shades of Archival Inks:  Garden Patina and Shadow Grey.

I then used the dots in the Visible Image "Two Tone" stencil with a gold shimmer pen to add tiny shimmery sparkles.

Next, I painted the wings of the dragonfly.  I created a beautiful shimmer look by painting green Cosmic Shimmer "Iredescent Shimmer Water Colour", which although green also has a hint of gold to it too.

Now I added the finishing touches to the card.  I used Ranger "Glossy Accents" to stick some flat backed beads to the surface of the card.

I used a metallic gold pen along the right hand and bottom edge of the card. I then added green dots using a unibal Signo pen.

Visible Image "Dragonfly Tranquility" card

I found a small piece of card with a Brusho Ink background in my stash that I decided to use today.  it had lovely greeny blue shades and to me shouted water.

I decided to use a Visible Image stamp set that I've not used for a long time.  It's called "Live in the moment" and has a beautiful dragonfly stamp, among others. 

I dusted the surface of the card with an anti-static bag, then stamped the large dragonfly using Wow! Clear Embossing Ink, then coated the area with "Wow! Metallic Silver Super Fine" embossing powder.  I used the same process with the two smaller drafonflies then heat set the images.

Using the Visible Image "Ripples" stencil and "Blue Atoll" Elements Inks, I created the ripples on the central area of the card.  I used the same ink to colour in the wings of the dragonfly too.

I used Van Goch Pastel Pencils to give more depth to the ripples, then stamped the word "Tranquiltiy" in Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink. The word is part of another Visible Image stamp set called "Random Art Of Kindness".

I mounted the stamped square on to dark blue card and then white card, going around the edges of the card with a silver glitter Signo gel pen.  I also added details to the dragonflies and also edged the "tranquility" word in the same ink.  I smeared some "Crystal" Stickles on to the dragonfly wings using the tip of my finger, do give a subtle sparkle.  Sadly this can't be seen in this photograph.  If the weather is brighter tomorrow, I will take a little video of the sparkles.

Finally, using the same "Ripples" stencil with "Peacock Feathers" and "Cracked Pistachio" Distress Oxide ink, I created lighter shades of ripples on the white card mount.

Visible Image "Live the moment" Dragonfly Card

This morning, I have played with the Visible Image "Live the moment" stamp set. 

I used a circular Gel plate background I created with Brusho paint to create the coloured background - I didn't make this today, I already had it in my stash from a previous Gel Plate making session.

I used the Visible Image "Live the moment" stamp set for the sentiment and the dragonfly.  Both were stamped in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink, which I coated in Wow! Clear Embossing Powder and then heat set.

I added a few areas of sparkle, using a silver glitter Signo Pen and added some little faux water droplets.

Day 4 #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge with Visible Image "Live In The Moment" stamp set

It's Day 4 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.  I've decided to use Visible Image products for my project.

I started by using three Distress Oxide Inks to create the background:  Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio.  I then lay the Visible Image "Fibre" stencil over the top and added a further couple of shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean.  Next, I splattered water droplets from a fan brush to break up the colour a little. 

I stamped the large sentiment next using the Visible Image "Equality, Hope & Love" stamp set in Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink.

Next I stamped the dotted circled which are part of the Visible Image "You Are Not Alone" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Paradise", which is a mid blue coloured ink.

I then moved on to the dragonfly.  The stamp is part of the Visible Image "Live In The Moment" stamp set, which I stamped in Versafine Clair "Twilight" ink.  I then stamped the dragonfly again on an off-cut of white card.

Using the dragonfly image on the white card, I coloured it in with a selection of Signo Glitter and Sakura Gelly Roll pens.  I then fussy cut the wings and adhered them over the dragonfly image on the card.