Visible Image "Art Rebel" Birthday Card

It's that time of year when I needed to make a birthday card for my Hubby.  I've been putting it off for a couple of weeks, but time is running out so I bit the bullet and made this card for him.

I used a piece of white 6x6" card for the base and lay the Visible Image "Square Route" stencil over to the left hand side of the card. I used two shades of Archival Inks through the stencil, first using "Shadow Grey" and then "Garden Patina" fading the colours out towards the right hand side of the card.

On a separate piece of white card, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the three face sections from the Visible Image "Art Rebel" stamp set. I then cut the three pieces down along the stamping line and inked the bare edge with a finger dabber and "Nocturne. Then glued the three sections into position slightly to the right of the central point of the card.

Once the glue was dry, I mounted the card onto a piece of black paper and then on to a 7x7" white card blank.

Now it was time to add the extra details.  I added the horizontal lines from the left of the face  and the large dot/splatters at the bottom right of the face from the Visible Image "Set the tone" stamp set with Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I used the same ink with the vertical lines on the Visible Image "Shape It Up" stamp set.

I then moved on to the sentiments.  I used the "Cheers" from the Visible Image "Bring on the beers" stamp set and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from their "Happy Birthday" stamp set.

Finally, I added some black and white dots using Ranger "Enamel Accents" and used Ranger "Glossy Accents" for the lenses of the goggles.

Visible Image - "Born To Perform" Ballet Tag

I've played with Visible Image stamps today, making this tag.

I used a Distress Oxide background I had made a few days ago.

I stamped all the images including the edging in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.  I used a Posca pen to fill in the white circles.

The ballet figure and the sentiment is from a Visible Image stamp set called "Born To Perform".  I used three other Visible Image stamp sets ("Life Is Beautiful", "Set The Tone"  and "You are not alone") on this tag too.

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.