Visible Image Sunday.

Good Morning lovelies

Well I have thourally been enjoying waking up to feel sunshine again, hasn't it been a gloriously sunny fresh week? Even just one day of warm sunshine does so much for my well being and I see it all around me, does it affect you the same ?
I had a very nice evening making my piece well I should say piece's as you have a Two- fer today as I am now on track this week and then went into have a sort out mode , it is now 6.22 a.m and I am doing  my blog piece as time just disappears when you are crafting doesn't it.

Before I dive in to show you Today's cards I wanted to do the Random.org picking for the card I made Last week and the number that came up is

The winner is Beryl Treble who was the 2nd person to comment therefore wins that pretty card made using the get well stamp new out from Creative Expressions. Beryl please can you email me at my usual email kim.robertson70@googlemail.com with your address and I will get it in the post to you , I promise I will get it there a lot quicker than the last ones too.
I also just wanted to add , it does not matter how many cards you win I will always add all the comments in to the draw fair and square which is why I use a random picker so it will always be fair for you ladies, I have a huge build up of cards just now so we must do some more give aways this week or if you know someone special who deserves a little card, email me and tell me and I will send one off to them.

Right, I have been using another of Helen and Mark from Visible Image's gorgeous flowers and verse combo's this week, I chose to use this one as none of us enjoy making sympathy cards but the words Helen wrote truly are endearing without that hopeless feeling some cards make you feel so I decided to make 2 very clean cards.. for me , as I haven't used lots of inks and waxes etc as is my usual style, I kept them both simple and clean as I feel that is all that is needed on such a sad occasion.
I will show them both and then go into the more detailed pictures folks.

 Card Number one 'Sympathy Flower'.

Card Number two 'With Sympathy '.

Both cards were made with the same stamp set which was of course The With Sympathy set.

 I Started by taking a small piece of Milk card and stamping the head of my flower with Vintage sepia Versafine ink, then the verse then I could add With Sympathy as the title and keep it all lined together and neat.

 Helen's verse again is just right here.

 A small purple bow on top of seam binding was enough I felt, and as you can see I had embossed the backing sheet of milk and pierced the next layer to give some texture and elegance without looking too cheerful if you know what I mean.

 And a little close up of the tiny pearls attached in the centres of the flower junctions. I matted and layered the card several times very simply , an embossed layer, a pierced layer and a couple of plain layers in a corresponding  shade.

The next card I made using Kraft card and milk.

I started with a long narrow ish piece of kraft card and stamped in several place using a second generation stamping, with Versafine vintage sepia again, as it picks up details very well. So Ink , blot on scrap and then stamp on your card stock and repeat til you have several on the page then dry them well with a heat gun and rub over with your anti-static pad.
Next use Versamark or perfect medium etc to ink up the same stamp and stamp in the gaps with the embossing ink, once all done tip on your true white detail powder for embossing and heat set.

 I added 2 mats in milk and Kraft then wrapped a piece of seem binding around it first and secured at the back, then I used some thin stitched ribbon that matched the Kraft colour and wrapped that over the seem binding before adding the next few layers . I then stamped out the lovely verse onto a long thin piece of Kraft and Heat set again with true white powder, I matted this onto some Milk card and added 3mm foam to the back to raise it up from the thinner mats below.

 I also stamped out my 'With Sympathy' title and cut it out with a straight side and a forked side like a flag or ribbon end, I also matted this onto Milk card and added it with a slight curve in it raised one end on foam and the other end just on cosmic shimmer glue and pushed it together slightly to create that bend. it then sat just over the verse.

Of course I couldn't leave out the verse as it stamped perfectly as always.  I added a jute string bow tied simply and fanned out into a figure of 8, and added a gold ribbon rose to the top and some dainty white pearls to the flower and slightly larger to the centre of the ribbon rose and corners.

Well I hope you liked them, which really does seem an odd thing to say with the sad theme of the card but we all have to make or buy then at different times and I think this is a beautiful verse and flower to tribute to a friend who suffered a loss.


Congrats again to Beryl Treble for winning the card and don't forget to send over your address so I can post it to you , as I have a week to go before I have to have an operation on my ankle and will be in plaster for 6 weeks so when you ladies come to Aly Paly to say hi you won't be able to miss me as I will be the one hobbling to the stage haha.

Have a great Sunday all

and big hugs from me to all.

With love

Kim 

xxxx