tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47189220322912968752024-02-20T09:16:21.149+00:00Inky Kim CraftKim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.comBlogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-58136475361645148192015-11-19T07:00:00.000+00:002015-11-19T07:00:02.472+00:00Creative Expressions ThursdayHi folks<br />
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Thanks to all who have left me messages on Tuesday's post.<br />
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Today I have something completely different for you all we have another of the Flower bouquet stamps from The fab Stamps to die for range which I have water coloured and teamed again with that lovely paper pack I am so addicted to and of course a little crochet lace ribbon can never go wrong hey...<br />
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So here is the very easy to follow tutorial for today's card.</div>
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So for the card base I have a double layer of Latte card stock with a 5mm foam in between so quite a white gap.<br />
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Next I took a piece of the purple very shiny rose card from the Bloom Beautiful pad I have been using lots<br />
And mounted it onto plum card I then wrapped a piece of crochet lace along the bottom over hanging slightly so the pattern would show off the edge.<br />
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Here is the pad I used so that it is easily identified.</div>
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I added those two pieces together with again the wider foam tape.</div>
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So this time I took a smaller piece of the paper and using one of the new Christmas dies that I will use on my next project for Creative Expressions I cut out a rectangle from the paper and mounted that piece onto plum card then added that to the main body we already created again with foam.<br />
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So here you can see I stamped out the tulip bouquet However I did colour them a little rose bud like hehe.<br />
I stamped it with currant adirondack ink which is water soluble so I used a water brush to pull in colour from the lines to soften the edge of the flowers and filed in with extra colour and added some green adirondack ink and mixed the colours for the leaves and stalks etc.<br />
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I used a stardust glitter pen to add a tiny shimmer to the flowers again water brushing them out to give a nice sparkle. I also used a white gel en to add some highlights and shine to the petals and leaves.<br />
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I cut out the bouquet fussy cutting and mounted it onto plum card and fussy cut again before adding it to the from of the card on an angle, I also too the piece of paper I cut out earlier from the other piece and added that to plum card ad raised up on foam for the from of the card, I also punched a hole in the top. I stamped the sentiment from the sunflower Bouquet and cut it out with a tag punch which I used some May arts jute string to attach after inking the edge with a little currant adirondack to match in with the flower colour.<br />
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Lastly I tied a Small jute string bow and added that to the tag attachment and some 8mm pearls to the corners and to cover the bow knot.<br />
So a card that could be made fairly simply with lots of pretty layers and some gorgeous water colouring which I love for depth and dimension.<br />
I have always loved water colouring and the way water disperses on a page and how we can turn it into art.<br />
So I really enjoyed colouring these flowers in, I hope you will too.<br />
Have a wonderful day folks and I look forward to catching up with you all very soon.<br />
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With kind regards</div>
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-46245796104701297522015-11-17T07:00:00.000+00:002015-11-17T07:02:58.293+00:00Visible Image Tuesday Hi Everyone<br />
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Nice to be with you for this weeks little offering. This week it is a about small but perfectly formed haha<br />
I made a 4x4 chunky canvas blank into a special little wall hanging using the one of the very special sentiment stamps as my focal point. It ended up looking a little vintage but I enjoyed the technique I used which was using a heavy bodied carvable paste coloured with ink and mica sprays to give it its rich tones, black lace and feathers always adds to the drama too.<br />
So here is this weeks little offering for the fabby Visible Image.<br />
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This is the canvas laying down but I held it against the wall and took a snap to so the feathers sat in a more natural position. (excuse the grubby hand in the piccy).<br />
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For those of you who would like a how to make this just keep on reading.</div>
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I added a good amount to the front of this chunky canvas and simply using a palatte knife carved into it before drying with a heat gun, you can leave it over night if you refer and then you can sand the texture paste etc too if you would like a different effect. I wanted it to dry almost fabric looking so a little softer for this piece though.<br />
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This is the paste I used for reference.</div>
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So after drying you can see it has puffed a little and is now matt.</div>
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I used three different sprays two ink ones with no mica in a reddy tone and a chestnut brown and then a gold mica over spray gives it its shine. I dried each colour separately so the colours didn't look muddy.</div>
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I had some thin black lace in my stash so I added it in two layers facing each other on the sides. I used hot glue to attach it but you could easily use a fast drying wet glue also however tapes wont stand up to the heat gun too much and I reheated the top with sprays several times.<br />
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Next I used this gorgeous sentiment that I loved immediately entitled <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/if-you-have-hope/">If you have hope.</a></div>
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I added my sentiment using Pinflair glue so it would self level on the to and sit how I wanted to contrast with the backing.<br />
I also added a little angle resin piece I had and added some classic treasure gold to the corners and the resin angel to pick out the features.<br />
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Here it is diagonally so you can see the light from a different angle.</div>
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I added some black marabou feathers and some little black bead stamens poking out of the feather too and some little pearls in the corners with a few tiny roses in a matching tone to the bottom right of the sentiment for balance.<br />
So that's it folks it turned out really well and I enjoyed putting this one together.<br />
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I hope you like it, Let me know if you enjoy mixed media items and what you would like to make or decorate like this canvas or a box to cover etc<br />
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So have a wonderful Tuesday and thank you for stopping by<br />
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<br />Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-85695377995169689492015-11-05T08:00:00.000+00:002015-11-05T08:00:07.626+00:00Creative Expressions Thursday.Hi Folks<br />
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Today is Thursday so here we have a Christmas themed card as this month I have been sent some Christmas dies to work with , so I thought Id start simple and just use one of them and create a card with some sparkle in my favourite Plum foundations card. So here it is and I hope you like it.<br />
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Lots of sparkle and prettiness on this one.</div>
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So here we go on how I put it together.</div>
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I started with this Joy to the world insert die, It does not have a cutting edge around it so I thought Id use it for the focus with some sparkle peeping through.<br />
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I took some Milk card and added some double sided adhesive and sprinkled on some diamond sprinkles and burnished it in to the sticky paper which I had cut to size slightly larger than the die cut out plum card.<br />
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I adhered the die cut to the top and gave the sparkle piece a plum layer to sit on too. Again I wish cameras picked up the crazy sparkle but they never seem too.<br />
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So then I took a piece of paper from last months blossom pad , which had a very small and fine pattern but in the same plum tone and used that as another mat and plum card again for its matching layer. So we have the basics of this very simple card already put together so now to make it prettier with some aesthetics haha..</div>
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I added a piece of Gold crinkle ribbon to the top right and bottom left here anquored underneath simply with a piece of double sided tape.<br />
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I tied a double bow from the same ribbon , adding it to the bottom left area where I just strapped the ribbon to it. I used a small pearl embellishment for its knot coverage.<br />
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The top right I used a Creative Expressions embellishment white flower to add to the centre of the bow and I had some pearl swirls so I used them to vine out from under the flower instead of using leaves this time. I also gave it a soft gold mat and raised it u on foam and added another layer of gold to finish the backing off.</div>
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Here is a close up on the central Die piece so you can see Sue's Joy to the world die and also the sparkle shining through and all the added pearls on the design swirls in the central piece.<br />
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Joy to the world from Sue's festive collection.</div>
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Glacier Ice from Cosmic shimmer for Creative Expressions with the self adhesive sticky sheets.<br />
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Ok my lovelies thank you for all your kind comments on yesterday's card as always and I will see you all very soon with lots of goodies and news.</div>
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Well as promised Visible Image tutorials have now moved to Tuesday and I thought I'd start with the step by step for my recent pink card that was done in aid of The Big Pink week for Breast Cancer awareness.<br />
I am sorry it is a bit late coming.<br />
This weekend was certainly a sad one , it would have been my husbands 60th birthday Saturday so we were all a little sad he wasn't with us to celebrate his special day on Halloween but I know he is always with us.<br />
I hope everyone is well and that you all enjoy looking through this vision of pink using the very special Visible Image stamps.<br />
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To refresh on the Pink card here it is.</div>
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And here is the full step by step.</div>
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To start I took a rectangle piece of white card and used some picked raspberry and spun sugar distress inks to blend it all out to this fade in the above picture. I then used raisin adirondack ink and the script stamp from The Revolution set and stamped off the page in a random pattern. But leaving the top right and bottom left corner fairly clear.</div>
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Next I tore the paper toward me on those two corners that i left blank to expose the inside core . I used some of that raisin ink to rub those edges and also some Walnut stain Distress ink to darken them a little further. Set aside to dry.<br />
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I took a larger piece of white Card and glued the pink hessian I had in my stash to it to the left hand side.<br />
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I added foam to my first piece and added it to the second with some wet glue to stick on the Hessian really well.<br />
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Then I gave it a black mat to sit on which instantly makes the darker ink stand out.<br />
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I used some dripped glue with some Frantage embossing powders and glitter to add some interest to the the top right of the card as I knew I was going to attach something above this.<br />
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I stamped this lovely sentiment out and tore the edges inking the same way as the last piece with raisin and a little Walnut stain. Raising it up on to foam and adding it on a jaunty angle to the card front.<br />
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Next I took a plain white resin piece, which was a side on butterfly or moth one or the other and added some pink to it with a Promarker and the added glued and cover in glitters. This I glued above the embossing we did and to the to right of the sentiment.<br />
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Here is a close up.</div>
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All that was left from here was to add a little breast cancer symbol in ribbon topped with a pearl and I tied a bow using some of the hessian taken from the edges of another piece and added a sparkler to the knot and Voila... complete.<br />
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Here is the finished item again.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed this one and you can see what you can do with just a couple of fabulous stamps and some hessian and glitter too.<br />
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-51525713789040370602015-10-29T08:00:00.000+00:002015-10-29T08:09:18.685+00:00Creative Expressions ThursdayHi folks<br />
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Here is this weeks card for Creative Expressions , I have used the stamp from the stamps to die for range<br />
I kept this one simple and let the stamp speak for itself as it is so pretty, Using just a piece of the wonderful paper pad we on the DT were sent for October.<br />
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I stamped out the nice crisp image and used the sentiment that came with it to simply add next to the main image.<br />
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I chose a few gel pens and a water brush to colour the image in so I got a nice sparkly pearly finish for this one. I used a tile to mix any colours with a little water too.<br />
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Here is the image coloured and I used a grey promarker to go around the edges to make it stand forward.<br />
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I gave it another mat of blue card with foam in between for the backing and also added a mat to the back of the Apple blossom and raised this onto foam and added to the centre of the card.<br />
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I went around the sentiment with grey as I said to pull the image forward and you can just see the white gel pen in laces on the writing as a little highlight, I also used the white to highlight throughout the flower bunch and foliage also.<br />
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Next I tied a three layer seem binding bow and added some pearls strings to it and topped the knot off with a small pearl embellishment. I chose not to add any pearls around the edges or anything else other some stickles to the sparkly flowers just to give them a nice twinkle, so I used a baby blue colour and kept it only to the flower heads, although you cannot really see that on camera I am afraid but it is there all sparkly in person.</div>
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I did try to snap it but as I said it is very difficult to see on cam.</div>
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I went in with darker blue and green and added a few shadows to the bottoms and underneath Flowers which you can see in this photo for shadow and a 3D effect.<br />
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-30365166363978653852015-10-28T08:08:00.000+00:002015-10-28T08:08:04.134+00:00Visible Image WednesdayHi Everyone<br />
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Nice to see you all. Huge thank you 's to all that entered our Big Pink event for Breast Cancer awareness and a welcome to any new visitors as well as huge hugs to all my lovely ladies that are always here.<br />
Sorry you all didn't see me last week but I am u an running for this week with some lovely cards etc.<br />
As of next week my Visible Image day will be moving to Tuesdays so it will be Visible Image Wednesday no more and Visible Image Tuesdays instead haha.<br />
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Hers is today's card , You know how I like to add some masculine themes in from time to time as I genuinely enjoy doing them so today's card is just that using some wonderful stamps as always from Mark and Helen.<br />
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Do you like my little scroll haha..</div>
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So with out further chatter here is how I put this one together. </div>
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I started by stamping The Reason to smile stamp out twice on off white card with Black archival ink. Leaving a gap on the other side of the card.<br />
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I ripped toward me on the right hand side only and created an exposed edge to the paper.<br />
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I inked the edges of the whole piece first with Tea dye and then with Vintage Photo, I then used the same Vintage Photo and stamped the script from the Revolution set over the entire background.<br />
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I gave the edge another layer of ink on the raw edge only and used a piece of ribbon like a measure down the centre Vertically.<br />
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I added All this to black card and matted that onto off white card before setting this part aside to work on the little scroll.</div>
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So I took a length of the same off white card and stamped The reason to smile with Vintage Photo onto it once. I used scissors to ruff the edges and create some ripped raw pieces and inked them all wit the same combo of inks as before. I rolled the top of the scroll back work and the bottom forward around a pokey tool and then I took two new little eyeshadow applicators and ripped off the end sponges , I added some Treasure gold to the ends and glued them inside the rolled up sections , I created a little mat with the same off white and black card<br />
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Here is an image of the writing as I went back and using a trusty white gel pen I added it to highlight and make the writing pop forward.<br />
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Next I stamped out the feather from the gorgeous Angels are near set using perfect medium and embossed it in gold shiny embossing powder , I fussy cut the feather out and added Ink around the edges, I also added some treasure gold and buffed to a bright shine too.<br />
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Using glossy accents I added some largish blobs of glue all around the edges and using that clear glass glitter added plenty for a huge sparkle.<br />
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Back to the base section I wrapped lots of hemp string around the card vertically and secured at the back with tape and then gave the card another mat and layer of black and off white to complete the base.</div>
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I tied a bow with the same ribbon and added that to the bottom right over the string and covered the knot with a sparkler which looks like concrete. I finished off with old watch parts I had laying around and a key also. <br />
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So Here was this Wednesday's masculine inspired card, I love these rich Vintage browns and especially teamed with the blues in the range of distress too such as Salty ocean but for today I kept it tonal and in the brown family and gave it rawness with the rips and gorgeousness with glitter too, see even men can have glitter haha<br />
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-12582539757240644692015-10-16T08:00:00.000+01:002015-10-17T01:00:51.559+01:00Visible Image BIG PINK BLOG HOP...<b>Hi my lovelies..</b><br />
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<b>Visible Image is raising funds for Breast Cancer Care throughout October with our BIG PINK EVENT!</b><br />
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is our BIG PINK BLOG HOP so we hope you will join in and help us raise
as much money as possible for this wonderful charity. </b><br />
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<b>You'll also be in with the chance of winning an AMAZING bundle of stamps! </b><br />
<b>**Look out for and collect the pink letter at each stage of the blog hop!**</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u><b>More about our BIG PINK fundraiser...</b></u></span><br />
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<b>Breast
Cancer Care's BIG PINK event will help more people find a way to live
with, through, and beyond breast cancer. It really is a wonderful
charity which is close to our hearts.</b><u><b><br /></b></u><br />
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<b>Visible
Image is donating 50% of all sales of their <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/stay-strong/">'Stay Strong'</a> stamp during
the whole of October. These beautiful words are perfect for anyone
facing difficult times.</b><br />
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you will find all the details of our fundraising activities! So please
come and join in, and invite your crafty friends too... There are some
fantastic prizes to be won this month!</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/2015/10/big-pink-blog-hop-visible-image/">Visible Image Blog</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://kimzkrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/visible-image-blog-hop.html">Kim Bacon </a></b><br />
<a href="http://sooziekoo.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-big-pink-blog-hop-at-visible-image.html"><b>Sue Joseph </b></a><br />
<b><a href="http://lisainkywings.se/blogg/2015/10/16/pink-blog-hop-for-visible-image/">Lisa Nygards</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://inkykimcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/visible-image-big-pink-blog-hop.html">Kim Robertson</a> </b>- <span style="color: blue;"><b>YOU ARE HERE!</b></span><br />
<b><a href="http://www.thefatcactus.co.uk/?p=4433">Teresa Morgan</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://paulinescraftyhaven.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/visible-image-stamps-big-pink-blog-hop.html">Pauline Butcher</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://clayscrapkreativ.blogspot.de/2015/10/visible-image-pink-blog-hop.html">Susanne Rose</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://tangledbluerose.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/visible-imagepink-octoberbreast-cancer.html">Kim Johnny</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://cakescardsandcraftybits.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/visible-image-pink-blog-hop.html">Karen Liddle</a> </b><br />
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<b>END AT VISIBLE IMAGE BLOG </b>- <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/2015/10/big-pink-blog-hop-visible-image/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://visibleimage.co.uk/2015/10/big-pink-blog-hop-visible-image/</a><b> where you will find all the details of how to be in with a chance of winning our fantastic prize! :)</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>You should have arrived here from </b></span><b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://lisainkywings.se/blogg/">Lisa Nygards </a>blog post.</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">So we all have been busy creating our fabby cards and items for today's hop and here is mine...</span></span></b><br />
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Lots of texture and <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">R</span></b></span>aw touchy feely items on this one, I really enjoyed playing around and creating this, tomorrow I will have a full post on how I created this piece as extra so you can concentrate on the Hop for today so do come back tomorrow if you would like to see how to put this one together.<br />
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The Breast Cancer Symbol as always is so empowering for all of us but especially women. although guys are effected by this terrible disease too.</div>
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The wonderful sentiment that I just adore.</div>
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Today is Thursday and I have another card I put together using just the Bloom Beautiful pad the DT are using this month.<br />
I think these water coloured feathers are sooo pretty in this paper pad and as an added bonus on the inside of the front cover there is a sheet with lots of embossed roses , tags ,birds and feathers which you can cut out if you choose to. So I took some time and cut out a couple of tags and two feathers , I inked the edges of them using some Vintage photo distress ink and began putting this one together so without further ado lets get onto the tutorial. <br />
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I started by choosing the paper which is a little washed out in this main photo as the feathers are actually a beautiful muted pink and blue with a lilacy feel where they intermingle with each other.<br />
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I cut a large square from the paper and matted it onto plum/purple coloured cardstock.I laid a piece of crochet lace in off white/cream on a angle on the left side securing it with tape on the back then I added some silver/grey crinkle ribbon next to it an again secured on the back. I then added a mat of milk card and another in the same plum/purple to create a frame illusion to the eye and keeping it looking neat with no exposed edges of ribbon etc.<br />
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Next I cut a smaller piece of the paper and distressed the edges with the edge of scissors but you can do it with one of the paper distressing tools if you have one or sand paper or a file, anything rough will scuff the edges enough, then once the edges are exposed I used Vintage Photo ink again and just coloured the raw parts of the paper edge.<br />
I matted that onto a piece of that same Plum/purple card I used on the frame.<br />
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Using nice thick foam pads i adhered this last piece onto the frame on a jaunty angle for a little added interest and I kept to the same angle as the two ribbons I wrapped around the card earlier.<br />
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Here you can see a close view of the top of the card once I had fussy cut the two tags , the top small tag I took a sentiment from the Sunflower Bouquet stamps to die for that I will be using this month also and stamped it in salty Ocean ink to match in with the blue of the card backing. I have a paper punch that I used to cut out the little tag and wrapped some jute string through all three I glued the three tags together with a small bit of glue so they were adhered together in the correct position to add to the card in one go with that same thick foam. If you don't have the thick stuff , simply double up or you may prefer it not so thick if you have to post it etc.<br />
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As I said I also fussy cut out two feathers and inked the edges , I also took some baby blue Stickles glitter glue and took my time piping it from the nozzle in very small feathery striped from the centre out all the way u each feather one in pink and one in blue to match the paper , and incidentally you can see it much clearer here nestling in the background and the small purple parts where the two colours cross over , which is why I chose the backing card I used for mats as it brings out those sections to the eye on the paper.<br />
Once I added the stickles and while it was still very wet I tipped on Diamond sprinkles glitter from Cosmic Shimmer for Creative Expressions for extra sparkles. I really am appreciating the double glitter thing I have been rocking lately, it makes a huge difference to the amount of sparkle on the finished look.<br />
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I tied a double bow with the same crinkle ribbon that we wrapped the card in earlier and I did the typical chocolate box bow and fanned it out a little covering the knot with one of the new silver toned dazzlers but it really is blue to match the backing and I love it, it is like an air force blue and this photo as always does not do it justice.<br />
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Here is the other feather that I fussy cut out. inked and stickled/glittered , I decided against using a ink glitter glue to match the pink feather and stick to the same baby blue as on the other feather to keep<br />
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At this stage all that was left was to add some little pearls to the edges of the card in a three and one pattern just to keep the eyes interested even in the very corners.<br />
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So that is the finished card, I really wish I could show how beautiful and subtle the feathers are on the paper and that some how this card looks so washed out and I hope you can see how pretty it actually is.<br />
Just something a little different, for those of you that didn't see last weeks post the paper pad I used for this fabby backing was The Boom Beautiful 12x12 paper pad.<br />
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Hope your all well and enjoying the shift in season, I am looking out of my window and the sun is streaming through the rich golds and oranges of the firstly turning leaves and the sky is a beautiful bright blue, today is going to be a good day I think. I am picking my daughter Mandy up from the airport today and looking forward to seeing her after her week away. She no doubt will be a beautiful shade of golden brown which will make me wish I was away lazing around on hot days sipping something long and cool filled with ice , ahhhh day dreaming again haha...<br />
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This week sees the start of The Big Pink week all around the country in aid of course of the amazing Breast Cancer awareness campaigns all over the world. The <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/">Visible Image</a> team have been no exception and have been creating some gorgeous pink cards and projects all week with more to come , culminating in a fabulous blog hop on Friday with a masssssssive prize (Sneaky picture at the end of this post) to win from Mark and Helen at Visible Image and what a fun hop it will be too where you have to go collect the Pink letters.... all will be revealed on Friday of course but today here is my Vision of pink sparkliness ... ( hmm Kimglish again lol ).<br />
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You know how much I love the colours of the wind set and that beautiful big leaf so I decided to use a couple of different distress inks in of course pink tones and do a background covered in sparkle and the smile sparkle shine sentiment is stamped onto the glitter and brushed out using a damp paint brush.<br />
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I didn't do a step by step for this stage as I have done something similar very recently with this stamp set and how I ink and stamp tone on tone, I have also stamped out the little leaves in Versamark and embossed them in clear to start so they work as a resist in the usual way. The larger leaf was of curse stamped off the page and I used picked raspberry and Spun sugar distress inks along with a tiny amount of Vintage photo, I have also used some Raisin Adirondack ink too to add depth in the leaf detailing and as I knew I wanted to cover this in glitter some of the leaves would need to be quite dark to show through.<br />
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I covered the pink in a sticky sheet and made sure it was very smooth before tipping on some very sparkly clear glitter, I added a few mat and layers in white and plum card, I then went back in with the white glue and added another layer on certain parts of the leaves so I could added some glass glitter for texture on the card too. In this photo the white glue is still drying and eventually the whole thing turned clear with incredible sparkle but of course it never shows on camera, those of you who met me this year and did the make and take or have seen my items on the amazing Visible Image stands at the shows will know just how sparkly they are in person.<br />
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So next I inked up my Smile, Sparkle, Shine stamp with the same Raisin Adirondack which is still a water based ink so I knew if it skipped in places I could water brush it out.<br />
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Once it was I took a Red promarker in a nice rich deep tone and added just a few shadows to some of the letters to make them look bright and vivid in colour, and the alcohol covers the glitter but allows it to sparkle too which looks so pretty.<br />
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On the bottom right corner I decided to add the little breast cancer symbol in ribbon and on top I added a little pink leaf and a sparkly pink gem, I also added those gems to the corners of the card too.<br />
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So of course tomorrow I will be back with a little something made for Creative Expressions and Friday is the special <span style="color: magenta;">Blog Hop day</span> for Visible Image who are not only being tremendously generous with 50% of sales of some of the Stay Strong stamp going to this very important cause but have created this blog hop and all the instructions on how to enter will follow on Friday and whose blog to go to next etc but in the end just look at this amazing prize you could win.</div>
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Oh my goodness, there is Characters and a snowman,a car and mixed media, Backgrounds and Aliens and Sentiments and special verses too, something for absolutely every style of crafter wow wow wow... In fact there is over £100 pounds in stamps here which is wonderful so be sure and have a go as you never know... ooo I rhymed ....<br />
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Here is the Promo pic from the facebook pages for Visible Image if you do not go on to it.<br />
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wonderful charity through our Just Giving Page: <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/visibleimage" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>https://</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>www.justgiving.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>visibleimage</a></span></span></div>
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<br />Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-65518345536150077352015-10-08T07:00:00.000+01:002015-10-08T07:00:08.604+01:00Creative Expressions Thursday.Hi Folks<br />
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Today is Thursday 8 October can you believe how fast this year is speeding away from us.... I was chatting to my brother on the telephone yesterday and he is building a kitty shed in his garden for the local kitties he adopts and feels sorry for when they are out all weathers with winter coming , he currently has a kitty he adopted from a local factory cos he kept sneaking in and hiding under the warm machinery , see how soft we are lol ...of course today was a very wet one for most of us here in UK and we were no exception in Hertfordshire I took my daughter to the airport for her holidays last night so I have a week on my own and she gets a nice sun filled week in Majorca.<br />
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So for a nice bright card I used some of the wonderful paper we were sent this month and a sentiment that goes with another stamp which I will be featuring this month too from of course Creative Expressions.<br />
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I love the colours and the backing paper is simply stunning. It is by Craft Consortium from Creative Expression's and the 12x12 and is called Bloom beautiful and it is stunning no other word comes to mind.Here is the pad.</div>
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I started with the blue colourway of this stunning thick paper which comes in a more purple tone too in the pack also. I cut a piece about 5x6 inches and matted it on to some cream card. I then added foam to the back and another layer of cream slightly more than half inch larger, to give it that double mat look.<br />
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I stamped my sentiment and inked the edges with the new blendable inks from Cosmic shimmer called colour cloud blending inks for Creative Expression's using the blendy tool which looks and feels just like the beauty blender for make up haha.<br />
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I used some cream card and Sue's fab dies , from the finishing touches die sets this one is called Camellia complete petals. I cut several sizes and several leaves too.<br />
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I inked the edges with the blendable inks and then used a foam mat and a large ball tool to sculpt the petals into the shape I wanted the flowers to be in. I also cut out some leaves in cream and added some glass glitter which you all know I love.<br />
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I added a cream marabou feather to the left hand side of the card and on the spine I added some glue and mounted some tiny blue stones and some pearls <br />
I made one large flower and two smaller ones which I tucked into the side of the larger one on top of all the leaves. I made some really simple ones for this first card and as I do a lot of inky goodies that are quite intricate I kept this one simple before moving on to some flowers that take longer coming over the next couple of Creative Expression's Thursdays.<br />
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I think this paper would also look amazing to cover a special trinket box for someone to keep too ... hmmm I feel a mixed media box coming on. What do you think?<br />
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I do hope you liked this one as it is far more clean and simple than I usually do but I like to keep the styles mixed and vary it from time to time too to suit other peoples tastes etc.<br />
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<br />Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-54311687362125538502015-10-07T07:00:00.000+01:002015-10-07T07:00:10.397+01:00Visible Image Wednesday.Hi Crafty folks.<br />
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Today is Wednesday so of course this means I have a card made using <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/">Visible Image</a> goodies , I have been busy with the Autumny/fall feel time of the seasons therefore I used colours appropriate to this time of year before getting all pink for raising awareness and funds for Breast Cancer research which is so important to all of us in many different ways. So today I used the wonderful <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/winter-tree/">Winter tree</a> which I had been coveting for so very long and finally Helen treated me to it after the Aly Paly show which was amazing along with some other wonderful goodies including this fabulous sentiment entitled simply <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/what-really-matters/">" What really matters ". </a><br />
and <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/colours-of-the-wind/">Colours of the wind.</a> <br />
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So Here is today's card.<br />
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I was really pleased with how this one came out as I simply love these colours so warm and vibrant.<br />
If you would like to learn how I put this one together then please keep watching and read on.<br />
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I started by inking my Winter tree stamp with Versafine archival ink in Sepia and used just the branches to adding some low hanging broken branches across the top and upper sides of the card. I also stamped the whole tree to the bottom left in the same ink.<br />
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I used a light grey promarker to give a slight shadow to the tree and make it look like it is more 3D from the page.<br />
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Starting to use more of that same Scattered straw distress I rubbed a little around the edges of the age allowing a couple of spots where the ink streaks further onto the page.<br />
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I used a range of warm tones to further enhance the edges and drag some colour into the picture too, I used next wild honey and then rusty hinge and Vintage photo still using just the same piece of cut and dry foam as we did at the show, those of you who took my little make and takes will know or if your an inker like me. <br />
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I also added some gold sakura stardust and metallic pens to highlight the tree, you can also paint with them if you used a wet brush so I added a light wash of warm goldy mica sparkle in paces too, which is very hard to pick u on camera of course.<br />
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I further enhanced the tree , the non shadow side with the metallic pen which you can see the light bouncing off here.<br />
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I also added some white gel pen on the very highlighted arts of the tree and a highlight to the sentiment and of course the edges of the branches too.<br />
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I added a light spritz of water in places to spread out the ink a little with a brush and give it that water painted feel and while it was still damp I brushed on some Blush Perfect pearls mica powder, these have their own binding agents so no need to set but if you new the card would be handled a lot once you had finished you could spray a fine mist of hairspray into the air and waft the card through it but don't spray it directly onto the card as it will leave either a wet patch or stain and the paper will have a transparent look to it spoiling all your hard work.<br />
You can see in the picture above the mica shimmering on the card in random places and it took on the colours of the ink but also had a pinky coral tone to it too which really looked good with these ink tones.<br />
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So from here I wanted to add some mat and layers and I used cream gold and a redy Burgundy pearl for the outer edge to bring out the tones in the perfect pearl.<br />
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And here, you can start to see the ink layers and the mica but also the shadow and the highlight on the tree.<br />
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Lastly I used the small little tree stamps from the Colours of the wind leave set which I love and used them to create the little mixed leave montage along the bottom of this card, I used Iced spruce, Vintage photo , fired brick and Rusty hinge and once they were all dry I went back in with some metallic pen washed over with a little water brush and some white highlights in places and grey shadow too. As before.<br />
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Here is a close up of the ink layers and how the leaves stand forward proud like they do because of the shadows and highlights etc.<br />
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The finished card again and the mats etc. I truly hope you like this card as much as I do.<br />
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So here are the stamp sets used.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed this one and maybe try it for yourself or something like it as this could easily be a picture for the wall , or other art , it doesn't have to be a card , it could be a tag or a wall plaque too.<br />
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let me know what you think or if there is something you would particularly like to see me break down for you in the comments below and I look forward to seeing you with something different tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-39700092516813566392015-09-30T07:00:00.000+01:002015-09-30T07:03:41.438+01:00Visible Image Wednesday.Hi Friends.<br />
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Today I have the card I demoed in the tent at Aly Paly last week or so. This was the one I showed on the Sunday and I had the very kind hearted Stephen helping me grab a few bits and bobs which was a huge help. Thank you Stephen.<br />
It was very different demoing with a camera focused just in one place and mirror image too so when you move one way it goes the other lol but I soon settled and even managed to give away this card to the person who answered my little question at the end of the session so I hope they are enjoying it now. I managed to resist wearing the Britney microphone though , I had to for fear of bursting into song with ,oops I did it again or something.... ( a well known Britney Spears song with the youngsters apparently back in the day, hehe).<br />
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Anyway I of course used the Fabulous <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/">Visible Image</a> goodies and focused on the Be strong sentiment and the Revolution set which I will add at the end as always for reference.<br />
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So here is Sunday's card. "Being Strong".</div>
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This is before I added lots more glass glitter in the waves and the Black little flat back sparkles in the corners to finish off.</div>
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So to recap on how you start, it is the same as the tags we made at Aly Paly to tie in all together with the theme of getting inky and stamping into Utee etc. </div>
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Stamp the script from the Revolution Set randomly how you would like it on the background, I had mine in the two opposite corners as shown here.</div>
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Next I inked the background with the colours of my choice , opposite on the colour wheel and infinitely blendable too, I added two layers as always , go back to the post on the tags for more step by steps on how to blend inks and why two layers etc. I then added tone on tone inking and some flicked water as before and blotting the ink away to leave rings and shapes to fit in with splashing water.<br />
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Here is the small piece of UTEE with the small Fleur de Lis pressed into it when molten to leave this wonderful indentation which I added some black archival ink to the centre and rubbed over with some Treasure gold wax to pick u the high points.<br />
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I stamped my sentiment onto card and inked the edges and mounted it onto black card. I also added grey and blue around the lettering to make the writing really stand away from the card, like a shadow.<br />
I added them each item to the card with foam to make the card a little more dimensional.<br />
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Lastly I went back in with my trick with the glitters in the wavy corners to really make some wet looking sparkles appear out of the waves with the White horses of the sea.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed today's little post , It isn't a huge in depth one as I am currently suffering from a near terminal case of Man Flu , I went back to work after having a wonderful two weeks annual leave to re for Aly Paly and catch a little Staycation time and after two days haha I have germs lol you have to laugh though and keep on sniffing.<br />
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I wanted to also remind everyone of next month being October and for Breast Cancer awareness there are events throughout the month here is the fab promo picture that Helen and Mark have created to explain what they and the team will be taking part in next month using the amazing Be Strong stamp that I featured above but any others too. Under the promo pic I have included Helen's words about it for you to have a look. Rarely are we not touched in our lives by someone that has some form of this awful disease nowadays but by keeping raising funds for the research at the fore of our minds hopefully one day we will have a cure ( I try to hope that anyway ) . </div>
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October too!<br /> <br /> Breast Cancer Care's <span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white;">BIG PINK</span></span> event will help more people find a way to live with, through, and beyond breast cancer.<br /> <br /> Donations can be made via our Just Giving page...<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/visibleimage" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.justgiving.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>visibleimage</a><br /> <br /> More details coming soon!</span></span></span></div>
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Today I intended to show you the other cards I demoed in the tent over the weekend but it seems the photos are corrupt so I need to get them re-done so for those of you who have not seen all the photos from the show or do not have facebook I thought I'd do a <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/blog/">Visible Image</a> homage with piccies from the weekend.<br />
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Here is the stand, we were at number 36 and had one gorgeous bright ,sparkly colourful stand, people were gasping coming up to the DT work on display which made us all so very proud. I am also in awe of the work that goes in putting the stand up and taking it down at each and every show and Mark and Helen are like a well oiled team , they go into the zone and all of a sudden the stand is there or next it is gone and packed away. Team work at its best guys for sure.<br />
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So here we are in full swing at the table enjoying the make and take, I had a gentleman here who had never crafted let alone use ink or UTEE and he was so so chuffed at the end when he had his tag and it was Masculine and inky and he had achieved it with just a little guidance. Well done Sir...! .<br />
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Having a good old chat and giggle here with two lovely ladies , they had already done the m&t and were chatting and asking lots of questions as the others were finishing. I had a great time with these two and hope to see them again as I did feel I didn't get to give them as much time as I would have liked.</div>
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So next I have Pauline, Erika and Debbie who all achieved so much with little time left. wow , beautiful ladies with beautiful tags. I was soooo proud , I wish Id got a picture with you all though. Here is there fabulous tags.<br />
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I will finish this post with a lovely picture of Helen and myself , If I find any others I will of course add them at a later date , thank you again to all who came and took part in the make and takes and to those who tried to book in but missed out (spaces went so fast ). A huge thank you to Mark and Helen not only for asking me but for helping through out the two days and for building a Kimmy wall so people could see lots of my work together, that was a lovely surprise as I didn't know they were doing that and so many people asked me to show them how I achieved it all so that was so very special.</div>
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If you are down in the Exeter area or near there and you have any time over the next few days or couldn't make it to Aly Paly then why not pop along and see Mark and Helen on The Visible Image C05 stand for yourselves and see not only our fab artwork from all the team but the stamps we are all so inspired by. </div>
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<span class="big color-default-lt">OPENING TIMES THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SUNDAY 9.30AM - 5PM, SATURDAY 9.30AM - 5.30PM</span></span><br />
Last time I counted there was 174 exhibitors at least... wow I wish I was there as I didn't get to nip round at Alexandra Palace, I needed sooo many bits and pieces and had not a minute in the end to collect it all, ah well lol least i met lots of smiley happy people too and I loved that.<br />
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Ok folks give Helen and Mark lots of hugs if you get to Westpoint and if not I will see you very soon for more crafty moments here on the blog.<br />
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Don't forget I am also on facebook, Twitter and Pinterest if you would like to get in touch. I will leave all the links below to update new folks and remind older members what my addys are. I also have email if you would like to get in touch with questions , chat or business enquiries too.<br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black;">I hope to see you all very soon with more show pictures and some new goodies too. Happy Wednesday </span></span><br />
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-60145821128002158342015-09-21T18:25:00.000+01:002015-09-21T18:27:19.559+01:00Alexandra Palace and Make N takes.Hello my lovelies<br />
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Welcome back to my blog this post will be on the tags that I created and made several of at the make and take sessions during Aly aly weekend with <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/">Visible Image</a>. I had a Christmas one and a UTEE one throughout both the days.<br />
We had a great time both the days and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and went away with a tag they had created them self with several techniques , many of the ladies and gents had never even touched a stamp or inks before and were very happily surprised at how special their tags looked and totally individual at the end of the session.<br />
We were completely fully booked by around 10.30-11 for the Saturday sessions and just had a few places left on Sunday but we did tweak the little 6 seat table into 7 and 8 sometimes to accommodate where we could through both days but still had several people asking throughout the day for spaces so that tells me you were all very interested in the gorgeous stamps and techniques we had used on these tags.<br />
Thank you to those of you that came or wanted to join in and for all the lovely kind words you were all saying to me , I do take those words to heart and appreciate every one taking the time to want to speak with me and Mark and Helen, the dynamic duo haha.... I call them this because Visible Image is Mark and Helen, no huge team , no one helping, just Mark and Helen, they create , make , pack , print and label every single stamp by hand , every single deeply etched amazing stamp done by their own fair hands. Going to the show and seeing the work involved building the stand loading the stand arranging the stand and all the goodies , again all them. I am in awe... my hat is firmly off to them, yet the stamps are so amazingly priced and you can do sooo much with them. I thought I would mention all this for those of you who didn't know <br />
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Anyway going on to the step by steps so you can again follow along to the make and take sessions at home in your leisure rather when we are under time constraints.<br />
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It was to show the layering of the background and how you can create them but also stamping in to Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE).</div>
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So to start I took the script stamp that was from the Revolution set of stamps which is still one of my favourite sets.I used it with black archival ink which is oil based so we will need to waft a little heat over it to set it so we don't smudge it. I was stamping off the page onto paper.<br />
Then rub over with an anti static pad this helps it to dry even further and stops the embossing powder sticking to the archival ink just done. Clean your stamp from using the archival with a wipe and using embossing ink , versamark or perfect medium etc stamp the same script or whatever you would like on the opposite side of the tag or where you would like it, we are avoiding the centre as we will be adding the utee to the centre. Add your embossing powder , I used clear as the tag here is white but you can use white if your tag is buff coloured etc. Heat set.<br />
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Next I chose a couple of colours of ink and I colour it corner corner side so what I mean by that is two corners and the opposite side will be one colour and the corners and the opposite side will be the other colour.<br />
Once you have the first layer of ink on the tag (don't expect to much at this stage) go back and add a second layer of the same colour to deeply saturate the paper so it should look like the above at this stage.<br />
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Next I took my Autumn leaf from the colours of the wind set with Rusty Hinge DI and added that on the bottom right corner tone on tone, sticking to that theme I added a few more little leaves in the orange with orange and in the blue with the Blue.<br />
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To pull the eye more into the centre I added a darker in around the edges at this stage. I didn't do this bit at the show just purely as we were in a real tight time crunch as the utee part is the longest section of the make and take. Lastly here I sprayed some water into my hand and flicked it onto the tag, I Left it until the ink starts to dissolve (it looks like a ring starts to appear around the edge) once it does that blot off the water with a paper towel, blot don't rub. I used the dark ink also to stamp a swirl across the hole in the tag and a coupe of other places as another little layer on the backing.</div>
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You can waft a heat gun over it to dry it but I just put it to one side now to dry while I do the utee section.</div>
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To keep this a little shorter I will explain how to in easy steps.</div>
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<li>Take a small piece of card and add some Versamark/perfect medium straight to the card you can also use tombow glue if you prefer lots of bubbles. (make sure you have enough for your sentiment to fit it)</li>
<li>Tip on UTEE , pour off excess onto paper and tip it back into the pot now before you switch on your heat gun. (pour off don't tap, we want to build thick layers.</li>
<li>Heat this from BELOW. once it starts to melt you can heat above but if you do it at this stage you will blow it all over the table , house , furniture , cat , dog you get the drift haha...</li>
<li>next if you take a long time putting the gun down and slurping ya tea etc and the utee cools right down you can add more versamark (don't do it while its molten folks or bye bye versamark) and the next layer of UTEE, If you are quick and you have heated the UTEE and it is still boiling hot tip on more UTEE as it will stick to itself. Melt again.</li>
<li> Repeat the last stage a third time. ( three layers of utee) </li>
<li>Have your stamp ready next to you and as soon as your 3rd layer of UTEE is molten and still wet add your stamp into it , push hard but don't skid it, so straight down onto the utee. once it is set into the utee take your hands off and sit back for a second. leave it alone to cool slightly. Don't go make the tea or walk the cat we don't want it cold we just need it to cool off a bit, A. you don't want to burn yourself and B. you need it to keep its shape when we remove the stamp.</li>
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OK add foam to the back and add it to your tag. choose some nice ribbon for the top and add some bling or a button to cover the knot if you choose or leave it rustic. I also Matted and layered my tag twice using card from my stash to make it nice and thick to last the rigours of the show.</div>
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The sets I used on this one were Revolution and Colours of the wind and the sentiment was Stay Strong which I love. I will show all the sets at the end of the post.</div>
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So those of you who were at the show saw the sparkle on this tag. it is not showing up on the camera as well but people were commenting on this sparkle all day both days. If I was in the glitter trade i could have sold a fortune lol but it wasn't about that it was showing how these stamps off and how they stand up to all I put them through hehe.<br />
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I used a slight off white card so for this stage I embossed some snowflakes in clear, If your card is buff coloured like Manila tags then you can emboss in white if you prefer or keep it buff its entirely your choice.<br />
So ink your snowflake with Versamark/Perfect medium and stamp off the edge of the tag tip on your choice of embossing powder and heat set.<br />
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Choose two colours of ink , I used here seedless preserves and peeled paint but it kinda looks like dusty Concorde in this light for pictures. you can use any colours you like together and at the show it was fantastic the colour schemes and different tags people were creating, I was soooo proud for everyone as they achieved what they thought they couldn't do. yeahhhh!!<br />
So again, I colour corner corner side, I like how it comes out and it always works , I use the analogy of how flowers grow , they always seem to be off numbers and look better if you plant them the same in 3's or 5's etc, first layer of ink we are trying to get wet into dry so it will never look really cool with just one layer of ink but this is what it looks like with one (above) it will be patchy and may have some lines etc, do not worry about it just move on.<br />
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Next we add a second layer of the same inks, it will start to look much more saturated and more like the real colours and much more blended. Once this is done we will use the same snowflake tone on tone so green on green purple on purple or whatever colours you choose. I added just a few on edges here and there like branches almost as I knew I needed room on the left for my tree and sentiment.<br />
I also spritzed some water in my fingers and flicked it at the tag waiting til it started to dissolve the ink as it is water based (its gets a ring around the edge as it starts to lift) take a piece of kitchen towel or a cloth and dab the water off, dab not rub. you will be left with patches of missing ink which gives us more texture to the background, If you were doing a water scene you could used these dots and turn them very simply into bubbles as I have done many times before on the blog but I will do again this week to show what I mean.<br />
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So this tag I made at home was very much bigger than the ones we used at the show again with time constraints of a make and take we had to downsize a little but here I took my tree as I showed on the blog last week used two or three greens ( used the colours you want on your tag) and I stamp out three slightly overlapping then I go on the next layer and overlap and layer them til I have a larger tree. which looks like above.</div>
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You can see lots of little white dots on my tree in a zig zag pattern like a pearl string, that is achieved with a white pen making dots so this was next.<br />
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Now if you look at the tree I went back and added gold baubles which are just using a gold gel pen and drawing three circles slightly smaller in size randomly all over the tree, I know we are covering this in glitter so you think it will not show but it all adds to how it looks at the end, without this step the tree can look flat.<br />
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I also added some white around the edge some of the snowflakes in the purple to pull it forward.<br />
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Next just above my tree I stamped in Versamark/Perfect Medium and embossed in gold the sentiment that goes with the little tree set, it says have yourself a merry little Christmas.</div>
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I took a quickie glue pen and dotted it al over the tree randomly , then tipped on some iridescent glitter. once this was done I took some glue , any that is thicker than the quickie glue that dries clear and laid down much bigger blobs of glue randomly all over the tree and tied on Glass glitter. Now glass gitter is the most sparkly shiny glitter ever but you do have to be careful as it will cut you after all it is glass shards. but treat it with respect and you can do some amazing things with it. so tip on your glass glitter and tip off the excess, admire the sparkle as it will be reflecting all the iridescent glitter underneath and all the work you have put in to building up to this bit.</div>
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I was testing out which bow I wanted at the top of the tag here but I ended up matting and layering this one to make it nice and sturdy for the show and then going back in with the ribbon at the top and the bow and then I found a nice button which I added too. </div>
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Which you can now see all finished on this tag. You cant see half the sparkle this tag has here as the folks who saw it in person with be able to tell you haha.<br />
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So that was the two finished make and tacks from the Alexandra Palace craft show this weekend September 2015. I also did two demos which I will show you this week.<br />
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You can either use these stamps which are all linked as usual direct to the stamp on the Visible Image website or peruse through the stamps until you find something you would like to use on your tags , it isn't about using the same it is making tags individual to you and who you would like to give it too, the Christmas one can be added to a tree for example and themed to match.<br />
I hope you enjoyed the process of making these tags and would like to give it a go, I was astounded at the quality and clever pieces made at the show as we were limited on time of course being make and takes not workshops but everyone managed to do brilliantly well. I really enjoyed meeting you all and all the hugs I will treasure meeting you and your kind words.<br />
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With that said I was a little surprised to see a couple of people had a few moans about not having enough time to follow along and needing more tables out, not wanting to share equipment etc but again that was only a very couple of people and I just wanted to pick up on the point I made up the top Mark and Helen do all this themselves there is no big company footing the bills they have to do everything and pay for everything and unlike most of the companies at the show we were not charging for the make and takes this time, they were free, all the equipment was either Helen and Marks or my own which I was passing around the group too, it is sad to see at our age some people still find it it hard to share but most people had a fabulous time and I could tell by their huge smiles at the end were pleased they could achieve so much.<br />
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Again a huge thank you to all who wanted to book and I apologise to those who could not book on but I will be doing a lot more so keep your eyes out and do ask your local stores to ask for demo days if you would like us to do that.<br />
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Visible Image has some amazing plans coming up and over the next year you will hear an awful lot about them and see lots of goodies. They have already got to the stage where they have their own office and are no longer making the stamps from home which is an amazing achievement and soon they will be moving forward with the next phases , I am sooo proud to call them my friends and to have been with them for so long.<br />
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Great things to come folks..... <br />
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Thank you to all who attended, a huge thank you to Mark and Helen for asking me to come along and looking after me with all the refreshments during the shows too.<br />
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<br />Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-20935454302745416552015-09-16T12:35:00.000+01:002015-09-16T12:35:28.875+01:00Visible Image WednesdayHi Folks<br />
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Welcome back to my blog and today I have something that I have been working on for the shows at Alexandra Palace over the weekend coming.<br />
As most of you know by now I will be at the Craft show doing make and takes on the <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/">Visible Image</a> stand which I am looking forward to sooo much I am also doing a couple of the demos in the tent over the weekend too which will be great fun.<br />
Mark and Helen are as we speak beavering away making and packing all the stamps by hand, they amaze me how they get everything done, it is just the two of them working all hours designing writing creating making and marketing all the fabulous stamps they sell and my hat is not only off it is on the floor and stamped on to them lol (slightly dramatic but hey why not I am impressed lol) and they are kind lovely friends too.... wow. <br />
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Anyway I thought you would like to see some of the tags I put together for the make and takes so this is what I will be helping people to acheive.<br />
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This first one is an Autumn feel tag , I will be showing how to get the background ready and all that layering<br />
with embossing powder and inks and then that amazing centre featuring the Stay Strong stamp pressed into Utee. On the blog over the weekend will be full tutorials on how to make these so that the people who come to the make and takes have it written down to have a go at home and for those who can't make it to the show so can follow along anyway so look out for that this weekend.<br />
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I just love the inks and the depth with how your eye starts at the central piece but then travells to the backing where you immediately see the leaf but then start to pick up on a the other items with in the backing.<br />
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Here you see it from the side angle with the script stamp from the Revolution set used and embossed in clear over white card then at the end of all the inking some treasure god added over the writing in places just around the edges, I love to do this as the raised embossing really grabs the shine in the wax. Once its dried you can take a coth and buff it til it realy shnes as of course originally it was used as a furniture polish to add shine and colour to wood.<br />
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Here is a close up of the tag with a tiny button in the centre and some thin ribbon through the centre. You also can see how the ink colours blend and how I have added all the layers to buid the depth you see from afar.<br />
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My thoughts on these these two sets, first when revolution came out my jaw hit the floor as they say , I immediately saw crashing waves with white horses (as they call crashing waves lol) and that script is just beyond perfect for mixed media and scrapbooking Also those of you who ike to journal wow , use a white gel pen to write your message over a colourful background rather than black pen on a light colour. It creates a stunning effect. </div>
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Then there is the coours of the wind set, well does this not scream Autumn and tucked within the leaf is a tree amazing , i dont know another brand with such forward thinking ideas. I love this leaf and the small leaves around can be used separately so you can have falling leaves exactly where you want them</div>
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Here are a coule of cards I originaly created with these two sets , Do you remember them?</div>
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With it being half way through September already people have been wanting quick ish Christmas cards, well why not send a tag for people to hang on the tree or their Christmas card line instead and be a iece of art as well as your seasonal wishes. </div>
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Most of you saw my little tree I created from the Visible Image set a couple of weeks ago which is a fun way to create a larger tree so we will have a go at this one too.</div>
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I am not a huge Christmasy person now the kids are all grown but I just love the dellicate Snowflake here in the White Christmas set and as soon as I saw the Merry Little Christmas set I saw the larger tree made with shades of green, or whatever colour you choose , your imagination is the only thing that can choose how your tag comes out but with these amazing stamps the possibilities are endless as a famous man once said lol ( Eddy Izzard at the end of a recycling advert on telly) lol . Trivia tooo ... haha </div>
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Well I hope I haven't overloaded you all with too many pictures but I truly hope I see as many of you as can possibly make it over the weekend and I would love to see you on the make and take table enjoying some time together whilst playing with yummmy stamps... what can be better.... </div>
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I have a pretty little number today in all pastel tones and summer meadow feel to it. I used our Phil's Dragonfly meadow collection of stamps and his lovely paper collection called butterfly and dragonfly meadows.<br />
I chose a couple of colours which I felt would go together well from the pad and tore out a couple of 8x8inch sheets. I took the first buttery yelow colour and stamped on the largest stamp in the collection which took up the entire bottom of the card gorgeousness. hey<br />
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I have not added a tutorial for this one but please let me know if it is something you want for today's post and I will add one in for later on today.<br />
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I have kept this one simple as far as finishing elements so no pearls or extras other than the pretty flowers I added to two of the corners.</div>
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Here is today's card using lots of the items created by our Phil.<br />
This really reminds me of spring days and birds singing early morning , gosh aren't I turning in to an old romantic haha<br />
I love the colourway of this one and the beautiful delicate paper from the ad created by Phil also called Butterflies and dragonflies.<br />
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So here is how I created this one .</div>
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I chose the paper and the colourway I liked from the pad which is 8x8 and I cut this piece down to the size you see here and wrapped a little piece of pale yellow seam binding around the middle</div>
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I then distressed the edges of the paper slightly and inked them in Faded jeans ink to get rid of that white edge syndrome we all don't like lol.<br />
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Next I decided to add a mat for this pretty paper to sit on and decided to roll open one of the edges to view something, which at this stage I had not decided between all the gorgeous butterfly choices in this pack.<br />
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I chose one of the yellowy peach papers ans stamped this gorgeous butterfly with Rusty hinge distress ink in the top left , I also at this stage chose one of the leaf designs and a flower to stamp along the bottom of the paper, I coloured then slightly with stormy sky distress pen a white gel pen and a gold gel pen. To emphasise the gorgeous patterns, some exhisting already on the paper and some I added, If you look on the original paper above you will see what I added with my over stamping.<br />
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Here is a closer look.</div>
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I created a mat and layer in the same eachy paper and stamped Have a magical day in that same Rusty hinge ink in the bottom right corner.<br />
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I took a piece of the blue paper and inked the edges, I wrapped some matching seam binging around it and attached to the mat before stamping the sentiment above.<br />
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A close up on the second sentiment and the seam binding bow above that too</div>
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I hope you like today's different card , this one is all mellow yellow and the other one is more mad max don't you think lol</div>
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Anyway love to you all</div>
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-83371398970833622342015-09-02T07:00:00.000+01:002015-09-02T07:00:08.508+01:00Visible Image WednesdayHi my lovlies,<br />
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Hope all is well this week , today I gave myself a little challenge , I decided to limit myself to one stamp set from the gorgeous new Christmas range from Visible Image so I chose <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/merry-little-christmas/">The Merry Little Christmas se</a>t, Then I decided to keep to one colourway just a few tones of it. I really enjoy doing things like that and sometimes it can give you more inspiration by limiting how much you can choose.<br />
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So here is today's card.<br />
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Definitely something a little different and almost whimsical don't you think.<br />
So My usual tutorial begins here and I hope you will have a go , it is as complicated or easy as you want it to be, you certainly can leave out any of the fiddly steps and simplify it if you would like a quicker card to do.<br />
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So using the little Christmas tree swirl I stamped it three times on white paper with the Adirondack ink Meadow.<br />
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Using the same stamp and Lettuce ink pad stamp the swirl again , slightly offset the three trees as I have here in the picture.<br />
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Next using a darker green Archival Ink pad stamp the swirl again but this time in the centre to give the rounded shape of a Xmas tree.<br />
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Once you have got the basic shape using the swirl and different green inks you can take a gel en in white and doodle a pattern onto the tree, I went for a sort of ear garland wrapped around the tree branches.<br />
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Next Using a gold gel pen I added some droplets to the branches , just a few gold dots in varying sizes made these.<br />
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Using a cold grey 2 promarker I went around the decor with the pen creating a shadow in the tree.<br />
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I also added a litte cross hatch sketching to a few of the corners to give it that artsy feel. Using a quickie glue pen and some glitter I added this to all the shadows.<br />
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Of course you all know you cannot get the full sparkle on camera whatever you do but here is a litte peep at the gleam lol.<br />
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Cut to size and ink the edges ready to go as your topper for the rest of the card once complete.<br />
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I took a larger piece of card and using the swirl stamp again added the three colours and over lapped some of the colours etc. I used the inks and blended the edges so it isn't so stark white at the edges.<br />
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I added the extras exactly as I did on the tree section we made together so here you can see some of the cross hatch sections and some of the white highlights and the gold little dots in a little garland pattern.You can also see that I added that same grey alcohol marker in sections.<br />
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I added the whole piece onto a mat of very dark aubergine card, I really do love this card and it goes fab with the greens in the inks.<br />
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Ok, so next I stamped the sentiment from the set in Black momento ink so we can go very close with the alcohol marker to give the letters a shadow, we also need to add a little highlight on the letters too and then of course mat the whole piece on that same dark card.<br />
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So I hope you enjoyed today's card and you will have a go at limiting yourself and just see what you can come up with, sometimes if your creativometer is running a little low this gives a boost and kick starts the old brain juices into action again.</div>
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So to some exciting news... I will be at Aly Paly this month On the 19th and 20th on the hugely popular Visible Image stand doing make and takes for both days and I will also be in the tent doing some demo's on each day so I hope you will come down and say hello and join us on the table to see what quality these stamps made by Mark and Helen truly are. I cannot wait to meet you all if you can get down to the show and have a good old chit chat and a craft together, it will be AWESOMMME. Huge Thanks to Helen and Mark for asking me to join them for the weekend, what an honour.... Thanks guys. xx</div>
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-27357437481819069362015-08-27T07:30:00.000+01:002015-08-27T07:30:01.825+01:00Creative Expressions Thursday.Hi Everyone<br />
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Happy Creative Thursday , well i have another card made using the 12 days of Christmas pad which is the last one for this month so I hope you ike it.<br />
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I hope you are all having a lovely week and you all enjoyed the lovely weather we had last weekend and we are on the run up to a nice long weekend hey. How lovely hey... what will you all be doing? let me know down in the comments if you get the chance. Lots of things coming up over the next few weeks so I look forward to keeping you all informed.<br />
I heard some fabby news tonight before we get started on this weeks card and tutorial Visible Image have a 30% off sale on which started at midnight, They added up the dates for the wedding now they are back from honeymoon and it came to 30 so that is why you get 30% off and will carry on through til Sunday so If there is anything you would like to purchase head on over and get yourself a bargain on already fabulous priced stamps I know I am on my way over as soon as I finish typing...<br />
oooo and guess what else you can win tickets to Aly paly in September too if you go over to the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/visibleimage"> Visible Image page</a> too. They have 12 pairs to give away so if you fancy coming on down and seeing us on the Visible Image stand (hehe) then you have to be in it to win it as the saying goes.<br />
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So this weeks card has a Christmassy theme with some of the new Christmas stamps not long launched by Helen and Mark my good friends at Visible Image.<br />
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I love cards like this that have a hand made background using gorgeous stamps and then all the accessories match and make you think the words are perfect which of course they definitely are.<br />
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So I used Momento Grey Flannel Ink and the <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/white-christmas/">White Christmas</a> snow flake from the stamp set. I stamped the image randomly over the page and made sure lots were dropping off the edge and some just had parts of the very tips showing on the edge of the page too.<br />
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Next I used the same ink (which looks a little blue here but it is really a grey with a hint of blue in real life.) to ink the edges well especially the corners as it shows in the above pic.<br />
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I then took some scrap paper and again inked my stamp with the very same ink and this time i stamped first onto the copy paper and then onto any gaps on the card , second generation stamping helps to give depth to a backing piece such as this and really can look very pretty, alternate how you hold your stamp so you get different sections in different places to keep it interesting.<br />
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Once dry cover the card in double sided adhesive so you can then add glitter over the entire backing section.<br />
I used Vintage sparkle glitter for this one as I just loved the different colours in it, pinks and greens and white but all very very sparkly and pretty.<br />
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Just a close up here so you can see the shiny adhesive and underneath you can see the stamping and over stamping here.<br />
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I added the glitter onto the adhesive and burnished it for a few seconds to make sure all the adhesive was covered. I took an alcohol pen in Denim blue and just dabbed it in places all over the very edge of the snowflake and glitter. You can touch your alcohol marker onto the actual glitter and some of the alcohol colour will transfer and really give that nice bright edge.<br />
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I also wrapped some seam binding in several pieces across the centre of the card and then added a Soft gold colour mat.<br />
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I added another mat and layer to the backing and raised this one onto some Foam to give the card some height but not too much.<br />
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I wanted to make a home made accessory so I had these tiny weeny cones in a bag not used yet and decided they would be perfect if they were white so out came the White chalk paints and while it dries I added the same glitter to match the card too.<br />
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So it went from the above picture to this one below in just 2 mins or so.<br />
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This is a Little blurry and so you can actually see the colours in the glitter a little which i think is soooo pretty.<br />
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Taking a smaller piece of card I stamped the sentiment from the set in the same Grey Flannel ink from Momento, I took a Denim blue promarker and added some very gently to the letters just randomly , then using a very light cool grey I gave the letters a small shadow to raise it from the page slightly. I also stamped the very edge of the snowflake around the edge of the card and using a quickie glue pen and some of the same glitter I added it around the whole circumference. I gave it a soft gold mat and raised it up on foam before adding it on an angle to the card front. <br />
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As you can see here once you see the snowflake edge on the topper here it really blends to the background once the two are paired together. You could easily use this as branches etc too.<br />
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So next to the embellishment corner. To start I tied a triple white seam binding bow, I also twisted several stamens from my collection together and glued the stems together before snipping to a smaller length too.<br />
I took two Marabou feathers and glued them to the bottom of the card in an L shape. I added my bow on top and then glued the three little cones in the centre, I glued in some of the stamens in the centre and some behind poking out of the bow slightly. Lastly I glued some flat back pearls along the spine of each feather and into the corners on the card to finish.<br />
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Here is the finished image again in all its feathery floaty glory haha.</div>
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So the Stamp set I used was called <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/white-christmas/">White Christmas</a> and here is the image.</div>
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Its so pretty and you can use it in several ways , you can isolate the centre flower and use the outside pieces as branches as well as using it whole in its intended purpose. Endless possibilities as always with Visible Image.<br />
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I hope you have a brilliant Wednesday my lovlies and I will see you all tomorrow.</div>
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Another card made with our Johns Lovely 12 days of Christmas papers pad and Phil's Holly Background stamp from Creative Expressions.</div>
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This time I thought Id try some different papers but mix them up and keep it all to the red and white theme with the touches of grey here and there in some of the papers. I like how it turned out and of course where would we be without the chocy box bow.</div>
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So to get started you will need the paper pad or papers of your choice , I chose once of the striped ones with just a hint of red in it and some Red Geranium archival ink to stamp Phil Martin's Holly Background onto the patterned paper , I know it sounds a little busy but we will only see flashes of it on the card once it is decorated and it seems to work and its all about giving it a go isn't it folks?<br />
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Here is a close up so you can see the paper I used.</div>
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Next I chose the snowflake backing paper and gave it a darker red mat using the usual foundations red card stock.<br />
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I went back to the first paper now the ink was dry and gave it a mat of red card and wrapped a piece of white Crinkle edge ribbon around the bottom third of the card , I added some thick foam around 3mm to the back and mounted it on top of the mat we created in the last step. ( as you can see when I stamped the holly I didn't apply enough pressure on one part of the stamp in the middle to the left but it will not matter as I knew this is where the bow would reside haha) happy accidents and it is fun to work out ways to still use any little faux pas' as it were haha.<br />
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I decided as if there was not enough going on to give the top third of the card a little row of swans as they were so cute on the paper so I cut out a strip and inked the edges of course with just a tiny amount of the same ink.I didn't give it a mat I wanted it to blend right into the paper as if it was always there.<br />
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So here is how it is looking so far with all the paper mixes and stamped section. </div>
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I then went to the section of the pad that has these little ready made toppers and cut out the 12 days of Christmas as you see here I used a white gel pen ( this is such an invaluable part of your tool kit if you like to enhance anything or draw etc) I used it to add a few highlights on the music notes and a few patterns on the snow flakes etc just to break up the red a little.<br />
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I just needed to add a couple of the pearls sprays and a bow , which I tied just a single one this time as I didn't want to over power the side as the focus should stay with the papers I feel rather than we focus straight on the pretty bow.<br />
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However, here is a close up on the bow with a large flat back pearl in the centre. I also added a couple of pears in some of the corners to match and of course the two pearl sprays under the bow just poking out slightly.</div>
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And here is the finished card again, I did go back and just use that white pen again to further outline the inside of the swans necks as in person it gives the shape in between the swans which looks like a heart a little more dept and stands out more as a heart , It is difficult to see on Camera but it works, Just like adding dark gives a shadow and makes things pop or drop back depending how you use it and a white line brings light and helps things stand out too especially if your showing which way a light is cast on an object.<br />
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Anyway I won't bore you more, if you just came to see the card rather than the tutorial haha. Have a wonderful Thursday and if you have our Johns pad I would love to see what you have created and would be happy to show it on here if you would like others to see it too.<br />
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-49067407972674010572015-08-19T07:00:00.000+01:002015-08-19T07:00:00.260+01:00Visible Image WednesdayGood Morning folks.<br />
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I have a card which I really enjoyed making today with a slightly masculine feel.<br />
Today would have been my dad's birthday if he was still with and so if no one minds I should like to dedicate today's card to my dad and all the dads no longer with us. God bless them all.<br />
Happy Birthday to my wonderful father who was also the one who raised me and gave me all the values I carry with me today. xxx<br />
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Here is today's card using just the Believe stamp set from Visible Image who are enjoying their honeymoon as we speak , they made a fabulous Bride and groom last week in wales.<br />
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So today's card has quite a few elements but is fairly easy to do depending how many embellishments you choose to add or whether you decide to keep it clean and simple with the handmade back ground.<br />
So as aways I have a full tutorial on how I put this together so with out further ado let us begin<br />
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First the Believe stamp set comes with two separate word stamps follow your dreams and Believe of course and I used Brown archival ink here with follow your dreams on white card for the background.<br />
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When you have staggered all the words and cut it to the size you require ink around the edge lightly with Walnut stain distress ink and it should look as it does here.<br />
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Next in a zig zag pattern rather than straight down start to rip the card as above. Once done add extra ink to the back of the split on the white card.<br />
Once the ink is on the card spritz the ink with water and curl the card back so the curl goes back on itself as below.<br />
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Next take a piece of black card and add to the back of the above piece then cut out the Central area behind.<br />
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Take a larger piece of white care and stamp Believe onto it in back archival once dry at some white gel pen in a few places on the lettering if you have it as it aways makes it ook shiny.<br />
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I took three of Tim Holtz tickets and mounted them onto black card and cut them into three.<br />
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The larger card you stamped believe in the centre of, add some picture you love, we like music so this was nice to add in so that it shows through the split in the paper.<br />
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Add the three tickets on the bottom left of the card, sightly overlapping each other near the satin ribbon.</div>
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I thought I would keep the ribbon simple and not add a bow as such so I just folded over a coupe pieces of ribbon which I adhered in the middle and added a silver button to the centre of the bow.<br />
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I used embossing ink and gold embossing powder to stamp and heat set the small follow your dreams added to the bottom of the card and inked the edges of it before sticking it to the backing matts.<br />
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I took a photo of a lady from one of Tim Holtz pads and I used one of his square fragments to stick the photo onto the back of the fragment so I could add it to the card in the corner.<br />
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I added the lady to the card and a vintage looking embellishment which I added some gold to the little flower also.<br />
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Here is the compete image with another flower added to the left to finish this card off.</div>
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A slightly different angle. I hope you like this male themed with a twist card all and I send my love to all.</div>
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Here is the stamp set used on this one.</div>
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Unfortunately this has now been discontinued ( I did not realise until I had made the card unfortunately and i really wanted to show it to you today) but you will find so many wonderful word and verse stamps over at Visible Image and I have linked it <a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product-category/verses-and-sentiments/">here</a> for your ease to look if you should like to.</div>
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<br />Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-85885924278450009042015-08-13T12:00:00.000+01:002015-08-13T12:00:08.489+01:00Creative Expressions Thursday.Hi Everyone<br />
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Happy Thursday and it is officially nearly another week gone by, gosh the one thing about the job I do is that you are always so so so busy that the time flies by so quickly in the day. The NHS is always busy no matter what area you work in I am sure, but of course our elderly care system leaves a lot to be desired in my eyes and Continuing heath care is no exception but I guess that's another type of blog post.<br />
So getting back to why you are all here I have used the new John Lockwood 12 days of Christmas pad and Phil martin's Holy themed stamps to create today's post, again a Christmas themed item but I hope you like it in its traditional colours too.<br />
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Without further a do here is today's card.<br />
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A little different hey folks...<br />
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Here's a few pictures along the way ...<br />
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These are the stamps from Phil's line I used to create the background. </div>
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I used this mdf shape and Jon Lockwood's paper pad to cover it,i used the pear tree paper and placed the branches where they would be on a real tree.. lol clever hey...<br />
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It looks nice like this but i added some stickles and also some diamond sparkles in the end as you do<br />
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Once I stamped out the holly backing I used my distress pens to give some colour and dimension to the backing colours , then I used some square dies to cut a frame out of it on the edge. I added the inside piece flat then raised the frame up on foam. keeping the pattern of the holly correct which looks really cool i think.<br />
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I stamped out the central image and used the sentiment in the centre and also cut out a smaller frame and did the same trick with this as above and I also coloured the holly in and added some prettiness to the black writing ,<br />
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After this I used another paper from the pad and 12 days of Christmas from Jon and a black mat on the backing and also a few little pearls here and there and on top of the tree. </div>
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I did then decide lastly it needed a little red so I made a little bow from seam binding top left with a pearl centre and then on the right I cut a strip of the same backing paper and alternately between red and green seam binding added a little strip and twisted it in the centre and attached on the back, i did that all the way to the top and then backed it in black and added it to the right on the card. a little different , and gave a Candy cane impression maybe, what do you think? </div>
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Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-39699481454420022422015-08-12T20:44:00.000+01:002015-08-12T20:44:32.073+01:00Visible Image WednesdayHelo everyone.<br />
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Nice to be here with you, Hasn't the weather been so gorgeous the last few days?<br />
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I know you will all join me in wishing Helen and Mark the owners and Creators of Visible Image a wonderful and huge CONGRATULATIONS as they got married this last week, they are very happy and a couple who I am proud to call friends. So all the luck and love in the world for them and their future.<br />
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So I was playing with my stamps and I remember the gorgeous lips in the bite me set so I decided to have some nice bright lips on a grey background, electric blue lips would look so good here too but I chose to go for red and glittery.<br />
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So here is today's card ....</div>
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And of course me being me I added some vampy fangs in there haha..</div>
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I really do love backgrounds like this which I created with just a few greys and a black soot blended edging. You can do this with almost any colour tone on tone to make it have the same sort of effect and then just one pop of colour makes the picture really stand out.</div>
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So If you like this card just keep watching to see how to do it...</div>
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To start I took a piece of white card and used some grey flannel momento ink and stamped with the Bronte script stamp which everyone knows is one of my absolute favourites, no need to cover the centre as we will be covering that up.<br />
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Next I used the same grey ink and a piece of cut and dry to bend in the edges a litte along with a little weathered wood and some London fog ink from momento too. I did go back and add a tiny bit of the black much stronger around the very edge as it really make it a stand out. I set this piece aside for now.<br />
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On a smaller piece of card in red momento dew drop ink I stamped the lips and using several distress pens and a black pen and a white gel pen I added all the shade and highlights from the lips.. I drew around the edge of the lips in grey to make them stand forward and added some fangs on the edge of teeth.<br />
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I took some white glue that dries clear and added some glass glitter with shards of glass very finely cut but so very sparkly just on the lips no where else. I also matted that piece on to a thin black mat of card.</div>
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The backing piece was also matted onto black card and I added the words that came with the lips which was simply "Bite Me lol". I used back archival ink for that and got a nice dark image.<br />
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I gave the whole back piece a mat and layer in black and white with a little foam under to raise the centre up just sightly, then I was ready for the centre to be added to the card with thicker foam.<br />
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To finish it all off I simple added the dot to the I with a square gem some tiny hand cuffs that dangle so cute plus a couple of locks and a key and lastly some shiny stones in the corner.<br />
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Here are some other images of the now finished card, the time that took the most i used to get the lips shaded perfectly with several different distress ink pens.<br />
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I chose this angle so you could see me how the little items help play a part in the role of this card and how embellishments can help really theme a card.</div>
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So the stamps from the amazing Visible Image used on this card are shown here.</div>
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<a href="http://visibleimage.co.uk/product/bite-me/"> Bite me set.</a></div>
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Well folks as you can see the incident with the mushy peas exorcist moment last week has dried out and the laptop is still hanging in there although I have to press the L very hard I think it may have a bit of pea under it still lol errrkkk I know I know. But leas it is working and that is the main thing for now.<br />
If anyone wants to get anything from Visible image please remember that they are on honeymoon and so wont be back to resume orders until the 24th so orders will be a tiny bit delayed but look what you have to look forward to when at the end of the month yayayay.... I know I have a huge list of items I still would like.<br />
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<br />Kim Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12466666473102713392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718922032291296875.post-24211636966907585812015-08-06T03:53:00.000+01:002015-08-06T07:38:37.619+01:00Creative Expressions Thursday.Hi Folks<br />
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Another day on the Xmas card trail hehe ( I am really not a Xmas person now my kids are grown) but I know some of you still love the season to be jolly etc so here is Xmassy card number two.<br />
Today's card is a nice easy one to follow along especially if you are making a lot of cards and want a design that can be quick ish to duplicate. You could easily do one card with each of the different sayings in the rhyme for instance and so there will be a pack of 12 Xmas cards straight away before moving on the extra paper in the pack.<br />
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I used the Christmas card paper pad from Creative Expressions and John Lockwood called 12 days of Christmas to create this one which looks like this.<br />
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So here is how I put this one together.</div>
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I took a piece of white card and covered it with this paper as I liked this design the best in the pad.<br />
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I then took some of this red crinkle edge ribbon and wrapped it around the bottom.</div>
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I measured a mat and layer in ruby card stock and black for the backing and put them together.<br />
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I added some foam to the back of the first piece and added it to the mats just created.</div>
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On one of the paper sheets it has a number of strips all with the 12 days of Christmas words from the verse so I chose this one, " My true love gave to me.." and cut it out it,gave it a tiny red mat and added it to the left of the card.<br />
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I chose this design for the feature set at a jaunty angle on a thin black mat here too. I raised it up on foam too.<br />
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I added some stickles in an icy white colour very thinly just to the edge of the design and on the edges of the red Flowers as shown here.<br />
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I tied a double bow with the matching red ribbon and added it to the bottom right of the card with a black dazzler to cover the knot.<br />
Lasty I added some black sparkles to the corners and a sparkly flower from my stash to the snow flake on the central piece.<br />
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Here is the completed card again and a coupe of angles.</div>
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Here is the main image....</div>
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I love this ribbon... makes it sooooo pretty and what a red, May Arts is the company it comes from I believe.<br />
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Lastly a view of the words I chose for the side of the card..</div>
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Thank you for stopping by as always my friends and I look forward to showing you more goodies soon. </div>
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Have a great Thursday with I hope with no rain and stay blessed.</div>
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Huge hugs</div>
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