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Let It Snow

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  My last post of the month is my Christmas make.   Card making doesn’t have to be complicated and if you want to batch make cards, it needs to be simple.   That doesn’t mean boring though! I’m still struggling to recover from a virus that I’ve been suffering with for almost 3 weeks so I didn’t have the energy for complicated. Any coloured card can be used for the panel, you just need an ink that is a darker shade of the same colour.   I chose to use a dark teal card with white embossing powder, but again, the choice is yours.   For batch making, a stamp positioner will speed up the process and I used my Misti, even though I was only making two cards.   Using Visible Image Let It Snow I positioned the large snowflake and sentiment in place temporarily whilst I positioned the other smaller snowflakes.   The small snowflakes were stamped in teal ink, the repositioned and stamped again a couple of times. Next, I used a blending brush and darkened the edges of the panel. After ensuri
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Shine Bright

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  My card this week is one that I made for the November Visible Image ATC swap which has the theme “Shine Bright”.   My first thought was a lightbulb for obvious reasons but I don’t yet have that stamp set so I had to think again.   I ended up using the  Robot Data stamps and dies which, although the robots on the packaging are a little rusty, my versions are hot off the production line, all bright, shiny and new.  This design would also work well for those tricky men's birthday cards. For the background panel, I blended Distress Oxides in Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn and then spritzed with a little water to add texture.   Using a green ink pad, I stamped some of the small background stamps randomly around the card. For the card, I stamped and silver heat-embossed the large robot on grey card and then coloured with alcohol markers.   I did the same with the small robot for the ATC. Using my Zig 2-Way Glue Pen, I added dots and dashes where I thought the highlights on th
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Location: Fareham, UK
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Relentless Rain

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Welcome to my fortnightly Design Team post for the Visible Image blog.   My creative juices have been a bit stagnant the past couple of weeks as I’ve been suffering with a nasty cold that properly floored me.   The weather hasn’t cheered me up any either as we’ve had so many storms and seeming endless rain so, I decided to turn that negative into a positive and use the rain as the inspiration for my cards this week.   I used the Sparkle In The Rain stamp set and  Heavy Rain stencil - both of which are in the Black Friday sale to pop over there quick for an absolute bargain! To begin, I made background panels for DL sized cards using watercolour paper and various Distress Inks.   I wanted to try a couple of different colour schemes and blended Pumice Stone for the clouds/ground on both and Weathered Wood, Stormy Skies, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire for the blue panel and Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord for the purple one. Next, using the Heavy Rain ste
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Location: Fareham, UK
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A Latte Love

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My cards this week are made using Tonic Studios Craft Kit 71 – Marshmallow Hugs.   It’s a wintery themed kit which I thought quite fitting as the weather has turned quite cool this week. To begin, I did a lot of die cutting using the dies and card in the kit.   I wasn’t sure exactly what I was going to make so cut everything so I could play around with the bits and pieces. The cups come with a couple of decorative die-cut panels, which I cut from contrasting card and adhered to the cups.   I also stamped and clear heat-embossed one of the sentiments in the kit and cut them out with a circle punch. For the whipped cream tops to the drinks, I cut out the base and the frame and glued them together.   I then used a glue pen to add adhesive to the inside areas, added glitter and left to dry. For the background, I die-cut a panel using Reverse Confetti Stitched Rays cover panel die and attached the cups on top using foam tape, 3 layers in the centre and one layer at each edge, to g
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Location: Fareham, UK
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Pop-Up Purr-fection!

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My card this week is a very special one, made for one of Mr L’s childhood friends.   What makes it particularly special is that Gav was found to have a brain tumour around 10 years ago and doctors predicted that it was unlikely that he would reach the ripe old age of 40.   Fortunately, many surgeries and drugs mean that he is still here with us and we had a great celebration.     Gav and his wife are into wine and cats so that was my theme. To make the base for my pop-up card, I cut two pieces of card 8½” x 7½” and on both, scored with the long side at the top, at 3¾” and 7½”.   On one, I rotated the card through 90 ˚and scored along the centre at 3¾”.   I trimmed down the score lines to the centre score line, cutting the 1” tab at an angle.   On the other piece, I rotated through 90˚ but only scored across one panel and the tab.   Again, I trimmed down the score lines to the centre score line, cutting the 1” tab at an angle.   I glued the pieces together with one of the tabs.
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