Stay Strong - Visible Image

Hello Friends

Welcome back to my blog! Here is a card I made with the lovely Visible Image stamps. 

I made this really easy watercolour card. I used this stamp that I LOVE called Stay Strong.

I will say it again I love this sentiment. It really just speaks for itself!

Have you ever had one of those days, weeks, months, years where you just need to hear this?

Well here it is your wee bit of encouragement for the day :) 

To make this card I just got some watercolour paper. 

 I stamped the image with versamark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. Then I chose two colours from my Peerless Watercolours.
I love these watercolours as they are so vibrant.

 I picked two of my favourite colours lime green and turquoise.

 I started by wetting the paper in the shape of a circle then applied the colours randomly. 

Don't worry if the paint goes outside it actually makes is more organic looking.

These watercolours blend so beautifully you don't have to do anything else.

  Once it was dry I distressed the edges then attached it on to a black card base. 

How easy is that???? It is a very simple card to make if you want to try it :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper Reminder

Hello Friends 

I am back with a wee reminder for the Craft Stamper Challenge Challenge. 

Anything goes this month! 

So make anything you want as long as there is stamping on your project!

I made this tag using an embossing folder and swiping my distress inks over the top.

Then I stamped my Sentiment that is from Unity Stamp Co - Follow Your Heart on to black card.

 Then I heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Super simple :) 

So hop on over the Craft Stamper blog for all the details on this month's challenge.

Mandi xox

Unity - Brown Thursday

Hello My Friends 

Welcome to to the Unity Brown Thursday HOP!!!!

There are so many NEW lovely stamps in this AMAZING sale!!!

Here are a couple of my favourites!!

This card was made with the Full of Merry Kit and an older Unity stamp called Elf Christmas.

 My inspiration was the film ELF :) 

I LOVE Buddy!!!

My next card is made with the new Phyllis Harris stamp set called A Beauty all of it's Own!

 I used just the sentiment from this kit & added some die cut leaves and some white paint splatters.

 A quick how to for you if you want to do splatters.
Put your card into an empty box or over the sink to do your splatters.
It is so much easier to clean up the mess.
If I just do it on my desk the splatters go EVERYWHERE!
I keep an empty box just for crafty messes :)
Water down your paint just a little
Load up a paint brush and tap gently on to your card until you are happy with the results.
Then I use my heat gun to speed up the drying.

My final card today was made with Joy to Go stamp set. 

 I love this one so much!!

Another quick tip chunky white or clear glitter makes great snow!!

I hope you are enjoying the hop and are getting lots of inspiration. 

Happy Shopping :) 

Mandi xox 

Craft Stamper - November Challenge

Hello Friends

Welcome to the November Craft Stamper Challenge!

We have a  fab new challenge for you today and anything goes!! 

So as long as there is stamping on your project you can create anything you wish :) 

My project today is this lovely circle card. 

I used stamps from the Unity Open Your Soul KOTM.

I painted my girl stamp with watercolours and stamped her on to watercolour paper. 

Then once she was dry I stamped the sentiment right over the top.

I used the same sentiment stamp to create the background on the pink card.

Then I cut out various circle sizes to build the card.

I really like the way it turned out. 

Now it is your turn! Come and join in the fun!

We have a great stamp set from The Artistic Stamper as our prize this month. 

We also have our second winner chosen by the design team. 

This winner will get their project published in the Craft Stamper Magazine.

I can't wait to see what you make this month!

 Happy Crafting! 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper Reminder October

Hello Friends

Happy Friday!!! Wow the weeks are sure flying!! 

I am here with a wee reminder for the Craft Stamper Challenge.  

We have a great challenge this month. 

We want to see your Autumnal/Fall creations. 

This is favourite time of year and I love making Autumn themed cards. 

I made this watercolour stamping card today using distress inks.

 I wanted to keep it all really natural with the colours. 

The sentiment stamp I used is from the Creating in Faith Phrases stamp set.

The leaves are from the Unity Open Your Soul KOM.

Remember there are two prizes up for grabs. 

The first is the sponsor prize which is 8 stamp sets from That's Crafty. 

The other prize is chosen by the DT. 

That winner will be published in the Craft Stamper magazine. 

So hop on over to the Craft Stamper Blog for all of the details. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!

I can't wait to see what you make :)

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper October

Hello Friends 

Welcome to another Craft Stamper Challenge. It is October one of my favourite months. I love the changing of the seasons. So we have an Autumnal theme for you this month. We want to see you using stamps or colours related to Autumn.  

I used distress inks on my card today. 

I put three different colours on my craft sheet and spritzed with water and smooshed my card around until I was happy with the colour. The stamps I used are from Visible Image called butterfly beginnings. 

Our sponsor this month is That's Crafty!

They are giving away this amazing prize 

All of these lovely stamp sets!!

Remember we also have another prize! 

 The design team get to pick this one and they will be published in the Craft Stamper magazine.

I can't wait to see what you make this month!! 

You can find all of the details on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Mandi xox

Unity Hop September

Hello Friends

Welcome to another Unity blog hop!!!

There is lots of lovely NEW stamps being released today!!  

There is also a new girl on the team. Say hello to Tierra :) 

All of my cards today are made with her new stamps.

Don't you love these feathers??? 

I made this card background with Brushos.

I really love her style! I love this feather with the heart inside!

My final card today was made with the new stamps.

 Apart from the background stamp that is an older Unity stamp called worn music.

I hope you are loving all of the news stamps. 

Remember to leave a comment on all of the blogs to be in with a chance of winning a Unity Prize.

Enjoy the rest of the hop :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Mandi xox

Milk Bottle Butterfly

Hello my lovely friends

I hope you are having a great weekend :) 

I am back with another make using the fantastic Visible Image stamps. 

I am also using the same stamp set as last time because I love it so much!!

 This is the stamp set I worked with it is called Butterfly Beginnings

I love to paint bottles and stamp on them so this is what I did with this lovely butterfly.

I had an empty milk bottle I had around the house so I just use what I have on hand.

I like to use chalk paint to paint my bottles as I love the texture of it.

 I prefer this kind of paint as it does not peel off your jar and you do not need to prep your bottle.

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Here are the steps to make your own bottle

1. Paint your bottle and leave to dry. I usually paint two coats of paint. Chalk paint dries pretty fast!

2. Then take your stamp and some archival ink and stamp on to your bottle.

 I like to stick my stamp to my desk and just roll my bottle over it. 

From one end to the other using firm pressure.

3. Take some sand paper or a nail file and rub off the areas you want to look distressed. 

4. Tie some twine and your done :) 

If you want you can also seal it but I like to leave mine with just the matt chalk look.

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  They are so easy to make and would make lovely gifts for Christmas :) 

Speaking of Christmas Visible Image have 25% off of there Christmas stamps. 

Hop on over and take a wee look at what they have the sale ends on Sept 28th.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! 

Mandi xox

Change Can Be Beautiful

Hello my lovely friends! 

I am on the Unity Blog today with this lovely Autumnal card today! 

I used my distress inks to colour the leaves spiced marmalade and barn door. Then put them on to white card and then a kraft card base. I added a little twine to finish and I was done.

 A super clean and simple card to make.  

The stamps I used are from this month's layers of life subscription kit called Beautiful Change.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!!

Mandi xox

Linking up my card to
Simon Says Stamp Wed  - Clean & Simple
Word Art Wed 248 - 249

Autumn

Happy Sunday Friends!

Don't you love Autumn? or Fall if you are in America :) 

It is my favourite time of year!!
 I love seeing the the leaves changing colour and falling from the trees!
It is also monarch butterfly migration season in the USA.
I would see them every year when I lived in New York.
 Flying off to a warmer climate for the winter.
So that was my inspiration for this tag.  

I love love love these stamps from Visible Image.

If you know me you know I love Butterflies and Leave stamps!! 

So these are the perfect stamp sets for me.
That all season tree is amazing! I have many plans for that stamp :) 

This is my first guest design project for this amazing company. 

They are a new to me company that I discovered when I moved back home to Scotland. 

They are a small stamp company with amazing images.
 Please go and check them out if you are not familiar with them. You will not be disappointed!
I will leave all of the links below where you can find them. 

I used the small butterfly stamp from this set called Butterfly Beginnings

The leaves and the sentiment are from this set called Four Every Season

If you are interested this is how I made my tag. If not you can skip over this next part.

 I started off with a plain white tag. Then took those pretty leaves and my distress inks. I stamped them with Mustard Seed first then Spiced Marmalade and  finally just touched the edges with Barn Door.  I set that aside to dry and then stamped and coloured my butterfly with the same orange colour Spiced Marmalade. I cut it out and then went around the edges with my white gel pen to highlight the wings. I glued down my butterfly just by the body and pulled the wings back. Then I stamped my sentiment and edged it with some black card.  Finally I took some white seam binding ribbon and dyed it with Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade distress inks to match my tag.

I hope you love my tag as much as I do!!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. 

Mandi xox


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Entering my tag into the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday  - Stamp It

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Stamp It
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wed August  - Use Stamps

Craft Stamper Reminder

Hello Friends

Welcome back to a wee reminder for the Craft Stamper Challenge.  

We have an anything goes theme for you this month.  

I made my butterfly card today with Unity stamps and distress inks. 

Have you had time to come and play along??  

You still have plenty of time left if you want to make something. 

 Remember as long as you have stamping on your project that is all that matters. 

We have a great prize from our sponsor Visible Image. 

These 3 amazing stamps sets!!

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper blog. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mandi xox