STAMPlorations~ Shery had her baby!!~ Mini Blog Hop

More info to follow, but a little bird has shared Shery owner and fabulous designer at STAMPlorations has had her baby GIRL, mom and baby are doing well. The STAMP team made up some cards to celebrate!

Congratulations and many hugs Shery and family!

Follow along HERE

Smile Sparkle Shine~Mixed Media Small Page Canvas~Visible Image Stamps

Hello!

Today I wanted to share a small project I made using my Visible Image Stamps. Lately I have been having fun making half-page canvas pieces. I love the torn edges that remain when removing it from the spiral book!

The paper is Canson Mixed Media. The flowers are Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die cuts, colored with Derwent Inktense color blocks. The scribbles are made with UniBall Signo pens. 

I used one of my favorite sentiments, Smile Sparkle Shine from the Express Yourself category for the focal point. I added Grunge Harlequin and Retro Dots background stamps for small touches as well, stamped with Stazon Black.

Here are the links to see all the amazing things from the Visible Image team and shop:

Hop along to see bunches more Visible Image inspiration and fun! These are your key links:

Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up for the Newsletter HERE

Have a colorful day!

~hugs~

~kim

Visible Image Sunday~Not Just for Christmas Art Tag

Happy Day!

Hope your weekend has been fabulous and leads into an awesome week!

I made a tag to share with you this week, hope you like it!

Visible Image very recently released some wonderful Holiday stamps and I am feeling lucky to have received some to play with :) I am not quite ready for the Holiday Season, so I have an alternate use for the beautiful Sparkle at Christmas set.

I used the bigger sparkle from the Sparkle at Christmas set to frame the "Imagine" focal point badge. Imagine is from the Imagine Dream & Inspire set. Love the sparkle set it is so flexible and can be used so many ways! The stamping and embossing are wonderful as well, makes playtime a breeze! The top of the tag is capped with the Retro Dots Background stamp.

I included and extra photo here to show more of the embossing, I am sooooo hooked on embossing. It adds such a fun and perfect touch. This is also the first time I have used some Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder in Razzleberry Plum. Change the angle and the color of the EP changes too. Awesomeness! Now I need more, many more, colors of Lindy's :) I had to add some juicy fun dots from the Plasma set in Razzleberry Plum around the edges.

Thanks for visiting today!

Visible Image will be re-opening very soon so you can get your orders in and have some new fun stamps to play and create with.

Here are the links to see all the amazing things from the Visible Image team and shop:

Hop along to see bunches more Visible Image inspiration and fun! These are your key links:

Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up for the Newsletter HERE

~hugs

~kim

Happy Day Small Canvas~STAMPlorations

Hi!

Hope you have time today to visit and see more, I have a small project shared on the ARTplorations blog today.
Your support and time mean the world to me, thanks so much!

A small part to tease, :)

~hugs

~kim

HousesExtras~STAMPlorations Blog Hop!~Day 4

HI!

Welcome to my first post for my first STAMPlorations Blog Hop! yay!! Blog hops are so fun, always discovering something new and exciting!

So happy you stopped by! Make sure you comment at as many of the Hop stops as you can for a chance to win a fabulous prize, thanks so much Shery!

Today's featured stamp is the Houses Extra set! I was given this adorable Bee's Knees set to play with. I decided to make a mixed media small hanging.

I used ARTplorations stencils Honeycomb Delight Reversed, Some Birds and Hello & Company with DecoArt modelling paste.

These are fabulous stamp sets we are spotlighting along this Hop. Click HERE to Hop over :)

This is the adorable Houses Extra set

Commenting for a chance to win closes on August 23rd, with the winners announced on August 24th!
These are the generous prizes offered by Shery of STAMPlorations:

Prizes:

FIVE (5) commenters randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win the stamp set featured for the day.

ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Thanks so much for visiting! Have fun on the hop!

~kim

...Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle~Digi Dare #415~Sponsored by Marta Van Eck

Today I had a just for me fun digital play!

There is a new to me playplace at Digi Dare, some fun challenges and amazing prompts. This sponsor this round is Marta van Eck of Mischief Circus, yay!

All the elements are from various Marta kits, including Magic Light, Midnight Reverie and About a Fish.

The prompt is to include five elements from this list:
Our Scavnenger Hunt List:
Bird(s)
Butterfly
Crown
Feather(s)
Fish
Flower(s)
hand/hands
Heart
Mushroom(s)
Number/numbers
Star(s)
Stamp
Washi tape
Wings
Word Art


And here is what I made:

I have flowers, fish, butterfly, heart, birds and a crown.

Thanks so much and I hope you like it :)

~hugs
~kim

Lost Coast Designs Stamps DT Inspiration~Butterfly Mermaid

Hi!

Happy Sunday!

Today is my first post as part of the Lost Coast Designs stamp Team. You can see my post HERE.

I really hope you have time to hop over and check it out today. There is also a monthly challenge to enter for a chance to win some of the fabulous Lost Coast stamps. You do not have to use Lost Coast stamps, but if you do you get entered twice :) The August them is Circles. You can click HERE for the Challenge Blog.

Here is a peek at my project, for today. The full reveal is HERE.

Have a great day!

~kim

Postcard Fun~Visible Image~Listen to your Heart

Hello!

Today I wanted to share a new pair of mail art postcards I made using my favorite Visible Image stamps.

Each postcard is just about 4 inches by 6 inches and full of mixed fun!

I used the fabulous Flower INKognito and Butterfly INKognito stamps by Visible Image.

I stamped Butterfly INKognito onto tissue paper using Ranger Jet Black Archival ink. The background I created using the ARTplorations stencil Old Rose Prints with DecoArt modeling paste and Americana acylic paint.

The back of the post card uses the 'stem' from Flower INKognito. The dots, more of my favorites, are from the Plasma set. The background is a mix of water, acrylic paint and dish soap. There are some fun tutorials out there; you make bubbles with this mixture and then dip the paper into it and/or let the bubbles land on it (the most fun way!)

The background here was made with DecoArts Fluid acrylics Quinacridone Violet and Titanium White, misted with water and mixed on my craft mat.  The flowers are heat embossed in white.

I added the Flower INKognito stamp and "Listen to your Heart" is from the "This is Me" set.

Thanks so much fro coming by today! Hope to see you again soon!

Hop along to see loads more Visible Image inspiration, these are your key links:

Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up for the Newsletter HERE

~hugs

~kim

Stencil Sunday~Happy Flowers Art Tag

Hello!

Happy Sunday to you!

Today I have my STAMPlorations Stencil Sunday make to share with you. You can see the fabulous Mixed Media inspiration HERE

While you visit, hope you have time to enter the Mixed Media Challenge for a chance to win a shopping spree at the STAMPlorations shop!

I love making the art tags and this one was especially fun, I made it using my homemade gelatin plate :)

I used the Happy Flowers ARTplorations stencil and the Artsy Border Maker stamp set.

The paint is various DecoArt acrylics, white embossing powder and Tim Holtz stickers.

Have a fun day and hope you can make time to play!

Click here for Mixed Media Inspiration

Click here to hop to the Challenge, Anything Goes except a card :)

~kim

Art Journal Page~Visible Image Inspiration~Listen to your Heart

Hello!

Today I have a project to share, lots of painty and inky playtime!

For my Visible Image inspiration day, I created an art journal page. I must say the stamps are totally awesome and perfect for journal and canvas play.

This is my page, loaded up with Visible Image stamps, DecoArt Acrylics and some embossing for good measure :)

This is another page made in my recycled magazine 'art journal'. I love the size, it is perfect and has wonderfully smooth pages.

Always 'listen to your heart'.

The white Grunge Harlequin and white Plasma are heat embossed to keep the brightness. The funny thing with this page is it is an advert that has a perfume sample, so as I was heating the powder it released a very strong scent! hahaha, and it made me sneeze..a lot!

The burst flowers were created by stamping with acrylic paint using Drag & Drip. Listen to your Heart is stamped in Jet Black Archival.

Along with these fabulous stamps, yes you must get them :) , I highly recommend painting with your fingers!

Have a fabulous day and would love for you to share your inky play in the Visible Image Facebook group and enter our Show & Tell Challenge.

Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up for the Newsletter HERE

Have a fabulous week!

~kim

Stencil Sunday & Mixed Media Challenge at STAMPlorations~August

Happy Sunday!

August and the days are long, Summer break is almost done here (yay!)

Today starts a brand new Mixed Media Challenge at STAMPlorations for August 2015. You have the whole month to play along, just make it anything but a card and make sure you use a stencil. Any company is fin, but we would sure like to see you use an ARTplorations stencil :) Gotta play to win an awesome $15 shopping spree. The mixed media team promises to provide inspiration all month long to cheer you on!

I made a fun art tag for this first weekend in August! The colors sorta remind me of orange and raspberry sherbet, perfect for a hot day, well honestly any day!

I used DecoArt modelling paste tinted with some gold acrylic with the Oh My Stars ARTplorations stencil. Hello, Yay and Hugs are from the Hello & Company ARTplorations stencil. I feel very proud and honored to be able to make these projects to share with all of you!

Here is a little closer look at the tag. I love how the paints come together!


Here is the link to the August Mixed Media Design Team round up, hope you hop over to see all the amazing projects this week!

See you soon!

~hugs~
kim

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Wake Up and Be Awesome!~Visible Image

Hello!

Still a bit of playtime today!

Here is my Visible Image play this week. Quick shout out to the fabulous owners of Visible Image, Congratulations! This week they are getting married! How awesome is that? Now hop over to their BLOG and Facebook page and spam Congratzzz but shhh don't say who sent you :)

The sentiment of the day and always should be this: Wake Up and Be Awesome! Now I know you neeeeddd this stamp, but they are on Holiday for a bit so please remember to come back and order when they come back, ok? Pinky promise?? Thanks!

Such a gorgeous stamp and it deserved all the attention and focal point today! Balanced with some sparkly embossing powder and stars and handmade paper flower. 

Make everyday as awesome as you can!

Find Visible Image's fabulous stamps and all the best inspiration in these hot spots:

Inspiration from the Design Team on the Visible Image Blog, HERE

Come and JOIN the Facebook Group where you can enter our 'Show & Tell Challenge' for your chance to WIN some awesome Visible Image stamps! 

And don't forget to LIKE the Visible Image FACEBOOK PAGE too!

You can also sign up for the Newsletter HERE

Remember you need to go shopping soon and grab this fabulous stamp :)

Thanks so much for coming by, have an awesome day!

~kim