Visible Image - Valentines

Love is in the air!  This week at Visible Image our theme is Valentines, and my brief is clean and simple (CAS), my favourite style.

I wanted a pink and gold background, so I smooshed some Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and some gold writing ink onto an acrylic block, spritzed it and mixed it with the palette knife.  

I bought the set of writing inks at the Museum of London several years ago and never opened them, but with a good shake and mix they were usable.

I dipped the card onto the mix and swooshed it about a bit,

then topped it up and dipped another piece of card.

Now I couldn't decide which one to use!

The one on the right had a bit more ink than I really wanted, so I used that as my test piece.  I set up the heart cluster stamp from Forever In Your Heart and Bestie! from Best Birthday Ever on my MISTI and stamped.  I wasn't really happy with the spacing - they were too far apart so the design didn't look cohesive, so I stamped another heart cluster in between to balance the design.

For the second card, I positioned the stamps slightly nearer, then after stamping added some stencilling in Picked Raspberry in a couple of areas using the Halftone stencil.

I mounted this panel onto gold mirri card then onto my white card base.

For the double heart card, I mounted onto gold mirri but with a narrower border, and angled the panel slightly.

One of them is going to my hubby, who is my bestie, for Valentines Day.

The stamps and stencils are available on the Visible Image website - go treat yourself!