Ali Carubia Creates: Visible Image - Short Circuit & Soul Creativity

I used to work as a systems analyst and programmer and I love this fab Short Circuit stencil from Visible Image, I've teamed it up with one of the sentiments from the Express Yourself stamp set.

This card didn't take a long time to make....

Cut a piece of white card to 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and lightly spritz with water on the back (to keep it from curling) and the front.

Apply the Bright Sunshine gilding polish over 3 or 4 sections of the card, then the Lush Pink and the Electric Blue.

Go over where the colours meet to blend the colours, the polishes dry very quickly so spritz the foam applicator to extend the drying time.

Give your card a quick blast with your heat gun to dry it and then tape the Visible Image Short Circuit stencil over your coloured card.

Put a little black gesso onto your mat or into a scrap foil dish.

Apply the black gesso through the stencil using a stencil brush. Use an almost dry brush so excess paint doesn't seep under the stencil.

Apply a second layer if you see any colour showing through.

Carefully peel back the tape and put your stencil in soapy water to clean.

Sponge a little black gesso around the edges of your card to give it a vignette.

Stamp the Creativity sentiment from the Visible Image Express Yourself set onto a scrap of white card with black versafine ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Then cut it out and colour the edges using the gilding polishes.

Use a black fine liner pen to doodle around the inside of the coloured edge.

Fix it to a larger piece of black card allowing a border of about 1/8".

Matt your stencilled background onto white card with a border of 1/8" and then onto black card with a border of 1/4" and then onto a white 7" x 7" card blank.

Attach the sentiment to the lower right using double sided foam tape or 3 D glue gel to raise it up a little.

Stamp the birds and feather from the VI Guardian Angel set in black and clear heat emboss. Add a little blue/gray colour and cut them out. Curl the birds a little and attach them to the top left of your card using 3d glue gel or foam pads.

Admire your finished card 😎.

I hope you have enjoyed this project and thanks for stopping by 💖,

Ali xxx

You can purchase these stamps and stencils here https://visibleimage.com/

Items used
Visible Image Stamps  - Express Yourself, Guardian Angel
Visible Image Stencils - Short Circuit
Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polishes in Lush Pink, Electric Blue and Bright Sunshine
Black Gesso & Stencil brush
Black fine liner pen
Masking tape
Black Versafine ink pad
Clear embossing powder
Heat gun
White stamping card (300gsm), Black card for matting & layering
7" x 7" white card blank 
double sided tape or pva
3d foam pads