Love in All Forms - Visible Image ATC Swap February 2026

 

ATC

‘Love in all Forms’ is the theme for the February 2026 ATC swap over on the Visible Image Facebook page. There’s so much to love about the change from Winter to Spring here in the UK – the daylight hours are getting longer and nature springs back into life. This inspired my wintry - with hope for Spring - make for this month’s swap.

To start, I took an ATC sized piece of white card and dipped this into ‘Shaded Lilac’, ‘Tumbled Glass’ and ‘Picked Raspberry’ distress ink that had been spritzed with water. After leaving to dry I stamped the hearts and circles stamp from the ‘Forever in Your Heart’ stamp set onto the background using Versafine Clair ‘Charming Pink’, ‘Lilac Bloom’ and ‘Bali Blue’ inks (2nd generation). The text from the ‘Sketched Tulips’ was then stamped over the top using Versafine Clair ‘Lilac Bloom’, ‘Bali Blue’ and ‘Very Peri’ inks.

The brand new ‘Rotation’ stencil was then placed over one corner of the ATC and Distress opaque grit paste blended through it before leaving to dry.

Up next, the small butterflies from the ‘Butterfly Effect’ stamp set were stamped onto some white card using a blend of the same Versafine Clair inks and heat embossed with Wow superfine clear gloss embossing powder. This was repeated for the little hearts from the ‘Forever in our Hearts’ stamp set before fussy cutting them all out. Some clear sparkly gel pen finishes off the butterflies and hearts with a beautiful sheen.

To complete the ATC, the sentiment from ‘Sketched Tulips’ was stamped onto some white card using the same mix up of Versafine Clair inks and heat embossed using Wow superfine clear gloss embossing powder before being fussy cut out.

Finally, the butterflies, hearts and sentiment were stuck to the ATC using some 3D mounts. A few sparkly gems were added for additional interest.

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Card

Spring is just around the corner and this is reflected in the card I recently sent alongside my ‘Love in all Forms’ ATC for the February 2026 swap over on the Visible Image Facebook page. The colours are wintry but there’s hope in the change of seasons.

To start, I took a piece of white card and sprayed this with ‘Shaded Lilac’, ‘Tumbled Glass’ and ‘Picked Raspberry’ distress spray stains before spritzing with water. After leaving to dry I stamped the hearts and circles stamp from the ‘Forever in Your Heart’ stamp set onto the background using Versafine Clair ‘Charming Pink’, ‘Lilac Bloom’ and ‘Bali Blue’ inks (2nd generation). The text from the ‘Sketched Tulips’ was then stamped over the top using Versafine Clair ‘Lilac Bloom’, ‘Bali Blue’ and ‘Very Peri’ inks.

The new ‘Rotation’ stencil was then placed over the background and Distress opaque grit paste blended through it before leaving to dry.

Up next, the large butterfly alongside the smaller ones from the ‘Butterfly Effect’ stamp set were stamped onto some white card using a blend of the same Versafine Clair inks and heat embossed with Wow superfine clear gloss embossing powder. This was repeated for a little heart from the ‘Forever in our Hearts’ stamp set before fussy cutting them all out. The large butterfly was then heat embossed with Wow Disco Ball embossing powder. Some clear sparkly gel pen finishes off the butterflies and hearts with a beautiful sparkle.

To complete the card, the sentiment from ‘Sketched Tulips’ was stamped onto some white card using the same mix up of Versafine Clair inks and heat embossed using Wow superfine clear gloss embossing powder before being fussy cut out.

Finally, the background was mounted onto a dual layer of white hammered card and a white card blank. The butterflies, heart and sentiment were then stuck to the background using some 3D mounts. A few sparkly gems were added for additional glamour.

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Love in All Forms - ATC Swap Product List

Visible Image Stamp Sets – Forever in our Hearts & Butterfly Effect

Visible Image Stencil - Rotation

Distress Ink – Shaded Lilac/Tumbled Glass/Picked Raspberry

Distress Spray Stains – Shaded Lilac/Tumbled Glass/Picked Raspberry

Other inks – Versafine Clair - ‘Charming Pink’, ‘Lilac Bloom’ ‘Very Peri’ and ‘Bali Blue’

Wow embossing powders – Superfine Clear Gloss/Disco Ball

White 330gsm card (suitable for mixed media)/White hammered 330gsm card

Stamping Platform/Stamping blocks/craft mat/stamping foam mat

Water sprayer

Heat gun/Embossing heat gun

Tim Holtz 12”guillotine/snips/scissors

Sparkly gems

Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue

3D foam mounts (1mm x 1mm & 5mm x 2mm)