An idea for one of those always tricky male birthday cards, Visible Image style!

 Hi everyone, I had such positive messages after sharing my blogged step by step for my last Visible Image design team make that I decided to write another! I can't promise this for every make but I will try as often as time allows. 

 For this fortnight I was set the brief of creating a summer-themed male birthday card. I immediately reached for the fabulous "You're a Classic" vintage car stamp set—it's such a versatile collection and perfect for masculine makes.

To bring the design to life, I created a road background using the Logic stencil.

One of the things I love most about Visible Image background stencils is how flexible they are—you don’t always have to use the whole design. Sometimes just a small section can completely transform your project, and that’s exactly what I did here.

I started by building a vibrant distress ink background to give a warm, summery feel. 

I stamped the sentiments in opposite corners.

I stamped and cut out the car

and loosely placed it where I wanted it on the background. I used scraps of copier paper to give the width of my road.

I layered additional distress ink through part of the stencil to form the road. This adds depth and interest without overpowering the focal image.

Using a ruler and distress watercolour pencil in the same colour I drew in the edges of the road

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and then added some more background stamping using the numbers stamp from the set. 

Using these 2 distress inks I painted a little colour on the car and it's wheels. 

 The vintage car was glued on top, tying the whole design together.

Here is my finished card again

Remember that most of my creative makes are shared over on Instagram (linked here and in my sidebar), so feel free to pop over and follow along there too.

Thanks for visiting me today

Bye for now!

Jane x

STAMPlorations Spring Fling blog hop

Hi everyone it's that exciting time of the year when STAMPlorations are celebrating with a SPRING FLING with a blog hop and Linky party which starts today. 

I am delighted to be taking part in the blog hop and this is my design team contribution for some Spring fling Inspiration. 

I made this card

I used one of the images from the gorgeous Color me Spring ATC set. You get 3 sets of these brilliant. images in a pack. 

I made a distress ink background and stamped butterflies from the Fluttery stamp set and a sentiment from Party time

I stamped the main plant pot image from the Fluttery stamp set,  cut it out and coloured it.

I also stamped, coloured and layered up the 2 butterflies. My finishing touches were some sparkly sequins. Here is is once more.

There are some fab prizes up for grabs.

✨ If you would like to add a spring themed make and join in with the Linky Party.

 There is a $25 Prize Code for spending on the shop website for the winner and a

Runner-Up wins a $15 Prize Code to the shop

(Just one project entry per person please!)

✨ For the Hoppers (Blog Commentators):

3 Winners: Your choice of a $10 Prize Code OR any $7 product

3 Winners: A $10 Prize Code for the Digital Store

✨ EARLY BIRD BONUS! 💨 The first 7 people to link up their project on the blog will each win a Spring-Themed Paper Goods Sampler Bag! These bags are filled with 12+ pieces of ephemera, ATCs, and card fronts.

How to join in with the Fun;

1️⃣ Hop & Comment: Leave a comment below then head to the STAMPlorations blog to visit the rest of the designers and leave some love on their posts as well.

2️⃣ Create & Link: Upload your favourite new spring-themed project to the Linky tool at the bottom of the Spring Fling blog post.

The spring fling event ends on Wednesday, May 20 at 11:59 PM PDT

The winners will be announced on Friday, May 22 on the STAMPlorations blog at 8:00 AM PDT (2pm GMT)

All the details are here over on the STAMPlorations blog. 

Do check out my other teamies makes too.

Please also visit me over on Instagram here where I share new creative makes most days.

 Thanks for stopping by today. 

Remember to leave me a comment before you leave....you could be one of the lucky hop winners.   

Back soon,

Bye for now, 

Jane x

The May STAMPlorations challenge begins

 Hi everyone welcome back to my 2nd blog post today. My blog posts are like London buses when I was a child...none for ages and then two together! Welcome to the May STAMPlorations challenge. The theme is anything goes and the link is here.

This is my design team card for a little creative inspiration. I used the Coffee cup stencil..(yes stencils are back in stock), with one of the cute Doodled coffee and tea colorables,

and this is how it came together. 

I inked though the  Coffee cup stencil onto a sheet of shaving foam marbled ink from my stash.

I coloured a teapot and teabag from the Doodled coffee and tea colorables pack.

I stamped sentiments from the Always tea time stamp set

and added some sequins before matting it up.

Here is my finished card once more.

The prizes up for grabs are; 

1 winner of a $25 code to spend on the website, which will be chosen by a STAMPgirl from entries that use STAMPlorations products

Plus 1 winner of a $10 code will be randomly chosen from all the entries (these do not need to feature a STAMP product). 

You can make any type of project in any style. You just need to link back to the challenge post (if yours is a blog entry) or tag @stamplorations if joining via IG and share the challenge graphic in your post. If you use IG please add the challenge graphic as your 2nd photo.  There is even a free digi image Shery has added for you to download and use too. 

Please ensure that you read all the full rules here before you add your project to ensure your entry complies. 

You can enter up to 7 different projects and the challenge ends on May 31st. You can find the challenge and my other teamies inspiration on the STAMPlorations blog here.

Here is the challenge logo 

Also remember to use my code...

There is also a Spring clean going on check these out On the website

Please also visit me over on Instagram here where I share new creative makes most days.

One final heads up is that the fab Spring Fling starts on 11th May...don't miss out. I will be joining in so I'll be back on Monday with my DT make for some inspiration. 

 Thanks for stopping by today. 

Bye for now,

Jane x