Pumpkin time

 Good morning all and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image. If you have been following the news on social media you will know that there is a new Visible Image release.

There are 3 fab new stamp sets all with coordinating dies, a fun knitted background stamp and 5 awesome new stencils.

For today's make I chose to share my new release sample made using the Happy Halloween 

pumpkin set. I have wanted a VI pumpkin set for so long and I was delighted to see this added to the range. 

The coordinating dies make it so easy to layer up little scenes but if you are a fussy cutter they are also  straightforward to cut out. 

I made 2 tags also using  the new Leafy stencil

This is what I got up to; I took 2 tags and blended Villainous potion and Lucky clover distress inks in stripes using a distress blending tool.

When finished I spritzed with water for some extra detail.

I added black distress texture paste through the leafy stencil, just using parts of the stencil.

Once dry I flicked on some distress mica stains.

I stamped and die cut 1 large and 4 small pumpkins and coloured them with distress pencils. 

I also stamped the sentiments onto white card and cut them out. I then assembled my tags.

Here is the pair

and here they are individually.

and one final shot;

Until I had my grandkids, now aged 9,6 and 18 months I had no interest in Halloween but I now embrace every minute of the spooky season. It's such fun putting on my devil's ears and answering my door on 31st October to the trick or treaters. I decorate my porch and carve a pumpkin too! I am so pleased to see these fab Visible Image Halloween stamps and fingers crossed that they might bring out more in the future.

 All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our kind, friendly and supportive customer Facebook Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you join us.  You will be warmly welcomed and see lots of inspiration from the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I also organize a monthly artist trading card swap in the group.  We celebrated 2 years of swapping in May. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 150 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started. It's been such fun and it's so lovely to receive a unique piece of art from your partner in the post. The details and sign up for each swap are posted in the group on the 23rd of the month. So the next sign up opens on 23rd October if you would like to join us.  There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time and if you live in the UK can you choose to post to the UK only if that suits you best.

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Visible Image also has its own You Tube channel here where you can see videos and Lives to give you lots of inspiration and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

and their website is here. 

 You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.tyrrell where I share many more samples than I have the time to blog. I have already shared my Isabella Dreams sample with the Baroque stencil. Just look at the sweet cat and Isabella love roses so much that she even wears one in her hair!

Here is the link  to my card if would like to see some process photos.

The new release is available to pre order now on the website for worldwide release on 22nd October. Don't miss the YouTube live which will be on that day. Check the VI website of Facebook page for full details and the time. There are always amazing prizes up for grabs.....pop the date in your diary!

That's it for now,

Back soon,

Jane x

Alien invasion

Good morning all and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image.

If you have been following the news on social media you will know that there are now co ordinating dies for the 3 fab space character sets as well as 3 of their most popular Christmas sets (squeal.. yes that includes the Christmas robins set).  

Today I'm delighted to share my first make using one of the space character sets. If you're not familiar with the brilliant VI space characters they are; Captain Awesome, Robot Data and Alien invader. Today I am sharing my sample made using the Alien Invader stamp set 

with its co ordinating die set

There is currently a fab offer of 20% off and this also applies if you buy them as a bundle if you don't already own the stamps. Just use the code DIES20 at the checkout.

I used it with the fab stencil

Meshing around  and turned it into a planet, as you do! 

This is what I got up to;

I made a circle easel card using red card. Mine was made using a 5 1/2" diameter circle die. (There are many videos and simple tutorials on line which show how these are made so I am not sharing that part of the process).

I sprayed aged mahogany and salty ocean distress stain sprays onto a piece of inky mop up mixed media card from my stash. When dry I added some Snowflurries distress mica stain for some sparkle. I then spread the new distress Glow grit paste through the Meshing around stencil. 

and left it to dry. 

I sneaked out to my studio that evening I took this photo of it glowing in the dark! 

I stamped the alien stamps in the set and coloured them with distress pencils. 

I die cut the Mesh background using a circle die to create my "planet" and adhered the stamped elements. I also added some gold foundry wax to the edge of my "planet" 

I sprayed a little more mica stain onto the base of the easel 

folded down the top and then stuck the "planet in place.

I raised the sentiment onto foam tape so that the front of the easel could stand behind it. 

Here it is finished

with a couple of close ups

one final staged shot

and of course I had to end with some glow in the dark shots. 

Such fun!

 All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our friendly customer Facebook Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you join us.  You will be warmly welcomed and see lots of inspiration from the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I also organize a monthly artist trading card swap in the group.  We celebrated 2 years of swapping in May. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 140 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started. It's been such fun and it's so lovely to receive a unique piece of art from your partner in the post. The details and sign up for each swap are posted in the group on the 23rd of the month. So the next sign up opens on 23rd September if you would like to join us.  There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time and if you live in the UK can you choose to post to the UK only if that suits you best.

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Visible Image also has its own You Tube channel here where you can see videos and Lives to give you lots of inspiration and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

and their website is here. 

 You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.tyrrell where I share many more samples than I have the time to blog.

I have already share my tags made with the fun Robot Data set over there and you can see them over on the VI website. 

Back soon, 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Sunflowers and bees

 Good morning all and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image. August is in full swing and there are lots of lovely sunflowers in bloom. I decided to use these as the inspiration for my card today. 

The stamp sets I chose to work with are the lovely Sunflower Grunge

 and the Bee happy set 

with their co ordinating dies. These dies really do make this Bee set even more versatile. 

This is what I got up to;

I stamped a batch of bees and coloured them with distress pencils

Using their co ordinating dies I die cut them out.

I like making batches as then I always have some bees readily at hand for my projects.

I made a background on glossy card using yellow and green alcohol inks. I added drops of yellow the the centre and dabbed the greens and a little yellow on a blending felt for the edges.

I stamped the large sunflower in the set and coloured it with distress pencils adding a little gold pen to the centre and glossy accents to give some dimension and a little sparkle. I also added wink of stella to the wings of the bees. 

I also stamped one of the sentiments from Sunflower grunge and cut that out too. 

I then assembled my design, gluing everything in place with a mixture of foam tape and PVA glue.  I finally matted my card onto yellow and then black card and adhered it to a square 7X7" white card blank/ 

Here is my finished card;

with a couple of close ups;

and one final shot

 All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our friendly customer Facebook Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you join us.  You will be warmly welcomed and see lots of inspiration from the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I also organize a monthly artist trading card swap in the group.  We celebrated 2 years of swapping in May. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 140 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started. It's been such fun and it's so lovely to receive a unique piece of art from your partner in the post. The details and sign up for each swap are posted in the group on the 23rd of the month. So the next sign up for September opens on 23rd August, if you would like to join us.  There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time and if you live in the UK can you choose to post to the UK only if that suits you best.

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Visible Image also has its own You Tube channel here where you can see videos and Lives to give you lots of inspiration and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

and their website is here. 

 You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.tyrrell where I share many more samples than I have the time to blog.

Back soon, 

Bye for now,

Jane x