Inspiration for the TV

I hope you had a lovely weekend? We certainly did, thanks for all your kind birthday wishes for my boy. He had a great time and after the havoc of  Storm Doris the sun shone on his special day. Well here we are at the penultimate day of February...another month scuttling away before we know it.

 I have been very busy with some secret crafting for the last couple of weeks, which I can finally share with you. You may remember that I did some Guest Design work for my favourite stamp company, Visible Image, last year from September to December?

They had a new stamp release in February which has taken the crafting world by storm as they are so fabulous. Helen, of Visible Image contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I would be interested in making some samples for their latest TV appearance on Create and Craft, using 2 of the new sets. Of course I said yes and once my stamps arrived I shut myself away for a few days and made them 5 cards.

My regular blogging buddies know that Billy our cat features big time in our life.

He loves climbing wall and fences and can often be spotted sitting on them.

He is also my blog avatar. 

So one of the sets I chose to work with just had to be their awesome cat set. It's called Curious cats . You can buy the set  here  Isn't it brilliant?

 You can also see all the new releases over at the Visible Image Website here

So I thought I would share my first cat sample here today. It may very well be visible in the background on Create and Craft this Saturday, 4th March. I shall keep an eye out and wave if I spot it 😉. The show is on at 10am (GMT) on Sky 674 or Freeview 23 or you can watch it via the Create and craft Website here. I have set up my recorder in case I'm not around at 10am.

Here is my card....inspired by my sweet Billy......I have called it Billy's Fence. He also has a friend called Blackie who visits him and looks just like the cats walking along the fence here...

I made the fence with lots of DecoArt paints on card. I also used some crackle paint to give lots of worn texture. I then distressed it...literally by removing some panels and added the large cat face.

The small walking cats were embossed and fussy cut out

I created a sunny scene using Distress inks and used the cat's whiskers stamp from the set for my grass.

To finish off my card I added glossy accents to the eyes and nose.

I even decorated the inside...and used the sweet paw print and the sentiment which also comes with the set.

Here is my card once more

I would like to enter Billy's fence card into the following challenges.

Cupcake inspiration 1/3 cats
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday 1/3 green
Ribbon girl 2/3 any image
Rubber dance layers
Frilly and Funkie out of the cold
More mixed media anything goes
Simon Says stamp Wednesday anything goes
Craft Catz anything goes
Lil patch of crafting friends anything goes
Stamping sensations animal magic

I had to share this photo too...whilst photographing my other samples Billy got in on the act in my light tent.

He is certainly true to the sentiment eh.....😼😻😺

Now there is one final piece of very exciting news I can share before I end my post. After receiving my samples, Helen of Visible Image contacted me and asked if I would like to join the team as a full Design Team Member........so now I am really looking forward to sharing their onward creative journey as part of their Team.

I am back on Wednesday, as it's the first of the month, with my DT post for Country View.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for all the very kind comments you leave me. I really appreciate them and for all the support you give to my crafting. Take care 💓

Bye for now,

Jane x