My stamping adventures in Worthing

I am back with a post to share the great day I had demonstrating Visible Image stamps and stencils in Worthing for Stampers Grove at the Stamperama show last Saturday
I didn't take my camera as I had lots to pack. A lady on the stand opposite kindly took this photo with my phone just before the show opened.

And I took this for James aka Mr Stampers Grove, ready to greet all the lovely customers.

The day whizzed by so quickly that I didn't manage to take any other photos but James managed this one of me, again at kick off. (thanks James for allowing me to share your photos)

And he snapped these 2 right at the end of the day, with the last ladies, just before we started to clear up.

It really was the most delightful show, everyone was super friendly and happy to see a stamping show return to Worthing.
I took lots of my Visible Image makes to show customers but I also made some "specials" for the day. I have shared some of these photos on social media but I like to keep a creative diary for myself here at Jane's Journal so this is my "Worthing 2019 Collection"
I made a limited edition of 3 "The eyes see you" artist trading coins

Number 1 was the badge I wore.

I made a selection of Artist trading cards using the See Everything stamp set

I also made 2 cards
This is one of them using several Visible Image sets; Creative chaos, Wings of hope, Art words and the lovely dragonflies from Live in the moment.

The other card I will share soon.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Through the craft room door 1/2 anything goes
Crafty sentiments 1/3 summer
Simon says stamp Monday frame it
Crafting from the heart 1/3 anything goes

There is a possibility that the show may be repeated in Worthing next year. It was a really happy friendly day and the lovely crafters who attended appeared delighted to have a stamp show in the area again. The hall was light and airy and there was such a positive vibe all day. I certainly had a ball and would love to see it run again next year. If you were one of the lovely customers who stopped by, thank you so much for your kind comments and support. It was a pleasure to share my ideas and passion for what I do.

 James has all the stamp sets I have used here and the whole Visible Image stamp and stencil range in stock on his website here He also stocks other brands of stamps and has a great range of inks and products.
He takes his very well stocked Stampers Grove mobile shop to Stamping and craft shows all around Great Britain . He often has special show offers and extra products so it it really worth catching one. There is likey to be one very near you as he really does travel the lenght and bredth of the country. The show list for 2019 is here  and to give you a little heads up I will be at one of them demonstrating again very soon, but more of that nearer the time 😊

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you are on Instagram I have added my direct link on side bar of my blog if you would like to keep up to date as I don't blog everything I make/do. I am on there as @jane.tyrrell

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Swimming towards June

Good morning and for those of you who are in the UK enjoy your day off courtesy of the late May bank holiday. The temperature is rising nicely as we start the last week of the month although it has clouded over a bit today. I can't wait until we can have picnics and ice cream on the beach when we visit our daughter's and paddle in the sea. Summer is just around the corner now. I wonder if we will have anything like the long hot summer of 2018?

We had so many fun days at the seaside last year, even though I did take a dunk from their kayak! 

Daisy and Jack loved it too. What is more fun for a child than sand, a bucket and a spade?

Such fond memories. Fingers crossed we can repeat this again in 2019

It is time for my Monday DT make for Visible Image today and with these thoughts of the sea I used the brilliant 

Dare to swim  stamp set

and the timeless fibres stencil

I used a piece of card made a while back using turquoise and lemon Brushos. I then added salty ocean, twisted citron

and tumbled glass distress ink through the stencil.

I stamped the fish using a rainbow ink pad. 

I stamped the seaweed using Color Box Guava

and I used a sentiment from 

Voices in your head

 It was embossed in yellow onto purple card. I then backed this onto green.

I stamped out some jelly fish onto acetate (I will use the spares on other projects) and added Glossy accents and glitter.

I also found an ideal piece of netting courtesy of my easy peelers!

Then it was time to put my card together. 

Here it is;

with some close ups

I also stamped inside..

and one last shot.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

We love to create 1/3 anything mixed media
Pixie's snippets playground #353
Pink gem challenge 1/3 anything goes
Crafty catz 1/3 anything goes

All the Visible Image links can be found here;

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you there. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity.

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are regular giveaways...open world wide.

And the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased.

I had a great time at the Stamperia show on Saturday demonstrating for Stamper's Grove. I'll be back to share a post later this week but this photo was taken at set up by a lady whose stand was opposite...before the doors opened and we were greeted by so many lovely crafters. It was a really busy but enjoyable day. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for the kind comments you take the time to leave me, despite the very busy lives you all lead.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

All that jazz

Good morning here we are at the start of a new week. What a week we enjoyed last week...wall to wall sunshine! My azalea looked so cheerful in the beams of sunlight in the garden

and it felt like summer is just around the corner.

The sun has popped back behind the clouds for now but I am sure it will be back very soon. It's also time for my Monday design team make for Visible Image. I needed some male birthday cards down at Dotty's Teahouse so I knew just the right stamps to get out.
Jazz it up

and a sentiment from 

Go to words

I added some distress inks to my craft sheet; chipped sapphire, tumbled glass and hickory smoke, a spritz of water and dipped in some watercolour card. 

Once it was dry I cut it down and stamped the jazz players using Twilight Versafine Clair ink.  I stamped the large stars from

Rock out  and the bubbles

in gold and 

  the sentiment on top in black Versafine which I clear embossed.

Finally I stamped the keyboard in black Versafine for the jazz players to stand on.

I matted and layered it onto gold and black cardstock. 

Here is my finished card.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

A gem of a challenge 3/3 anything goes

crafty catz 2/3 anything goes
Uniko 1/3 anything goes/masculine
Time out Inspirational words I was inspired y the words STARS

A bit more time to craft 3/3 anything goes

Crafting from the heart 3/3 anything goes

Crafting with an attitude 2/3 anything goes

 The male room 2/3 anything goes

All the Visible Image links can be found here;

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you there. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity.

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are regular giveaways...open world wide.

And the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased. 

It is only 5 days until the Worthing, West Sussex,  Stamperama show. I will be demoing lots of Visible Image products for Stampers'  Grove.....very exciting. Do stop by and say hi if you are going. 

Thanks for stopping by today, have a lovely week ahead.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Stencil Sunday for STAMPlorations

I am delighted to be posting today for the Stencil Sunday feature using the fabulous ARTplorations stencil range. This feature runs for 3 Sundays in the month over on the main STAMPlorations blog. Here on my personal blog I am sharing some closer details and photos of my 4 favourite stencil techniques, which have been showcased over on the main STAMP blog. You can see here. I have provided links to all the products throughout this post and remember that if you use my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the checkout you can save 20% on top of any current savings.

This is quite a long post so do grab a cuppa!

For my first technique I sprayed using distress oxides through my stencil using
Anchors away

on the left is the first print and I then just turned the inky stencil over to get the print on the right. You get 2 for 1 with this technique!

I also worked with the True north set

 and a birthday sentiment from Party time

Here is my finished card

my second is a layered technique using

hearts all over

Using distress inks I inked through part of the stencil and then moved the stencil and used anther colour. I repeated this until I achieved the background I wanted. 

I just added several layers and then stamped the bold sentiment

enough from the say it big series and heart and patches from romantic expressions 1

 to finish my card.

My 3rd technique used some crackle paste through the

Flutterby stencil

I added a sentiment from Trendy butterflies 1 to make this card.

and my 4th and final technique is a really fun one using Ranger alcohol lift off ink through the 

bold florals stencil

I used the sentiment and image from blossom like a butterfly to make my final stenciled card.

So there we have it , 4 of my personal favourite stencil techniques and 4 finished cards. Which is your favourite?

I hope you found my step by steps helpful and that they may inspire you to play with your stencils. Remember that all the stencils (and stamps) I used today are available on the main STAMP website here and if you use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLJANE at the checkout you can save 20% on top of any other discounts which are currently available. Shery ships internationally at very reasonable postage rates.

Also remember to leave me a little comment here, perhaps saying which is your favourite of the techniques I have shared? All the comments left during the 3 stencil Sunday May posts on the main and personal designers blogs will be put into the hat and one lucky winner will win a $15 gift code. 

Good luck.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x