2020 adventures await

Good morning. Today is the day I really class as the first day of the new year. The Christmas decs have all been packed away until December, most children have returned to school and we now look forward to what the new year has in store for us.

The days are getting lighter already and very soon signs of Mother Nature waking up will begin, first with the snowdrops and then all the wonderful spring bulbs. 

My violas are still flowering their hearts out and giving me some much needed colour as I look out of my kitchen window to the garden.

I was astonished to see the rosemary I bought last summer is flowering...yes seriously, there are dear little blue flowers all over it.

Today is also the time for me to return to my fortnightly Monday Make for Visible Image. I decided that I needed an injection of colour. I chose to use the iconic original large eye stamp from

Where dreams take you

I teamed it some of the words from

Destination unknown

and the time swirl from 

Ahead of our time

I also wanted it to have the new decade on it so I used the numbers from

Alphabetical to make a card.

This is what I got up to;

First I stamped and embossed the eye onto white mixed media card

 I used these distress inks

 I masked the eye and blended the colours onto the card

Once finished I removed the mask

I then stamped the time swirl using archival ink

 and added the words

I added 2020 using the 2 and 0 and stamping them twice.

 I finished off by adding some green gel pen to the pupil of the eye

Here is my finished card;

Some close ups

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

Moving along with the times 3/3 all things new my new is the new decade!
A bit more time to craft 2/3 Anything goes
Creative inspirations 2/3 something old or new mine are old, all my stamps here have been treasured in my stash for years.
The Inkspirational challenge 2/3 photo challenge
Stamping sensations 1/3 Favourite stamps

Simon says stamp Monday party time

Simon says stamp Wednesday something new
Crafters' castle 1/3 anything goes
A vintage journey we're all getting older

All the Visible Image links are listed below

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.

Their Instagram page can be found here

  Pinterest  here

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

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x