The moonlit sky

Hello it's time for my fortnightly design team post for Visible Image. Today I am sharing a card and bookmark made for my Mum's upcoming birthday. I have told her not to read this blog post until after next Monday! She and I have a "thing" about the Man in the Moon

I always love a full moon and snapped these photos recently.

So of course I had to use the awesome new Midnight sky set for her card and bookmark. 

with the Happy birthday sentiment

Just a little heads up that Visible Image have a Black Friday sale on until 30th November and the happy birthday set is in the sale at the incredible  price of £3.99. Stock is limited and some products are  reduced by up to70%. 

So back to my make, this is what I got up to.

I used these distress  spray stains to ink a sheet of mixed media card.

I cut myself 2 pieces, one for the card and 1 for the bookmark. I realized that if I made a slimline card the bookmark would not get creased in the post as it could tuck inside the card. My Mum is an avid reader so I know this will get lots of use. 

I stamped the verse and my images in black , sorry I cut the top of this photo!

I used gold ink and the star swoosh to link up my images

I stamped and gold embossed the large star for extra shine. 

For the card I also stamped the moon and large star onto an inky off cut and added them for extra dimension and focus. I didn't do this for the bookmark as I didn't want them to rub inside a book.

 

I coloured the stars on the card in gold pen and those on the bookmark in silver.

Here is my card finished

with its matching bookmark.

and one last shot.

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. Do check out the Facebook LIVES and videos where you will be able to see lots more samples and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here

Pinterest here

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

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Remember to check out the amazing Black Friday bargains here. There is up to 70% off lots of stamps and stencils. Remember that stock is limited so if you snooze you lose! I think Christmas has come early for a lot of excited Visible Image fans. It ends on 30th November.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

6th annual giving thanks blog hop and giveaway with STAMPlorations

Hello and welcome to the 6th annual giving thanks blog hop and giveaway with STAMPlorations. Today several of the STAMPgirls, including me, are sharing makes to show how thankful and grateful we all are. I am thankful for having a close family who even though we are not able to see at the moment we are in daily contact via the wonders of modern technology.

 I am also thankful for the joy of Mother Nature especially at this time of the year. These were my dino ducks down at the ponds this week...how they make my heart sing.

This is a fun event with lots of prizes to be grabbed too! (No dinos though...sorry!!)

Blog hop prizes:

- 3 winners of a $15 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs

giveaway prizes:

- 2 winners of their choice of STAMPlorations products with a combined MSRP value of up to $25

- 1 winner of her choice of STAMPlorations products with a combined MSRP value of up to $50

extra prizes:

- a few surprise winners randomly drawn from their social media accounts (FB, IG, Pinterest, blogs) to win either prize codes or products

The hop and giveaway are open until December 8. Winners will be announced on December 10 in the November winners post.

This is the link with all the details you need. 

 I now have affiliate links in my STAMP posts which simply means that if you click on any of the links here and buy something from the STAMP store I will receive a small commission at no cost whatsoever to you 😊I can also a offer a very special extra treat if you use my code, details at the end of this post.

I think that 2 things I have also been very grateful for recently is my crafting in my garden studio and my endless cups of tea!

Here  is the card I made

and this is how I made it.

First I added a rainbow of Brushos to watercolour card. When dry I stamped the small cups from the 

Always tea time set

I then stamped the thank you from the thank you coffee set. I also stamped, coloured and cut out the lovely cup with flower from this set.

For a finishing touch I added the larger sentiment from the thank you coffee set. 

I then matted and layered my card.

Here is one last shot of my giving thanks make.

So before I close here is my treat I mentioned at the beginning of this post...If you order more than $15 of product from the website (after discounts and before shipping) and quote my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at checkout not only can you get 20% off your order you can also choose a product for FREE up to the value of $7! Here is a link to the website.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Try to stay mindful in these difficult times. If you are struggling try to think of just one thing today that you are thankful for too. 

Stay safe.

Bye for now,

Jane x

More contrasts for the November theme and photo prompt STAMPlorations challenge

Hello I am back with my 2nd design team inspiration card for our November theme and photo prompt challenge over at STAMPlorations. 

I has certainly turned wet and windy here over the weekend a real contrast to the sunshine of last week. 

 My dinos and the ducks love it! 

This certainly ties in with our theme for this month;

You can enter up to a maximum of 3 entries. There are awesome prizes up for grabs; A $20 prize code for the winner, who this month will be chosen by me, as well as $7 prize codes awarded to 3 randomly selected entries. Please remember to add our challenge logo to your post if you would like to be in with a chance of winning. Full details of the challenge and more inspiration from my teamies can be found here.

I have affiliate links in my STAMP posts which simply means that if you click on any of the links here and buy something from the STAMP store I will receive a small commission, at no cost whatsoever to you 😊Remember if you also use my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the check out you can get an additional 20% off on top of any existing discounts! Shery ships internationally at very low cost too.

These are the products I worked with. I have linked them to the website if you click on them.

For my new "Contrasts" card I worked with the Peace love and joy typografia stamp

Holly background stencil, 

and Christmas reindeer 

with the coordinating Christmas reindeer dies

Here is what I got up to;

I used pine needles and candied apple through the  Holly background stencil, 

I stamped the Christmas reindeer  onto red card (I only used the largest in the end) and cut them out using the  coordinating Christmas reindeer dies

I stamped and white embossed the Peace love and joy typografia stamp onto red card and die cut it using one of the shaped dies in my stash.

Then I put my design together.

Here is my finished card

with a close up

and one final shot

I hope I may have inspired you to join our new November challenge. All the details can be found  here.

Remember that If you order more than $15 of product from the website (after discounts and before shipping) and quote my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at checkout not only can you get 20% off your order you can also choose a product for FREE up to the value of $7! Here is a link to the website.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

The shining sun

Hello it's time for my fortnightly design team make for Visible Image. I am delighted to share my first make with one of the brand new release. There are 6 awesome sets which are on pre release now for ordering on their website. Worldwide release date is 12 November. 

I found it hard to choose which of my samples I have made to share today. I thought we could all do with some sunshine as here in England as we are in a month long lockdown again and decided my sample made with this set was perfect. 

Meet the fabulous

Rise and shine stamp set. I adore anthropomorphic imagery.

(To give you a heads up there is a wonderful Man in the Moon in their new Midnight Sky set too.  I have wanted Mark, aka Mr Visible Image to design a Man in the moon stamp for years and I am thrilled he has. My next sample I share in 2 weeks will be using that set).

So back to the sun. It was certainly shining last week as I took my daily walks. The colours of autumn this year are quite breathtaking and a little sunshine added in just makes my heart sing.

I also have a ceramic sun which sits on the wall of my studio. I bought this on holiday in Sicily and I really do treasure it. 

Here is a close up

So fired up with these colours and ideas I grabbed some Yupo paper and made a sunshine packed background using alcohol inks.  I just dripped the inks onto the paper and used a blower to move the inks around. 

I used all the hot yellows, oranges and a little flamingo ink.

I then turned the background sideways. I stamped the large sunshine and 2 small onto some yellow inky mop up card and cut them out.

I added some of my favourite distress colour, crackling campfire to the rays to add some colour and interest to the yellow. 

The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of card which I then cut into a cloud shape. I also cut 2 more cloud shapes out of white card.

I then put my design together. Here it is;

with some close ups

and one last shot.

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. Do check out the Facebook LIVES and videos where you will be able to see lots more samples and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here

Pinterest here

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

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope my sunny card brought a ray of sunshine into your Monday morning. 

Remember to check out the rest of the awesome new release here. You can preorder now and have them delivered to your door on release date of 12 November. 

A little heads up too that Visible Image are back on your Create and Craft TV screens on Thursday at 12 noon. Do set your recorders if you can't watch live as sadly you can no longer watch on catch up afterwards. Mark aka Mr Visible Image has lots of demos planned and you will see mine and my teamies samples there too. 

Back soon, stay safe,

Bye for now,

Jane x