Ice cream anyone?

 Good morning! It's time for my fortnightly Wednesday blogged design team make for Visible Image. I'm delighted to be blogging one of my ice cream samples I made using the awesome new "Better with ice cream" set from the summer stamp release."

I know I am not really allowed to have favourites but to me this is the best ice cream stamp set I have seen in all my nearly 30 years of stamping. It just screams summer! You have the choice of whippy or a 99 or a waffle cone with extra scoops too. There is even a flake to make a "99". The 4 separate sentiments are so cool too.  It's just brilliant.

This is what I got up to;

I used an offcut of one of my shaving foam distress reinker marbled backgrounds and stamped the ice cream part in Versafine Clair "Charming" ink, clear embossed the image and cut out just the ice cream whippy part. 

I then stamped the cone part onto kraft card using Versafine Clair acorn and again clear embossed and cut them out. I tend to make things in batches ever though I was only using 1 cone for my card. That way you always have a ready made image at hand for a quick card when needed.

My background was a distress ink one from my stash using picked raspberry, mustard seed, vintage photo, spiced marmalade and broken china ink pads.

I stamped the sentiments onto white card

and added "strawberry sauce" using Christmas red stickles.

I finished it off with a flake which I made using the stamp on Kraft card with Versafine Clair acorn ink again. 

You can see the process easier in this photo below taken in my studio as I worked.

I added a flake to one of my cones. I stamped the ice cream onto the card front using Versafine Clair Charming, to get the inky drips back, and stuck the ice cream I had made on top. I then put my card together and added my signature sequins as a finishing touch.

Here it is;

with a couple of close ups  

and one final shot; 

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

The Visible Image Group page is over on Facebook. Our friendly 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 135 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 June, opened yesterday on 23rd May,  if you would like to join us. The theme is "Rainbow joy". It will close on Sunday 28th. 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 

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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.

Remember that you can purchase the new release NOW over on the website here.

 Thanks for stopping by,

Bye for now,

Jane x