Hi everyone and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. We are now near the end of April and mother nature is really blooming. It won't be very long until I can plant up my pots in my tiny sunny garden with summer bedding. My make today uses the delightful "Daisy Grunge" stamp set with a background set and stencil. Daisy Grunge is so versatile and I have used the main bloom from the set with the sweet tiny daisy and one of the sentiments to make this spring inspired card.
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Daisy Grunge
Thursday 11 April 2024
More flower power for Country View Crafts
Hello everyone, it's time for my second blogged design team make for our April Country View crafts challenge hosted over on Facebook. You don't need a blog or an Instagram account, just head over to the group and join in with the fun! The link is here and if you are not already a member just request to join and we will warmly welcome you. It is also be a place you can be the first to hear about workshops, the latest releases etc etc. We have a happy membership of over 300 crafters already and we are growing every day. You can enter the challenges up to 5 times as you like as long as you use products or brands which are stocked on the Country View Website. Every month there is an awesome prize to be won by one randomly selected entry.
I try to link up the products I use in my posts but obviously stock on the CVC website sells out quickly . Some may be out of stock when you click on the links. If they are just fill in the email notification and you will be emailed when they are back in stock. This is the link to the website Remember that postage is FREE on all UK orders over £20.
For April the theme is "Flower Power" so we would like to see all your floral makes. Below is my card. Read on for a full step by step tutorial of how to make it.
I really hope that I may have inspired you to join in with the "Flower power" fun. Do head over to the challenge on Facebook here. Below is the fab prize up for grabs for one randomly selected winner. Yes a tin of Tim's awesome distress watercolour pencils
The challenge is open worldwide.
Remember you can find me most days over on Instagram here @jane.tyrrell where I do share many, many more makes then I have the time to blog.
Back soon,
Bye for now,
Jane x
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Birthday tulips
Hi everyone and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. I'm delighted that both my grown up children have inherited my passion for gardening. My daughter loves growing veg but she also loves growing flowers for cutting. During the spring she has been filling her home with daffodils, hellebores and most recently wonderful tulips. It was her birthday recently and I made her this spring garden themed card.
I used the gorgeous Sketched tulips stamp set
To add to the garden feel ( and also because her daughter, my granddaughter is called Daisy) I also used the "Daisy Daisy" stencil in the background.
The sentiments are from the "Lost for words" sentiment set.
This is what I got up to;
I taped down an A5 piece of white card and placed the stencil down. Using the distress inks shown below I carefully blended the inks over the stencil. I just hold the stencil in place in the centre using a couple of fingers.
I moved the Daisy Daisy stencil around and added more colour.
I cut my background down to a 5 1/4" square. I stamped the main images and sentiments as shown below using Versafine Claire nocturne ink, which I clear heat embossed. I added the stem stamp from the set using orange ink.
I then stamped the large tulip and 2 small tulips heads again onto white card . I over stamped the blooms with the Bronte verse stamp in the set using yellow versafine.
I cut them all out.
and adhered them over the images stamped on the background. I also added some gold pen details to the flower sprigs and white pen detailing on the sentiments.
with a couple of close ups
Sunday 7 April 2024
April flowers for Country View Crafts
Hello everyone, it's time for my first blogged design team make for our April Country View crafts challenge hosted over on Facebook. You don't need a blog or an Instagram account, just head over to the group and join in with the fun! The link is here and if you are not already a member just request to join and we will warmly welcome you. It is also be a place you can be the first to hear about workshops, the latest releases etc etc. We have a happy membership of over 300 crafters already and we are growing every day. You can enter the challenges up to 5 times as you like as long as you use products or brands which are stocked on the Country View Website.
I try to link up the products I use in my posts but obviously stock on the CVC website sells out quickly . Some may be out of stock when you click on the links. If they are just fill in the email notification and you will be emailed when they are back in stock. This is the link to the website Remember that postage is FREE on all UK orders over £20.
For April the theme is "Flower Power" so we would like to see all your floral makes. Below is my card for some inspiration. Read on for a full step by step tutorial of how to make it.
I really hope that I may have inspired you to join in with the "Flower power" fun. Do head over to the challenge on Facebook here. Below is the fab prize up for grabs for one randomly selected winner.
Remember you can find me most days over on Instagram here @jane.tyrrell where I do share many, many more makes then I have the time to blog.
I will be back to share another flower power make next Wednesday, 11th April.
Bye for now,
Jane x