Getting my spook on for Visible Image

 Hello everyone it's time for my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. 

We are just 10 days away from the start of autumn and of course that also means that the "Spooky Season" is coming soon  My grandchildren have turned me from someone who hid on Halloween from the Trick or Treaters to someone who decorates the porch, lights a pumpkin and greats them now with sweets and a huge smile. I honestly love Halloween and last year ran out of sweets as we had some many callers at our door.

So I thought today would be a good time to get you thinking about some fun Halloween makes. 

Boo!

I used the following products;

skull shadow stencil

with one of the fun sentiments from  Happy Halloween

This is how I made my card.

I used a piece of inked card from my stash.

 This one was made using lumberjack plaid, scorched timber and lost shadow distress inks. I pressed them onto my craft sheet, added water and dipped in my card. By drying between the layers I was able to achieve this look. I then blended on a little extra scorched timber to add some spooky dark  areas.

 I placed the skull shadow stencil near the top and blended black soot distress ink through the eyes and mouth and a little way around the skull.

I stamped the Trick or treat sentiment from Happy Halloween onto scraps of white card in black ink and distressed the edges with a distressing tool. I did the same to the edges of the card. I edged the sentiments with candied apple distress ink allowing it to get messy with my fingerprints as this all adds to the fun Halloween look. 

I stuck the sentiments in place. Next I used a pipette and sucked up some ink from a bottle of candied apple spray stain. I then applied the ink as dripping "blood" from the underside of the sentiments and around the skull. 

I left the stain to dry overnight and then cut  my card down to 4 1/2 by 6 1/2" . I matted it onto red glitter paper and then onto a black card blank.

Here it is again

with a close up

and I final photo.

I hope my card wasn't too ghoulish for you. You can obviously leave the dripping blood off if you prefer but for me the more Hammer Horror the better! 

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our kind, friendly and supportive customer Facebook 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. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 150 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started over 3 years ago. 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 August sign up will be in the group next week on 23rd August. 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 

Pinterest here

and their website is here 

You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.https://www.instagram.com/jane.tyrrell?igsh=dzJsbnFoYnR5dzV5tyrrell most days, where I share many, many more makes than I have the time to blog. 

Bye for now.

Jane x

Autumn richness for our September Country View crafts challenge

 Hello everyone, it's time for my first blogged design team make for our September 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 340 crafters 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 am delighted to be the host for the challenge for this month and I have chosen the theme "autumn richness" So I would like to see makes using the colours, images, leaves, animals etc of autumn. 

This is my make, a birthday card for my best friend who's special day is on Thursday. It was inspired by all the wonderful acorns I see ripening on the trees. To me this is always the first sign of autumn.

I used the gorgeous Acorn Tim Holtz 3d embossing folder available here. I coloured it with distress mica crayons and added some splashed of distress spritz.

This is how it came together;

First I embossed my piece of white card using the 3D folder. I coloured it with a mix of regular and mica distress crayons. 

Once finished I thought it looked a little bare so I got out my distress spritz

and flicked some over the background.

I stamped a sentiment from Tim's  Floristry stamp set and matted everything onto gold paper and then a white card blank. 

Here are a couple of close ups;

and 1 final shot.

I hope I might have inspired you to join us? We have this awesome PaperArtsy stamp set and printed tissue prize up for grabs for one randomly selected entry.

Remember that you can enter up to 5 times too!

Remember you can find me most days over on Instagram Here @jane.tyrrell where I share many, many more makes then I have the time to blog.

I will be back to share my 2nd design team make for the challenge on 17th September.

Bye for now,

Jane x