Autumn botanicals for Visible Image

Hi blogging friends. The theme for our design team makes for Visible Image this week is

"Autumn Botanicals"

My brief was to create something other than a card. I got out my lovely VI botanical stamps and decided on 2 of my all-time favourites, Totally toadstools and Erika's maple Initially I thought of making a tag and sat in the garden fussy cutting out the stamped leaves in the sunshine . It was there I decided instead that they were perfect to make a seasonal wall hanging with.

These are the products I used

Totally toadstools

and it's co ordinating dies;

and Erika's maple. 

To create a ring frame I used 2 left over circle die cuts (approximately 14cm in diameter) glued together for extra thickness. If you don’t have dies just draw around a using a plate or similar. Don’t worry about the card, even packaging works, as the frame will be fully covered later.

For stamping the leaves I a mix of inky paper leftovers from my stash including book pages. The more variety the better.

I then cut everything out with scissors.

To create the sentiment plaque I stamped the sentiment from Totally Toadstools in red Versafine Clair ink onto white card. Around it I repeat stamped the leaf clusters in green tones to create a leafy surround. This was to create a word plaque for the centre of my wall hanging.

I cut around the greenery as shown below and stuck it in place.

Next I stamped out the toadstools, die cut them using the co ordinating dies and coloured using distress watercolour pencils. 

Once all the botanicals were ready I arranged the leaves around frame. I adhered them in place, overlapping for depth and nestling the toadstools in among them.

Here are some close ups of all the leafy details and textures

Here it is finished once more. 

I hung it outside on my potted Christmas tree for a quick photo

And then placed it in its final spot in my studio, where I can enjoy it daily. It’s a little reminder of those warm, sunny late summer afternoons spent crafting outside in the garden.

These stamps are ideal for creating autumn décor pieces. This project let me capture the warm, earthy tones of autumn and gave me the chance to play with texture, colour blending, and layering to bring the autumn theme to life.

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 the monthly artist trading card swap in the group. It is open to everyone worldwide. Over 170 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started over 4 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. Our next swap is our 52nd. 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. Do come over and join us, you will be most warmly welcomed.

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Their website 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 

You will also find lots more of my own Visible Image personal makes over in my Instagram account here; @jane.tyrrell

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

More silhouettes for the August Country View crafts challenge

  Hi everyone this is my second design team make for our current August challenge over in the Country View Crafts challenge Facebook group. 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 400 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 from brands which are stocked on the Country View Website. 

The theme for this month is "Silhouettes" and I made this card. I love working with bold backgrounds and striking silhouettes. This one combines regular and pearl alcohol inks on Yupo for a vibrant shimmering effect.

This is how it came together;

I made this alcohol ink background on Yupo using a mix of regular and pearl inks. 

I die cut a couple of gentleman in black card and chose 1 to use.  This die set is in my Tim Holtz stash but Susan has a huge selection of his dies including the new Halloween Classics here. I also used a sticker from his metallic sticker book

I die cut some stacked hearts in yellow card and added my sticker to the larger one. 

I then die cut a couple of mischievous cats and put my design together. My finishing touch was some die cut hearts in white glitter card. 

here is one more close up

and a final photo of my card. 

I have linked the products I used which are available on the website within my post. If they are not in stock just email Susan, who should be able to order them in for you. 

Remember that 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 hope I may have inspired you to give our August challenge a go. There are still 6 days left to enter. This fab prize below is up for grabs too, for one randomly selected person. You can enter up to 5 different projects. 

Enjoy the bank holiday..the last one before Christmas. Yes I said the C-word"

Bye for now,

Jane x

Silhouettes for our Country View Crafts August Challenge

 Hi everyone this is my first design team make for our current August challenge over in the Country View Crafts challenge Facebook group. 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 400 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 from brands which are stocked on the Country View Website. 

The theme for this month is "Silhouettes" and I made this card using a mix of Visible Image silhouette stamps and Tim Holtz floral dies. 

This is how it came together;

I made a background using a mix of kitsch flamingo distress spray stain and mica stains. 

Using the Visible Image Live life now stamp set I stamped the large butterfly in black ink in the top corner. I clear heat embossed it and then repeat stamped the flourish of butterflies stamp using artic blue versafine clair. I added a sentiment from their So much stronger 
sentiment set. A little heads up that this sentiment set has been discontinued and CVC is one of a handful of shops who still have it in stock. When it's gone, it's genuinely gone!

I die cut some Tim Holtz wildflowers in black card. 

I added them to my design using some sequins for extra detailing. 

I added some glitter pen details. 

Here it is once more 

I have linked the products I used which are available on the website within my post. If they are not in stock just email Susan, who should be able to order them in for you. 

Remember that 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 hope I may have inspired you to give our August challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too, for one randomly selected person and you can enter up to 5 times. 

I will be back with my 2nd Silhouette make on 25th August, bank holiday Monday no less. Where on earth has this year gone? It will be Christmas before we know it!

Bye for now,

Jane x

Visible Image friendship

 Hi everyone, it's time for my next blogged design team make for Visible Image. The theme for our makes this week is "friendship" and I am using the Blooming Fabulous stamp set with the Atmospheric stencil from the new Love of Nature release. This stamp set is perfect for a friendship birthday card.

I started off with a blue distress ink background from my stash made with distress spray stains. I positioned the circles part of the stencil over the card and blended lumberjack plaid distress through it. I moved the stencil down and repeated.

Using the text stamp I added some extra interest to the background using lumberjack plaid and salty ocean distress ink.

I also stamped one of the sentiments in black at the top of the card. 

To make the "flower" I stamped the bloom on white card using red ink and cut it out. I also stamped the best and friend words onto a scrap of white card and created a "stalk". I added some extra red ink detailing. 

Using a button and twine I added a fun centre to the bloom and attached the "stalk"

To put my design together I glued the bloom onto the background, distressed the edges, matted it onto red card and then onto a white card blank. 

 

Here is a close up of the bloom.

and one last shot of my card.

It was fun to turn the bloom into a whole flower for my card.  Adding the text stamping details also  creates a lovely background to show it off. This really is a special floral birthday card for a special best friend. 

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 the monthly artist trading card swap in the group. It is open to everyone worldwide. Over 170 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started over 4 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. Our next swap is our 52nd. 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. Do come over and join us, you will be most warmly welcomed. 

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Their website 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 

You will also find lots more of my own Visible Image personal makes over in my Instagram account here; @jane.tyrrell

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x