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

A Visible Image sun and moon

Good morning, it's time for my fortnightly design team post for Visible Image. Today I sharing a make using the delightful new set Happy day

Now the first thing I noticed when I saw this set is that I could also see a "Man in the moon" in the face or is it just mad me??

I love moon gazing and often take photos of it.

I decided to make a "Mother Earth" using the main image and then a "Man in the moon" tag to prove I was not mad!

This is what I got up to;

I used salty ocean and mermaid lagoon distress inks through the meshing around stencil

and then added some green distress inks through the lava stencil

I then die cut a circle using a folded sheet of card, not cutting through the very top so that it could open out.

I stamped the face adding the funky eyelashes as shown

I stamped the eyes, mouth and some of the shapes, coloured them with glitter gel pens and fussy cut them out. 

Here is my "Mother Earth".

For the moon tag I used a scrap of black card which had been inked with mermaid lagoon, antique linen and picked raspberry distress oxides. I stamped and blue glitter embossed the smile word and coloured it in with white pen.

I repeated the same process as I used to make Mother Earth and then cut around the outline, cutting off the lips to make the Moon shape.

 I cut out the lips and after colouring them with red glitter gel pen glued them back further in. I paper pieced the eyes which I had coloured with gel pens.

I stuck him to the tag base. I then stamped extra some stars and moon as finishing touches. 

And finally here are Mother Earth and the Man in the Moon together..it was such a fun project to make!

I would like to enter them into the following challenges;

Simon says stamp Wednesday midsummer blues

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.


Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

In the light of the blue moon

On Wednesday we were promised the spectacle of the brightest biggest full moon we would see for 150 years. It was also a blue moon..ie more than one full moon in the month. We did have pretty clear skies but I must admit that I have seen bigger moons in the past. One thing for certain though was the moon was incredibly bright. My little camera could not cope with the huge contrast so my photos don't show the man in the moon who smiled out at me.

Here are a couple of photos I took but as I say they don't show his lovely "face"

 The brightness was very striking.

There is usually so much detail to see on the moon.... I took this photo some time ago  and thought I would show it.

So Mr Moon inspired me to make another of my Lavinia fairy cards to restock Dotty's teahouse.

I thought my fairy could hold the moon in her hands...what a lovely thought.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Crafty Catz 1/3 anything goes
Simon says Wednesday anything goes
That's Crafty feeling blue
Sweet stampin 1/3 anything but birthdays

Enjoy a lovely weekend, we have a special visitor...Bear our son's dog...and yes Billy is in his upstairs apartment 😂

Back on Monday with my weekly dose of Visible Image inspiration.

Bye for now,

Jane x

My own Man in the Moon

It's no secret that my Mum and I really love the image of "The Man in the Moon". I have written and shared a few moon posts here in the past.

When my Hb and I were on holiday in Rhodes last month we were lucky to find that it coincided with a full moon. The night sky is so beautiful there, so much less light pollution that the stars are visible, as well as some of the planets. My hubby is quite knowledgeable about these things and pointed out several of constellations and planets. We were able to see Venus and Jupiter clearly.

The nights around the full moon were all beautifully clear and I really enjoyed seeing it from our restaurant tables as it's always warm enough to enjoy every meal outside. Here are a few shots.

At the beginning of the evening it was a red moon...so beautiful. My photos are not perfect as I didn't use a tripod, my camera is just hand held and that takes some doing!

It was also amazing to see the moon still in the sky in the morning and I snapped these photos from our balcony at 6.30am

 Soooo beautiful

Over the last few days I have been trying to find a good man in the moon digi or stamp but really none were suitable.  So inspired by the challenge over at PaperArtsy which is "faces" I took a really brave decision and decided to draw a few of my own Man in the moon faces.

I never claim be an artist so my drawings are rather primitive but I came up with these. I  drew one on crumpled tissue paper which I stuck onto a circle die cut and a couple I drew directly onto the card. I used a silver pen for one and micron for the others.

 My Sukura glaze pens are such fun to use.

I added some distress ink to given them some dimension

I chose my favourite moon face and decided to try making it into a Christmas card.

I created an inky background with shades of blue distress ink by swooshing my card through the inks until I had created a dark blue night sky.

I also stamped some stars on my background.

Below is my finished card and I really like the vintage/retro feel of it. My very own Man in the Moon Christmas card.  This really epitomizes my childhood Christmas cards for me. I used to also love the German advent calendars which often had smiley man in the moon images.

 The sleigh die is Cheery Lynn and I attached some bells

The star die is by Noor.

I plan to use the other faces for other projects so you will see them again at some point.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

PaperArtsy Faces. I was very inspired by the butterfly post by Julie Anne Lee where she used a face on a butterfly.
Country View add some texture
Sparkles Christmas distress it
Christmas card challenge photo inspiration
Crafty Hazelnut For a child
Cheery Lynn Vintage
We love to create #21
Allsorts all sentimental, use a sentiment
Pixie's Crafty workshop #199
Craft Stamper Take it make it process;ink,stitch, paint,collage, print paper I have used ink, collage paper as well as stamping my star background and my sentiment.

Thanks for visiting me today and also for the really kind messages you left on my Zenspirations post on Friday.   It's the start of another week already and at the end of this week the clocks go back...gosh how quickly that has come around.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x