A witchy take on the October Country View challenge

Hi I am back with my 2nd design team inspiration post for Country View Challenges.  The theme for the month is "autumn colours +/- Halloween. A nice easy one. For my first make I went with autumn colours so for this make I decided to get my Halloween spook on and go for Halloween.  As always there is a fab £20 voucher up for grabs for one lucky randomly selected winner to spend on the website.  You can find all the details of the challenge and more examples made by my talented teamies here. 

I decided to make a Halloween card and first I used my Halloween distress mica stains set on my Tim die cut numbers. I also die cut "shadows" in black.

I used twisted citron, wilted violet and pumice stone distress stain sprays to make a background. 

I stamped the fab Visible image witch and used the matching die to cut her out and also die cut her shadow in black. I coloured her with pencils.

Susan has the brilliant witch stamp set for sale here

and her matching die here

I added some Tim Holtz spider's web die cuts 

and some of his bats plus other die cuts to create my Halloween scene. 

Here is my finished card;

with a close up

and one final shot.

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our October "shades of autumn/halloween"challenge. You can use any stamps/products, the choice is yours. 

You can enter our challenge as many times as you like and combine with other challenges. There is also a £20 crafting voucher up for grabs to the lucky randomly selected winner to spend over on the Country View Crafts on line store. Once again all the details for the October challenge  here.

Susan has recently had a restock the awesome Visible Image stencils and stamps you can see them all here.  Remember that UK postage and packing from CVC is FREE on all orders over £7.50! 

I would love to see you over on Instagram where I share new creative makes nearly every day. This is my link/profile @jane.tyrrell

Sadly these days I just don't have the time to blog everything! 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Bye for now

Jane x

The STAMPlorations theme and photo prompt challenge returns

After a restful summer break all the STAMP girls are ready and raring to share some inspiration for the STAMPlorations  challenges which all re start today. I am delighted to be continuing for another year as a design team member of the Theme and Photo prompt challenge.

This is our fun theme and photo prompt for this month's challenge.

I have affiliate links in my STAMP posts which simply means that if you click on any of the links here and buy something from the STAMP store I will receive a small commission at no cost whatsoever to you 😊I also offer a very special extra treat if you use my code, details at the end of this post.

You can enter up to a maximum of 3 entries and there are 3 awesome prizes up for grabs; 

$20 prize code to winner ($25 if a STAMPlorations product was used as the main/focal point of the card)

$10 prize code to 2 randomly picked entries ($15 if a STAMPlorations product was used as the main/focal point of the card)

Please remember to add our challenge logo of you are entering via a blog post if you would like to be in with a chance of winning. You don't have to do this if you are linking via IG or other social media platforms, but it would be  great if you do!  Full details can be found here.

You can work with the theme, the photo prompt or both. 

I used the following awesome products and have added live links to them in my post. Remember if you also use my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the check out you can get an additional 20% off on top of any existing discounts! Shery ships internationally at very low cost too.

Christmas baubles

and the gorgeous iconic

Christmas angel die 

This is what I got up to;

I made a distress oxide background on black card and stamped the stars from the Christmas baubles set in gold embossing glitter.

 I stamped, gold embossed and cut out 3 of the baubles from the same set. I die cut the angel using gold glitter card.

I then stamped one of the sentiments onto black card and again gold embossed then I put my design together. 

Here is my finished card.

with a couple of close ups;

and one final photo;

  I hope I may have inspired you to join in with this month's challenge, which is open internationally. Once again all the details are  here.

Remember that if you order more than $15 of product from the website (after discounts and before shipping) and quote my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at checkout not only can you get 20% off your order you can also choose a product for FREE up to the value of $7! Here is a link to the website.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I would love to see you also over on Instagram where I share new creative makes nearly every day. This is my link/profile @jane.tyrrell

Sadly these days I just don't have the time to blog everything! 

Bye for now,

Jane x 

Autumn colours and Halloween for Country View Challenges

Happy October all, wow isn't the year motoring along now. I have 2 design team blog posts coming up today. This is my first one for Country View Challenges where  the theme for the month is "autumn colours +/- Halloween. A nice easy one. For my first make I went with autumn colours as they are so spectacular at this time of the year.

As always there is a fab £20 voucher up for grabs for one lucky randomly selected winner to spend on the website.  You can find all the details of the challenge and more examples made by my talented teamies here.

This is what I got up to; I sprayed picked raspberry , fossilized amber and carved pumpkin distress stains onto watercolour card.

 I then added some fossilized amber and cracking campfire ink though the Visible Image strobes stencil using a blending foam. I do love these domed blending foams.

I stamped and cut out the large butterfly from  Butterfly effect I also stamped the circles swoosh onto the background.

I also stamped and cut out 2 using the butterfly in the VI minis #1 set

I coloured them with distress inks and added a little sparkle

I stamped one of the sentiments from the "Look forward with hope" VI set and also the sun. Then I put my card together with a few sequins as a final finishing touch.

Here it is 

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our October "shades of autumn/halloween"challenge. You can use any stamps/products, the choice is yours. 

You can enter our challenge as many times as you like and combine with other challenges. There is also a £20 crafting voucher up for grabs to the lucky randomly selected winner to spend over on the Country View Crafts on line store. Once again all the details for the October challenge  here.

Susan has recently had a restock the awesome Visible Image stencils and stamps you can see them all here.  Remember that UK postage and packing from CVC is FREE on all orders over £7.50! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Take care and stay safe. I will be sharing my 2nd design team project on the 11th and for that one for that one I have gone with Halloween.

I would love to see you over on Instagram where I share new creative makes nearly every day. This is my link/profile @jane.tyrrell

Sadly these days I just don't have the time to blog everything! 

Bye for now

Jane x

Knowle

It was windy yesterday but the promised storms luckily seem to have passed us by here in the south and I am pleased to still be able to craft outside. The temperatures has dropped a little but no frost as yet. I have not had a chance to share a full post of my recent lovely visit to Knowle with my parents so I thought I would share some photos today. This gorgeous house is now owned by the National Trust but part of it is still lived in by the owners the Sackville-West family.

It is nestled away in Sevenoaks, Kent and is approached through the deer park where Henry V111 once hunted. We didn't spot any on our visit but they were out there somewhere. 

We did spot a few on the walls though 😁

 No photography is allowed in the house but I climbed to the top of the gate house 

via this very narrow circular staircase

 I emerged from the top 

and was rewarded with these stunning views.

If you are ever in that part of Kent this gorgeous house should be on your bucket list. It is well worth a visit and the lunches there are really good too.

I had some playtime in the week and I am pleased to report that my 4th card for the Funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas challenge is now under my belt.

If you would like to play along you can see all the rules here. There are some great prizes for the winners too. The challenge is generously sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique Linda shares a tag each week and you just have to take something from it and make something Christmas themed. I have always chosen to make cards and it's a great way to make 12 very unique cards for Christmas.

You can also combine it with any other challenges...so that is just what I did.

Linda's inspiration tag for week 4 is here. I liked her black silhouettes and the holly in the background. She also used the vintage carol sheet which I have used on my Christmas cards for years. I took these elements for the inspiration for my own make.

I  made a neutral inky background

 and then stencilled on holly leaves with my Tim stencil.

 I used black die cuts for my silhouettes. My Knowle visit also inspired me to use some deer die cuts again and I included Tim's holly leaves.

Here is my finished card

and a close up

I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

The Funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas #4
Creative Moments 3/3 anything goes
ABC Christmas 2/3 U for unlimited ie anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge 1/3 anything goes #257
Christmas at sweet stampin 1/3 anything goes

The sun is out here so we plan some outside jobs here. Thanks for stopping by. I am back in the morning with my weekly dose of Visible Image inspiration.

Bye for now,

Jane x

A Bear hunt in the woods

As promised our lovely weather continued at the weekend and on Sunday it was so mild that we took our son's dog Bear out for a walk in our local woods.

There were just the odd shafts of sunlight through the canopy.

I also had time to make my next Calendar page for my art journal and took my inspiration from our Bear hunt. For this month the lines from the poem by Sara Coleridge are

Brown October brings the pheasant,
Then to gather nuts is pleasant

I loved seeing the sweet chestnuts and acorns hidden on the floor of the woods among the leaves.

Out came all my brown distress inks

I blended some colour on my card and then added more with my VI fibres stencil

I then added some stamping with distress inks as I wanted this to eventually blend into the background like the nuts on the floor of the woods.

I then added my bird from the VI Leave your fears set.

Again I used distress inks

Once I was happy with the background I gently sprayed vintage photo and tarnished brass over the whole piece to blend this all into the background. I wanted the birds to represent pheasants emerging from their cover. I also used some tree, leaf and bird die cuts.

Here is my finished art journal page

and a couple of close ups

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

The Craft Barn calendar challenge October (I have just realised that I used the word brown rather than fresh....I must have found a slightly different version on the Internet! I hope I can be forgiven!)

Happy little stampers watercolour challenge October

A vintage journey crazy for autumn colour

Noor UK fall colours

Creative Artiste 3/3 anything goes mixed media  I used distress inks, sprays and crackle glaze on 2 of my leaves in the corner
Sparkles monthly 1/3 autumn colours
Dies R Us 1/3 leaves
Creative Moments 1/3 anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of the week. I will be back on Friday with my mid month inspiration for STAMPlorations.

Bye for now,

Jane x