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

My 2nd design team make for The great outdoors

  Hi everyone for this month I am the host for our latest challenge over in the Country View Crafts Facebook group. The theme I have chosen for July is "The great outdoors" so think, seaside, gardens, parks, flowers, summer insects, picnics etc. This is my second design team make for some inspiration.

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 nearly 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. 

I decided to use another of the new Tim Holtz A5 size 3D embossing folders for my background. This one is called Foundry.  

I made an anniversary card for my husband for our 44th wedding anniversary on 25th July. Luckily he is not on social media so he won't see this ahead of our special day.

This is how I made my card. I swiped scorched timber distress oxide across the inside lid of the folder, added a sheet of Kraft card, ran it through my Sizzix and got this amazing wood effect. 

I die cut some foliage using the vault floral wreath, vault floristry and the hands from my old weathered clock die. I also chose a  paper doll from my stash. 

Then I put my design together.

I added Stickles to the flowers. 

I used a key hole brad from my stash and added a heart and Tim word sticker from his metallic sticker book. 

I also added a few off cuts of the Foundry embossed card around the edge of my finished card and distressed the edges.  I used gold card for the base. Here is it 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 July challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too for one randomly selected and you can enter up to 5 times. 

Enjoy the rest of the month.

Bye for now,

Jane x

The Great outdoors, my theme for our July CVC challenge

   Hi everyone for this month I am the host for our latest challenge over in the Country View Crafts Facebook group. The theme I have chosen for July is "The great outdoors" so think, seaside, gardens, parks, flowers, summer insects, picnics etc. 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 nearly 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. 

For my first design team make I made this garden inspired thank you card.

I am IN LOVE with the Tim Holtz new A5 vault embossing folders and bought all of them. Susan has them and others in stock on the CVC website here. For this make I used the Botanical folder. 

I used a piece of distress inked card from my stash 

I swiped the inside of the folder with mowed lawn distress oxide

and ran it through my Switch.

I made lots of other backgrounds too, it's an amazing folder.

I die cut Tim's detailed butterflies using yupo coloured with alcohol inks. 

I also die cut some flowers and one of the cute notebooks.

I coloured the flowers with distress inks.

I then put my design together. The Thank you is one of Tim's label stickers. Here is my finished card again

with a couple of close ups

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 July challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too for one randomly selected and you can enter up to 5 times. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

More travel inspiration for Country View Challenges

  Hi everyone I am here today with my 2nd design team make to hopefully inspire you to join our June challenge. The theme this month is to share your projects which are "travel" related." 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 nearly 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. 

For this card I used the brilliant Tim Holtz vault airmail multi level embossing folder again for the background but I made a very different card. If you missed my first make using this you can find it here. 

Here is my card

and this is how I made it; 

I made several backgrounds using Tim's folder 

and selected the one below to use. I used Mown lawn distress oxide swiped onto the folder and then tea dye distress ink brayed over the raised part afterwards. 

I stamped elements from the Visible Image "You're a classic" stamp set using Versfine clair nocture and clear heat embossed. 

I cut everything out and distressed the edges of the sentiments. 

I added some gold and glitter pen detailing. 

I then assembled everything adding a few extra die cuts which were lying on my desk. I used a kraft card blank to mount it on. 

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 June challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too for one randomly selected and you can enter up to 5 times. 

Bye for now,

Jane x