A Grunge floral card for Visible Image

Hi everyone.  It's time for my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image. The theme this week is "Grunge" so I decided to use another of the new florals release for my Grungy card

I used Colourful life

 together with a very useful background set called Blocked up.

This is the card I made

and this is how I made it;

I used squeezed lemonade, salvaged patina and worn lipstick distress inks and roughly blended them onto a 5 1/2" square of white card. I then sprayed with water, allowed the inks to drip down and dried it with a heat tool (or leave to air dry).

Using these 3 Versafine Clair inks I used the medium and long solid block stamps in the Blocked up set and repeat stamped them over the background. I marked the word "colour" off and stamped the top part of the sentiment in black ink. I did the reverse and stamped it with red and clear heat embossed the whole sentiment.  I then stamped the bloom of the flower in black and its stem in green Versafine inks.

I stamped the flower bloom again onto a scrap of white card and cut it out. I added some glitter pen detailing to the centre and stuck it over the stamped image on the card. I also repeat stamped the circle stamp around the edges 

I then matted onto red and black card and finally onto to white square card blank. 

Here is my finished card once more.

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 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. The April sign up is open now until tomorrow, 27th March. The fun theme is "Feature a Creature". 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 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Mother's day tag using the new floral Visible Image release

Hi everyone. I am delighted to be sharing my first design team make and blogged tutorial for Visible Image using their brand new florals release. You can check them all out here.

The theme for our makes this week is "for Mum" and my brief was to make something "other than a card". I chose to make a tag for Mother's day using the beautiful new Precious life stamp set.

I also used the Mother's day sentiment from their existing Golden Daffodils stamp set. 

This is the tag I made.

Here is how I made it;

I die cut a tag using super smooth 300gsm white card.

I stamped the flower from Precious life and sentiment from Golden daffodils using black Versafine and clear heat embossed them.

I used this palette of distress inks;

and picked the inks up with a paintbrush and a little water to paint the flower.

Once painted I added some micro glaze to the main part of the flower and leaves to seal them. 

I then pressed each of the distress inks onto my media mat, spritzed on some water and then tapped in the tag to pick up the inks. I did this in layers, drying with just a heat tool NOT an embossing gun between layers. Too much heat will melt the embossing.

Using the accessory stamps in the Precious life set I then stamped the rest of my design. I used green and yellow Versafine inks. 

To finish off I backed the tag onto black card, added some of my signature sequins and a green check ribbon to give a real spring feel.

This tag is perfect for attaching to a bunch of flower or any present you might be treating your Mum to on Mother's day. If you use a different sentiment it would also work well with any spring gift. 

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 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 next swap sign up will open on 23rd March  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 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Christmas in July with Visible Image

Now don't shoot the messenger as I know that a lot of my regular blog readers do not like the "C" word until 1st December but in the crafting world Christmas in July is very important to get the new Christmas releases out. Visible Image launched theirs on Friday on Hobbymaker TV and if you missed it do catch up with the shows. There are lots of mine and my UK teamies design team samples and Mark gave some fab demos. The new release is called "Sketched Christmas" and very different to  Mark's usual grungy, drippy designs. These are hand sketched by him and they are totally delightful.

Here they are, 6 new stamp sets available here on the website. 

The set I am using for my first blogged design team project is the beautiful

Sketched snowflakes

And this is the card I made

This is a very quick card to make and you can use any colourway. I chose to use blue using distress stain and mica sprays. These are always a good option for a quick frosty background. 

I used these colours;

It is very important to allow your background to dry before adding any embossing powder, I leave mine overnight at least. I stamped the sentiment in the bottom right quadrant of my background and white heat embossed it. 

I then stamped and white heat embossed the rest of my design. 

I added some touches of glitter pen

I also added a sequin in the centre of the larger snowflakes plus a few more dotted around for some extra detail and texture. As a finishing touch I matted it on to white glitter paper and then onto a deep blue card blank I made from an A4 sheet of card. 

So here is my finished card again.

With a close up.

and one final shot. 

Do check out this gorgeous new release. You can really quickly batch make with them too. I will be using these for all my Christmas cards this year. I will share some more of my design team samples over the coming month. Stay tuned! 

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 July sign up will be in the group on 23rd June. 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 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Meet my Enchanted Fairy from the awesome new Visible Image release

 Hi everyone and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. Unless you have been hiding under a rock you must have seen that 5 new stamps sets and stencil have just been released. Whether you love fantasy, mythical creatures, whimsical cats or the serenity of the orient the new stamp and stencil release from Visible Image has something for everyone. In true Visible Image style each new set has their distinctive inky twist with gorgeous images and mindful sentiments. These are unique, top quality stamps and stencils for anyone who wants to stand out with their crafts.

Today I am delighted to be blogging the first of my design team samples made to showcase the awesome new "Enchanted fairy".

I love making rocker cards and so this was where the creative part of my brain took me for this sample. I selected a piece of distress inky mop up card from my stash and die cut a circle.

I stamped the word and fairy in black Versafine Claire nocturne ink and clear heat embossed. Then I used Versamark ink with the bubbles stamp and randomly stamped them around the image. I heat embossed these with gold glitter embossing powder. 

Using a mixture of glitter pens and brushes I coloured the wings.

I die cut a slightly bigger circle in black card and folded it in half to make the "rocker". I stamped and heat embossed the bubbles around the front edge in the same way as above. 

I then added some clear glitter pens to the bubbles.

I stuck the circle onto its rocker and added some Glossy accents to some of the bubbles as a finishing touch. Then I left everything to dry.

Here is my finished card.

 

with a close up

and a couple more shots.

She really is the most glorious fairy and I have lots more ideas of how to use her. I have already shared the one below on Facebook and Instagram as she sits perfectly on the Totally Toadstools set.

I also used her here with the Stardust stencil for this card, which you can see on the website.

Do check out the whole of this brilliant release, there really is something for everyone. 

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 

 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 160 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started. 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 June sign up will be in the group on 23rd May. 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.

 You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.tyrrell most days, where I share many, many more makes than I have the time to blog. 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy this awesome new release.

Bye for now,

Jane x