Summer butterflies

 Good morning and welcome to the first day of summer. It's time for my fortnightly Wednesday blogged design team make for Visible Image. It seemed the perfect day to share the step by step of a card I make using the antisocial butterfly stamp set

with its new coordinating dies.

They cut out the 2 butterfly stamps in the set beautifully. I love fussy cutting but the tiny butterfly is small and these dies make quick work of cutting out.

I also used the gorgeous "Renaissance stencil"

This is what I got up to;

For my background I sprayed squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and broken china distress stain sprays though the "Renaissance" stencil.

I stamped the large and small butterflies in blue ink

and die cut them. I then added some colour using glitter pens and distress pencils.

I stamped the collage into the centre of the background

and added the butterfly sentiment above

I stuck the coloured die cut butterfly over the top.

I placed the small butterflies symmetrically around the background finishing off with some glossy accents in the circles of the collage.

Here is my finished card;

with a couple of close ups

and one final shot;

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

The Visible Image Group page is over on Facebook. Our friendly 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.  We are currently celebrating 2 years of swapping. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 140 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 next sign up for July, opens this Friday, 23rd June,  if you would like to join us.  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. 

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

A little heads up before I go, as I do love to "enable", that if you use the code DIES20 over on the website there is 20% off the 4 new co ordinating die sets. You will need to be quick though as this end on the last day of June or until the first stock runs out. 

The new Christmas in July release is also available to pre order too...for the 1st July release. Do check it out.

 There are 5 gorgeous new stamp sets and 3 fab stencils. I will be sharing a make with the shining star set for my next design team blog post in 2 weeks time. Here's a little sneak peek.

You can pre order them here. In the meantime I have been sharing some of my samples over on Instagram so do pop on over. 

Happy summer everyone,

Bye for now,

 

Jane x

September new release for Visible Image

It's a very exciting day for me today as I am blogging my first design team make using the awesome new Visible Image release. There are 3 new stencils and 6 stamp sets. They are available to pre order now ahead of their worldwide release on 23rd September. You can check them all out on the website here. 

All the new stamps and stencils are so uniquely gorgeous that I had a really tough time deciding which of my samples to share first. I have made samples with each one and I have been sharing some of my makes over on Instagram so do check that out too. You can find me here @jane.tyrrell  Mine and my fellow DT teamies samples are also being shared by Visible Image over on their social media pages. The links are at the bottom of this post. 

But chose I had to and I decided my first is going to be the  card sample I made to showcase using the beautiful Antisocial butterfly stamp set.

This is what I got  up to;

I used a 5.25" square piece of white mixed media card and stamped the words and butterfly in black and clear heat embossed. I then stamped the design below using the accessory stamps in the set using barn door distress archival ink. Both these stamping methods will allow the application of spray inks without any smudging of the images. 

I then sprayed some water across the top of the card and added a spritz from left to right of candied apple, mustard seed, broken china and wilted violet distress stain sprays. I couldn't take process photos of this as I needed both hands and a splat box! However if you would like to see this technique demoed in person do read to the end of this post. 

I dried this off with a heat tool and then added a few more flicks of water and re dried. 

I stamped the butterfly onto a scrap of white card and cut it out minus the antennae. I coloured it with distress ink, which you will see in the final photos, adding some gold detailing to the edges of the wings. I then adhered it on top of the butterfly stamped on the card. I also added some 3D glue under the wings to give some extra dimension. I also added some gold ink detailing to the small butterflies. I also added some Glossy Accents to some of the circles to give an extra shine.

Using a distress tool I distressed the edges of the card background and then matted it up and adhered it to a white square card blank. 

Here is it;

with a couple of  close ups;

and 1 final shot;

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

The Visible Image Group page is over on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you pop over. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I organize a monthly artist trading card swap there.  We celebrated a whole year of swapping in May. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. 100 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 for each swap are put up in the group on 23rd of the month. 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. 

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

So a little heads up that if you would like to learn how to use distress ink and oxides (and hopefully pencils) in person and how I use them with Visible Image stamps, stencils and dies, I will be demoing for Country View Crafts (one of VI's UK stockists) at the Stamperama Show at Bedford International athletic centre on Sunday 25th September. Here is a link for the details. Pop the date in your diary. I will be sharing some of my demos and samples during the coming weeks. I will have all the new Visible Image release (and lots of their other sets) with me to demo and it will be on sale at the show too. 

It would be really lovely to meet you if you are planning on coming. Do stop by the stand and say hello. Look out for these badges 

and of course I'll be wearing a smile 😄

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Wings of change for Visible Image

 Hello everyone another fortnight has whizzed by and I am back with my latest blogged design team make for Visible Image. For today's make I made a summery canvas. There are clickable links on all the products I used which will take you to the website.

These are the sets I used;

Wings of change

and to add texture to the butterflies the very useful background stamp set

Grunge tones

with the Hope definition from Equality, hope and love stamp set.

This is what I go up to; I made a distress ink background using these colours;

I stamped the word hope from the  Equality, hope and love set in the centre. I stamped the words from the Wings of change at the top and bottom,  you will see this in the final photos. 

To add texture and interest to the butterflies I made some quick textured backgrounds using these inks. First up is this one, you can see how I used the stamps from Grunge tones

 I then stamped some of the butterflies.

I also made a more white based one using the same inks but I didn't smear any ink onto the card. 

Again I stamped some butterflies and this time added some clear embossing powder and heat embossed them. 

I cut them out, minus their antennae, as they would be layered up on the canvas.

I put together my design by stamping the butterflies straight onto the canvas and then adhered the matching cut out butterfly on top.

I added some glossy accents to some of the circles in the words and on the butterflies. When dry I stitched around the edges using my sewing machine,

Then I matted it up onto white and blue card. 

Here is my finished canvas

with a couple of close ups;

and one final shot;

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

The Visible Image Group page is over on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you pop over. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I organize a monthly artist trading card swap there.  We celebrated a whole year of swapping in May. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. 100 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 for each swap are put up in the group on 23rd of the month. There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time.

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. 

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

A little heads up that if you would like to learn how to make distress ink backgrounds in person and how I use  them with Visible Image stamps, stencils and dies, I will be demoing for Country View Crafts (one of VI's UK stockists) at the Stamperama Show at Bedford International athletic centre on Sunday 25th September. Here is a link for the details. Pop the date in your diary. I will share more of my demos and samples during the coming weeks. 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

More spring flinging for STAMPlorations

Hello the Spring fling event over at STAMPlorations  is in full swing and I am back with a reminder post so that you don't miss out on all the fun.

I am delighted to be taking part together with some of the STAMPgirl teamies. You will find all the details here.

There are some awesome prizes up for grab including;

blog hop prizes:

3 winners of a $7 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs

linky prizes:

2 winners of a $12 prize code

1 winner of a $25 prize code

 PLUS

extra prizes:

a few surprise winners randomly drawn from their social media accounts (FB, IG, Pinterest, blogs) to win either prize codes or products so don't forget to also leave a comment on my post today!

The hop and linky are open until June 7. The winners announced on June 10 in their May winners post.

For this make I decided to use the same die cut with a different card front from the gorgeous new "Quick card fronts" which Shery has in the store. I used the set called Spring florals which are available to buy here. You get 8 card fronts in a pack and they are the most AWESOME thickness and quality. If you want to make quick quality cards then these are a must buy. 

First I die cut the thanks word die in blue glitter card and stuck it on the card front and added a little distress ink shading to the edges.

For this card I decided to add some extra die cuts using the lovely trendy blooms die set

I die cut some flowers and leaves from inky left over papers from my stash.

and adhered them to my card front. 

To make this card;

with a close up;

and one final photo. Such a quick make!

One last thing to tell you that there is an amazing 45% off selected Spring themed products. 

Just click via this link; SPRING FLING and use the code SPRINGFLING45 at checkout.

You cannot combine my unique STAMPGIRLJANE 20% off discount with the above code but you can still get your usual 20% off everything else if you use it. 

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. My little extra treat is that if you do this 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 and remember to leave a little comment before you go as all comments will go into the hat for the chance of winning a prize! 

Bye for now,

Jane x