Sending a Visible Image postcard with love

 Hi there, it's time for my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image.

I can also announce the news that Mark Alexander aka Mr Visible Image is back on Create and Craft TV this Thursday at 12.45pm UK time. Mark will have some fab new samples to demo and there will be lots of samples on the set from my teamies and myself. 

Today I am sharing a postcard. These are fun to make and even swap and measure 6" x 4", the size of a UK standard postcard. The stamps I used are all on the show. I worked with the love sentiment from

Equality, hope and love

and the gorgeous roses and barbed wire stamps from

Forever love

This is what I got up to;

I used a piece of shaving foam marbled card I made with my granddaughter using distress reinkers and sprays. This is a really old crafting technique (I did it as a child with food colouring) and there are lots of on line instructions and videos. I cut it to 6x4"

I stamped and embossed the love sentiment from  Equality, hope and love and then stamped the barbed wire using archival ink onto the left side. These would be my flower stalks.

and then the right.

I stamped several of the roses from  Forever love  (I only ended up using a few) onto red card using black ink and clear embossed them. I also cut out some of the centres of some more of the large roses to use for decoupaging.

I stamped and embossed the large rose onto the postcard using red embossing glitter

then I adhered the large rose. I decoupaged it with a couple of extra layers of petals. I added a small rose at the top of each barbed wire plant stalks. I finished off with some dewdrops of Glossy accents for extra shine, drippage (is that a word?!?) and dimension. 

Here is my finished postcard

with a close up of the decoupaged dewy rose

and a couple more photos. 

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.

This is the link to the new release. 

 If you would like to follow me on Instagram where I share all my makes, many more than I get the time to blog,  this is the link to my account.

Remember to that you can see everything on Create and Craft on Thursday or set those recorders and catch up later.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Missing you with Visible Image

Hi there, it's time for my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image. Today I am showcasing some old with the new again. I used the awesome new "I miss your face" sentiment from

 Lost for words

with the incredibly versatile new 

Grunge tones set

plus their gorgeous "rose" from the

Random art of kindness set

and their beautiful ink swirls stencil

I decided to make a tag. Here's what I got up to;

I smashed some some squeezed lemonade and fossilized amber distress inks onto my mixed media mat, added some water and created a watercolour background to my tag.

Next I blended speckled egg distress ink through the ink swirls stencil

Then I stamped using all 3 stamps from the Grunge tones  set using salty ocean ink and first and 2nd generation stamping to give a subtle background

I also stamped and embossed the sentiment  from Lost for words and the numbers stamps from Random art of kindness set and carried on building up the layers.

I added some alcohol ink pearls to heat resistant acetate. I have shared this technique many times before and also demoed it at many a stamp show in 2019. I stamped and clear embossed the roses and cut them out.

I stamped the roses again on the tag and then layered everything up

using glossy accents as my adhesive.

Here is my finished tag which I mounted onto black

a couple of close ups 

and one final 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.

This is the link to the new release. 

 If you would like to follow me on Instagram where I share all my makes, many more than I get the time to blog,  this is the link to my account.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Jane x

More sparkle and shine for the December STAMPlorations challenge

 Christmas really is fast approaching now.... just 9 days now.  I am back with my 2nd design team inspiration card for our December theme and photo prompt challenge over at STAMPlorations. 

I now 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. There are awesome prizes up for grabs; A $20 prize code for the winner, as well as $7 prize codes awarded to 3 randomly selected entries. Please remember to add our challenge logo to your post if you would like to be in with a chance of winning. All the details and our 2nd inspiration projects are here.

I worked with 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.

You can work with the theme, the photo prompt or both as I always love to do. I used;

Oh my stars  stencil

Christmas in the heart

the smallest die in the Crazy wonky rectangle nesting dies set

 and 

 Christmas reindeer 

with the coordinating Christmas reindeer dies 

This is what I got up to. I made another of my shaving foam reinker backgrounds using the Oh my stars  stencil. This is a really old technique and you can find videos etc by the plenty on the internet. I then added a little distress ink

I stamped the lovely Christmas in the heart and white embossed it onto the smallest panel cut by the 

 Crazy wonky rectangle nesting dies set. I die cut the  Christmas reindeer from inky mop up card using the coordinating Christmas reindeer dies . Then it was time to put everything together using a few festive die cuts from my stash.

Here is my card

Those reindeer are just the cutest aren't they!

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

Allsorts Got to be Christmas 

Chocolate baroque anything goes  

ABC Christmas Y and Z I'm going with Y for my fave things..which are these cute reindeer!

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas #520

I hope I may have inspired you to join our December challenge. Remember all the details can be found here 

Before I close do 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.

Have a very Merry Stamplorations Christmas,

Bye for now,

Jane x

6th annual giving thanks blog hop and giveaway with STAMPlorations

Hello and welcome to the 6th annual giving thanks blog hop and giveaway with STAMPlorations. Today several of the STAMPgirls, including me, are sharing makes to show how thankful and grateful we all are. I am thankful for having a close family who even though we are not able to see at the moment we are in daily contact via the wonders of modern technology.

 I am also thankful for the joy of Mother Nature especially at this time of the year. These were my dino ducks down at the ponds this week...how they make my heart sing.

This is a fun event with lots of prizes to be grabbed too! (No dinos though...sorry!!)

Blog hop prizes:

- 3 winners of a $15 prize code randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs

giveaway prizes:

- 2 winners of their choice of STAMPlorations products with a combined MSRP value of up to $25

- 1 winner of her choice of STAMPlorations products with a combined MSRP value of up to $50

extra prizes:

- a few surprise winners randomly drawn from their social media accounts (FB, IG, Pinterest, blogs) to win either prize codes or products

The hop and giveaway are open until December 8. Winners will be announced on December 10 in the November winners post.

This is the link with all the details you need. 

 I now 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 can also a offer a very special extra treat if you use my code, details at the end of this post.

I think that 2 things I have also been very grateful for recently is my crafting in my garden studio and my endless cups of tea!

Here  is the card I made

and this is how I made it.

First I added a rainbow of Brushos to watercolour card. When dry I stamped the small cups from the 

Always tea time set

I then stamped the thank you from the thank you coffee set. I also stamped, coloured and cut out the lovely cup with flower from this set.

For a finishing touch I added the larger sentiment from the thank you coffee set. 

I then matted and layered my card.

Here is one last shot of my giving thanks make.

So before I close here is my treat I mentioned at the beginning of this post...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.

Try to stay mindful in these difficult times. If you are struggling try to think of just one thing today that you are thankful for too. 

Stay safe.

Bye for now,

Jane x

7th birthday celebrations over at STAMPlorations

Hello and welcome to day 1 of our 7th STAMPlorations birthday bash.

 Yes 7 years of awesome STAMP products. I am taking part in a fun week long birthday celebration. As you can see in the graphic above there are some awesome prizes up for grabs and lots of ways of joining in with the fun. Commenting and linking up to the birthday linky party closes on November 8

Linking up to the STAMPlorations stash $50 gift code giveaway closes on October 31.

There are also some amazing deals over on the STAMPlorations website. EVERTHING in the store has a 10% discount until the end of October. If you use my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the check out you can get an additional 20% off...wow amazing savings! 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 😊. Shery ships internationally at very low cost too. Don't miss out!

A little heads up too that if you use my unique discount code; STAMPGIRLJANE you will also receive a free product in with your order. Details at the bottom of this post.

There are lots of prizes along the way so please check out all the details here. 

Me and the STAMP girls will be sharing our makes every day up to and including this Friday.

So for Day 1 I thought I would share some coffee with you all and make a coffee inspired slimline card. These cards are really making a revival in the crafting market and Shery brought out a brilliant range of slimline stencils. I can remember making these card over 25 years ago, it shows that fashions go round and come round doesn't it! 

I used the gorgeous new leaf prints 4 slimline stencil

with 

smell the coffee

 and sketchy coffee cups 

This is what I got up to.

First I used glitter paste through the awesome stencil

I stamped the smell the coffee sentiment

and the hearts and cups from  sketchy coffee cups and cut them out. 

and here is my slimline card. These are such fun to make and these new stencils are just perfect. You can see the whole range here.

a few close ups;

and one final shot.

All the details are  here. 

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

Pixie's snippets playground #389 

Crafty Catz 1/3 anything goes

Before I go here's the fab heads up; If you order using my unique 20% discount code STAMPGIRLJANE when you check out any orders you will also get this yet to be released (10 mil) stencil  just plaid added to your order absolutely FREE!

So head off the the website here to top up your stash with some awesome bargains.

I am back tomorrow with my Day 2 post..stay tuned.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Remember that even leaving a comment here you are  in with a chance of winning one of the prizes.  

Good luck 

See you tomorrow,

Bye for now,

Jane x