New exciting products and news from Visible Image

Hi everyone it's time for my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image.  As I am sure you are aware Visible Image have recently joined forces with Gemporia Craft offering new opportunities for collaboration and growth. There are such exciting time ahead with lots of new products in the pipeline. If you have not seen the gorgeous new website do check it out here 

And more exciting news is that the brand new release of fab stamps, coordinating dies and stencils was announced last Thursday. Myself and my teamies have been sharing our samples on social media over the last few days and Mark and Helen were on Hobbymaker TV with it last night. (you can watch that replay here)

 Do check them out. It is an brilliant range with something for everyone.

Today I am showcasing the new coordinating dies 

for the ever popular "Blow out the candles" stamp set. 

If you don't have this set it really is a must have for your stash and I use so much. Now that it has coordinating dies, if you are not a fan of fussy cutting you can create dimensional cards with no scissors involved. I am also showcasing the brilliant brand new background stamp

 Grunge birthday background stamp

It makes such awesome and quick birthday backgrounds. 

This is what I got up to;

 First I stamped the cake images onto white card using Versafine Claire Charming Pink ink on the cake "parts" and Acorn ink on the cases/plate of the stamps. I clear heat embossed them. Then I die cut them out using the co ordinating dies. These dies cut like butter and are so easy to use.

Next I stamped the candles using the same pink ink and Nocture black for the flames.

I also die cut them....they are such fun! I went mad and kept some for future makes.

I stamped 2 of the sentiments onto scraps of card and added brads at the ends.

The background was made using a rainbow of distress oxide spray inks. 

I cut it down to a 5 1/2" square and then turned it upside down. 

Using the birthday grunge background stamp and pink ink I repeat stamped over the whole background and clear embossed it. It made this very cool grungy background. 

I coloured the cakes using a mix of distress watercolour pencils, gel pens and glitter pens.  Then it was time to assemble my design.  I added some Stickles glitter glue to give some sparkle to the icing on the cakes as a finishing touch. When dry I matted my card front onto pink card and then adhered to a white card blank. 

Here is my finished card

with a couple of close ups

and 1 final shot.

These new dies really are a game changer and with this incredibly versatile new grunge words stamp making unique birthday cards is now quick and simple!

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.  We will be celebrating 3 years of swapping in May. 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. 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. 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. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

More stamps and numbers in March for STAMPlorations

 Hello this is my 2nd blog post today and it's time for some more inspiration for our March theme and photo prompt challenge over at STAMPlorations.  

I have affiliate links in my STAMP posts which simply means that if you click on any of the live links here and buy something from the STAMP store I will receive a small commission at no cost whatsoever to you 😊  I also have a special code you can use; If you order more than $15 of product from the website (after discounts and before shipping) and quote my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the checkout you can get 20% off your order on top of any other savings offered!  I also have a very special extra treat if you use my special code with any orders, details are 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. Full details can be found here.

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

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.

It's a girl thing sunshine, stamp set for the birds and nesting tags die set

 dies and the awesome slimline stencil leaf prints 4. (Do check out Shery's slimline stencils here she has some great designs in her store)

This is what I got up to;

I used the slimline stencil leaf prints 4 and sprayed it with frayed burlap distress stain spray. I used this to print onto a piece of watercolour card, cut it down and matted it onto gold card.

I die cut  some gold birds using for the birds die

I added some stamping using It's a girl thing sunshine, and made a tag using a tag from the nesting tags die set. I added some extra colour using worn lipstick distress ink. Finally I added some die cut numbers.

Here is my finished make;

with a couple of close ups,

and one final shot.

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with the challenge, which is open internationally. Once again 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. 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.

Bye for now,

Jane x 

Stamps and numbers for STAMPlorations

Hello everyone. This is the final of 3 blog posts from me today. Thanks for coming back to see what I have been up to. The Theme and Photo prompt challenge for STAMPlorations is now back after our little break in February.  This is the lovely theme for March. 

I have affiliate links in my STAMP posts which simply means that if you click on any of the live links here and buy something from the STAMP store I will receive a small commission at no cost whatsoever to you 😊  I also have a special code you can use; If you order more than $15 of product from the website (after discounts and before shipping) and quote my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the checkout you can get 20% off your order on top of any other savings offered!  I also have a very special extra treat if you use my special code with any orders, details are 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. Full details can be found here.

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

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.

Trendy birds 2

and the smallest die from Crazy running stitched nesting dies

This is what I got up to;

I made a distress ink background using picked raspberry, barn door and worn lipstick distress stain sprays.

I cut 2 pieces, one for the background which I stamped with the small birds and a 2nd which I die cut an oval from. Using the smallest die from Crazy running stitched nesting dies I die cut in gold card and then cut out an oval which I in filled with the inky oval. I stamped the bird from Trendy birds 2 and coloured it with Zig pens and added one of the sentiments from the set.  I then die cut some ovals and stamped them again with the small birds adding die cut numbers.

It was then time to put my design together. Here is my finished card. 

with a close up

and one final shot.

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

We love chocolate Baroque Flowers, butterflies or birds

Crafty catz anything goes

Simon says stamp Wednesday 3/3 anything goes

Allsorts 1/3 feminine

Sweet stampin 2/3 shabby chic or distressed

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with the challenge, which is open internationally. Once again 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 as an extra treat 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 will be back with my 2nd DT project on 15th of this month.

Bye for now,

Jane x