June travels with Country View Crafts challenge

 Hi everyone I am here today with my 1st 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 over 380 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 recently bought Tim's new vault multi level airmail embossing folder and decided to have a play. This is my first card.

This is how I made it;

I brayered prize ribbon distress oxide ink inside the folder and then added white card and ran it through my Bigshot Switch. Afterwards I rubbed lumberjack paid ink direct from the pad onto the raised areas and made this background. 

I die cut some travel related die cuts from my old Tim dies and his travel side order from years back. I also used his stacked hearts set (seen in final photos).

I put everything together

and finally added the sentiment from the Visible Image Destination Unknown stamp set. 

Here is my finished card once more.

I have linked to products available on the website in 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. I will be back on 16th June with my 2nd make.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Our May country view crafts challenge

 Hi everyone I am here today with my 1st design team make to hopefully inspire you to join our May challenge. The theme this month is to share your projects which are " aged, weathered, distressed or timeworn." 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 over 380 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 make a timeworn, distressed card. My background is a mix of distress spray stains inks . I used the lovely Visible Image dragon fly set stamp set "live in the moment" together with the embossing folder from the Vault floristry side order set and  die cut wild flowers plus some lace to achieve a timeworn, distressed look. 

This is the card I made.

And this is how it came together. I used one of my spray stain inky backgrounds from my stash and an offcut.

I brayered the folder with scorched timber distress oxide ink and embossed the offcut in my Sidekick. I also die cut a couple of the wildflowers from the offcut of card,

I cut the card background to size and stamped and clear embossed the sentiment from the live in the moment stamp set.

Using these Versafine clair inks  I randomly stamped the rings from the stamp set over the background.

I stamped out the dragonfly and cut it out.  I added gold ink and glossy accents to the wings and let it dry. 

I chose some vintage lace from my stash

and put my design together. I also distressed the edges of the card and embossed panel using my distressing tool. 

Here is my finished card once more.

I have linked to products available on the website in 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 May challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too for one randomly selected and you can enter up to 5 times. I will be back on 16th May with my 2nd make.

Bye for now,

Jane x

You've been framed with Country View crafts challenges

  Hi everyone I am here today with my 1st design team make to hopefully inspire you to join our April challenge. The theme this month is "frame it." 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 over 380 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.

Here is my first card for the theme. I have framed my "Lady Rose" using my Bigz Floral frame, roses and a piece of embossed card using the Botanical 3D embossing folder (the mini one is here coloured with distress crayons.)

And this is how I made it. 

First I sprayed Prize ribbon and Chipped sapphire distress stain sprays  onto a piece of card and when dry cut to size. I added some background stamping using stamps from Lady Rose. 

I embossed a piece of card using the Botanical 3D embossing folder 

and coloured using distress crayons. 

I stamped Lady Rose, cut her out and coloured her using distress watercolour pencils and also die cut a Floral frame.

I then stuck these elements onto the 3D embossed frame. 

I also stamped 2 of the rose flourishes in the stamp set and coloured those with distress watercolour pencils. 

I then stuck everything in place

The sentiment is from the Visible Image Go to words stamp set. 

Here is my finished card once more.

I  have linked to products available on the website in 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 made this card for my daughter's recent birthday. As an avid gardener she loved it. 

I hope I may have inspired you to give our "Mother's day floral" challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too for one randomly selected and you can enter up to 5 times! I will be back on 25th March with my 2nd make.

Bye for now,

Jane x

A Visible Image golden wedding.

Hi everyone and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. We are now heading into a hopefully, flaming June, and the beginning of summer. Summer is popular time of the year to get married and to celebrate wedding anniversaries.  My card today has been made for the golden wedding anniversary of my son in law's parents.   Yes 50 years of marriage. (My husband and I are not far off as we celebrate our 43rd wedding anniversary next month). This is the special card I made for them. As such It has lots of extra details. Obviously you could scale these down and use the basic design to make something similar. 

I used the following Visible Image products;

Anyone for Anyone for bubbles? stamp set

with their coordinating dieswith their coordinating dies

and the anniversary sentiment from

Happy anniversary

with the Birthday balloon dies.

Plus for the background the Bubbles and fizz

and the "Heart ink" stencil.

This is how I made my card.

 I cut a piece of white smooth card 4 1/2" by 7 1/4". I sprayed a little squeezed lemonade distress stain spray and added a mist of water then dried using a heat tool (or leave to dry).

Using the Bubbles and fizz stencil I added some colour using the 3 distress ink pads shown below with a round foam blending tool. 

I die cut a "50" using gold card with the balloons dies.

Next I placed the heart ink stencil near the top of the card and blended through wild honey distress ink.

I stamped the "fizz" stamp inside the heart using Morning mist Versafine Clair ink.

I stamped the bottle onto green card using Nocturne Versafine Clair. I repeat stamped the image onto white and gold card and cut out the elements as seen below. I then "decoupaged" them onto the green bottle. 

I also stamped the glasses using Nocturne Versafine Clair ink and coloured them using antique linen distress ink applied with a paintbrush. I stamped a few bubbles inside the glasses. I stamped the Congratulations and Happy anniversary sentiments at the top and bottom of the card and clear heat embossed them. I then adhered the bottle and glasses in place and added some gold pen detailing.

For some extra dimension and shine I added Glossy accents to the glasses and some dots of it inside the heart. When dry I matted onto gold then black card and finally onto a white card blank cut from an A4 sheet of card.

For a finishing touch I added some of my signature sequins.

Here are a couple of close ups

and one final shot.

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 

 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. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Sparkle in the rain

Hi again I am here today with my fortnightly blogged design team make for Visible Image. I decided to make a card, the sentiment of which may well resonate with anyone who is going through a tough time at the moment.  I used 2 lovely stamp sets which work so well together;

Sparkle in the rain

and Look forward with hope

Together with the fun Scribble stencil

This is what I got up to;

I put the stencil onto a 5 1/4" square of  Daylor Rowney mixed media card, using the smoother side,  and sprayed through twisted citron, mustard seed and picked raspberry distress stain sprays and left it to dry.

I stamped the girl from Sparkle in the rain using Nocture Versafine Claire ink and clear embossed.

I stamped one of the sentiments from  Look forward with hope in the same way, to the right of the image.

Then I used the other stamps from both sets to add some background stamping.

For a finishing touch I went around the edges of the card with picked raspberry ink on a blending sponge.  This was then matted onto black card and finally a square white card blank. 

Here is my finished card

with a couple of close ups

 and 1 final shot

 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 celebrated 2 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. So the next sign up opens on 23rd November 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. 

There are some fab seasonal offers currently on the website for autumn and Christmas. The autumn ones are here with up to 30% off some sets. You can also get 30% off their Christmas stamps and stencils using the code CC30 Do check them all out. Stock is limited and when it's gone.. it's gone! 

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

Back soon, 

Bye for now

Jane x