Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! It is also time for my 2nd design team make for Country View Crafts Challenges and today is the very last day of our March Challenge. The monthly challenges are hosted over on Facebook as it makes it easier for everyone who wants to enter, to do so. 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 love to welcome you over there. It is also be a place you can see Country View Craft products, the latest releases etc etc. We have a happy membership of over 300 crafters already and we are growing every day. You can enter the challenges up to 5 times as you like as long as you use products or brands which are stocked on the Country View Website. 

I try to link up the products I use in my posts but obviously stock on the CVC website sells out quickly . Some may be out of stock when you click on the links. If they are just fill in the email notification and you will be emailed when they are back in stock. This is the link to the website   Remember that postage is FREE on all UK orders over £20. 

The theme for March is "Rabbits, hares or Easter" and I went with the rabbit and Easter theme to make this card.

Once again I used the gorgeous Happy bunny set by Visible Image which is also part of the brilliant prize bundle this month. More about that at the end of this post.

This time I teamed it with the daffodils from the Golden Daffodils set. 

This is what I got up to;

I used these distress ink pads to make my background. I then stamped the Golden Daffodils in the centre using Versafine claire nocturne and clear heat embossed it. I then coloured it using distress pencils.  I also added some scorched timber distress ink which you can see in my finished photos.

I stamped and heat embossed the bunnies from the set using scorched timber distress embossing glaze

I also stamped the single daffodil head and coloured that using the pencils too. 

then I added it to the image.

I matted it onto green metallic card and then a white 7x5" card blank. I added some sequins as a finishing touch.

Here it is;

with a couple of close ups

and 1 final shot

The challenge is open worldwide.

Remember you can find me most days over on Instagram here @jane.tyrrell where I do share many, many more makes then I have the time to blog. 

Remember to link up your March makes today for a chance to win this fabulous prize

The April challenge opens tomorrow; which happens to be my birthday and also my 8th anniversary of joining the Country View Crafts design team. I think that a glass of something bubbly or a G and T might be in order at some point to celebrate! 

Have a lovely Easter day....it's so good to see the lighter evenings.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Bunny love with Country View Crafts

 Good morning I have just returned home from my Country View crafts inky cardmaking workshop in time to blog my first design team make for our March challenge over in the challenge group on Facebook. Yesterday I hosted my inky cardmaking workshop at Country View Crafts HQ.  And what a day it was. Here are a couple of photos 📸. 

Check out my latest post on Instagram here for some close ups.

The monthly challenges are hosted over on Facebook as it makes it easier for everyone who wants to enter, to do so. 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 love to welcome you over there. It is also be a place you can see Country View Craft products, the latest releases etc etc. We have a happy membership of over 300 crafters already and we are growing every day. You can enter the challenges up to 5 times as you like as long as you use products or brands which are stocked on the Country View Website. 

I try to link up the products I use in my posts but obviously stock on the CVC website sells out quickly . Some may be out of stock when you click on the links. If they are just fill in the email notification and you will be emailed when they are back in stock. This is the link to the website   Remember that postage is FREE on all UK orders over £20. 

The theme for March is "Rabbits, hares or Easter" and I went with the rabbit theme to make this card.

This is what I got up to;

I used the fun Happy bunny set by Visible Image which is also part of the brilliant prize bundle this month. More about that at the end of this post.

 together with their  heart ink stencil

I blended salvaged patina ink through the stencil

I then added the mask from the stencil set and blended salty ocean ink over the rest of the background.

I stamped the bunny using scorched timber distress oxide and embossed using the glaze. 

I then stamped one of the fun sentiments from this set and a couple of hearts.

I added a little colour using distress pencils, including scorched timber and finally matted up onto pink and blue card.

Here it is finished;

with a close up

and 1 final shot;

 I really hope that I may have inspired you to join in with the "Rabbit/hare/Easter" fun. Do head over to the challenge on Facebook here. Below is the fab prize up for grabs for one randomly selected winner.

 The challenge is open worldwide.

Remember you can find me most days over on Instagram here @jane.tyrrell where I do share many, many more makes then I have the time to blog. 

I will be back to share another make with this set on Easter day, 31st March.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Easter crafting for Country View Crafts

 Hello I am here with my 2nd design team inspiration make for our April challenge over at County View Challenges. The theme for the month is "spring". You can make anything you like using any products. You can enter a maximum of  5 times and into a maximum of 10 challenges including ours. As always there is a fab £20 voucher up for grabs for one lucky randomly selected winner to spend on the website.  You can find all the details of the challenge and more examples made by my talented teamies here.

I have added clickable links within this post to the CVC website. If anything is out of stock just add your name in the email notification and Susan will email you when she has them back in stock. 

My make today uses some of my many left over die cuts pieces which I made into an Easter card.

The letters were left over from my Bold text #1 die set

I was able to make up the word Easter. I also used Tim Holtz' flower field die

and a left over cut die cut Visible Image mesh.

I used black card stock and just layered up my design adding the chicks from my stash and some stars as finishing touches. Here is my finished make.

 I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our April challenge. You can use any stamps/products, the choice is yours. 

 Once again all the details for the challenge are  Remember that when you buy from the Country View Crafts website UK postage is FREE on orders over £20.00 There is also a little Easter sale on at the moment. Check it out here.

Once again here you can find all the details for our challenge here.

I would love to see you over on Instagram where I share new creative makes nearly every day. This is my link/profile @jane.tyrrell

Sadly these days I just don't have the time to blog everything! 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

An Easter tag for Daisy

It is time for my second DT project for our April challenge over at Country View. We have a nice easy theme of Spring/Easter. We look forward to seeing lots of lovely spring inspired creations.

You can enter our April challenge as many times as you like and combine with other challenges. There is also a £20 crafting voucher up for grabs to the lucky randomly selected winner to spend over on the Country View Crafts on line store. Remember that UK postage and packing is absolutely FREE! All the details for the challenge can be found here.

For my design team projects for April I decided to make my Easter tags which I make every year for my big and little babies.
I share my first tag here if you missed it. That one was made for my grandson Jack.

Today's tag was made for my 5 year old granddaughter Daisy. I used an inky distress ink mop up tag for the background. I added some more distress ink using several Tim Holtz stencils and added some crackle paste though my Tim Holtz flower stencil.

I got some lovely crackle.

Daisy loves die cuts so I die cut some chicks and a label and put this together. The dies are Cheery Lynn, Tim Holtz, Memory Box and Spellbinders

With a couple of close ups

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges

Simon says stamp Monday down on the farm
Simon says stamp Wednesday No designer paper

I hope to see lots of you joining in the fun..the details again are here.

Have a lovely weekend and thanks so much for stopping by.

   Back soon.

Bye for now,

Jane x

No April fool here

Good morning. Happy 1st April or April Fool's day. There is never any chance of fooling me as it is my birthday today. Yes seriously. My Hb has the day off and we are heading out to enjoy a birthday lunch and potter and perhaps a meal out tonight as well. 

It is also time for our newest challenge over at Country View. For April we have a nice easy theme of Spring/Easter. We look forward to seeing lots of lovely spring inspired creations.

You can enter our April challenge as many times as you like and combine with other challenges. There is also a £20 crafting voucher up for grabs to the lucky randomly selected winner to spend over on the Country View Crafts on line store. Remember that UK postage and packing is absolutely FREE! All the details for the challenge can be found here.

For my design team projects for April I decided to make my Easter tags which I make every year for my big and little babies.

Today I will share the first tag, the second will be coming up on 13th April. 

This is what I got up to.
 I make tags for my big and small children for their Easter bags and this one is for Jack who will be 2 on Easter Day. He adores birds and so I knew I had to made a bird based tag for him. The birds around here are certainly paring up. I spotted these 2 sweethearts down at the ponds.

First I made a tree lined setting.
I added twisted citron and squeezed lemonade oxides to make my tag base.
I got out my small tag sized Tim Holtz stencils.

 I took his tree stencil and added vintage photo oxide

I also added some blue leaves with broken china distress ink using his leaf stencil.

I added some bird remnant rubs

I also altered a die cut from my favourite Tim Bird branch Bigz die, sadly long discontinued using paints and a little crackle. 

I finished off with some butterflies from his butterfly frenzy die.

Here is my finished tag.

with some close ups

and one final shot

I hope to see lots of you joining in the fun..the details again are here.

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

Pixie's snippets playground #349

Simon says stamp Wednesday anything goes

Alphabet challenge A is for animals

Crafty Catz 1/3 anything goes

Uniko 1/3 Spring/Easter

Polkadoodles anything creative/mixed media

Crafty friends 3/3 spring

My 2nd tag for CVC will be on 13th April.

This is the link again for our April challenge. 

 

I have second post coming up in an hour as being Monday it is also time for my
Visible Image DT Monday make...busy busy!

       Back very soon!

Bye for now,

Jane x

Easter time

I am very lucky that I will be able to enjoy some family time over the Easter weekend. Everyone is coming up to us. There is no snow thank goodness, 8c and showers, that will do me just fine. Mind you today it is tipping down!
We are all looking forward to having some time to talk, laugh and enjoy some relaxation. 

I hope to get out to the garden on Monday for a little tidy up too.
At this time of the year you can almost hear the plants growing.

 It's time for my last hot cross bun of 2018....our local baker sells these and they are delicious. We are very lucky to still have a bakery which bakes for it's 2 independent shops. Everything tastes home made.

Today I am sharing another of the Easter tags made for the Easter pressies I have bought for my big and small babies.
This one uses a lovely Rubber Dance stamp I recently won. I coloured her in with watercolour pens.  The sentiment is Clearly Besotted and the dies are Tim Holtz and The Works. The background was made with distress inks and has some Tim Holtz stenciling in there too. 

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

Simon says stamp Wednesday anything goes

Studio 75 Easter
Die cuttin Divas Easter

Simon says work it Wednesday 3/3 inky techniques mine was using distress inks.
Fashionable Stamping 2/3 Springtime
Sparkle 2/3 spring is in the air
Deep Ocean Easter/spring
That's Crafty spring into action
Time out 1/3 photo inspiration I was inspired by the greens, yellows and hint of blue colours, the long stemmed foliage (I added a piece to my tag) and also the cut out pattering of the vase..I added similar stencilling.
Try it on Tuesday spring mood board I was inspired by the green foliage, yellow flowers and the blue sky.

 Have a peaceful Easter with those you love. Thanks as always for your very kind visits here and comments. I am back on Easter day; as this year it falls on 1st April, with my April DT piece for Country View Challenges. There is lots to celebrate that day!

Bye for now,

Jane x

Last March days, attempting to going out like a lamb

What a month of extreme weather we experienced here in the UK and it has been many years since I have seen snow on the ground that late. I think (and hope) that it is all behind us now and that we can look forward to the early warmth and light of April. It has seemed like a long dark winter and I cannot wait for the days when we can enjoy eating outside again. Between the rain showers this week we had some warmth too.

It is also a time for new beginnings in the world around us. Mother Nature is in the starring role as always and if you ever need a moment to lift your spirits just take a walk outside, find some green space and just look around.

My regular walks to Dotty's never cease to lift my spirits every time. I can just be in the moment, despite anything else going on in the world; there is total beauty and joy if we just look. 

These were some recent photos which inspired me.

I am sharing something a little magical today. It's the card I have made Daisy for Easter featuring a beautiful Lavinia fairy. The sentiment is Lili of the Valley.

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

Simon says stamp Wednesday floral frenzy
Studio 75 Easter
Die cuttin Divas Easter my sentiment surround die is Noor

Thanks so much for stopping by, I always appreciate your kind visits and comments. Remember to try to take a moment in your day to be mindful and grateful for the things that are good in our lives.  I treasure those in mine. I know that life can be very tough for some people but time passes and Mother Nature will make sure that even if March came in like a beast and goes out the same way sunshine is just around the corner.

I hope to pop back on Friday!

Bye for now,

Jane x