All that jazz

Good morning here we are at the start of a new week. What a week we enjoyed last week...wall to wall sunshine! My azalea looked so cheerful in the beams of sunlight in the garden

and it felt like summer is just around the corner.

The sun has popped back behind the clouds for now but I am sure it will be back very soon. It's also time for my Monday design team make for Visible Image. I needed some male birthday cards down at Dotty's Teahouse so I knew just the right stamps to get out.
Jazz it up

and a sentiment from 

Go to words

I added some distress inks to my craft sheet; chipped sapphire, tumbled glass and hickory smoke, a spritz of water and dipped in some watercolour card. 

Once it was dry I cut it down and stamped the jazz players using Twilight Versafine Clair ink.  I stamped the large stars from

Rock out  and the bubbles

in gold and 

  the sentiment on top in black Versafine which I clear embossed.

Finally I stamped the keyboard in black Versafine for the jazz players to stand on.

I matted and layered it onto gold and black cardstock. 

Here is my finished card.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

A gem of a challenge 3/3 anything goes

crafty catz 2/3 anything goes
Uniko 1/3 anything goes/masculine
Time out Inspirational words I was inspired y the words STARS

A bit more time to craft 3/3 anything goes

Crafting from the heart 3/3 anything goes

Crafting with an attitude 2/3 anything goes

 The male room 2/3 anything goes

All the Visible Image links can be found here;

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.

And the shop web site is here; where all their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased. 

It is only 5 days until the Worthing, West Sussex,  Stamperama show. I will be demoing lots of Visible Image products for Stampers'  Grove.....very exciting. Do stop by and say hi if you are going. 

Thanks for stopping by today, have a lovely week ahead.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Jazzing it up at the Ally Pally Crafting show

Good morning, after a hectic weekend, including a flying experience (yes seriously) and visiting the Crafting Show at Alexander Palace, I am here with my weekly Visible Image Design Team inspiration. It was so wonderful to catch up with Helen and Mark Alexander, aka Mr and Mrs Visible Image yesterday at Ally Pally. Their stand is always so "eye catching" and it's such fun to see mine and my teamies' work displayed.

 It was also fab to have seen every single stamp and stencil they sell on display. That's a lot of crafting goodies!

Ally Pally is such a cool building and although it was a wet day, the palm court is a warm relaxing place to enjoy a cuppa or lunch.

 Inside the famous stained glass window is a joy to see too.

Ally Pally also hosts lots of other cool exhibitions and musical events so today my
DT make features the amazing
Jazz it up stamp music set

I made a series of cards, all slightly different.

I used the keyboard as a border and the 2 jazz players as the focals. I stamped the keyboards in Black Versafine ink which I clear embossed to get some texture. The jazz players were just stamped.











I used a couple of sentiments...
Make a wish from Own it!

and also the Happy Birthday from the Go to words set

I also added some back ground music stamping in grey ink from Music speaks, keeping to a monochrome colour scheme (this works really well for male cards). Just using random first and second generation stamping adds some extra interest to the card

and the large star from Rock Out!

Here are 3 of them

Below is a close up of one so that you can see the background stamping details. I added a pop of red with a couple of the star stamps.

These stamps work so well for those "always hard to make" male birthday cards.

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

Moving along with the times black, white and one colour

Simon says stamp a trio of something

Penny Black and more black,white and one more colour
Fussy and Fancy 1/3 add a sentiment
Sweet stampin 1/3 embossing heat or dry I used heat embossing on the keyboards
Simon says stamp Wednesday happy birthday


These are all the links for Visible Image;

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group can be found here ...it would be lovely to see you. You can add work to the "Show and Tell" album where one randomly chosen winner each month wins a £25 coupon to spend on the website.

The main Visible Image Facebook page is here; there are weekly stamp giveaways...open world wide!

And the shop web site is here; where all these gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased. 

You can also follow via:

 Pinterest

Twitter

and

 Instagram

I also wanted to share a couple of photo of Mr and Mrs Awesome, aka Helen and Mark.

2 of the most hard working people, kindest people you could meet. 

And a last one with me, a very happy, proud part of their awesome team 😁

Thanks for stopping by and for all your very kind comments you take the time to leave me. I will try to get my photos uploaded from my flying experience on Saturday very soon...it was awesome.

Today though I am back in London celebrating the last day of Maternity leave for my darling daughter over lunch. 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x