Theatricals and pantomimes at Christmas

At this time of the year lots of people treat themselves to a trip to the theatre or the pantomime. When I was up in London last week as I walked into Victoria station to catch the train I spotted a couple of shows running now.

Personally I am not a huge pantomime fan but I do love a show, opera or the ballet. In the past I have seen several ballets at the Coliseum and I even saw Darcy Bussell dance at the Royal Opera house many years ago. 

Today I am sharing an "extra" post for Visible Image showcasing their stamp set Maskerade

which is of course based on the comedy and tragedy masks. 

I decided to make a card based around a stage, complete with lush curtains. For the background I used  elemental

 stamping it in white on an oxide background on black card stock. I put this behind a die cut shape.

I also die cut some black card to give some extra layers and texture.

I wanted to make rich, velvet looking curtains so I put on my thinking cap and came up with the idea to red emboss black card with the rectangular stamp from

organics

I cut out the shape of a curtain and added a ribbon for a tie back. I also created a "valance" which you can see in the finished photos. 

I stamped the masks onto gold card

and then layered everything up.

Here is my finished card

with a couple of close ups...

I even added some drama to the inside....because as the sentiment says "Behind every mask lies a story"....

Mine is obviously a happy one!

Here is one last shot.

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

Craft stamper take it make it 3/3 November
Allsorts 1/3 inspired by a song..mine is The music of the night from The phantom of the opera.

Crafty catz 1/3 anything goes

Artistic inspirations 3/3 anything goes
As you like it Do you prefer digi or rubber mine is rubber..there is so much more you can do with "real stamps"

All the stamps I have used are half price!!!! in their amazing Black Friday sale which last until Monday, or as long as stock lasts.
Just click on this link and "fill you boots".....don't miss out!

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. You can add work to the new challenge album where one randomly chosen winner each month wins a £40 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 their gorgeous stamps and stencils can be purchased. 

Remember to add your "sparkle projects" to the FB album here The challenge

ends on 30  November. It will be great to see them all and you might even be the randomly selected winner of a £40 voucher to spend on the website...now that would be like Christmas coming early wouldn't it!

Do you have any theater or pantomime plans this year?...Oh yes you do (on no you don't 😂😁😂) I know I just couldn't resist that!

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely weekend.

I am back on Monday with another Visible Image DT make and it could not be any more different to my card today. Stay tuned.....

Bye for now,

Jane x

A theatrical sample for Visible Image's brand new stamps release

As I promised on Monday today I am sharing my 2nd Design Team sample made with stamps from the brand new Visible Image release. If you missed my first post you can see it here. Over the next few days Helen will be sharing more of the new release over on Visible Image blog here. They will also be shared on their Facebook page here so don't miss out...why not like their page, click "get notifications" and you will be amongst the first to be able to see all the amazing work my fellow design team members have created for you. You will be blown away by just how unique this new range of stamps are. 

So to tease a little today before I share my card I dug a couple of my old books from the bookshelf...

I really smiled when I opened this copy as it was the only prize I ever won at High School...for Greek Literature..in 1976!! I love the Odyssey, my fave Greek epic.

Now here is another clue...a bit of intrigue

 and even murder perhaps.....😂

 and my poor Hb's old copy of a Tale of Two cities has pages missing.....

OK....I will let you in on the secret now and share my sample card made with another stamp set from the new release...this one is the awesome

Maskerade

I apologise for this very dark and blurry process photo..but this was taking pre Christmas when I was very busy creating on my kitchen work side. This is what I got up to. I creased and tore some paper and card, adding some pumice grey distress ink.

I also stamped some masks onto book pages from my A tale of two cities paperback,
I use book pages a lot in my crafting.

I cut out the just the eyes of the tragic mask and fussy cut both masks.

I then put all my elements together. Here is my very theatrical Jane's Journal Greek Tragedy

and a couple of close up of my grizzly card

and a side view to show all the torn and crumpled edges.

I even added a mask inside, just for a full theatrical flourish!

Booo!

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

Frilly and Funkie 1/3  3 is not a crowd I used 3 masks, 2 outside and 1 inside my card.
Pixie's snippets playground week 315/6
The Artistic stamper 3/3 anything goes
As you like it 3/3 anything goes
Craft Stamper take it make it January anything goes

Allsorts 2/3 Something new my new stamps!
Cute card Thursday 1/3 something new
The male room new beginnings I hope this is the beginning of lots of creativity with my brand new stamps!
Penny Black and More 2/3 something new  these brand new, never seen before stamps!

I hope you are enjoying seeing the samples myself and my teamies have made for this release. I have another to share on Monday. Remember to check out the Visible Image blog here to see all the samples shared this week.

Visible Image are launching the new stamps at Creativation next week and I am so proud that my some of my work will be travelling all the way to the USA to be displayed.


You can also check out Visible Image via these links;

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

The stamps are available to pre order on the Visible Image web site here from 12 January and will also be available to buy from all you favourite Visible Image retailers, world wide, very soon.

Bye for now,

Jane x