More creatures in metal

Good morning, it's time to share my 2nd "metal" inspiration card for Country view. Firstly I would like to thank everyone for the amazing reception you gave my first card, the metal dragonfly one. I had some really lovely comments left on my post. I also put it on a card site on Facebook and to date it has had over 200 likes..I am truly humbled! If you missed my dragonfly you can see him here

So back to today, remember that you can enter our challenge as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges. You may even be the lucky random winner of the £20 CVC voucher.

The theme for this month is "metal" and all the details, more inspiration and links are here via this link.

The weather has really changed since last weekend so no sunny dragonfly but something a little more autumnal.

I can see a few changes as I look around my garden....my acers are taking on a few autumnal hues

 and as I walked to Dotty's I found my first "treasure" of the season...yes my first conker..always a special moment for me.

So my butterfly card has more autumnal colours. This time I decided to make a "faux" metal background using an embossing plate and some gilding wax.

I embossed some card ...

I also made a metallic stitched border using a gold pen. 

I coloured my butterfly die cuts with autumnal shades of alcohol ink

 and also added some ink to Tim Holtz' bigz bird and branch die cut which was also cut in aluminum, the same way I made my insects.

Then on went my creative hat....and out came my finished card...the sentiment is stamped and embossed in gold...of course.

...I also used metal brads in the centres of my flowers and the butterfly.

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

Craft stamper Take it make it Anything goes September

The Ribbon Girl 2/3 September any card
Try it on Tuesday 2/3 stitching I have used a faux stitching effect on my sentiment plaque and around the perimeter of my card.
Creative Artiste 1/3 anything mixed media
Frilly and Funkie 1/3 a little rusty
Dies R us diecut flowers
The Artistic stamper take a little colour
Fussy and fancy 1/3 anything mixed media
Crafty card makers 1/3 monochrome

I hope I have given you some ideas to incorporate metal into you crafting and I really hope to see you joining in with the fun over at Country View Challenges here.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for the lovely comments that you take the time to leave me. I am back again tomorrow as I have an important reminder.....😉

Bye for now,

Jane x

5 day count down until Create and Craft TV

Good morning all, the first Monday in September has arrived and I am here to share the second sample I have made for Visible Image for the Create and Craft TV shows this Friday 8 September at 7pm and Saturday 9 September at 9am. Both shows are on Freeview channel 23, Virgin 748 and Sky 674 or you can also watch on line live here

If you missed my first sample card I made, here he is again  the details are in this post from last Monday

This is Mr Union Jack Man where I used the fab new Grungy Union Jack stencil

Visible Image's brand new stencil range have been designed by Mark Alexander and made for them by Tando Creative. They are the best quality and a useful 6X6" size. At the moment there are 10 cool designs. 

For today's sample I used the stars and stripes stencil, as the shows are also being transmitted to our friends in the USA

 It will be available on the show or you can pre-order from Visible Image here.

We are also restarting the monthly challenge over on our Visible Image Group Facebook page where you have the chance to win a £40 coupon to spend on the website. Our theme for September is "Distressed". You can interpret this in any way you wish using your Visible Image stamps. I chose to go with using "Distress" inks and Oxides.

You can also enter our "anything goes/show and tell" challenge every month using Visible Image stamps, which runs year round. This has a £25 voucher for the winner.

Both challenges' winners are drawn at random so whether you are a seasoned Visible Image stamper or just inking up your first purchase you are in with a chance.

For this sample I inked up one of the brand new "We are family" stamps.......I chose Son, such an apt description....

available to pre order here or there will be a multi buy on the show

This is my own 28 year old darling son personified. I had him in mind when I designed my card. He likes very CAS (Clean and simple) cards and also listening to music and going to concerts. He also strums on a guitar in his home on occasions. So I knew which stamps would be perfect for my card. The Rock out! stamp set ..these work brilliantly with male cards. My son gave this design his seal of approval 😉

This is what I got up to .....

I stamped the son sentiment onto a Kraft card blank and positioned the stars and stripes stencil just above.

 I used Salty ocean and Candied apple distress oxide inks to ink through. 

I also made up some funky rock star elements. I made some stars from white card which I could then use as templates.

 I cut out a red, white and blue star using my templates from snippets of card. I decorated them with the fist and large star from the Rock out set and I also used the little stars from the 

"Feel the beat" stamp set

 I also stamped and embossed a guitar which I coloured with original distress inks.

I then put on my creative hat to come up with this card.

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

Addicted to stamps and More make your mark

Simon says stamp Wednesday 2/5  anything goes
The Ribbon Girl 1/3 September any card
Pixie's snippets playground #296/7

All the Visible Image links can be found here;

Visible Image group page on Facebook. Our friendly Group can be found here ...it would be lovely to see you there. 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. Our monthly themed challenge for September is "distress it" and the prize for this challenge is a £40 coupon. 

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 can be purchased. 

You can also follow via:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/visibleimage

 https://twitter.com/visible_image

 https://www.instagram.com/visibleimagestamps/

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for the comments that you kindly take the time to leave. Don't forget to set your recorders for the shows as Mark and Pauline will also be sharing some awesome demos too! 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Butterfly and dragonfly memories in metal

Happy 1st September!

What a great end to August we enjoyed weather wise.  It has cooled down considerably for the last few days but let's hope we see just a little more of summer before the nights draw in.  Today it is time to share my latest DT creation for our new challenge starting over at Country View.

Remember that you can enter our challenge as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges. You may even be the lucky random winner of the £20 CVC voucher.

The theme for this month is "metal". Now originally I thought of making my first Christmas card of the year but as we had the hottest August bank holiday on record there was no way I could get into a chilly mood. I'm still enjoying my flowers in the garden.

The fuchsia and begonias are still in full spectacular flower

As we sat in the garden eating our lunch on Sunday we saw butterflies and then my Hb noticed a dragonfly followed by a second one. We have never seen a dragonfly in our garden before, only ever near water, so it was a wonderful sight. They flew off too quickly for me to catch them on my camera. Now that got my brain thinking about an idea for my Design Team card for the challenge...how about metallic flowers, butterflies and dragonflies...I kid you not!

Out came my aluminium tape and I die cut some flowers, butterflies and dragonflies.

I also textured a piece for my background.

Out came my alcohol inks

and I started dabbing and playing until I got the colours I wanted

I then put on my creative hat and put my cards together.
Today I am sharing the dragonfly one, I will share my butterfly one later in the month.

These are pretty much the colours I saw as they fluttered around.

I kept everything metallic...the sentiment is even cut in glitter card .

And here he is in close up. I wonder what he was doing in my garden?

I was able to capture the memory in metal!

You can find my talented teamies creations for our challenge and all the details via this link.

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

Simon says stamp Wednesday anything goes
Shopping our stash favourite season 1/3 I do love all of them but summer is special and certainly inspired my card today
Try it on Tuesday stitiching I have used a faux stitching effect on my oval sentiment plaque


Thanks so much for stopping by today and for the kind comments you take the time to leave me, I love reading every single one. Enjoy the month ahead..autumn really is just around the corner now.


Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x