Some February calm

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to my weekly dose of Visible Image stamps inspiration. Today I am sharing another creation of mine using the stunning Create you calm stamp set.

It's still too cold yet for seahorses but it is lovely to see some February flowers. I spied these hellebores at the garden centre last week

such delicate elegant flowers..even in the winter they create beauty and calm on a damp February day.

This is the lovely stamp set I worked with which is available to buy now on the Visible Image website here. The new stamps should also be in stock at your local craft shops very soon.

I used all the stamps in this set, the little waves/bubbles make such a cool background.

I used Paperartsy fresco acrylics to make my sunny sea background. I swirled my paint around to give a feeling of the sea and added some "sunshine" in the centre.

I stamped my sweet seahorse in the sunshine using Versafine Clair ink. 

  I then embossed the waves in white and blue and the sentiment in white.

I added some white highlights to him.

and finished off the edge of the "sea" with more embossed waves.

I made a "frame" for my picture using photo corners.

Here it is finished.

This really is such a delightful stamp set to work with...and it makes me long for summer to hurry up and arrive too. 

I would like to enter my seahorse into the following challenges.

Simon says Wednesday anything goes

Creative Artiste 1/3 anything mixed media

Craft Stamper Take it make it 1/3 February

Crafty Catz 2/3 anything goes
That's Crafty 2/3 feeling blue
Sweet stampin 2/3 anything but birthdays

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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.

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Thanks for stopping by today and for the kind comments you take the time to leave me, I really appreciate every single one. 

 Have a lovely week ahead. It feels so good to be in February, the days are definitely starting to get lighter.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

In the light of the blue moon

On Wednesday we were promised the spectacle of the brightest biggest full moon we would see for 150 years. It was also a blue moon..ie more than one full moon in the month. We did have pretty clear skies but I must admit that I have seen bigger moons in the past. One thing for certain though was the moon was incredibly bright. My little camera could not cope with the huge contrast so my photos don't show the man in the moon who smiled out at me.

Here are a couple of photos I took but as I say they don't show his lovely "face"

 The brightness was very striking.

There is usually so much detail to see on the moon.... I took this photo some time ago  and thought I would show it.

So Mr Moon inspired me to make another of my Lavinia fairy cards to restock Dotty's teahouse.

I thought my fairy could hold the moon in her hands...what a lovely thought.

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

Crafty Catz 1/3 anything goes
Simon says Wednesday anything goes
That's Crafty feeling blue
Sweet stampin 1/3 anything but birthdays

Enjoy a lovely weekend, we have a special visitor...Bear our son's dog...and yes Billy is in his upstairs apartment 😂

Back on Monday with my weekly dose of Visible Image inspiration.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Falling in love in February

We have arrived at February, the love month for us old romantics. My Hb and I got engaged on Valentine's day...cough...in 1980...and we still celebrate every year. This year we are having a cosy meal out.
What is also lovely to see is that there are signs that spring is just around the corner too. Bulbs are popping up and snowdrops are in full flower. I spotted lots of lovely clumps on one of my walks to Dotty's Tea House.

As it is the first of the month it is also time for the second challenge for Country View for 2018. 

For February we would like to see your "anything but cute" projects.

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

You can find all the details for the challenge here

I decide that as I needed some Valentine's cards for Dotty's that I would make a non "cute" one using some of my long, non inked Tim Holtz stamps.
I made an inky background using some Bister and pewter distress spray

 and then stamped using my Tim Valentine's set

I then stamped out the love letter stamp and writing hand from another of his sets on red card

and re stamped the hand in black on white card (I know it looks yellow but these photos were taken on my breakfast bar late after sunset in artificial light). I fussy cut it out.

I then put my design together and made this card.

with a couple of close ups

which has gone down to Dotty's in time for Valentine's day. Such a lovely sentiment and so true.

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

The house that stamps built 3/3 anything goes
Allsorts 2/3 use your old favourites mine in this card is my much loved Tim stamp set.
Shopping our stash 1/3 Valentine's
Simon says Wednesday anything goes
Frilly and Funkie 1/3 all you need is love
Happy little stampers watercolour challenge 1/3 anything goes/heart
The artistic stamper1/3 roses are red
Cute card Thursdays 1/3 anything goes

February is also the time we will be celebrating our son's birthday. I also have something very exciting happening tomorrow. Craft Stamper Magazine hits the shops and I have not 1 but 2 projects in it as part of a Visible Image design team feature using the new stamp release. I can't wait to get my copy. Meanwhile here are a couple of sneak peeks they have allowed me to share here.

I hope your February gets filled with love. Thanks so much for stopping by today and for the kind comments you take the time to leave me.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x