The return of the theme and photo prompt challenge at STAMPlorations

Hello stamp friends. After the summer break the challenges over at STAMPlorations  are all back and the STAMPgirls are raring to share some new projects. I am a proud to continue to be a member of the theme and photo prompt challenge. I now have affiliate links in my STAMP posts which simply means that if you click on any of the links here and buy something from the STAMP store I will receive a small commission at no cost whatsoever to you 😊

Here is our challenge theme banner for October 

You can enter up to a maximum of 3 entries. There are awesome prizes up for grabs;  A $20 prize code for the winner, who this month will be chosen by me,  as well as $7 prize codes awarded to 3 randomly selected entries. Please remember to add our challenge logo to your post if you would like to be in with a chance of winning. Full details can be found here

I worked with the following awesome products and have added live links to them in my post. Remember if you also use my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the check out you can get an additional 20% off on top of any existing discounts! Shery ships internationally at very low cost too. For my background stencil I used the lovely Barley stencil

with the awesome cup and flower from Thank you coffee stamp set 

with one of the sentiments from Coffee for all seasons

This is what I got up to;

I stamped and coloured the lovely cup from Thank you coffee  and cut it out, adding some gold glitter to the flower centres.

I used one of my shaving foam reinker backgrounds I made during the summer with my granddaughter. 

Using glitter frosting paste and the Barley stencil I added  this to the background.

This is it wet

and below the lovely shimmer when it is dry.

I stamped one of the sentiments from Coffee for all seasons 

added some white pen details,

distressed the edges and then matted up my card onto a 7x5" card blank.

Here it is;

I hope I may have inspired you to join our new October challenge. Remember all the details can be found here .

Thanks for stopping by today. I will be back with my 2nd DT project for  STAMPlorations on 15th of this month..and a little heads up... we will soon also be celebrating our 7th birthday with an exciting blog hop all that week and lots of prizes! Stay tuned.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Halloween is in the air over at Country View challenges

Good morning, happy October. The time when all things ghostly and ghoulish and pumpkins come out to play.  Of course it is also time for a new challenge over at Country View. This month the theme is of course...Halloween and we would like you to "make a scene!" You can find all the details of the challenge and more examples made by my talented teamies here.

I spotted these beauties growing at Wisley RHS gardens on our recent visit.

I only got into Halloween through my grandkids and I now embrace it big time. I made tags and card and decorate my porch. For my first design team make today I decided to have a play with a new and old Tim Holtz die and his Halloween ephemera 

This is what I got up to;

 Using collage medium I stuck down my elements, including one with a pumpkin of course.

I then used a variety of distress crayons to add some shadows and colour.

I die cut Tim's new web and spider and cut the web up.

I stamped some very subtle text using distress archival. 

I then added my die cut web and spiders and a few Halloween remnant rubs.

Here is my card

with a few close ups

and one last shot.

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our October, "Halloween make a scene" challenge. You can use any stamps/products, the choice is yours. 

You can enter our 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 from CVC is free on all orders over £7.50! Once again all the details for the October challenge can be found here.

I will be back on October 5th to share something very different, a little piece of Halloween decor. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Back soon

Bye for now

Jane x

Creating some autumn calm for Visible Image

Good morning it's time for my fortnightly design team post for Visible Image. Did you see the 2 shows on Create and Craft TV last Wednesday? If you missed them you can still catch up by watching them on the Create and Craft website until this Wednesday. Details are at the bottom of this post.  They were great shows, Mark did some awesome demos and you can see so many of our samples there too. Visible Image will be on your screens monthly I will share the details of the October show in my next DT post or of course you can keep up on social media, all the links are at the bottom of this post. 

Autumn arrived last week and there has certainly been a dip in the temperatures. However Mother Nature is showing off such beautiful hues of colour and I am loving witnessing the glows of reds and gold all around me. 

So I thought I would create something with some mellow autumnal vibes for my share today.  I worked with the following products;

The caterpillar

Atomic flower stencil

Background stamps from Universal

the sentiment from Create your calm

 and bubbles from The guardian angel

This is what I got up to;

First I sprayed picked raspberry and twisted citron distress stain sprays onto mixed media card.

I added some distress ink through the Atomic flower stencil

Next I stamped a pattern using red archival ink and stamps from the Universal stamp set.

and ended up with this background

I also added some bubbles stamping which you can see in the final photo.

I stamped, coloured and cut out the brilliant  caterpillar and his toadstall adding some glitter and glossy accents as seen. I also stamped the sentiment from Create your calm onto the background.

Here is my finished card.

with a close up

and one final shot.

All the Visible Image links are listed below

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. Do check out the Facebook LIVES and videos where you will be able to see lots more samples and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here

Pinterest here

You can watch the Create and Craft Christmas show here; until Wednesday

and the autumn vibes show here

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

There is going to be a Facebook Live sharing all our DT samples for the shows later this week, do check out the time/date on the Visible Image Facebook page. You will be able to see all the sparkle and shine which it is so difficult to show using photos! 

Thanks for stopping by today,

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x