2022 - destination unknown

 Good morning welcome to the first Monday of 2022 and my first new Visible Image design team post of the year. I decided that I would celebrate this with a 2022 dated canvas. 

Let's hope this really is the year when our lives start to return to some kind of normality and we will be able to seek out new adventures both in the UK and abroad. I have put live links in this post which if you click on them will take you straight to the products on the Visible Image website.

I worked with these fab stamp sets;

Destination unknown

the numbers and boxes/squares from Alphabetical

 some background stamping using all the stamps from Mesh-ellaeous

and the uber versatile Fibres stencil

This is what I got up to; using Prize ribbon, Salvaged patina and Fossilized amber I made a watercolour background. I wanted to make a background representing the land and seas on earth.

Using the 2 blues and my blending tool I then added some stenciling using my Fibres stencil.

I added some background stamping using Fossilized amber distress archival ink and all the stamps in the Mesh-ellaeous set. I just randomly partially stamped, holding the stamps in my hand. It gives a much more organic feel than if you put the stamps onto a block.

Next I stamped the year onto inky mop up card using the numbers and squares from Alphabetical. I cut them out and distressed the edges.

I die cut a circle, representing our planet Earth, stamped the sentiment from Destination unknown and again added some faint stenciling using the Fibres stencil. 

I stamped the "directions" onto inky mop up card. I cut them into banners and using a distress tool, distressed their edges. 

I stamped all the sizes of the boats and planes in the Destination unknown and cut them out. I love these images, they are such fun!

Then it was time to put my 2022 canvas together. 

Here it is;

with some close ups;

and one final shot;

I gave this to my son, as 2022 looks to be a very adventurous new journey for him 😎

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

The Visible Image Group page is over on Facebook. Our friendly Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you. You will see lots of gorgeous makes by the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you will be most welcome.  You will also be able to join in with the monthly Artist Trading Card (ATC) swap which has been such fun.We are now in the 8th month of swapping and have had over 74 people, worldwide, taking part. The sign up for the February swap will be up around 23rd January  if you would like to join us.

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Visible Image also has its own You Tube channel here where you can see videos and Lives to give you lots of inspiration and ideas. 

I can also give a little heads up that there is lots going on behind the scenes at the moment as there is a new release coming up very soon. Look of for lots of sneak peeks on the socials......all I can say that whether you like fun quirky characters, die cutting or mixed media there is something for everyone in this next release! 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

and the brilliant newly  revamped website is here.

 You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.tyrrell where I share many more samples than I have the time to blog.

And finally before I go if you have any Christmas money left over and would like to add to your Visible Image stash..if you use the code MERRY25 at the checkout you will get 25% off everything on the web site. Hurry though as the offer finishes on 10th January. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Happy new year!

Hello everyone and welcome to 2022..happy new year! Let's hope that this really is the year when our lives can start to return to some kind of normality. I hope you had a splendid Christmas?  Of course it's time for our first challenge over at Country View and for January the theme is "Your year to sparkle and shine". So we would like to see lots of bling, sparkle media etc. You can enter a maximum of  5 times and into a maximum of 10 challenges including ours. 

As always there is a fab £20 voucher up for grabs for one lucky randomly selected winner to spend on the website.  You can find all the details of the challenge and more examples made by my talented teamies here.

I decided to make a very sparkly new year card to ring in 2022. This is what I got up to;

I cut out a circle from a 5.5" square of black card. I used the new year sentiment from Visible Image's Go to Christmas words and gold embossed it at the top and the "sparkle sentiment "from the Rays of light stamp set at the bottom. ( Edit; I notice that the stamps I have used have been so popular that sold out on the website, just add your email and Susan will contact you as soon as she has restocked!)

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The rays in this set are really awesome. I repeat stamped them in red embossing glitter. I also used the bubbles in the set to stamp in white. 

On another sheet of card I dripped some of Tom Holtz' mica stain sprays. I then stamped another ray in the centre.

I stamped the glass from the awesome Keep your gin up set and coloured the lemon slice. I stamped and cut out the ice cube too. 

I then stuck it in front of the ray.

I added a couple of gold die cut stars. I used 3d foam to layer up the front. Here is my finished card;

with a close up

and one final shot.

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our January "Your year to sparkle and shine "challenge. You can use any stamps/products, the choice is yours. 

 Once again all the details for the January challenge are here, Remember that when you buy from the Country View Crafts website postage FREE on orders over £ 7.50 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Take care and stay safe. I will be sharing my 2nd design team project on the 19th.

I would love to see you over on Instagram where I share new creative makes nearly every day. This is my link/profile @jane.tyrrell

Sadly these days I just don't have the time to blog everything! 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Lighting the way to Christmas

Good morning its time for my last 2021 make for Country View Challenges. Our last challenge of the year is "Anything Christmas" and so feel free to share all your Christmas makes. Please remember that you can enter a maximum of 5 times and combine you make with 10 challenges (including ours) in total. As always there is a fab £20 voucher up for grabs for one lucky randomly selected winner to spend on the website.  You can find all the details of the challenge and more examples made by my talented teamies here. 

I love Christmas so much and on 5th December I went to Lapland UK with my family. It is so gorgeously vintage that it inspired my make today. This is my 2 grandchildren being told by Father  Christmas that they are on is "good" list...of course!!

Check this out for snow

and just look at that vintage lantern bottom left....

So for this make I knew that I wanted to use my very favourite die that Tim Holtz released this year. Although it was a Halloween release I knew it would also be perfect for Christmas. Sadly it appears to be sold out everywhere, if I had a pound for every message I have had asking me where I got mine from I would have a lovely Christmas bonus. Susan did have it in and I have added a link here so that you add can add your email in case she gets more in. 

I made up several lanterns and candles.

and chose this one for my card. 

I made a background using festive berries and hickory smoke distress inks which I blended onto a slimline card sized piece of smooth cardstock.  I knew which set of snowflake stamps would work perfectly with my diecut lantern....

I white heat embossed the gorgeous snowflakes from my favourite Visible Imge Simply snowflakes set (which is in stock and is a mere £5.99)

I added a black soot distress border

and the fab Christmas sentiment die cut from the Christmas 2021 Vault series by Tim, which again is in stock on the CVC website.

I added lots of "snow" to the lantern using my favourite mix of Snow tex and silver Glamour dust glitter. I also added some stickles and a hint of glitter pen to the candle which you can see in the final close up photos. 

Then I matted my slimline panel onto a black slimline card blank. 

Here is my finished card.

with some close ups

and one final shot.

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our December "Christmas" challenge. You can use any stamps/products, the choice is yours. 

 Once again all the details for the December challenge are here. Remember that when you buy from the Country View Crafts website postage FREE on orders over £ 7.50. The amazing annual Advent sale is still running, so do check it out 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

I would love to see you over on Instagram where I share new creative makes nearly every day. This is my link/profile @jane.tyrrell

Sadly these days I just don't have the time to blog everything! 

Enjoy this very special time of the year, have a very merry Christmas and I will be back on 1st January, bright and breezy, with my first make for our first Country View challenge for 2022. Thanks for all you support and kind comments you left me here and on my Instagram account during 2021. I so appreciate it.

Jane x