Autumn inspiration for STAMPlorations

 Happy November everyone. This is my 2nd post today as of course it is also time for my STAMPlorations blogged design team post for our November theme and photo prompt challenge. The theme this month is;

I 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 😊I also offer a very special extra treat if you use my code, details at the end of this post.

You can enter up to a maximum of 3 entries using any stamps.  There are 3 awesome prizes up for grabs; 

$20 prize code to winner ($25 if a STAMPlorations product was used as the main/focal point of the card)

$10 prize code to 2 randomly picked entries ($15 if a STAMPlorations product was used as the main/focal point of the card)

Please remember to add our challenge logo of you are entering via a blog post if you would like to be in with a chance of winning. You don't have to do this if you are linking via IG or other social media platforms, but it would be  great if you do!  Full details can be found here.

You can work with the theme, the photo prompt or both. 

I used 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.

Trendy leaves 2

Say it big 

Soar

and the group of birds from For the birds die set

I made a shaving foam marbled distress stain spray background . I die cut 2 birds from inky mop up card from the  For the birds die set

and then stamped the sentiment; Soar

I stamped the Trendy leaves 2 onto inky mop up card and cut 3 of them out.

Then I assembled my design. Here is my finished card

with a couple of close ups,

and 1 last shot;

 I hope I may have inspired you to join in with this month's challenge, which is open internationally. Once again all the details are here

Remember that if you order more than $15 of product from the website (after discounts and before shipping) and quote my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at checkout not only can you get 20% off your order you can also choose a product for FREE up to the value of $7! Here is a link to the website.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I would love to see you also 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! 

Bye for now,

Jane x 

Making for Christmas

Hello and welcome to November. As it's the first of the month I have my 2 design team blog posts coming up today. This is my first one for Country View Challenges where  the theme for the month is "Christmas gifting" in other words your make needs to be anything other than a card. 

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 am a huge gin fan and we have lots of different brands. Gin also makes a fab gift so I decided to design a Christmas gin tag which can be put around the neck of a bottle of gin and make a really personal Christmas pressie, with no need for gift wrap! Visible Image have just released a really awesome gin stamp set which was perfect for my make. This is what I got up to;

I used the awesome new

Visible Image "Keep your gin up"stamp set

with a background made using the amazing new Tim Holtz villainous potions distress stain spray mixed with some salvaged patina

 I stamped the gin bottle and glass onto inky mop up card and cut them out, adding some gold pen to the lid of the bottle and yellow marker to the lemon I also stamped and cut out just a label in white card.

I then stamped the Father Christmas on his sleigh from 

Christmas eve

and added the merry Christmas from Christmas chaos and then one of the fun sentiments in the 

"Keep your gin up"stamp set. I  also stamped some of the stars and some of the star swooshes. 

 from the Christmas eve set in gold ink 

 I stuck the bottle and glass in place and then backed the tag with sparkly gold glitter card.

Here it is finished

and here it is all ready for Christmas gifting on my favourite brand of gin......

cheers...... mine is with regular tonic, ice and a slice.

a couple of close ups

and one final shot

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our November "Christmas gifting"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. Once again all the details for the November challenge are here.

Susan has all the awesome new Visible Image release in stock which was released on 29th October plus a large selection of their stencils and stamps you can see them all here.  Remember that UK postage and packing from CVC is FREE on all 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! 

(If you would like to see my samples using all 6 sets from the brand new Visible Image stamps I also wrote a post for the CVC shop blog last week. You can view it here I am also on the Visible Image design team so I get them pre release to work with them and make samples,

This is a taster from the CVC shop blog. There are 3 drinks sets; gin, wine and beer, a fab car, a motorbike and a cool birthday cake with dripping sparkly candles)

Bye for now

Jane x

Is it too early for wine?

 Good morning everyone it's time for my fortnightly blogged Visible Image design team post. Today I am delighted to share my first blogged make with one of the sets from the awesome brand new stamp release. There are 6 new stamp sets, which can be preordered now, for the worldwide release this Friday, 29th October. I have been sharing lots of my samples over on Instagram and they also appeared on the recent live which you can catch up on over at the Visible Image You Tube channel. All these details are at the end of this post.

 I had a hard time choosing which of my makes to blog but I went with the pair of tags I made using the brilliant

 99% chance of wine set

The stamps in this set are so unique and includes 2 awesome wine splashes.

This is what I got up to;

I used one of my shaving foam marbled distress re inker backgrounds and die cut 2 tags. I love the swirling effect you can achieve. These colours are kitsch flamingo, salvaged patina and festive berries.

I stamped the sentiments at the top in black onyx Versafine and some of the wine splashes around the edges using charming pink Versafine Clair ink.

I stamped the glass and the wine "swoosh" and heat dried them. I then painted over just the glass with embossing ink and sprinkled with clear embossing powder.

I heat embossed it and while hot added more powder and repeated this twice more. It gives a gorgeous shine without the need for drying time when using glossy accents.

I matted them up on black card and added some string. Here they are;

and a couple of shots of them together

Just adding a handmade tag to a bottle of wine would make such a great gift.

This really is such a versatile set of stamps and I have so many other ideas of how I want to use it.

 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. The sign up for November is open now if you would like to join us. We are now in the 7th month of swapping and have had over 67 people, worldwide, taking part. 

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. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

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

Do check out social media where you will find lots of makes being shared over the coming days. You can pre orders the new stamps now over on the VI website here. World wide release date is 29th October.

 You will find me on Instagram here; @jane.tyrrell

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x