Christmas in July with Visible Image

Now don't shoot the messenger as I know that a lot of my regular blog readers do not like the "C" word until 1st December but in the crafting world Christmas in July is very important to get the new Christmas releases out. Visible Image launched theirs on Friday on Hobbymaker TV and if you missed it do catch up with the shows. There are lots of mine and my UK teamies design team samples and Mark gave some fab demos. The new release is called "Sketched Christmas" and very different to  Mark's usual grungy, drippy designs. These are hand sketched by him and they are totally delightful.

Here they are, 6 new stamp sets available here on the website. 

The set I am using for my first blogged design team project is the beautiful

Sketched snowflakes

And this is the card I made

This is a very quick card to make and you can use any colourway. I chose to use blue using distress stain and mica sprays. These are always a good option for a quick frosty background. 

I used these colours;

It is very important to allow your background to dry before adding any embossing powder, I leave mine overnight at least. I stamped the sentiment in the bottom right quadrant of my background and white heat embossed it. 

I then stamped and white heat embossed the rest of my design. 

I added some touches of glitter pen

I also added a sequin in the centre of the larger snowflakes plus a few more dotted around for some extra detail and texture. As a finishing touch I matted it on to white glitter paper and then onto a deep blue card blank I made from an A4 sheet of card. 

So here is my finished card again.

With a close up.

and one final shot. 

Do check out this gorgeous new release. You can really quickly batch make with them too. I will be using these for all my Christmas cards this year. I will share some more of my design team samples over the coming month. Stay tuned! 

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our kind, friendly and supportive customer Facebook Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you join us.  You will be warmly welcomed and see lots of inspiration from the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I also organize a monthly artist trading card swap in the group. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 150 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started over 3 years ago. It's been such fun and it's so lovely to receive a unique piece of art from your partner in the post. The details and sign up for each swap are posted in the group on the 23rd of the month. So the July sign up will be in the group on 23rd June. There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time and if you live in the UK can you choose to post to the UK only if that suits you best.

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 their website is here 

Bye for now,

Jane x

A dragonfly day for Visible Image

 Hi everyone and welcome to my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. The Summer solstice tomorrow and is officially the first day of summer. For today's make I thought I would share a very summery card; evocative of the long hot summer day's I am still hoping we will enjoy. The last few days have warmed up nicely and I recently saw some dragonflies around the pond in my son's garden. They are such magical creatures. 

 To make my card I used all the stamps in the beautiful Live in the moment stamp set. 

This set is a perfect for summer cards and projects and the sentiment reminds us to make the most of these long summer evenings and warm days we will hopefully enjoy. I also used the uber versatile 

Lava stencil.

 I have used this stencil for so many themes; from alien planets and clouds to shadows on the moon. This time I have used it for the reflection on the water.  I used a rectangle  of white smooth card.

First I stamped the sentiment using Nocturne Versafine Clair ink (used for all the black stamping on this card) and clear embossed it. Then I blended these 3 distress inks through the stencil onto parts of the card.

I placed the stencil in different places around the sentiment.

In the bottom right hand corner I stamped the large dragonfly and clear heat embossed it.

I stamped one medium and 3 small dragonflies in the same way above the sentiment.

I stamped the ripples stamps in the set using Warm Breeze Versafine Clair blue ink and then added some sparkle to the wings using a pink glitter brush pen.

Lastly I added some of my signature sequins as a finishing touch. I matted onto blue card and then a white card blank. 

Here are a couple of close ups

and one final shot.

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our kind, friendly and supportive customer Facebook Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you join us.  You will be warmly welcomed and see lots of inspiration from the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I also organize a monthly artist trading card swap in the group. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 150 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started over 3 years ago. It's been such fun and it's so lovely to receive a unique piece of art from your partner in the post. The details and sign up for each swap are posted in the group on the 23rd of the month. So the July sign up will be in the group on 23rd June. There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time and if you live in the UK can you choose to post to the UK only if that suits you best.

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 their website is here 

And shhh a little heads up that the awesome new Christmas 2024 stamp collection is launching very soon. Watch this space! 

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

Bye for now,

Jane x

Sunshine and sand over at the Country View Crafts challenge

 Hi everyone it's time for my second blogged design team make for our June Country View crafts challenge hosted over on Facebook where the theme is "Anything seaside".

 You don't need a blog or an Instagram account, just head over to the group and join in with the fun! The link is here and if you are not already a member just request to join and we will warmly welcome you. It is also be a place you can be the first to hear about workshops, the latest releases etc etc. We have a happy membership of over 320 crafters already and we are growing every day. You can enter the challenges up to 5 times as you like as long as you use products or brands which are stocked on the Country View Website. 

I try to link up the products I use in my posts but obviously stock on the CVC website sells out quickly . Some may be out of stock when you click on the links. If they are just fill in the email notification and you will be emailed when they are back in stock. This is the link to the website   Remember that postage is FREE on all UK orders over £20. 

  The prize this month is a fab stash of seaside themed products by Art by Mylene.

I recently bought one of the brand new Andy Skinner stamps Best friends. It has been a while since a new stamp range has had that real WOW factor for lots of people, including me. The crafting world has bought these up by the score but Susan still has a few in stock if you are quick. I teamed it with the shells from the lovely Visible Image At the beach stamp set to make my seaside themed card. A little heads up that this set is now discontinued and Susan is one of the few UK stockists who still has a few in stock. If you would like to add it to your stash act quickly as when they're gone they're gone!

This is how I made my card. First I stamped the girl with  Nocturne Versafine clair ink and the seashells using Acorn.   I also added the lovely sentiment from the Visible Image set underneath her. 

Using squeezed lemonade squeezed lemonade distress ink and a round blending tool round blending tool I made a sun in the sky. 

and grounded the girl on some "sand".

Then using a mix of mermaid lagoon mermaid lagoon and salty ocean distress inks salty ocean distress inks  I created a sky and sea.

I added the inks using a damp paintbrush.

Using vintage photo distress ink I also added some colour to the shells. Here is my finished card again

 Our challenge is open worldwide.

Remember you can find me most days over on Instagram here @jane.tyrrell where I share many, many more makes than I have the time to blog. 

You still have 3 days to enter the June challenge.

Bye for now,

Jane x