Visible Image October stamp release

 Hi it's Jane here and I am delighted to be able to share some samples made with the awesome brand new October Visible Image stamp release which is for sale now on the Country View Crafts website. I have added links within this post.  There are 6 new sets; 3 drinks based, a vintage car, a motorbike and a brilliant cake. 

As I am also on the design team for Visible Image I am able to share some of the samples I made as well as a few extras which I have made for Dotty's Teahouse in Carshalton, Surrey where I sell my cards.

 Susan has all 6 sets , as well as lots of others from the catalogue, in stock on the CVC website and I have added a live link to each set. If anything is out of stock just fill in the email request and Susan will contact you when they are back in stock.

I love every set but I just had to start with this one as I am a real gin lover and this set is perfect. 

Keep your gin up

I made alcohol ink backgrounds (what else could they be!) for my first 2 samples.

Next up is the brilliant wine set

99% chance of wine

 which has some hilarious sentiment stamps too. I made 2 tags to also showcase the 2 clever wine splash stamps.

the last drinks based set is called

Bring on the beers. 

It has 3 different size beer bottles with a fab glass which is so realistic when stamped, the shading is brilliant. 

I made this card for Dotty's teahouse in Carshalton where I sell my cards. I added glossy accents to the glass and it really looks like cold beer. 

Next is 

You're a classic.

A super set for those hard to make male cards and projects. 

I made a birthday tag with this set and decoupaged the car so that it has extra dimension. 

Then the lovely motorbike set with some fab "action" stamps and 2 awesome sentiments. This set is perfect for bikers.

Ride the wind

I made motocross/dirt biking card with this one on a brushos background. 

and finally the brilliant cake set

Blow out the candles

This last card I also made for my shelves in Dotty's Teahouse. The candles in this set are so unique and there is also a little "glow" stamp which is used behind the flames as I have shown in gold ink.  This is earl grey and raspberry flavour cake I baked  made!  I have lots of flavours planned with this set including lemon and chocolate.

Before I leave I will share a little sneak peek of my make for our next challenge here at Country View where I used the gin set ...as well as a couple of other VI sets. 

Any guesses what our theme is? 

Could it be that Father Christmas has been on the gin?? You will need to check the challenge out on Monday 1st November when it goes live.

Thanks for stopping by and do check out this amazing new release. There really is something for everyone and every set has that very unique Visible Image twist. 

I hope I may have given you a few ideas of how this gorgeous new release can be put to use with your own projects. These stamps are brilliant for cards, tags, journaling , scrapbooking, you name it they work. They are also the best quality clear stamps you can buy. They are deeply etched photopolymer and stamp perfectly every single time. 

Remember that UK postage is also FREE when you spend over £7.50 so you can save yourself some money to spend on extra crafting goodies! Susan also has lots of other Visible Image stamps and stencils for sale and you can see them all here.

If you follow my my Instagram account which is @jane.tyrrell I will be sharing lots more samples over the coming days and weeks. 

Also if you would like to see how my makes were put together you can see step by steps for many of them over on my blog here.

Happy stamping,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Bye for now,

Jane x

Visible Image Christmas 2019 stamp release

Hello it's Jane here today to showcase the new Visible Image Christmas stamps release. There are 6 new sets and they vary from mixed media to cute so there is something for everyone.

First up is Christmas Eve and shhhh...it's also my favourite.

  What is there not to love about this set as you can create town

 or country versions or both!

Also some gorgeous Christmas sentiments in the sentimental Christmas set. The sentiment I have used on both my cards above is taken from this.

Next is the brilliant Santa Claus

who has lots of fun accessory stamps including a brilliant pair of boot footprints.

There is a lovely background set called Christmas backgrounds

The words background stamp also works really well when repeat stamped and embossed as a textured background. I used an old Tim Holtz die set for the focal.

Snowman Jack is another fun set

 and in this sample I used the Christmas background words to make the mixed media background.

Finally, and very unique in my opinion, is the awesome Christmas Chaos mixed media set.

I made a pair of grungy tags with this set called Christmas Eve and Christmas day.

There are also 6 existing Visible Image Christmas sets which Susan also has in stock on the website plus lots of other sets and stencils.

Thanks for stopping by.  Remember that UK postage is FREE too...and... there are only 113 days til Christmas 😄⛄☃HO HO HO! Time to get those Christmas cards made.

Bye for now,

Jane x

June release Visible Image stamps

Hi it's Jane here today with a review of the awesome June release Visible Image stamps. Susan has the whole of this release on the website and you will find the VI stamp section here.

As I am sure you are aware, as well as being on the design team for Country View Crafts I am also on the Visible Image DT, so I am able to share some makes I have made with both these hats on.

The links on here are live and will take you to the CVC website and remember that Susan offers FREE postage and packing for ALL UK orders with no minimum and also posts world wide at very competitive rates. Check out the website for full details. 

So grab a cuppa, take a seat and I will take you through the whole release. 

First up is my favourite (I know I am not supposed to have one but I do!).  Mark Alexander who designs all the stamps knows I adore all things mermaid and he finally gave in to me "asking" for years (some call it nagging) for a mermaid set.

Here she is and the set is called Mythical mermaid. I just love everything about this set from the very confident, strong mermaid to all the little extra stamps..the shells, starfish, crabs, bubbles, waves and the delightful 2 dolphins. Plus the 2 awesome sentiments too. There are no less than 11 stamps in this set! 

This is the first card I made using alcohol inks, there is a lot of depth which is so hard to show in the photo.

This was my recent CVC  challenge inspiration make for July and you can see a step by step here.

 The accessory stamps in this set also make great ATCs and coins and are perfect for tags or in art journalling.
Just look how cute the dolphins looks on ATCs!

Next up is Faerie magic a very sassy fairy indeed

What is great about this fairy is that the wings are separate stamps so she can be stamped just as an enchantress as I did with these ATCs

or with her wings, which look fab with Glossy or Crackle accents. Her sentiment is so lovely.

The guardian angel is up next

He can be made dark, think Halloween, or as in my project below he can be very positive and uplifting. Again the wings are separate so he can work both ways and the birds are brilliant to stamp.

There are 3 new sentiments set, from the quirky to loving.

Stay weird

Have I told you

and look forward with hope

 and these work perfectly not just on cards but in art journalling and on tags 

Next up is the Tree of Life, again this works so well with mixed media.

My penultimate share is 

Just breathe This set is something really different and so original. 

I went with a medical twist for this make but just wait for Halloween...I can see all sorts of ghoulish twists with this one. 

So here we are at the final set which is called

 Mindful moments 

and is perfect for this time of the year when we are all thinking about spending some time in our gardens or on holiday relaxing.

I combined this make with one of the sentiments and the sun stamp from the look forward with hope set.

and to give a heads up; On 1st August, when our new challenge starts over at Country View, I will also be using the Mindful Moments set again ...here is a small sneak peek! 

I will also have a step by step to share so do pop over on  to our challenge blog on 1st August when the challenge goes live. 

If you got all the way to the end of this long post, thank you very much and I hope that I might have given you a little taster of how these new stamps can be used. There really is something for everyone in this release. 

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Back to Oz

Good morning it's Jane here with the first of two posts to share the newest releases from Visible Image. Susan has them all in stock now and remember that she offers FREE POSTAGE in the UK
All the links to the website are within this post, just click on the names of the stamp set or co coordinating die.

There are 2 collections in this release and 3 brand new lovely stencils.

Today I will share the Wizard of Oz collection. These stamps are beautiful and lovers of this timeless story, as I am, will be delighted not just by the characters but also the extra stamps in each set.

I am on the Visible Image DT so I am able to share some of my samples I have made. What is also very exciting is that each of these sets has matching cutting dies too!! This is a Visible Image first. I used my Big shot and 300gsm water colour card stock and they cut like butter on a first pass.They are really awesome.

Some of my projects I am sharing today were made before the dies arrived, so I fussy cut them out, but boy do the dies make short work of this now for me.

First up is the sweet Dorothy and Toto

with her die

I made a "home sweet home" sampler with hand cross stitching around the edge.

I added Glossy accents to her eyes

Next is Oz cowardly lion

 with his coordinating die.

For this background I used yupo and alcohol inks.

The scatty Oz scarecrow

with his die set

I used the dies for all the cutting on this card, it is so easy to make a flock of birds!

I used a mixed media inks background together with some crackle paste.
Next up is
the awesome Oz wicked witch

with her die set

and the terrifying Oz flying monkey ( I can also see this set working brilliantly for Halloween).

with his dies

I made an A4 wall hanging using both these sets; spray inks made a very fiery background for them. The witch had better hang on to that string!

and last but not least (and I will secretly admit he is my favourite) the loving Oz Tin Man.

and his co coordinating dies

This was a Valentine card I made and I decoupaged him and some of the steam punk hearts using different silver card stock.

I also wanted to show how well these sets with small projects too and made these 3 ATCs for a Facebook swap. Using the coordinating dies really speeds up the process. I stamped onto foiled card and used the dies to cut out all the pieces, the backgrounds are distress inks. I stamped the hearts using archival ink.

 They are so shiny to photograph, please excuse the glare!

I also made these 3 Artist trading coins just using the background stamps in this set, which I have also die cut with the matching dies

Thanks so much for stopping by and I will be back to share some samples made with the new mixed media sets very soon. The Wizard of Oz is such a brilliant new collection to own and can be used in so many different creative ways. They appeal to all ages and suit all genres of crafting...the only limit is your imagination! Have fun.

Bye for now,

 Jane x