A "Country View"

Hello it's Jane here today with some more inspiration for our June "summer fields" challenge.

I am missing the "country views" we usually take in with our walks with my daughter and her family but I hope it is not too long before we can finally be together again.

I created my own "country view" from my imagination and if you would like to see how this grew was made, using an alcohol ink background, just pop on over to my blog here where a warm and sunny welcome awaits. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

A birthday party with Alice

Hello it's Jane back again with my 2nd "Tea/birthday party" inspiration card for our May challenge. Inspired by all the front garden tea parties we enjoyed for the 75th VE day celebrations on Friday  I have Alice in Wonderland all dressed up in her finery ready to invite your to her party.

She has presents galore too, lucky girl. If you would like to pop over to my blog here you can join the fun, sing her happy birthday and see how this all came together. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Hummingbird thanks

Hello it's Jane here with my second animal card for our current animals challenge here at Country View. I have used a bird again but a very different one from my first card I shared.

Meet my thank you hummingbird.

At the moment I think thank you cards are such useful ones to make and send. There are so many incredible people keeping our country moving who we should be thanking. 

I have a full step by step over on my blog here if you would like to fly  pop over.

Stay safe, stay indoors and stay creative,

Virtual hugs,

Jane x

Cats eyes

Good morning it's Jane back today with my 2nd project I have made for the current March challenge I am hosting. The theme is "The eyes have it"
Please can I remind everyone that I would like to see projects featuring an eye or eyes either as the main focus of a project or part of a person/face/animal/alien 😍😎😊etc which again is prominent. That means no tiny birds in a tree where we can just about find a glimpse of 1 eye using a microscope or where they are hidden away in the background! They can be eyes from animals/ characters or fantasy creatures as long as it is the focus/main part of your project. The rules for entry to our challenges can be read here  or are in the tab above. It is only fair to those people who follow them that we delete those entries which do not comply. Thank you again for your understanding 👀

This time I have gone with cats eyes and used one of my favourite ever cat stamps by Visible Image to make this birthday card. 

Billy, my cat, gave me a hand with writing my post over on my blog here He would give a very loud purr if you pop on over to have a look and he even allowed me to take his picture too. 

I hope to see lots of lovely entries this month where eyes feature. 👀 Enjoy! 

Bye for now,

Jane x

An art rebel

Good morning it's Jane here with some more splattery inspiration for our current splatters, splashes and drips February challenge. This time I have gone from cute to grunge and made a birthday card using the awesome Visible Image Art rebel set and some Tim Holtz die cuts. 

The background is a very inky/splattered gelprint and if you would like to see how I put it all together just pop on over to my blog here where my rebel will reveal all (if you ask him nicely 😉).

Bye for now,

Jane x

More love in January

Good morning it's Jane here back with a second dose of "Love" for our current challenge. You still have a just over week to join us, we would love to see you linking up. You might even be the lucky randomly drawn winner of a £20 gift code for spending on the website. 

This is my card stamped with one of my favourite love quotes. 

 I used the same die as I used for my 1st January DT project but made a very different CAS card. If you would like to see how this came together just pop on over to my blog where a very warm welcome awaits.

 Bye for now,

Jane x

I'll give you a star

Hello it's Jane here with another Starry themed piece for our current December challenge. I used some wonderful new (to me) stamps by the talented Tracy Easson to make my card.

This is her wonderful Star Gazer stamp set and you can see that sweet Morty Bottoms has caught one of the stars in his little jar. If you would like to see details of my card and how I made it just wish upon a star  hop on over to my blog here where all will be revealed. 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and I will "see you" again on New Year's day.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Traditional Christmas stamping

Hello it's Jane here today with my 2nd post to hopefully inspire you to join our current hand stamped challenge for November. As Christmas is fast approaching I made a traditional Christmas card using images from my childhood; Father Christmas and a snowman...of course!

I also love the sentiment...and yes I still look to the skies on Christmas Eve...I even hear sleigh bells..do you? If you would like to see how this all came together grab a ride on Santa's sleigh and join me over on my blog here where all will be revealed.

Bye for now,

Jane x

Christmas bokeh

Good morning it's Jane here today with some more bokeh inspiration for you. For my first card I went with lots of rich colour. This time, as I am sure you are all getting on with (or needing a kick start to) your Christmas card making, I went with a more festive feel; black, white and a touch of gold.

I really love using bokeh in my work and if you would like to see how I made the background for my deer just gallop  hop on over to my blog here. You still have plenty of time to join us and remember you could win the £20 voucher. Every entry has a chance to!

Bye for now,

Jane x

An ornate mermaid

Good morning, it's Jane here today with for my 2nd post for our current "Under the sea" challenge. I recently returned from a week in Rhodes where we spent 3 of our 7 days on the beach in glorious sunshine. I swam each day and looked out for mermaids, but sadly they are obviously rather shy as I didn't spot any. So I decided I would create my own impression of what that scene might look like.

I used my Visible Image Mythical mermaid stamp set. If you would like to sea see how I created my card and also have a look at some of my beach photos just swim pop on over the my blog here where I have a full step by step. 

You still have 10 days left to join in with the fun and perhaps be the randomly selected winner of the £20 gift voucher. Now that is worth getting wet for!

Bye for now, 

 Jane x

A tiny textured dancer

Good morning it's Jane here today with some more texture inspiration for our current challenge. We have seen some fab entries and you still have 10 more days to enter. 

My card uses lots of techniques for "alternative" textures including dry embossing and gems. If you would like to see how I put this card together just dance pop on over to my blog here where all is revealed.

Enjoy the rest of August, let's hope we get another blast of sunny summer weather before September arrives.

Bye for now,

Jane

Never feeling blue for you

Good morning it's Jane here today with my 2nd blues and greens card to hopefully inspire you to join our current challenge. There are only 8 days left to enter and all the details can be found here.

There have been some lovely entries so far and we hope to see lots more too.

I have been playing with PaperArty infusions and I have some more details of how I made this over on my blog here ,if you would like to fly over. I'll see you there. 

Enjoy the rest of the month, the weather has been lovely again.

Bye for now,

Jane x

More bugs for June

Good morning it's Jane here today with some more inspiration for my "It's a bugs life" theme for the June challenge. I am really enjoying seeing lot of buggy entries and I hope to see more by the end of the month too. 

This is my card for today

I used my Tim Holtz bigz dragonfly die and Visible Image stamps on an alcohol ink background. All the details and a step by step are just a flap of the wings away on my blog here.

Enjoy the rest of June,

Bye for now,

Jane x

The tin man gets shrunk

Hello it's Jane here again with some more inspiration for you for our current "Opposites" challenge.

Today I went with the words Little/Large.

Yes it appears that my Visible Image stamps tin man from the Oz series has a little friend and also that his oil tin and hearts have shrunk too...ooops!

If you would like to see how I made this just pop over to my blog here and all will be revealed. No smoke and mirrors I promise 😉

Bye for now, 

Jane x

More letters and numbers for March

Happy Saturday everyone, it's Jane here with my 2nd card for our letters and numbers challenge which is in full swing. I went for a paint resist background for a birthday card I made for a dear friend who celebrated on 4 March and loves pink!

Yes I have kept with a butterfly theme again but this time they are all Tim Holtz products. If you would like to see how this came together please fly over to my blog here.

Have a lovely weekend,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Dare to be different

Good morning it's Jane here this morning with some more inspiration to hopefully encourage you to join in with our current black and white or black, white and ONE other colour 😉 challenge.

I added green into my mix for my more CAS card today.

If you would like to find out how I dared to make this card just hop over to my blog here where I share a make up session  step by step!

Bye for now,

Jane x

Fanciful landscapes

Hello it's Jane here today with my 2nd post and I chose to design another landscape for our January landscapes/cityscapes challenge. This time it's a very fanciful one using PaperArtsy and Visible Image stamps.

If you would like to see how I put my landscape together you can take a trip  pop over to my blog here.

Keep warm, it's turned really chilly over the past few days, I will be glad when our summer landscape returns!

Bye for now,

Jane x

A Dickens of a Christmas

Good morning it's Jane here today with my 2nd piece of Christmas inspiration for you. I love using Tim Holtz' products, he is the King of Christmas crafting for me at this time of the year. Today I am using one of his old Bigz dies which was re released a couple of years back and I grabbed it.

I made a very "Victorian" inspired Christmas card. Can you hear them singing....😉

If you would like to pop over to my blog here I will greet you with a glass of mulled wine share all the details, including the poinsettia crackle stenciled background. 

We are seeing lots of lovely Christmas projects in the current challenge, you still have until 31 December to enter.

This is my last share with you for 2018. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and thank you all for your support of our challenges during 2018. May all your crafting dreams come true.

See you in 2019,

Jane x

More festive ATC coins

Hello it's Jane from Jane's Journal here today with some more ATC coin inspiration. As you saw in my first post I have decided make festive  ATC coins and use them as focals to get some of my Christmas card stash made. Today I am using the same master board for the background but it's amazing how different they look using different stamps and embellishments. This is my trio;

If you would like to see how I made them and also the Christmas card I designed using 1 of the focals, my blog is just a sleigh ride click away here. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

A tag for the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

Good morning it's Jane here from Jane's Journal with my 2nd DT make to hopefully inspire you to join in with our current "Plantastic" challenge. For this project I made a very autumnal tag just right for this season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!

I added lots of crunchy layers and textures to it and if you would like to see how it grew evolved I have all the details and a step by step over on my blog here. We hope to see lots more of your lovely creations in our October challenge, there is still plenty of time to join in.

Bye for now,

Jane x