A Stroll In The Garden With Jane

Hello Everyone
Thank you for the wonderful response to the Giveaway I posted yesterday.
For this week I have a mix of projects to share, many will be art where I’ve used Oxford Impressions stamps such as this post which features one of the newest Oxford Impressions stamp plates, Jane’s Garden. The good news, if you fall in love with this set but live in the U.K. and do not wish to purchase direct from Oxford Impressions then you can purchase it from That’s Crafty.
It really is a delightful plate consisting of 23 stamps with a Jane Austen theme so it would work well alongside the stamps from the Jane Austen set. However this plate also has a garden theme with stamps depicting flowers, butterflies, bees, a watering can, etc.
My first project is a canvas and my favourite use of a canvas is to flip it over to make use of the wonderful recess. A simple coat of paint  co-ordinated beautifully with the paper I stamped all the images onto (Gecko Galz digital paper).There are three stamps depicting Jane. This stamp would look stunning if it were to be painted but I chose to stamp all the elements onto the printed digital paper. A ceramic flower is all that adorns this image.
Jane strolls in the garden, clutching some books.  A beautiful day to go and sit in the shade and while away the hours reading. I know I sit here repeating myself but it always amazes me how well thought out the Oxford Impressions plates are. This plate has two beautiful quotes.The stamp plate has some beautiful flowers, there is a stunning rose stamp which I will share with you another time where I used it as a background, stamping onto a Gelli Print and there is a lovely smaller stamp of a sprig of flowers and then we have this gorgeous stamp which I stamped three times, gently curving the petals and leaves for dimension. Touches of vintage glass glitter add that wee touch of sparkle and texture. A close-up and you can see the butterflies which have decided to settle upon the flowers. Of course there had to be a touch of lace so at the bottom of the canvas I added a band of lace prior to layering more stamped images.
Keeping in mind the quote and also that this particular Jane has a bundle of books  in her hands, I decided to include the lovely book stamp. This stamp consists of three books however I wanted more books (in my personal life I can never have enough books surrounding me) so I stamped it three times then added the sweet watering can.
A butterfly alights upon the books.
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Wishes
Lynne