happy birthday - stampingbella

 hi and good morning crafters.

popping in with my share for today..

today i have used stampingbellas: edna needs a martini, a girl after my own heart....

she is one of my fav images from the bellas, but then again they are all my faves..

a little mix of shabby chic with a pop of bold colour.

a few various angles of the card

                                    

all the items used for todays project.

 here is my list of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, tumbled glass, crackling campfire, hickory smoke, antique linen

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: lemon craft - gossamer blue

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: 

Stampingbella: edna needs a martini

kaiser craft: background stamp

fairy sentiment stamp - my stash

mft: something for everyone

dies: 

sizzix, flourish from my stash

miscellaneous:

wild orchid flowers - various

sakura glitter pen

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

happy birthday - stampingbella

good morning everyone

well after sharing my backlog of colouring i'm back today to share a new creation. 

today i'm using a newish stamp to my stash that i have recently coloured, Vera and her Vanity from stampingbella. 

for today's card i've kept it very girlie using very soft feminine colours from my distress ink palette.

i have distressed the edges of my image and off white card and added a little embossing enamel on my image panel and added some pink satin ribbon to bring all the colours together.

the inside of my card

a little close up of the lovely Vera

                                        

for my next few shares i will be sharing card projects using a mix of some new stamps and some i've had for a while.

 here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, milled lavender, spun sugar, victorian velvet, peeled paint, candied apple

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja design - denim & girls

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: Stampingbella - Vera and her vanity

mft: inside & out birthday greetings, something for everyone

LOTV: grunge corners (discontinued)

dies:

MFT: fishtail

miscellaneous:

stampendous: shabby white embossing enamel

pink satin ribbon

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

Merry Christmas - lotv

good morning crafters

i'm back to share my last coloured image from ages ago that has now made it onto a card project.

today's handsome chappie is snow shovel from lili of the valley and is available as a digi stamp (link to the shop below).

i have kept my card fairly simple by adding a sentiment stamp on my background paper (i do do this alot, i love the effect), and i have distress inked the edges of the paper along with my image edges (whilst the die was still attached to the image).

a little close up of the backing paper to highlight the liquid pearl drops i've used, i do forget what i have hiding in my stash...

  here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, shabby shutters, pumice stone, hickory smoke, ground expresso, weathered wood, faded jeans, chipped saphire, squeezed lemonade

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

paper: maja design

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: snow shovel

dohickey/magnolia: christmas

dies:

tonic: circle

mft: icicle edge

memory box: snow flake

miscellaneous:

liquid pearls: silver pearl

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

Seasons Greetings - lotv

hi and good morning crafty friends

my penultimate christmas share using one of my last coloured images from way back when, this is LOTV's: happy reindeer (stamp discontinued) that has finally been added to a project. 

i have stamped my background paper and added a little frantage to give it a more chrissmassy feel.

the opposite side of the paper lines the inside of the card

just a little inspiration for you all

 

here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, festive berries, tea dye, weathered wood, worn lipstick, fosilised amber, rusty hinge

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

off white card

paper: maja designs 

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: happy reindeer (discontinued)

mft: snow fall blessing, sentiment

dohickey/magnolia: christmas

dies:

my stash

miscellaneous:

white frantage

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

 

egg-stra special easter - stampingbella

hi and good morning all,

 popping in with a new card to celebrate easter.

a first outing for this tiny townie stamp that i've had in my stash for a while.

i haven't done a easter card before and wasn't sure a very minimal card would be ok but i've done alright..me thinks

a little close up of today's tiny townie: Ella loves easter

some of the items used to stamp and colour.

 my list of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, milled lavender, spun sugar, victorian velvet, dusty concord, tumbled glass, antique linen, worn lipstick

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja design - denim & friends

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: Stampingbella - ella loves east & easter sentiment set

dies: spellbinder rectangles

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by, i hope you all enjoyed your easter treats,

those of you who were lucky enough to get them.

 enjoy your day and craft happy. Ann x

 

Happy Birthday - LOTV

Hi, good morning and welcome to my share for today.

occasionanally i try to do something a little different and todays card is just that different... a one layered card using inks, stamps, embossing powders and a recently coloured image.

there are things i like about the card and there are things on the card i'm not too sure on...

as always there are no hard or fast rules when being creative and there are things i will probably do differently on my next project based on today's card

some of the goodies used. i couldn't photograph the background stamps but they will be listed below.

my image is: dainty dancer LOTV discontinued

here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress re-inkers ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, antique linen, spun sugar, weathered wood, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry

time holtz: ink pads

victorian velvet, stormy sky, spun sugar (not sage as pictured)

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

6"x6" base card

stamps:

LOTV: dainty dancer & grunge corners- discontinued

MFT - something for everything

stemplegled - discontinued

kaiser craft - perfume bottle

miscellaneous:

wow embossing powder - clear sparkle & opaque bright white super fine

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

 

Merry Christmas - lotv

 

hi to all

popping in with another christmas share as i slowly come to the end of adding all of my previously coloured images to projects that have been sat on the sidelines. lol

there are however two more completed cards to share, yay and i hope you are enjoying looking at some of my newer created cards.

 here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, shabby shutters, pumice stone, hickory smoke, ground expresso, weathered wood, faded jeans

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

off white card

paper: maja design

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: boy sledging (discontinued)

magnolia: christmas

stash: merry christmas

dies:

spellbinder: squares

joy craft - snow flake

memory box -snow flake

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

merry christmas - lotv

good morning to all

my christmas themes continue and i have three more coloured images added to projects and to share and then i'm up to date, yay..

on my card today i thought i would try something a little different with my backing paper, i have stamped onto my paper and the ink hasn't transfered onto my mirri strips giving me a bit of a different look, i am well impressed with the result.. 

sadly the image from LOTV is now discontinued.

 here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, antique linen, weathered wood, peeled paint, shabby shutter

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

designer paper: first edition - all that glistens

sizzix: gold mirri card

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: away in a manger - discontinued

dies:

spellbinder: fancy squares & square

creative expressions: merry christmas

memory box - snowflakes

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

 

Happy Birthday - LOTV

good morning everyone

welcome to my share for today, i'm back with another male card using one of my LOTV stamps (this one is available as a digi) elbow grease

elbow grease

colours used

peek inside, matching papers

and the handsome chappie.

today's post is somewhat short but i do hope my card inspires.

 here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, shabby shutters, pumice stone, hickory smoke, ground expresso, weathered wood, faded jeans, frayed burlap, black soot

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

off white card

designer paper: my minds eye

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: elbow grease & wavy sentiment (sentiments discontinued)

mft: something for everything

dies:

spellbinder: squares

mft: fishtail banner

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x