Thursday 10 October 2024

New baby congratulations LOTV images

good morning crafty friends
welcome to my shares for today. 
i have two personel celebrational cards to share for one of my close friends to celebrate the birth of their first grandson and the other for their son & daughter in law to celebrate the birth of their first baby, Harry John.



my images have been painted with distress ink and sadly my photos don't do the images much justice as i was in a rush to finish and post them off to their respective addresses.
on my first image i've gone a little grungy, my original idea was to create a shabby chic card and i was going to add frantage embossing powders but i'd added my designer paper to the card and heat embossing the frantage powder was a no go after sticking down papers to the card... so i added some distress mica spray as an alternative and i let it dry naturally, sadly you can't see the shimmer of the mica.
my second card, again i've gone for a grungy image with simple lay out and to complete the look i have masked the image with a cicle and coloured the outer edges with one of my distress ink pads and added a little ribbon to complete. 




a short post today.

and here is my list of goodies:
inks:
fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle
Tim Holtz:  distress ink
vintage photo, tattered rose, broken china, walnut stain, black soot, antique linen, old paper, faded jeans, stormy sky, pumice stone, aged mahogany
papers:
watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth
deigner papers: mintay, graphic 45
7" x 7" base card
stamps: 
LOTV: rocking horse
sentiment stamps: stampingallday, mft, lotv
miscellaneous:
distress mica stain: decayed
foam pads
double sided tape
satin ribbon
blue peg
sakura gel roll glitter pens


thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and
craft happy, Ann


Monday 16 September 2024

Twinkle a natural fibre art doll

 

hi and good morning crafters.
popping in and happy to share a new natural fibre art doll whom i've named twinkle. 
from start to finish the doll took around three/four weeks on a part time basis. needle felting a dolls heads and parts of the body is so time consuming but it does make for beautiful dolls with cute features, still plenty to work on with future dolls. 


the inspiration for the doll and her name came from the colour of weft i'd choosen and a pre-made pixie hat that was made a while ago which was in conjunction with that i'd recently started watching dinner ladies by Victoria Wood a program i really enjoyed and one of the characters in the program was called Twinkle played by Maxine Peake who's hair was coloured pink also the hat and scarf have gold threads entwined which twinkle.
for Twinkles' clothes her dress and the hat were knitted a while ago and the scarf i knitted last week.


there will possibly be tweaks made to the outfit, i may make a different dress, she also needs underwear, tights or socks are needed and a coat or cardigan to complete her outfit.
they are all in the pipe line, i just can't decide what just yet.


Twinkle is approx 12"/29cms tall



Twink's hair/weft has been sewn directly onto the fabric which gets a little tricky when you get to the finishing point, i have used two colours from my stash of curly wefts.


here is a few doll in progress photos





with the knowledge i have gained from north coast dolls for the articulated head i have adapted one of my body patterns to create this doll.
i do still have more things to improve on in my doll making process and i need to evolve my body patterns but for the moment i'm a happy little crafter. 

things i need to learn/do better: crocheting with a weft.

i still struggle to crochet and how on earth i managed to do it back in may is beyond me.. i did have a little help from Meglena.

inspiration as always comes from: 

north coast dolls
fig & me
little oke dolls
craft cottage
maryjanes tearooms
plus a few others.

well that's it for today, thanks for stopping by
enjoy your day and craft happy, Ann

Monday 15 July 2024

Amelia a 13" natural fibre doll

good morning crafters.
sharing a new hot off the needles so to speak a natural fibre art doll whom i've named Amelia.
it seems like ages ago when i spent the weekend in clacton for the spring bank holiday to learn the skills of making a doll with an articulated head and how to firmly stuff the body with Meglena of North Coast Dolls and my fellow students, thankfully most of it sunk in, my doll is stunning if i do say so myself. there are still somethings i need work on but it amazes me how a piece fabric, a pattern, roving wool, various threads and a weft turns into something so beautiful.  i also have to say a hands on workshop is a must to all prospective doll makers. 


Amelia is now waiting for a new outfit which will be made hopefully over the next few weeks, hopefully i won't be side tracked.

Amelia is approx 13"/30cms tall

some of the items needed at the begining of a new doll





early stages of the doll making process. the wrong way around lol.
i decided as soon as i'd added the head to her torso i would add her locks..


below Amelia's articulated head in different positions




 Amelia is complete with a beautiful black curly weft which has been sewn on direct as i still can't master crocheting a wig and she has beautiful blue eyes complete with very rosy cheeks..

when Amelia is finally finished i will share photo's 

inspiration as always comes from: 

north coast dolls
fig & me
little oke dolls
maryjanes tearooms
plus a few others.

well that's it for today, thanks for stopping by
enjoy your day and craft happy, Ann

Monday 8 July 2024

wishing you..

a wonderful birthday
hi and welcome to my share for today
a birthday card for Ruby, she is one of my super heroes.
i can't believe that this year my beautiful granddaughter moves on to high school.

tadah my card.
 


i'd coloured my image up a couple of weeks ago not knowing what papers i was going to use and then i went off piste, i though a cas card would be perfect, i had some new mica stain sat in my stash of things not used yet and thought one of the colours i had would go well together with colours i'd used on Hayley the hero.

my stamp, mask and coloured image, cutting out the mask is always a little fiddly.


a little close up of the image


inside of the birthday card


some of the goodies i have used to create my card



and here is my list of goodies:
inks:
fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle
Tim Holtz:  distress ink
hair: walnut stain, mustard seed, scattered straw
skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick
top, flower & tights: crackling campfire
knickers: rutic wilderness
cape: mustard seed
papers:
watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth
backing card: my stash
7" x 7" base card
stamps: 
Stampingbella: Hayley the hero
sentiment stamps: sizzix, mft
miscellaneous:
stamped & cut out image mask
distress mica stain: wicked elixir
foam pads
double sided tape


thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and
craft happy, Ann
 

Monday 24 June 2024

a tour around my little tub garden

good morning crafters.
no card or doll share today..
stopping by to share a little tour of my garden (so to speak) in photos. i'm not an avid gardener but i do enjoy some greenery, this is my little oasis when i need to take time out for myself were i can sit quietly and enjoy the peace and quite with a morning or evening cuppa, and when it's really sunny i can sit under my huge parasol and protect myself from the suns rays.



some of the plants in the tubs i've had for more than twenty years and every now an again i add a couple more plants like the astrantia above they were added last year.


i have managed to take cuttings from two of the tubs, one of the centre jasmine's and the established honeysuckle. the mother jasmine i've had for 15 plus years and the mother honey suckle for about 5 years





i love the occasional cut flowers from the garden





the fatsia has been in my garden for twenty plus years, it was one of the first plants i bought and i've somehow managed not to kill....











roses are amongst my faveorite flowers and i do struggle with them.

ready for when the sun comes out




here is a list of plants
some you can see a couple you can't:
astillbie (two varieties)
agapanthus (two varieties/colours)
gladioli (various colours)
jasmine (three varieties)
honeysuckle
astrantia (three varieties)
roses (three varieties)
peonies (three varieties)
eleagnus
bay tree
tulips
snowdrops
and lavender
and in spring when everything starts to wake up my favourite flowers begin to grow and blossom, they are my tulips.

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day,

and craft happy. Ann x



 

Monday 17 June 2024

happy birthday - stampingbella image

 good morning crafters
yikes Monday's are coming around way to quick and today i thought i'd share my latest project using stampingbella's: edna loves to sweep (stamp now retired).


i have used my distress re-inkers to colour her and i keep meaning to get my pencils out for a change, but i sat down stamped and before i realised i'd not got my pencil paper out or my pencils, maybe soon..lol

handmade by: Ann Lomax




edna is such a lovely image to colour as are all the stamps in my huge huge stash and i do try to match an image to a family member were possible lol..but there are some i use more than others.


as you can see above my colour palette was a small choice on todays card.

and here is my list of goodies:
inks:
fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle
Tim Holtz:  distress ink
hair: black soot
skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, aged mahogany
dress: saltwater taffy
pinny: speckled egg
cups: antique linen
duster: victorian velevet, vintage photo
papers:
watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth
backing paper: my stash
off white card
7" x 7" base card
stamps: 
Stampingbella: Endna loves to sweep
lotv: tags (discontinued)
dies: 
joycraft - oval, mft - banner, spellbinder - sentiment
miscellaneous:
foam pads
double sided tape
woc - mulberry rose
pink satin ribbon.

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day,

and craft happy. Ann x

Monday 10 June 2024

a thank you card for Anita


good morning to all
popping in today with a personnel card for a lovely lady whom i met at the doll workshop in clacton on sea over the spring bank holiday
Anita our host
Anita welcomed us into to her home and provided us with a warm, friendly place to learn and to enjoy our two day workshop learning new techniques for natural fibre art dolls with Meglena of North Coast Dolls.
a most gracious and generous hostess.

handmade by: Ann Lomax

i have to admit the two days went so quickly but it was well worth the travel down from westhoughton to clacton.


sharing a few close ups



sadly you can't really see the sparkle of the glitter pens on the roses and shoes


a close up of one of my new doohickey/magnolia die



my list of goodies used:
inks:
fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle
Tim Holtz:  distress ink
hair: antique linen, walnut stain
skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick
top & shoes: picked raspberry
skirt: rustic wilderness
socks: speckled egg
butterfly's: picked raspberry, scattered straw
basket & flowers: picked raspberry, antique linen, walnut stain, rustic wilderness, mowed lawn
papers:
watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth
backing paper: Maja designs - mum's garden
off white card
7" x 7" base card
stamps: 
mft: something for every thing, sentiments
lotv: basket of roses - discontinued
dies: 
joy-craft: ovals
mft: banner
doohickey/magnolia: christmas lace
miscellaneous:
foam pads
double sided tape
sakura glitter pens


thanks for stopping by enjoy your day,

and craft happy. Ann x