Merry Christmas

 hi and welcome to my share for today

i'm back to a christmas themed card, i recently bought two really cute stamps from Sweet November Stamps for personal use, i really couldn't resist them....

a simple matt and layered card using christmas papers from Maja Design.

i do love their papers and i thought the tag sheet suited my coloured image really well.

joy has been painted with distress ink and the image has been sealed with Tim Holtz distress glaze.

a little side on view

and my chosen sentiments, they are penny black.

here is my list of items used to create my card.

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

skin: 

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

eyes:

faded jeans

hair: 

antique linen, scattered straw,

night dress:

spun sugar, victorian velvet

shoes:

walnut stain, frayed burlap, fired brick, antique linen

gift:

rustic wilderness, lumberjack plaid, festive berries

image background:

old paper

papers:

Fabriano 5, 140lb watercolour card 

maja design - Christmas wish

7x7" base card

stamps:

Sweet November stamps - Joy

Penny Black - joy of christmas

miscellaneous:

satin ribbon, resin snow flake, tim holtz distress glaze    

double sided tape

suppliers i use:

stamps:

craftelier

designer papers:

the mad scrapper

craft heaven shop

colouring papers:

ken bromley art supplies

also you can buy from:

other on line stores and craft fairs in your area

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

 

thinking of you

 hi and morning to all:

sharing a quick card today that's just been smudge inked, stamped, spritzed with water, dried and then spritzed with mica stain.

my distressed image has been mounted onto black card and placed in the centre of my 5x5" base card with foam pads and the sentiment off set to the left again set on foam pads.

not my usual type of card but i loved messing about with the inks it gives a uniqueness to the card

items used:

ink:

memento espresso truffle

tim holtz distress ink:

black soot, wild honey

distress mica stain:

decayed

stamps:

thinking of you - my stash

landscape - kaiser kraft

misc:

foam pads

double sided tape.

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

be my valentine

good morning to one and all

sharing a new colouring for february and also a new stamp to my stash from Sweet November Stamps, this is Lottie Love and she is adorable.

as this stamp is for personal use only this will be my OH valentines card for the next few years lol.

the image has been painted with distress inks and as it has been a while since i picked up my brushes i felt a little rusty and played it safe with my colour pallet.

the images above and below are the first colouring and touch up finished image.

you know sometimes you think it needs a little more well i should have left it alone but i thought a little more shading on the hair and that's when i told myself i was a little rusty

and now Lottie appears to be a brunette and i've lost some of my shading definition on her fringe..

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here is my list of items used to create my card.

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

skin: 

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

eyes:

chipped sapphire, broken china

hair: 

antique linen, walnut stain, frayed burlap, scattered straw,

top:

victorian velvet, speckled egg, aged mahogany

pants:

old paper

shoes:

fired brick, antique linen, speckled egg

papers:

Fabriano 5, 140lb watercolour card 

maja design - denim & girls

DL base card

stamps:

Sweet November stamps - Lottie Love

LOTV - grungy corners & valentine sentiments discontinued

dies:

spellbinder - layered circle

miscellaneous:

distress ink pad: spun sugar, victorian velvet & faded jeans

double sided tape

suppliers i use:

stamps:

craftelier

designer papers:

the mad scrapper

craft heaven shop

colouring papers:

ken bromley art supplies

also you can buy from:

other on line stores and craft fairs in your area

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

 

Believe in the magic

 hi and welcome to my share for today.

i have created a mix-media type of a modern Christmas card using various mediums, and i'm impressed at the results.

whilst browsing through facebook on Sunday ranger-ink popped up on my feeds offering a video tutorial on a winter card. so ranger kindly forwarded the link, i watched and thought i'd give it a go, i've got distress inks, embossing ink, stamps, dies, embossing powders and stencils off i plodded and a few hours later i'd created my card (not all the items from the video i have just used what i have available that are similar).

Julianna was right the small distress ink-pads would have been better but i didn't have any but i carried on as i love the idea, and on my creation i have added some mica spray which you can't really see...it just looks like a smattering

and instead of an image i have added a die cut embellishment and to finish off i have added a die cut sentiment.

 some of the items used:

DL white base card

distress oxide ink pads:

tumbled glass, shaded lilac, broken china

distress ink pad:

vintage photo, broken china

papers:

fabriano watercolour paper, sizzix glitter card, silver foil card

stamps:

 Lavinia - snowflakes, crafters companion - nordic script

dies:

ldrs, sizzix, creative expressions

miscellaneous:

ranger texture paste - opaque, wow embossing powder- platinum regular, sweet poppy ultra fine glitter - white, tim holtz collection stencil - stars, cosmic shimmer vintage mist and a huge pearl and diamanté embellishment.

memento ink:

espresso truffle

it all seems a lot for a slim card but i loved every minute making it..

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

Merry Christmas

 hi there and good morning to all

sharing my completed card project that i started a couple of days ago.

i wasn't too sure how this card was going to turn out as the only thing i had planned was using two of my stampingbella christmas images.

the inspiration: 

i was impressed with a colouring that Amy Young created on the colouring with Amy a few weeks ago and i had recently bought that new image from the last release but i couldn't buy the tree has it has been discontinued so. treated myself to Tina trims the tree with Amy's creation in mind.

i have used Tina Trims the tree and the three amigas, masked the amigas and positioned and stamped Tina to one side and i have to say it looks like the ladies are having a blast..

all the images have been painted with distress ink and i have used a few of my dies and a couple of stamps to create my embellishments and background.

here is the list of colours used:

Skin: vintage photo, worn lipstick

hair: frayed burlap, antique linen

dresses from left to right: mermaid lagoon, worn lipstick, speckled egg, lumberjack plaid & speckled egg

hats: lumberjack plaid, festive berries

tree: peeled paint

background: antique linen, broken china

 some of the items used:

7"x7" white base card

distress re-inkers

fabriano watercolour paper

stamps: stampingbella, dohickey/magnolia, 

dies:

tonic circles, joycraft, anna-marie

where i buy some of my supplies from:

dies to die for, stampingbella, art from the heart, sevenhills crafts, ken bromley.

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

first colouring for 2026

 

good evening crafters

happy 2026 to you all

popping in with a quick post for the new year and like always i start the new year with the start of a Christmas card, well coloured images any how.

i was inspired by Amy Young a while back after seeing one of her creations using one of the last released stamps Alexis & Serena paired up with a retired image of a Christmas tree over on her colouring adventures with Amy.

so i thought i would have another play

here is the start of my next collaboration of merging two stamps.

i've paired the three amigas and Tina trims the tree.

i've got a bit carried away with the background and i haven't decided on the papers, card size and or embellishments yet so that's my plan for the next day or so. 

colouring medium used is distress ink.

once the card is complete i will list everything i have used.

so for now thanks for stopping by

enjoy your evening and

craft happy, Ann

Merry Christmas to All

 popping in with my last share for 2025

and i would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to stopped by, checked out my blog and viewed my projects.

Thank You

on all of this years post the fun i've had in the enjoyment of colouring, i've joined in with a few Stampingbella challenges and on the odd occasion one or two of my projects have been a little testing especially when things haven't quite gone to plan.

for my last post

i would like to share a few photos of my festive living room for 2025 and other area's that get a bit of a Christmas make over. on my tree this year i have added lots of snowflakes that allow my tree lights to light them up giving a lovely warm glow.

below is my tree & mantle that i decorated on the 29th of november

Ann Lomax 2025

Ann Lomax 2025

and on the 16th of December i decided to tweak my mantle arrangement as my hubby requested a garland, he said it would look lovely, so the other weekend i visited my fav garden centre and purchased a beautiful Norfolk faux 6ft garland, two mantle hangers (from amazon), i have also replaced two of my candles and used a tension rod to support the garland, added some picks and baubles and moved a few things around.

i did shoot a little video of the living room but sadly it was too large to transfer

i would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone 

a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

and a 

Happy, Peaceful and Wonderful NEW YEAR

Here's to 2026

all it leaves me to say now is a huge thanks for stopping by

enjoy Christmas and craft happy, Ann