Ruby's Christmas Present

meet Ruby's pressie

good morning crafters a welcome to my share for today.

something a little different from me

I have made a rag doll for my Granddaughter this Christmas and I have to say it's been a really long long time since I have sewn or knitted anything but after getting hooked on images of Waldorf and Tilda dolls I felt I needed to have a go and this is my completed doll.
iv'e had a few hiccups along the way due to not having many instructions, and as always I trawled the internet to source materials and how to's and had to unearth some of my knowledge of sewing and knitting and I'm pleased to say she looks pretty cute.

I have created a cute hat and scarf

and I made a pretty dress

and the only thing that's missing are socks and shoes

they are next on my list of things to learn and make

on making my next dolls:

I really had to blow away all the cobwebs on my sewing and knitting skills as it must be over twenty years since I had made anything, my children were pre school and they are in their 30's now.

my materials & were to purchase:

little okie dolls: http://www.waldorfdolls.co.uk

silk screen doll body 12" (little okie dolls)

hair: 4ply white wool (hobby craft)

eyes: brown embroidery thread (hobby craft)

dress: fat quarter of material (hobby craft), white t shirt material & white tulle (underskirt)

hat & scarf: Wendy fleur dk (country baskets)

embellishment: wooden button ( country baskets)

for information on how to make these dolls visit:

http://faithandstring.com

http://www.figandme.com/blog/

I have surpassed my expectations on this cute doll and I will probably adapt the pattern a little as I did struggle to put it together

for my next doll I will try to create the Waldorf style face.

all it leaves me to say now is:

MERRY CHRISTMAS, thanks for stopping by

enjoy your day and craft happy. Ann

Merry Christmas - Teddy & Caragh Aoife

good morning crafters and welcome to my share for today

I'm sharing the final two cards I have created for my friend and I hope all the recipients enjoy them.

I must admit when Sue asked me to make her dog a Christmas card last year I thought she was having me on but I made her a card and this year Sue returned and asked me to make 2 birthday and 5 Christmas cards for her friends pooches how could i refuse.

as you can see I have pretty much stuck to the same/similar style for all 5 cards and I chose who's name adorned each card.

all my cards are 6x6" white base cards, a few dies, a cute image and they have all been painted with distress ink.

leading to the Christmas celebrations:

I hope you are all in the throws of preparing for Christmas I just need to pick up a few more pressies. thankfully I'm not the Christmas chef this year all I am making is the pudding: Sticky toffee pud has been requested so I need to check out James Martin's recipe as thats the best one I've tried so far.

all it leaves to say now is:

thanks for popping by, enjoy your day and craft happy. Ann

merry Christmas - Eddy

back to share my card for eddy
all the cards are just a simple matt and layered but I have done a little fussy cutting around the die cut image.

my list of goodies used to create:
6x6" white base card

stamps:

lili of the valley: bauble greetings and Christmas puppy (eBay outlet)

alphabet: dovecraft

water colour card: Fabriano5

die: mft oval stitched
ink:
memento: espresso truffle 

distress ink:

chipped sapphire, festive berry, weathered wood, walnut stain, antique linen,

shabby shutters.

sakura and atyou glitter pens

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

merry Christmas card for Tean

good morning and welcome to my very quick share for today
my 2nd card

my list of things to create:

6x6" white base card

stamps:

lili of the valley: christmas baubles and Christmas puppy (eBay outlet)

alphabet: dovecraft

water colour card: Fabriano5

dies:
mft: stitched scalloped square
spellbinder: square
ink:
memento: espresso truffle 

distress ink:

festive berry, weathered wood, walnut stain, antique linen,

shabby shutters.

sakura and atyou glitter pens

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

merry Christmas

good morning crafters and welcome to my share for today.

a friend asked if I would make her five Christmas cards for her friends pooches and here is the first of the five I have made.

I have kept it pretty simple for all 5 with nothing too fussy and they had to include the pets names.

here are some of the things I have used to create:

6x6" white base card

stamps:

lili of the valley: bauble greetings and Christmas puppy (eBay outlet)

alphabet: dovecraft

water colour card: Fabriano5

die: mft oval stitched
ink:
memento: espresso truffle 

distress ink:

broken china, festive berry, weathered wood, walnut stain, antique linen,

shabby shutters.

sakura and atyou glitter pens

it has really been a while since my last post I have been working on another project and we was really busy getting ready to decorate our living room with not too much time for crafting. happily it's all finished now.

join me again soon

thanks for stopping by

enjoy your day and craft happy. Ann

Merry Christmas

good morning crafters and welcome to my share for today.

well I have to say crafters as soon as these new stamps landed on my desk at work

I couldn't wait to get home and colour them up, I was really giddy with excitement

and I have to thank Tracy at dies to die for dispatching them promptly shortly after 

they arrived from Bella land.

over the past few weeks I have been creating a lot of gifts using candles and as soon as I saw these little cuties the idea for my candle was hatched.

Natalie and the nut cracker have been coloured with prismacolor pencils and I have used a number of dies to create my background.

a little more info on the candle is that the image is removable and you will be left with a blank candle.

here is a little close up

here is my list of lovely products used:

stamps:

stamping bella: natalie and the nutcracker (cut it out bundle)

lili of the valley: bauble greetings

dies:

various: spellbinder, mft and other dies

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

coloured pencil shop: prismacolor pencils

candle: 

180/80 ivory chapel candle.

all it leaves me to say now is:

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

#SpotThisStampingBella

merry Christmas one of a kind candle

hi and good morning crafters

popping in with another ooak candle gift using the simply adorable dropping the shopping from

lili of the valley

and for this candle I have added my image as part of the embellishments rather than adding the image to the candle.

the image has been coloured with prisma colour pencils. 

skills for colouring with pencils is all thanks to the lovely Alyce over at 

Kit & Clowder

her on-line classes are amazing.

here's a little close up of the image.

my list of lovely things I have used:

stamps:

lili of the valley

just rite: grand Christmas sentiments

dies:

spellbinder

Christmas tree not known

ink:

memento espresso truffle

colour medium:

prisma color pencils

bits & bobs:

sakura glitter pen

embellies & ribbons from my stash

170/100 ivory chapel candle

before I sign off 

I'd like to give a shout out to Cathy and Beverley, welcome Ladies to my crafty patch

join me again soon for my next share

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

Mr & Mrs

good morning crafter and welcome to my share for today.

popping in with another one of a kind keepsake Mr & Mrs wedding candle using an image from 

Lili of the Valley

my list of goodies that have been used:

180/80mm ivory chapel candle

ink:

memento espresso truffle

stamp:

lotv: the big day

copic markers:

dress: b91, 93

suit: c5, 3, 1, 0

flowers: r59, 56, rv66

shading around bride and groom: b91

guipure, satin ribbon and string pearls

mr & mrs die

all it leave me to say now is:

thanks for stopping by, have a super day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

congratulations: Mr & Mrs

hi crafters and welcome to my share for today

whilst in full swing of decorating candles for Christmas (and I have a few more to do) I thought I would add a curve ball and do a wedding candle using a fabulous stamp from Stampingbella. 

it's first time outing for the adorable Brett and Brenda get married

and I'm sure I will turn to this stamp again and again.

here's a list of some of the things I have used:
tissue paper
heat gun

ivory chapel candle 180/80mm

mr & mrs die

stamp: brett and Brenda get married

ink:

memento espresso truffle

copic markers:

skin: e00, 04, 11, 21

dress: b93, 91, blender

suit: c9, 7, 5, 3, 1

flowers: r89, 59, 56, rv66, g24, 94

hair: e44, 43, 41, 29, 25, 21

white satin ribbon

guipure

thanks for stopping by
all it leaves me to say now is:
have a lovely day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

no 1 daughter

good morning crafters

popping in with my share for today.

a card for my daughters recent birthday

I have created a kind of cas style but couldn't resist adding a couple of embellishments (lol)

today's stamps are lili of the valley and daughter from my stash.

my image has been coloured with distress ink

here's a few of the things I have used:

6x6" base card

graphic 45 double sided paper

stamp: swinging 60's

rectangle dies

wild orchid roses

sakura glitter pen

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

distress ink:

vintage photo, aged mahogany, walnut stain, antique linen, broken china, fosilized amber.

thanks for stopping by today, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

Christmas candles lili of the valley

back today to share a couple more of the candles I have recently made using a couple of my 

lili of the valley stamps. 

both have been coloured with copic markers and embellished accordingly.

here's some of the lovely things I have used

stamps:

lili of the valley: my snowman friend, festive fairy & sentiment stamps

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

embellishments:

dies, ribbon, wooden shapes from my stash

sakura glitter pen.

all it leaves to me say now is:

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

christmas candles

hi everyone and welcome to my share for today

I have created a few festive candles for a Christmas craft fair I have attended today using some of my inkyliclious stamps that I bought a few months ago. 

not too much colouring on these as I thought I would keep them fairly traditional.

here's a link should you like to have a try:

how to stamp onto candles

here are a few of the things I have used:

stamps:

inkyliclious

lili of the valley sentiments stamps

ink:

memento espresso truffle

dies:

various from my stash

various ribbons from my stash

berries and cones

sakura glitter pen.

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

have a lovely birthday

good morning crafters sorry it's been a while since my last post

popping in today using one the first Lili of the valley stamps I bought back in 2012 it was part of a set for girls this little cutie is called:
new hat
and has been coloured with distress ink.

some of the things I have used:
6x6" white base card
fabriano5 water colour card
paper from my stash
dies:
little darlings fancy rectangles
heart banner
ink:
memento espresso truffle
distress ink:
vintage photo, spun sugar, aged mahogany, weathered wood, antique linen, pumice stone
sakura glitter pen.

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

happy birthday - Tean

good morning and welcome to my share for today.

popping in with

a clean and simple card to celebrate the second doggie who celebrates her 3rd birthday.

this card is a variation on my previous card. I have used all the same stamps as before but doesn't it look so different.

this little cutie is called: doggie delights and sadly is retired as a rubber stamp.
there are other stamps available including the new super cute Christmas release 2 over at:
lili of the valley
back to my card

my brief was to make two girlie doggie cards and todays card is for:
Tean

here are a few things I've used:

6x6" white base card

water colour card stock for Image: fabriano5

pink and grey flowery paper from my stash

image stamps: all Lili of the valley

alphabet: dovecraft

pink satin ribbon

peel off number

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

medium:

distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, spun sugar, victorian velvet, weathered wood, tumbled glass, antique linen and scattered straw.

sakura glitter pens

better get cracking with some more crafty makes.
join me again soon.

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

happy birthday - Bryher

good morning and welcome to my share for today.

popping in with

a clean and simple card to celebrate a doggies 3rd birthday.

these kind of cards really do make me smile and I had to dig deep into my stash of lili of the valley stamps to find this cutie.

this little cutie is called doggie delights and sadly is retired as a rubber stamp.

my brief was to make two girlie doggie cards as they are about to turn 3 and the type of dogs that are celebrating are beagles I hope Sue likes my creations. 

a card for Bryher is the first of my makes

here are a few things I've used:

6x6" white base card

water colour card stock for Image: fabriano5

pink checker paper from my stash

image stamps: all Lili of the valley

alphabet: dovecraft

pink satin ribbon

peel off number

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

medium:

distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, spun sugar, victorian velvet, weathered wood, tumbled glass, antique linen and scattered straw.

sakura glitter pens

join me again tomorrow to see the birthday card for Tean.

I'd like to welcome all new followers who have joined me from Kit and Clowders 15k party weekend it was epic.

welcome ladies

have a super day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

reveal day

welcome to today's share
my room reveal

I am pleased to say we have moved back into our bedroom but there are still a few things that need to be added like wardrobes (still can't make my mind up) but for now I love my chic (to me) bedroom.
so again I'd like to thank: Ian, Adrian (my son), Dave (plumbing work) Kenny, Jimmy (plastering), Matt (electrical) and Andrew (flooring and ballestrade )

the bedding and curtains are by Dorma

the next stage of the room renovation will be adding

wardrobes, unit/cupboards, table lamps and t.v. 

but that will be when funds allow lol

but for now I'm happy with my dream room.

thanks for stopping by 

have a fab day, now to get back to crafting. Ann

renovation stage 2

welcome back to my room renovation

todays share takes me up to the decorating and new floor

today's thanks goes to Ian for all the painting and my cousin Andrew (with Ian's help) my flooring.

colours used in the bedroom are state of mind, fluffy robe and white.

a beautiful floating floor

now to the next stage.

join me tomorrow for the furnished and dressed stage.

Ann

renovation

good morning crafters.

today I'm sharing our recent renovation of our bedroom and I have to say it's taken my hubby ages to complete but I'm happy to say he has finished it.

and it looks fantastic.

we had lots of help with the refurb and I would like to thank them from he bottom of my heart.

so today's share is the demolition of the room and starting the re-build.
for this section I have to thank Ian, Adrian my Son they demolished the room and did some of the stud work, Dave (my nephew plumbing), Kenny (new window, door and window stud work), Jimmy (plastering) and Matt electrical work

 






 









this section Ian added all the insulation.


 

 

 

before Jimmy came to do the plaster boarding and plastering

 

 

 





join me again tomorrow for the next step

have a super day. ann