wishing you a very happy birthday

hi and welcome

good morning.

as i am coming to the end of sharing many cards from my recent colour fest i have to say i've had a blast.

today's card is using an older Lili of the Valley stamp and i have gone a little shabby chic in my card design with plenty of mat and layering. 

she is just the sweetest.

  Colours used:

skin: vintage photo, tattered lace, worn lipstick

hair: antique linen, walnut stain

dress: broken china

strippy top: shabby shutters

shoes: shabby shutters

toadstool: festive berries, antique linen, walnut stain and spun sugar

grass: mowed lawn, old paperforest moss

and my supplies:

fade resistant dye ink - memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz - distress ink

fabriano 5 - water colour paper

7"x7" base card

designer backing paper - mintay - lovely day

white card card

shimmer ribbon, white lace

Lili of the Valley rubber stamp - Masie sitting pretty

Lili of the Valley acrylic stamp - sentiments 

thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day

and

craft happy. Ann x

kitty a waldorf inspired doll

 good morning crafters

sharing a recently completed waldorf inspired doll whom i have named

Kitty

kitty has been created in homage to one of my Aunties who always made sure when you called there was a warm welcome with tea & buscuits on offer. i imagined Aunty Kit had long dark hair as a child and would have been dressed in a dress & pinafore.

Kitty's body has been knitted using one of MJT's tearoom doll patterns and her head is a needled felted fabric head.

as always i need to give a shout out to those that inspire me on these projects:

North coast dolls
mary jane tearoom dolls

lalia dolls
dear little doll
to name a few.

supplies come from a variety of sources:
little oke dolls
the knitters attic

eden cottage yarns

                                                        here's a list of goodies used:

face fabric: de-witte - doll jersey - little oke dolls

knitted body: 

arms: toft - fine yarn- oatmeal

socks & body: west yorkshire spinners - 4ply

knickers & shoes: eden cottage - 4ply catnip

dress: rowan lace

hair: brushable mohair

features: DMC embriodary floss and bees wax crayon.

satin ribbon.

thanks for stopping by,

enjoy your weekend and craft happy, Ann 

Oliver kick about

hi everyone

oliver kick about

i love to make masculine cards every now and again.

today's image is one of the last few from my huge colour fest.

the card i have created is a peek a boo card (the image is the base layer and the backing papers have been die cut to give a little dimension) it's consruction is similar to making a shaker card minus the dome/padded foam tape.

 Colours used:

skin: vintage photo, tattered lace

hair: antique linen, walnut stain

jeans: faded jeans

boots: festive berries

bag: pumice stone

jumper: bundled sage, shabby shutters

ball: weathered wood

and my supplies:

fade resistant dye ink - memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz - distress ink

fabriano 5 - water colour paper

6"x6" base card

designer backing paper - mme

grey shimmer card

LDRS - oval dies

Lili of the Valley rubber stamp - Oliver kick about

Lili of the Valley acrylic stamp - sentiments 

i have been having a mess about with my blog lay out and i hope you like.

thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day

and

craft happy. Ann x

happy birthday - lotv

my next few shares will be birthday cards for the boys.

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

todays card is a personal card i made for my Grandson Oliver who turned 10 recently.

i can't beleive how grown up he is and were the last ten years have gone.

my card:

oliver texting

there are only three more coloured images from my colouring fest that are waiting to be added to cards and three cards that will be shared over the next few days or so. 

i have been colouring more images inbetween card making some of which are new to my stamp stash and are adorable christmas images (watch this space).

supplies:

stamps:

lili of the valley - oliver texting

sentiments - from my stash

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen, faded jeans, weathered wood, scattered straw and chipped saphire

papers:

7"x7" white card base

papers - designer paper from my stash, silver & white card

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: sizzex

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x 

 

lotv - merry christmas

 good morning everyone.

i hope you are all well and crafting your way to christmas.

poping in to share a christmas card using one of the few remaining images from my colour fest.

my image is from Lili of the Valley and is called: droping the shopping, my image has been die cut with a little fussy cutting (didn't want to lose any of the image).

my card:

dropping the shopping

i have used some rather vibrant coloured backing papers from MFT and some of my favorite dies.

goodies used:

stamps:

lili of the valley - dropping the shopping

sentiments - spellbinder

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, victorian velvet, festive berries, mowed lawn, tea dye, aged mahogany and chipped saphire

papers:

7"x7" white card base

papers - designer paper: MFT & white glitter card

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: joycrafts

embellishments:

sakura glitter pens, satin ribbon.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x 

lotv - merry christmas may your days be merry & bright

good morning crafters and welcome to my third christmas card share for this week.

a kind of a short and sweet write up today. x

another cas style christmas card based on monday and wednesday's cards using one of the adorable images from lili of the valley.

my cut out squares for my design have been off set a little (not that you would notice haha).

my card - tah-dah

sweet christmas 

list of goodies used:

stamps:

lili of the valley - sweet christmas

sentiments - from my stash

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen, spun sugar, victorian velvet and broken china

papers:

7"x7" white card base

papers - designer paper from my stash & white glitter card

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: spellbinder & memory box

embellishments:

sakura glitter pens woc paper rose.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x 

lotv - merry christmas

good morning everyone.

i'm back to share my second completed christmas card of the week.

today my image is Christmas magic by lili of the valley which i bought recently from their outlet shop on esty. 

i am a huge fan of lotv and i do own quite a few of their rubber stamps including some of their digi stamps   that are waiting in the wings for me to print off and colour.

my completed card today is based on mondays cas card and all i have done is switch designer paper and used a smaller base card

tah-dah my card

christmas magic 

 

coloured image

list of goodies used:

stamps:

lili of the valley - christmas magic

lili of the valley - sentiments 

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, victorian velvet, tumbled glass, tea dye, aged mahogany, scattered straw, stormy sky, weathered wood & festive berries

papers:

6"x6" white card base

papers - designer paper by MFT & white glitter card

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: ldrs, spellbinder & memory box

embellishments:

sakura glitter pens.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x 

lotv - have yourself a merry little christmas

good morning crafters 

popping in today with a completed christmas card.

the first of three for this week.

my image was part of my recent colouring fest that has now made it on to a cas style christmas card.

all i have used to create my card is a base card, a sheet of white glitter card and one sheet of designer christmas paper and a varity of dies.

tah-dah my card

Sweet Christmas

cloured image

list of goodies used:

stamps:

lili of the valley - sweet christmas

sentiments - from my stash

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen, spun sugar, weathered wood, victorian velvet, festive berries, old paper and walnut stain

papers:

7"x7" white card base

papers - designer paper from my stash & white glitter card

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: spellbinder & memory box

embellishments:

sakura glitter pens.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x 

birthday wishes - saturated canary

good morning crafters 

welcome to my completed card share for today - Yay

i have used on of my most used dies to frame my image i have to confess it's my fave die and i do use if often.

tah-dah my card

charmings by saturated canary

distress inking

my card image has been coloured with distress ink and i have used a couple of designer papers on my background that have been over stamped around the edges.

list of goodies used:

stamps:

saturated canary: charmings

sentiments: stash

edging: stempleglede

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen, chipped saphire, aged mahogany, evergreen bough, foslized amber and walnut stain

papers:

7"x7" white card base

papers - stash

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: LDRS 

embellishments:

sakura glitter pens.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x

birthday wishes - saturated canary

good morning crafters and welcome to my card share for today.

during my colouring fest i used distress ink for colouring/painting all of my images 

(it is my prefered choice of medium)

my stamp used for today comes from saturated canary and i have a small stash of rubber stamps and a few digi stamps by the talented Krista Smith and i really do enjoy colouring them.

i have managed to created a few cards from my huge colouring fest but i have to admit sometimes it feels like it's a chore and my head/heart isn't in it but i will complete them all over the next few weeks.

tah dah my card..

honey

a few images from my colouring fest

list of goodies used:

stamps:

saturated canary: honey

sentiments: stempleglede & stash

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, aged mahogany, spun sugar, black soot

papers:

7"x7" white card base

papers - maja design: denim girls

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: spellbinder

embellishments:

sakura glitter pens and satin ribbon.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x

birthday wishes - colouring fest continues

good morning and welcome to my share for today

popping in with a new birthday card.

today's image is by stampingbella: tiny townie hair play

i have to confess i have bought a few new stamps recently and this image is a first outing. 

my image has been painted with distress ink and has been highlighted with glitter pens for some sparkle.

tah-dah my card 

hair play

list of goodies used:

stamps:

stampingbella: tiny townie hair play - image

sentiments - from my stash

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image & sentiments

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, spun sugar, faded jeans, victorian velvet, walnut stain, antique linen, aged mahogany and weathered wood

papers:

6x6" white card base

papers - denim girls - maja designs

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: spellbinder

embellishments:

woc roses, mulbbery paper flowers, lace and blue stamens 

sakura glitter pens.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x

lotv fairy wings - colouring fest

popping in today with a new girlie birthday card from my recent colouring fest.

thanks for joining me today and i hope you are all well.

i am pleased to share another completed card with you all.

todays image is Lili of the Valley's: Fairy wings

my image has been painted with distress ink and i have used some of my favorite dies to create a simple cas style card.

my coloured image

 

list of goodies used:

stamps:

lili of the valley, Fairy Wings - image, and sentiments

medium:

memento ink: espresso truffle - image 

colouring medium - distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen, spun sugar, weathered wood, twisted citroen

papers:

7"x7" white card base

papers - from my stash

fabriano 5 water colour paper

dies: LDRS 

embellishments:

sakura glitter pens and satin ribbon.

thank you so much for visiting my blog

enjoy your day and craft happy.

Ann x