birthday wishes

good morning crafters and welcome to my share for today.

i've gone for a shabby chic look using one of my Stampingbella images that i stamped and coloured up around christmas 2022.

this was a simple exercise of showing the verstillity of my stamp in the sence you didn't have to use all the image.

a little close up of my flowers

and finally the inside of my card.

onto my supplies:

stamp: stampingbella whitney & wendy love wine

fade resistant dye ink: 

memento - expresso truffle

6" x 6" white base card

papers: 

white card, maja design & mintay

dies: 

joycraft, tonic & creative expressions

embellishments:

 wild orchid flowers and stamen's

distress ink:

skin: tattered lace, worn lipstick

hair:

antique linen & walnut stain

dress 1:

various layers of spun sugar

dress 2:

various layers of broken china

belt: worn lipstick

bottle & glass:

old paper

party hats:

sakura glitter pens

i have also used:

foam pads, double sided tape, tacky glue and acetate.

once again all it leaves me to say now is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

 

birthday wishes

good morning crafters

popping in with another male birthday card using wallpaper paste from Lili of the Valley. i have coloured my image with my prismacolor pencils and i've used some fabulous papers from my stash. as always with my male cards i have tried to keep it simple with a little bit of fuss with my embellishments, dies and papers that i've used.

a little close - up

again appologies i havn't listed the prismacolor pencils i've used.

onto my supplies:

stamp: lili of the valley: wallpaper paste

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

prismacolor pencils - colours not listed

distress ink: walnut stain, tumbled glass

strathmore coloured pencil paper

6" x 6" white base card

papers & card all from my stash

dies: joycraft, mft scolloped edge, creative expression 

self adhesive tape and foam pads

wooden buttons

once again all it leaves me to say now is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

 

happy birthday

 good morning lovelies

i have a birthday card to share today. 

a simple male card for the budding golfer.

i do love my lili of the valley stamps and i was pleased as punch when the ladies released some polymer stamps including this one used today. i do beleive this stamp is available as a digi stamp: teeing off.

my chappie has been coloured with prisma color pencils and as per usual i haven't made a note of my colours used. 

he was just stamped and i got carried away colouring.

onto my supplies:

stamp: lili of the valley: teeing off

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

prismacolor pencils - colours not listed

strathmore coloured pencil paper

7" x 7" white base card

papers & card all from my stash

dies: spellbinder squares, mft scolloped edge, sizzix sentiments

self adhesive tape and foam pads

once again all it leaves me to say now is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

christmas continued

good morning crafters my christmas card making continues as i have lots of coloured images still waiting to be added to projects.

today i'm back with a fabulous image from stampingbella, this evokes many christmas memories for me from when my two children where small and how they looked forward to seeing santa.

 

my card was completed just before christmas 

 colours used:

skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

beared: weathered wood

father Christmas coat, pants & hat: festive berries, stormy sky (shading), speckled egg

boots: black soot

chair: mowed lawn, walnut stain

girl: faded jeans, victorian velvet, worn lipstick, mowed lawn, aged mahogany, evergreen bough, antique linen

boy: weathered wood, walnut stain, vintage photo, tea dye, faded jeans

santas sack: festive berries, tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade

background: stormy sky

and my supplies:

stamp: stampingbella - on santas lap

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

fabriano 5 - water colour card

7" x 7" white base card

papers: white glitter card, designer papers: first edition

dies: spellbinder squares, dies from my stash

embellishment: glitter pen, ribbon from my stash

once again all it leaves me to say now is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

happy new year & and more christmas cards

hi and welcome to my first share of 2023

i hope everyone has managed to enjoy a good christmas & new year. 

this christmas we celebrated christmas day with our son Adrian, daughter in law Sally, grandchildren Oliver, Phoebe and Rob & Sue Sally's parents and what a great day it was and what a fabulous feast we had, we even managed a few shots of baby guinness (my fave) plus quite a few other alcoholic tipples as well.

back to my share

a completed card using one of the images i coloured up back in may 2022 and i've gone for a rustic feel (i have created a card using the same base layout from a while ago) i do love my lotv images and my image has been painted with distress ink.

my images from may 2022 i think there is only one left to be added to a card project...

colours used:

skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

hair: stormy sky

shoes & coat: old paper, shabby shutters

scarf: weathered wood, antique linen

skirt: antique linen

basket: walnut stain, shabby shutters, peeled paint, festive berries

and my supplies:

stamp: lili of the valley: festive fairy

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

fabriano 5 - water colour card

7" x 7" white base card

papers: gold foiled card, designer papers: first edition

dies: mft, press-cut, lady e flowers & foliage, die from my stash

embellishment: glitter pen, frantage - shabby white

once again all it leaves me to say now is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x