a little distress ink colouring

 Good morning crafters.

popping in with quick post i thought i'd share a little colouring i have done recently, it has been a little while since i dusted my paint brushes off and also with christmas around the corner i couldn't resist purchasing these adorable stamps from Carity Crafts.

i'd like to welcome to my stamp stash:

Maisie, Monique, Maddie and Melody.

i do have two more images waiting to be painted:

Mel & Mia.

and as soon as they are complete they will be shared.

the images above have all painted with distress ink and have been matched to papers i've wanted to use for a little while, three cards i will be using papers from Maja Designs and one using first edition papers and in the next few days or so i will have some Christmas cards to share, yay.

so for now,

thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann.

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

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