a little colouring to share

 hi and welcome to my share for today.

popping in with a little recent colouring fest i've done over the last few days using a variety of stamps from some of my fave brands.

i use rubber and polymer stamps for my distress ink projects as these give me the best results.

all the images have been painted with distress re-inkers and i've been trying out different colour combinations on my images from my ink pallet including colouring edna the bumblebee using colours for a carpenter bee which i'd chosen from a photo i'd seen on fb a few days ago and all the images are now waiting to be added to projects.

so in the next few weeks i will be sharing a variety of birthday cards using up these cute coloured images.

just a little background on some of the products i currently use. i have two brands of water colour card for my stamped images they are: langton and fabriano artistico, the langton i use hot press and cold press 140llb paper and i have a third brand to try out at some point and that's blockingford hp 140llb.

well that's all for today now to make some greeting cards to add to my stash.

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

happy birthday grand daughter

good morning crafters

sharing a personal card to my stash using a lovely image from stampingbella: bess the butterfly.

i've created a shabby style card using beautiful papers from maja design and my image has been painted with distress ink, an adorable card if i do say so myself.

to create my embellishment i have used a couple of dies from my stash adorned the card with mulberry roses, stamen's, flat back pearls and ultra fine glitter to complete the design. the sentiments i have used are from MFT: something for everyone and LOTV: family tags (retired).

i think i have been in a stampingbella trance as these are predominantly the only brand of images i have coloured recently and i have loved every minute.

i have prepared some of my other stamp brands and they are all in line to be coloured in the next couple of weeks.

recent crafting news:

i was saddened to hear LOTV are stopping producing polymer stamps but they are continuing with their digis and i wish them all the best for the future.

on to what i have used.

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, abandoned coral, pine needles, picked raspberry, black soot, peacock feathers

papers:

fabriano artistico watercolour paper 140lbs, 

maja design: vintage summer basics

off white card

7" x 7" white base card

stamps:

stampingbella: Bess the butterfly

mft: something for everything

LOTV: family tags (retired)

dies:

my stash

miscellaneous:

ultra fine white glitter

flat backed pearls

mulberry roses

foam pads

double sided tape

glue pen

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personalised stamp

papers:

craft heaven shop

ken bromley art supplies

carroway cottage: mulberry flowers

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

 

happy birthday to my daughter in law

 hi everyone

 good morning and welcome to june.

popping in today with a birthday card for my daughter in laws recent birthday. a shabby chic style card using victoria & juliettes night out from stampingbella a really fun image, retired, i've used some lovely papers from craft heaven shop that i pick up a little while ago.

image has been coloured using distress ink and so that i could fit my image onto the dl card i've done a little fussy cutting.

i hope the girls are enjoying their drinks...

i've used lots of goodies from my stash

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, broken china, evergreen bough, worn lipstick, victorian velvet, scattered straw, weathered wood

papers:

langton cold press watercolour paper 140lbs, 

reprint roses & worn flowers

off white card

DL base card

stamps:

stampingbella: victoria & juliettes nightout, retired

mft: something for everything

dies:

my stash

miscellaneous:

flat backed pearls

mulberry roses

foam pads

double sided tape

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personlised stamp

papers:

craft heaven shop

ken bromley art supplies

carroway cottage: mulberry flowers

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

happy birthday

 good morning to all.

today i'm sharing a personal card i made for my friends birthday recently and it's a first outing for this stamp from my stampingbella stash, curvy girl eats cake.

i've chosen bold colours today from my distress ink range and i love it, even the imaginary orange flavoured chocolate cake lol..

inside of card.

most of the items used to create may card

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, abandoned coral, walnut stain

hair: 

pumice stone, hickory smoke, black soot

flowers:

fosilized amber, spiced marigold, shabby shutters, peeled paint

cake:

walnut stain, rusty hinge, dried marigold, pumice stone

dressed: 

mermaid lagoon

papers:

langton cold press watercolour paper 140lbs, 

maja design, denim & girls

off white card from my stash

DL base card

stamps:

stampingbella: curvy girl eats cake

dies:

spellbinder

miscellaneous:

distress ink pad: tumbled glass

teal satin ribbon

paper rose

double sided tape

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personlised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craft heaven shop

ken bromley art supplies

carroway cottage: mulberry flowers

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

happy birthday to you..

 hi everyone and good morning

popping in with a fun card using one of my newer stamps that i have had in my stash for a while, you know one of those additions to the collection that has been waiting patiently to be used.

this is tiny townie wonderland mad hatter by stampingbella.

on todays card: i have stamped and created my background paper using my LOTV sentiment stamps and i've used rusty hinge ink pad. my stamped image has been coloured with distress ink and i've die cut the backing card using one of my circle dies and mounted my image behind and i've die cut a circle frame to sit on top to frame, inked the edges of my backing card and taped in place on my base card. i've stamped and die cut my sentiments using a smaller die and also added a die cut frame and mounted those in place with foam pads, and finally die cut another circle frame cut it down to size and added to the card using glue. 

here is what i've used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

colours:

vintage photo, tattered rose, abandon coral, broken china, dusty concord, forest moss, peeled paint, squeezed lemonade, rusty hinge, walnut stain, black soot, rustic wilderness, crackling campfire, mustard seed, peacock feathers.

ink pad: rusty hinge, dusty concord

Papers:

langton cold press water colour paper 140lb

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

stampingbella: tiny townie, wonderland mad hatter

LOTV: sentiments, retired

sizzix: sentimetns

dies:

Tonic: circles

miscellaneous:

double sided tape

foam pads

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personlised stamp

papers:

ken bromley art supplies

also you can buy from:

other on line stores/stockist 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

have a fin-tastic day, mermay challenge 2025

hi and good afternoon to all

sharing my fourth card i have entered into Stampingbella's mermay 2025 challenge, this week it's inspired by colours and i've tried to incorporate them into my night scene. a first for me next time i will be braver with the night sky and i will make sure i start with a mask were images and sky line meet up, it looks a little messy.

i have used a variety of mediums, sky, sea and my image i have used distress inks. my waves have been created by using some texture paste and i have also used my sakura glitter pens. a couple of dies, whimsabella mermaid serene seastar and mermazing sentiment set and to top it all off enjoyed the learning curve.

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

 

up town zodiac girls continued: Scorpio

 hi everyone and good morning

popping in with the last of my bella zodiac girls and today i'm sharing: Scorpio

a very pink creation using a simple layout, framing my image in a fabulous die and a couple of lovely sentiment stamps to complete. i've enjoyed colouring her and the other eleven star signs over the last few weeks and i'm looking forward to colouring more.

my image has been coloured with distress ink and i've die cut with a little fussy cutting the image to fit inside my fancy oval frame. inked the inner edge of the fancy oval frame, mounted the image on foam pads and attached to the frame also i've inked the edges of the designer papers and attached to the base card with double sided tape. i've used little street cafe designer pad and on one edge of the designer paper i have stamped my sentiments

here is what i've used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

colours:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, spun sugar, victorian velvet, picked raspberry, kitsch flamingo, festive berries, aged mahogany, walnut stain

Papers:

langton cold press water colour paper 140lb

Maja designs: 6"x6" little street cafe

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

stampingbella: Scorpio, retired

MFT: something for everyone

sizzix: sentiments

dies:

LDRS: fancy oval, retired

miscellaneous:

double sided tape

foam pads

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personalised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craftheaven-shop

ken bromley art supplies

also you can buy from:

other on line stores/stockist 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

up town zodiac girls: Capricorn

 

good morning to all

well i'm sharing the penultimate card of my bella zodiac girls and today it's: Capricorn.

a fabulous image with an element of fun too, her dress is amazing, elegant and simple and i've enjoyed colouring her. 

my image has been coloured with distress ink and i've die cut the image using it's matching die. for my peek a boo card i have taped my designer paper on top of my base card and i've used a circular die and off set it to cut, with my left over circle i've cut a smaller circle and stamped my sentiments in the centre then tapped/glued into place, next i've die cut a circular frame for the front of the design. taped and glued my frame into position and off set my image to the left so that the sentiment is visible. finally i've added a few mulberry embellishments to complete the card. 

twelve zodiac cards complete, phew, now it's time to play with some of my new stamps....

here is what i've used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle, tuxedo black

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

colours:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen, walnut stain, shaded lilac, faded jeans

Papers:

langton cold press water colour paper 140lb

Maja designs: 6"x6" spring garden

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

stampingbella: Capricorn, retired

sizzix: sentiments

dies:

tonic: layered circles

miscellaneous:

double sided tape

mulberry flowers

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personalised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craftheaven-shop

ken bromley art supplies

carroway cottage, mullberry flowers

also you can buy from:

other on line stores/stockist 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

happy birthday mum

 

good morning crafters.

i'm checking in with a new birthday card that will be added to my craft fair box. a very sweet and summery design plus i challenged my self again, after my successful shellabrate card where i created a background i thought i'd create another background without the help of a few stamps, i've gone all free hand...

i was so, so please when ally was released recently and i added her to my collection and when she was delivered i had a little light bulb moment and a little seed was planted, i thought i needed to pair ally and isabelle together and voila

sketchy start..

freshly coloured image

a couple of close ups

some of the items used to create my card.

not the layout i'd imagined but it is lovely.

to start with i stamped Ally on my blank fabriano paper, masked her and then stamped Isabelle matching her up with my marker lines around their feet, place one of my circular dies over the images and drew a pencil line 3/4's of the way round to give me my boundary for colouring, i also added a fine line to where the tree line was going to be. my images and background have been coloured with distress ink. i've die cut the coloured image with a circle die and put to one side while i added my papers, stamped sentiment, ribbon, flowers and other die cuts to my base card. i've added my image to a plain off white larger circle then added foam pads and placed it to the left of my design and finally added a bow.

here is what i've used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

colours:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, antique linen, walnut stain, shaded lilac, spun sugar, victorian velvet, broken china, tumbled glass, rusty hinge, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, mowed lawn, milled lavender, dusty concord, peeled paint, olde paper, forest moss, walnut stain.

Papers:

fabriano artistico water colour paper 140lb

Maja designs: 12" x 12" mums garden

linen card

white glitter card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: 

stampingbella: tiny townie: Ally & uptown Isabelle loves ice cream, retired

sizzix: sentiments

dies:

tonic: layered circles

doohickey

spellbinder

britannia: mum

miscellaneous:

double sided tape

mulberry flowers

sakura glitter pen.

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personalised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craftheaven-shop

ken bromley art supplies

carroway cottage, mullberry flowers

also you can buy from:

other on line stores/stockist 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

lets shellebrate & stampingbella mermay 2025 challenge

good morning crafty friends

popping in today with a birthday card for my stash and it's also challenge card: stampingbella's mermay 2025 challenge week 3.

i couldn't resist investing in some of the recent release and was eggar to join in, this will be my third entry, and i'd like to wish everyone who joins in good luck

a couple of photo's to highlight the glitter pens i've used.

in side layout

close up of the matching die

side view

freshly coloured images

most of the items used

my images have been coloured with distress ink and on one i've die cut the image using it's matching die. next i've die cut my scene with one of my MFT dies then with the other MFT die i've cut a frame. i've cut to size my designer papers and taped them onto my 6" x 6" base card. added my glitter pens to various parts of the images then i've stamped my sentiments on my scene panel and insert. added foam pads to both my scene panel and die cut image and added. 

 here is what i've used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

colours:

vintage photo, tattered rose, abandon coral, antique linen, walnut stain, faded jeans, broken china, weathered wood, fosilized amber, old paper, dried marigold, peeled paint, scattered straw, mermaid lagoon, tumbled glass, victorian velvet, squeezed lemonade, rusty hinge, black soot, salvage patina, rustic wilderness.

Papers:

Fabriano 5 water colour paper 140lb

Maja designs: 6"x6" seaside

white linen card

6 "x6" base card

stamps:

stampingbella: tiny townie mermaid Isla, mermaid set & mermazing sentiments.

dies:

sb matching die, MFT

miscellaneous:

double sided tape

sakura glitter pens

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personalised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craftheaven-shop

ken bromley art supplies

also you can buy from:

other on line stores/stockist 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

up town zodiac girls continued: Aquarius

 hi everyone and good morning

popping in with my next bella zodiac girl and today i'm sharing: Aquarius

i've tried to create something a little different but i must remember when adding a background scene where the skin tones are..lol

i have two more to complete and share then i'm free to ink up and share some of the new sb images.. just loving the new release.

the trees hide a little mishap... and the sentiment hides another..

my image has been coloured with distress ink and i've cut the image down to size, inked and scrapped the edges of the image and fixed it to the frame on foam pads to raise the image. i've used little street cafe designer pad, a little cream card cut them to size, inked and scrapped all the edges and layered them both up onto the base card. added mulberry roses onto the die cut frame, glued them all in place to finish. the sentiments have been added using a little glue.

here is what i've used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

colours:

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, walnut stain, tumbled glass, broken china, old paper, forest moss, festive berries, aged mahogany, antique linen, rusty hinge, fosilized amber, mermaid lagoon

Papers:

langton cold press water colour paper 140lb

Maja designs: 6"x6" little street cafe

cream card

7" x 5" base card

stamps:

stampingbella: Aquarius, retired

lavinia: tree stamp

dies:

spellbinder: sentiments, fancy frame

miscellaneous:

mulberry roses

double sided tape

foam pads

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personlised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craftheaven-shop

ken bromley art supplies

carroway cottage, mullberry flowers

also you can buy from:

other on line stores/stockist 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