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

uptown zodiac girls continued: Sagittarius

 hi everyone.

back again with the latest completed card from the bella zodiac girls and today it's star sign Sagittarius.

another shabby chic style card  in lovely tones of lilac. i have to thank Alyce over at kit & clowder for the inspiration on today's card layout.

and i thought i'd pop a few more photos of the layout and embelishments

my image has been coloured with distress ink, matt and layered on to small cut to size sheet of designer paper and i've used a few of my dohickey dies and a swirly die from my stash. i've used spring garden designer pad, a little cream paper and kraft card cut them in a few different sizes, inked and scrapped all the edges and layered them all up. added mulberry roses, glued them all in place to finish. the sentiments have been added using foam pads.

here is what i've used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, milled lavender, villainous potion, scorched timber, walnut stain

Papers:

langton cold press water colour paper 140lb

Maja designs: 6"x6" spring garden

cream card

kraft card

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

stampingbella: sagittarius, retired

dies:

spellbinder: sentiments

dohickey: heart tag, lace die

stash dies: heart, flourish

miscellaneous:

mulberry roses

double sided tape

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personlised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craftheaven-shop

ken bromley art supplies

mulberry flowers:

carroway cottage

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

uptown zodiac girls continued: Libra

hi and good morning crafters

popping in with today's stampingbella zodiac girls.

today it's the turn of Libra.

this is another image i have chosen to go mono keeping with blues and i have only used two shades of blue.

i have also used some beautiful papers from maja design.

variety of goodies used on my card

now i'm looking forward to sharing other creations i have made/will make over the coming months as i am over half way through the zodiac uptown girls and i'm also looking forward to creating another card for the current Stampingbell mermay challenge 2025.

here is my list of goodies used to create my card:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

skin: 

vintage photo, tattered rose, abandon coarl

hair: 

black soot

dress: 

broken china, tumbled glass

waistband: broken china 

background: 

walnut stain, on papers edge

papers:

langton cold press watercolour paper 140lbs

Maja designs: 6"x6" bohemian harmony

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

stampingbella: Libra, uptown zodiac girl

MFT: something for everyone

kaiser kraft: butterfly boarder 

dies:

stampingbella: matching die

dohickey: star boarder

miscellaneous:

mulberry roses

double sided tape

suppliers i use:

stamps:

dies to die for

sevenhills craft

stampingbella

Stampingallday, personlised stamp

papers:

the mad scrapper

craftheaven-shop

ken bromley art supplies

mulberry flowers:

carroway cottage

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