Merry Christmas

 hi and good morning to all

well the weekend is upon us and i thought that i would

pop in and share a christmas card i made yesterday using papers, dies and embellishments from my stash including making a paper flower. 

papers for this creation are from Maja Designs - christmas wish paper pad. 

no stamping or colouring on today's card just a couple of sheets from the paper pad and some off white card to create my sentiments, trees and a couple of leaves that have been inked..

santa's helpers are on the bottom of one of the sheets and i trimmed it down to make a narrow panel for my focal point. the excess paper will be used on another project.

the flower has been created with using the other half of the red paper panel that is behind the christmas trees and elf embellishment.

it felt a little weird not adding a coloured image but the beautiful papers from Maja Design are all you need sometimes.

here is my list of items used to create my card.

inks:

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

bundled sage

papers:

christmas wish - Maja Design

off white card 

7x7" base card

dies:

merry christmas - presscut

floral flourishes - joy crafts

miscellaneous:  

double sided tape, foam pads, wooden embellishment

on line supplies:

maja designs paper pads:

 The Mad Scrapper UK or Craftheaven-shop.com Slovenija Europe 

Dies:

craft fairs, on line craft shops

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

happy birthday - Saturated Canary image

 hi and good morning to all

stopping by this morning to share my latest make.

i recently purchased a couple of saturated canary stamps that i had been hunting for for a while, Blanche and Genie. 

thankfully they are now added to my stash.

here is my first creation to add to my card stash and i've used Blanche

isn't she just sassy.

colouring medium is with distress ink and sakura glitter pen

and i've added a little frantage.

i have also used a few dies from: tonic, spellbinder and marianne.

mulberry roses, stamens, pearls, tuile and satin ribbon

when i first started colouring many moons ago i fell in love with 

Krista Smiths images i saw them as something a little different and

now i have a little more time on my hands my crafting timetable will increase...

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, worn lipstick

lips:

aged mahogany

eyes:

shaded lilac

hair: 

antique linen, walnut stain, frayed burlap

dress:

shaded lilac, dusty concord, mermaid lagoon

highlights:

sakura glitter pen, pale gold

papers:

Fabriano 5, 140lb watercolour card 

mintay - lovely day

7x7" base card

stamps:

Saturated canary - Blanche, discontinued

stempleglede - follow your heart, discontinued

miscellaneous:  

double sided tape, foam pads

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

birthday card & playing with some new dies

 hi and good morning to everyone

popping in with my latest and a little rushed creation using some new dies.

i was really excited when my 2 new dies arrived yesterday morning.

i have admired  Nancy Dynes cards for quite some time and this is where my inspiration comes from for todays card and it's all down to the beautiful embellishments that Nancy Dynes creates using beautiful double sided papers along with a tim holtz floral die (sizzix)

so here is my first (possibly of many) creations using big floral embellishments.

on my card i have used a 7'x7" card base, added an image by stampingbella on my frame insert, a background stamp by lili of the valley - discontinued, double sided papers from my stash - tilda, a fancy frame die from joy crafts, a honeycomb die (can't remember), leaves 6 from lady e design, and my new dies: thinlets flourishes and tattered florals by Tim Holtz, Sizzix.

as this is my first attempt i didn't want to add too many layers so i've kept it some what simple, inked all the edges of my petals, leaves, base paper and my image has been coloured with prisma colour pencils.

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

enjoy your retirement - maja designs Memoir papers

 good morning crafters

popping in with a new share today using papers from the recently released memoir collection from Maja Designs using beautiful papers from the 6"x6" pad.

thankfully these papers were available through The Mad Scrapper and a soon as Janine received them and had loaded them onto their web site i was in and ordered them promptly and a few day's later they arrived.

they have however been neatly stored away on my craft unit until late yesterday when i decided to create something as i had a creative itch...

hopefully i have done the papers justice.

a simple layered card without one of my usual stamped and coloured images lol.

maja design - 6x6" Memoir paper pad

7x7" base card

stamps used:

lili of the valley - discontinued

simon say stamps - sketch lotus flowers

miscellaneous:

satin ribbon, mulberry roses, blue stamens, pearls

double sided tape

distress ink pads:

walnut stain, tumbled glass

dies

LDRS

suppliers i use:

designer papers:

the mad scrapper

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