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 or the 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

 

 

a thank you card for Meglena:

 hi and welcome to my share for today.

a simple thank you card using one of my lili of the valley stamps:

rosie posy (discontinued)

 

todays card is a peek-a-boo card, i have made one or two in the past and like a numpty this time i forgot the process and i have muggled my way through.....

my card is for a lovely lady who i finally got to meet on saturday at her workshop in clacton-on-sea, i had booked one of her workshops back in 2020 that was to be hosted in Devon but covid struck and it was cancelled and thankfully new workshops were advertised earlier this year here in the uk and some abroad and i didn't hesitate to book.

i attended a North Coast Dolls workshop with Meglena.

 her dolls are exquisite and over this bank holiday weekend i will have attended her uk workshop learning how to create a beautiful needle felted dolls head with features, including how to stuff her body correctly and create a crochet wig.

i just hope everything i am shown this weekend sinks in.

back to the card:

for this card i have painted my image with distress ink, used some beautiful papers from maja design's new collection: mum's garden.

i will do another post in the near future with a little more about my doll making weekend but for now when this goes live i will be exhilarated, exhausted, hopefully still fast a sleep recovering in readiness for our journey back home to westhoughton.

finally:

thanks for stopping by, enjoy your bankholiday monday and 

craft happy, Ann

thanks - may facebook challenge

good morning crafters, well i'ts almost the weekend and lili of the valley's face book challenge is coming to an end. just so you all know it closes at 6:00p.m. (uk time) Sunday 15th May. i hope that you have enjoyed all of our samples and had a dabble.

today's share is my second card.

for this one i have used an image from the art pads, hellebore are such lovely flowers aren't they. the art pad image lends itself to a variety of card creations, birthday, anniversary, thinking of you etc. and today mine is simply to say thanks and again i've chosen to follow the sketch fairly closely. 

onto what i have used:

DL Base card

lotv art pad image (retired)

spellbinder die,

memento ink: espresso truffle

white card and pink paper from my stash

paper smoochie sentiment stamps

i hope you have enjoyed the challenge and maybe you have joined in.
at the end of the challenge 5 winners will be picked at random to win a £20 or £10 LOTV voucher (2 x £20 and 3 x £10)

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and enjoy reading them,
many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.
all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

thank you very much: lotv's back to school girl

happy sunday everyone.
and to my new followers welcome to my little blog.
today's quick post: i'm sharing another thank you card i've made using another one of lili of the valley lovely stamps called back to school girl (sadly retired).

back to school girl, lili of the valley

i have coloured this little cutie with distress re-inkers and markers and given her a shabby chic look (i do love this medium) and grunged the papers to complete the look of my project.

materials used:
stamps:
lili of the valley:  back to school girl (retired), sketchy stentiments
card:
6x6" white card base.
papers from stash.
kraft card
stitched oval, foliage, flourish and spellbinder oval dies
mulberry flowers
distressing tool

ink:
distress re-inkers and markers:
skin:

vintage photo, tattered rose, aged mahogany, walnut stain
hair:
antique linen, scattered straw, walnut stain

Outfit:

stormy sky, weathered wood, walnut stain

many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog and for all your comments.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty day/afternoon/evening and craft happy. Ann  

thank you: lotv rosie posy

hi everyone and welcome to my little blog.
today i'm sharing a card i've made using one of the returning friends from Lili of the valley a lovely rubber stamp called rosie posy.

rosie posy, lili of the valley

i have coloured this little cutie with distress re-inkers to give a shabby chic look to her (i really love this medium) and the papers i've used complete the look of my project.
i have to be honest and say i use a variety of cute images from various stamp companies and lili of the valley are my favorite when it comes to creating most of my projects as i can find an image suitable for all my friends and family they always fit the bill.

materials used:
stamps: rosie posy, sketchy stentiments (lotv)
6x6" white card base.
papers from lemon craft.
grey textured card
stitched oval and spellbinder oval dies
mulberry flowers
distressing tool

ink:
distress re-inkers and markers:

vintage photo, tattered rose, aged mahogany, walnut stain
hair:
antique linen, walnut stain

Outfit:

victorian velvet, weathered wood, walnut stain

bouquet:
spun sugar, victorian velvet, broken china, walnut stain, forest moss

many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog and for all your comments.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely afternoon/evening and craft happy. Ann