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 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

 

 

north coast dolls workshop clacton on sea

hi and good morning to all

 

back to share photo's from my recent North Coast Doll workshop over the spring bank holiday weekend with Meglena in Clacton on sea as promised.

i have to admit i was concentrating so much that i didn't take any photo's of my dolls progress until the end. i am throughly amazed with the doll i created and i also learned some valuable new techniques including crocheting a weft, needle felting the body, head and facial features to stuffing the doll. 

 

the workshop was hosted by Anita in her home and her generosity was off the scale with the two lunches that she provided including home made quiche's and lemon drizzle cake, they were scrummy. it was lovely to meet my fellow students Naomi, Yve and Giovanna. i am exhilarated and exhausted and what's worst was i forgot to switch my alarm off on bank holiday monday, we were woken at 5:15 so i didn't get the lie in i was hoping for.

to my surprise Meglena had provided a dress for the all the dolls that were created over the two intensive days but i had taken with me a little pixie hat and matching dress i had made.

the doll is complete with a turning head, bum cheeks and a beautiful honey blonde weft wig, there are a few things i need to improve on and to make a pair of brief's and socks and possibly a cardigan.

and finally i would like you all to meet

Gwendolyn.

thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day

and craft happy, Ann

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

birthday wishes - stampingbella

good morning one and all

well it's monday morning again and i thought i would share another of my card projects.

today's image is Edna loves ice cream from stampingbella (retired).

i do love these bella's i have a few in my stamp haul some current and some retired but they are all fun images to colour.

my colouring journey begins, i always start with colouring the skin, most of the time i know what colour conbination i will be using but this image sat on my desk like this for a few days until i could decide which colours to use.

i decided this image was going to be in blue and i have used four different shades of blue distress ink, i started on the dress and thought what the heck Edna is going to have blue hair, blue wings, shoes and a bubble gum coloured ice cream with a little chocolate and cream topping.... 

ta-dahh

pictured below some of the goodies that i have used to create my card.

my list of goodies used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

hair: broken china,faded jeans, speckled egg, salvage patina

glasses: vintage photo

skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

dress & shoes: broken china, faded jeans, speckled egg, salvage patina

sunday glass: speckled egg, salvage patina, broken china, walnut stain, antique linen, festive berries, vintage photo

wings: sakura glitter pens blue & gold

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja designs - bohemian harmony

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: 

Stampingbella: Endna loves ice cream

lotv: handwritten phrases

stempleglede: just a note - discontinued

kiaser craft

dies: 

joycraft: guilded ovals, fancy boarder

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

sakura glitter pens

glossy accents

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day,

and craft happy. Ann x

 

Happy birthday - Stampingbella

hi and good morning everyone.

i'm happy to be back to share my latest card project and i am still colouring up some new and old stampingbella images as mentioned last week.

today i am sharing another new stamp to my stash: Vienna and her Vespa, who looks like she has been travelling the world in some style..

below my image just after i'd finished my background stamping, there was a tiny mistake, i'd forgotten to cut out the footwell area on the mask, so i had to rectify, cut out, re-attach the mask and thankfully the small stamp i'd chosen covered the area perfectly...

 

a couple of image showing a close-up of things i have added

                                here is my list of the items used some pictured above:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

hair: black soot, prized ribbon, picked raspberry, kitsh flamingo

skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

top: speckelled egg, salvage patina

skirt & shoes: uncharted mariner

vespa: rustic wilderness, black soot, walnut stain, prize ribbon, picked raspberry, lost shadow.

ink pads: tumbled glass

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: stash - discontinued lotv

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: Stampingbella - Vienna and her vespa

mft: something for everything, sentiments

lotv: grungy corners (discontinued)

dies: mft - fishtail banner, joycraft, lady e design - herbs

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

atyou and sakura glitter pens

mulberry and paper flowers from my stash

little air-dried clay trinket from my stash.

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day,

and craft happy. Ann x

 

birthday wishes - stampingbella

hi and welcome to my share for today

welcome Liliy loves Laundry from stampingbella, i can't say i ever look so glam when doing the laundry or house work but i thought she's such a fun image and Liliy has been welcomed into to my bella stamp stash..

i still have a few new stamps to colour up waiting in the wings from stampingbella and as always they will appear on my blog when completed.

can you beleive it we are in May it only seems like last week we were celebrating New Year.. where have the last four months gone...

pictured below some of the items used.

on today's card i have used the beautiful flower boarder pictured above to edge my papers and my image panel.

three of my recently made cards..

                                                       

here is my list of items used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

hair: ground expresso, walnut stain, squeezed lemonade, fosilised amber

skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

dress & shoes: fosilised amber, squeezed lemonade

pinny: speckled egg

ironing board: shabby shutter, tumbled glass.

laundry basket: tumbled glass, hickory smoke, spun sugar, victorian velvet, squeezed lemonade

ink pads: wild honey

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja design - everyday life

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: 

Stampingbella: Liliy loves laundry

taylored expressions: flip the floral - sentimet and boarder

dies:

 mft - fishtail banner

spellbinder - rectangles

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

mulberry flower from my stash

yellow satin ribbon.

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day,

and craft happy, Ann