Merry Christmas to All

 popping in with my last share for 2025

and i would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to stopped by, checked out my blog and viewed my projects.

Thank You

on all of this years post the fun i've had in the enjoyment of colouring, i've joined in with a few Stampingbella challenges and on the odd occasion one or two of my projects have been a little testing especially when things haven't quite gone to plan.

for my last post

i would like to share a few photos of my festive living room for 2025 and other area's that get a bit of a Christmas make over. on my tree this year i have added lots of snowflakes that allow my tree lights to light them up giving a lovely warm glow.

below is my tree & mantle that i decorated on the 29th of november

Ann Lomax 2025

Ann Lomax 2025

and on the 16th of December i decided to tweak my mantle arrangement as my hubby requested a garland, he said it would look lovely, so the other weekend i visited my fav garden centre and purchased a beautiful Norfolk faux 6ft garland, two mantle hangers (from amazon), i have also replaced two of my candles and used a tension rod to support the garland, added some picks and baubles and moved a few things around.

i did shoot a little video of the living room but sadly it was too large to transfer

i would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone 

a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

and a 

Happy, Peaceful and Wonderful NEW YEAR

Here's to 2026

all it leaves me to say now is a huge thanks for stopping by

enjoy Christmas and craft happy, Ann

happy birthday

hi and happy sunday to all

well i've caught up with all the images i had coloured up over the last few months,

and i have stamped some new images ready to be inked.

today's little cutie is from lili of the valley and again this image is discontinued.

 i have had a little wobble with my card designs recently but i have chosen to stick with shabby chic style for the time being.

my image has been painted with distress ink and i have added some glitter highlights with my sakura glitter pen (i love my glitter pens).

all my papers have been over stamped around the edges with various stamps i enjoy using and distressed the edges on all the layers, i have also used a lovely die from dohickey and i've added a few mulberry roses, a little trinket and some flat back pearls to complete

 some of the items used:

7"x7" white base card

distress re-inkers

fabriano watercolour paper

maja designs paper pad

stamps: lili of the valley - discontinued & mft sentiments

vintage lace die

mulberry roses

flat back pearls

heart trinket

where i buy some of my supplies from:

dies to die for, stampingbella, art from the heart, carroway cottage, the mad scrapper, sevenhills crafts, ken bromley, craftheaven-shop.

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

happy birthday

hi & good morning to all.

well after another week has whizzed passed i thought i would share my latest completed card using an adorable image from Lili of the Valley that is now sadly discontinued.

i consider myself really fortunate to have a large collection of their stamps in rubber and polymer and every now and again i have to create a cute card.

i'm still using my distress inks to colour my images and i'm still in a shabby chic mood using fabulous papers from maja design, vintage summer basics.

And after sorting out some of my boxes i stumbled across some trinkets i'd forgotten all about.

i've stamped and distressed all the edges of my designer papers and stamped around the edges of my image.

note to self: image panel needs to be a little slimmer, stamped, distressed and mounted on the panel next time, so that the designer paper isn't lost..

 some of the items used:

7"x7" white base card

distress re-inkers

fabriano watercolour paper

maja designs paper pad

stamps:

lili of the valley - discontinued

mulberry roses

staymens

heart trinket

where i buy some of my supplies from:

dies to die for, stampingbella, art from the heart, carroway cottage, the mad scrapper, sevenhills crafts, ken bromley, craftheaven-shop.

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

 

smile, enjoy, celebrate. bride to be

good morning crafters

welcome to my share for today:

a bride to be card

another recent make from the images i coloured a while ago.

my image has been coloured with distress ink and i've added a little frantage around the edges. usually when i colour i don't always think about what papers i have in my stash but thankfully spring garden from maja designs fitted in perfectly.

now we are into autumn i forgot how early the lighting changes in my craft room and i didn't want to change the brightness of the photos when i edited them so they are a little darker than i'd hope for.

i love the whole look of the distressed edges on all my layers including the sentiment. 

 some of the items used:

6"x6" white base card

distress re-inkers

fabriano watercolour paper

maja designs paper pad

white card

stamps:

stampingbella - image & sentiments

mulberry roses

velvet cord

frantage embossing enamel

where i buy some of my supplies from:

dies to die for, stampingbella, art from the heart, carroway cottage, the mad scrapper, sevenhills crafts, ken bromley, craftheaven-shop.

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

happy birthday

good morning crafters.

popping in with another recent make, today i've used:

Charlotte loves to shop

from stampingbella. this is a first outing for this stamp like many other bella stamps i have in my stash due to the fact i have been moving from one craft to another and i must admit i feel a little rusty at the minute with my card making.. 

this cutie has been coloured up with my usual medium of distress ink and i have gone all out using various papers, dies, flowers and embellishments to complete..

i have three more images that are coloured up and are waiting for me to add to cards and then i'll be in a mad rush (maybe) to stamp, colour up and make some christmas cards.

no pressure lol..

some of the items used:

7x7" white base card

distress re-inkers

fabriano watercolour paper

maja paper pad

stamps:

stampingbella - image 

mft - sentiments

various dies

mulberry roses

pearl stamens

pink embellishments

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

 

wishing you the best day ever.

popping in with today's share.

when stampingbella released these images i knew i would add them to my growing stash of bella's and they don't disappoint.

today i have used:

uptown girl loves to sing.

my image has been coloured with distress ink and her outfit has been finished with dots of glitter ink and white posca pen and on the edges i have added some frantage. 

i had planned a simple cas card but i couldn't quite figure out a layout so i scoured my paper stash and my card was created. i've used a couple of dies for the border, some mulberry flowers along with pearls and stamens and a dinky corner stamp from my stash to complete the layout.

there are things on this creation that could have been done different (and that's just me being super critical on myself) and next time i use this super image my creation could be super cas or highly elaborate.

some of the items used:

7x7" white base card

distress re-inkers

fabriano watercolour paper

lili of the valley, paper pad - discontinued

stamps:

stampingbella - image & sentiment

magnolia corner stamp

posca pen

sakura glitter pens

various dies

mulberry roses

pearl stamens

frantage

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann

happy birthday

 hi and welcome to my share for today.

a super adorable image from saturated canary.

Tilly

a simple card, the image i have coloured with distress ink and highlighted with glitter pens and i've also add a little posy with the birthday salutations.

i've also used a beautiful sheet of paper from maja designs for my base layer and i have used one of my tim holtz stencils to add a few stars using my glitter pen on the paper and also on the image. my flowers are a mix of mulberry roses, www.carawaycottage.co.uk and some i had in my stash.

some of the items used:

7x7" white base card

maja designer paper pad: 6x6"

distress re-inkers

fabriano watercolour paper

stamps:

saturated canary - discontinued

lili of the valley, sentiments - discontinued

satin ribbon

sakura glitter pens

tim holtz stensil

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann