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

birthday wishes - stampingbella

good morning to one and all

i'm back to share another birthday card and today i've used:

faith the fairy from stampingbella. this was one of the first bella images i purchased some years ago, and i have to say she is sweet, sassy and adorable..

my image has been painted with distress ink and after a small miss-app, a little victorian velvet dripped onto my paper i managed to hide it by colouring around the image in the same colour... 

to complete my card i have used a boarder stamp, a dohicky die, a sentiment stamp and a sentiment die, i have also distressed the edges of my image panel and inked the edges to give it an aged feel.

 here is my list of the items used:

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

hair: black soot, hickory smoke

skin: vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick

dress & shoes: spun sugar, black soot

crown: fosilised amber

victorian velvet

ink pads: walnut stain, victorian velvet

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja design - little street cafe

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: Stampingbella - faith the fairy 

lotv: magical birthday wishes (discontinued)

kaiser craft: background stamp 

dies: dohicky (magnolia), spellbinder sentiments

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

for those new to crafting here in the UK

just a little heads up on were i go shopping for some of my craft stuff:

dies to die for (uk) link on the side bar

lili of the valley (uk) link on the side bar

sevenhills craft (uk)

stampingbella (usa) link on the side bar

the mad scrapper (uk)

sincerley yours, craft fairs, leigh, lancashire.

spellbinder uk

to name a few..

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day,

and craft happy. Ann x

 

happy birthday - stampingbella

good morning crafters

popping in today to share a new stamp to my stash

today's image is from stampingbella: tiny townie wonderland white rabbit.

the image was purchased shortley after stampingbella's december release as a christmas pressie to myself....along with a few other stamps, lol

i am still using my distress inks to colour my images as i love the process of colouring a little moving onto another image and coming back to the first image when it's dried off and adding more colour. i can have between 3 & 6 images on the go at one time as it gives me the scope to add depth, light and shade without it being too messy, it also stops the watercolour card from being too wet when adding more ink. 

 i have used similar colours to the actual image that comes with the stamp as my inspiration.

 here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

antique linen, weathered wood, hickory smoke, rusty hinge, evergreen bough, shabby shutters, victorian velvet

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja design - denim & girls

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: Stampingbella - tiny townie wonderland white rabbit & birthday sentiment set

dies: mft - fishtail banner

miscellaneous:

glossy accents

peach organza ribbon

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

happy birthday - stampingbella

 hi and good morning crafters.

popping in with my share for today..

today i have used stampingbellas: edna needs a martini, a girl after my own heart....

she is one of my fav images from the bellas, but then again they are all my faves..

a little mix of shabby chic with a pop of bold colour.

a few various angles of the card

                                    

all the items used for todays project.

 here is my list of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, worn lipstick, tumbled glass, crackling campfire, hickory smoke, antique linen

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: lemon craft - gossamer blue

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: 

Stampingbella: edna needs a martini

kaiser craft: background stamp

fairy sentiment stamp - my stash

mft: something for everyone

dies: 

sizzix, flourish from my stash

miscellaneous:

wild orchid flowers - various

sakura glitter pen

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

happy birthday - stampingbella

good morning everyone

well after sharing my backlog of colouring i'm back today to share a new creation. 

today i'm using a newish stamp to my stash that i have recently coloured, Vera and her Vanity from stampingbella. 

for today's card i've kept it very girlie using very soft feminine colours from my distress ink palette.

i have distressed the edges of my image and off white card and added a little embossing enamel on my image panel and added some pink satin ribbon to bring all the colours together.

the inside of my card

a little close up of the lovely Vera

                                        

for my next few shares i will be sharing card projects using a mix of some new stamps and some i've had for a while.

 here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, milled lavender, spun sugar, victorian velvet, peeled paint, candied apple

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja design - denim & girls

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: Stampingbella - Vera and her vanity

mft: inside & out birthday greetings, something for everyone

LOTV: grunge corners (discontinued)

dies:

MFT: fishtail

miscellaneous:

stampendous: shabby white embossing enamel

pink satin ribbon

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x