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

Merry Christmas - lotv

good morning crafters

i'm back to share my last coloured image from ages ago that has now made it onto a card project.

today's handsome chappie is snow shovel from lili of the valley and is available as a digi stamp (link to the shop below).

i have kept my card fairly simple by adding a sentiment stamp on my background paper (i do do this alot, i love the effect), and i have distress inked the edges of the paper along with my image edges (whilst the die was still attached to the image).

a little close up of the backing paper to highlight the liquid pearl drops i've used, i do forget what i have hiding in my stash...

  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, shabby shutters, pumice stone, hickory smoke, ground expresso, weathered wood, faded jeans, chipped saphire, squeezed lemonade

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

paper: maja design

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: snow shovel

dohickey/magnolia: christmas

dies:

tonic: circle

mft: icicle edge

memory box: snow flake

miscellaneous:

liquid pearls: silver pearl

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

Seasons Greetings - lotv

hi and good morning crafty friends

my penultimate christmas share using one of my last coloured images from way back when, this is LOTV's: happy reindeer (stamp discontinued) that has finally been added to a project. 

i have stamped my background paper and added a little frantage to give it a more chrissmassy feel.

the opposite side of the paper lines the inside of the card

just a little inspiration for you all

 

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, festive berries, tea dye, weathered wood, worn lipstick, fosilised amber, rusty hinge

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

off white card

paper: maja designs 

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: happy reindeer (discontinued)

mft: snow fall blessing, sentiment

dohickey/magnolia: christmas

dies:

my stash

miscellaneous:

white frantage

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x

 

egg-stra special easter - stampingbella

hi and good morning all,

 popping in with a new card to celebrate easter.

a first outing for this tiny townie stamp that i've had in my stash for a while.

i haven't done a easter card before and wasn't sure a very minimal card would be ok but i've done alright..me thinks

a little close up of today's tiny townie: Ella loves easter

some of the items used to stamp and colour.

 my list of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, milled lavender, spun sugar, victorian velvet, dusty concord, tumbled glass, antique linen, worn lipstick

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

backing paper: maja design - denim & friends

off white card

7" x 7" base card

stamps: Stampingbella - ella loves east & easter sentiment set

dies: spellbinder rectangles

miscellaneous:

foam pads

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by, i hope you all enjoyed your easter treats,

those of you who were lucky enough to get them.

 enjoy your day and craft happy. Ann x

 

Happy Birthday - LOTV

Hi, good morning and welcome to my share for today.

occasionanally i try to do something a little different and todays card is just that different... a one layered card using inks, stamps, embossing powders and a recently coloured image.

there are things i like about the card and there are things on the card i'm not too sure on...

as always there are no hard or fast rules when being creative and there are things i will probably do differently on my next project based on today's card

some of the goodies used. i couldn't photograph the background stamps but they will be listed below.

my image is: dainty dancer LOTV discontinued

here is my list of some of the items used

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress re-inkers ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, antique linen, spun sugar, weathered wood, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry

time holtz: ink pads

victorian velvet, stormy sky, spun sugar (not sage as pictured)

papers:

papers: Fabriano 5 - water colour paper

6"x6" base card

stamps:

LOTV: dainty dancer & grunge corners- discontinued

MFT - something for everything

stemplegled - discontinued

kaiser craft - perfume bottle

miscellaneous:

wow embossing powder - clear sparkle & opaque bright white super fine

double sided tape

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day.

and craft happy. Ann x