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Here is the other set of cards that I made as Christmas gifts. I made two sets of these. They are very similar to the first set that I blogged here.

As you know, I love making colourful sets of cards – I’m addicted.

Just before I go, I want to show you the latest addition to our family. His name is Mack. He is adorable and is being drowned showered with love by my two kids. It is their first pet, so they are very excited!

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Hello and welcome to the new stamp release blog hop for AnnaBelle Stamps. You should have arrived from the very sweet Kylie’s blog.

Today, two new stamp sets are being released along with some new gingham ribbons! First up the new stamp sets – Designer Flower and Standing Tall.

I had so much fun playing with these new sets, I made four cards. The first two are almost identical, I just used different mediums. Prisma colour pencils on the first one and Distress Stains on the second.

And for the next two, I white heat embossed again, and added subtle shading with Copic Markers.

I used a teeny tiny little bit of the new Licorice gingham ribbon on the last card. Here are all the new gingham ribbons coming into the store.

Now for a GIVEAWAY. First prize is both the new sets and the second prize is some Gingham Ribbon – 2m of each colour. In order to be in the running to win the blog hop prize, you need to comment on all of the DT’s blog and then head back to the ABS blog and add your name to the inlinkz. You have until Sunday 8pm (Australian EST) to enter.

Combo Special Deal – Standing Tall and Designer Flowers will be discounted by 20% for this weekend only!  If you happen to be the lucky winner of the blog hop and have ordered them, you will be refunded.

Your next stop on the hop is Therese. No doubt she will have some eye candy for you.

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Blog Hop Order

ABS blog

Andrea

Kylie

Marion <– you’re here!

Therese

Danielle

Gayatri

ABS Blog

Hi there,
Just popping in quickly with a little announcement about a new challenge blog that is launching today called Muse Card Club. This is a new venture created by the very talented Jackie Rockwell. What’s more, I have been asked to join the Design Team! Wow…I am very privileged to be working alongside some of my biggest crafting idols!

Head to the blog here for more details on what the challenge blog is all about and to see who else is on the Design Team.

Hope you will join us for the fun ride. Go here now…what are you waiting for!

Until next time,

Hello and welcome back to another AnnaBelle Stamps challenge. This week we have a colour challenge for you.

I must admit that I was a little thrown by the colours – until I got out my AnnaBelle Stamps stain ribbons. That’s when a crafty project popped into my head – making  some ribbon ruffle flowers.

The flowers were super easy to make. Using a needle and thread, I did a simple running stitch along one side of a piece of ribbon about 15 -20cms long. Once done, I pulled the threads from both ends and the ribbon ruffled into a flower. To finish I tied the ends off. Once I had my three flowers, I used a plain hair clip and hot glued the ribbon flowers on it and added some matching AnnaBelle sprinkles. Simple, simple. (A tip: to make sure that the ends of the ribbon didn’t fray, I used a flame from a match to melt the ribbon ends).

This week’s winner will receive a $15 Gift Voucher to the AnnaBelle Store. Hope you will play along with us. Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

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Ok, so you can probably tell that I am on holidays due to the number of posts! I am crafting to my heart’s content and loving it!

CAS-ual Friday’s are having a Thank you Challenge and I wanted to play along.

No stamping on this one. Just some washi tape, a daisy die and a thank you rub-on!

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Welcome to our first AnnaBelle Stamps Friday Feature for 2013! Friday Feature…what is this? Well just to shake things up a bit, our AnnaBelle Stamps challenges will now run for 2 weeks…so you have even more time to play along. To check out the current sketch challenge, go here. On the alternate week, the Belles will be showcasing an AnnaBelle Stamp set and this will be called the Friday Feature. This week the Belles are featuring the Garden Silhouettes stamp set and for this weekend only it is discounted by 20% in the AnnaBelle Store.

So using Garden Silhouettes and my new Peacock Feathers Distress ink, I came up with this.

I am entering this into CASology’s Week #25: New Challenge. and also the Simon Says Stamp New Something Challenge. I am loving my new Distress Ink – Peacock Feathers.

Hope you will check out the other creations from the Belles…their links are on my sidebar.

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Wow…2012 is about to come to an end! Hard to believe really.

Today I am sharing a mini card set that I created for my sister-in-law as a Christmas gift. I love making sets of cards as I think they make the perfect handmade gift. I should have photographed them in pairs to reduce the number of photos, but I didn’t think about that in the rush just before I had to wrap them and send them!

I coloured in the daisy die and also the background pattern with Copic markers.

I love using Hero Arts note cards as the base…I love all of the colours!

I appreciate you stopping by. I’ll be back soon with another mini set that I made – slightly different to the one above.