AnnaBelle Stamps have a great range of Christmas sets and today the Belles are showcasing some of these sets. Head over to the AnnaBelle blog to check out all their projects.

Today I created a wreath using a leaf punch (which I have had punched for over 2 years now!) I just smooshed green ink over them before arranging them into a circle (I drew a circle in pencil to help me). To add some sparkle, I painted the leaves in some glitter glue and then added lots of AnnaBelle Sprinkles and a bow. The sentiment is from the Gifted Swirls stamp set.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

I appreciate you stopping by. School officially finished for me today – 6 weeks of summer holidays, hopefully with lots of crafting time! Catch you soon.

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Hi everyone,

It is time for a new monthly challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.

I do find colour challenges a bit tricky, but once I selected some inks that matched the above colours, it all came together quite quickly. I masked off the heart and stamped away until the whole card front was covered. I added some rhinestones to some of the flower centres to add some sparkle.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

About our challenges:

• We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
• Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
• All entries MUST include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main focal image, this can include our digi range which can be found here.
• One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon! This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.
• We will feature our Top 3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

How To Play Along:

• Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
• For those without a blog you can still play along! Simply upload your card to a image sharing site like Flickr and include a link to the challenge in your description.
• Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
• Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
• You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
• Only AnnaBelle images can be used as the main image.

This week the Belles are showcasing the Jewelled Christmas Stamp set at AnnaBelle Stamps.

I had some fun trying a new technique this week – creating a marbled background with Adirondack alcohol inks onto glossy card stock. I decided to keep my project small as it was a bit of an experiment – so hence another tag 🙂 I wasn’t sure if I could heat emboss over the top, but it worked a treat. I added some clear sprinkles to add some shine. The tag is nice and glossy in real life.

You still have a couple more days to enter this month’s challenge. Go here for all the details.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

About our challenges:

• We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
• Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
• All entries MUST include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main focal image, this can include our digi range which can be found here.
• One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon! This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.
• We will feature our Top 3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

How To Play Along:

• Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
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• Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
• You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
• Only AnnaBelle images can be used as the main image.

Hellooooo again. Well I am pleased to say my craft room is unpacked and I have started crafting again 🙂 Yay.

Today it is my turn over on the AnnaBelle Stamps blog, bringing you a technique that I think is pretty cool. To see the process I used to make this tag, head on over to the AnnaBelle Stamps blog for a photo tutorial.

Head over here to have a peek at my tutorial,

Thanks for stopping by,

Hello…remember me? Long time no blog. We have moved and are still in the process of unpacking – but we are loving our new home.

Today it is my turn at the Muse Card Club.

Today’s card incorporates the chalkboard technique – to see a video tutorial on how I did on this, go here. I really love how this card turned out and have already given it to a friend. However you don’t have to do this technique at all, you may be inspired in a completely different way. See where your creativity takes you.

Here are some of the guidelines if you are unfamiliar with how Muse works.

• Use the Muse card as inspiration, explain your interpretation and link back to Muse.
• Provide supportive comments to at least 3 of your fellow member’s submissions.
• Vote for 3 of your fellow member’s submissions that you find inspiring, once voting opens.

For the full challenge guidelines go here.

Hope you can find some time to play along this week,

Hello. It’s time for another month long challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps…. and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Can you believe it?

I certainly can’t even get into Christmas mode as this week my family and I are moving, so I am up to my eyeballs in boxes and packing and to top it off I have a cold too! I will actually be taking a bit of a blogging break while we move – so things will be a little quiet here for a while. But the good news is that I hope to get a crafty space in our new house and not in the corner of our dining room!

Not your traditional Christmas colours, but I had fun experimenting. I white heat embossed the wreath onto  blue card stock, then water coloured the leaves with Distress markers and a watercolour brush.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,
I’ll be back after the move! Wish me luck 🙂

About our challenges:

• We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
• Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
• All entries MUST include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main focal image, this can include our digi range which can be found here.
• One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon! This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.
• We will feature our Top 3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

How To Play Along:

• Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
• For those without a blog you can still play along! Simply upload your card to a image sharing site like Flickr and include a link to the challenge in your description.
• Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
• Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
• You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
• Only AnnaBelle images can be used as the main image.

Welcome to another Friday Feature at AnnaBelle Stamps. This week the Belles are showcasing the newly released Printable Pages 1 and 2. These are so easy….just print and colour!

I decided to make a little Christmas scene – with snow and all. Very un-Australian…our Christmas’ are usually spent finding places to cool off! I wonder what a cold Christmas would be like? And snow – well I can count on one hand the number of times I have experienced snow – I think the novelty would wear off with me as I hate being cold. Give me a hot day, any day! But I am digressing…

I even used glitter! Another rarity for me. I think I wore glitter for the rest of the day 🙂

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects to see how they have used these sets – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,