Happy Friday Peeps!

Long time no blog! I have good reason for my absence – I have been sick! I am still not 100% and it is dragging into its third week, but this winter’s flu got me good and proper. But I think I am FINALLY on the mend, but no crafting has been done until yesterday.

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps the Belles are teasing you with sneak peeks of some stamps that will be released into the store very soon. Make sure you visit all the Belles blogs to check out their awesome creations.

Last week I didn’t play along, but TWO news Belles were introduced to the AnnaBelle DT. Please stop by Tobi and Marcia’s blog to welcome them – even if it is a week late! Welcome ladies. I can’t wait to see what you guys create each week.

My card this week was inspired by Cristina Kowalczyk. I loved this card of hers and pinned it immediately – that girl comes up with the MOST clever ideas sometimes. Here is my humble version of hers.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects for some more sneak peaks – their links are on my side bar. Lots of fun is coming to the store soon.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

Hi there,
Popping in very quickly to announce the winner of the little giveaway I had on my blog last week.

Congratulations Paulette…I have emailed you 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Happy Friday Peeps!

For this week’s Friday Feature at AnnaBelle Stamps, the Belles are showcasing Christmas Stamp sets. Go here to check them all out. Today I have used the Jewelled Tree stamp set.

Now a couple of weekends ago I did a little spot of shopping at the Brisbane craft show – and among quite a few purchases, I bought some Hero Arts shadow inks. So today I went to town using the colours Bubblegum, Green Hills and Pool.

And I also used my new Sakura Gelly Roll pen. I’m not usually a glitter girl, but I do like my new pen. A lot less mess! Hopefully you can see the glitter goodness a bit better in this photo.

Giveaway! As we are focusing on Christmas stamp sets, how about a giveaway? I have an extra copy of the Gifted Swirls Stamp set (see image below). It is not the set I have used today, but it is one of the many Christmas sets available at AnnaBelle Stamps. Leave a comment on this post by Monday 9am (AEST) and I’ll randomly choose a winner. I am happy to post worldwide 🙂 Want to see how this stamp set can be used – head here and check out some projects.

Andrea also has 20% off all Christmas sets for this weekend only until midnight Sunday (AEST).

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,

Hellooooo!

Today I have another Topical Tuesday video to share with you over on the AnnaBelle Stamps blog. Here is a look at the card I’ve created.

Head here to view the video.

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I am back with another card for the Muse Card Club.

I have a very CAS card for you this week.

To create the ombre background I used Copic markers and kept blending the colours together until I had a smooth gradient (see the supplies for the colours I used). I then die cut the word ‘hey’ and used the negative space. The ‘there’ is white heat embossed.

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.

I am so glad that you stopped by today. I look forward to seeing your creations.

Hello again. This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we have a colour challenge for you…and I certainly did find this a challenge. It was the blue that I struggled with the most.

In Australia we don’t celebrate Father’s Day until September, so I am nice and early with this one! These colours seemed very manly to me – hence my male inspired card. See those flags in the corner? They are my newly purchased chipboard pieces that I coloured with Versacolor ink (pigment ink).

Now I wasn’t sure if I was happy with the orange background, so I tried a blue one as well – but in the end I think I like the orange better.

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

Before I go, this past weekend I had the privilege of meeting (for the first time) my fellow DT and blogging buddy Therese. Therese and I started blogging around the same time (nearly 3 years ago now!) and she was one of my first followers. I flew up to Brisbane and we went to the Brisbane Craft Expo together. We had a lot of fun chatting and buying….but it was so lovely to finally meet her in person! Here’s a little picture my sister snapped of us from my phone. I’m on the left and Therese is on the right.

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About our challenges:

• We post our challenges every Friday at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
• Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge.
• Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $15.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent).

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 out Stamp Embellish Create social site (you’ll need to join) and add the current challenge ‘tag’ to your photo!
• 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.
• A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.
• You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
• We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas 🙂

Hello and welcome to AnnaBelle Stamps Friday Feature Blog Hop. If you have arrived from Kylie’s Blog, you are in the right spot.

Today, the Belles are showcasing the Garden Silhouettes Stamp set. This is such a versatile set with so many stamps in it. Today I decided to challenge myself and use a stamp from the set I had never used before. I chose a little flourishy motif and after some playing, my card and tag were born. I wanted a sentiment that matched the flourish, so I used a portion of a stamp from the Standing Tall stamp set.

The little tiny hearts are covered in Ranger enamel accents. Love this stuff!

Now if you would like a chance to win yourself a copy of the Garden Silhouettes Stamp set, leave a comment on all the DT’s blogs and then head back to the ABS blog and add your name to the inlinkz. Too easy.

Andrea also has generously discounted the Garden Silhouettes Stamp set by 20% for this weekend only. Go here to grab yourself a bargain.

Your next stop on the hop is my uber talented friend Therese (who I get to meet in person for the first time this weekend – woo hoo!)

Thanks for stopping by,

Blog Hop Order

ABS blog

Andrea

Sue

Kylie

Marion <– you’re here!

Therese

Donna

ABS Blog