Hi,

Today is the third and final Birthday Challenge #3 at AnnaBelle Stamps. Today Patti and I are hosting the challenge which we are very excited about. What is today’s birthday challenge?

To make a card/project that has 2 of something starting with B.

(eg: 2 blooms, 2 buttons, 2 bows, 2 bling etc). Why the letter B? Because it stands for Birthday…and 2 because AnnaBelle Stamps is turning 2! Yay.

My inspiration for this card came from JayGee’s Nook Challenge #11 inspiration photo (where I was inspired by the yellow colour theme). I also loosely used the FTL#157 sketch.

So on my card I have two blooms and 2 bits of bling. I wanted to have 2 bows on the yellow twine down the bottom, but they just wouldn’t work for me – so as my hubby suggested, I have used 2 bits of thread – twice bound (ha!).

I very rarely use patterned paper…but I am proud to say that I cut into some for this card! I painted distress inks with water for the flowers. Piercing a border around the edge just framed it off nicely.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Whimsy Flowers“, AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers” (sentiment)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Distress Inks – Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Versacolor – Cyan, Narcissus
Card: Bazzill card – yellow, X-Press It blending card
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue Collection – Dandelion,  Annabelle’s Sprinkles – 6mm Sultana, American Crafts clear embossing powder, heat gun,  foam dimensionals, paint brush, Glossy Accents, sponge dauber, DMC Floss – mustard, Ranger Enamel Accents – black, Kaisercraft tags, Tim Holtz ruler, Making Memories paper piercer

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head over to Patti’s blog to see what she has created. Add your creation to either the inlinkz below or on Patti’s blog. Hope that you can play along.

• Join in ALL three challenges
• Add your name to the inlinkz code specially designated on the ABS blog.

Major Prize:

The entire August release (4 stamp sets) and 6 packs of 6mm Sprinkles, valued at $142.20 (RRP)! The major prize winner will be announced on our birthday – 15th September!

Hey there blogging buddies,

Today is Birthday Challenge #2 at AnnaBelle Stamps. The DT gals Sue K and Stephanie are hosting this challenge so head on over to their blogs for the details, to see their awesome creations and to link up your creations.

Their challenge is to create a project using blooms! (How fitting, especially for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere where spring is in the air – Yay!) I am also entering this into the current CASE Study #56 Challenge where the talented Julie Lacey is the muse. You can view her gorgeous inspiration card here. I love her layout, her ribbon and her flowers!

I do like creating little scenes so lots of ink was used in this one. I love turning a blank piece of white cardboard into something pretty! I have used lots of AnnaBelle stamps on this one. The tree is from the Tree-MEN-dous set. The grass on the bottom of the circle is from the All Things Grow set and the background stamp is from the Backgrounds by Design 3 set. I created the clouds by using a technique that Darlene used in her card here.

The large rolled rose flower is my new MFT die (which I love) and I finally purchased a leaf die! Both of these things make me happy!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Tree-Men-ous”, “Background by Design 3”, “All Things Grow”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Vintage Sepia, Versacolor – Sky Blue, Camillia, Bamboo, Tea Green, Bark,  Tom Holtz Distress Ink – Peeled Paint
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured sqaure fold), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Carl Craft Punch – Vinca A (small flower) and Ume (large flower), AnnaBelle stamps 3mm Pearls, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Copic Markers, sponge daubers, Fiskars stamp press, My Favorite Things Die-Namics – Mini rolled roses die, Sizzix Sizzlits die – Flowers Branches and Leaves, Cuttlebug, Sheer white ribbon, Creative Memories circle cutters

Hope you can join in on all the fun birthday celebrations! Don’t forget there are some awesome prizes!

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you soon for Birthday Challenge #3.

• Join in ALL three challenges
• Add your name to the inlinkz code specially designated on the ABS blog.

Major Prize:

The entire August release (4 stamp sets) and 6 packs of 6mm Sprinkles, valued at $142.20 (RRP)! The major prize winner will be announced on our birthday – 15th September!

Hey there fellow crafties,

This week is Birthday Challenge week at AnnaBelle Stamps because they are turning 2! How exciting! There will be 3 challenges in total.

So to get this party started, Sue W and Kylie are hosting the first challenge on their blogs. Their challenge is to create a project using 3 simple steps:

1. Use a new stamp
2. Use a die cut/punch shape
3. Bling

So  head on over to Sue W and Kylie’s blogs to see what they have created.

NB: This is the first of 3 challenges. All challenges will finish on the 14th September at 12.00pm AEST, so if you miss the first one you can still catch up! Enter any of the challenges for a chance to win one 6 x 4 set of your choice and 3 packs of 6mm Sprinkles! Winners will be announced on the 14th of September on each of the DT blogs.

To be eligible to win the major prize you must :

• Join in ALL three challenges
• Add your name to the inlinkz code specially designated on the ABS blog.

Major Prize:

The entire August release (4 stamp sets) and 6 packs of 6mm Sprinkles, valued at $142.20 (RRP)! The major prize winner will be announced on our birthday – 15th September!

So I have dived on in and created a mini set of thanks cards for the first challenge. There are 6 cards in total…but I could only fit 3 in the photo. I did 2 of each colour combo. I used the thanks sentiment from the new AnnaBelle Stamps Squared Posies set, I punched out the flower shapes with a small square punch then rounded 2 of the corners with my Corner Chomper. I added a rhinestone to the centre of each one – very CAS, but very me!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Squared Posies”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Cyan, Turquoise, Lagoon Blue, Turquoise, Camillia, Orange, Kaisercraft – Corn
Card: Regal Craft Card
Other Supplies: Carl Craft Punch – Small square, WRMK corner chomper, Kaisercraft Rhinstones

Hope you can join in on all the fun birthday celebrations! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you soon for Birthday Challenge #2.

Welcome to another AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop. You should have arrived from Patti’s blog. Today the AnnaBelle DT are once again showcasing one of the August stamp releases called Dotted Flowers.

I decided to use some of the sentiments as the focus of my card and combined it with the current PDCC#97 challenge colours of black, white with a splash of red.

And while I was creating, I decided to show you how versatile this stamp set is by making a really simple set of birthday cards. If you know me, you know that I LOVE making sets!

Aren’t all these fun colours just screaming summer?

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Camillia, Cyan, Peony, Turquoise, Kaisercraft – Corn
Card: Regal Craft Card , X-Press It Blending card, Black ribbed card
Other Supplies: Carl Craft Punch – Butterfly, foam dimensionals, WRMK corner chomper, sponge daubers, AnnaBelle Stamps 3mm pearls

Thanks for stopping by…and now you are hopping over to the AnnaBelle Blog. Don’t forget to add your name to the inlinkz below for your chance to win this fabulous stamp set!

PS: Want to win the entire August stamp sets releases and some other goodies valued at $140? Well AnnaBelle stamps is turning 2 next week and we have some fun challenges coming your way starting this Thursday. Check out all the details here.

*If you are looking for the Print Candee Blog hop…please scroll down*

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Happy Friday…and that means another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.

This week’s challenge is such a great colour combination to work with. Who doesn’t like using these colours? I used the AnnaBelle “All things Grow” stamp set which I LOVE!

I stamped the reeds in watermark ink on the base card, and then used Vintage Sepia Versafine ink to stamp the reeds on the top card. I love the pop of colour that the red button brings.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “All things grow” stamp set,  AnnaBelle Stamps “Squared Posies” Stamp set (sentiment)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Vintage Sepia, Versamark watermark ink
Card: Kraft card, white card
Other Supplies: Foam dimensionals, Basic Grey button – red, DMC White thread, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon – brown, Kaisercraft pearls

Also don’t forget that September is birthday month at AnnaBelle stamps. As a thank you to those who add this blinkie to their blog we have a little something for you. Simply follow the instructions below and you could be the randomly selected winner of two 6 x 4 sets of your choice!

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• Copy and paste the above code and add it to your sidebar.
• Include the blinkie in a post with a link back to the ABS blog letting everyone know about our Birthday Celebrations, and where they can pick up their very own blinkie.
• Add the link to your post in the Inlinkz box on the ABS blog.
• On the 7th September we will select a random winner just before our party begins!

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your creations. Be sure to head to the ABS blog to see the other creations from the DT. Remember that AnnaBelle challenges are not just for Aussies…it is open worldwide! Come along and have a play. The winner will get a special blinkie and also a prize from the store.

Hi everyone,

Well today is the first official blog hop at Print Candee. We are excited that you have joined us. If you have hopped on over from Kalyn’s blog you are in the right place! If you want to start the hop from the beginning, head to the Print Candee Blog. There are some great hidden prizes to be won just by leaving comments along the way…you could be a lucky winner! There is also a prize for one lucky person by leaving a comment on the Print Candee Blog. You have until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, September 3^rd to comment for prizes.

Today the creative team are creating projects with the theme of kids/babies. When I saw this, I was over the moon as I have two little ones and I love creating kid’s cards! I have made a birthday card for my daughter who turns two in December (I know I am early…but it is good to be organised!) I am into owls at the moment, so when I saw these cute owl clipart images from the store – I was in!

I used a cloud from the Cloud SVG Set to create the background by sponging around it several times with a sponge dauber and Broken China Distress ink. The branch was printed onto my base and to add some dimension I added extra leaves. The owls were printed and then cut out and sponged around – and I added Glossy Accents to the eyes to make them shine! Some flowers and Thickers from my stash and I was done!

Supplies:

Digital Stamps: Print Candee Clipart “Pink and Blue Love owls”, Print Candee “Cloud SVG Set”
Ink: Canon colour printer, Versacolor cubes – Opera Pink, Bamboo, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Broken China
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold card), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Glossy Accents, American Crafts Fabric Letter Thickers – Delight Watermelon, Ribtex Pink ribbon blossoms, Zots adhesive dots – small, sponge dauber, WRMK Corner Chomper, foam dimensionals

The next stop on the Blog Hop is Jocelyn at Red Balloon Cards. I know she will have something totally amazing for you to feast your eyes upon. And don’t forget that Print Candee is offering 15% off right now – so what are you waiting for? Head to the store and check out the hundreds of digital products they have!

Thanks for stopping by,

Print Candee Creative Team (Blog hop order)

Print Candee Blog (start)

Therese

Jackie

Kalyn

Marion (me)

Jocelyn

Happy Sunday Evening everyone,

I am into owls at the moment – let’s face it, there are so many owl stamps and images out there that are just soooo cute!

Here is my owl offering that I am entering into the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC#17 (stuck on you) and the current Scrapbook Boutique Challenge (to use ribbon or a bow – look at that yummy inspiration photo!)

These are all stickers from EAD designs. I sponged around a cloud shape repeatedly on the background with blending chalk, it is subtle, but looks better in real life.

I love how the textured card gives the stickers a textured look as well. I added some sprinkles for eyes and a bow to make her look more girly.

There you have it…a card with no stamps or ink – just chalk and stickers!

Supplies:

Stamps: None
Ink: None
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured DL card)
Other Supplies: EAD Designs “Owl Friends” Stickerz, Annabelle Stamps Sprinkles – 4mm blackcurrant, AnnaBelle Stamps Natural Cotton Twine, Glossy Accents, Creative College blending chalks – blue, sponge dauber

Here ere are another two fabulous owl cards that I have come across recently in blogland that I simply ADORE! Check em out – Amy Wanford and Melania Deasy. Aren’t they just the cutest?

Thanks for stopping by. Oh and don’t forget the Print Candee is having their first Blog Hop this coming Wednesday…with lots of fabby prizes! You won’t want to miss it!

See you then,