Just sharing quickly a card that I made on the weekend using some new (to me) Hero Arts stamps that I purchased recently.

I love Hero Arts pool note cards and that background stamp called Birds and Branches! And thanks to Jess for my button! It was the perfect contrasting colour. I think I may make a set of these in different colours.

I am entering this into the Hero Arts Feb competition. My card fits into 2 categories – it is a friendship card and is a liberal interpretation of the sketch on the right.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Birds and Branches (AR173), Hero Arts Find Joy (CL497)
Ink: Versacolor – turquoise
Card: Hero Arts folded cards – Hero Hues – Blush, XPress-It Blending card
Other Supplies: Fiskars scallop border punch, American Crafts button, AnnaBelle Stamps 0.8mm twine, Glue dots

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Hi all,

The challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps this week is to use background stamps. Hope you can join in the fun and we look forward to seeing where your imagination takes you!

I used BBD#7 to create a colourful stripy background. The buttons were a lovely gift from my fellow DT Jess. I wanted the sentiment to be a little bolder – so I stamped it once and then stamped it again a fraction to the side, then filled the gaps in with a black felt pen.

I am entering this into the current Jay Gee Nook’s Challenge #16 where the inspiration was this photo. I was drawn to the colours and the buttons!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#7 stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Fanciful Flowers stamp set
Ink: Versacolor ink – Camellia, Turquoise, Bamboo, Cyan, Orange, Yellow
Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white card
Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps 0.8mm Natural Hemp twine, foam dimensionals,  Glossy Accents (to adhere buttons), American Crafts buttons, black felt pen

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out what the rest of the DT have created. The Belles’ links are on my side bar.

Thanks for visiting.

Hi everyone,

Welcome to this month’s blog hop at Print Candee. You should have arrived from Jocelyn’s blog – but if not, hop on over the the Print Candee blog and start the hop from there. This month we are welcoming a new DT member and that is the talented Lisa Arana.

There will be 2 prizes hidden on the Print Candee Creative Team posts for the blog hop. By leaving comments on each stop of the blog hop you will increase your chances to win some great prizes – either a $10 gift certificate to Print Candee store or a set of Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Pennants. To be eligible to win you have until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, February 18^th to comment.  The winners will be posted on the Print Candee blog.

This month the Creative Team are whipping up some projects with the the theme of ‘die cuts’. I am sure most of us have a die or two somewhere in our stash. I pulled out 3 dies and got to work with some awesome digital papers from the store and came up with this.

The background paper is from a paper pack called Chai Latte Damasks (Digital Potpourri) – so yummy! The flowers and leaves were die cut from the Owlicious – Happy colors (Print Candee) paper pack. They were actually scraps I had left over from this project – I printed on both sides of the card stock. I added some detail to the leaves with prismacolor pencils.

Supplies:

Digital Images/Stamps:Chai Latte Damasks (Digital Potpourri), Owlicious – Happy colors (Print Candee)
Ink: Canon colour printer, Distress Ink – Antique Linen, Versacolor – orange, camellia
Card: White card stock, Regal craft card – white square textured
Other Supplies: Die-Namics Layered Label Die, Die-Namics Rolled Roses, Sizzix Flowers, Branches and Leaves set, AnnaBelle Stamps pearls, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon, Prismacolor pencils, Glossy Accents (to adhere flowers, leaves and pearls).

Thanks for stopping by. Now you are heading over to the Print Candee Blog.

Blog hop order:

Lisa

Kalyn

Therese

Jocelyn

Marion <—- You are here

Hi crafty lovers,

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps is a colour challenge…and a fun one at that! Red, black and white.

I used the recently released Love Birds set to create this one. White embossing onto black always makes a bold statement. I couldn’t have made this card cleanly though without my anti-static pillow. I am a perfectionist, so when it comes to embossing my anti-static pillow certainly is my best friend (but I will still go in with a fine paintbrush and remove any strays before I heat set!)

Hope you can play along. Oh and have you checked out the new Stamp, Embellish, Create Ning site?What is it you ask? Check out all the detail here. Sign up and join this new on-line stamping community….it’s free!

Supplies:

Stamps:  AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds stamp set
Ink: Versamark Watermark ink
Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white card – square, black and red card
Other Supplies: American Craft Zing embossing powder – Opaque white, heat gun, foam dimensionals, silver thread, Annabelle metallic sprinkles, anti static pillow, glossy accents (to adhere bows), Carl Craft heart punch small

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out what the rest of the DT have created. The Belles’ links are on my side bar. Hope you can join us this week.

Thanks for visiting.

Hello again,

This is my second post for today. If you are looking for the latest AnnaBelle Stamps challenge, please scroll down.

Today I am VERY excited as I am temping with the Girl Friday’s in the latest CAS-ual Friday’s Challenge. I am very honoured to have won a Guest Designer spot!

This week’s challenge is to create a card inspired by a movie – in honour of the Oscar’s this week. It is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.

I decided to create a card for my sister who has recently moved house. My card was inspired by the fabulous kid’s movie ‘Up’.

I had a lot of fun making this card. I created a mask and sponged the clouds for a subtle background. The house is a digi stamp from the the Digi Stamp Boutique called New Home Collection. I coloured scraps of card with different Distress Ink colours and then punched out the balloons and layered them with foam dimensionals. The sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering this into the Punches Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Supplies:

Stamps: New Home Collection from the DigiStamp Boutique
Ink: Printer, Distress Ink – Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Mustard Seed, Broken China, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, crushed Olive, Spiced Marmalade, Chipped Sapphire
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Copic markers, DMC White floss, foam dimensionals, Mask-It, Small balloon punch, Glossy Accents (on the heart on the door)

Hope you can play along this week. Thanks so much to Michele and the Girl Fridays for letting me temp with them. I have had a blast!

Until next time,

Happy Friday everyone,

School has started again for me this week…so I am back into teaching. My son also started school this week and so far so good. He loves it!

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we are getting ready for Valentine’s Day with a heart challenge. Who doesn’t love hearts?

I really love how this card finally turned out (after 3 hours of trying different things mind you!) Clean and Simple, but packing a punch! The hearts are stamped with a gingham stamp from the BBBD7 set and the sentiment is from the Love Birds set. And the twine is new twine that Andrea has just put into the store. It is 0.8mm thick (so really quite fine) and it is WONDERFUL…and so many colours to choose from! Check them out here.

I am entering this into the new challenge over at Lily Pad cards – Virginia’s View Challenge #1. The inspiration photo was this. I originally tried to add orange to my card, but it didn’t sit right – but the heart connection is still there!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Backgrounds By Design #7 (BBD7) stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds stamp set (sentiment)
Ink: VersaFine ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Camellia
Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white card – square (which I trimmed down), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Die-Namics Hearts a plenty die, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents (to adhere bow), WRMK Corner Chomper, AnnaBelle Stamps 0.8mm hemp twine – red

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out what the rest of the DT have created. The Belles’ links are on my side bar. Hope you can join us this week – we would love to see your hearty creations.

Thanks for visiting.

Hi everyone,

On the first day of every month Print Candee are now releasing a digital kit that coordinates! This month’s kit is called Love Bird Collection and is perfect for  Valentine’s Day cards and gifts. You can view the whole release here on the Print Candee Blog along with all the projects made by the Creative Team. It contains a paper pack, tonnes of clip art, frames, borders, journal spots, alphabets and more. The items in the new release can be purchased as a kit for $20 or each individual part (eg clipart, paper packs, alphabet sets etc) can be purchased for $4.50 each.

What I love about these kits is that everything co-ordinates, making life easier for me! I decided to make some Valentine’s Day treat bags. I spied Shari Carroll’s idea here and decided to make my own version using my own dimensions.

I am entering these into the current Die Cutting Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

I printed some of the Love Bird Collection Paper Pack onto white card stock to make the treat bag. I die cut the heart shape onto the front panel before putting it all together. I then added embellishments and banners from the Love Bird Collection Frames and Borders and the Journal Spots and Phrases sets and some twine and pearls. Too easy….and a LOT of fun!

Each bag has a different treat which I put into a little cellophane bag. The chocolate in the one above is actually in the shape of a love heart! FUN!

Supplies:

Digital Images/Stamps: Love Birds Collection Paper Pack (Print Candee), Love Birds Collection Clip art (Print Candee), Love Birds Collection Frames and Borders (Print Candee), Love Birds Collection Journal Spots and Phrases (Print Candee)
Ink: Canon colour printer
Card: White card stock
Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps pearls, Die-Namics Hearts a Plenty die, Cuttlebug, AnnaBelle Stamps cotton twine – white, small clear cellophane bags, yummy treats (Mini Fruits, Musks, Love heart chocolate), foam dimensionals, Martha Stewart score board, Mini stapler, Glossy accents (to adhere twine).

As a special offer Print Candee will be offering a 35% discount off the kit (which would make them $13 for the whole kit). How awesome is that! But the offer will only last a week so head on over to the Print Candee store and check it out.

Until next time,