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It is Friday again, so that means another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps. We hope that you will find some time to play along with us.

An easy challenge this week. I went with a very clean and simple design – with 2 different colour versions.

I used the Ornamental Christmas and the Stamped for Christmas sets. I coloured the ornaments in with Copic markers and layered them using foam squares and then finished them off with some silver thread and a metallic sprinkle. A really easy card to mass produce.

I am entering these cards into the current Wee Memories #79 Challenge – Holidays.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle StampsOrnamental Christmas stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Stamped for Christmas stamp set
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Mementos – Tuxedo Black
Card: Regal Craft Card – White textured and Smooth white, X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps metallic sprinkles, foam dimensionals, Silver thread, Glossy Accents (to adhere sprinkles)

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

Welcome to another Print Candee Blog Hop. You should have hopped over from Jackie’s blog. If you want to start the hop from the beginning, head on over to the Print Candee Blog. There are some great hidden prizes to be won just by leaving comments along the way…you never know you could be a lucky winner! The more comments you leave, the more chances you have of winning! 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, December 17^th to comment for prizes.

Today the Creative Team are creating projects with the theme of “card styles”. Each creative team member has chosen a different card style, so we hope that you get inspired by what you see. The card style which I chose is “graphic”. After doing some research around blog land, I found  a lot of graphic cards had lots of white space, clean lines and often used blocks of colour or repetition of shapes.

I printed the 1 Inch Circles – Christmas Red/Green Collage Sheets with Alphabet (Heads Up Girls) onto white cardstock and then punched them out with a circle punch. I scored a grid pattern with my score board onto the background. The “Merry” tab is from the Scrapbooking Elements Clipart (Pink Pueblo) and I added the text myself. Some of the letters are raised up with foam squares but it is hard to see this in the photos.

Supplies:

Digital Images/Stamps: 1 Inch Circles – Christmas Red/Green Collage Sheets with Alphabet (Heads Up Girls), Scrapbooking Elements Clipart (Pink Pueblo)
Ink: Canon colour printer
Card: White card stock, Regal Craft Card – white textured, Bazzil – red
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft gems, Carl Craft 1 inch circle punch, AnnaBelle Stamps natural twine, Martha Stewart score board, foam squares

The next stop on the Blog Hop is the uber talented Therese. I can’t wait to see she has created. And don’t forget that Print Candee is always offering specials. Head to the store and check out this week’s special and the hundreds upon hundreds of digital products they have to offer!

Thanks for stopping by,

Print Candee Creative Team (Blog hop order)
Print Candee Blog (start)
Jackie
Marion (me)
Therese
Jocelyn
Kalyn

Hello and welcome to the first blog hop for December at AnnaBelle Stamps. If you have arrived from Patti’s blog than you are on the right track. If you want to start the hop from the beginning, head on over to the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog.

Today the Belles are making projects with the theme of Christmas Gift Tags. I made a partridge in a pear tree…very Christmas-y!

I am entering these tags into 2 challenges. The current Wee Memories #78 challenge and Jay Gee’s Nook Challenge #14 which was to use this inspiration photo. I went with the Christmas theme and the photo with the little birdie in it!

I bought these gorgeous laser cut birds earlier on in the year and they were just right for this project. I inked them up with distress ink before spritzing them with pearlised water. I paired the birds up with the tree from the Tree-MEN-dous stamp set. The sentiment is from the Stamped For Christmas set and I added some grass from the All Things Grow set.  Ooh and I just had to try out my new distress inks …Wild Honey and Faded Jeans are my *new* favourite colours.

It doesn’t really show it in the photos, but the tags are covered in pearlised water so they are nice and shiny in real life.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Tree-MEN-dous stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Stamped For Christmas set, AnnaBelle Stamps All Things Grow set.
Ink: Distress Inks – Wild Honey, Fired Brick, Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain
Card: AnnaBelle stamps smooth white card
Other Supplies: RW Laser Cuts – Patchwork of birds, Perfect pearls, mini mister, Fiskars stamp press, White satin ribbon, Glossy Accents (to adhere birds)  AnnaBelle Stamps natural jute twine

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Hello again! It is Friday so that means another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.

I often make card sets to give as gifts for birthdays and Christmas, so that it what I have made here. I have seen a lot of negative die cut images used in Blogland of late, so I thought I would try my hand at it. This beautiful card by Carly Robertson was all the inspiration that I needed. There are 6 cards in the set, complete with a box to house them in.

I clear embossed the cursive background (BBD#6) behind the heart and popped the front panel onto some foam dimensionals. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Dotted Flowers set.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers” stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps “BBD#6” stamp set
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, VersaMark Watermark ink
Card: Regal Craft Card – White textured, Bazzil card stock – various colours
Other Supplies: AnnaBelle 4mm pearls, Fiskars stamp press, American Crafts clear embossing powder, heat gun, anti static pad, Die-Namics Hearts-a-Plenty die, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, AnnaBelle Kraft Box C6, Sheer white ribbon

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

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Hey there fellow crafties,

Today I am sharing with you a card that I have made with Jane Beljo’s “Little Miss Mia” stamp. Jane very kindly sent me her Little Miss Mia stamp a couple of months ago and I must say that Miss Mia has been patiently waiting to be inked all this time! But I got a chance to have a play the other day and she stamps like a dream. I had so much fun doing a little paper piecing too – right down to her socks! I am entering her into the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge – CFC29 – which is to use this sketch.

I created the little scene behind her and then raised her up on some foam dimensionals. I wanted the scene to look like a polaroid photo. Her skin and hair are coloured with Primacolor pencils and Gamsol.

Supplies:

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles ‘Little Miss Mia’ stamp set, WaltzingMouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set (sentiment), AnnaBelle Stamps “All Things Grow” stamp set (grass)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Memento – Tuxedo Black, Distress inks – Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square card), X-Press It Blending card, White Bazzill
Other Supplies: Creative Memories – red gingham paper, yellow paper – from my stash, foam dimensionals,  black felt pen, blending tool, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, blending stubs

Thanks so much for coming by,