Welcome to another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog. Yellow, Lime and Chocolate…not my normal go-to colours, but I am happy with the result and how quickly it came together.

The ornament is from the just-released “Ornamental Christmas” set and I have also used the newly released “Backgrounds by Design 6” set.

The musical background looks orange, but it is actually yellow with a touch of brown and the centre of the ornament is a reddy brown colour. The sentiment was made by combining two of the sentiments from the Ornamental set – I just added the little ‘at’ by hand.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Ornamental Christmas”, AnnaBelle Stamps “Background by Design 6”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Vintage Sepia, Distress Inks – Scattered Straw, Versacolor – Bark, Brown, Tea Green, Bamboo, Olive, Yellow
Card: AnnaBelle Kraft Card, X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: American Crafts clear embossing powder, heat gun, AnnaBelle natural cotton twine, sponge dauber, AnnaBelle pearls 3mm and 4mm, blending tool, foam dimensionals, SEI button, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon – brown, Felt pen – brown, Craft Affair Papercraft – die cut chipboard tag

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out what the rest of the DT have created, including our Guest Designer Karin. Their links are in my side bar. Hope you can play along! And there is still time to add your name to the inlinkz code to be in the running to win the new “Round for Christmas” set. Go here.

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I have been having a LOT of fun with watercolour paper and pearlised water since taking Jennifer McGuire’s Inspiration Showcase class… and today’s cards are no exception! I used one of the October Challenge sketches from the Hero Arts Blog for the first one.

This one is for my sister’s birthday which is this Friday.

I also made a bigger version adding purple.

This photos captures some of Perfect Pearls shimmery goodness and how the butterfly wings are raised to add some dimension.

And a different version again. As you can see I was having so much fun! I am entering this one into the CAS-ual Fridays #22 – Feeling Loopy challenge.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design (CG245), Hero Arts Flourish Background (CG 119), Hero Arts Classic Messages (CL414)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Worn Lipstick, Bundled Sage, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), Acquarello Watercolour Paper (200gsm)
Other Supplies: Carl Craft Heart punch, Carl Craft Butterfly punch, Perfect Pearls, Mini mister, Zots adhesive dots, foam dimensionals, AnnaBelle Stamps 4mm pearls, Glossy Accents (to adhere the butterflies), blending tool

Thanks for popping by. My school holidays are slowly coming to an end so back to teaching next week for me, but I have had so much fun crafting which was one of my aims!

Welcome to another AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop. You should have arrived from Patti’s blog. If you want to start the hop from the beginning, hop on over to the AnnaBelle Stamps blog.
Today Andrea is releasing 4 new stamp sets into the store! How exciting! Three Christmas sets and a Backgrounds by Design set (which I am TOTALLY in love with!). Head on over to the ABS blog to check out all the new goodies!

Today the Belles are showcasing the just-released “Round for Christmas” stamp set.

I am entering this card into the Bling Challenge at Lily Pad Cards – I have used lots of AnnaBelle Cherry Sprinkles on this one.

And because I love it so much, I included some music in the background from the Backgrounds by Design 6 set. The baubles are covered in glossy accents to make them shine and fit into my circle punch beautifully!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Round for Christmas” and “Backgrounds by Design 6” stamp sets
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Bark, Bamboo, Peony, Lagoon Blue, Distress Inks – Scattered Straw, Old Paper
Card: X-Press It Blending card, Regal Craft card – Eucalyptus, white
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils, DMC thread – white, sponge dauber, Blending tool, AnnaBelle Stamps Cherry Sprinkles – 3mm, 4mm and 5mm, Zots glue dots – small, Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz ruler, paper piercer, Sizzix Sizzlits die – Flowers Branches and Leaves, Carl Craft circle punch, ribbon from my stash – cream, Spellbinders Nesties – label 4, Cuttlebug

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! And not only that, but Andrea has a fabulous deal on offer – “buy all three new Christmas sets released today and receive free postage. Simply key in the code – octfree – at checkout!” How cool is that?

Good evening,

Well I have had the best time card making today…it has been one of those days where everything just seemed to work! Here is my offering for this week’s CAS-ual Friday #22 challenge – feeling loopy. To create a project using loops – and loops on bows don’t count!

I have never used felt on a card before, so thought that I would try it today. I ‘felt’ inspired after taking Jennifer McGuire’s Inspiration Showcase class and because of this class,  I also got out my watercolour paper and my pearlised water and got stamping…and I love the result. So soft, pretty and girly. The shimmer from the Perfect Pearls doesn’t show in the photos, but the background is lovely in real life!

There are 3 loops – one on the side and then one on either side of the roses.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design (CG245), AnnaBelle Stamps “Squared Posies” (sentiment)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Worn Lipstick, Bundled Sage, Versacolor – Tea green
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold),  Acquarello Watercolour Paper (200gsm)
Other Supplies: My Favorite Things Die-Namics – Mini rolled roses die, felt – white, Glossy Accents (to adhere the flowers and leaves), lace, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon – cream, Perfect Pearls, Mini mister, Kaisercraft Tags, sponge dauber, Zots adhesive dots, Kaisercraft pearls – snow

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back soon to share some other cards I created today. I’ve had a happy day!

It’s Friday so that means it is time for another challenge at AnnaBelles’s …this week is a sketch challenge.

The flowers and the background script have been clear embossed and then covered with distress inks. I spritzed the flowers with pearlised water, so in real life they have a slight shimmer. The background script is from a soon-to-be-released set…I couldn’t resist using it as it is so beautiful!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Whimsy Flowers“, AnnaBelle Stamps “BBD6” (soon to be released)
Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Distress Inks –  Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, Broken China, Barn Door
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured DL fold),  X-Press It blending card
Other Supplies: Annabelle’s Sprinkles – 6mm Cherry, AnnaBelle’s DF white satin ribbon, American Crafts clear embossing powder, heat gun,  foam dimensionals, ink blending tool, Perfect Pearls, mini mister, Creative Memories circle cutters

Thanks for dropping by…hope that you can join in and play along – the winner will receive a $15 Gift voucher to the store. Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT have created – especially Stephanie’s card as sadly it is her last day on the Belle Design Team. It has been great working alongside such a talented lady and I wish her all the best.

 
Until next time,