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You are a Blessing

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December 6, 2012

Today I am popping in quickly with a gift tag to share…I LOVE tags. When I saw that Cas-ual Fridays (CFC #80) was having a gift tag challenge, I just had to play along. There is some stamping on the background, but the sentiment and the bird cage are rub-ons. Very quick and easy to make – that’s about all I have time for these days!

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Leaf and Floral background (CG 405)

Ink: Hero Arts Shadow Ink – Soft Pool

Card: Hero Arts Layering Papers – Pool

Other Supplies: EAD rub-ons (One is Paper Smooches and I can’t remember the name of the other one), AnnaBelle Stamps Icicle Sprinkles, Kaisercraft Grosgrain ribbon – pink, AnnaBelle Stamps twine – 0.8mm white,

I appreciate you stopping by,

Celebrate card

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Annabelle Stamps, Challenges, Happy Birthday Cards

November 9, 2012

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Hello! Another Friday, another AnnaBelle Stamps challenge. This week is a sketch challenge. We would love you to play along.

I decided to rotate the sketch a quarter turn to the right. I came across this card by Kelly Rasmussen and I LOVED it…and so the inspiration for my card was born. I had to add the circle element in, so I decided to do some making and distress ink blending on the background to create sun rays. I am really happy with how it turned out.

I used the Shape it Up stamp set to create the dots on the bunting. I even pulled out my neglected sewing machine AND another first in a long time is glitter – to be honest I can’t stand the stuff – I hate how you wear it for days afterwards!! But I needed some extra shine on the card, so went for it!

Don’t forget that Andrea is now offering free digi stamps each month – you can find this month’s freebie here. The Deal of the Week this week (which starts on Friday and will run until the following Friday) is the Shape it Up stamp set which is 20% off for one week.

I’m entering this card in the Stitching & Sewing Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Shape it Up stamp set

Ink: Memento – Rose Bud, Sweet Plum, Versacolor – Lagoon Blue, Ranger Distress Ink – Seeded Mustard

Card: Hero Arts Layering Papers – Pool, Punch, Iris, Daffodil, Regal Craft card – square textured

Other Supplies: Mask It Film, Distress Ink blending tool, Carl Carft heart punch – small, sewing machine, Stardust Glitter, Sakura Quickie Glue pen

This week’s winner will receive a $10 Gift Voucher to the AnnaBelle Store. Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by,

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 at 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 $10.00 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 uplaod 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 🙂

A challenge

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Challenges, Happy Birthday Cards

October 13, 2012

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Today I made some time for me to just have a play! I recently received some new stamping goodies for my b’day…and I have been itching to ink them up. I also wanted to play along with a challenge – and the CASology Leaf Week #14 challenge caught my eye.

I don’t usually stamp images with distress inks (I usually prefer a more crisp stamped image), but I was just playing and came up with this and I quite liked the result for something different. I thought the distressed stamping added some nice detail to the leaves. I have used two of my new Paper Smooches sets – Reflections and Sentiment Sampler.

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches Reflections stamp set, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler stamp set

Ink: VersaFine – Onyx Black, Distress Inks – Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White cardstock

Other Supplies: Spellbinders Circle Nesties, Cuttlebug, Spellbinder tan rubber mat

I appreciate you stopping by,

AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop

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Annabelle Stamps, Challenges

October 12, 2012

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Hello and welcome to the latest blog hop for AnnaBelle Stamps. You should have arrived from the lovely Sue Kohler’s blog.

This month the Belles are showcasing the Round for Christmas stamp set. It isn’t a new set, but it does match the newly released Cuts By Design 3 dies. Gotta love matching dies!

For my first card I went very CAS and based it on a sketch from a new sketch challenge CAS(E) this Sketch #1. I just moved the sentiment!

After white heat embossing the images, I coloured them in with Prismacolors and a blending pencil. I added some scoring top and bottom.

And while I was at it, I thought I would make another similar card…this time with lots of white space…and with my new (to me) distress inks from the Summer Collection.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Round For Christmas stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Jewelled Christmas stamp set (sentiment on second card)

Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Distress Inks – Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn, Versafine – Onyx Black

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White cardstock, AnnaBelle Stamps Kraft cardstock

Other Supplies: Martha Stewart Score Board, AnnaBelle Stamps white embossing powder, heat tool, anti-static pillow, Prismacolor Pencils, Derwent Blending pencil, WRMK Corner Chomper

Now for a GIVEAWAY. In order to be in the running to win your very own ‘Round For Christmas’ Stamp set, you need to comment on all of the DT’s blog and then head back to the ABS blog and add your name to the inlinkz. You have until Sunday to enter.

Andrea also has a Deal of the Week – which is 20% off the Round for Christmas set (until next Friday).

Your next stop on the hop is Therese.

Thanks for stopping by,

Blog Hop Order

Marion <– you’re here!

Say it with…Lime, Mango and Orange

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Annabelle Stamps, Challenges, Copic markers

September 7, 2012

13 comments

Welcome to this week’s colour challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps. They are such bright, happy and summery colours don’t you think? Quite fitting for the warm breezy spring days that we have been having lately.

I made this mini card (7.5cm by 11cm) by first drawing a grid with lead pencil. I then stamped the small butterfly image from the Whimsy Flowers set repeatedly using the grid as a guide. When all the butterflies were stamped I coloured in the negative space around the images with 3 shades of Copic markers. I finished off the card by going over the grid lines with a felt pen and ruler. The result was a rather colourful and graphic looking pattern.

I have created this card for the Repetition Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Whimsy Flowers stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Shape it Up stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Versafine – Onyx Black

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White cardstock, Black card – brand unknown

Other Supplies: Copic Markers – YG03, Y17, YR68, Black felt pen, ruler

This week’s winner will receive a $10 Gift Voucher to the AnnaBelle Store. Hope you will find the time to play along. Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles projects – their links are on my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by,

About our challenges:
– We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm 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 $10.00 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 uplaod 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 🙂

Whooo’s Expecting?

Posted by marion

Challenges, Copic markers, Hero Arts

August 26, 2012

7 comments

I needed a quick card for a baby shower yesterday…so I went CAS and love how it turned out. I used the HA Playful Animals set and came up with my own sentiment. This one is a mini card.