Happy Birthday Anita

Today I am taking part in wishing Anita, from My Papercraft World, a very happy belated birthday. She provides the blogging world with many gorgeous creations and now it is our turn to shower her with some love. Happy belated Birthday Anita ๐Ÿ™‚

Happiest of Days

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Thanks to Bev and Darnell for organising this birthday event. Please head to Darnell’s blog where the inlinkz button is, if you want to join in with the party.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Butterfly Sunshine stamp set

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White Cardstock

Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Versafine – Onyx Black

Other Supplies: Copic markers, AnnaBelle Stamps Blackcurrant sprinkles, Zig Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – clear, Glossy Accents (to adhere sprinkles), Patterned paper

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Hello. It’s time for another month long challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps…. and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Can you believe it?

I certainly can’t even get into Christmas mode as this week my family and I are moving, so I am up to my eyeballs in boxes and packing and to top it off I have a cold too! I will actually be taking a bit of a blogging break while we move – so things will be a little quiet here for a while. But the good news is that I hope to get a crafty space in our new house and not in the corner of our dining room!

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Not your traditional Christmas colours, but I had fun experimenting. I white heat embossed the wreath ontoย  blue card stock, then water coloured the leaves with Distress markers and a watercolour brush.

Merry Christmas Wreath

Merry Christmas Wreath - detail

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Holly branch stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Christmas Scene Baubles stamp set (sentiment and bows)

Ink: Versamark ink, Distress markers – Peeled Paint, Barn Door

Card: Hero Arts Folded Note cards – Snow and Powder

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps white embossing powder, anti-static bag, heat tool, foam dimensionals, AnnaBelle Stamps Cherry Sprinkles 3mm and 4mm, Glossy Accents (to adhere sprinkles)

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,
I’ll be back after the move! Wish me luck ๐Ÿ™‚
Marion

About our challenges:

  • We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
  • Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
  • All entries MUST include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main focal image, this can include our digi range which can be found here.
  • One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon! This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.
  • We will feature our Top 3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

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 upload your card to a image sharing site like Flickr and include a link to the challenge in your description.
  • 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.
  • You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
  • Only AnnaBelle images can be used as the main image.
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Friday Feature – AnnaBelle Stamps Printable Pages

Welcome to another Friday Feature at AnnaBelle Stamps. This week the Belles are showcasing the newly released Printable Pages 1 and 2. These are so easy….just print and colour!

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I decided to make a little Christmas scene – with snow and all. Very un-Australian…our Christmas’ are usually spent finding places to cool off! I wonder what a cold Christmas would be like? And snow – well I can count on one hand the number of times I have experienced snow – I think the novelty would wear off with me as I hate being cold. Give me a hot day, any day! But I am digressing…

Snow scene

I even used glitter! Another rarity for me. I think I wore glitter for the rest of the day ๐Ÿ™‚

Snow scene - detail

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Printable Pages, AnnaBelle Stamp #BBD5, AnnaBelle Stamps Jewelled Christmas Tree Stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: VersaFine – Smokey Grey

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock, Hero Arts Layering papers – Powder

Other Supplies: Glitter, AnnaBelle Stamps Chilli Sprinkles, Glossy Accents (to adhere sprinkles), Copic Markers, AnnaBelle Stamps white embossing powder, anti-static bag, heat tool

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects to see how they have used these sets – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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Friday Feature – Sentimental Bluebells

It’s Friday – Yay. This week at AnnaBelle Stamps the Belles are showcasing the set Sentimental Bluebells. This is a new set for me and I had fun playing with those sweet flower images.

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Happy Birthday bluebells

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Sentimental Bluebells stamp set

Ink:ย  VersaFine – Smokey Grey, Distress Ink – Scattered Straw

Card:ย  XPress-It Blending card Hero Arts folded notecards – Snow

Other Supplies: Copic markers, foam dimensionals, AnnaBelle Stamps hemp twine – 0.8mm, Zots glue dots, My Mind’s Eye – Be Amazing 6×6 patterned paper, Creative Placeย  Make and Create patterned 12 x 12 papers, Sponge dauber

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects to see how they have used this set – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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AnnaBelle September Sneak Peeks

Hope you are ready to see some sneak peeks of the stamps that will be released into the AnnaBelle Store this coming Friday. New stamps are always fun to play with ๐Ÿ™‚

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Today, Sue, Donna, Marcia and I, will be showing you some projects made with a new set called Scribble Scrabble 2 – In the Square.

Thanks for everything

Also some printable pages will be released – I made a cute little Christmas card with one of the images.

Joy to All

Be sure to stop by the ABS blogย  to see more peeks at the other sets and then a full reveal on Friday night at 8pm AEST with a DT blog hop and a chance to win the whole release.

Supplies

Card 1:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Scribble Scrabble 2 – In the Square Stamp set (soon to be released)

Ink: Hero Arts Inks – Green Hills, Pool, Tide Pool, Cornflower

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock, Hero Arts Folded Notecards – Azure, Cerulean

Other Supplies: None

Card 2:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps printable pages (soon to be released), AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#5

Ink: Hero Arts Inks – Pale Tomato

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock

Other Supplies: Echo Park 6×6 patterned paper, Copic markers, foam dimensionals, small gems (brand unknown), Glossy Accents (to adhere gems), Black felt marker

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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Friday Feature

It’s Friday…and I’m on holidays! School is out for 2 weeks! Yee Haa!

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For this week’s Friday Feature, the Belles are using the recently released stamp set Beside the Sea.

Happy Birthday

I stamped the image and then coloured it with Copics. I even decorated a matching envelope. This is a mini card measuring 10cm by 10cms.

Happy Birthday and envelope

Can you believe that even though I live beside the sea, I had to Google the colours for a seagull? I see these guys all the time looking for free food! My daughter loves to chase them ๐Ÿ™‚

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Beside the Sea stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#5 Stamp set

Ink: Hero Arts inks – Pool, VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Ink – Tuxedo Black

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock, Hero Arts folded notecards – Azure

Other Supplies: Copic markers, Memento fine black marker, foam dimensionals

Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects to see how they have used this set – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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