Friday Feature – Easter Blessings

It is hard to believe that Easter is fast approaching. This month at AnnaBelle Stamps the Belles have been showcasing the Easter Blessings stamp set.

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Today I have made a simple tag for a bag of choccies, that will be given to my son’s teacher as an end of term gift (2 weeks to go!)

Easter Blessings | Marion Vagg

You can see the sparkly Wink of Stella brush pen around the border. I coloured the image with Copics.

Easter Blessings tag | Marion Vagg

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Easter Blessings stamp set Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock Other Supplies: Copic Markers, Papertrey Ink tag die, Cuttlebug, Zig Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – clear, Educational supplies – Blue party bag
Be sure to check out the Kylie’s card using this stamp set. The link to her blog is my side bar.

Until next time,

Marion

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Textural Effects

I’m back with my last card for the online card class – Clean and Simple Card making 3.

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I have created another one layer card, concentrating on adding texture with an embossing folder (and using a die as a diffuser) as shown by Julie Ebersole on Day 9. I also decided to give Dawn Woleslagle’s creative colouring technique a go as shown on Day 8. After stamping the floral image, I used a Copic O Blender pen to ‘watercolour’ the image. It is a really cool effect.

Happy Birthday Flower | Marion Vagg

Supplies

Stamps: Avery Elle ‘Thanks a Bunch’ Stamp set

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock

Ink: Hero Arts inks – Bubblegum, Raspberry Jam, Field Greens, Green Hills, VersaFine – Smokey Grey

Other Supplies: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder – Victoria, Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 3 die, Cuttlebug, Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – clear, Copic Marker – Blender Pen

It has been so overcast here and has rained non-stop for 2 days. I’m about to build an ark I think!
Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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Enjoying some Masking

I’m back with another card for the online card class – Clean and Simple Card making 3.

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Today I cut some stars out of some masking paper and then used the negative space as a mask. Then I clear heat embossed the Hero Arts Flower Dot pattern before blending in a rainbow of colours. Happy and bright and a one layer card ๐Ÿ™‚

Enjoy|Marion Vagg

It’s hard to tell, but I covered the colourful stars in some clear Wink of Stella brush glitter pen.

Enjoy - Detail | Marion Vagg

I’m also entering this into the Hero Arts Birthday Challenge making a rainbow birthday card.

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Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Flower Dot Pattern Stamp, Hero Arts Live and Laugh Stamp set (sentiment), Hero Arts Three Trees (star)

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White Cardstock

Ink: VersaFine – Onyx Black, Distress Ink – Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn

Other Supplies: MFT Star Stax dies, Cuttlebug, Hero Arts Clear embossing powder, Heat tool, Anti-static pillow, Inkadinkadoo Masking paper, Sponge daubers, Zig Wink of Stella brush glitter pen – clear

For those of you taking the class, hopefully you are enjoying it as much as I am.

I’ll be back soon,

Marion

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You Make Me Smile @ Muse

Welcome to another week at the Muse Card Club. This week, I was in the mood for a rainbow of colours – we have had lots of rain the past few days so maybe that has influenced me ๐Ÿ™‚

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You amaze me

I stacked up the ‘You’ diecut from Simon Says Stamp (about 6 of them) to add a little dimension. Seems to be a popular technique right now.

You amaze me - detail

Here are some of the guidelines if you are unfamiliar with how Muse works.

  • Use the Muse card as inspiration, explain your interpretation and link back to Muse.
  • Provide supportive comments to at least 3 of your fellow memberโ€™s submissions.
  • Vote for 3 of your fellow member’s submissions that you find inspiring, once voting opens.

For the full challenge guidelines go here.

Supplies

Stamps: Mama Elephant Modern Borders stamp set, Simon Says Stamp Expressions of You stamp set

Ink: VersaFine – Onyx Black, Hero Arts inks – Raspberry Jam, Bubblegum, Butterbar, Tide, Field Green, PoolCard: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White cardstock, Bazzill cardstock – black

Other Supplies: Simon Says Stamp ‘You’ die, Cuttlebug, MME Firsts Enamel Dots – Unforgettable, Wink of Stella pen – clear

Hope you can find some time to play along this week,

Marion

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New monthly challenge at Annabelle Stamps

It is time for a new challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps and we are getting in the mood for a little bit of love ๐Ÿ™‚

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I’ve made another window card…Because

…with a love heart centre thanks to a little bit of masking.

Because - inside

And I added a little bit of Wink of Stella to the flowers for some subtle shimmer (yes I caved and bought one….nothing like jumping on the bandwagon :))

Because - detail

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#5, AnnaBelle Stamps Stemmed Flowers, AnnaBelle Stamps Jewelled Tree (dots), AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds (sentiment)

Ink: Hero Arts – Bubblegum, Pale Tomato, Butterbar, Green Hills, Pool, VersaFine – Onyx Black

Card: Hero Arts notecards – Cerulean

Other Supplies: MFT Heart Stax dies, Cuttlebug, Inkadinkadoo Masking paper, Wink of Stella pen (clear)

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

Hope that you will find some time to play along.

Until next time,

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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An Owl for Jarrah

I needed a gift for a friend who recently had a baby boy. I decided to make a personalised picture to hang in his room. I had fun making this project and I love how it turned out.

Owl for Jarrah

Supplies

Stamps: None

Ink: Distress Ink – Walnut Stain

Card: Neenah Solar white card stock

Other Supplies: Sizzix Big Owl #2 die, Die-Namics High Rise Alphabet lower case, Cuttlebug, Foam dimensionals, White Frame, Creative Pl – Make and Create 12 x 12 paper pack, Echo Park – 6 x 6 Dots and Stripes Paper pack, Blending Pool

Thanks for visiting,

Marion

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