Happy Friday Peeps!

For this week’s Friday Feature at AnnaBelle Stamps, the Belles are using the newly released stamp set Remember When. Andrea has discounted this set by 20% over the weekend.

This week I have made a set a mini note cards – 6 in total. They measure approximately 10.5cm by 7.5cm. My idea for this card came from the VERY talented Angeline Yong and her card here. She is a master at layered stamping, so I decided to give it a go in two different colour schemes.

And I even made a matching carry bag for the set which my 3.5 year old just adores! Little girls and their handbags!

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,

Hello. It’s time for another sketch challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.

I decided to try something a little different for me…I used pattern paper as the base. I thought it fit in with the tree image quite nicely. This stamp set is called Tree-MEN-dous, but I love making it feminine by adding flowers! Oh how I long for spring…I am so sick of winter!

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

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 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 $15.00 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 upload 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 🙂

I am back with another card for the Muse Card Club.

This week I wanted to do something a little different – so I have made a shaped card. I purchased a cute Sizzix Big Owl #2 die from a craft expo that I recently went to – and I love it! (Therese – I’ve finally used it!)

Maybe you will be inspired by making a shaped card or using an owl or some other bird on your project. It is totally up to you. I can’t wait to see how my card inspires you this week.

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 member’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.

Until next time,

The lovely Darnell has organised a surprise birthday extravaganza for Ardyth, who is celebrating her birthday today!

I have the pleasure of working with Ardyth on the Muse Card Club blog. I love Ardyth’s CAS cardmaking style and she always amazes me with her wonderful, and often clever, creations.

Happy birthday Ardyth. You do so much for the on-line card world – so now it our turn to do something special for you.

May your day be filled with fun, happiness and a little cake 🙂

Please head on over to Darnell’s blog and check out all the wonderful cards that have been made for Ardyth.

Until next time,

For this week’s Friday Feature at AnnaBelle Stamps, the Belles are showcasing the Backgrounds By Design Stamp sets. Go here to check them all out. Today I have used one of my favourites –  BBD set #5.

Andrea has 20% off all the Background By Design sets for the weekend until midnight Sunday (AEST). Use the discount code: ff009

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,

Hello. It is Friday again. This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we have a fun sketch challenge for you.

As you can see, I am still in Copic colouring mode – but this time I added in some gel pen to add more interest to the flowers. For the circle element I have embossed a circle using a circle nestie and an embossing mat. The flower centres are blobs of white enamel accents – love this stuff!

I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamps ‘Flower Power’ Challenge and also into the CASology challenge where the cue card is Bloom.

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

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 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 $15.00 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 upload 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 🙂