Sweet Lil’ Ladybug

Hello and welcome to another AnnaBelle Stamps Friday Feature Blog Hop. You should have arrived from Kylie’s lovely blog.

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Today, the Belles are showcasing Sprinkles. What are sprinkles? Well, they are gorgeous little gem stones that come a a variety of colours and sizes. Go here to check them out.

What I love about sprinkles is that they don’t come with adhesive on the back…I use either Glossy Accents or Tombow Mono Multi glue to adhere them to my projects. (I never trust the adhesive that comes on the back of other brand gem stones and I will always add glue anyway).

Today I have used the blackcurrant sprinkles to add dots to my sweet lil’ ladybird card. Cute huh? This is quite a small card, measuring approximately 11cm by 9cm. I got the idea for this card here.

Lil' ladybug

Lil' ladybug - detail

 

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#3

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Card: Black Bazzill, Red – Brand unknown

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps Sprinkles – 4mm Blackcurrant, Tombow adhesive, Spellbinders circle dies, Cuttlebug, Google eyes, Carl Craft punch – Spiral , Martha Stewart scoreboard

Now for a GIVEAWAY. If you would like to win $25 worth of AnnaBelle Sprinkles, 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 8pm (Australian EST) to enter.

Also ALL sprinkles are discounted by 20% when using the discount code ‘sprinkles20’. This offer is for the weekend only!

Your next stop on the hop is awesome Therese.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

Blog Hop Order

ABS blog

Andrea

Sue

Kylie

Marion <– you’re here!

Therese

ABS Blog

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Video Tutorial – Spring Stationery Set

Happy Tuesday everyone,

Today I have a video to share with you for AnnaBelle Stamps on creating your own stationery set. Spring is no longer in the air here in Australia where I live, but I wanted to hang on to its memory for a little longer, so I used lots of flowers and fresh spring colours. Here is a look at the finished product and to view the video head on over to the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog.

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Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Stemmed Flowers Stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds Stamp set (leaves)

Ink: Memento – Lady Bug, Tangelo, Dandelion, Cantaloupe, Bamboo Leaves

Paper: Techno  Paper- White Ripple Bond A4 90gsm

Other Supplies: Mask-It film, WRMK Corner Chomper

Thanks for stopping by,

Until next time,

Marion

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Elegant Tags

Hello and welcome back to another AnnaBelle Stamps challenge. This week we are saying it with black and white.

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Such an elegant colour combo – perfect for a set of simple tags. My inspiration came from this picture I found on Pinterest.

Give thanks pinterest pic

I originally made the black tags (white heat embossing the images), then wondered what the opposite would look like. For this I stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black and the clear heat embossed over the top. I do like the black tags better.

Sister Tag

Friend Tag

Mum Tag

Niece Tag

All the sentiments are from the Designer Flower Stamp set – there are other names in the set as well – Mom, Nan, Grandma and Aunt. Perfect for the special women in your life.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Designer Flower Stamp set (sentiments), AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds tamp set (leaves), AnnaBelle Stamps Stemmed Flowers Stamp set (little flower).

Ink: Versamark Watermark ink, VersaFine – Onyx Black

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock, Striped Black cardstock – brand unknown

Other Supplies: Hero Arts Long and Cute Tags die, Cuttlebug, AnnaBelle Stamps White embossing powder, AnnaBelle Stamp clear embossing powder, AnnaBelle Stamps 0.8mm twine – white, hole punch

This challenge will run for 2 weeks and the winner will receive a $15 Gift Voucher to the AnnaBelle Store. Hope you will play along with us. Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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 🙂
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Sketch challenge time…

Hello and welcome back to another AnnaBelle Stamps sketch challenge.

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Here’s my take on the sketch. I masked off an area and stamped the lines in various colours before adding the hearts and the sentiment.

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Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#7 stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Squared Posies stamp set (Sentiment)

Ink: Memento Inks – Tangelo, Lady bug, Dandelion, VersaFine – Smokey Gray, Distress Inks – Picked Raspberry, Distress Markers – Pumice Stone

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock

Other Supplies: MFT Hearts-a-Plenty die, Cuttlebug, Foam dimensionals, Eclipse marking tape

This challenge will run for 2 weeks and the winner will receive a $15 Gift Voucher to the AnnaBelle Store. Hope you will play along with us. Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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 🙂
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AnnaBelle Stamps Friday Feature Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to AnnaBelle Stamps Friday Feature Blog Hop. You should have arrived from Kylie’s blog.

Today, the Belles are showcasing the Squared Posies Stamp set – an older set, but a good one. I have made a Mother’s Day card, creating a soft palette by  water colouring with Distress Markers onto watercolour paper. To finish the card, I scored some lines around the outside with a scoreboard. I think my Mum will love it – she loves blue.

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day detail

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Squared Posies stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Designer Flowers Stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: Distress Markers – Worn Lipstick, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Versamark watermark ink

Card: Hero Arts Folded note cards – Cerulean, Simon Says Stamp watercolour paper

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps embossing powder – Opaque White, heat tool, anti-static pillow, Martha Stewart Score board, scoring stylus, foam dimensionals, watercolour pen

Now for a GIVEAWAY. If you would like to win the Squared Posies Friday Feature set, 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 8pm (Australian EST) to enter.

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Also ALL flower sets are discounted by 20% when using the discount code ‘flowers’.  This offer will run for a week!

Your next stop on the hop is the AMAZING Therese.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

Blog Hop Order

ABS blog

Andrea

Sue

Kylie

Marion <– you’re here!

Therese

ABS Blog

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Say it with Watermelon, Waterfall and Blueberry

Hello and welcome back to another AnnaBelle Stamps challenge. This week we have a colour challenge for you.

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I found this colour combo quite tricky as I don’t own a watermelon coloured ink. In the end I found some watermelon coloured patterned paper.

Bunting

I made the bunting using the centre circles from the new Designer Flowers die (I just cut them in half). I sponged on the clouds and the bird is from this stamp set called A Beautiful Day. The gingham background I made from this background set. I used the second one from the bottom, just stamped it both ways.

I think this card has a very country – quilt feel to it.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#7 stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Designer Flowers stamp set (sentiment), AnnaBelle Stamps A Beautiful Day Stamp set

Ink: Memento Inks – Summer Sky, VersaFine – Onyx Black

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock, Bazzill – Light blue, Dark Blue

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps Designer Flowers die, Cuttlebug,  AnnaBelle Stamps 3mm pearls, Sponge dauber, Echo Park 6×6 Paper pad – This and That

This challenge will run for 2 weeks and the winner will receive a $15 Gift Voucher to the AnnaBelle Store. Hope you will play along with us. Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles’ projects – their links are on my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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 🙂
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