Happy Birthday Favours

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Annabelle Stamps

August 24, 2012

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Welcome to another week at AnnaBelle Stamps. We have a fun challenge for you…Say it with Spots, Dots and Anything Round!

I decided to take a different angle for this challenge….my round things are M&M’s. I found these really cool cellophane treat bags on Ebay (after being inspired by my fellow Belle Kylie) and decided to give them a try. So much fun. I used the Shapes 1 die and the coordinating stamp set Boy’s Party to create the favour topper. The sentiment is from the Shape it Up stamp set.

I plan on making a ton of these for my son’s birthday in December to give to his classmates – I’ll just change up the sentiment – personalising it with each child’s name.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Shape it Up stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Boy’s Party stamp set

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Memento – Blue Danube, Tuxedo Black, Versacolor – Camellia

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White cardstock, Hero Arts layering papers (green and orange)

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps Cuts By Design – Shapes 1 die, Tall Cellophane Bags, foam diemensionals, M&M’s (Let’s just say a few M & M’s were harmed in the making of this project!), Copic Markers

Hope you will find the time to play along. The winner will receive the Lil’ Monster’s Balloon stamp set. Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles projects – their links are on my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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 🙂
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AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop

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Annabelle Stamps, Happy Birthday Cards

August 17, 2012

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Welcome to the latest stamp release blog hop for AnnaBelle Stamps. You should have arrived from the lovely Sue Kohler’s blog.

Today the stamp set ‘Shape it up’ is being released into the store.

It coordinates with the Cuts By Design Shapes 1 dies.

I decided to make a birthday party set – a mini card, a favour box and a cupcake topper (I couldn’t find any cupcakes – so I used Ginger Kisses instead! I love them!)

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Shape it Up stamp set

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Cyan

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Smooth White cardstock, American Crafts Swiss Dots Card stock – Light blue, Bazzill Card – navy blue

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps Cuts By Design – Shapes 1 die, PTI Favor It Box 1 die, Cuttlebug, foam dimensional, paper roses (brand unknown) – pink, BBQ skewer, Ginger Kisses

Now for a GIVEAWAY. In order to be in the running to win your very own ‘Shape it Up’ 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.

Your next stop on the hop is my very talented blogging buddy Therese. No doubt she will have some eye candy for us all!

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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Say it in…Shades of Blue

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Annabelle Stamps

August 17, 2012

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Friday already? Where has the week gone? Hope yours has been great as mine has been somewhat hectic!

Today the Belles are welcoming another talented lady to the DT and it is Gayatri Murali. Welcome Gayatri. Hope that you will stop by her blog and leave her some love.

Now this week’s challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps is another fun one…shades of blue!

Today the Belles are showing you a sneak peek of a new stamp set that will be officially released this afternoon (at 4pm AEST) and it will also be the prize for this week’s challenge – you will just have to wait until this afternoon for the full reveal.

My card is one that is inspired by this card (5th card down) by Laura Bassen that I have had pinned for ages. I added some distressing to the layers.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Shape it Up stamp set

Ink: Memento Ink – Danube Blue

Card: Regal Craft card – textured, Bazzill Card – various shades of blue from my stash.

Other Supplies: Paper distresser

I will be back this afternoon with the full reveal of the new stamp set and another card and a DT Blog hop. See you then.

Marion

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 🙂
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Say it with…colours on kraft

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Annabelle Stamps

August 10, 2012

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Hey ho there! This week’s challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps is awesome! I just love the look of colours on kraft. Hope you can find some time to join us.

The winner of this week’s challenge will win the Lil Monster’s Balloon stamp set which is the one I have used today. (And did you know he now has a co-ordinating die?) I stamped the image in VersaFine black ink and then coloured heavily onto kraft card stock. I always use a blending pencil when blending colours (mine happens to be a Derwent one).

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Lil Monster’s Balloon stamp set

Ink: VersaFine – Onyx Black

Card: Kraft card stock, Bazzill linen card stock – pink

Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils (I haven’t listed the colours I have used…as I used about 20 different colours), Derwent blending pencil, AnnaBelle Stamps 0.8mm natural hemp twine, AnnaBelle Stamps stain ribbon – Hot Pink 16mm

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects. Their links are on my sidebar.

Until next time,

Marion

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 🙂
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Hello birdie!

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Annabelle Stamps, Challenges

August 5, 2012

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Popping in really quickly with a card for a couple of challenges. I am entering this card into the current CAS-uals Friday challenge CFC064 – On cloud 9 (with things you would see in the sky) and also the CASology challenge blog where the cue card is Bird.

This card has a few firsts for me – this is my first play ever with washi tape and secondly this card only took me about 15 mins to make from start to finish – which is sooooo rare for me. I had an idea and went with it.

Supplies

Stamps:  AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds Stamp set

Ink: Versacolor – orange

Card: Regal craft card – white textured (DL card cut down)

Other Supplies: Thickers, washi tape, Prismacolor pencils (to add subtle shading to the bird), tombow adhesive

Thanks for dropping by,

Marion

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Say it with…a colour challenge

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Annabelle Stamps

August 3, 2012

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It is Friday! So that means an AnnaBelle Stamps challenge.

Before I get to the challenge today, we are saying goodbye to Patti one of the DT Belles. Patti has been a ray of sunshine on the Design Team and she and her projects will be missed. Make sure you pop on by her blog and leave her some love.

For today’s card, I decided to try the acrylic block stamping technique that Andrea showed this week. I used 3 colours of distress markers and coloured directly onto my acrylic block, spritzed heavily with water and stamped onto watercolour paper. I then dabbed off the excess ink. The flower stems are from the Dotted Flowers stamp set and the flowers are from the Stemmed Flowers stamp set…it is fun to mix and match sometimes.

I did two different version…well, because I could!

The winner of this week’s challenge with win the Dotted Flowers stamp set. Hope you can play along with us.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Dotted Flowers stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Stemmed Flowers stamp set

Ink: VersaFine – Onyx Black, Distress Markers – Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Antique Linen

Card:Aquarello watercolour paper 300gsm

Other Supplies: Acrylic block, spray mister with water, AnnaBelle metallic sprinkles, WRMK corner chomper

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects. Their links are on my sidebar.

Until next time,

Marion

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 🙂
Read More