AnnaBelle Sketch Challenge #52

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Annabelle Stamps, Christmas Cards

July 27, 2012

13 comments

It is the last Friday of the month, so that means a sketch challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.

Hope you can play along with us, as the winner will receive the Christmas Scene Bauble stamp set. This is the stamp set I have used today as well as the Holly Branch Stamp set for the sentiment.

I kept things pretty simple with heat embossing onto kraft. I did a little bit if masking and to add some colour I used some 3mm Chilli sprinkles. I used a neutral Gray Copic marker to go around the outside of the baubles for some subtle definition.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Christmas Scene Bauble stamp set, AnnaBelle Stampa Holly Branch Stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: Versamark watermark ink

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps kraft cardstock

Other Supplies: Mask It film, AnnaBelle Stamps Opaque white embossing powder, heat tool, anti-static pillow, Tombow adhesive, AnnaBelle Stamps 3mm sprinkles – Chilli, Signo uniball gel pen – white, Copic marker – NO, 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 🙂
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Flower bird garden

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Annabelle Stamps, Challenges, Hero Arts, Online card class

July 21, 2012

27 comments

So I have another card to share with you based on Day 11 (using reverse stamps) from the Stretch Your Stamps class over at Online Card Classes. Super fun! I only own 2 reverse stamps – so my choice was rather easy. I stamped the image in VersaFine Onyx Black ink and then coloured in the flowers and birds with Prismacolor pencils. Simple. To make the flowers pop more, I went around the outside of every image with a sharp black Prisma pencil.

I am entering this into the current CAS-uals Friday challenge CFC062 – Back in Black and also over at CASology where the cue card for Week #2 is Happy (ie; Happy Birthday).

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Flower Bird Garden stamp (CG270), AnnaBelle Stamps Fanciful Flowers Stamp set

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black

Card: Black card stock, AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white cardstock

Other Supplies: Fiskars stamp press, vellum, American Crafts embossing powder – black, heat tool, anti static pillow

Until next time,

Marion

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Say it With…Christmas!

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Annabelle Stamps, Christmas Cards

July 20, 2012

10 comments

Happy Friday to you my friends. Have you seen that AnnaBelle Stamps is getting the Stamp of Approval over in the Moxie Fab World this week? Make sure you check it out here.

Hope you are in a festive mood, because this week we are saying it with Christmas. We all have to make a head start on those Christmas cards (that will sneak up on us and be here before we know it!)

This week all the Belles are using the stamp set Gifted Swirls, which will also be the prize this week. I have made a simple one layer card with the help of some masking. I coloured in the stamped image with a distress marker and added the buttons for a pop of colour.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Gifted Swirls Stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Jewelled Tree stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: VersaFine – Onyx Black, Distress ink – Crushed Olive, Shabby Shutters, Peel Paint, Distress Marker – Black soot, Versacolor ink – Tea Green, Bamboo

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps pre-cut smooth white cards

Other Supplies: American Crafts Elements buttons – Daydream Assortment, Mask It film, blending tool, Glossy Accents (to adhere buttons), AnnaBelle Stamps twine 0.8mm – white

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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Say it with…red, green and white

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Annabelle Stamps, Challenges

July 13, 2012

14 comments

Happy Friday to you!

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we are saying it with red, green and white…very festive colours aren’t they?

But alas, I don’t have a festive card for you – but rather a card that is showcasing a new stamp that is being released into the store today called ‘A Beautiful Day’. Cute isn’t she?

My card today highlights a very small portion of this cute stamp…just showing you an example of how you can be creative with your stamps.

If you would like to get inky with this cute stamp, you could be a lucky winner. A Beautiful Day is the prize for this week’s challenge, but if you drop by the AnnaBelle blog at 4pm (AEST) today, you could also be in the running to win this stamp set.

I am entering this into the current Stamp It! Cards The Hello Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps ‘A Beautiful Day’ Stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps ‘Squared Posies’ stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: VersaFine – Onyx Black

Card: Regal Craft Card – squared textured

Other Supplies: Copic Markers, Distress Marker – Black Soot, Martha Stewart Scoreboard, Tombow adhesive

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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Video Tutorial – Scoreboard Embossing

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Annabelle Stamps, Video tutorial

July 10, 2012

5 comments

Hi everyone,

Today I have another video to share with you for AnnaBelle Stamps. Recently I have had a few emails and comments asking how I have created borders using my scoreboard (like on this card), so I thought I would show you. It really is very simple!

To view the video, head over to the AnnaBelles’s Stamp, Embellish, Create site and click on the link (you don’t need to be a member to view the video – but we would love you to join our little community if you like – its free!)

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers” Stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps “Stemmed Flowers” stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps “Fanciful Flowers” stamp set

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Bamboo, Orchid

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps smooth white card stock

Other Supplies:  Crate Paper 6×6 patterned paper – Pretty Party, foam dimensionals, My Favorite Things die – Notebook Edge, Cuttlebug, Mini craft peg, Tombow Adhesive, Martha Stewart Scoreboard, Scoring Stylus, AnnaBelle Stamps 3mm pearls

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find the time to give this technique a try. If you do create something using this technique, leave me a comment and I’d love to come and see it.

Marion

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Say it with…snowflakes

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Annabelle Stamps

July 6, 2012

7 comments

Hi guys,

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we are embracing winter and are saying it with snowflakes. Even though it doesn’t snow where I live – snow is such an amazing and fascinating creation. Check out this site to see some awesome images of real snowflakes under a microscope. Wow! How creative is God?

(Tag aco78)

For today’s project all the Belles are using the set Gifted Swirls – which also happens to the prize for this week. It is a great Christmas set, but can also be used for non-Christmas cards or projects like mine.

And what is inside I hear you ask? Well when I think of cold wintry weather (like we had here yesterday), I think of chocolate…it always warms my heart!

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Gifted Swirls Stamp set

Ink: Distress Inks – Broken China

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps pre-cut smooth white cards (cut to size), Bazzill card – dark blue,

Other Supplies: Blending tool, AnnaBelle Stamps Clear Hi-Gloss embossing powder, heat gun, Spellbinders circle die – Standard circles small, Cuttlebug, Carl Craft circle punch, Memory Box – Tessatina Border die, AnnaBelle 3mm sprinkles – metallic, Tombow adhesive, Saddle stitch ribbon – dark blue, chocolate (yummo).

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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