AnnaBelle Sketch Challenge

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Annabelle Stamps

June 29, 2012

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Welcome back! Friday has rolled around again, so it is time for another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps. Being the end of the month, means we have a sketch challenge. Quite an easy one…with so many possibilities!

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Today I used one of the new dies that is now selling in the store – Cuts by Design – Shapes 1. I also used two little flowers from the Stemmed Flowers set and with a little bit of masking, I created a flowery label. I coloured them in with Copics.

To add a little texture to the card, I embossed a pattern using my scoreboard (again!). The central panel is popped up with dimensionals.

Supplies

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

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Verscolor – Green Tea, Versafine – Onyx Black, Distress Marker – Peeled Paint (detail on leaves)

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps pre-cut smooth white cards

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps – Cuts by Design – Shapes 1, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, AnnaBelle Stamps satin ribbon – Moss, Copic Markers (YR31, Y32, YR65, YR68, R29), Martha Stewart scoreboard, Mask-It film, Tombow adhesive, AnnaBelle Stamps 4mm Sprinkles – Icicle

Hope you can find the time to play along with us. This week the winner will receive the Lil Bee’s Big Flowers stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects. Their links are on my sidebar. And don’t forget that Andrea is giving away a Spillbinder’s Grand Calibur. Click on the blinkie on my sidebar to see how it could be you.

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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Say it with…

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Annabelle Stamps

June 22, 2012

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Hi…time for another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps. Quite a tricky colour combo this week.

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I had to hunt through my card stock to match the colours (as I don’t have a grey ink!) In the end I came up with the following 2 cards.

To continue on with the grey theme, I used silver embossing powder for the sentiments. I also added Glossy Accents to the little heart on the second card.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Fanciful Flowers stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds stamp set (sentiment on 2nd card)

Ink: Versamark watermark ink

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps pre-cut smooth white cards , Bazzill cardstock – light grey, dark grey, green and blue (not sure of the correct colour names!)

Other Supplies: Silver embossing powder, heat tool, anti static pillow, Carl Craft punch – small and medium heart, Glossy Accents, foam dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects. Their links are on my sidebar. And don’t forget that Andrea is giving away a Spillbinder’s Grand Calibur. Click on the blinkie on my sidebar to see how it could be you.

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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Say it with…Paper Piecing

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Annabelle Stamps, Distress inks

June 15, 2012

12 comments

Friday has rolled around again, so that means another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps. This week is a fun one…who doesn’t love a paper piecing challenge?

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Today the Belles are giving you a peek at some new AnnaBelle stamps that are being officially released into the store this afternoon at 4pm (AEST). Be sure to head to the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog at 4pm for the full release AND for a give away!! In the meantime you’ll just have to check out the Belle’s creations for some hints.

I have created a little scene today, masking off everything outside the circle using Mask It.

The kite is covered in Glossy Accents to give it a little shine…but it doesn’t show in the photo very well. I added some simple Copic shading to the trees and grass. I probably should have added some to the kite, but only thought of that now!

For this one I put the sentiment inside the card…something I never seem to do. Don’t know why really!

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Tomorrow’s Dream stamp set

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Distress Inks – Broken China, Faded Jeans, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Versacolor – Green Tea, Memento ink – Danube Blue

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps pre-cut smooth white cards – square

Other Supplies: Blending tool, Mask It, Copic Markers, Spellbinders circle die – Standard circles small, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, My Mind’s Eye paper – Lost and Found (Kite), Kaisercraft paper (trees), Brand unknown patterned paper (clouds), Glossy Accents, Mask It

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects. Their links are on my sidebar. And don’t forget to head to the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog at 4pm for the full release and a giveaway!

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…Plum, Blue and Raspberry

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Annabelle Stamps, Distress inks

June 8, 2012

14 comments

Hello there crafty friends,

I am so glad that it is Friday! Not only because it is time for another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps, but because I can say that I have FINALLY finished writing my school reports! Yay!

Anyway, onto this week’s challenge…a colour challenge.

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I used a circle punch to create a mask for the moon and then I got distressing with a variety of distress ink colours. I used the All Things Grow stamp set for the grass. To give the moon some dimension I used two subtle grey shades of Copic markers. I couldn’t think what to do with the sentiment, so I took my hubby’s advice and didn’t put one on.

And did you get a chance to see Venus travel between Earth and the sun this week? I wanted to show you a very cool photo that my brother-in-law Kirk took. (Maybe this is where some of my inspiration for my card came from!)

How awesome is that? I can’t believe how BIG the sun is. Thanks Kirk for letting me share your photo. You can check out his blog here.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps All Things Grow stamp set

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Distress Inks – Broken China, Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick

Card: Regal Craft Card – white square textured, X-Press It Blending card

Other Supplies: Blending tool, Mask It, Carl Craft circle punch, Copic Markers

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…paper piercing

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Annabelle Stamps

June 1, 2012

6 comments

Hey there,

Glad that you could join me for another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps. Today is a bitter sweet day, as today is Jess‘ last day on the AnnaBelle DT. Jess has such an eye for CAS cards and she always embraces white space so naturally. It has been fun getting to know Jess and I wish her all the best.

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Paper piercing is something I like to do from time to time – usually as a border. I was hoping to be a little more creative than piercing a border, but my time is very limited at the moment and my creative juices are low (I can blame report writing at school) – so I went for a border.

I used a MFT Chevron Stripes die to create the background and then heat embossed the bird cage over the top. Pretty simple really. I have few more ideas for this die floating around in my head, so no doubt you’ll be seeing more of it in the future (when my reports are finished!)

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Garden Silhouette Stamp Set (sentiment)

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black

Card: Tag – white, Hero Arts Layering Paper

Other Supplies:  Tim Holtz ruler, paper piercer tool, foam piercing mat, MFT Chevron Stripes die, Cuttlebug, black felt pen, Marbig adhesive tap runner, AnnaBelle Stamps 0.8mm twine – white, Twill ribbon, Heat tool, AnnaBelle Stamps clear embossing powder – Hi gloss

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects. Their links are on my sidebar. Be sure to drop by Jess’ blog and leave her some extra special love as well.

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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AnnaBelle Sketch Challenge: ABSC050

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Annabelle Stamps

May 25, 2012

10 comments

Wow…where has this last week gone? My has been super busy! We took the kids to my parent’s farm for a relaxing 5 days – but it has been a bit hectic catching up on everything since being back.

Anyway, hope you are ready for another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps. This week is a sketch challenge.

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I must admit that this card doesn’t feel like a ‘me’ card – but it is nice to try something different now and again. I did have fun colouring in Lil’ Molly with Distress markers – they are awesome. I tend to shy away from images that have hair and skin as I am just not that good at colouring them in…but I guess practice makes perfect!

I pretty much kept to the sketch this time.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Lil Molly’s Flowers stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Dotted Flowers Stamp Set (sentiment)

Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Markers

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Pre-cut smooth white cards

Other Supplies:  Zig Watercolour pen, Acquarello watercolour paper, Foam dimensionals, My Mind’s Eye – Lost and Found patterned paper, AnnaBelle Stamps 4mm Sprinkles – Icicles, Tombow adhesive, Tim Holtz ruler, paper piercer tool, foam piercing mat, 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. Hope that you will find some time to play along.

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