Welcome to another AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop. You should have arrived from Patti’s blog. If you want to start the hop from the beginning, hop on over to the AnnaBelle Stamps blog.
Today Andrea is releasing 4 new stamp sets into the store! How exciting! Three Christmas sets and a Backgrounds by Design set (which I am TOTALLY in love with!). Head on over to the ABS blog to check out all the new goodies!

Today the Belles are showcasing the just-released “Round for Christmas” stamp set.

I am entering this card into the Bling Challenge at Lily Pad Cards – I have used lots of AnnaBelle Cherry Sprinkles on this one.

And because I love it so much, I included some music in the background from the Backgrounds by Design 6 set. The baubles are covered in glossy accents to make them shine and fit into my circle punch beautifully!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Round for Christmas” and “Backgrounds by Design 6” stamp sets
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Bark, Bamboo, Peony, Lagoon Blue, Distress Inks – Scattered Straw, Old Paper
Card: X-Press It Blending card, Regal Craft card – Eucalyptus, white
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils, DMC thread – white, sponge dauber, Blending tool, AnnaBelle Stamps Cherry Sprinkles – 3mm, 4mm and 5mm, Zots glue dots – small, Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz ruler, paper piercer, Sizzix Sizzlits die – Flowers Branches and Leaves, Carl Craft circle punch, ribbon from my stash – cream, Spellbinders Nesties – label 4, Cuttlebug

Thanks for stopping by…and now you are hopping over to the AnnaBelle Blog. Don’t forget to add your name to the inlinkz below for your chance to win this fabulous stamp set! And not only that, but Andrea has a fabulous deal on offer – “buy all three new Christmas sets released today and receive free postage. Simply key in the code – octfree – at checkout!” How cool is that?

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It’s Friday so that means it is time for another challenge at AnnaBelles’s …this week is a sketch challenge.

The flowers and the background script have been clear embossed and then covered with distress inks. I spritzed the flowers with pearlised water, so in real life they have a slight shimmer. The background script is from a soon-to-be-released set…I couldn’t resist using it as it is so beautiful!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Whimsy Flowers“, AnnaBelle Stamps “BBD6” (soon to be released)
Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Distress Inks –  Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, Broken China, Barn Door
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured DL fold),  X-Press It blending card
Other Supplies: Annabelle’s Sprinkles – 6mm Cherry, AnnaBelle’s DF white satin ribbon, American Crafts clear embossing powder, heat gun,  foam dimensionals, ink blending tool, Perfect Pearls, mini mister, Creative Memories circle cutters

Thanks for dropping by…hope that you can join in and play along – the winner will receive a $15 Gift voucher to the store. Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT have created – especially Stephanie’s card as sadly it is her last day on the Belle Design Team. It has been great working alongside such a talented lady and I wish her all the best.

 
Until next time,

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This week’s challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps is to make a male card…and oh boy, was it a challenge for me! Me and male cards just don’t seem to mix however I did manage to create something after lots of paper shuffling. I paired it with the sketch challenge over at Lily Pad Cards.

I heat embossed a background stamp in white, then rubbed over with 3 different inks (it didn’t pick up in the photo – but there are 3 shades of blue on the panel). I thought it looked like pressed metal (very manly) and the spiral is my own little creations made from black craft wire. It is my attempt at a manly embellishment – a coil, a cog…something along those lines.

It is a b’day card for my hubby for next week from the kids….and he gave it his seal of approval…so it must be OK!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Background by Design 3”
Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Versacolor – Atlantic, Cyan, Lagoon, Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold)
Other Supplies: American Crafts white embossing powder, heat gun, AnnaBelle Natural cotton twine, sponge dauber, Thickers – Fabric stickers, Weave Extras teeny tiny letter stickers, black craft wire

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out some more man-li-ness from the rest of the DT. Their links are in my side bar. Hope you can play along!

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Just popping in quickly with my entry into the current CAS-ual Fridays challenge. I just had to enter as I LOVE to make mini cards and also AnnaBelle stamps is the sponsor this week!

I couldn’t stop at one, so I made 4 – all using AnnaBelle stamp sets. They each measure 10cm by 7.5cm, so they are mini, mini cards. Great to have on hand to pop someone a little note or attach to a bunch of flowers. They each have a matching envelope. I have used Glossy Accents on each of them to make them pop (I think I am addicted to this stuff!)

The deadline is soon, so will pop in later with all the deets.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Welcome to another AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop. If you have arrived from Patti’s blog you are in the right place.

Do you want to be in the running to win a fabulous AnnaBelle Stamp set? Well read on.
Today the AnnaBelle DT are again showcasing one of the August stamp releases called Stamped for Christmas.

And here is my card.

I coloured the baubles in heavily with Prismacolor pencils onto Kraft card. To add some shine I covered them with Glossy Accents.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Stamped for Christmas”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – bark
Card: Kraft Card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils, DMC thread – white, White satin ribbon, sponge dauber, Kaisercraft pearls, Zots glue dots – small, Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz ruler, Paper piercer

Thanks for stopping by…and now you are hopping over to the AnnaBelle Blog. Don’t forget to add your name to the inlinkz below for your chance to win this fabulous stamp set!

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We have winners!!

All the winners have been announced for the three Birthday Challenges at AnnaBelle Stamps. Thanks to everyone who entered – we had so much fun seeing your creations and judging wasn’t easy!

So the winner of Challenge 3 (Patti and my challenge) is:

Isha

Congratulations Isha. Please head to the AnnaBelle Blog and contact Andrea for your prize.

These cards also deserve special mention as they were fabulous – Therese and Sue. Congratulations ladies!

To check out the winners of the first two challenges head over to the AnnaBelle Blog. And be sure to stop by tomorrow for the announcement of the Grand Prize Winner. I can’t wait.

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