Hi everyone,

This week’s challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps  is distressing. Not what I normally do, so I did find it a little bit of a challenge, but I still managed to create a CAS card.  I used distress inks to create the sunset scene (I love to do this) and then distressed the edges with my scissors (something that I don’t do often). I also flicked some water onto the background to add to the distressed feel. I stamped the images from the Dotted Flowers stamp set and then coloured them in with a black felt pen to create a silhouette image.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Barn Door
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Foam dimensionals, black felt pen, white DMC floss, S.E.I button, scissors (for distressing), blending tool

Hope that you can play along. The winner will receive a special blinkie and a little something from the AnnaBelle store. And don’t forget that you still have time to win the Squared Posies stamp set from the blog hop on Tuesday – it’s open to everyone, so why not add your name? Go here for the details.

Until next time,

 

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Happy Tuesday everyone,

Welcome to another stop on the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop. You should have arrived from Patti’s blog. Today the AnnaBelle DT are once again showcasing one of the August stamp releases called Squared Posies.

After stamping the flower several times, I used my sponge daubers to ink them with distress inks and then cut them out…the white gel pen added another element of interest as did adding glossy accents to the flower centres. My inspiration for this card came from my very talented blogging buddy Therese. You can check out her card here.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Squared Posies”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Distress Ink – Broken China, Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold), X-Press It Blending card, Black ribbed card (unsure of brand)
Other Supplies: Foam dimensionals, Uniball signo white gel pen, glossy accents, S.E.I Button, kitchen twine, Fiskars Stamp Press

Don’t forget to add your name to the inlinkz at the bottom for your chance to win this stamp set! Next stop on the hop is the ABS blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi everyone,

AnnaBelle stamps is turning 2 next month and we are gearing up for some celebrations! Who doesn’t love a celebration right?  We will be having a week of celebrations and you won’t want to miss out!

As a thank you to those who add this blinkie to their blog we have a little something for you. Simply follow the instructions below and you could be the randomly selected winner of two 6 x 4 sets of your choice!

• Copy and paste the above code and add it to your sidebar.
• Include the blinkie in a post with a link back to the ABS blog letting everyone know about our Birthday Celebrations, and where they can pick up their very own blinkie.
• Add the link to your post in the Inlinkz box on the ABS blog.
• On the 7th September we will select a random winner just before our party begins!

So how will we be partying?

• 8th September – Challenge hosted by Sue W & Kylie. Join Sue W and Kylie on their blogs for a fun challenge!

• 10th September – Challenge hosted by Sue K & Stephanie. Join Sue and Stephanie on their blogs for another fun challenge!

• 12th September – Challenge hosted by Patti & me! Join Patti and myself on our blogs for the last fun challenge!

All challenges will finish on the 14th September at 12.00pm AEST, so if you miss the first one you can still catch up! Enter any of the challenges for a chance to win one 6 x 4 set of your choice and 3 packs of 6mm Sprinkles! Winners will be announced on the 14th of September on each of the DT blogs.

To be eligible to win the major prize you must :

• Join in ALL three challenges
• Add your name to the inlinkz code specially designated on the ABS blog.

So what’s the Major Prize I hear you say?

• The entire August release (4 stamp sets) and 6 packs of 6mm Sprinkles, valued at $142.20 (RRP)! The major prize winner will be announced on our birthday – 15th September! So be sure to check back in.
  

We would also love (but not necessary) for you to follow the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog or follow us on Facebook! Every connection helps us to let others know about our stamps and other products, and we would appreciate your support.

I’m excited…hope that you will be able to join in on the fun! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for another AnnaBelle Blog Hop!

Until then,

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Hi ya,

It’s time for another challenge over at the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog where the challenge this week is to use the colours Raspberry, Olive and Orange. We would love you to play along with us…go on, you know you really want to! Each week’s winner will receive a blinkie and a special little something from the store.

My card for this challenge is very CAS…but it does use a very cute little butterfly from the newly released Whimsy Flowers stamp set. I wanted this little guy to take centre stage.

I coloured in the butterflies with prismacolor pencils (very heavily) and them covered them with glossy accents. The sentiment is from another newly released set called Dotted Flowers.

And while I was at it, I made another card with the same colours, this time using a little flower from the Whimsy Flowers set and the sentiment from the Squared Posies set.

I am loving the look of piercing at the moment as it adds another simple element to the card.

Why not check out what the rest of the DT have created with this colour combo and leave them some love!

Supplies:

[Feel Better Butterflies]

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Whimsy Flowers“, AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold)
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz ruler, paper piercer

[Thanks Flowers]

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Whimsy Flowers“, AnnaBelle Stamps “Squared Posies”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold)
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz ruler, paper piercer, AnnaBelle’s 3mm white pearls

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi,

Today is release Day 4 at AnnaBelle Stamps where we are revealing the ‘Dotted Flowers’ stamp set. Another beautiful set with infinite possibilities.

And it is also challenge day! Say it with…one layer.

So to combine the two, I came up with this.

I did some masking to create a frame and then created my little spring scene. I handmade some clouds and sponged around then to create the sky before stamping. For the flowers centres I used white enamel accents from Ranger and also added some white dots with a white gel pen.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw Versacolor cubes – Opera Pink, Peony, Heliotrope
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold)
Other Supplies: AnnaBelle’s 4mm white pearls, scrap paper (to create the frame mask), Ranger white enamel accents, Signo uniball white gel pen, pink prismacolor pencil (for some of the flower centres)

Make sure you check out what the other DT members have created by heading to the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog.

Hope you can play along with us.

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Hi there,

Hope you have been enjoying the new stamp sets that have already been revealed at AnnaBelle Stamps. Today the DT are showcasing the new “Stamped for Christmas” set.

My inspiration for this card was taken from this Christmas card made by Jennifer McGuire. I used the little star stamp from the set to make the patterned background along with distress inks.

I made my own clouds and added some texture by stamping the ‘With Love’ sentiment from the set.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Stamped for Christmas”
Ink: Tim Holtz distress inks – Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint, Broken China
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured single fold), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: AnnaBelles 3mm, 4mm and 5mm white pearls, AnnaBelles 3mm, 4mm and 5mm Cherry Sprinkles, foam dimensionals, red DMC floss, Kaisercraft patterned paper – Stocking, blending tool, glossy accents (to adhere pearls and sprinkles).

Don’t forget to add your name to the inlinkz for a chance to win the ‘Whimsy Flowers’ set that was revealed on Monday. For details go here.

All the new sets (there are 4) will be available at the AnnaBelle Stamps store this Friday. There will be a special deal – purchase the entire release for $99.95 (RRP $118.80) and also get free postage! The special deal will start on Friday and run until next Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back tomorrow for release 4 and AnnaBelle’s Weekly challenge.

Take care,

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