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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Hi,

Today is the third and final Birthday Challenge #3 at AnnaBelle Stamps. Today Patti and I are hosting the challenge which we are very excited about. What is today’s birthday challenge?

To make a card/project that has 2 of something starting with B.

(eg: 2 blooms, 2 buttons, 2 bows, 2 bling etc). Why the letter B? Because it stands for Birthday…and 2 because AnnaBelle Stamps is turning 2! Yay.

My inspiration for this card came from JayGee’s Nook Challenge #11 inspiration photo (where I was inspired by the yellow colour theme). I also loosely used the FTL#157 sketch.

So on my card I have two blooms and 2 bits of bling. I wanted to have 2 bows on the yellow twine down the bottom, but they just wouldn’t work for me – so as my hubby suggested, I have used 2 bits of thread – twice bound (ha!).

I very rarely use patterned paper…but I am proud to say that I cut into some for this card! I painted distress inks with water for the flowers. Piercing a border around the edge just framed it off nicely.

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Whimsy Flowers“, AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers” (sentiment)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Distress Inks – Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Versacolor – Cyan, Narcissus
Card: Bazzill card – yellow, X-Press It blending card
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue Collection – Dandelion,  Annabelle’s Sprinkles – 6mm Sultana, American Crafts clear embossing powder, heat gun,  foam dimensionals, paint brush, Glossy Accents, sponge dauber, DMC Floss – mustard, Ranger Enamel Accents – black, Kaisercraft tags, Tim Holtz ruler, Making Memories paper piercer

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head over to Patti’s blog to see what she has created. Add your creation to either the inlinkz below or on Patti’s blog. Hope that you can play along.

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

Major Prize:

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!

Hey there blogging buddies,

Today is Birthday Challenge #2 at AnnaBelle Stamps. The DT gals Sue K and Stephanie are hosting this challenge so head on over to their blogs for the details, to see their awesome creations and to link up your creations.

Their challenge is to create a project using blooms! (How fitting, especially for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere where spring is in the air – Yay!) I am also entering this into the current CASE Study #56 Challenge where the talented Julie Lacey is the muse. You can view her gorgeous inspiration card here. I love her layout, her ribbon and her flowers!

I do like creating little scenes so lots of ink was used in this one. I love turning a blank piece of white cardboard into something pretty! I have used lots of AnnaBelle stamps on this one. The tree is from the Tree-MEN-dous set. The grass on the bottom of the circle is from the All Things Grow set and the background stamp is from the Backgrounds by Design 3 set. I created the clouds by using a technique that Darlene used in her card here.

The large rolled rose flower is my new MFT die (which I love) and I finally purchased a leaf die! Both of these things make me happy!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Tree-Men-ous”, “Background by Design 3”, “All Things Grow”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Vintage Sepia, Versacolor – Sky Blue, Camillia, Bamboo, Tea Green, Bark,  Tom Holtz Distress Ink – Peeled Paint
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured sqaure fold), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Carl Craft Punch – Vinca A (small flower) and Ume (large flower), AnnaBelle stamps 3mm Pearls, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Copic Markers, sponge daubers, Fiskars stamp press, My Favorite Things Die-Namics – Mini rolled roses die, Sizzix Sizzlits die – Flowers Branches and Leaves, Cuttlebug, Sheer white ribbon, Creative Memories circle cutters

Hope you can join in on all the fun birthday celebrations! Don’t forget there are some awesome prizes!

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you soon for Birthday Challenge #3.

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

Major Prize:

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!

Hey there fellow crafties,

This week is Birthday Challenge week at AnnaBelle Stamps because they are turning 2! How exciting! There will be 3 challenges in total.

So to get this party started, Sue W and Kylie are hosting the first challenge on their blogs. Their challenge is to create a project using 3 simple steps:

1. Use a new stamp
2. Use a die cut/punch shape
3. Bling

So  head on over to Sue W and Kylie’s blogs to see what they have created.

NB: This is the first of 3 challenges. 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.

Major Prize:

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 I have dived on in and created a mini set of thanks cards for the first challenge. There are 6 cards in total…but I could only fit 3 in the photo. I did 2 of each colour combo. I used the thanks sentiment from the new AnnaBelle Stamps Squared Posies set, I punched out the flower shapes with a small square punch then rounded 2 of the corners with my Corner Chomper. I added a rhinestone to the centre of each one – very CAS, but very me!

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Squared Posies”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Cyan, Turquoise, Lagoon Blue, Turquoise, Camillia, Orange, Kaisercraft – Corn
Card: Regal Craft Card
Other Supplies: Carl Craft Punch – Small square, WRMK corner chomper, Kaisercraft Rhinstones

Hope you can join in on all the fun birthday celebrations! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you soon for Birthday Challenge #2.

Welcome to another 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 Dotted Flowers.

I decided to use some of the sentiments as the focus of my card and combined it with the current PDCC#97 challenge colours of black, white with a splash of red.

And while I was creating, I decided to show you how versatile this stamp set is by making a really simple set of birthday cards. If you know me, you know that I LOVE making sets!

Aren’t all these fun colours just screaming summer?

Supplies:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps “Dotted Flowers”
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor – Camillia, Cyan, Peony, Turquoise, Kaisercraft – Corn
Card: Regal Craft Card , X-Press It Blending card, Black ribbed card
Other Supplies: Carl Craft Punch – Butterfly, foam dimensionals, WRMK corner chomper, sponge daubers, AnnaBelle Stamps 3mm pearls

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!

PS: Want to win the entire August stamp sets releases and some other goodies valued at $140? Well AnnaBelle stamps is turning 2 next week and we have some fun challenges coming your way starting this Thursday. Check out all the details here.