AnnaBelle sketch Challenge #49

Happy Friday everyone. Well it is the end of the month so that means a sketch challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.

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This week I have had some fun playing around with some techniques that have been taught in the online card class ‘A Cut Above‘. Such fun! I have never used my spellbinders just for embossing before – I always die cut! I love the subtle effect. The score lines around the focal panel were made using my score board. The flowers are from the AnnaBelle set Daisy Delight and the sentiment is from Fanciful Flowers. I heat embossed the flowers onto coloured cardstock and then added some subtle shading with Copics.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Daisy Delight, AnnaBelle Stamps Fanciful Flowers stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps pre-cut cards, Bazzill – navy blue, Hero Arts Layering Papers – Pool and Carnation

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps white embossing powder, Anti- static pillow, heat tool, AnnaBelle Stamps pearls, Martha Stewart Score board, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders dies Labels 8, Copic markers, Sizzix sizzlits – Flowers, Branches and Leaves, Fiskars scallop border punch, foam dimensonals

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…a stamped background

Well Friday has certainly come around mighty fast this week. Hope you are ready to jump into another AnnaBelle Stamps Challenge.

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This week I have a stamped background, but it is only a partial one! I have used BBD#6 and one of my favourites, Love Birds. This is a one layer card which is quite unusual for me. I have been drawn to cards using masking lately, so thought I would give it a go. Check out Heather Telford’s blog for some other masking ideas – she is a master at it.

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Love Birds stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps BBD#6 Stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Fanciful Flowers stamp set (sentiment)

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, Distress Ink – Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Antique Linen, Chipped Sapphire

Card:  AnnaBelle Stamps pre-cut cards

Other Supplies: Blending tool, Mask-It

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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Acetate flowers

Hello again,

I am still on holidays, so I have been in crafty heaven (hence the number of posts!)

I have another card to share with you after playing around with my Upsy Daisy die from Die-namics. This time using acetate. Yep – that flower is made from acetate! I coloured it with some pigment ink that I found at my local art shop – I would have used alcohol inks if I owned them, but I don’t, so I went looking for a substitute. I was surprised at the things I found that could be used to colour acetate.

The flower has 3 layers to it and I used my heat gun to shape the flowers to give them some dimension.

I am entering this into the Lilypads Flower Challenge sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Background Flourish (CG119), AnnaBelle Stamps Background By Design #7

Ink: Distress Ink – Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Art Spectrum pigment ink – Crimson

Card: AnnaBelle Stamps Pre-cut smooth white card

Other Supplies: AnnaBelle Stamps Acetate sheets, Die-namics die – Upsy Daisy, Die-namics die – Labelled Layered die, Cuttlebug, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon – pale pink, AnnaBelle Stamps 3mm pearls, 3D foam adhesive, Ink blending tool, heat tool, Glossy Accents and Zots adhesive dots (to adhere flower).

Until next time,

Marion

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I appreciate you

I decided that I would also have a play around with some of the techniques taught in the Online Card Class “A Cut Above“. I used some dies from Die-namics called Upsy Daisy. They are not nesting dies, but I still think it achieved a cool effect.

Supplies

Stamps:  Hero Arts All Occasions Messages (CL272), Hero Arts Friend Definition (CG125)

Ink: Colorbox – Frost White, Versamark watermark ink

Card: Regal Craft Card – square textured, Hero Arts note cards – Blush

Other Supplies: Die-namics die – Upsy Daisy, Cuttlebug, AnnaBelle Stamps metallic sprinkle, 3D foam adhesive, Zing white embossing powder, heat tool, antistatic pillow

Thanks for taking the time to drop by. Until next time,

Marion

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Thanks teacher

Well I have finally purchased my first Paper Smooches stamp set as they are just so darn cute… and I just had to go into the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge where the inspiration is the image below.

A pretty straight forward design. I coloured in the images with Copics and then popped up the panel on some foam squares.

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches Smarty Pants stamp set

Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black

Card: Regal Craft Card- square textured card, XPress It Blending card, Bazzill card stock

Other Supplies: Copic markers, 3D foam adhesive, black felt pen

Thanks for dropping by,

Marion

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