Good evening,

Well I have had the best time card making today…it has been one of those days where everything just seemed to work! Here is my offering for this week’s CAS-ual Friday #22 challenge – feeling loopy. To create a project using loops – and loops on bows don’t count!

I have never used felt on a card before, so thought that I would try it today. I ‘felt’ inspired after taking Jennifer McGuire’s Inspiration Showcase class and because of this class,  I also got out my watercolour paper and my pearlised water and got stamping…and I love the result. So soft, pretty and girly. The shimmer from the Perfect Pearls doesn’t show in the photos, but the background is lovely in real life!

There are 3 loops – one on the side and then one on either side of the roses.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design (CG245), AnnaBelle Stamps “Squared Posies” (sentiment)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Worn Lipstick, Bundled Sage, Versacolor – Tea green
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold),  Acquarello Watercolour Paper (200gsm)
Other Supplies: My Favorite Things Die-Namics – Mini rolled roses die, felt – white, Glossy Accents (to adhere the flowers and leaves), lace, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon – cream, Perfect Pearls, Mini mister, Kaisercraft Tags, sponge dauber, Zots adhesive dots, Kaisercraft pearls – snow

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back soon to share some other cards I created today. I’ve had a happy day!

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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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Hi everyone,

Today I have a couple of gift bags/boxes to share with you using Print Candee products. This month the Creative Team are working on projects with the theme of a ‘gift for you’ and since I love to give little boxed gifts – it was right up my alley.

All the papers I used are digital papers from the Nature Shapes – paper pack from Pixel Paper Prints. Aren’t they just beautiful? They printed perfectly onto my white card stock. I used the Ribbon Bag – blank template to make the bags. The butterflies are the Colorful Patterned Butterflies by Print Candee and the labels are from the Assorted Labels set by Print Candee. They were so easy to make, and I know that I will be making a lot more for parties in the future. Print Candee have many box templates to choose from. Check them out here.

And because I love making boxes, I kept going. This is a box template I have been meaning to try out for a while thanks to Kerry. Once again all the papers are digital papers from the Nature Shapes – paper pack from Pixel Paper Prints. Same Butterfly and Assorted Labels sets as above. These two boxes are filled with chocolates to give to two girls who are about to sit their HSC exams (final exams in Year 12 in NSW, Australia) who I taught when they were in Year 2 and Year 6! Both girls are close to my heart and I wish them all the best!

Supplies:

[Small ribbon boxes]

Digital Stamps: Nature Shapes – paper pack from Pixel Paper Prints, Ribbon Bag – blank template, Colorful Patterned Butterflies by Print Candee, Assorted Labels set by Print Candee
Ink: Canon colour printer, Versacolor cubes – Brown
Card: White cardstock
Other Supplies: Bone scorer, ruler, white ribbon, AnnaBelle Stamps pearls – 4mm, sponge dauber, foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents (to adhere butterflies), hole punch

[Milk Carton boxes]

Digital Stamps: Nature Shapes – paper pack from Pixel Paper Prints, Colorful Patterned Butterflies by Print Candee, Assorted Labels set by Print Candee
Ink: Canon colour printer, Versacolor cubes – Brown, Narcissus, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Peeled Paint
Card: White cardstock
Other Supplies: Martha Stewart Score board, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon – brown and cream, sponge dauber, foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents (to adhere butterflies), Sizzix Sizzlits die – Flowers Branches and Leaves, Cuttlebug, hole punch

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Print Candee store as there are hundreds of fabulous digital products to choose from.

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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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