Easter Blessings for AnnaBelle Stamps!

Back today with this month’s feature set from AnnaBelle Stamps.   Such a sweet set and the label has a matching die too!

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I realized that I hadn’t played with my all time fave BBD7 in what feels like forever, so some tone on tone angled stripes were called for!

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smile

Thanks for stopping by today, you can find more inspiration at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog.  Also, don’t forget that you still have time to join our monthly challenge you can find all the deets HERE.

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Other Supplies:  Prismacolor Pencils – Lemon Yellow, Spanish Orange, Poppy Red, Crimson Red, Limepeel, Olive Green, White.  Cardstock – SBB Peach.  Satin ribbon – Apricot.

Still on the Illusion….

I’m kinda stuck on Day 3 here, but loving it.  My visitors have deserted me and now instead of cleaning the house after camping, working etc I am having some fun in my crafty space (wink).  So today it’s another Optical Illusion and this one is masking, one of my fave techniques, I did do a little embellishing though and guess what?  It’s gold, I know I know, but it’s addictive.

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Hello
Hello

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I say I’ll be back real soon with another Card Class installment so until then, have a great one!

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Other Supplies:  Prima Wood Veneer – Birds & Butterflies. Gold sequins.

Masked Backgrounds

Back with some more homework for the Online Card Class and today it’s Masked backgrounds, and I wanted mine bright and cheery…   so it is.

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smile

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Gotta head off to work now and my brother arrives today, yipppeee!

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Optical Illusion – Stamp Layering

Back with a quick card that I made using the Stamp Layering technique.  How cool is this class, I can’t wait to see what everyone else it up to!  I’d better get back to camping……  lol.

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Best Things
Best Things
The sunrise this morning!
The sunrise this morning!

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Thanks for popping by,

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Faux metal With Love!

Back again with another faux technique and this is one of my faves…   faux metal.  I kept it simple, it’s a Clean & Simple class right, so what else would I do.  I kinda thought this would make a sweet Christmas card, love these colours together.

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With Love
With Love

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Can’t wait to see what everyone else has been up to.

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Other Supplies:   Carl circle punch – CP-1.   Copics – T0.  Heat it Up – Silver Embossing Powder.

It’s time for a new Colour Challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps!

It’s time for a new challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps and this month we get to play these gorgeous colours….

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Today I had some fun with Tim Holtz’s Distress Inks and added a little splash of water, love love love the effect.   I can’t wait to see what you do with this challenge these colours are such a fun combo!

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One of a Kind – Detail
One of a Kind
One of a Kind

You can add your creations to the inlinkz at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog (see the rules below), we’d LOVE you to join us!  Don’t forget  to visit the Belles to see their fantastic creations (the links are in my sidebar).

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Other Supplies:  Copics – BV00,02,08.

About our challenges:
 We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
– Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
– All entries must include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main stamped image, this can include our digi range.- One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon!  This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.

– We will feature our Top3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

How To Play Along : 
– Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog.- For those without a blog you can still play along!  Simply upload your card to a image sharing site like Flickr and include a link to the challenge in your description.
– Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or page.
– Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge.  All projects submitted must be new.
– You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
– Only AnnaBelle Images can be used as the main image.- Have fun!

February Feature at AnnaBelle Stamps!

Back today with this month’s feature set from AnnaBelle Stamps.   How cute are these sweet Chickadees and guess what?   The best part is that they have a matching die set!

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I needed some baby cards and this set is perfect, it makes me so happy when I can stretch my stamps and dies that little bit further.

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Blessings – Detail

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Thanks for stopping by today, you can find more inspiration at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog.  Also, don’t forget that you still have time to join our monthly challenge you can find all the deets HERE.

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Pawprints… and some flowers!

Today I have a cat sympathy card to share, I just love this sweet image from Tiddly Inks and think it’s perfect for such a sad occasion.

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Sympathy – Pawprints – Detail
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Sympathy – Pawprints

While I’ve got you here I thought I would also share some pics of the flowers in our garden, I would love to say that it’s my green thumb, but I’d be lying, it’s all my husbands hard work that keeps our yard and vege garden blooming.

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Bromeliad
Beehive Ginger
Beehive Ginger
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Heliconia

We’ve been sooo busy lately, just got back from the Hunter Valley (a wine district near Sydney) where we had the most amazing time celebrating a friend’s 40th birthday and this weekend it’s off to Rockhampton, an 8 hour road trip each way….    I really hope to find some crafty time very soon (cross my fingers maybe next week things will return to some kinda normality lol.

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Other Supplies: Heart Sprinkle from ABS  Copics – W0,2. T0.

It’s LOVE… a new challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps!

It’s already a month into new year (yikes) and time for a new  challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.  This month the theme is Love (how sweet).

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Today I made a simple OLC and did some Prismacolor colouring which I just love to do, I would recommend these pencils to anyone because they are just so easy to use and in uber cool colours too!

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Love – Detail
Love
Love

You can add your creations to the inlinkz at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog (see the rules below), we’d LOVE you to join us!  Don’t forget  to visit the Belles to see their gorgeous creations (the links are in my sidebar).

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Other Supplies:  Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 20%, Cool Grey 50%, French Grey 50,70%, Powder Blue, Light Aqua, Aquamarine, Beige, Goldenrod.

About our challenges:
 We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
– Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
– All entries must include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main stamped image, this can include our digi range.- One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon!  This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.

– We will feature our Top3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

How To Play Along : 
– Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog.- For those without a blog you can still play along!  Simply upload your card to a image sharing site like Flickr and include a link to the challenge in your description.
– Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or page.
– Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge.  All projects submitted must be new.
– You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
– Only AnnaBelle Images can be used as the main image.- Have fun!

Love in a flower pot for Purple Onion Designs!

Hi, it’s time to get all Valentinesy!  So I’m here with a card for  Purple Onion Designs, and once again it’s clean & simple…  but would you believe that I actually used 4 different stamp sets to make this card, CAS can be deceiving sometimes.

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Love – Detail
Love
Love

You can find the links to the products that I’ve used listed below otherwise head on over to Purple Onion Designs and take a peek yourself.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Other Supplies:  Tack n Peel. Copics – RV10. R20,81. W0.  Craft Concepts Woodgrain Embossing Folder.

The new release is finally here at AnnaBelle Stamps & you can WIN!

How exciting, it’s time for the new release at AnnaBelle Stamps.  If you are hopping along you should have arrived from Marion’s amazing blog!  We have two new sets with the most elegant wedding theme they are called Wedding Medallion and a new background called Elegance.  Read below to see how you can win……

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I was inspired by this CARD  made by the incredible Joy Taylor, thanks so much hon!

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Bride & Groom – Detail
Bride & Groom
Bride & Groom

You also have a chance to WIN both these gorgeous sets just comment at each blog along the hop and at the end on the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog, it’s so easy.  You have until Sunday 2nd February at 8.00pm AEDT to play along.

From here you are off to visit Marcia, prepare to be inspired!

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Bride & Groom – Other Supplies:  ABS – Wedding Medallion.  Gold Twine.

ABS – Two Lives Engagement Card

Here today with some exciting news, AnnaBelle Stamps is having release….  so today I get to share a sneak peek at these gorgeous new stamps…..     I’m sure you will be able to guess the theme.

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So I needed an engagement card real quick and was inspired by this CARD that I pinned by Amber (thanks so much), she is uber cool and uber talented!

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Two Lives – Detail
Two Lives
Two Lives

Thanks for stopping by today, you can find more sneaky peeks at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog.

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Other Supplies:  Copic – B000.

It’s time for the first challenge for AnnaBelle Stamps in 2014!

Welcome  back for a new sketch challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.  Such a versatile design that could be used for either CAS or fancy schmancy, I can’t wait to see what you make of it!

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Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday

You can add your creations to the inlinkz at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog (see the new rules below), we’d LOVE you to join us!  Don’t forget  to visit the Belles to see their gorgeous creations (the links are in my sidebar).

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Other Supplies:  Cardstock – Smooth White. Ink – Versafine  Onyx Black. Stamp-a-ma-jig.

Merry Christmas!

It’s Christmas day in Australia, Hugs to you all!

I kept it simple for my Christmas card this year and I love the elegance of a silhouette, of course my ‘wish’ list is as long as the one this Santa is holding…..  so cross my fingers lol.  I made my card a little smaller  and created my own ‘merry’ sentiment on my electronic die cutting machine, love that you can use any font and make it the exact size….   I really need to use my machine a lot more (I know my hubby would agree).

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Merry – Detail
Merry
Merry

Wishing you all the absolute best holiday season, I’m looking forward to a day at the beach and eating heaps of great food today, see you on the flipside!

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A fun Bird-day & a massive SALE at AnnaBelle Stamps!

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we are featuring Love Birds.  It’s been a little while since this set has seen some ink and I had forgotten how adorable it is.  How nice to have a little break from the Chrissy cards.

Here’s the best news AnnaBelle Stamps is having a massive SALE you can save 30% on ALL stamps, so you’d better get in quick!

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Happy Happy Birthday – Detail
Happy Happy Birthday
Happy Happy Birthday

You still have time to join us with our current challenge, you can find the deets HERE!  Also don’t forget to check out the rest of the team members creations you can find their links in my sidebar.

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Other Supplies:  Cardstock – Smooth White, assorted scraps. Paper Pad – MME My Girl. Ink – Versafine Onyx Black, Memento – Ladybug. Copics – BG10. Prismacolor Pencil – Process Red. Googly eye. Wink Of Stella pen – Clear.  Flower soft – Polar White.  Copic Multiliner – 0.5mm.

It’s ALL Christmas at AnnaBelle Stamps and you can SAVE!

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we are featuring All our Christmas Sets…   for me  I just had to use one of the new cling sets, super funky fonts and great sentiments, I know you’ll love them as much as I do!

And because it’s our Friday Feature ALL our Christmas stamps have been reduced by 30% until the end of December WOW!

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Merry Christmas – Detail
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

You still have time to join us with our current challenge, you can find the deets HERE!  Also don’t forget to check out the rest of the team members creations you can find their links in my sidebar.

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Other Supplies:  Cardstock – Smooth White, Sticky Bark.   Inks – Memento Toffee Crunch, Luxe – Love Letter. Memory Box Twiggy Tree Die.  Bigshot.

Time for a new challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps!

Welcome  back for a new colour challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps.  I thought these colours screamed for flowers but after looking at them a little longer…  they would also be perfect on a Christmas design too.

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This card was supposed to be a OLC (one layer card) but alas after a little ink mishap….  on the very first stamp I ended up paper piecing the bird, so maybe it’s a OL’ishC.

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With Sympathy – Detail
With Sympathy
With Sympathy

You can add your creations to the inlinkz at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog (see the new rules below), we’d LOVE you to join us!  Don’t forget  to visit the Belles to see their gorgeous creations (the links are in my sidebar).

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Other Supplies:  Cardstock – Smooth White. Ink – Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine – Onyx Black. Prismacolor Pencils – White, Light Aqua, Aquamarine, Crimson Red, Crimson Lake, French Grey 50%, Putty Beige, Limepeel, Olive Green, Peach, Sepia.  Blending Stumps, Gamsol. Wink of Stella – Clear. Stamp-a-ma-jig.

About our challenges:
 We post our challenges the first Friday of each month at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
– Each challenge runs until 24 hours prior to the next challenge.
– All entries must include AnnaBelle Stamps as the main stamped image, this can include our digi range.- One random winner will be the lucky recipient of a $20.00 AnnaBelle Stamps Discount Coupon!  This opens the challenge up for everyone to play along with and to have a chance at the prize.

– We will feature our Top3 picks and announce the winner prior to the next challenge going live.

How To Play Along : 
– Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog.- For those without a blog you can still play along!  Simply upload your card to a image sharing site like Flickr and include a link to the challenge in your description.
– Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or page.
– Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge.  All projects submitted must be new.
– You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
– Only AnnaBelle Images can be used as the main image.- Have fun!

CS&P Xmas Sketch

A quick share today with a card that was published with the Australian Cardmaking, stamping and Papercraft magazine.  It was based on a sketch and I just love how these ABS baubles coloured up with some Prismacolor Pencils!

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Merry Christmas – Detail
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

Thanks for stopping by, I’ll be back tomorrow with some more fun stuff!

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Other Supplies:   Prismacolor Pencils – White, Black, Silver, Apple Green, Olive Green, Spring Green, Lilac, Parma Violet, Violet, Process Red, Magenta. Blending Stumps.

It’s a Jewelled Christmas at AnnaBelle Stamps!

This week at AnnaBelle Stamps we are featuring Jewelled Christmas…   with my absolute favourite sentiment for sure!

And because it’s our Friday Feature stamp set it’s been reduced by 20% for the next week!

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Celebrate – Detail
Celebrate
Celebrate

You still have time to join us with our current challenge, you can find the deets HERE!  Also don’t forget to check out the rest of the team members creations you can find their links in my sidebar.

I would like to share this card with Simon Says Stamp who’s challenge this week is Anything Goes!

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Other Supplies:  Cardstock – White.  Ink – Versamark. Heat Tool. Copic B000.

An Iconic Christmas.

Today I have some more Christmas cards to share, I was lucky to have this set accepted and published with the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping  & Papercraft magazine.

It’s been such a busy week I haven’t had any time to create and I so miss it.  I hope to find just a little crafty time tomorrow although the housework is waiting (but then it always is lol) .

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Love
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Shining
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Tidings – Detail
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Tidings
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Good

Thanks for stopping by!

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Other Supplies:  Silver Twine. Prisma Pencils – Warm Grey 20, 50%