ABSC035 - New AnnaBelle Sketch

Hi there peeps. Glad to have you back here at my blog. Today we are sharing a yummy new AnnaBelle sketch for you to play with!!!

HERE IT IS:


And here is my card based on this fun sketch!!




I used two AnnaBelle sets that I haven't used in some time. The main image is from the PARTY ANIMALS 2 set and the sentiment is from the HOLD A CANDLE set, both of them can be purchased HERE!!!

SO..... we would LOVE for you to join us, here's how:

How To Play Along :
- We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
- Our Sketch Challenge Runs from the last Friday of a month through till the last Friday of the following month.
- Each Friday in between we have themed chall enges. To be eligible for the monthly prize of a $20 gift voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps you MUST take part in the sketch challenge AND one of the weekly challenges.
- Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
- Include a link back to the AnnaBelle Blog in your post.
- Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
- A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined including this one.
- You may enter any challenge several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps, but you can play along without them. For those who use AnnaBelle stamps and upload to the Gallery
HERE then you will also be in the running to be our Monthly Guest Designer!

So check out the AnnaBelle Blog for inspiration from my fellow DT members, you won't be sorry!!

New Release - Easter Hope Stamp Set

Welcome back to my blog today. So glad you decided to join us in our February Blog Hop at AnnaBelle Stamps. Today we are releasing a GORGEOUS new set called "Easter Hope". I LOVE this set!!!!!


This set is packed full of lovely stamps and is perfect for Easter cards or Christian based cards.

Here are the two cards I put together with this lovely set.



And here is my second card.



The set will be available straight away with free postage for 24hrs for those living in Australia and for the rest of us we will get a $5.00 discount. The code for Australian customers is "febrelease" and for others is "intfebrelease". You will only need to key in the code to receive the free postage or discount offer on any order that includes the released set. When there is more than one set and you decide to purchase both then we'll include a little something extra as a treat!

So as normal we are holding a blog hop with this release. You will start at the Annabelle Blog, and follow the links along the way. If you leave a comment on each of our blogs you could win this wonderful set!!!

****The next person you need to visit is LISA go and leave a comment on her blog****

Hope you enjoy your HOP with us, don't forget to leave a comment along the way!! We will be releasing another gorgeous set tomorrow, so please come back again then!!!!

Say it with ... Polka Dots

Hello ladies. Welcome back to my blog this fine Friday!! Hope your week has been a good one, shew, it's been hot here in South Africa. Quite the opposite to what is happening on the other side of the world!!

So, as my title would indicate our AnnaBelle Challenge for today is to create a card with Polka Dots, what a fun and easy challenge. I know you ladies out there have loads of polka dot stuff in your stash.

Do you want to see my card?? O.K, here it is:



(CLICK ON THE IMAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LARGER VIEW)

For my card I used two different sets. The "Every Day is a Gift" stamp is from one of my favourite and most used sets, SENTIMENTAL BLUEBELLS. The adorable little butterfly stamp is from the ALL THINGS GROW set. Would you like to have a look at what's included in both of these wonderful sets??

SENTIMENTAL BLUEBELLS

ALL THINGS GROW

So we would really love for you to play along!!!! All you need to do is create a Polka Dot card, and link it to the AnnaBelle Blog. If you take part you stand a chance of winning a $20 gift card to spend at the AnnaBelle Shop!!!

Speaking of the AnnaBelle Shop, do you know that AnnaBelle Stamps has a wonderful gallery full of inspiring cards for you to get ideas on how to use the different sets. It really is a wonderful place to visit. I urge you to go and have a look. Go HERE!

Speaking of inspiration, the links to all the AnnaBelle DT girls are below. Go and check out their fabby Polka Dot creations!!

Belles
Andrea
Sue W
Kylie
Chupa
Ida
Jerusha
Rene'
Lisa
Sue K


Bellas
Liz
Kerry


Please stop by my blog again on Sunday because I will be posting some sneak peaks of the new AnnaBelle Sets that are being released on the 15th!! :)

Say It In...Pink, Blue, Choc

What a gorgeous colour combo to work with for today's AnnaBelle Stamps challenge!!!! It was just the inspiration I needed to get my creative juices flowing!!! I hadn't made a card for quite some time, but when I got playing with these colours my card came together easy peasy!!! Such fun :)

So here is my card using this yummy combo!!



(CLICK ON EACH IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW)

I used the absolutely adorable "Lil Molly" set for the main image. I LOVE this little set, Molly is just such a pleasure to colour!!! The sentiment is from the "All Things Grow" set (another one of my faves!!!!)Both of these sets are available HERE!

All the other DT girls have been busy putting together some wonderfully inspiring cards for you to view. Here are the links to their blogs:

Belles
Andrea
Sue W
Kylie
Chupa
Ida
Jerusha
Rene'
Lisa
Sue K


Bellas
Liz
Kerry



Once you have created your "Say it in...Pink,Blue & Choc" card link it to the AnnaBelle Blog for a chance to win a AnnaBelle Gift Card. We really do hope you will play along :)

Say it with ... Emboss Resist

So today's challenge is a fabulous one for me, because this technique has become a huge favourite of mine!!!! It's fun, and easy and the results are just wonderful. SO.... do you need any more incentive to play along with us at AnnaBelle Stamps??? I think not!!

So here is the card I came up with for this challenge. I tried to make my card a little different to those I have created recently, and chose to make a teenage type card.




So what do you think?? I actually gave this to one of Caide's friends for his birthday the day after I made it and apparently Colin and his family were super impressed, that makes me happy!!

So for this card I used the set called "Rockin' Instrumental". I haven't used this set too much, but after making this card I know I am going to be using it loads for the boys' friends cards. Look at the lovely boyish stamps included in this set:


This gorgeous set can be purchased HERE.

So our new DT Members and Guest Designers (Bellas) are starting to play along in all the fun AnnaBelle challenges. Do yourself a favour and check out their blogs, these are some hugely talented ladies that are joining our team!!

DT Members

LISA
SUE K.

Bellas

LIZ
KERRY

So after checking out all these awesome blogs, I am SURE you are going to be super inspired to join us in the challenge. Once you have created your "Emboss Resist" card link it to the AnnaBelle Blog for a chance to win a AnnaBelle Gift Card. We really do hope you will play along :)

New Release - Background by Design 2

Hi ladies welcome back to my blog!!! Today we are celebrating the second and final relase for the month of December. It's another goodie from Annabelle Stamps. This is another awesome set, filled with the most stunning stamps!!

Have a look at all the gorgeous stamps included in this set!!!


I created two cards with this set, have a look!



And here is my second card:



I really ADORE this set, and am blown away by the possibilities of all the gorgeous creations I can put together with these stamps :)

So as normal we are holding a blog hop with this release. You will start at the Annabelle Blog, and follow the links along the way. If you leave a comment on each of our blogs you could win this wonderful set!!!

****The next person you need to visit is JERUSHA, go and leave a comment on her blog****

I am so happy that you decided to stop by my blog today, I hope you enjoyed your time here!!! :)

The two new sets that have been released this month are now available at the Annabelle Shop!!!! Come on ladies, get shopping, we all need to spoil ourselves now and then :)

Annabelle Stamps New Release - Stemmed Flowers

Hi visitors to my blog. Welcome!!! Today we are celebrating the first December release from Annabelle Stamps. My gosh this really is the most wonderful set, I am so happy to share my creations with you!!

Have a look at all the gorgeous stamps included in this set!!!


I created a card and a lovely versatile little tag with this set, have a look!



And here is the tag:



So who could not LOVE this set, I know I certainly do!!!

So as normal we are holding a blog hop with this release. You will start at the Annabelle Blog, and follow the links along the way. If you leave a comment on each of our blogs you could win this wonderful set!!!

****The next person you need to visit is JERUSHA, go and leave a comment on her blog****

I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my blog :) Don't forget to come back on Friday for our next new exciting release :)

Say it in....Red & Green

So our challenge for this week at Annabelle Stamps is - Say it in ... Red & Green. Perfect colour combo for some more Christmas cards.

Life is pretty hectic around here with it being school year end for our kids, so I didn't get the chance to make a brand new card, but I am going to show you a Red & Green card I created for another challenge using some gorgeous Annabelle Stamps!!



I used the gorgeous "Santa's Star" set to create this card. I really adore this set. See what I mean - You can purchase this set as well as many others HERE.


We really would LOVE for you to play along with us in this challenge. Once you have created your Green & Red creation link it to the Annabelle Blog!!

I look forward to seeing what you create!! :)

Say it in ... Gold

So as my title would indicate our Annabelle Stamps challenge for this week is to create a card in GOLD!! Wow, this challenge had me a bit stumped as I have next to no gold elements in my stash. I managed to find a few little items, and put together a classic Christmas card for this challenge. Do you want to have a look??



This card was also quite a challenge to photograph!! The side-on view is a better representation of the actual colour of the card! I used the gorgeous "Christmas Scene Baubles" set for this card. Perfect stamps for making a stylish and classic Christmas card. Check out the Annabelle Stamps shop HERE.

We would really love for you to play along with us in this challenge. What better time than now, we all need to stock up on our Christmas cards, right?!? Once you have created your card link it at the Annabelle Blog, if you enter any of the Annabelle Challenges this month you stand a chance of winning a $20 gift card to spend on some yummy Annabelle goodies!! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Say it with ... Hold a Candle

Welcome back to my blog for another fun Annabelle Challenge. Our challenge for this card is to "Say it with ... Hold a Candle". For those of you are fortunate enough to own the "Hold a Candle" stamp set, use it on your challenge card. For those that aren't lucky enough to own this set, create a card with a candle/s image/s on your card!!

Here is the lovely "Hold a Candle" set, which you can purchase HERE.


My card is based on one I cased from Jennifer McGuire, and I am so happy with the way it turned out!! Have a look -




We hope you will play along with us, one can never have enough birthday cards!!! Once you have created your card, link it to the Annabelle Blog.

If you have any questions about my card feel free to ask! :)

I am super happy to say that my card qualifies for the latest challenge, Challenge #30 over at wee Memories. Have I mentioned how much I am loving this blog? It really is fabulous!! :)

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!! :)

Say it in .... Black & White

Welcome back to my blog for our Friday challenge with Annabelle Stamps!! Our challenge for this week is to create a card in Black & White. At first I thought I might battle with this, but in the end I didn't and rather ended up having FUN with this challenge!!

This is not going to be a long post. I am feeling like death warmed up, the flu is hitting me in a big way. On top of that I had my first session of Boot Camp this morning, and am already stiff as heck. So needless to say I am feeling a bit sorry for myself :(

So without further ado here is my card:


(CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW)

I used the adorable image from the Lil Monster set that was released in the last week. I think this little guy is absolutely adorable!! I cut off the balloon he was holding , and I love it, he looks like he is giving the "thumbs up" sign.


I used a lovely star stitch on my sewing machine for some detail down the side of the card, added some lovely black ribbon and the blingy gems are also from Annabelle Stamps.

I hope you will play along with us, once you have created your card link it at the Annabelle Blog. While you are about it, why not visit all the other Annabelle DT girls' blogs (their links are in my side-bar), to see their gorgeous Black & White creations!!

(While you are here, scroll down to my previous post to see another card I created using one of our newly released Annabelle Sets, it really is a cutey!)

Say it with... No DP

Hello all. Welcome back to my blog. It has been quite a busy week for me, posting wise as well as all the other things going on!!

So our challenge over at Annabelle Stamps this week is to create a card with no Designer Paper (or Patterned Paper as we call it here in SA).

I actually had so much fun with this challenge. I even created 2 projects!! First up is a card:



I used the "Hooo Loves Christmas?" set for the owl image and the "Floral Silhouettes" set for the sentiment.

My second project is a tag, and is slightly Jennifer McGuire inspired. I have had a Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink in my stash for years, and have never used it!! After viewing Jennifer's latest Holiday Thinking Inking video I thought I would play a bit. Here is what I came up with:



I used the stunning "Sentimental Bluebells" set for this tag and some lovely green Sprinkles.

I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my blog, and that I have given you some ideas. All of the lovely stamp sets I have used on my projects are available from Annabelle Stamps, why not go and have a browse around??

I hope you will play along with us. Once you have created your card link it at the Annabelle Blog. We have a wonderful new person joining our DT, check out the Annabelle Blog for the details.

I am off down the coast for the weekend, so I will see you back here next week xx

Sketch ABSC030 @ Annabelle Stamps

Hi all. Hope you have had a great week so far! Mine was absolutely hectic, but I am smiling from ear to ear, because today is a public holiday here in SA, and the kids on now on school holiday!!

We have planned for a day trip to Natal Spa today so we should have a fun day in the sun, swimming and some super tubing for the kids!

So, onto business. We have a new sketch challenge for you over at Annabelle Stamps! It is another goodie put together by the talented Andrea :)

Here is my card. I will give you all the deets after you have had a look at my card!




I used the wonderful "Party Animals 1" set for my card. I adore all the gorgeous images included in this set. For those that may not have seen this set, have a look:


The lovely gems used on my card, and the brown ribbon are also available from Annabelle Stamps. Why not stop by the Annabelle Shop to have a look around at some of the lovely products available!

Here is Andrea's fab sketch for those that would like to play along!!


If you would like to play along with our Sketch Challenge, just create a card based on this sketch, add some bling where indicated on the Sketch and link it to the Annabelle Blog. Really hope you will play along with us!! :) Why not stop by the Annabelle Blog to get some inspiration from the other DT girls!! They have used the lovely newly released Christmas Sets for their cards!