AnnaBelle Sketch Challenge

I haven't been making cards much since my DT term with AnnaBelle Stamps came to an end (which I was so sad about!), but as you can see the stamping bug has bitten again, so I decided to take part in the latest AnnaBelle Sketch challenge. I miss being a part of this team!

Here is Andrea's lovely sketch which I rotated for my card.


And here is my card, I will list the ingredients below:




Products I used on my card:

Image & Sentiment - Lil Monster Gone Fishing by AnnaBelle Stamps
Border Punch - EK Success
P.P. - Basic Grey
Glossy Accents for his eyes
Image coloured with my Copics

I am also linking up to the following challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Craft your Days Away - Fathers Day / Special Man
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Boy oh Boy
Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you would like to take part in this challenge check out the AnnaBelle Blog and link your card there!!

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 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 :)

ABSC033 - A new Annabelle Sketch

Hi Ladies.

It feels like AGES since I last made a card!!! I am slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things, and those of us at Annabelle Stamps are ready to get creating with all our lovely Annabelle goodies.

It's Friday so that means it's time for a new Annabelle Sketch for you to play with, and it's a fun one for sure!!


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




For my card I used 2 of my favourite Annabelle sets. The image is from the adorabe "Michelle" stamp set -


And the sentiment is from the lovely "Sentimental Bluebells" set -


The bling I used on my card are 6mm Sprinkles in the colour LAGOON.

BOTH OF THESE SETS AND THE SPRINKLES ARE AVAILABLE HERE. I see there are some wonderful specials available at the moment, so go and check it out!!!!!

We really would love for you to play along with us in our challenge. Once you have created a card based on this sketch, and added the necessary bling where indicated on the sketch, link your creation to the ANNABELLE BLOG. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!! :)

Sketch ABSC032 @ Annabelle Stamps

Hi Ladies. Welcome back for our weekly Annabelle Challenge. Today we have a fun new sketch for you to play with, it really is a goodie!! :)


I used two different Annabelle Sets with this card, but I will give you all the details after showing you the card!




So what do you think??

Here are all the details:
Main image from the "Lil Molly" set
Sentiment from the "I can fly" set
Bling = Chilli 6mm Sprinkles
ALL THESE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE HERE

We would love for you to play along!!! When you have created your card based on this sketch (adding some bling where indicated on the sketch),link your blog post to the Annabelle Blog. Before you begin creating, why not stop by the Annabelle Blog to have a look at what the other super talented DT girls have come up with!! Anyone who takes part in any Annabelle Challenge in November stands a chance of winning a $20 gift voucher to spend at the Annabelle Shop. Gotta love that!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!! My youngest has his first Christmas concert on Saturday and then in the afternoon it's Open Gardens. It's going to be a lovely day :)

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!!! :)

Sketch ABSC031 @ Annabelle Stamps

Hi Ladies. Welcome back for our weekly Annabelle Challenge. Today we have a fun new sketch for you to play with, it really is a goodie!! :)


I tried playing with a couple of different Annabelle Sets with this card, but I will give you all the details after showing you the card!



So what do you think??

Here are all the details:
Flower Image from the "Floral Silhouettes" set
Border Stamp from "Background by Design - Numbers" set
Sentiment from the "I can fly" set
Bling = Pumpkin Sprinkles
ALL THESE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE HERE

We would love for you to play along!!! When you have created your card based on this sketch (adding some bling where indicated on the sketch),link your blog post to the Annabelle Blog. Before you begin creating, why not stop by the Annabelle Blog to have a look at what the other super talented DT girls have come up with!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!! We are camping out with the boys at their school tonight, should be fun!!

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!

Say it with Sprinkles!!

If you are someone who has spent any time here at my blog, you will surely know that I LOVE my Sprinkles!!!! I use them on all my cards, and on nearly every one of my scrapbook pages too. They really are the perfect little gems to add the right finishing touch to a project. They come in the cutest little jars that are stackable, and they stand proudly on my desk ready to be pounced on!!


So our challenge for this week at Annabelle Stamps is say it with Sprinkles!!! :)

Here is my card:


If you would like to get your hands on some yummy Sprinkles go HERE. You really won't be sorry!!! Once you have created your card, link it to the Annabelle Blog. Hope you will play along :)

IMPORTANT!!!
We will be previewing 3 new Annabelle Stamp sets again this month starting on the 15th. You stand a chance to win one of each of the new sets being released, so make sure you don't forget!!

Sketch ABSC029 @ Annabelle Stamps

Hi Ladies. Welcome back for another sketch challenge with Annabelle Stamps. I really am having a blast playing with the recently released stamp sets, they are just so much fun!!

Here is the wonderful sketch Andrea gave us to play with :)


And here is my card :)




I used the Party Animals 2 stamp set to create this card, is this little puppy not the cutest thing you have seen!! Check out all the other lovely stamps included in the set:



I finished off my card with a bit of machine stitching, a border punch strip and some delicious Chilli Sprinkles, which are available from Annabelle Stamps. I LOVE my Sprinkles :)

So we hope you will take part in our Sketch Challenge. You have 2 weeks to create your card and link it to the Annabelle Blog. Don't forget to add some bling where indicated on the sketch!! The lovely "Diva" stamp set is the wonderful prize for the winner of this challenge. Hope you have a wonderful crafty weekend xx