Sunday Stamping!!!

Hello Bloggers,

I've a couple of things to post today and I'm keeping it short and sweet.  I was lucky enough to take part in Joan's  JustRite challenge blog hop  this week. If you haven't been over to take part you should there are some wonderful prizes on offer from JustRite Stamps as well as two prize packages from Joan.

I made a second card for the challenge using the 2.25 inch oval stamp set 'Thinking Of You'.

The sentiment was embossed using VersaMark and American Crafts Copper embossing powder. Rangers Tea Dye Distress ink was used to sponge around the sentiment.  The are four layers to the oval sentiment with the last two popped up on foam tabs.  The DP is from KaiserCraft  Up, Up And Away Collection 6 x 6 paper pad and the light brown mat  is from American Craft.  This beautiful ribbon is from Vandoros, (thanks Kerrie I love my B'day gift).

Look who turned up whilst I was photographing the card!  He/she wasn't impressed with my card....... really only wanted some food and  by the time I was done with the camera three more joined us!

I did make one more quick project with the JustRite set Joan sent me and I'll share it ....... though I have to say I plan to change the picture just haven't got round to having one printed off yet so my long suffering hubby got picked again!!!

For this I used the Chrysanthemum image from 'Mother Natures Gifts' by JustRite stamps.

I've stamped the lemon mat with the image in SU so saffron.  Stamped three more images and cut them out, one of these was layered and both have gold and pearl brads for the centre.

The pretty DP is from Fairy Flora by Prima, with the centre cut away using a Spellbinder die . This sits over a chocolate layer of American Craft Card and the top is left clear to slip my photo into position.

I'm entering my card into the challenge and hope you'll join in too, click the link above and it will take you to Joan's.

Hope you're enjoying your week end, thanks for dropping by..............



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The bird in my photo is a Kookaburra!

AnnaBelle Stamps - Say It With Love

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN BENEATH THIS POST IF YOU'VE COME IN SEARCH OF THE JOAN'S GARDENS JUSTRIGHT BLOG HOP.  

You don't want to miss the great prizes on offer....

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Hello Bloggers,

The first of our AnnaBelle Stamps themed challenges for March is to 'Say It With Love', hope you're planning on joining us.  I have a couple of little projects to share with you this week.

When I was thinking about this weeks theme I started thinking about SENTIMENTS.  I always jot down great sentiments or verses when I see them.  I'm a great one for Notebooks (incase you didn't know this!) I have lots for all kinds of things, recipes, colour schemes, household measurements, you name it.  Trouble is when I find a sentiment I jot it down in the nearest notebook or on a slip of paper.  You know what's coming, right?  I decided I needed a small notebook that can sit on my desk so all those sentiments can be in one place.............and here it is.

This is a little hard cover 3.25 inch square notebook.....so sweet and just right for a sentiment a page!

My DT friend Sue K posted a beautiful card for our Say It In Yellow challenge where she stamped this Background By Design #3 border with mitred corners, I thought it looked great so did the same for the cover here ** Hope you don't mind Sue**.

The centre circle is from the popular Sentimental Bluebells set and I added a few appropriate AnnaBelle sentiments within the circle. For some added bling I used  Sprinkles from the mixed Gypsy set.

This little book takes up very little space on my desk but is so handy to grab I love it!!!

So that was one take on Say It With Love..........here's a little  4 x 4 inch card:

This card features one of the Owls from 'Hooo Loves Christmas'..........too cute to only use at Christmas don't you think?  He's stamped in Memento London Fog onto some hammered white card and coloured *carefully* with Copic markers then cut with a Spellbinder heart shaped die.  You might just notice I've sponged the edges  and the stars are coloured with a glitter pen.

The dp is from Basic Grey Lemonade and it sits over some  bright yellow American Craft card.
AnnaBelle's Red Heart Sprinkles added to the top right corner and across the bottom I've added some  flowered ribbon in orange and red.

I was playing with some of the new AnnaBelle Hemp in Red and Yellow and made these flowers with the button centres to complete this little Say It With Love card.

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Before I go......

Did you notice the AnnaBelle March Madness Sale, hope you can take advantage of this ....  lots of the pieces I've used in these projects are in the sale so be quick if you want to grab a bargain!

Go check in with the DT girls (Links in the left side bar).......I know they'll have some fabulous projects to share with you and we'd love you to join in with our March challenges........it's no fun without you!!!
Our guest designer Lyn joins us again this week to please pay her a visit.

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 challenges. 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 AnnnaBelle Stamps 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!

Joan's Gardens - JustRite Stamps Blog Hop

Hello,
Hope you're enjoying the hop so far, if you've started here you should check the list at the bottom of this post and start from the beginning!   Make sure you read to the very end of my long post so you know how you can play and win!
I'm thrilled to have been asked to take part in this weeks JustRite Stamps Challenge at Joan's Gardens as a guest designer.   Fourteen  designers will be showing projects using these wonderful stamps to inspire you to play along.  You're going to want to join in for the chance of this amazing prize package supplied by the lovely people at JustRite Stamps.

Items included in this prize package with a total value of over $191 are:

• acrylic block set
• mini binder box 
• mothers natures gifts
• fancy tags
• happy everything 
• nested frame dies  
• nested sentiments dies  
• 3 ¼” block 
• Fancy frames  
• Inspires me  

Ready to play along with us?  OK read on....

You have until next Thursday (March 10) 6:00AM EST to link your card/project.  There are only two requirements for this week's challenge:
1. Create a card/project using ONLY JustRite stamps (any JustRite stamps and matching dies are acceptable). Do Not use any other brand of stamps. You may use any card stock, design paper and embellishments for your card/project.
2. You must be subscribed to Joan's Gardens blog to win.  This allows you to receive all updates about challenges and sales, etc.

The winner for the grand prize package from  JustRite Stamps will be chosen from a Random drawing and will be announced Friday morning (March 11). This person will also be entered in the End of the Year drawing for a $100 gift certificate from Joan's Gardens. You may enter this challenge more than once, but each card/project must be made with only JustRite stamps.

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I'd like to share a card and a little gift box I made using two sets from JustRite Stamps, I hope you like these.

Please click on the picture to see these in more detail.

I've used one of the three images and a sentiment from JustRite's 'Mother Nature's Gifts' Set for my card.

 With layers of American Craft Card over my base card of white this card measures 6 inches square.

The pretty pink DP is from Kaisercraft English Rose Collection 6 x 6 paper pad and I used machine stitching to mount the dp to the green mat.

I stamped the lily using Memento London Fog onto X-Press It Blending Card, stamping the front three petals twice.  A Spellbinder circle die was used to cut the main image.  Copic Markers have been used to colour the lily with the additional front petals cut and attached over the full image with foam dots.

I used two Spellbinder dies to cut a circle frame which I then covered with green silk ribbon.  This sits over a pale green blossom cut with the Spellbinder  die, which in turn sits over a paper lace doily.  I've added some AnnaBelle teardrop pearls to the centre of the lily before adding the image to the centre of the silk frame, popping it up on foam.

The sentiment has been stamped direct to the dp using SU close to cocoa ink.

I have some pretty pink silk ribbon that I received as a RAK from Joan some time ago.... just waiting for a special project! A length was added around the card before attaching the circle element.  Next came the bow which has been set with a blossom. More teardroop pearls added to a swirl on the dp complete the front of this card.

This little gift box measures 2.5 x 4.5 ready to be filled with sugared almonds.

Using my ScorPal to measure and fold, made this quite a quick box to complete. Eyelets have been added either side of the box to thread ribbon through to  hold the box closed.

Like the card I layered two shades of green American Craft card before adding more dp from Kaisercraft.  I stamped my favourite little 2.25 oval image from JustRite Stamps 'Thinking Of You' set  onto some X-Press It Blending card using close to cocoa ink and coloured with Copic markers.  A Spellbinder oval die was used to cut out my gift tag and by punching a hole through the top I was able to  secure the label when I tied the silk bow.

OK I've held you up long enough....you have just 2 more stops.....

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!!  2 More chances to win.....
Joan has put together 2 more fabulous prize packages from Joan's Gardens, giving you 2 additional chances to win.   Want to know how you could win one of these?

There are two 'mystery' blogs amongst the fourteen taking part in the hop, each with a prize package from Joan's Gardens.  For a chance to win, be sure to leave a comment on all fourteen blogs.   Good Luck!!!

Carla

Donna R

Giovana

Glenda

Gretchen

Kris

Lana

Mary Anne

Nancy

Selma

Sharon

                         Sue      You're here

Vicki

Joan

Sew Special!

Hello Bloggers

As promised here's a little card made with a brand new digital illustration from  Pink Petticoat, called Material Girl.  The sewer in me loved this sweet image on sight and I couldn't resist printing up a copy to colour right away.  

The Kraft spot is called 'Definitely Dotty' by Jan Crowley for Jessica Sprague.....more digital goodness.....It's gorgeous, shame I've covered much of it up here.... but this too comes in 10 different colours....see the orange dot..... and all on my computer so I have it ready to print off whenever I need it!

I added a wrap of fine satin ribbon across the bottom of the card.  Machined the edge of the spot card which wraps around to the back of the card too.  The fine satin ribbon was perfect to make a ribbon flower set with a little pink button, tied with a linen thread bow.

My head is buzzing with a few ideas for this little image ...... The craft girls are in for a few little treats....

I'll be posting late on Thursday ....... but it's a bit special so hope you can drop by to check it out.....till then...................

MARCH MADNESS AT ANNABELLE STAMPS

Can you believe it's the first day of March.......1st day of Autumn here and it's blowing a gale!!!!

Just popping in to let my blog readers know right away that Andrea is having a March Madness Sale at AnnaBelle Stamps with prices cut across the  range.  20% off selected stamps, 20% off selected sprinkles and 25% off selected ribbon!!! What a great time to stock up on some wonderful stamps and embellishments  ready for the next round of Challenges!

Click on the links to take you to the shop but be quick !!!!!

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #36

Hello, back on safe ground again today with my card for the Waltzingmouse Sketch #36. 

Interesting sketch don't you think?   I've flipped it for my card,  it's OK that's allowed!

The pretty blossom from Asian Garden features on the front of my card. Stamped in SU close to cocoa and blushing bride directly ove the DP which is from Kaisercraft English Rose 6 x6 collection.

Three of the larger blossoms stamped to a scrap of pink card and cut with a small circle Spellbinder die. The middle one I cut out and popped up over some pale tan card.  A sentiment from the set stamped off to the left before this layer was machine stitched to more of the pale tan card.

To finish off I added tiny pale pink gems from AnnaBelle Stamps to the centre of the large blossoms and a few of the smaller ones.

This card is on it's way to the UK to cheer up my Aunt who has to stay in hospital for a while.

Back soon with a quick Digital card from Pink Petticoat. Hope to see you then....

Supplies:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse: Asian Gardens.
Card:  LSS pink ribbed, American Craft Pale tan, Kisercraft English Rose Collection 6 x6 paper pad.
Ink: S U close to cocoa, blushing bride.
Embellishments: AnnaBelle Stamps pale pink gems.
Equipment: Spellbinder circle dies, sewing machine.

Let Your Dreams Take Flight.

Hello,

Today's card is for our Roses Challenge this month which was picked by 'The Other Patti Sue'.... She wanted us to  make Monochromatic Cards.

I've used this weeks Less Is More Challenge # 4 which is to 'Take  Three Squares' to form the layout for my card.  I wanted it to be a little different from just three squares across the card ...... so hope it still fits!

My card measures five inches square my first square has been masked, sponged with  Memento Desert Sand and stamped using SU En Francais and Close to Cocoa ink.  Spellbinder Fleur De Lis dies cut two size pendants the largest of which represents my second square. I've added an image from Kaisercrafts Up,Up And Away 6 x 6 paper collection for the centre image and popped it up on foam dots. The third square and smaller pendant holds my computer generated sentiment, this is also popped up. 

I couldn't resist a length of double faced satin ribbon finished with a small bow to complete the card.

If you'd like to check the other members of our Rose bouquet .....the link is in the left hand side bar.  Thanks for stopping by today.......I'll see you soon,



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I did make this card for the LIM challenge taking my lead from other entries......however it seems it's too fancy, which is fine....I've removed it.


OK so here's another card and hopefully this one is more appropriate......very CAS.....same but different, what do you think?  Three squares, not quite straight across the page so I got my slightly different!

No ribbon and the smallest AnnaBelle Gems!  Two of my squares have been masked and sponged. The top one stamped as before, the bottom one with the computer sentiment. The centre square popped up on foam tape.


Happy Sunday......