Tuesday, 16 August 2011

AnnaBelle Stamps - Blog Hop





AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop
Come and join us the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as we have fun sharing a new set with you!  

How to Play :
To keep our hop as fun and simple as possible, click through each of the DT blogs to see what they've created using this set.
It's not a requirement to comment on all of our blogs, (though we love it if you do :)) just remember to add your name to the Inlinkz link on any of the blogs for your chance to win this fabulous set! The hop will run for one week!

Along with each of our blog hops we will announce our special deal that will run for the same week.
- The special deal  for our Blog Hop is to receive 20% off Squared Posies for the next two weeks. 
- The prize for this weeks blog hop will be the set Squared Posies




Hello! ready to hop?


Our Blog Hop starts and ends at the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog. If you came here from Andrea's blog you're on the right track, when you leave me you'll be heading over to Kylie's  fabulous Blog.  This week we feature the beautiful Squared Posies designed by Andrea.


I decided on a set of note cards featuring each of the squared posies for my project with a 'belly band' to keep them together.




This is officially my second attempt at sponging a large area though this time I didn't use 'that man's' special tool!  I found out that what I have are just felt pads and not the correct foam ones...which might explain the difficulty I had with my first try!  So....  I've used foam daubers to sponge these until I get the right sponges :).  


 I stamped each image with VersaMark and embossed with ABS opaque vanilla embossing powder then masked and sponged with distress inks.   This is a great way to colour a flower if shading scares you or you want to produce a bunch of cards quickly.



 OK, off you go to see Kylie's beautiful offering today, don't forget to grab the AnnaBelle Birthday Bash Blinkie here. 
I'm back Wednesday with Heartfelt Creations hope to see you then.


Supplies:
AnnaBelle Stamps: Smooth White card, Squared Posies, Opaque vanilla embossing powder, 6mm Sprinkles in Cherry, Lime , Pumpkin and Lilac, Twine.
Other: Rangers inks: Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Barn Door, Tattered Rose,Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint and Wild Honey. DSP Prima Fairy Flora. Paper Piercer.
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Monday, 15 August 2011

Birthday Bash........





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ANNABELLE STAMPS
TURNS TWO......

Hello friends,

It's true, AnnaBelle Stamps will be celebrating it's second Birthday in September, and Andrea has a PARTY  planned........you're all invited to join in the Celebrations.  We would love for you to spread the news to all your blogging friends by adding the Blinkie along with a post telling them about the party. There are lots of prizes with one major prize so read on.......


As a thank you to those who add this blinkie to their blog we have a little something for you :)  Simply follow the instructions below and you could be the randomly selected winner of 2 AnnaBelle 6 x 4 sets of your choice!!
- Copy and paste the above code and add it to your sidebar.
- Include the blinkie in a post with a link back to the ABS blog letting everyone know about our                       
   Birthday Celebrations, and where they can pick up their very own blinkie.  
- Add the link to your post in the Inlinkz box on the ABS blog.

- On the 7th September we will select a random winner just before our party begins!
  

Now how will we be celebrating??

Come Join the Party!!
It's time to party because we are turning two!  We have a week of celebrations planned and you won't want to miss a day!
8th September - Challenge hosted by Sue W & Kylie
Join Sue and Kylie on their blogs for a fun challenge!
10th September - Challenge hosted by Sue K & Stephanie
Join Sue and Stephanie on their blogs for another fun challenge!
12th September - Challenge hosted by Patti & Marion
Join Patti and Marion on their blogs for the last fun challenge!
All challenges will finish on the 14th September at 12.00pm AEST, so if you miss the first one you can still catch up!
Enter any of the challenges for a chance to win 1  6 x 4 set of your choice and 3 packs 6mm Sprinkles!  Winners will be announced on the 14th September on each of the DT blogs.
To be eligible to win the major prize you must :
- Join in ALL three challenges
- Add your name to the inlinkz code specially designated on the ABS blog.
The Major Prize!
The entire August release AND 6 packs of 6mm Sprinkles, value $142.20 (RRP)!
The major prize winner will be announced on our birthday - 15th September!!!  So be sure to check back in :)
We would also love for you to follow the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog or follow us on Facebook!  Every connection helps us to let others know about our stamps and other products, and we would appreciate your support :)  But don't feel you have to :)



So please, grab the Blinkie for your blog and help spread the word for us..........We're looking forward to you joining us starting 8th September on the AnnaBelle Stamps Blog.


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Friday, 12 August 2011

AnnaBelle Stamps - Say It In.....






Hello,  
It was  good to see a few more people entering in our blog hop last week.  Congratulations to the winner, hope you'll enjoy your new set.

Are you ready to be challenged? This week Andrea has asked for projects using these fabulous colours.  Hope you can join in with us.  

Here's my card (as close to those colours as I could manage :)) using one of the new August sets "Dotted Flowers"and also BBD#5.


You can see all the cards over on the ABS Blog or better still go visit with the Belles.....Links are under the DT tab at the top of my page.


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Supplies:
ABS- Dotted Flowers, ABS- BBD#5, ABS Smooth White Card, SU Rich Razzelberry, Basic Grey dsp Sugar Rush. Inks Rangers-Dried Marigold, Memento Rhubarb Stalk, ColorBox olive. SU Ribbon and ABS 4mm Raspberry Sprinkles. Spellbinder Petite circle and scalloped circle dies.


About our challenges:
- We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
- Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Thursday 5.00pm so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge. 
- Each week’s winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a special little something.  Our last challenge for the month will be a sketch challenge, which will attract our main prize of a $15.00 gift voucher for that week’s winner.

How To Play Along:
- Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
- Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
- Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge.  All projects submitted must be new.
- A maximum of 7 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 and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas.

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Heartfelt Creations- Day 2



Hello Everyone,

I'm trying a different layout today with my chat up front followed by the cards.  I'm sure lots of people are really not too bothered about the card instructions unless it's something really different :):).

Two more Heartfelt Creations projects using the Decorative Basket Collection to share today. 

The first is quite my favourite I have to say. This image is just so pretty and I coloured it to match a strip of card saved from a store bought card. The trim is pretty too, a bargain bin find!  When gathered it made a pretty flower with a self covered button centre.

Friday is AnnaBelle Stamps challenge day. After a great week showing the new August sets we hope you'll join in with this weeks challenge.  Andrea has some wonderful things happening soon so stay in touch.  See you tomorrow, here are today's cards:




HC Products:  HCPC 3412 Botanical Floral Basket PreCut Set
                        HCPC 3303 Posy Patch Flowers PreCut Set
                       
Other Products:
Ivory base card, SU peach parfait card, dsp – GCD Studios – Georgia. AnnaBelle smooth white card. Recycled scrap of orange /chocolate card. Memento tuxedo black ink, SU chocolate chip and peach parfait. Spellbinders Tiny Tags die. Brown Staedtler fineliner. Copic markers. Orange trim. Linen thread. Kaisercraft gems. Evenweave cloth and self-covering button. Fiskars Upper Crest punch. Zip Dry glue, Dries Clear adhesive and a hot glue gun.

Instructions:

Trim, score and fold Ivory card to make a 6” square side fold card.
1.     Trim PP card to 5-7/8” square and add a layer of the Georgia dsp that should be 1/8” smaller.
2.     Punch along one edge of the 2 inch wide recycled chocolate/orange card using the Upper Crest punch. Add a strip of PP card under the punched edge. Attach this section to the card front so a strip of the Georgia dsp is visible.
3.     Wrap a length of orange trim covering the edge of the chocolate/orange card. Secure at the back with tape.
4.     Stamp image to smooth white card cut to size. Colour with Copic markers and add a Kaisercraft gem to the centre of the orange posy flowers.  Hand draw a border 1/8” in from the edge of the stamped image.
5.     Punch along the right side of some PP card then trim to sit beneath the stamped image. Using foam mounting tape add the image to the card front.
6.     Gather a length of orange trim to make a flower.
7.     Stamp a small Posy Petal using PP ink to some evenweave fabric.  Attach this fabric to a self-covering button making sure the posy flower is centred. Using the hot glue gun add this covered button to the centre of the gathered flower. Add a Kaisercraft gem to the centre f the flower.
8.     Stamp the sentiment to smooth white card using chocolate chip ink. Cut using a Tiny Tags die.  Thread some linen thread through the tag tying it around the covered button. Finish with a bow.
9.     Add the completed card front to the base card using Zip Dry glue.

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4.25 x 5.5 inch top fold card.
HC Products:  HCPC 3412 – Botanical Floral Basket PreCut Set
                        HCPC 3407 Botanical Floral 2 PreCut Set
                        HCD 714 Decorative Basket Die
                        Spellbinders Rose Creations Die
                        Spellbinders Labels 17 die.

Other Products: Coredinations cardstock in pink and burgundy. Cream base card. AnnaBelle smooth white card. Scrap of Basic Grey dsp and green AC card. Memento tuxedo black ink. Copic markers, white gel pen. QuicKuts diamonds and dots embossing folder. Cuttlebug. Bo Bunny brads, AnnaBelle silver cord.
Flowersoft  in pinks and greens. Dries Clear adhesive, Zip Dry glue. EK Success corner rounder.
Instructions:
Trim, score and fold cream card to make a 4.35 x 5.5” top fold card. Round bottom corners.
1.     Trim pink card to 1/8” smaller that base card and round bottom corners.
2.     Using labels 17 die cut a label from burgundy card. Emboss through the Cuttlebug with the diamonds and dots embossing folder.  Run an emery board over the top of the embossed card to distress it.
3.     From the scrap of Basic Grey dsp die cut the decorative basket. Snip of the handle. Adhere to the embossed burgundy card.
4.     Stamp the image from HCPC 3412 to smooth white card using tuxedo black ink.  Cut the basket away and cut around the flowers. Colour with Copic markers adding detail with a white gel pen.  Adhere to the embossed burgundy card making sure the flowers overlap the basket.
5.     Add the Flowersoft to the long slim flowers in the display using the Dries Clear adhesive.
6.     Stamp 5 rose petals from HCPC 3407 to smooth white card. Using the matching die cut these out and colour with Copic markers adding some detail with a white gel pen.  Add a brad to the centre of each bloom before attaching to the main image with Dries Clear adhesive.
7.     Stamp 6 small leaves to green card and using the matching die cut these out. Add to the flower display.
8.     Stamp the sentiment to smooth white card and die cut with the smallest label 17 die. Punch two small holes to the top left corner, thread through the silver cord and finish with a bow. Using foam mounting tape add the sentiment to the card front.
9.     Use Zip Dry to add the completed card to the cream base card.
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Heartfelt Creations Introduce......


Hello, today we share with you Heartfelt Creations new collection for August.

The Decorative Basket Collection is a definite must have for all crafters. This collection features classic basket images that will be a "go to" set time after time. You can arrange endless styles of flowers into these baskets, use them for party favors, harvest baskets, Christmas baskets...the possibilities are endless. This collection features 5 new precut stamp sets and one exclusive Heartfelt Creations die manufactured by Spellbinders. Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog for a chance to win the entire release valued at $85.00. 

You can see the designers projects on the Heartfelt Creations blog today or visit each designers blog, they would love to have you visit......All the links can be found undeer the DT tab at the top of my page.


I have a couple of projects to share today,  two more on Thursday and another on Saturday:


Here are the details:
5.5” x 6.5” side fold card.

HC Products:  HCPC 3410 Decorative Basket PreCut Set
                        HCPC 3411 Woven Basket PreCut Set (Sentiment)
                        HCPC 3303 Posy Patch Flowers PreCut Set
                        HCPC 3414 Belated Birthday Wishes PreCut Set (Inside Sentiment)
                        HCD 714 Decorative Basket Die
                        HCD 701 Posy Patch Flowers

Other Products: Card: Ivory Base weight Card, Bassill card in three shades complimentary shades. DSP - Tina Higgins - Sweet Surrender Collection. Scrap of smooth white card for the sentiment. Paper doily. Inks: Rangers dusty concord. VersaMagic cloud white chalk ink. Other: Spellbinders Impressabilities – Flourish. White half pearls large and small. White satin ribbon and white/silver webbed tape. Foam mounting tape. Dries Clear adhesive and Zip Dry Glue.

Instructions:
Trim score and fold Ivory car to make a 5.5 x 6.5 side fold card.
1.     Trim the darkest card (eggplant) to 5.25 x 6.25 inches. To this add a layer of the crosshatch dsp. Add this section to the card base.
2.     Emboss the medium shade of plain card with the Flourish Impressabilities. Trim to 4 x 5 inches and chalk lightly all over with the white chalk ink. Trim another piece of the eggplant card to 4-1/8” x 5-1/8” and add the embossed card to the front of this.
3.     Trim more eggplant cat to measure 1-5/8 x 4-1/8 and to this add a strip of the second dsp. 
4.     To the embossed card arrange the narrow strip with the paper doily tucked beneath it. Wrap the white/silver webbed tape around the bottom half of the card front securing at the back. The satin ribbon, which is knotted to the right, sits over the webbing tape.  Position this to the card base.
5.     Using Ranger dusty concord stamp the image from HCPC 3410 to the lightest shade of plain card (lilac). Using the matching die cut this out.
6.     Stamp three posy petals to the dsp and using the matching die cut them out. Shape and add these to the basket adding a large half pearl to the centre of each. Decorate the basket with small pearls.
7.     Using foam Mounting tape add the basket to the card front.
8.     Stamp the sentiment to smooth white card trim and matt to eggplant card. Stamp the sentiment inside the card to complete.

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My second project was made to coordinate with the card. A little box containing four gift cards.



HC Products:  HCD 714 Decorative Basket Die
                        HCDC 3363 Inspire Me Sentiments PreCut Set
Other Products:
                        Bazzill Card in two shades of Lilac. White card. White Satin ribbon. 4 inch square of card in pink, green, lavender and turquoise (various makes) The Twinery cotton twine in Blossom, Lilac, Caribbean and Honeydew. Zip Dry glue and Stix2 Ultra Sticky clear tape (16mm). White gel pen. Small hole punch, corner rounder. ScorPal.
Instructions:
The Gift Box:
1.     Trim pale lilac card to 11 x 5.5 inches.
2.     From the 11 inch side score at 3”, (This is the top flap) 3.5, 8”(back) and 8.5” (this is the bottom flap).  Turn and from the 5.5” side score at .5”, 1”, 4.5” and 5”.
3.      From the top flap cut on the 1” score line up to the 3.5 “ score line. Then the 4.5” score line up to the 3.5” score. (This is a 1”x3.5" strip on both sides.)
4.     From the bottom flap on both sides, cut out from the 1” down to 2.5” which is the 8.5” score line. Then snip into the 1” score on both sides at the 8” score giving you a fold in tab of .5” x 1”.
5.     At this point I rounded the corners of the top and bottom flaps as well as the .5” fold in section.
6.     Decorate the box top and bottom flaps with a layer of dsp and a darker Lilac card, rounding corners as before.  Do the same for the back of the box and add faux stitching with a white gel pen.
7.     Assemble the box using Stix2 Ultra Sticky clear tape. Starting with the base, both sides are the same. Fold in the 1” tab and add a strip of tape. Fold in the .5” and 1” scored section, adhere the tab to the inside of the spine, which gives you a .5” strip facing forward.  Now bring the base 2.5” front section up and adhere to this .5”strip. Fold the top 2” piece over to close the box.
8.     Using HCD 714 die cut a fancy cut basket from Lilac card. Cut a plain basket from the darker Lilac card and adhere the two baskets together using Dries Clear Adhesive. Attach this to the front of the box top flap with more Dries Clear adhesive. Wrap some white satin ribbon around the top of the flap and tie in a knot to complete.
9.     From the four 4” pieces of coloured card die cut the fancy cut basket. From white card cut 4 plain baskets. Stamp the sentiments on the reverse of these before adhering the coloured die cuts to the front.
10. Punch a small hole to the top of each basket handle and thread through the matching twine to complete.



Note: If you're interested I've added a picture of the scoring and cutting details under the tab Tutorials and such. It's a ref. only not a printable template. :)

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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Two for a CAS Tuesday



Back to winter weather in Sydney but never mind I don't feel guilty being indoors!
I've a CAS card today for two challenges SCS CAS #130 and also LIM Wk 27 which is to make a card with the colours from your Countries flag.  Red, white and blue it is as an Australian.


The ladybird is a tiny accent stamp from AnnaBelle Stamps August release set Whimsy Flowers that I just love! I've added three tiny blueberry sprinkles and the sentiment, from the same set, is stamped in SU not quite navy ink.  The stamped panel is popped up on foam mounting tape and the pretty tape .....well it's been sitting in my ribbon stash for a while and seemed just right.

Thanks for taking the time to look today........


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Sunday, 7 August 2011

Thank you.....





Here's another card using one of Andrea's new set's. This Daisy is from Squared Posies. 
I've coloured with Prisma's and OMS then flipped it over and embossed around the petals with an embossing tool to give them some definition.
 The coloured panel sits over my 4 inch card on foam mounting tape.

Hope you're enjoying your week end......
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