Andrea's Stampin' Moments

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Happy Saturday everyone, and welcome to Simply Saturday!  I went very simple today because I had to get my card done very quickly.  When DH suggested taking the boys out for an ice cream when we picked Justin up from work I couldn't resist (not that I eat ice cream), but it's great to do things together :)

I went with an idea I have seen many times, and I spent ages trying to find the original blog post of whoever it may have been, where I saw it, of course this was months and months ago.  I do think that it may have been Sandie C who sends me great email updates of incredible ideas....so thanks Sandie if it was you LOL!! 

What do you think?  A CAS card?  And monochromatic?  I think so, so that is what we'll go with this week - CAS and monochromatic, and if you like, one of these torn flowers, from the many blogs I've seen them on!

I must admit that I find it hard to be random - as I've probably said - so I did try  to 'neaten' my torn flowers.  Stuck them together with glue dots and added a couple of buttons.  Really these are super quick!

Thank you to the ladies that took part last week, I was thrilled you joined me!  Using random.org I came up with two numbers for the blog candy 4 and 1, so congratulations Crystal and Sue!  To the other ladies I would love to send you out a little surprise as well, so if you could all email me with your addresses I'll get those out to you ASAP!

I think I mentioned we had had some much needed rain, so I thought I would include a couple of photos I took yesterday afternoon.

This one probably doesn't show it very clearly, but we received 67mm or just over 2 1/2" in 24hrs - Yay!  

 

  These are the cow troughs in our paddock, but the cows didn't have to walk as far today!  The girls belong to the farmer next door, and they're beautiful.

And one last photo, because I don't want to bore you too much :) is our small dam.  This was bone dry with huge cracks, and now look at it, isn't it just too exciting!  See the white pipe?  There was a silly yabbie hanging out of it - backwards - and he was not going to be pulled through.  We had to leave him to wait until the water stopped flowing so he could walk his way back!

Hope you can play along this week!

Valentine Heart - ABSC013

Hi again, and welcome to this weeks AnnaBelle's Bling Sketch Challenge!  I decided to go all out with the bling for this card - as you can probably see!

I must admit that we don't really celebrate Valentines in our house, but I loved  making this very swirly card!  The new Flourishes set is the perfect thing if you love swirly bling like this! 

The Sprinkles I used today are 3mm Chilli along with a 10mm Chilli Heart.  Now you might think there is a huge difference in the colour in the shop photo and this one, but it's simply my photography skills, because the red is much more red IRL than it appears here.  The sentiment is from the Elephant Valentines set and the hearts were cut using Spellbinders.

I hope you can play along with us this week,and be sure to drop by the blog to check out the other DT cards - they are stunning!

Have a great day,

Button Birthday

Hi fellow bloggers!  It is raining here today, so we are doing the happy rain dance because it has been weeks and weeks since we had any at all, which means no watering for me today..yah!...and I could take some time out to make a card!

I still have the give away happening below and I can see that Sue and Robyn must be very excited because so far they are the only ones to take part and will win all the prizes!  So come on ladies give them a run for their money LOL!!

Todays card uses the sketch from Mojo Monday, 'cause I needed a little kick start after so many days off.  I've used the set Helen's Party and stamped the present three times on smooth white and the sentiment directly on to the DSP (from SU!) and then did lots of layering and raising.  I think the shot below will show you how much dimensional foam I used :) in fact I used it all up!

 I love the big button which is from TLOCS's Button Bonanza Fiesta range here , with lots of embellishments and stamps on special, so be sure to take a look.

Don't forget to take a look at the sketch and get your entry in!

Have a great day,

SS300110 - Blog Candy Give Away!

Hi everyone and welcome to this weeks Simply Saturday! 

The new AnnaBelle Stamps and Sprinkles have been out for two weeks now and I thought it might be an idea to share some around to help spread the word :)  Simply join in todays sketch - leave a link to your blog or online gallery with Mr Linky - and most important tell everyone about it!  I will randomly select two winners who will receive :

- One of the new sets

- One of the single stamps

- A jar of 6mm Sprinkles

So start creating and join in the fun.

For todays card I've used the set Floral Stems and stamped the image three times on Smooth white cardstock.

I stamped a couple of extra flowers, coloured and cut them out - not too sure why I only did two rather than three though?!?

Todays Sprinkling of bling are the new Metallic Pearl Cocoa in 4mm, and they are just so yummy!  I kept everything else plain and finished it up pretty quickly so we could take the boys for a swim at a friends - 37 here today and hotter tomorrow - which is o.k. because it is Summer after all.

Hope you can find a minute to put your CAS card together for this week, and just think that if I only get one entry then they'll win it all.

Have fun!

Simply Saturday Participants

1. Sue Walsh 2. Robyn

3. Cheryl (shestamps) 4. CrystalBee

5. Lyn S

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Love Blooms - ABSC012

I wish I had taken this photo a little earlier in the day, because I know it would've turned out better than it has, but I hope you can imagine what it looks like IRL.  This is my card for this weeks ABSC012.  Check out the blog to see details on how you can win this week!

Using the Floral Stems set  I stamped one of the stems on to SU! DSP and cut it out using Classic Oval Spellbinders.  To this I added the new 6mm and 10mm Heart Sprinkles  in Blossom - aren't they adorable?

Along the bottom of the main piece of white cardstock I've stamped a zig-zag design from the Build-a-bling set and attached 3mm Blossom Sprinkles.

 

I decided to make my card for this week as an easel card - because I just love them!  I have a tutorial you can check out here. 

I hope you can play along this week for your chance at this months prize :)  Don't forget to check out the DT cards on the blog!

Have a great day,

Thanks - sk012310

Where has the week gone?  I know it's gone way too quickly for me!  I hope all my fellow Australians had a wonderful Australia Day.  It's good to take some time out to be thankful for the wonderful country we live in. 

I took some time out today to make this card for the PCP sketch challenge, and used the Flowers With Love set and Flourishes set from the new collection.   The Sprinkles are 3mm and 6mm Peach, and I adhered them using Glossy Accents.

The range of colours in the Sprinkles is growing which gives you a great variety to co-ordinate with almost any project.  If you haven't tried them yet, but would like to, join in this weeks AnnaBelle Bling Sketch Challenge or my Simply Saturday sketch for prizes up for grabs!  Check back tomorrow and Saturday for full details :)

Thanks for stopping by this evening,

For You - SS230110

Happy Simply Saturday everyone!  And thank you to those who emailed me and left comments here and on Splitcoast about yesterdays card...I guess 'different' was good :)

I've taken Kraft cardstock again for this card - I just love it! - and sponged the outer edges with Burnt Umber ink.  Todays main image is from the set Flowers For You, and you can see I used the little stem to add an extra flower - so cute! - and this time I've included words on the vase.

 I raised each layer with dimensional foam, and yes, used Copics to colour the images.

A few buttons to the bottom right hand corner and I was finished another Simply Saturday card! 

I love these Spellbinders dies, but then I love all my Spellbinders!

Here's the sketch for you, and I hope you can play along this week.  I have Nathan starting back this week and Justin and Adam don't go back until the 1st of Feb.  I can't believe the Summer holidays are nearly over and I'll be back to just me at home....I will miss the noise - the house is so very quite when they're not here :)

Have a great weekend,

Simply Saturday Participants

1. Lyn S

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Just a little different...for me!

Hi everyone!  Are many of you, like me, getting ready those last few things for the return to school?  New hats, school books, pens, markers, all the fun things....I've always loved stationery!

With todays card for this weeks AnnaBelle Bling Sketch, when I showed DH, I got the response "It's different".  Now was this good or bad I asked, and got the same response, so I'm not sure what to think, so you might have to tell me :)

Using some watercolour paper and my Twinkling H2O's I painted on some random shapes and waited for them to dry before I stamped the image, which is from the Floral Stems set.  I'm not sure if it was the H2O's or that the ink wasn't dark enough, but I ended up going over the image with a fine marker so that it stood out a little more.  I think what I should have done is embossed it, so maybe next time....that's if I do something like this again.

I added very little bling this week, only a 3mm Lagoon Sprinkle all on it's ownsome. 

I had ribbon pieces that were similar to the colours I had painted (make a note to check next time), but not quite a match, so I took the Twinkling H2O's and painted them, and voila a perfect match...well nearly.

I hope you can join us this week for the sketch, we'd love to see you playing along :)

Have a great day,

Male Bling?!?

Another day, another card!  I actually made this card a couple of weeks ago for my FIL's birthday, but had to wait until after the release to share it...and then I very nearly forgot too!

The AnnaBelle range at this stage doesn't have any male sets as such, so I had to think how I was going to Make one suitable for a man.  Of course the paper is everything, and this is one of my favourites from SU!, I have made so many cards from this pack.

I took the words from the set Flowers With Love and stamped them directly on to the DSP with Palette Burnt Umber.

Once the sentiment was cut out with the Spellbinders die and embossed, I stamped a small bling from the Build-a-bling set and attached 3mm and 4mm Cocoa Drops.  I've called these solid drops of colour Metallics, but they are a cross between pearls and metallics, and are just gorgeous!  The larger bling image is from the Flourishes set. and 3mm Cocoa drops were used here as well.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Vases Three

Hello today, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend :) 

I'd like to share with you today a card using the new set Flowers For You.  I think this will become one of my favourites from the three flower sets we've just released, you can do so much with it.

I paper pieced the three vases, stamping the image three times on different DSP from SU!

The flower images were stamped directly on to the DSP and on to smooth white so that I could cut some of the small flowers out and raise with dimensional foam.   

I felt like getting out the sewing machine today, and stitched around the inner rectangle and the outer square, and I don't know why I don't do this more often.  The stitch looks so neat and tidy!

The bow was of course made with the Bow Easy and attached with a Glue Dot. 

I hope you're liking the look of the new sets!  Stay tuned because we are going to be having a giveaway very soon from the new collection.  Have a lovely evening, 

SS160110

  HI all!  Thank you to everyones good wishes for yesterday, we had a lovely day, albeit very busy!

I think I will make 'Simply Saturday' a weekly item, as I'm loving the quick cards at the minute.  Thanks to the wonderful ladies who played along with me last week.  I have two to show you today this first one being an attempt at a technique Michelle used in her card yesterday.  Now what I've done is nothing like hers, and I have to say that I have tried this technique before with no success.  Once I start 'dotting' I tend to go in striaght lines, and I find randomness very hard!  Check out Michelle's card to see what it should look like!

My first card uses the set Flowers with Love and Cherry Mini Sprinkles.

The second card uses Floral Stems and Toffee 3mm and 4mm Sprinkles.  I stamped the flower image on to the main piece of card using Versamark.

Sorry I have to cut this very short today, but I have people coming for tea any minute and I wanted the post to at least go out on Saturday for 'Simply Saturday' :) 

Have a great evening,

Images Revealed

Hi everyone and welcome to AnnaBelle Stamps release day!  I'm so excited to be sharing these with you, so I'll get right to it.

Todays card is for the sketch challenge over at AnnaBelle's Blog, so be sure to check the other DT cards and have a go at it :)  The first stamp set I've used is called Flowers For You and has 26 stamps!

The images have been stamped with Palette Burnt Umber, and coloured with Twinkling H2O's.  I used Classic Square Spellbinders to cut the image out, embossed it, and lightly sponged.  The larger outer square is too large for a Spellbinders die, but I wanted the same look as the smaller square, so I took the largest die and held it in place to sponge and just moved it around to each corner.

The smaller words from the set fit neatly inside the fatter vases - I'll show you card soon! - but just shows how you can change the look around....Different vases and different flowers each time.  So cute!

The next stamp set used on this card is called Flourishes.  Now you might be thinking that you can't see another stamp on the card?  Well you'd be right, you can't see it any more!  The bling on this card was created with this stamp set :

I stamped the swirl from the top right hand corner of the set and then I added the new 3mm Metallic Cocoa drops on top of the dots using Glossy Accents.  Isn't that just so groovy!  Now don't be thinking that this takes forever to do, it doesn't really take too long at all.  I just go 'dot' 'dot' 'dot' with the glue then add the Sprinkles or Pearls on top, I might straigten with my craft knife, and then I go 'dot' 'dot' 'dot' again.  LOL that probably sounds funny, and I'm thinking I must say that when I'm doing it!  I hope to have a video done very soon just to show you how easy it is! (as soon as I learn how to edit and upload)

So that's two sets, and here are the others...

I have lots of new Sprinkles to show you as well!  There are 12 new 3mm & 4mm Sprinkle colours, 6mm, 8mm and 10mm Sprinkle Hearts in Icicle, Chilli and Blossom.  Two new 3mm & 4mm Metallic colours - my favourites. New Pearl Hearts in 6mm, 8mm and 10mm, and Pearl Drops in 4mmx6mm and 5mmx8mm in both white and cream pearl.

Phew, I think that might be enough for today.  Don't forget to visit the AnnaBelle blog, we are now on Facebook and you will find the link there, and I think there might be a special offer for Facebook fans only, so go take a look!

Well today is my birthday (45 sssshhhhh) and my boys and I are off to do some jobs in town and enjoy a coffee at my favourite cafe!  Until tomorrow, happy stamping,

Just Because - Sneak Peek #2

Hi, and thanks for coming back today to see another sneak peek!  This flower and Stem comes from a set called Floral Stems that has 4 seperate stems and flower heads, as well as 5 flowers and stems - a total of 13 stamps!  But more on that tomorrow :)

For todays card I've used the sketch from Paper Craft Planet, and kept it very simple.

The main images were stamped directly on to DSP using Palette Burnt Umber and coloured with Copics, and  I added a 3mm Cocoa drop to the centre.

Really this card didn't take very long to do at all!

The background is Smooth White cardstock that has been embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and matted on to Kraft cardstock...I seem to be going through a kraft phase at the moment.  Do you find you do that?

I added a sentiment from one of the other new sets and finished it with a button. 

I can't wait to show you the new sets and hear/read what you think.  See you tomorrow for another new AnnaBelle Sketch and pictures of all the new stamps.

Let's Celebrate - Mojo 121

Hi on this much cooler day here!  I even have a little jacket on, which is hard to believe when the last few days have been in the forties (celcius that is).

I went back to Helens Party for my Mojo Monday card.  I stamped her with Palette Burnt Umber on Smooth White and coloured her using my Copics.  I added the flowers and balloon from the same set.

 I so wanted to use the background paper, so I based all my colurs on that, but when I put it together I thought that maybe it was all just a little too much?  Do you think?  Anyway it was done and the reverse side of the DSP was plain and that didn't look right either :)

I added some bling down the side using 3mm Blueberry, but I don't want to give too much away about the bling before Friday, 'cause that would be telling!

I hope you're having a wonderful day.  Join me tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Flowers Bright

Hello today, how are those of you in Australia surviving the heat?  It's been just a little warm :)

Today I was happily doing some samples using the new stamp sets - only four more days! - when I realised I needed to post the winner today, so I quickly made this single layer card - nice and simple so I had something to show as well.

The flowers are from the set Mums Flowers , and I stamped each flower from the set with Palette Burnt Umber.  AnnaBelle Stamps now stocks Twinkling H2O's and I am just getting acquainted with this colouring medium.  I selected for my first set a lovely bright combination, and these came out a treat on the Kraft cardstock.  For those of you unfamiliar with them, the watercolour paints come in little jars and you add a squirt of water to them to soften the paint before you begin, and then apply, it couldn't be easier.  They have a beautiful shimmer which I've tried to capture in this close up...very pretty.

The Sprinkles are new 4mm Lime and will be released this Friday - I think I've already said that, just a few times :)

So on to the winner of one of the new sets.  Three ladies got it right - Kathy S, Carol S and Angie - with myself, Ida and Teresa using one of the new sets.  Using random.org 

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 2 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Carol S was second in order!  Congratulations!  Thanks for taking part ladies, and for your support.

Until next time,