Hi! I'm back with my card for this weeks ABS challenge :)
Once again here's the sketch :
And here's my card :
I have kind of used Marion's watercolour technique with Distress Inks from this Topical Tuesday but I didn't actually colour an image, rather I simply coloured the whole piece of cardstock :)
I also borrowed the colour scheme from this gorgeous card by Christina MacLaren! Her card is stunning!!
Thanks for popping back once again for this very slack crafter :)
Hugs for now,
Welcome to our next challenge! This week we are also welcoming a new Belle to the team - Danielle Daws! Welcome Danielle! I'm excited to see what you'll create with AnnaBelle Stamps!
Up for grabs!
How to play along!
I love a sketch and this one can be detailed or CAS style. I haven't been popping in as often with projects over the last couple of weeks and there are a lot of reasons for that, but I must be out of practice because I just finished editing my photo and came in to add it to my post when I noticed I've forgotten the bling! Seeing it's 'AnnaBelle's Bling Sketch Challenge' you would've thought I would've remembered! Anyway here is my blingless card lol!
It's very hard to see but I've used linen cardstock so my distressing is not as smooth to look at but rather has texture which is nice I think :)
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can play along with our sketch this week! Check out the Belles cards as well you won't be disappointed!!
Hugs for now,
Hello blogging friends! I hope those of you in Australia had a wonderful Australia Day yesterday and enjoyed the celebrations!! It was a typical warm day here and perfect for a BBQ!
I love a sketch to follow (which I think I've mentioned a number of times before!), it just makes the planning a little easier, especially when I'm still in my pj's as I made my card and typed this! Nothing like taking things in a relaxed manner :)
For my card today I used our new Garden Silhouettes (because silhouettes make for a quick card!) and Distress Inks.
The base card has been swiped with Antique Linen - just around the edge. The centre panel uses one of the flower images which I inked with Antique Linen first then sponged on the Ripe Persimmon before stamping across my card three times. I added some of the grass across the bottom and wrapped our new .8mm Natural Twine around the top, then adhered this piece with dimensional foam.
The Pearls are 3mm Cream and the oval a Spellbinders die. The centre has been distressed with Ripe Persimmon and the sentiment stamped with Gathered Twigs.
I hope in the final week of school holidys you have time to play along with us!! We have our guidelines of how to play along on the ABS blog and as always the prize is a $10.00 GV :)
Have a great day everyone!
Hugs,
Welcome to our last challenge for the year!! Today we are working with a sketch and it wasn't an easy one for a teenage card, well I didn't think so lol!
It's Adam's 16th birthday today and one of his favourite pastimes is his XBox followed closely by Facebook chatter...sound familiar?? I think this is pretty standard for a lot of teenagers lol! I have a group of images created by Jasmine that I just haven't put in to a set yet, but one was exactly what I needed for his card!
Boyish enough? Why do I find male/boy cards so difficult lol!
Thanks for visiting today! We hope you can play along with our sketch this week. To find out all the details on how to play along and see all the gorgeous creations by the Belles pop by the ABS blog HERE!
Hugs,
Welcome today to our inspirational hop showcasing some handmade ornaments! I started mine days ago but still didn't manage to finish for today! I saw this fabulous origami fold called Kusudama and I just had to give it a try! Each fold had to be held until it dried..until I thought of paper clips - my life saver! So what you see below is my 'partial' ornament made with much love and the kusudama fold made into flowerettes and then in to (eventually) a ball to hang.
For my paper I used cream linen which I stamped with BBD6 and Distress Ink Gathered Twigs before cutting in to a multitude of 7cm square peices. Out of one A4 sheet you get 8 squares. I think because the paper is thicker than would be usually used for origami is why I had trouble keeping the petal together, but I'm on the right path now :) I'll show you the finished ornament as soon as it's done and hope you can forgive me that I'm not quite there today :)
You'll want to head on over to Kylie (Sue W is taking a little break) to see what she's been up to in her craft room! I wonder if it will be pink :)
Hugs for now,
Now you'll have to forgive me for this one, I must have been in an unusual mood when I did it....but what was I thinking...I don't make round cards, and I knew I'd have to make one lol! Well it certainly presented a challenge for me, which I guess is a good thing :)
My Ott-Lite lamp globe blew a few days ago and I thought it would be easy to grab one from the local stockist but they don't carry stock of them so I'm without my only form of lighting lol!
As you can see I've followed to sketch pretty much as is and myself a gift tag that I think could easily double as an ornament!
I had also made another card yesterday that I was going to share but I went in to town in search of the globe, so I have it here today and you'll see where the colour scheme for my tag came from...perfect pieces left over!
As you can see I am still eaning towards blue for this years cards, and thank you to those who offered their opinion on the colour schemes from last weeks cards, I am much closer to working out a final design....I had better just get a move on though lol!
Have agreat day everyone! And if your interested on making some savings AnnaBelle Stamps has discounts offered across today and the weekend!!
Hugs everyone :)
Today I wanted to use some colour seeing my cards have mostly been white lately lol!!
My main image is from the Squared Posies set and I've coloured it with Copics. I did have another coloured to go on top for dimension but decided against it at the last :)
I'm quickly running out of time to get a lot of things done as my family and I are taking some time out from the middle of next week which is very exciting!!!!
Hope you can play along and join in the fun this week :)
Here's how to play along :
Hugs for now :)
Welcome to our last challenge for September!! Who can believe it's October tomorrow with the countdown to being ready for Christmas only just beginning!! We have some gorgeous new sets coming your way next week just in time for Christmas card preparation time :)
Today I went 'bright' and 'birthday'! I reached for my Copics today and quickly coloured my presents before punching them out with a circle punch. To match the coloured flower punch under the presents I simply punched them and then coloured with the matching Copic.
We'd love for you to play along with us this week! Be sure to add your link on the ABS blog and include the above sketch image and link in your post :)
Have a wonderful day everyone!
Hugs,
I can't believe it! It's September next week and the start of Spring!!! Woohoo! Can't wait to feel warm all the time, to shake off this cold and see the fruit trees start to blossom (some already have!). So it's time for our last challenge for the month, our Bling Sketch:
I'll be back in just a little bit with my card! Won't be too long :)
Stamps : Dotted Flowers, BBD3; Sprinkles : 4mm Peach
Take part this week for your chance to win a $15.00 Gift Certificate! All you need to do is follow these simple guidelines :
Till next time :)
Welcome to our last challenge for July! Check out all the DT creations over at the ABS blog and add youur link there :)
I combined a few sets today and used BBD1 and BBD5 to create my background designs and the sentiment from Mother's Day Bouquet.
The main image is from Daisy Delights and was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics. The Sprinkles are 6mm Lime.
You can play along using any stamps that you have and go in the draw for this weeks prize, a $15.00 gift voucher to spend at AnnaBelle Stamps! You'll find full details on the AnnaBelle blog!
Thanks for stopping by today!
Here we are again, the last Friday for the month, and another AnnaBelle Sketch Challenge! We've tweaked the challenges a teeny tiny bit to make it more fun for everyone so be sure to take a look below :)
For my card today I started with Smooth White cardstock and cut each piece to size before I started to Distress using a combination of Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey. I then outlined each piece with a darker shade of ink using the direct to paper technique.
My images are from the All Squared set and were stamped with Brilliance ink. I've added 6mm Pumpkin Sprinkles, 3mm Lime Sprinkles and Orange Hemp (coming soon!) twine to finish. Don't forget all products are reduced until the end of the month!!
Thanks for stopping by and visiting! I hope you get a chance to visit our DT to see what incredible creations they came up with this week :)
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 weeks 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 weeks 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 :)
Hugs,
Can you believe it's Friday already!! I know I can't! I usually spend an hour each evening in my craft room making or colouring something, but I have had less time the last few weeks to create because I'm guilty of taking my evening crafting time to watch Masterchef!!..I'm hooked!
It's time again for another AnnaBelle Sketch Challenge! Here's this months sketch :
Today I've used the Daisy Delight set to quickly pull this card together! The centre gems are Sultana and down the side are White Pearls in 4mm and 4x8 Pearl Drops.
Check out our Guest Designer and all the Belles :
Guest Designer
Belles
Kylie
Sue W
Iwona (Chupa)
Lisa
Sue K
Stephanie
Patti
I hope you can find some time to play along with our new sketch! Here are all the details :
Hugs for now,
Here we are again with another sketch challenge from AnnaBelle Stamps! I don't mind this sketch - even if I do say so myself lol! - because it can be dressed up or down I think :)
The DT have created some gorgeous cards this week so be sure to pop by each for a sneaky peek at what they've been up too!
I kept my card with as few layers as possible, but will have to use this sketch again.
I've used one of Iwona's new sets - 'Acacia' - which is a beautiful native tree to Australia, and coloured with watercolour pencils before cutting out with a Spellbinders circle. The gingham is our new AnnaBelle Digi Paper that has been printed on our Smooth white cardstock and the colour is Midori.
I'd best get a move on as I'm already a little late with this post! We had a wonderful day in Melbourne yesterday, but I'm paying for it today lol! Here are the links to the DT :)
Belles
Have a great day everyone!!
Hugs,
Hi friends and welcome to another AnnaBelle Bling Sketch Challenge! Yet another month has slipped by and our weather is starting to change. The mornings are darker and the evenings a little cooler, and I am not looking forward to winter.....I hate being cold!
Here's this months sketch for you to join in with :
And here's the card I created to go with it :
The three squares are stepped up and have been sponged before stamping my images on. These images are from the All Things Grow set which is out of stock at the minute, but will be back soon!
We have two new DT members joining us from this week as we say goodbye to Ida, Jerusha and Rene'! These ladies have been fabulous to have on the team, and we are going to miss them :) All the best ladies!!
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 this 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
