Andrea's Stampin' Moments

More Distressing!!

I've had a week of not a lot of crafting, rather I've been working on new sets, and I get to a point where I just need to stamp but can't find the time!  I did these three cards a few eeks ago now, and I thought doing a post and sharing them would be a good way to take a break :)

I used my Distress Inks and direct to paper techniques and whipped these cards up in a very short time!  I remember having lots of fun this one afternoon :)

I also have a little something to share.  A few weeks ago a gentleman from Pocketchange Lifestyle blog contacted me and asked if I'd like to be featured!!  I was thrilled of course lol!  You can check out their blog and my feature by following the link attached to their banner :)

Pocketchange Lifestyle Blog

Hugs for now :)

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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,

Say It In...

More fun colours today!  I must have had them on my mind yesterday lol!

I watercoloured my background piece of card using Inktense pencils (bright isn't it!) and kept the stamped images a little more subdued using Distress Inks - Scattered Straw and Shabby Shutters.

The three Sprinkles are Lemon, Turquoise and Lime.  The Lemon is new and will be in store very soon :)

We would just love for you to play along with us this week!  We have our usual prize up for grabs - a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps!

Be sure to add your link on the ABS blog HERE and have fun!  All the guidelines can be found there as well :)  Be sure to pop by the Belles blogs for a visit because there is some incredible inspiration there!!

Guest Belle

Cath

Belles

Therese

Jess

Kylie

Sue W

Sue K

Patti

Marion

Thanks for stopping by :)

Hugs,

Birthday Script

Happy Tuesday :)  It's warming up in Victoria this week but it's not going to hit 40 so I think that's a plus!  I've just come in hot and sticky from watering and decided to finish tonight in the cool of the evening.

Simple, quick and easy to do!  Using one of the script background stamps from BBD6 I stamped down a piece of Pebble cardstock using Versafine ink.  Cut a piece of vellum to size allowing enough to fold under the centre card and stamped a sentiment from Fanciful Flowers and gave it plenty of time to dry!  The centre panel has been raised with dimensional foam and two 4mm Licorice Sprinkles adhered to the top right corner.

I hope you're enjoying your day!  It must be time for coffee lol!

Hugs everyone,

Simply Saturday

Good afternoon!  Have you checked out the AnnaBelle blog today!!  I have posted all the new sets along with a giveaway and special deal, so be sure to pop by and check it out!

I thought seeing the new sets are out I'd share a couple of cards today.  The first is using the new set Garden Silhouettes and the second is for a 21st we are going to tonight....a boy's 21st!  I knew it was going to be hard to come up with something, but this goes beyond that...I struggled!!

I did a group of these cards a couple of weeks ago, but I won't bore you with them all today lol!  I used three Distress inks and swiped them - direct to paper - across, up and down the cardstock and then overstamped with the silhouette.

It was Sue K's card HERE that gave me my card today!  But mine turned out very boring looking, and if I had more time I'd go again, but I just don't!!  It needs something!  I became very frustrated with my cutter (even after I'd put in a new cutting mat) because I had to keep trying to make my squares square!  Is it just me or do others have trouble with this??  Anyway by the end of it I think I'd had enough lol!

Best get the salad together to take and get myself ready!  Have a great evening everyone :)

Hugs,

Sunflower Vine

I had a lovely day today colouring inbetween doing some work lol!  I saw the sketch on Card Patterns and put it aside on my desktop just in case I found a little time, and I did today :)

This is another sneak peek of part of an image due for release this Saturday!  I'm excited about this one because it's one of my favourite characters :)

The sunflower has been coloured with Copics and cut out.  My back panel has been distressed, splattered with some water and wrapped with our brand new twine!  This twine is a fine 10lb weight and will be available very soon!  We have every colour you could ever need!!  The sentiment is also new and belongs to another set we'll unveil this weekend!

Here's the sketch I followed...I just hope I didn't have to use buttons lol!!

 And one last photo just because :)

Thanks for popping in :)

Hugs,

Sunday Stamping

I don't get the chance to stamp on a Sunday very often, but today has been wet (fantastic!) and most of my inside jobs are up to date (well almost!).

I wanted to share another sneak peek of the new silhouettes set being released next Saturday, so kept it very simple :)

I've stamped the main image with Distress Inks then added one of the sentiments before mounting it on dimensional foam, then co-ordinating yellow card then finally the Smooth White card base.

Thanks for popping in for a visit!  Enjoy your Sunday :)

Hugs,

Say It In...Black, White & Silver

Well it's not been a good start to the new year for me with the one thing I wanted to achieve this year being 'organised'!  I will have the Kusudama tutorial up very soon...I did go to edit the video the other day but found that I'd zoomed in too much and all you could see was the back of my very dotty hand lol!  

This week the Belles and I are sharing some sneak peeks of our new sets due for release on the 14th!  We have five new sets coming and we are very excited about showing them to you :)  We also have two brand new Belles joining the regular team!  Welcome Therese and Jess!!

Black, White & Silver is actually very easy to work with because it looks so crisp and clean I think.  My card today uses the sketch from Card Patterns :

The gingham pattern down the side is one image from a new BBD (Backgrounds By Design) set and the flower and sentiment from a new silhouettes set.  Both of these are large 6" x 8" sets.

Pop by the other Belles and our Guest Belle for January - Cath - to see what they have to show :)

Guest Belle

Cath

Belles

Therese

Jess

Kylie

Sue W

Sue K

Patti

Marion

So would you like to play along with us??  We have a $10.00 Gift Voucher up for grabs, and simple guidelines to work by :

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 Friday 10.00am 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 $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent).  

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 of our challenges 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,

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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,

Christmas Lights

Hi today :)  I had sponged/distressed the card base thinking of doing something completely different, but I thought "Just one more Christmas card!".  It's not as 'Christmassy' as my others because I distressed with Scattered Straw and the new Ripe Persimmon thinking I'd add some bright flowers, but I hadn't used these trees from one of last years Christmas sets and they were calling!

This first picture better shows the colour than the next...somehow I lost it...

..I think the flash causes that...  This weeks challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is "In the mist" so I misted my card with a bottle but it wasn't working quick enough for me so I sprayed my fingers and 'dropped' the water on...see my big 'splodge'!  Oh well, next time I won't be so impatient lol!

I've nearly finished writing in my cards today, Yay!!!

Thanks for stopping by in your busy lives :)

Hugs,

Christmas Tag Hop

How are you all getting on with your preparations???  Cards done??  Shopping??  Baking???  So many things and once again so little time lol!  Today we thought we'd share some of our Christmas Tag ideas.  It's not a traditional hop with a prize at the end, but we hope you enjoy visiting the Belles :)

My tags, much like most of my cards are very CAS with not a lot of detail, so I hope you don't find them too boring lol!

My first one shares a card as well and a little gift wrapping!  - one down!

I made some cards at the weekend to try and finish up before sending them is too late, and did several of this one.  Using 12 x 12 Bazill rather than A4 does leave a strip over so I've turned them in to some tags.  I stamped my kraft tissue paper with the same ornament to match.  Sorry still about the lighting, but a new globe is on the way :)

My second group of tags used up some off cuts of smooth white.

I angles the top and punched a hole then sponged quickly with Antique Linen before over stamping with Forest Moss.  I've used three sections of the tree from Stamped For Christmas and turned the tree stand upside down for the trunk.  My fingers did get a little inky as I wiped away the excess ink :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Take a minute to visit Sue W next, I just know she'll have something gorgeous for you to see!!

Hugs for now,

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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 :)

Christmas Dilemma

Well not really a dilemma, but I'm trying to decide how my cards will look this year.  I had already decided on the set, so that was the easy part, and I knew I wanted to keep it very clean.  I started with just white linen card and then moved to coloured...so here is the same card but a few different versions lol!  Help me decide which one to go with lol!

Now this doesn't look much but the Brilliance ink Platinum Planet looks really good IRL, I just wish I could photograph it!  The cardstock is white linen which you also can't pick up in the photo.

I think I'd like to add a panel like this on the first one too but using the white linen card to match.

So like I said not very exciting, but certainly quick, I mean I have four cards just in the sampling lol!

Hope you've had a great day as well :)  Don't forget to play along with our hop to win!  You can start HERE on the ABS blog :)

Hugs,

Simply Sunday?

I did so want to stamp yesterday, but duty (ironing) called and I just wanted it all caught up and finished, so Simply Saturday just didn't happen lol!  I managed a very quick Christmas card this afternoon though and it comes from a card I made ages ago using the the direct to paper technique.

Using Distress Ink pads I swiped the ink directly on to some linen cardstock then stamped the tree image from Gifted Swirls.

It is cloudy and dull today so taking a picture was a little difficult!  I must look at investing in a light box I think...How do you all take your photos?  Has onyone tried a light box?  Would love to hear from you :)

Well a very short post today, but it's on to make a slice for the school lunches....my 2 weeks off has finished lol!!

Enjoy the remainder of your Sunday :)

Hugs,

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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 :

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 11.00pm 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 $5.00 gift voucher.  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 for now :)