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Friday, April 15, 2011

Happy Birthday Little One!!

 A quickie post!!
I am using Iwona's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #6 with yet another La La Land stamp, they are just gorgeous and oh soooooo addictive!


This is our Little One, Rylee's 8th Birthday card, matching the one posted earlier in the week for Thomas, they are 2 little super heros!!
Another one to add to the La La Land Customer Galley, got to be in it to win it!!




The Recipe:
Paper: Heidi Grace, SU DS Melon Mambo
Cardstock: Xpress it blending cardstock, Regal Rose, Green Galore
Accessories: Copic Markers, Clear Spica Pen, Raffia, Die namics flower and Open scallop Boarder(MFT), Nesties Fleur De Lis Accents, AnnaBelle 3mm and 4mm Icicle sprinkles


Wednesday, April 13, 2011

La La Land

I have another beauty with some goodies from Scrapbook Boutique. If you want some more details on this number jump over to Scrapbook boutique blog for all the details. 




The Recipe:
Stamps: La La Land- Sugar n Spice Marci, Hero Art Clear Design- Cupcakes
Cardstock: Xpress-it Blending Cardstock,  Mulberry, White
Paper: Echo Park- Springtime
Stamps:Copics:  E31, E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, E53, R20, R81, R83, R85, R89, Y11, Y13, Y15, RV0000, RV00, colourless blender
 Accessories: Nestabilities Labels 1,  Labels 18, Labels 19, Daffodil Satin Ribbon, Silver Rhinestones (coloured with R85), Clear Spica Pen

Friday, April 8, 2011

Say it in with a Banner and Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #5

Hello, it is again time for another AnnaBelle's Friday Challenges,
This week we....'Say it With....... a Banner'
I have teamed this weeks challenge with Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #5 from my buddy Iwona!



 Boy, I am having fun with the new Digi's from AnnaBelle Stamps, they are so versatile to use, the images tell such a loving story!
 I have made this one a little larger than the ones earlier in the week, which made it so much easier to colour!!






The Recipe:
Stamps:AnnaBelle's  Bench Seat Romance Digi, BBD 5, Squared, Banner Builder Ribbons and Tails (PTI)
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Ridinghood Red, Xpress it Blending cardstock
Paper: SU
 Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine- Onyx Black, Kiwi Kiss, Ridinghood Red
Copics: YG00, YG03, YG06, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, E53,R20, R35, R37, R39, R43, C00, C1,C3, colourless blender 
Accessories:AnnaBelle's 6mm Chilli heart Sprinkles,Nesties Circles and blossom, Ridinghood red ribbon, , PTI Double Ended Banner die


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 AnnaBelle 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 just like Nicole did this month!

Make sure you stop in and what stunners the rest of the team have put together for this challenge!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

CASE study #34- An AWESOME new arrival and NO more sleeps!!!!

Well peoples, the time has finally arrived!! 
We are welcoming a new Muse, I am so excited to have,  the one..... the only....... uber talented Silke Ledlow from My Life joining us for the month of April!!!!!
I have always admired Silke's designs, clean lines, the gorgeous bows and the 'signature white', when I grow up I want to be 'Silke'-lol!!!!!

When I found out that Silke had agreed to join us at CASE study, I knew what I needed to do........
  • stock up on white cardstock
  • ensure silver pearls were topped up
  • blow the dust off the score buddy
  • and count down the sleeps!!!
 Without further ado, here is Silke's magnificent inspiration
Mmmmmmmmmmm........

I have used the gorgeous colours from CR84FN



What inspires you?

There is nothing that didn't inspire me, the only thing I really changed was the colours- why mess with perfection!!


The Recipe:
Cardstock:  Early Espresso, SS White (PTI), Xpress it blending Cardstock, Crumb Cake
Paper: Echo Park- Little Girl
Ink:  Memento- Rich Cocoa
Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, Turning a new leaf (PTI)
Copics: YG00, YG03, YG06, YG09
Accessories:AnnaBelle's Mini sprinkles- silver, Eyelet Die (PTI), Butterfly Die (PTI), Chocolate Satin Ribbon, Button, score buddy


Our Fabulous Sponsor for this week is Stamping Boutique
The Stamping Boutique is generously offering 3 digis of winner's choice from the store!!



If you want to play along you can check out all the details on the CASE study site, but in a nutshell......
it is YOUR way!

The design team also has magnificent creations,
Lil' Old Me
Silke (April Muse)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Copic Intermediate !!

I must admit that I have been sitting on this one for over a week, but the time has come to share.

Last Monday I attended the 1st ever Australian Copic Intermediate course here in Melbourne -Our hands were held throughout the day by our very own talented 'Copic Queen' Mandi-Lee, who made the day a whole lot of fun!
 We had a pretty busy day, sitting out side our comfort zone for a big part of the day, but having said that the learning curve was HUGE!!
 
Mandi-Lee lead us through shadow colour theory, Properties of Light and shadow (stretching the mind) - boy did I need help here, now it is finally making sense!
We coloured with combinations that I would have been too scared to use together, we even played around with some of the tricky situations, skin and hair being the biggies!


See you back here tomorrow when we reveal the April Muse at CASE study!!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

AnnaBelle's Brand new digi's and a new format!!

Happy Tuesday to all, today is a verrrrry exciting day at AnnaBelle Stamps, we have a new blog hop format to share with you and some brand spankin' new devine digi's to showcase!!


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

Play along with us for your chance to win the Blog Hop set, this week that is all 3 digi's!
If you have been following along at the AnnaBelle's Blog you will have seen some sneak peaks of the new goodies that are coming your way, stamps, papers.... and more!

I know you will fall in love with these new digi's, as I have, they are just gorgeous and tell such a beautiful story, they make me think of my Grandad heading off to war and what it would have been like for him to say hello or goodbye to his 'girl'.
You know what I love about digi's- can can have them whatever darn size you want!!!  In the 1st one below however I made it a little challenging to colour, all those little bits to colour- thank goodness for the colourless blender-lol!!
I wanted to keep the layouts and colours fairly simple so as not to detract from the beautiful image.
 
I have used 5 Chilli Heart sprinkles and a 3mm turquoise sprinkle together to make the flower, layered this on top of a button.


The Recipe:
Stamps: AnnaBelle's Brand spankin' new digi 'Young Love', AnnaBelle's BBD3
Cardstock: Xpress it Blending Cardstock, Baja Breeze, Pure Poppy
Ink: Baja Breeze
 Copics: E31, E35, E37,E50, E51, G21, G24, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, R39, B0000, B000, B00, B26, C00, C1
Accessories: AnnaBelle's 16mm White satin ribbon, AnnaBelle's 8mm Chilli Heart Sprinkles, AnnaBelle's 3mm Turquoise Sprinkles, Nestabilities Circles and Labels 18,  Button
 
This one is also for the iCopic Challenge #23, the challenge is black and white with one accent colour of choice- Ta da!  Black and white with an accent of Rose Red!



The Recipe:
Stamps:  AnnaBelle's brand new digi 'Summer Rain'
Cardstock: 
Xpress it Blending cardstock, Rose Red, Basic Grey
Paper: SU Hostess Pack (retired)
Copics: RV29, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, BG10, BG0000, blender
Accessories:   AnnaBelle's 16mm White satin and 7mm black stripe Ribbons , Nestabilities Ovals and Fleur De Lis Rectangles, Dimensional Magic (on the rain droplets and the puddles- can see it IRL!)

I know the rest of the team will have some stunning creations with these newbie's, make sure you stop by!

How to Play :
Playing along is now even easier! You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs. 
The hop will stay open for 1 week, a random winner will be drawn on Tuesday the 11th of April

and if you've commented on the mystery DT blog then you will be the winner.


Friday, April 1, 2011

Say it in......... meets Sketchbook Saturday Challenge

Hello and welcome back for another AnnaBelle's Friday Challenges,
Say it in.... Orange and Purple
I must say that I love this colour combination, orange has got to be one of my favourite colours, oh so warm!!
I have teamed this weeks challenge with Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #4 from my buddy Iwona!


Here is my take on the colours, I have used another of my new nesties labels- Mmmmmm
the papers are old ones I have had stashed for years (you know the story!!) fit the challenge perfectly.





The Recipe:
Stamps:AnnaBelle's BBD  Numbers, Take the Cake
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Tangerine Tango, Xpress it Blending cardstock
Paper: American Crafts- Junior Prom, Central Park- Metropolitan collection
 Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine- Onyx Black
Copics: BV0000, BV00, BV02, BV04, V99, YR00, YR02, YR07, YR09, C1, colourless blender 
Accessories:AnnaBelle's Stars and 3mm Pumpkin Sprinkles,AnnaBelle's 7mm Tangerine stitched ribbon, Nesties Labels #19, PTI rick rack boarder.


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 AnnaBelle 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 just like Nicole did this month!

Make sure you stop in and what stunners the rest of the team have put together for this challenge!!