You're so Special Mum!

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

I don't normally do much paper piecing but thought it was time to give it a whirl, in the end I was quite happy with the result, something different, saved the copics-lol!!

The Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black- Party time, Hero Arts- Truly Appreciated
Cardstock: Xpress-it Blending Cardstock, Blush, Olive
 Paper: Echo Park-Springtime 

Ink: Memento- Bamboo Leaves, Tuxedo Black
Copics:  C00,C1, C3, C5, C7, E00, E000, E21, R20
 Accessories: Nestabilities Blossom flower, Mega Ovals, Pink Sew Easy floss- Princess, Wedding Pearls, pale pink satin ribbon

AnnaBelle's All squared!

Happy Tuesday to all!

If you have come here from Lisa's blog you are on the right track, then head along to Stephanie's.

Come and join us at AnnaBelle Stamps,  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,  All Squared.  As you will see when you visit the teams blogs, this set is oh so versatile!

An added bonus for this week only, when purchasing the All Squared set, Andrea will also send you the Squared Mother's day set as well!  This set co-ordinates perfectly with the All Squared set. 

What a perfect Mother's day pressie for yourself!

So much nicer IRL, I found it very difficult to get a good photo!!

The Recipe:

Stamps: AnnaBelle's All Squared

Cardstock: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Silver (from the local art shop)

Paper: SU black DS paper

Ink: Versa Mark, Versafine- Black Onyx

 Copics:Y0000, Y13, Y17, G02, G05, G09, G28, B000, B00, B02, B02, B04, B06, C00, C1

Accessories:AnnaBelle's Ebony Embossing Powder, , AnnaBelle's 3mm, 4mm, 6mm Icicle sprinkles,  Nestabilities Labels 17 and  Fleur De Lis Accents, bling buckle, satin ribbon

I know the rest of the team will have some stunning creations, make sure you stop by!

Next stop on the Hop is Stephanie's

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 10th of May

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

AnnaBelle ABSC037, fresh and fun!

This means it is time for another of AnnaBelle's fabulous Bling Sketch challenges!

If you want to play along too, check out all the details at the end of this post, and give it a whirl!

The wonderful thing about this challenge, is that it is open for a whole 4 weeks!

I had so much fun playing with this sketch, with some of new paper (as if I didn't have enough already!!) in hand, it came together quite quickly, which I must say is unusual for me!!  It must have been the dots-lol!

I hope you can join in and play along too

The Recipe:

Stamps:AnnaBelle's Squared and Squared-Mother's Day

Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red

Paper: Pebbles- Happy Go Lucky, Cheery and Splendid

Ink: Real Red, Kiwi Kiss, Versafine -Onyx Black

Accessories:AnnaBelle's 3mm Artichoke and Girls Mixed Sprinkles, AnnaBelle's 7mm single stitched red ribbon, Bow Easy, Nesties Ovals, Corner Choper,

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!

See you back here next Tuesday for another AnnaBelle's Bolg hop, your are sure to fall in love with our featured set!!

Super Hero Birthday!

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

I just love all the La La Land Stamps, so much fun to colour and perfect for a boy or even a man!

This one is for Ange's son Liam who turned 7 yesterday

I have also used Iwona's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #8, these challenges are CAS and so easy to use!!

While I am on a roll, I will be adding this one to the La La Land Customer Gallery too, open until the end of the month.

The Recipe:
Stamps: La La Land- Star Boy Luka, Hero Arts Clear Design- Essential Messages, Hero Arts - Envelope Pattern

Cardstock: Xpress-it Blending Cardstock, Ocean, Cherry 
Paper: Echo Park- A Walk in the Park

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine- Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distressed ink- Broken China

Copics:  E40, E43, E44, E47, E50, E51, E53, R22, R24, R29, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17,B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, C3, C5 colourless blender
 Accessories: Nestabilities Stars, Cuttlebug Embossing folder- Stars, Jillibean Soup Bean Stalk- Baker's Twine- Red, Button

Say it in.....Blue, Purple and Cream (Oops!)

Playing along with AnnaBelle's Say it in..... Blue, Purple and Cream (forgot the cream but used white instead!)

You still have  time to play along, with Easter in the middle, the challenge is open until Friday.

I have used the Mother's Day Bouquet set, which Dana has just won for participating in the Blog hop.

I am sure Dana will find it just as versatile as the rest of the team, a fabulous 'go to set'!

The Recipe:

Stamps: AnnaBelle Mother's Day Bouquet, All Squared

Cardstock: Xpress it Blending Cardstock, Orchid Opulence

Paper: SU Hostess Pack

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Black Onyx

Copics:V000, V12, V 15, V17, YG61, YG67

Accessories: Stickles Black Diamond, AnnaBelle Sprinkles- 6mm Waterfall

Mother's Day Bouquet Bog Hop

Happy Tuesday to all!

If you have come here from Lisa's blog you are on the right track, then head along to Stephanie's.

Come and join us at AnnaBelle Stamps,  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,  the Mother's Day Bouquet set.  As you will see when you visit the teams blogs, this set is oh so versatile!
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!

SketchBook Saturday Challenge #7, I found Iwona's sketch to be perfect for my card today

The Recipe:

Stamps: AnnaBelle's Mother's Day Bouquet

Cardstock: Xpress it Blending Cardstock, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise

Paper: Bitty Gingham (A Muse), SU Delightful Daffodil

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine- Black Onyx

 Copics:Y0000, Y13, Y17, G02, G05, G09, G28, B000, B00, B02, B02, B04, B06, C00, C1

Accessories: AnnaBelle's 7mm Red stitched ribbon, AnnaBelle's 6mmTurquoise sprinkles,  Nestabilities Labels 4 and  Fleur De Lis Accents, Score Pal, Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing folder, Banner Die (PTI)



I have used the SSSC113 sketch for this one




The colours have not photographed very well, but the textured background is a chocolate colour, and looks sooooo much nicer IRL!



The Recipe:

Stamps:  AnnaBelle's Mother's Day Bouquet, Squared- Mother's Day (sentiment)
Cardstock:  CC designs Copic Paper, AnnaBelle's Textured- Chocolate (coming soon)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper: Queen Bee (pink paislee)
Copics: E0000, E21, E23, E25, E27, G20, G21, G24, G28
Accessories:   AnnaBelle's  16mm  Satin Ribbons- Lime Juice and Moss ,  AnnaBelle's Sprinkles -6mm Sultana, Nestabilities Ovals and Labels 18 , Dimensional Magic, Jewellery Tag Punch (SU), Die-namics open scallop boarder, button

I know the rest of the team will have some stunning creations, make sure you stop by!

Next stop on the Hop is Stephanie's

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.

Happy Easter gift bag

Killing 2 birds with one stone!!  I wanted to enter the Easter copic challenge over at Copic Oz and wanted to make a little copic gift for Dianne, Darcy's scrapbooking teacher, to hold some yummy chocolate eggs.

I used a high gloss gift bag, cut off the white rope handles, replaced them with some pink grosgrain ribbon- and the rest you can see-lol!!

I am still finding ruffling the grosgrain ribbon a bit of a challenge, after this photo was taken the ribbon started to unstick- Doh!!!!!!!!!!

Wella, here it is!!!

The Recipe:

Stamps: Karen's Doodles- Baby Chick and Egg, Banner Builder (PTI), Occasions for all (SU)

Cardstock: Green Galore, Delightful Daffodil, Xpress it blending cardstock

Paper: SU DS Paper- Delightful Daffodil

Ink: Green Galore, Versafine- Black Onyx

Copics: RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14, RV25, RV29, YG00, YG03, YG05, YG06, YG09, Y0000, Y00, Y06, Y08, G28, YR00, YR02, YR07, YR09, Colourless Blender

Accessories: Banner Die (PTI), Nesties Fleur De Lis Accents, Nesties Labels 18, AnnaBelle 4mm Icicle sprinkles and Mixed Sprinkles -Girls, White Gloss Gift Bag, Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Spica pen