tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77897699950530424322024-03-14T05:02:11.063+10:00Playing with PaperJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-22635353264698370182012-06-01T12:00:00.000+10:002012-06-01T12:00:00.619+10:00May your day be a special one + an announcementI hope everyone is gearing up for an awesome weekend :) This one promises to be rainy for us in Brisbane which is great for the garden so I am not complaining! <br />
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I am of course here to share this week's <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge with you, however before I do I have an announcement to make - this week's challenge will be my last as a DT Belle for AnnaBelle Stamps. I'm very sad to be leaving the team - all of the Belles are so talented and absolutely the loveliest ladies you could ever hope to meet, but life has been a bit hectic lately and crafting needs to take a backseat for the moment. Thanks so much to Andrea for letting be a part of your awesome team and letting me work with your awesome designs.<br />
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I will still be stamping and making cards (I haven't purchased a card in three years and am not about to start) but whether or not I will be blogging remains to be seen. I will be around in cyberspace however if you want to drop me a line :)<br />
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So without further ado, here's this week's challenge:<br />
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Please note that it is <i>pie<b>r</b>cing</i>, not <i>piecing</i>. Right Belles? hehe :) This technique (in case you don't know) is where you pierce the paper with a sharp instrument like a pin or a paper piercer (hence the name) to create lines or a pattern. I've gone with a border on my card below:<br />
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I used AnnaBelle Stamps <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/cardstock/a4-smooth-white-pk-10">white cardstoc</a>k for the base, Carnation Hero Arts layering paper for the stamping and piercing layer, and butterflies and a sentiment from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/stamps-by-name/all-things-grow?cPath=1_171">All Things Grow</a> set.<br />
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I white embossed the sentiment and butterflies and then created the border using a ruler and a paper piercer.<br />
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See what paper piercing fun the rest of the Belles had this week:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><br />
<a href="http://www.danielledaws.com/">Danielle</a></center><br />
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Hope you have a lovely weekend :)<br />
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<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
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This week we want you to use the colours Lime and Orange in your projects. Here's my card:<br />
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All of the Belles used <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/lil-belles/lil-monsters-balloon?cPath=1_169">Lil Monster's Balloon</a> stamp set this week, along with a soon-to-be released die that goes with it! I stamped the lil monster and the XXX sentiment from the set with Archival Ink in Jet Black on watercolour paper.<br />
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I then coloured him in using a paintbrush with Distress inks (Shabby Shutters for his shirt and his balloon with Spiced Marmalade) mixed with water. I used a marvy marker (Grey) to do some shading on the lil monster himself.<br />
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See how the rest of the Belles used this cute stamp set! Links to their blogs can be found on my sidebar.<br />
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That's it from me, take care and have a fantastic weekend!<br />
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<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
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<li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
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<b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
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</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-64126743660821225942012-05-11T12:00:00.000+10:002012-05-11T12:00:00.069+10:00CongratulationsHope everyone is enjoying lovely weather in their corner of the world! The rain has finally stopped here in Brisbane and we have been enjoying some lovely sunny (but cool) weather in the past week or so which is a nice change.<br />
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Are you ready for another inspiring challenge from <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a>? <br />
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Adding faux stitching with a white gel pen has to be one of the simplest ways to create interest to a card without bulk (cardmaking queen <a href="http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/">Kristina Werner</a> rarely makes a card without it) and looks just about real enough to fool anyone at first glance.<br />
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I had the contents of my recently delivered parcel from Simon Says Stamp all over my desk when I went to start making this card - I couldn't resist the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/the-43882/simon-says-stamp-Card/Detail">April card kit</a> from Simon Says Stamp (what can I say, I love pastels!) and the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/the-37889/Memory-Box-ROUND-BUTTONS/Detail">round buttons die</a> by Memory Box was practically walking itself over to my Bigshot to be used ;)<br />
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I used the Hero Arts (Lilac) layering paper from the card kit for the cardbase and the sentiment layer as well as for one of the buttons. The largest button is made with Carnation layering paper (also from the kit) and the orange button is cut from some Kaisercraft Peachy Keen patterned paper I had in my scrap drawer.<br />
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I white embossed the sentiment from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> and added a stitched border above and below the cute patterned paper from Lawn Fawn (also from the card kit). I also added real stitches to the buttons with crochet thread.<br />
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I hope that you will find the time to play along with this challenge, sewing (faux or otherwise) is so much fun! The rest of the AnnaBelle Stamps DT girls' blogs can be found on my sidebar - I recommend having a look at their blogs to see what they have come up with this week!<br />
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That's it from me, take care and have a fantastic weekend!<br />
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<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
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<li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul>
<b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
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<li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-16926825584358529942012-05-04T12:00:00.000+10:002012-05-04T12:00:00.936+10:00Just a noteHappy Friday to you! It's been a real wet and rainy one here in Brisbane this week - my favourite type of weather!
I'm here once again to share an <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge with you - Say it in Kraft, Lemon and White:
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I went with a kraft cardbase and came up with the following card:
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I started by using post-its to mask off the sides of the cardfront and stamped the flower image from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/fanciful-flowers?cPath=1_168">Fanciful Flowers</a> randomly to create a pattern using Brilliance White ink and Canary Versacolor ink.<br />
I removed the post-its and stamped the sentiment (also from Fanciful Flowers) with Versafine Onyx Black ink.<br />
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I then used a ruler to add lines using a white gel pen.<br />
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For some big doses of inspiration check out the links below to visit the rest of the DT gals' blogs. You will not be disappointed! :)<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><br />
<a href="http://www.danielledaws.com/">Danielle</a><br />
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</center>That's it from me, take care and have a fantastic weekend!<br />
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<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul>
<li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul>
<b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
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<li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-43943816319208589142012-04-27T12:00:00.000+10:002012-04-27T12:00:00.890+10:00Just a noteI'm so glad it's Friday! Even though it's been a short week at work this week due to the public holiday on Wednesday (Anzac Day) I will be over the moon when this week is over ;)
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And because it's Friday I have another <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge for you!
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I used the placement of the shapes in the sketch for the elements in my card below:<br />
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I inked up the gorgeous dandelion image from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/garden-silhouettes?cPath=1_171">Garden Silhouettes</a> first with Broken China Distress ink and then around the edges with Stormy Sky Distress ink. I stamped it on smooth white cardstock cut to 3.5x3.5" (folded).
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The sentiment is from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/fanciful-flowers?cPath=1_168">Fanciful Flowers</a> stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink. The rhinestones beside the sentiment are 'Ice Blue' from Kaisercraft. I created the scallop border with my Fiskars Scallop Sentiment punch.<br />
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If you want to look at some more inspiration for this wonderful sketch please click on the links below to visit the rest of the DT gals' blogs. You will not be disappointed! :)<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><br />
<a href="http://www.danielledaws.com/">Danielle</a><br />
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That's it from me, take care and have a fantastic weekend!<br />
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You can either use a background stamp, or if you don't have any of those, just create your own! Even though I have a million and one background stamps I find it more fun to create my own:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started off with a 3.5"x3.5" white cardbase and stamped one of the stamps from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/garden-silhouettes?cPath=1_171">Garden Silhouettes</a> stamp set with Chateau Gray Versacolor ink. It doesn't show very well in the photo, but I also stamped in the blank spaces with the little three dot stamp from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> using Chateau Gray ink. </div><br />
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The largest flower is from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/petals/petal-packs/petal-white-pack">white petal pack</a> at AnnaBelle Stamps. I coloured the smaller flower (bought years ago, not sure where from) with the Chateau Gray inkpad and set it aside to dry. I made a bow to sit behind the flower using sheer ribbon using one of the methods that Shari Carrol demonstrated in <a href="http://www.heroarts.com/learning/technique.cfm?techID=228&catID=6">this</a> video for Hero Arts (I need to practice and refine my technique - she makes it look so easy doesn't she?!) The flower was finished off with a button glued with Glossy Accents. I also used Glossy Accents to adhere the flower to the card.<br />
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The sentiment panel is a scrap piece of the same white cardstock trimmed to size with a sentiment from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> set stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.<br />
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If you want to see more beautiful cards with stamped backgrounds please click on the links below to visit the rest of the DT gals' blogs. You will not be disappointed! :)<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><br />
<a href="http://www.danielledaws.com/">Danielle</a><br />
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That's it from me, take care and have a fantastic weekend!<br />
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I did a bit of tone-on-tone stamping for my card below using A•muse studio black cardstock which I love because it's coloured on one side, white on the other - perfect for cards!<br />
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I stamped the beautiful damask-style stamp from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/fanciful-flowers?cPath=1_168">Fanciful Flowers</a> in Versamark ink once along the top and then again beneath it to repeat the pattern. The photo below shows the stamping alot better:<br />
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I cut another strip of the black cardstock and white embossed it with a sentiment from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> set. I layered the black strip over some white cardstock and adhered to the cardfront. Super simple right? :)<br />
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Also, today only you can buy both stamp sets used in the above card, plus many other products from the AnnaBelle Stamps shop for 13% off! Click on the button below to visit the shop:<br />
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If you want to see more beautiful cards please click on the links below to visit the rest of the DT gals' blogs. You will not be disappointed I assure you! :)<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><br />
<a href="http://www.danielledaws.com/">Danielle</a><br />
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That's all from me, take care!<br />
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To make this celebratory card I used some scraps from the Inque Boutique 'Isn't it Romantic' 6x6 paper pad. I cut the green layer about an 1/8" wider than the paisley hearts layer. After adhering the paisley panel to the green layer I poked holes along the edges using my ruler and piercing tool.<br />
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I then used a white gel pen between the holes to give the illusion of stitching. The sentiment is from Kaisercraft's 'Birthday' mini stamp set which was stamped in Worn Lipstick distress ink.<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com172tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-13108885631310532142012-03-30T11:00:00.000+10:002012-03-30T11:00:04.202+10:00Thinking of YouHello again! Welcome to another challenge from <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a>! This week we have a sketch challenge for you:<br />
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I'm currently taking Tim Holtz's current online class (<a href="http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/timholtz/class-info/">Creative Chemistry 101</a>) which inspired me to pull out the distress inks and have a play with embossed resist. Here's what I came up with:<br />
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I white embossed the flourishy stamp from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> onto plain white cardstock which I had already cut into a hoop using circle nestabilities. I blended Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass distress inks on the surface of the hoop. The white embossing resisted the ink which is such a cool effect.<br />
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I had some aqua/teal Kaisercraft ribbon but it wasn't quite in the right shade to match the hoop, so I ran my blending tool preloaded with Tumbled Glass over it to give the colour a nudge in the right direction :)<br />
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The sentiment from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/fanciful-flowers?cPath=1_168">Fanciful Flowers</a> was stamped on another circle of plain white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I then used foam dots to pop up the hoop and more foam dots to pop that up on top of the ribbon which I adhered to the cardbase (after allowing it to dry of course!)<br />
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Exciting news to share this week as well - the AnnaBelle Stamps DT have a new addition - <a href="http://www.danielledaws.com/">Danielle Daws</a>! Danielle has a gorgeous, clean and graphic style and I love every card she makes. I'm sure she will create some jaw-dropping cards with AnnaBelle Stamps!<br />
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Be sure to check out the rest of the Belles to get some inspiration for this week's challenge:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
That's it for now - have an awesome weekend!<br />
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<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
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<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
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</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-44542781474001417222012-03-23T11:00:00.003+10:002012-03-23T11:00:01.043+10:00With LoveHappy Friday! Hope everyone is gearing up for a great weekend! I am hoping that this wet weather goes away for a few days so that I can get some washing done - how about you?<br />
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And since it's Friday I'm here to share this week's <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge with you. It's time to use some twine!<br />
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I am fairly unimaginative when it comes to twine and ribbon... the most daring thing I do is a knot instead of a bow ;) So this card is totally me:<br />
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Stampwise I used the silhouette image from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/stamps-by-name/all-things-grow?cPath=1_171">All Things Grow with Love</a> and the sentiment from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/squared-mothers-day?cPath=1_171">Squared Mother's Day</a>. I inked the silhouette with Umber Versacolor and then around the top with Pinecone Versacolor. The sentiment was stamped with Pinecone.<br />
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I dyed some <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/ribbons-twine/twine-cord-hemp/10lb-natural-hemp-twine">Natural Hemp Twine</a> with ink from a brown Marvy marker diluted with water and waited for it to dry. Once dry I looped it around the top panel where I had already stamped the silhouette and sentiment and tied a bow. The cardstock is lovely textured Canson Vivaldi cardstock in 'Cream'.<br />
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I hope that this card has inspired you just a little bit! Check out the links below to see what my fellow DT members have created this week - their amazing creations show how versatile twine can be!<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
Bye for now!<br />
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<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-71173750409496030962012-03-16T11:00:00.005+10:002012-03-16T11:00:02.997+10:00Give ThanksHappy Friday and welcome to another challenge at <a href="http://annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a>! This week it's a colour challenge and what a fresh and happy combination it is too!<br />
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I love yellow and white together (reminds me of mangoes and ice-cream!) <br />
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I went with an extremely simple card in one layer:<br />
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Ack! I'm sorry if that blinded you! It is alot of yellow isn't it?<br />
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Very simple recipe for this one: <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/garden-silhouettes?cPath=1_171">Garden Silhouettes</a> from AnnaBelle Stamps stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Ultra Fine White EP from Hero Arts. Okay, one more image to show the gorgeous texture that you get by heat embossing on Bazzill:<br />
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If you can still see I suggest you hop along to find out what the rest of the Belles have created this week ;)<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
Bye for now!<br />
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<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-88434402465998205272012-03-13T19:02:00.000+10:002012-03-13T19:02:00.020+10:00Topical Tuesday - Simple tips for coloured pencils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://stampembellishcreate.ning.com/profiles/blogs/topical-tuesday-coloured-pencils-1-simple-tips-and-tricks"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmrr1dV5DG1rzvRapkx3h83GWmKduA4fDoCvIPvDNfWbHf4BfIstQwFNnvoE2xNOHKLiMdnIZXu9ygPcFhw6BkFlBAzwn6xmchdPBrDJOsagrj8Csa0RCDZ84gGAUI31UtdoM5LNTi5aY/s320/tt006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
This week it was my turn for the Topical Tuesday feature on <a href="http://www.stampembellishcreate.ning.com/">Stamp Embellish Create</a> (exclusive to members). Click on the image above to go straight to my tutorial. If you aren't a member yet go ahead and sign up - it's free!<br />
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Have a wonderful day!<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-17284539363888724062012-03-09T11:00:00.056+10:002012-03-09T11:00:03.168+10:00Miss YouSorry I haven't been blogging as much lately - apart from my AnnaBelle Stamps design team posts I haven't been crafting as much as usual. I put it down to being sucked into the current season of My Kitchen Rules which commands my attention for the hour that I usually have for crafting (7:30-8:30). Is anyone else addicted to that show like I am? Argh! :) I don't even like cooking! But anyway, I do apologise, and I hope to get some extra crafting in this weekend so that I can share more during the week!<br />
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So since it's Friday I am here to once again share an <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge with you. This time we want you to:<br />
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You could make something using the colours of chocolate, or perhaps create something that incorporates chocolates in some way. I created a box to hold some Ferrero Rochers (yum).<br />
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I created the tag using white cardstock with a flower from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/fanciful-flowers?cPath=1_168">Fanciful Flowers</a> set stamped in Scarlet Versacolor ink. The sentiment is from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/garden-silhouettes?cPath=1_171">Garden Silhouettes</a> set, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.<br />
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For the box I randomly stamped flowers from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/fanciful-flowers?cPath=1_168">Fanciful Flowers</a> set in Versamark ink on red Bazzill cardstock which I had cut to size and scored with my Martha Stewart scoring board but hadn't folded yet so that it lay flat.<br />
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I cut and folded the box base and lid, popped in the chocolates and wrapped it up with some white satin ribbon tied in a bow. Done!<br />
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Hope you get time to play along this week! For some added inspiration click on the links below to see what the rest of the Belles have created this week:<br />
<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
Until next time,<br />
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</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-64318208588804262012012-03-02T11:00:00.000+10:002012-03-02T11:00:04.580+10:00Birthday WishesHappy Friday to you all! I hope that you're gearing up for the weekend wherever you may be in the world - it's nearly here! :)<br />
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I'm here to share another Annabelle Stamps challenge with you...<br />
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Brown, olive and mustard are terrific earthy colours to use for a masculine card... but that's not what I've got to show you today! I went girly for mine...<br />
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The cardbase is lovely brown Bazzill, cut to 3x3" for a cute little notecard. I stamped one of the sweet little sentiments from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/garden-silhouettes?cPath=1_171">Garden Silhouettes</a> on a strip of the Bazzill cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink and used a square punch to notch the end (ala <a href="http://papertrufflez.typepad.com/">Julie Ebersole</a>.<br />
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The focal silhouette image is also from Garden Silhouettes, stamped on paper from the Kaisercraft Hey Birdie paper pad. It stamped way too light so I used some prismacolor pencils to give it some definition.<br />
Punched a butterfly using a Sullivans punch with Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue paper and popped a couple of Kaisercraft pearls (coloured with Chamois copic) in the centre.<br />
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Click on the links below to see how the other Belles were inspired by the colours:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
See you next time!<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" /><br />
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</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-35367491142442231972012-03-01T09:37:00.000+10:002012-03-01T09:37:14.802+10:00Award from Neat and TangledHow delighted was I to receive this award from Danielle (<a href="http://neatandtangled.blogspot.com.au/">Neat and Tangled</a>). Seriously, what that lady does with Lawn Fawn and Hero Arts (okay, basically any stamp she touches) a-m-a-z-e-s me every time ;) Oh and I almost forgot - her videos are fantastic too. Please go visit her blog now, you won't regret it ;)<br />
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Liebster is German for 'dearest'. The award is a 'share the love' arrangement, given to inspirational bloggers with less than 200 followers. And here is what a Liebster Award recipient must do:<br />
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1. Thank the giver and link back to their blog<br />
2. Reveal you five blogger picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog<br />
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog (see above)<br />
4. Hope that those you award forward it to their favorite bloggers<br />
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My picks (in no particular order):<br />
<a href="http://happystamper-michelle.blogspot.com.au/">Michelle</a> (so talented)<br />
<a href="http://piecesbyemily.blogspot.com.au/">Emily</a> (love what she does with copics)<br />
<a href="http://tracyercole.blogspot.com.au/">Tracy</a> (clean and graphic at its best)<br />
<a href="http://suesinkyfingers.blogspot.com.au/">Sue</a> (love her style)<br />
<a href="http://kingstonmamacrafts.blogspot.com.au/">Ann</a> (Beautiful CAS creations)<br />
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Thanks again Danielle for the lovely award, and giving me the opportunity to shout out some of my fave crafty bloggers!<br />
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I'll be back tomorrow with another <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge post ;)<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-64701236612770973842012-02-24T11:00:00.040+10:002012-02-24T11:00:04.455+10:00Because I Love You + 200th post!Hiya! Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am! I also just noticed on my blogger dashboard that this will be post number 200 for this little blog. Just thought I'd share :)<br />
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Well the weekend is nearly here so that means it's Friday and time for another <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge. This week we have a super simple sketch for you:<br />
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I used the sketch as a starting off point and created the card below:<br />
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I used <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/stamps-by-name/backgrounds-by-design-5?cPath=1_51">BBD5</a> on the white cardbase (4" square) with Versacolor ink in Cement.<br />
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I tied a bow around a smaller piece of the same white cardstock with satin Christina Re ribbon and stamped the sentiment from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> in Versafine Onyx Black ink. The pearls are from Kaisercraft. The sentiment and ribbon layer of cardstock is attached to the cardbase using foam dots for a bit of dimension.<br />
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You are going to love how the other team members have interpreted the sketch so please click on the links below to visit their blogs:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
See you next time!<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" /><br />
<b><br />
</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-75150748164912185082012-02-17T11:00:00.000+10:002012-02-17T11:00:02.511+10:00You Brighten My DayThank goodness it is Friday! What a week... so glad it is over :) <br />
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And since it's Friday, I'm here to share this week's <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge with you. This is an easy one since everyone should have at least one background (or build-a-background) stamp in their collection, right? :)<br />
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I love <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a>' background stamps as you can build your own, making it as big or small (or long or short) as you like it.<br />
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I firstly stamped the sentiment from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> in Onyx Black Versafine ink. I masked the sentiment by covering it with a post-it and then inked up the striped background stamp from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/bbd7?cPath=1_51">BBD7</a> from AnnaBelle Stamps with Marigold Versacolor ink. The stripe stamp actually has three stripes close together and then one set apart - I just inked the three stripes part of the stamp and stamped it twice to frame the sentiment.<br />
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I took off the post-it, adhered the white panel to a white cardbase and that's that!<br />
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I know that my fellow DT members have got some gorgeous projects on their blogs for this challenge:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
See you next time!<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" /><br />
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<b><br />
</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-51036016013247718612012-02-12T09:11:00.000+10:002012-02-12T09:11:53.686+10:00Hope Your Birthday is Simply WonderfulGood morning! Hope that you are enjoying a relaxing and peaceful Sunday in your corner of the world :) <br />
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I thought I would share a card I've made with one of my recent <a href="http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/StoreFront">Simon Says Stamp</a> purchases...<br />
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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjholland/6859043743/" title="Hope Your Birthday is Simply Wonderful (1) by JessHolland, on Flickr"><img alt="Hope Your Birthday is Simply Wonderful (1)" height="492" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6859043743_77c22e07d4.jpg" width="500" /></a></center><br />
I used the <a href="http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/servlet/the-34011/polka-dot-greetings-die/Detail">Polka Dot Greetings</a> stamp and die set by My Favorite Things to make this card. I stamped the polka dot label in Turquoise Versacolor ink after cutting <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/cardstock/a4-smooth-white-pk-10">Smooth white cardstock</a> from AnnaBelle Stamps in my Bigshot. Stamped the sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black ink - so easy to get it right - love these die/stamp combos!<br />
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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjholland/6859043361/" title="Hope Your Birthday is Simply Wonderful (2) by JessHolland, on Flickr"><img alt="Hope Your Birthday is Simply Wonderful (2)" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6859043361_924c148ae0.jpg" width="500" /></a></center><br />
I layered a turquoise patterned American Crafts ribbon over white transluscent ribbon and wrapped around another piece of the white cardstock trimmed to size. I used foam dots to pop up the label and adhered the whole thing to a 4x4 cardbase (same white cardstock).<br />
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Well I might go and see what else I can create with this fabulous die and stamp set!<br />
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Thanks for taking a peek! :)<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-56156607189689685422012-02-10T11:00:00.027+10:002012-02-10T11:31:11.263+10:00In my heartSo happy it's Friday today! I hope everyone has lots of great plans for the weekend... I don't have much going on which is the way I like it! :) I do plan on getting up to date with Google Reader though... I'm so behind on all my commenting it's not funny!<br />
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I love Fridays for two reasons - firstly, the weekend is just around the corner and secondly, I get to share another <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge with you! This week we want you to use the colours Red, Black and White on your cards.<br />
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To keep the hearts straight I drew a line in pencil. I used one of the hearts from AnnaBelle Stamps' <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> set and stamped it repeatedly along the line, once with Scarlet Versacolor ink and then around it with Versafine Onyx Black ink. The card itself is my favourite size - 4" x 3" - to fit inside the mini envelopes that I have in my stash.<br />
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The sentiment is also from the Love Birds set. The whole sentiment is 'in my heart forever' (which I used on <a href="http://jess-paperplay.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/in-my-heart-forever.html">this</a> card) but I masked the 'forever' with post-its and stamped the 'in my heart' part above the row of hearts with Versafine Onyx Black ink.<br />
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I really hope you feel inspired by the colours and play along with us! To see the gorgeous creations by the rest of the DT please use the links below:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a></center><br />
See you next time!<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" /><br />
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<b><br />
</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-39282816950418744642012-02-03T15:26:00.000+10:002012-02-03T15:26:37.935+10:00Because I Love YouHappy Friday! So happy that this week is almost over. I am really looking forward to the weekend, how about you?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoudjvq_R0k0rTV0k1FyYXMZ43su62ZesQjFkLnbvGvPjM6f7nrDnAER8ieQPsG189_TjpzBr5xY7jOCtv_AfQTXU062_MxWrWLizuGvERpkBRCODldjOJ1lP9qBmq7CYLyI6_8qxuPrZ/s1600/sec_banner_rec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoudjvq_R0k0rTV0k1FyYXMZ43su62ZesQjFkLnbvGvPjM6f7nrDnAER8ieQPsG189_TjpzBr5xY7jOCtv_AfQTXU062_MxWrWLizuGvERpkBRCODldjOJ1lP9qBmq7CYLyI6_8qxuPrZ/s200/sec_banner_rec.jpg" width="200" /></a>Before I show you this week's challenge from AnnaBelle Stamps I would like to announce our new social site called <a href="http://stampembellishcreate.ning.com/">Stamp Embellish Create!</a> We hope you will love to come and visit...often! We'll start a new regular Tuesday feature from next week! We'll include all sorts of things like tutorials, hints, cards start to finish, and anything we can fit in! We want to build a community of shared ideas and a catalogue of answers to anything "How to..." in the stamping world, and with your help I know we can!<br />
You can set up your very own page and customise it how you like. Add your photos (any crafty photos using any products - not restricted to ABS) and share them with others. <br />
Sign up today! Invite your friends! Membership is free, so why not!! <br />
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And here is the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge for this week:<br />
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I have been making so many cards with white bases lately which was getting kind of same-y, so I went for red this time around.<br />
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I love red and white for Valentine's Day/love themed cards don't you? For this card I used a 4x3 red Bazzill cardbase upon which I stamped a sentiment and a heart (repeated three times) from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> set by AnnaBelle Stamps with Versamark ink and then embossed with Ultra Fine White embossing powder from Hero Arts.<br />
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And that's it. So easy!<br />
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I hope you get time to play along with us this week, and if you need inspiration why not take a look at what the other Belles have created:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><a href="http://cathdean.blogspot.com/"></a></center>Hope you have a simply awesome day! <br />
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</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. </li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul><br />
<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-82900725001613763802012-01-30T18:19:00.000+10:002012-01-30T18:19:28.075+10:00Winner!I opened up my email to read my comments at 3am this morning (don't ask!) and was surprised to discover that <a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/">Marion</a> (my fellow DT member of AnnaBelle Stamps) was the first to comment AND she guessed correctly - my influence for <a href="http://jess-paperplay.blogspot.com/2012/01/you-are-so-special-giveaway.html">this</a> card was the amazingly talented Jennifer McGuire. I was doing the <a href="http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/inspirationshowcase/classinfo/">Inspiration Showcase</a> class at the time.<br />
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Marion I've emailed you! Thanks to everyone who commented, it means alot :)<br />
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Have a great evening,<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-24311042027075485122012-01-29T21:41:00.002+10:002012-01-30T18:06:22.133+10:00You are so special + giveaway!I hope everyone is enjoying a lovely and relaxing Sunday wherever they are! Here in Brisbane it's been raining for the past week but I think it's finally stopped!<br />
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I haven't been very productive in the craft room lately... so I thought I would share a card that I created for a magazine call that wasn't picked up...<br />
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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjholland/6780111183/" title="You are so Special (1) by JessHolland, on Flickr"><img alt="You are so Special (1)" height="483" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6780111183_2d42d78e47.jpg" width="500" /></a></center>I embossed the quilt pattern from the V&A Museum stamp set called 'Cornfield' with Ultra Fine embossing powder from Hero Arts on some white cardstock. I stamped one of the greetings from the Essential Messages set by Hero Arts on a strip of white cardstock in Onyx Black Versafine ink. The background panel and the sentiment strip were matted with Mi Tientes cardstock in 'Dawn Pink'.<br />
<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjholland/6780112173/" title="You are so Special (2) by JessHolland, on Flickr"><img alt="You are so Special (2)" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6780112173_f5de5aef24.jpg" width="500" /></a></center>I assembled the flower using white and pink paper flowers I found in my stash along with some sewing thread and a cardstock button cut with one of the buttons from the Buttons Quartet die set from Die-Namics using the Dawn Pink cardstock.<br />
I think it's pretty obvious who I was influenced by when I made this card, but I thought it would make a fun giveaway question... so the first person to guess right in my comments will win a brand new jar of this fantastic stuff which I used on the above card:<br />
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I'll draw a random winner on Thursday 2nd Feb at 7pm (AEST) if nobody answers correctly before then.<br />
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<b>Edited to add: </b>This giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere, no matter where you are in the world ;)<br />
<strong>Further edited to add:</strong> Embossing powder has been won - Marion was the first to comment and guessed it right in one!! - Jennifer McGuire was the correct answer ;)<br />
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Good luck and hope you have a great day!<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-312959346929797642012-01-27T11:00:00.023+10:002012-01-27T11:00:04.237+10:00In my Heart ForeverHello again! Today I'm here to share this week's <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge. It's a very clean and simple sketch today - right up my alley! <br />
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Here's my take on it:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QSnTWAT-vpE/TyCXKGFqzOI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/QMJmpU28TBQ/s1600/inmyheartforever_01aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QSnTWAT-vpE/TyCXKGFqzOI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/QMJmpU28TBQ/s400/inmyheartforever_01aw.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br />
I used the birdhouse stamp from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> set by <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> stamped in Versafine Black Onyx ink on a white cardstock circle which I die cut using my Bigshot with a circle nestability. The heart from the same set was stamped in Scarlet Versacolor ink and cut out freehand. I popped it up with a foam dot for dimension.<br />
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The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in Versafine Black Onyx ink on a 6x4 top folding white card. The ribbon is from Kaisercraft.<br />
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I hope you get time to play along with us this week, and if you need inspiration why not take a look at what the other Belles have created:<br />
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<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><br />
<a href="http://cathdean.blogspot.com/">Cath </a>(Guest Belle)</center><br />
Have a great day!<br />
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</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. <br />
</li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-23702152490696443892012-01-26T10:19:00.000+10:002012-01-26T10:19:27.007+10:00Hugs & KissesHappy Australia Day! Today most folk get together and celebrate the day with a BBQ, but we are just hanging out at home, enjoying the lovely day off work.<br />
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I'm here to share a card I made a short time ago while playing around with the new releases by <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a>. This one came together so easily with a few bits and pieces that were sitting on my craft table.<br />
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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjholland/6762898247/" title="Hugs and Kisses (1) by JessHolland, on Flickr"><img alt="Hugs and Kisses (1)" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6762898247_381375363c.jpg" width="464" /></a></center><br />
The cardbase is Canson Vivaldi (4x4). I adhered the square panel (Crumbcake from Stampin' Up) which I white embossed with the Gingham background stamp from <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/bbd7?cPath=1_51">BBD7</a> by AnnaBelle Stamps. I adhered the sentiment strip (also Crumbcake) over it which I had also white embossed with a sentiment from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/fanciful-flowers?cPath=1_168">Fanciful Flowers</a> set by AnnaBelle Stamps.<br />
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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjholland/6762897855/" title="Hugs and Kisses (2) by JessHolland, on Flickr"><img alt="Hugs and Kisses (2)" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6762897855_bc513c5c55.jpg" width="500" /></a></center><br />
The scribbly heart is from the <a href="http://annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/love-birds?cPath=1_173">Love Birds</a> set which I cut out freehand and popped up on the card using foam dots.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed taking a look! I will be back tomorrow with this week's <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge.<br />
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<img src="http://www.lennonforever.net/sig.png" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789769995053042432.post-59641867843462665882012-01-20T11:00:00.034+10:002012-01-20T11:00:03.412+10:00Hello FriendSo glad that it's Friday today...I can't wait for the weekend, how about you?<br />
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I'm here to share this week's <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> challenge with you.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/32702886/sn/549868393/name/in_yellow_lime_turq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/32702886/sn/549868393/name/in_yellow_lime_turq.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>This is a great colour combination... so bright and cheerful!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CKNiEXEywkI/TxfeMwlbyWI/AAAAAAAAAQs/B3v6U4GKcls/s1600/hellofriend_01aw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CKNiEXEywkI/TxfeMwlbyWI/AAAAAAAAAQs/B3v6U4GKcls/s320/hellofriend_01aw.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br />
I used the new <a href="http://www.blogger.com/annabellestamps.com/bella-stamps/all-stamps/garden-silhouettes%22">Garden Silhouettes</a> set by <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> for this card. I stamped the large branch image three times in Versacolor inks Canary and Turquoise inks as well as Kaiser ink in Splice.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cnEHG7ZDyac/TxfeOMvQXjI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/UfNDTYsVqkw/s1600/hellofriend_01b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cnEHG7ZDyac/TxfeOMvQXjI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/UfNDTYsVqkw/s320/hellofriend_01b.jpg" width="240" /></a> </div><br />
I used my Bigshot and Square Nestabilities to cut out the windows (took a few goes to get everything centered and straight... I recommend using an electronic die cutter if you have one!) and arranged the coloured branches behind them. I stamped the sentiment from the same set using Versafine Onyx Black ink and adhered the panel to the cardbase (4"x4") using foam dots.<br />
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I hope you get time to play along with us this week, and if you need inspiration why not take a look at what the other Belles have created:<br />
<center><a href="http://madebymarion.vagg.org/" title="Made Marion">Marion</a><br />
<a href="http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/" title="My Inner Reflection">Sue K</a><br />
<a href="http://lostinpaper.wordpress.com/" title="Lostinpaper">Therese</a><br />
<a href="http://a-consuming-passion.blogspot.com/" title="A Consuming Passion!">Sue W</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stampinmoments.com/" title="Andrea’s Stampin’ Moments">Andrea</a><br />
<a href="http://kyliescardsandthings.blogspot.com/" title="Kylie’s Cards and Things">Kylie</a><br />
<a href="http://stampersize.blogspot.com/" title="Stampersize">Patti</a><br />
<a href="http://cathdean.blogspot.com/">Cath </a>(Guest Belle)</center><br />
Have a great day!<br />
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<b><br />
</b><br />
<b>About our challenges:</b> <br />
<ul><li>We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).</li>
<li>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. <br />
</li>
<li>Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.com/">AnnaBelle Stamps</a> (or something equivalent).</li>
</ul><b>How To Play Along: </b><br />
<ul><li>Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the <a href="http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/">ABS blog</a> in your post.</li>
<li>Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.</li>
<li>Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.</li>
<li>A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.</li>
<li>You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.</li>
<li>We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)</li>
</ul>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791460180694556492noreply@blogger.com9