A Special Print Candee!

Yippppeee, it’s time again for another Print Candee Blog post!!  I can’t wait to see what the team have come up with.   The theme this month is to make a ‘Thank You Project‘ for a special person.   For me that was easy, I asked a close friend to feed our furchildren (we have 2 cats) whilst we were away for a couple of nights, so I made her a quick giftcard set.  I found this amazing collage sheet from The Digi Butterfly and thought it was appropriately combined with this Pink Pueblo Cats Clipart image!  Simple but effective.

Spring Blooms – Thanks – Detail

Spring Bloom – Thanks

Spring Bloom – Thanks

Spring Bloom – Smile

Spring Bloom Set

Here is the Creative Teams blogs (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone)!

Print Candee Blog

Lisa

Kalyn

Therese (you are here)

Jocelyn

Marion

Thanks for joining the fun today!

Other Supplies:  Hole Punch.  Martha Stewarts – Twine.  Copic – R22

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It’s a Colourful Challenge at AnnaBelle!

Hiya!  Welcome back, it’s Friday and that means time for another challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps and this week it’s Say it in… Kraft, Lemon & White {ac071}.   I tried a couple of variations and finally settled on this CAS little number.  Not so easy to see the subtle effect of the white embossing.

Why not take a minute to check out what the other awesome Belles have created, you can find all the links in my sidebar.  Also don’t forget that we have a new Topical Tuesday every week, and this week Patti has a fantastic gift idea using tiles….

Some more exciting news while I’ve got you here, AnnaBelle Stamps has another challenge happening every month in the Community site where you can win a $20 gift voucher (yipppeeee), you can see all the deets HERE!

Thank You – Detail

Thank You

Other Supplies:

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About our challenges: 

- We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).

- Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge.

- Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $10.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent).

How To Play Along : 

- Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog.

- Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or gallery.

- Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge.  All projects submitted must be new.

- A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.

- You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.

- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas :)

Thanks…. so much!

I adore the new look over at CAS-ual Fridays, and this week they have a sketch… not my usual ‘go-to’ challenge, but the CAS design of this one suited me just fine!  I’ve combined it with  Moxie Fab’s Trigger Tuesday where I was inspired by the watercolour effect and the colours.    I’m off to work now, hope you have a fun day!

Thanks - Detail

Thanks

Other Supplies:  Brush Markers.  Pearls.

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Hero Arts Truly Appreciated Video Tutorial!

Here is a video tutorial that I’ve made for Scrapbook Boutique.  I had some major fun making this!  I finally had a chance to CASE this amazing card here by Gayatri, she is totally awesome, you really need to visit and see for yourself.  I wanted to try out a new blending solution called Zest-it that’s environmentally friendly and I gotta say that I really do like it!

Truly Appreciated - Detail

Truly Appreciated

Other Supplies:  Prismacolor Pencils – Yellowed Orange, Sunburst Yellow, White, Lemon Yellow, Poppy Red, Crimson Red, Parma Violet, Lilac, Magenta, Pink, Apple Green, Olive Green.

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Thanks a bunch!

I had the most wonderful package arrive the other day.  I needed to purchase some goodies from AnnaBelle Stamps and they had a storewide sale, thus the perfect time to buy!  The only real problem was ‘putting the brakes on’….   Anyway, to celebrate their arrival I thought I would join in AnnaBelle Stamps Colour Challenge.  And as this is a card of Thanks it also fits the bill for Simon Says Stamp Thanksgiving / Thank You Challenge.

Thanks a Bunch - Detail

Thanks a Bunch

Other Supplies: Copics – YG00,03. T0.   Sakura Black Sparkle Glaze Pen.

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Merci Beaucoup

This is what you call a JUMBO stamp, it’s absolutely wonderful and so totally versatile.  I love it when I can look at a stamp and pretty much already see the cards I’m going to make, that’s when I know that I need it!  Evelyn at Scrapbook Boutique gave me that opportunity and I think you will be seeing this stamp alot in the future!  I made this card for the Scrapbook Boutique Blog  (you can visit here to see the tutorial) and I have included the links to the products that I used in the supplies listed below.

Merci Beaucoup - Detail

Merci Beaucoup

Supplies;  Paper:  White Cardstock, American Crafts – Coffee Cardstock, Xpress It Blending Cardstock.  Ink:  VersaMark Ink,  Distress Ink – Fired Brick, Spun Sugar, Memento – Rich Cocoa.  Stamps:  Stampendous – Cling Jumbo Rose Set, Basic Grey – Green at Heart – Tree Hugger.  Accessories:  Fiskars Stamp Press, Goodbye static Pad, Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Ink Blending Tool, Non-stick Craft Sheet, Bigshot, Bow Easy, Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – Diamonds & Snow Cap Set, Brown Satin Ribbon, Double Sided Tape, Foam Dimensionals, Glue Dots.

Butterfly Dreams!

I want ot share with you one of my recent publications in the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine.  This is one of my favourite colour combinations and I have shares in Bazzill papers – Dragonfly and Swimming Pool and my Copic BG10 is my ‘all time’ favourite colour!  I will mix it with anything but  adore it when mixed with yellow… as you can see.  Please excuse the poor quality photos, these were taken pre Light Box days  (I LOVE my light box – I can take photos anytime now, yippee!…  Did I tell you that I love my light box?).  I nearly forgot to mention that my ‘Dreams’ card made the front cover, I totally did a little dance over that!!

PTI - Dreams

PTI - Thank You

PTI - Happy Birthday

Supplies;  Paper:  Bazzill – Dragonfly,  Swimming Pool, (Yellow), October Afternoon – Thrift Shop,  Xpress It Blending Cardstock.  Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark.  Stamps:  PTI – Butterfly Dreams.  Copics:  BG 10,15.  Accessories:  Fiskars Stamp Press, Heat Tool, Ranger Embossing Powder – Seafoam White, WRMK – Corner Chomper, Sizzix Bigshot, PTI – Butterfly Die, PTI Gosgrain Ribbon – Lemon Tart, PTI Impression Plate – Polka Dot Basics II,  PTI Buttons – Aqua Mist, Embossing Buddy,  Kaisercraft Pearls – Bliss, Glossy Accents, Heat & Stick Powder, DMC Thread – White, Palette Ultra Fine Glitter – Prisma, EK Success Border Punch – Zig Zag Stitch, DST, Glue Dots, Foam Dimensionals.

Sweet Sundaes!

Can I tell you something funny?  The other day I was sitting at my desk making cards (yes, I know that’s hard to believe!)  and my husband was sitting talking to me and says with a most serious face “haven’t you got enough stuff?…”  It was hard for me not to start rolling around on the floor laughing, but my response to him was, “haven’t you got enough kayaks?…”  and then the world continued on.

Now onto the cards,  (please scroll down for the PDCC)  I thought I would combine this post as the cards are similar, and I couldn’t help myself but make more than one!  I haven’t played with this Pink Petticoat image for a while, but the sundaes came to mind when I saw the current challenge at Jay Gee’s Blog.   I am combining this with the CASE Study Challenge  (CSC38) this week, where the new Muse is Sarah Martina Parker.   I also wanted to get out my pencils after seeing this tutorial over at Shari’s blog, and I thought that these would look a little more vintage than Copics.

Enjoy Sundae

 

Enjoy Sundae - Detail

I definitely had to join this weeks Play Date Cafe Challenge, as I am still reeling over my win last week.  This will be a thank you card for a wonderful friend who we stayed with recently in outback Western Australia (you can see some photos HERE if you are interested).  I also did make my light box today… now I just need some lights…

Sundae Thanks

 

Sundae Thanks - Detail

Supplies;  Paper:  Xpress It Blending Cardstock, Vanilla A4 Cardstock, October Afternoon – Fly a Kite, Orange Cardstock, White Vellum.  Ink:  VersaMagic – Aloe Vera, ColorBox – Chestnut & Grey Whale.   Digital Stamp:  Pink Petticoat – Sweet Sundaes.  Stamps:  Hero Arts – Live & Laugh, Practicing Creativity – The Whole Cycle, Basic Grey – Tree Hugger.  Copics:  C1. Y32,35,38. E25,29. R05,27,29. YG03.  Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils: Light Green, Cream, Dark Cadmium Orange, Purple Violet.  Accessories:  Gamsol, Blending Stumps, Bigshot, Spellbinders Nesties – Wonky Rectangles,  Glossy Accents,  Heat Tool, White embossing powder, Brown Marker, DST, Foam Dimensionals.

Thank You

I love this ‘Delightful Dahlia”, Dawn McVey is just awesome!  And the nicest person ‘in real life’ - I was very lucky to meet her when she visited Australia last year.   I just wanted to share this card  that I made using her dahlia which was  published in the latest Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine  in the Colour Challenge (Purple, yellow & sage).  Hope you like it.

Delightful Dahlia

 

 

Delightful Dahlia - Detail

 

Supplies;  Paper: Bazzill Cardstock – Velvet & Heidi, Xpress It Blending Cardstock.  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic – Eggplant, VersaMark.  Stamps:  PTI – Delightful Dahlia, Background Basics – Tin Types.  Copics:  Y11,13,35. G40,24. C1.  Colorless Blender.  Accessories:  Fiskars Stamp Press, Sizzix Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles – Large & Small, Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, PTI Satin Ribbon – Plum Pudding, White Gel Pen, Ranger Stickles – Black Diamond, DST, Foam Dimensionals.

Embellish the challenge!

So I have a thousand things I should be doing but instead sat down and made a card for the current Embellish Blogs Color Trends Challenge with Music…. I couldn’t resist.  I feel like I just grabbed for so many different things but the end result turned out quite CAS, surprisingly.  Here it is…

Thanks

 Supplies;   Paper:  Bazzill Cardstock – Kraft, Kaisercraft Paper Pads – Utopia & Hey Birdie.  Inks:  PTI – Raspberry Fizz, Memento Tuxedo Black.  Stamps:  PTI – Fillable Frames #1, American Crafts – Sentiments, Grace Taylor – Music NOte Background.   Accessories:  Fiskars Stamp Press, Bigshot, Nesties Small Straight Cirles, Lifestyle Crafts Dies – Nesting Ovals, Pink Button, PTI – Rustic Jute Button Twine, PTI – Beautiful Blooms II #1 Die, Kaisercraft Pearls – Hot Pink, DST, Foam Dimensionals, Glue Dots.