More than a Mother…

Today is the ideal day for this post as it’s Mother’s Day here in Australia, and I have an absolutely fabulous mother and this is the card I made for her.  I think the sentiment is perfect…   just like her!  I was lucky enough to have this card published in the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine.  I  L.O.V.E. this ‘All Things Grow’ stamp set from AnnaBelle Stamps and thought it a wonderful choice for a Mother’s Day card.  Hope your weekend has been a fun one!

More than a Mother – Detail

More than a Mother

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Hello little gingham stamp! (ac072)

It’s Friday and that means the start of another fun AnnaBelle Stamps Challenge.  This week it’s to Say it With….    Stitching  (faux or machine)  ac072.     I’ve made a OLC and with the new Gingham Challenge in  the Moxie Fab World, I thought it was about time I shared another card using this awesome Backgrounds By Design set….  you know it’s my fave!

The Belles have all been busily stitching and it would be wonderful if you could take a moment to visit and see their awesome creations, you can find the links in my sidebar.  Also this week  Marion has created a video for Topical Tuesday showing how to create a card using  Trapped Embossed Resist….  it’s irresistible….   Happy Papercrafting!

Hello Friend – Detail

Hello Friend

Other Supplies:  Ruler

Bright & Bold Blog Hop for Scrapbook Boutique… psst there’s a giveaway!

It’s time again for another challenge to begin at Scrapbook Boutique, and that means that it’s also time for  a blog hop…    and of course yet another wonderful prize to be won!  You should have arrived here from  Sue W’s fantastic blog!   For a chance to win this gorgeous stamp set from Prima called Fairy Belle,  all you need to do is  leave a comment at each blog along the hop, you have until midday 17th May (you must have an Australian address to be eligible) and the winner will be announced at the Scrapbook Boutique blog  May 18th.

Prima – Fairy Belle

This month’s challenge is bright & bold, just take a peek at this fabulous cupcake inspiration!  For all the deets on how to enter and be in with a chance to win a $30 voucher to spend at the store, just stop by Scrapbook Boutique blog, you have until the end of May to enter!

fun under the sun – Detail

fun under the sun

From here you are heading to the Scrapbook Boutique Blog, thanks for joining us, it’s been so much fun!

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For the Fun!

Real quick one today…. I’m on a deadline.   I just had to join The Play Date Cafe this week, one of my fave blog buddies has just joined their DT (a massive congrats Donna) and they had such cute colours….  again!  Also Lawnscaping Challenge has gone Clean & Simple, perfect opportunity to play with my Flutter By stamps.

For You – Detail

For You

Other Supplies:  Grey Marker, BG – Opaline Pearls.  Scrap Cardstock. Copic – T0

It’s time to Celebrate!

It’s birthday celebrations at two wonderful challenge sites this week and I couldn’t resist the urge to join the fun!   CAS-ual Fridays is turning 1 and Simon Says Stamp Challenge is now 3!  So it’s birthday cards all round…  and it just so happens that I needed one real quick (thank you  Karolyn Loncon for the inspiration)!

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celebration

Other Supplies:  My Sentiments Exactly – Celebration.

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

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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 :)

Just Saying Hello – Video tutorial for Scrapbook Boutique!

Welcome back, it’s time for another video tutorial for Scrapbook Boutique.  For this video I did some watercolouring with Distress Inks and used the most fabulous Hero Arts Watercolour Paper!  How sweet are these jars….    actually this is my second card for Scrapbook Boutique using these stamps, they are so versatile, you can see the other card HERE.  As usual any of these supplies can be purchased at the Scrapbook Boutique online store or you could just link through the products that I’ve listed below.  Happy Papercrafting!

Just Saying Hello - Detail

Just Saying Hello

Other Supplies:

Tune in… it’s a Print Candee Blog Hop!

It’s already the 1st of May and that means time for another post from Print Candee.  This month we are having a ‘hop’ with this amazing photo to use for inspiration!  You should have arrived here from Kalyn’s blog and then you are off to visit Jocelyn, I can’t wait to see what inspired the rest of the Creative Team, so hop on over and take a peek!  As for me, my card was inspired by the ‘retro’ theme of the handbags and of course that amazing rainbow of bright colours…

tune in - Detail

tune in

Here is the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (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:  Copics – Y35. RV13. YG13. B21. V12.

Playing with Colour!

Today I’ve been playing with Copics and Prisna Color Pencils, two of my favourite things.  I had so much fun making this card for Virginia’s View Challenge #4 at Lily Pad Cards (I’ll let you guess where I found the inspiration…), I’ve combined it with this week’s CAS-ual Friday’s April Shower’s bring May Flowers.  To create the background I followed an awesome video tutorial by Andrea from AnnaBelle Stamps, you can link to it HERE!

Thinking of You - Detail

Thinking of You

Other Supplies:  Copics – R05,22,27,29. YG95. G99.  Prisma Pencils – Cream, Yellow Ochre, 50% French Grey, Dark Umber, Sepia.

Happy Day Video for Scrapbook Boutique!

Here’s another card tutorial for Scrapbook Boutique.  How gorgeous is this paper from Teresa Collins, and this new Monogram Alphabet set from MFT’s…  the possibilites are endless!  I’ve linked all these wonderful products in the supplies listed below or you could just cruise on over to Scrapbook Boutique.…  Evelyn has masses of new products in store!

Happy Day - Detail

Happy Day

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