Annabelle Stamps Blog Challenge

We are already up to week 11 in Annabelle Stamps Bling and Sketch Challenge (SCS keyword ABSC011). Another great sketch by the fabulous Andrea

Here is my card.

I have chosen stamps from 2 sets, the Flower is from 'Floral Stems' and the sentiment is from 'Flowers for You'.
I have stamped the flower 3 times on white card stock with Black Brilliance Ink. I then coloured with Copic Markers and added extra sparkle with Diamond stickles.
Happy Birthday (2 separate stamps,  great set to mix n' match words) was stamped in SU Certainly Celery. It is a bit pale for my liking but it does look better in real life.
The base card is made with Bazzill Bling cardstock, the coloured layers are scraps from my stamp desk, pinks and greens. The designer paper is from Basic Greys new 6" pad called 'Sugar Rush'.
The Bling of course is the gorgeous Sprinkles.
All stamps and sprinkles are available from Annabelle Stamps.  You really must check out the new range of colours, the are to die for.

Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

The 19th Hole

This card was made for my Father-in-Law's Birthday. He loves his golf with a passion.

The 19th Hole is a rubber stamp from Impression Obsession. I stamped in Black Brilliance Ink and coloured with Prismacolor Pencils blended with odourless mineral spirits. I wrote DAD above the door in a copic fine multiliner pen. These are water and smudge proof. Diamond Glaze was used on the '19th Hole' sign.

I then punched out the top right corner using a ticket punch from EK success.

The sentiment which I thought was just perfect is from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. It was cut out using petite oval nestablities.

All cardstock is from Bazzill, the decorative paper is from Kaisercraft. The deep red cardstock was put through the cuttlebug,

The finishing touches were a square copper brad and a natural coloured ric rac.

I was pleased to say he thought the card was fabulous.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Another new Annabelle

Yesterday Annabelle Stamps released it's first new range for 2010. In this card I have used stamps from 2 different sets.

The flowers and sentiment are from a set called 'Flowers with Love' and the  dotted background is from the set called 'Flourishes

I have used the corner design with Versamark ink to create a watermarked background. However the Flourishes  (and 'Build-a-bling) sets are actually designed to be used in conjunction with the gorgeous Sprinkles to create your own Rhinestone embellishments. (Much cheaper in the long run than buying individual ready made flourishes)

Here a some new sprinkles for you to have a look at, (CLICK HERE to see more)

1st is the pearl hearts, rhubarb 4mm,blackcurrant (metallic)3mm & chilli minis.

Mini sprinkles come 3 sizes in one.

All sprinkles come in these fabulous little stackable containers and now come in more sizes and colours than ever before and with names like, blueberry, raspberry, pineapple they sure are yummy .
 
Until next time
Inking of you All
Michelle

Annabelle Stamps New Releases.

Today is the day for Annabelle Stamps first release for 2010. There are  5 new stamp sets PLUS loads more of those gorgeous Sprinkles in new colours and new sizes. They are just yummy!

Today is also a new Bling and Sketch Challenge (keyword ABSC010)

This is my card featuring stamps from 2 new sets.

I am so pleased with how this card turned out

I stamped the stylised ROSE with Brilliance Black ink and coloured with Copic markers, (this is only my second attempt and I still need more practice.) I then dotted the background using various lighter shades. I learnt this fabulous technique from Artist Crissy Armstrong, Check out her blog 'Crissy's Art n Heart' HERE for a tutorial.

I stamped the sentiment on to a scrap of white cardstock and cut out with nestabilites.

For the bling flourish, I used 2 stamps from one the flourishes sets.This is called Build-a-Bling

The idea behind these sets is to give you a placement guide for your sprinkles, pearls, rhinestones  etc. They can also be used effectively as a background stamp (my next post will show you more on this technique.)

Now for the SPRINKLES- the colour is Rhubarb, all 3 sizes have been used on my card.

The flourish uses 3mm (teeny tiny, gorgeous). The sentiment uses 4mm (small and  gorgeous) and the 5mm (large, have I mentioned these are gorgeous)

Not only are there new Sprinkles but there is also gorgeous Hearts in Pearl, pink, clear, red.

All theses are available now from Annabelle Stamps

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Oswalda Goes Shopping

It's Wednesday which means it's time for the SquiggleFly colour challenge over on SNR card universe. The wonderful Stef has given us 3 colours to play with... Eggplant/purple, bright yellow, green/ SU certainly celery
The image I have chosen is by the utterly fabulous Crissy Armstrong. Most of you know Crissy from her work with High Hopes Rubber Stamps, but lucky for us she has branched out even further and here is one of her Squigglefly Digi Designs. This is 'Oswalda goes Shopping'

The yellow and egglplant card stock is from Bazzill, the green is SU certainly celery.

To make this card I printed off Oswalda and coloured her with Prismacolor Pencils blended with Odourless Mineral Spirits.

The yellow piece of Criss Cross Bazzill was put through the cuttlebug to give the lovely embossed finish. The Happy Birthday ribbon is one of the cheap ribbons from the $1 shop. Last but not least I finished off with Paper flowers from Kaisercraft with co-ordinating bazzill brads.

If you like this image you can click here to go to Squigglefly.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Annabelle Stamps Sneak Peek

Only a few more days and the wait for Annabelle Stamps first 2010 release will be over.

Here is a sneak peek

Now for some Sprinkles

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

My 1st attempt with Copic Markers

So here is my first attempt at using Copic Markers, not my best work that's for sure. At the moment I am undecided what I think of them. I guess I expected to pick them up and come up with a perfect result 1st time. LOL.
I see so much beautiful work done with them, they are so very different to use  and a whole different technique then what I am used to with my Prismacolor Pencils.

I  picked a very simple image to colour, it is from today's new releases by SquiggleFly. This is 'Gus' by artist Jane Beljo.
The word 'celebrate' is from Stampin Up

Don't forget to check out what the other SquiggleFlyers are upto. Links to their Blogs are on the right side bar.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle