Annabelle Stamps - Floral Silhouettes

Floral Silhouettes is the fourth and final set for this month and it sure is worth waiting for.

This is just perfect for those of you who do not have time to sit and colour in. I however still managed to use my prismacolor pencils on my card.

I have stamped 3 images from this set in Chestnut Roan chalk ink by colorbox and shadowed the flowers with dark umber prismacolor pencil. All cardstock  and decorative printed paper is by Stampin Up. All the beautiful embellishments on my card are from Annabelle Stamps on line store. I have used metallic cocoa sprinkles in 4mm, flowers from the Brown Petals kit and the cream pearl heart finishes the flower off nicely.

Here they are once again.

tree MEN dous

Rockin Instrumental

Sentimental Bluebells

Floral Silhouettes

All these fabulous stamp sets are on sale 30th June at

Annabelle Stamps

Until Next Time

Inking of you all

Michelle

Say it in... Pink and Green

Say it in... Pink and Green is Annabelle Stamps Blog Challenge for this week.
I chose the stamp set Helen's Party it is such a fun set to use ( Andrea used her for my get well card she looked great. 'Get well soon' was written inside the balloon. It's always good to have other uses for your stamps, everyone likes to get their money's worth.)

I decided to go with lime green and a couple of shades of pink. I chose my designer paper from Stampin UP and the cardstock is Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette and Rose Red. I coloured using Prismacolor Pencils.
I embellished with Sprinkles (bling) in lime, both 4mm and 6mm,  some pink flower ribbon from my stash and used an EK sucess punch for the swirls
Here is a close up of the sprinkles. Don't they look fabulous?

Now for some sad news.
This week we also say goodbye to one of the Design Team. Farewell to Deanne we wish her all the best for her future.
Don't forget our last week's sketch challenge is still open for your chance to win some sprinkles. Check here for the details. Every sketch challenge on the Annabelle Stamps Blog  has a prize up for grabs but you must be in it to win it.

Over the Hill

I thought I would introduce you to Stella from Bugaboo Digi  images. She's just fabulous. This is the first card I've made and have a couple more different images on the go. I love them, they are just hilarious.

The base card is Kiwi Kiss cardstock from Stampin Up, the brown and yellow are both Bazzill and the designer printed paper is from Basic Grey's 'Origins' 6x6" paper pad. I wasn't sure if the colours in the pad were 'me', but after doing this card I love it. It's good to step out of the box every now and then.
Stella and the sentiment are 2 separate digi images so you can make them what ever size you like. I coloured Stella with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with odourless mineral spirits. The colours I have used co-ordinate with the paper.
The card was embellished with a gorgeous green and brown ribbon, the top right hand corner was punched using a ticket corner punch and a Lemon coloured SPRINKLE (bling) was added

Image and Sentiment available from Bugaboo
Sprinkles from Annabelle Stamps

Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

Say it with...CAKE

TGGF. Well it is Friday here in Australia.
Welcome to another challenge from the Annabelle Stamps Blog. As of this week we are doing our challenges a little different and what a great theme to get us started.
Each challenge will run for 2 weeks and each one will have a prize given to one lucky challenge participant. So start getting your Annabelle Stamps and start playing along with us. If you don't have any just yet, any stamp within the theme will be fine for now.

Say it with... CAKE

I have chosen to use the gorgeous stamp called Party Cupcake. (It is a single stamp and
at a bargain price)

The cardstock I have used is from Bazzill and the printed designer paper is by Darkroom Door.

I have coloured once again with my Prismacolor Pencils. The final finishes were the SPRINKLES in peach and the white organdy ribbon.

The scalloped square was cut using nestabilities.

Want to see another card with this stamp. Check it out Here . See what a HUGE difference the pastel colours make.

Dont forget to see what our other DT members are doing with their cake images. Links to their blogs are to your right.

Until Next Time

Inking of you all

Michelle

Prize week at Annabelle Stamps Blog Challenge

Here is this week's Annabelle Stamps Sketch (scs keyword ABSC012).

Here is my card

I am so happy with the finished card. The flower used is from the Mix n Match set called 'Floral Stems'. I simply had to choose which flower and which stem I wanted and viola! Here you have it.

 

I stamped in Black Brilliance ink and coloured with Prismacolor Pencils. My ovals were cut using Nestabilities Petite Ovals in small and large.

The pink cardstock is Pretty in Pink from SU and the designer paper is from Basic Grey's 6" pad called 'Lemonade'

The gorgeous sprinkles are Blossom in 6mm and 4mm, The sprinkles on the stem are Lime 3mm

Here is a close up

 

Don't forget this week is Prize week over on the Annabelle Stamps Blog so get those cards done and enter. Good Luck

All stamps and sprinkles are available at Annabelle Stamps. Click HERE

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

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

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 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

Annabelle Stamps 1st challenge for 2010

Here is this weeks Annabelle Stamps Bling and Sketch Challenge #8 (scs keyword ABSC008) It's a nice easy one to get you started off for the year

Now for my card

For this card I have chosen the stamp 'Party Cupcake' it is available as single stamp. The sentiment is from the 'Swirl Tree' set.

I have stamped in Black Brilliance ink and coloured with Prismacolor Pencils. The cardstock is Bazzill and the paper is from My Memories.  My friend Wendy bought this paper because she thought it was pretty (I might add she purchased more than one sheet, because that is what stampers do), although this soft floral print is so NOT her style. Anyhow she thought I might need it because YES it is my style. So what do you think? The colour of the paper is not as good  photographed as the actual piece. It does have more mauve through it and the colouring of the image is pretty accurate.

Last but not least the embellishments are 'sprinkle pearls' also available from Annabelle Stamps

We would love to see your cards so don't forget to enter the Sketch and Bling challenge, just click on the link in the right side bar.

Until Next Time

Inking of you all

Michelle

SquiggleFly's New Releases

Today marks Squigglefly 's  1st release for 2010.
I am so excited about this new design team that I couldn't wait to get started on my cards.
This new image is called Rag Time Reader (artist: Cheryl Alger), I think  you will all agree with me when I say she's just gorgeous.

To create this card, I simply made the image the size I wanted, then printed it out on my computer printer. Next I coloured (as normal) with my favourite Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Odourless mineral spirits.

The finished card is square about 6"x6". The cardstock is Bazzill and the designer paper is from Basic Grey's 'two scoops' pad.

I finished off with a co-ordinating paper flower and a white heart 'sprinkle'.

Keep an eye out on my blog for the release of these sprinkles (this is a sneak peek, aren't they fabulous, I just know you will all want some)

Image available from Squiggle Fly

Sprinkles available from Annabelle Stamps

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Annabelle Stamps Sketch and Bling Challenge

Where has this last week gone, when my Mum told me the older you get the faster time goes, I laughed. It turns out she wasn't wrong.

We are now upto week 6 in Annabelle Stamps Bling and Sketch Challenge. (ABSC006). Here is my card.  This is made using  'Mum's Flowers', I have made so many cards with this set, it is just so diverse. It's amazing how many different looks you can achieve with just one set of stamps. That is another great reason I love the Annabelle Stamps range.

Now back to my card. Today I have stamped my images with Versafine 'Smokey Grey' ink. This is to give a softer look. I opted for my Derwent watercolour pencils to colour the flowers. I have also stamped the pink cardstock with Versamark Ink for the watermark effect (it's there but not intrusive as we want the main image to stand out).
'I love you' (from the same set) is also stamped in Smokey Grey. Last but not least I added Annabelle Stamps Sprinkles in Blossom, We girls all love BLING.

Here is the stamp set I used

Until next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Annabelle Stamps Friday Sketch #2

It's Friday here in Australia and that means it's time for Annabelle Stamps Bling and sketch challenge #2 

This is what this weeks sketch looks like. Since I don't have the 'Jewelled Tree' stamp set, I had to get creative.

Here is what I came up with

I was pretty happy with this card. All stamps are from the Holly Branch set

 

This is a set of 10 gorgeous stamps and I love how they mix and match.

So I hear you ask how did I make this weeks card.

First I used an old Confetti bazzill cardstock in red, I stamped one of the holly branches in each corner.

On white card stock,  I drew a triangle. Then using 'Versafine Smoky Grey' Ink I stamped the holly randomly and coloured in using Prismacolor Pencils. I cut out the triangle then placed on to green cardstock and drew another triangle and cut out.

Next I inked up ONLY the word 'Christmas' from the Merry Christmas sentiment. I layered this onto the same green cardstock.

Last but not least I used the  'chilli' mini sprinkles  to look like holly.

The best glue I have found to adhere these sprinkles is the new Kindyglitz 3D gem glue, it has the same ultrafine nozzle as normal kindyglitz and is just perfect for adhering your bling. I love it.

Here is a close up of the sprinkles on my card. The minis come in 5 colours and the 6mm sprinkles come in 24 colours. WOW!! and they are only AU$3.90

 

 

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Burt's Bath

This here is Burt and he is just gorgeous don't you think.
I have created this card for this weeks High Hopes Blog Challenge #52 ... Sketchy time. Lacey came up with this fabulous sketch and I think it's fabulous. Don't forget that you too can play. You just need to create a card with the theme for the week, use High Hopes Stamps and you just might win yourself a prize. A new prize is given away each week. To check it our click HERE.

Now for my card: The stamp is called Burt's Bath. I have done him in nice bright cheery colours as it reminds me of summer and here in Australia summer is fast approaching.
I have stamped Burt in Black Stazon Ink and coloured with my prismacolor pencils blended with odourless mineral spirits.
Here is a close up of my colouring

As always my colouring reflects the designer paper I have chosen, This paper is from an 8"x8" paper pad called 'citrus splash' by DCVW.The red base card is bazzill cardstock.

To embellish the card I used some paper flowers and the bubbles have been done with Kindyglitz, The bottom right hand corner has  6mm sprinkles in 'pineapple and chilli'. The sprinkles are available in Australia from Annabelle Stamps.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Joy to the World...Annabelle Stamps NEW RELEASE

Welcome to Annabelle Stamps Christmas Release.

There are 3 brand new stamps sets and new mini sprinkles (bling) in 5 different Christmas colours. Each pack of mini sprinkles contains 3 sizes.

Here is my first card using the new Christmas stamps, this is from the "I must have" set called 'Holly Branch'. There are 10 gorgeous mix n' match stamps in this set. It is my new favourite set at the moment

Now for the card details. I have used 4 separate stamps. All are stamped in Black Brilliance Ink and embossed with a clear sparkly powder. I have coloured the holly with twinkling H2Os, they have a lovely shimmer which unfortunately is not visible in this photo. There is also some red bling on the holly berries.
The base card is a very deep bottle green followed by a white layer then the red bazzill. I have stamped and embossed another of the holly images in the top left corner. I have added a black scalloped border across the middle with a decorative green and white gingham ribbon. The plain and scalloped ovals were made with the classic oval nestabilities.
This is a nice and quick Christmas card to make, took about 10 minutes at the most, even faster if you get a production line going.

Would you like to see these complete sets, then click here
Also don't forget to check out what the other DT members are doing with their Christmas Stamps. You will find their links on the right side bar under Annabelle Stamps Design Team.

Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

Freebie Friday over at Andrea's

Over on Andrea's Blog 'Andrea's Stampin Moments' it's Freebie Friday and up for grabs is some of those gorgeous sprinkles that I love sooo much.

Has everyone seen the new Sprinkles at AnnaBelle Stamps? Andrea is offering the three mixes of Sprinkles this weekend! Each container has approximately 180 6mm drops of transparent colour, and on top of that you can screw the containers together to save on some space, how great is that? There is a total of 24 colours so far in this collection, but you never know when that might grow..

Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

Annabelle Stamps

Welcome to my first card for Annabelle Stamps.
As mentioned in a previous post I have joined the Annabelle Stamps Design Team. This is a brand new Australian Stamp Company only available since Tuesday. The first stamp set I want to showcase is called
'I can fly'. Isn't she just the most adorable little girl you have ever seen.
I love this set because it has lots of mix n' match images. Now for my card.

I stamped the little girl and then repeatedly stamped the flowers in Black Brilliance (my preferred ink). I then coloured them using my Prismacolor Pencils. The colours I chose were inspired by the Designer Paper by Basic Grey. The yellow cardstock is core-dinations and the teal card and ribbon is Blue Bayou from Stampin Up. I embellished the card with the new Sprinkles in Blossom. These sprinkles are a must have and for $3.90 for 100 you will want every colour. I know I do.

I hope you all like this new stamp company as much as I do.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle