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Hi everyone and welcome to May's sketch challenge!  I hope that you all had a very Blessed Easter :)
We have a few things to get through today!  We are saying goodbye to Liz Weber who has been a part of the Bellas DT for just a short time.  It has been wonderful seeing her beautiful creations each week and we will miss her :)  Kerry will now take up a position as part of the Belles DT from the second hop next in May...welcome Kerry!!  With this little bit of re-organising the Belles have decided to go back to creating for the challenges each week so we will be seeing lots of beautiful things from them :)
On to this months winners!

Firstly for our $20.00 gift voucher goes to Cardartart - thank you for your beautiful creations in the sketch challenge and the Say It In challenge!  Email and I will send through your prize details!
We had a few lovely ladies take part for our Guest DT this month which was very exciting, so please keep adding your projects to the online gallery!  This months winner is Janet O'Brien and we are very excited to see what she creates for June!
Let's get on with the sketch lol!

Sue W

Kylie

Iwona

Lisa

Sue K

Stephanie

Patti

Kerry

Andrea

How To Play Along : 

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

- Our Sketch Challenge Runs from the last Friday of a month through till the last Friday of the following month.

- Each Friday in between we have themed challenges. To be eligible for the monthly prize of a $20 gift voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps you MUST take part in the sketch challenge AND one of the weekly challenges.

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

- Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to this blog in your post.

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

- A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined including this one.        

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

- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps, but you can play along without them. For those who use AnnaBelle stamps and upload to the Gallery 

HERE then you will also be in the running to be our Monthly Guest Designer!

What gorgeous cards the DT have created this week!!  Thank you so much ladies!  So now it's your turn, and we can't wait to see what you come up with!  Remember the sketch runs until the last Friday of the next month and you can enter as many times as you like :)

Happy stamping,

Andrea

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Blog Hop Winner!

Hello everyone and thanks for joining us today to see who this weeks Blog Hop winer is!  Firstly I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Easter!  The weather has been perfect here, with the sun shining and the breeze gentle....it has been glorious!
This week we had 26 lovely ladies play along, and we hope these numbers grow as word spreads!  If you can help us let others know about our little stamp company it would be very much appreciated :)  This week 'congratulations' goes to Dana!

Email me your details and the gorgeous stamp set 'Mother's Day Bouquet' will be sent out to you :)
Don't forget we have a new Sketch challenge this Friday for all to play along with!
Until then, hugs,
Andrea
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AnnaBelle Blog Hop

Hi and thanks for joining us for our second hop for April!   We are trying something new and will now host a Blog Hop twice a month - the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month!  That means some great give aways more often!

AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop

Come and join us the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as we have fun sharing a new set with you!  

Play along with us for your chance to win the Blog Hop set OR the detailed prize!

How to Play :

Playing along is now even easier!  You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs.

Each Hop a random winner will be drawn and if you've commented on the mystery DT blog then you will be the winner of the Blog Hop prize!   The hop will run for 1 week and the winner will be announced the following Tuesday!

So even if you only comment on one blog you may be lucky enough to have chosen the mystery DT blog to comment on, and still be in with a chance to win!  

We have lots to share with you today, so let's take a look at this weeks set!!  

Designed by Iwona Palamountain this is a perfect set for a special Mum, but these blooms could be used for many occasions!

Play along with our Hop for your chance to win this set!  You have until next Tuesday at 11.00am AEST and anyone can play along!!  Start HERE at my blog :)

BELLES

• Andrea
• Sue
• Kylie
• Chupa
• Lisa
• Sue K
• Stephanie
• Patti

Happy hopping :)
Andrea
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Say It In...

...Purple and Blue!

A different combination, but Nicole has done another amazing job for us this week as our guest designer!  It's Nicole's last week and we want to thank her for sharing her fabulous creations over the past 4 weeks :)

Take some time out to enjoy this challenge as it will run for 2 weeks because of Good Friday next week.  Combine it with our current sketch for your chance to win this months prize!

How To Play Along : 

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

- Our Sketch Challenge Runs from the last Friday of a month through till the last Friday of the following month.

- Each Friday in between we have themed challenges. To be eligible for the monthly prize of a $20 gift voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps you MUST take part in the sketch challenge AND one of the weekly challenges.

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

- Copy ad save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to this blog in your post.

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

- A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined including this one.        

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

- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps, but you can play along without them. For those who use AnnaBelle stamps and upload to the Gallery 

HERE then you will also be in the running to be our Monthly Guest Designer!

BELLAS

• Liz
• Kerry
• Andrea

Happy Stamping everyone :)
Hugs,
Andrea

Blog Hop Winner!

Hi all!  So, so sorry for my very late post with the winner of our first Blog Hop for April!  All I can say is that it's school holidays!
Using random.org :

Congratulations number 14 - Stacie!  Email me and I'll send through your prize!
Be sure to stop by again next week for our second hop for April featuring one of our new sets!  This set will once again be up for grabs!
Have a great week everyone :)
Hugs,
Andrea

Blog Hop Link

Start hopping here for your chance at this weeks Blog Hop Prize!

Say It With...

...A Banner!

Thank you to those who have already taken part in our Blog Hop!  What fun to see how everyone used our brand new Bella Digi Designs!  There is still time for you to leave a comment or two and add your name to the Inlinkz!
Todays card calls for a banner!  Now I really didn't know what I was going to do for my card and then our wonderful Guest Designer Nicole sent her card through to me :

How clever to use the words from Rockin' Instrumental and attach them like a banner!  I think she has rocked this challenge!
Let's take a look at the Bella Design Team creations!

BELLAS

• Liz
• Kerry
• Andrea

How To Play Along : 

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

- Our Sketch Challenge Runs from the last Friday of a month through till the last Friday of the following month.

- Each Friday in between we have themed challenges. To be eligible for the monthly prize of a $20 gift voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps you MUST take part in the sketch challenge AND one of the weekly challenges.

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

- Copy ad save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to this blog in your post.

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

- A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined including this one.        

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

- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps, but you can play along without them. For those who use AnnaBelle stamps and upload to the Gallery 

HERE then you will also be in the running to be our Monthly Guest Designer!

Thanks for stopping by today and we hope you can play along with us this week :)
Hugs,
Andrea
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AnnaBelle Blog Hop

Hi and thanks for joining us for our first hop for April!  Did I say first??  We are trying something new and will now host a Blog Hop twice a month - the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month!  That means some great give aways more often!

AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop

Come and join us the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as we have fun sharing a new set with you!  

Play along with us for your chance to win the Blog Hop set OR the detailed prize!

How to Play :

Playing along is now even easier!  You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs.

Each Hop a random winner will be drawn and if you've commented on the mystery DT blog then you will be the winner of the Blog Hop prize!   The hop will run for 1 week and the winner will be announced the following Tuesday!

So even if you only comment on one blog you may be lucky enough to have chosen the mystery DT blog to comment on, and still be in with a chance to win!  

We have lots to share with you today!!  Firstly let's share with you our first ever Bella Digi Designs!

These three images have been illustrated by Jasmine Hambling, who has created something a little different for us this time.

As well as three new digi images there are 9 new sets!  Over the coming months we will showcase one of the new sets each Blog Hop, but I'll share some with you below as these sets are available now!!

First up I wanted to show you three sets from our newest illustrator and DT member - Iwona Palamountain.  

Mother's Day Bouquet - 6" x 4" set

Acacia - 6" x 4" set

Baby Joy - 6" x 8" set

Iwona has created some beautiful images, and we are going to love using these, and sharing ideas with you!
I still have 6 more sets to share, but I might leave those for another day as this post would already have to be the longest post ever lol!
So let's get started!  You'll want to head to my blog first up HERE.  Let us know what you think!  We would love to hear your ideas on how to make the Blog Hop more fun for you!
Happy Hopping everyone!
Hugs,
Andrea

Sneak Peek - Day 3

Hello again to another Sneak Peek and some more news!  With the introduction of our Bella Digi Designs range we will also be including a collection of Digi Papers!  Now we can thank Sue W for this fantastic idea and who got me hooked on printing and playing with Digi Papers!  We will be starting slowly and will build the range up monthly (you can see a little sneak peek HERE).

Our next Sneak Peek is from a brand new illustrator to AnnaBelle Stamps, but I'm going to keep it a surprise!
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you've liked what you've seen and read!  We'll see you tomorrow for our first Blog Hop for April!
See you then!
Hugs,
Andrea
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Sneak Peek - Day 2

Hello again friends for another Sneak Peek and a little more information on what's to come at AnnaBelle Stamps!  Did you like the sneak peek from yesterday??  This image is our very first ever Bella Digi Design !  We are so excited to offer an exclusive range of Digi images for you to play with, but our main focus will remain with our quality clear stamps :)

Our next sneak peek is an image from our first ever larger 6" x 8" set!
Stay tuned for more release news tomorrow!!
Hugs,
Andrea
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Sneak Peek - Day 1

Hi blogging friends! Over the next few days I am going to share with you some sneak peeks of our upcoming stamp release and news about some exciting changes!  From next Tuesday we will be running our Blog Hops in a brand new way making it easier for everyone to join in!

AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop

Come and join us the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as we have fun sharing a new set with you!  

Play along with us for your chance to win the Blog Hop set!

How to Play :

Playing along is now even easier!  You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs.

Each Hop a random winner will be drawn and if you've commented on the mystery DT blog then you will be the winner of the Blog Hop set!   The hop will run for 1 week and the winner will be announced the following Tuesday!

What do you think??  So now you can comment on one or all but still be in with a chance to win if you've commented on the mystery blog lol!  

Here's our first Sneak Peek :

Thanks for stopping by!  Tomorrow I have some more exciting news about changes at AnnaBelle Stamps so be sure to come and visit :)

Hugs,

Andrea

Say It In...

...Orange and Purple!  This is a bright combo to finish the week on, or so I thought!  Our incredible Guest Designer for this month, Nicole has shown me that it doesn't have to be bright!

Here's Nicole's great creations using one of my favourite sets - All Things Grow!

The corner book mark is a great gift to go with the matching card I think, and Nicole has inspired me to give one a go!
We would love for you to join us this week for our Say It In...Orange and Purple Challenge!

How To Play Along : 

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

- Our Sketch Challenge Runs from the last Friday of a month through till the last Friday of the following month.

- Each Friday in between we have themed challenges. To be eligible for the monthly prize of a $20 gift voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps you MUST take part in the sketch challenge AND one of the weekly challenges.

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

- Copy ad save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to this blog in your post.

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

- A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined including this one.        

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

- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps, but you can play along without them. For those who use AnnaBelle stamps and upload to the Gallery 

HERE then you will also be in the running to be our Monthly Guest Designer!

I'll be back tomorrow with a little sneak peek of some changes taking place at AnnaBelle Stamps, so be sure to pay us a visit again real soon :)
Hugs,
Andrea