Friday Feature and some Shop News

Only 5 more sleeps!  Are you as excited as I am??  Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been blogging for a little while now on my personal blog. Life has been hectic, health has been below average, and I needed a brake to reassess which way I was wanting to go...  AnnaBelle Stamps has been a love of mine for a little over 4 years, but it has been a hard love.  I've put many hours of work in to making AnnaBelle Stamps (a lot more goes on behind the scenes!) and I was at a point where I just couldn't do any more, or be creative, so I stopped, took a deep breath, and made a decision.  I will be scaling AnnaBelle Stamps down to something that is fun rather than the wanting and needing it to be a full time business.  I may release just once or twice a year, I may release more digital images, I just don't know yet, but what I do know is that most stock needs to go, I have waaaay too much!  I went out and did a course to get myself out of working at home and back in to the workforce, nothing on that front yet, but I'm hoping it will happen.

So here it is….The whole store, including the clearance section is at 30% off!  Some sets will definitely continue on after the sale, but most will not be re-ordered.  This process may take me a few months to achieve, but I hope you'll help me spread the word of this clearance sale!  All you will need is a code and here it is :

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Shipping has now closed for the Christmas break and will re-commence January 2nd, 2014 :)

With all of that said I would now like to take just a minute to thank the Belles who have helped me and supported me, I have been extremely blessed to have known and worked with them.  They have been inspirational!  Will they stay on?  We'll let you know in the New Year what our new line up will be:)

That's enough about me and what is happening so let's see which set is this weeks Friday Feature!

Love Birds is of course part of the clearance sale, so grab it while you can!

Here are the Belle's samples!

Therese

Sue

Marion

Thanks for stopping by tonight!  I wish you all a very Blessed Christmas with family and friends.  May the joy that comes with Christmas follow you in to the New Year!

Hugs,

Andrea

Free Digital Magazine

Hello all!  I'm making an unprecedented stop by tonight to let you all know that Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft is going digital (as well as print), and to celebrate they are offering a free copy!  Yes an absolutely free, no strings attached, free copy for you to take a look at!!  So why am I sharing this with you?  Well firstly so you can also enjoy this free edition, but also because our very own Therese has a spread in there using the AnnaBelle set - Fanciful Flowers!!!  You just have to go and check it out!  The link is below :

Free Digital Magazine Download

Happy reading everyone!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Friday Feature - All of our Christmas sets!

Good evening everyone!  We are on the home run now with only 12 sleeps to go!  I hope everyone is excited and organised for their Christmas celebrations this year!  I think I can say 'yes' to that for the most part lol!  My tree and decorations are done as well as half of my baking.  I have all of my nativity scenes scattered around the house so we are reminded of 'why', and I just need to finish up my cards (hmmm, they always seem to be last!), so all in all I'm feeling pretty relaxed :)

Tonight the lovely Belles are sharing a final Christmas treat using AnnaBelle Christmas sets which you will find discounted in store by 30%!  All you need to do is add the Christmas sets to your cart then key in the Discount Coupon Code for the discount to be applied!  This sale will continue until the end of December!!

Discount Code :

Christmas2013

Now let's see the Belles beautiful cards :)

Therese

Sue

Marcia

Marion

Tobi

Have a fantastic weekend and I hope you can find some time to play along with our December challenge, you'll find all the details in the sidebar link!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Topical Tuesday: Chalkboard Ornaments

Hi there, it's Tobi here with a fun kid-friendly Topical Tuesday!

I bought a package of plain, clear Christmas ornaments knowing I wanted to decorate them somehow, so really this was all just playing around... 

First, we painted our ornaments with Black Gesso. Yes, there's BLACK gesso! It dries matte so I figured it would look just like chalkboard paint (because I didn't have any...). 

Next, using a few stamps from Holly Jolly Christmas, I stamped in white pigment ink onto the ornament. Hint: don't mount the stamps on anything. Use your fingers to help the stamp hug the curves of the ornament. 

So when all was said and done, I liked the clean-and-simple look of the black and white (with a touch of red) better than my attempt at colour: 

I still have a few ornaments left to decorate, I wonder what I'll do with them??!! 

Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoyed my post today!

Ac174 - Colour Challenge

Hello all, thank you for joining us tonight for the very last challenge of 2013!  This month it's all about colour, and these would be perfect for lots of different occasions including Christmas!  So grab out your stamps and join in with us!!

The Belles have once again created some gorgeous cards to share..

Therese

Marion

Sue

Marcia

Tobi

Amazing!  Now it's your turn!!  Remember to be eligible for the $20.00 Discount Coupon you must use AnnaBelle Stamps and follow the guidelines HERE!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone :)

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Cherry Blossom

Stemmed Flowers

Beside The Sea

A Beautiful Day

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November's Top 3 and Gift Card Winner!

What a fabulous month for entries!  We had some gorgeous cards and projects shared with us during November and with a brand new challenge just around the corner (tonight at 8.00pm AEDT) it's time to announce our Top 3 and draw winner for the Discount Coupon!

Congratulations number 43 - Janet!  You have won November's Discount Coupon of $20.00!! 

Contact me via email for the details of your prize!

Here are our Top 3 as chosen by you!!  I can count just in case you were wondering, but two were a draw so I just had to include both :)

Karen

Michelle

Lyndal

Janet

See you tonight for our next challenge!!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

It's time to vote!

Hello everyone!  Thank you to everyone who played along with us over the last month with our Christmas challenge, they were all amazing entries!  Now it's time for us to vote!  As you vote be sure to choose a project using an AnnaBelle stamp as only those entries are eligible for the prize!

Check back here on Friday for the winner and brand new challenge to see out the year!!

Hugs for now,

Andrea