It’s time for another fun AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop!
You should have arrived here from Kylie’s blog, but if you’re ever lost on the way, or want to join the fun, hop on over to the ABS blog, where you’ll find the master list, as well as all the details.

Here’s how things work:

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.

Today’s Hop is bittersweet, for sure.
The sweet part is that the set we’re showing you today, was designed by me! It’s called Baby Joy, and it looks like this:

You can purchase it here in the ABS Store.
The bitter part is, that with my already tight schedule and a couple of new things coming soon, I decided that I step down from the ABS Design Team. I really wish I didn’t have to do this, but I just physically can’t pull it all off at the moment.
It’s been the most amazing ride, and I’m so thankful to have met Andrea and the girls. You’ll certainly keep seeing me using ABS stamps many times in the future
But let me not keep you any longer, on to the cards!
Here’s a girly version, with only a sihouette stamped, for the softer look…

Supplies: cardstock: PTI (Sweet Blush), American Crafts (green), white; paper:
Basic Grey; stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps (Baby Joy, Backgrounds By Design 5); ink: Versa Magic (Pink Grapefruit); grey Copic marker; grosgrain ribbon; paper piercer; button; string: AnnaBelle Stamps

I used the PPA98 sketch:

And one for a boy! Here I stamped the outline in black, and overstamped with the silhouette in light blue. The outline and silhouette images align perfectly, so that you can mix & match them to your heart’s content

Supplies: cardstock: recycled kraft, glittered cardstock: discount, American Crafts (black), white; paper: Kaisercraft; stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps (Baby Joy); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky); pearls: Kaisercraft

This time I used the layout of this gorgeous card of Tami for my inspiration. Tami is this week’s Featured Stamper on SCS (FS223). I decided that I change the card to boy-ish instead, and so I followed the colour inspiration of The Ribbon Reel challenge #4:

Next stop is the talented Lisa! Happy hopping!

Hello, sweets
It’s time for the weekly challenge at the AnnaBelle Stamps blog, and this week we’re saying it with masking & sponging!

Sounds like fun?? Sure does!
On my sample, I used the Baby Joy stamp set, that I illustrated for AnnaBelle Stamps.

I stamped the hands twice on white paper, cut one to size and fussy cut the other image. Then I aligned both stamps, secured with tape at the back of the paper, and sponged around.
This is the effect:

Supplies: cardstock: PTI (Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush), white; paper: My Mind’s Eye (Quite Contrary); stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps (Baby Joy); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Versa Color (Petal Pink, Opera Pink); buttons; black pen; grey Copic marker; corner rounder: EK Success

I’m playing with SCS336 sketch, and the colours of CC326 (Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo).

I’d love you to check out what the rest of our talented DT girls designed today!

Belles
Andrea
Sue W
Kylie
Stephanie
Patti
Lisa
Sue K
Kerry

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.
- Include a link back to the AnnaBelle Stamps 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 hope you’ll play along with us! Thank you for coming - have a fabulous day!