Belles 'n Whistles Fall Release Blog Hop

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Welcome to our very first Belles 'n Whistles Blog Hop.

Today we are presenting to you the new

Belles 'n Whistles Fall Collection.

These adorable stamps will be available to order from

Belles 'n Whistles tomorrow, Saturday 19th September.

By taking part in our Belles 'n Whistles Fall Release Blog Hop

you have the chance of winning a great prize very generously

sponsored by the one and only Summer, the owner of

Belles 'n Whistles and Roses on Paper.

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To be in the running for this great prize all you have to do

is make sure you start hopping from the

Belles 'n Whistles Blog and visit all the Design Team blogs

in the correct order stated on the Belles 'n Whistles Blog,

making sure you leave your comments at each blog along the way.

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If you've just been sampling some Warm Apple Pie with Rosette

on your way to my blog then you are on the right track, if you

didn't come from Rosette's blog you will need to go back to

Belles 'n Whistles Blog and start over.

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I am so fortunate to be part of this very talented design team.

Some times I think we actually work for a cooking magazine,

not a stamp company.

We have been known to have conversations about food that

will last for a week, so it is with our love of stamping and food

that we present this awesome new collection of stamps,

created by the very talented Elisabeth Bell.

Every member of our Design Team, including Summer has

a wonderful creation to share you, including something to

satisfy our love of food

Make sure you read all the way to the end of the post to

know which blog you need to hop to next.

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And now - on with the show.

I have the pleasure of presenting to you

Little Witch.

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There's nothing scarey about this stamp and

isn't she just the cutest Halloween Witch you

have ever seen.

For your viewing pleasure and for my families

tasting pleasure, I've created a recipe card for

my Halloween Pumpkin Pie.

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Halloween and Pumpkins go hand in hand and the purple

I've used for my Little Witch I think works wonderfully

with my orange pumpkins.

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I've made my parts of Little Witch and my pumpkins

3D, just to give my recipe card a little bit of added

depth.

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My Pumpkin Pie is delicious and a very, very easy recipe

to follow.

If anyone has a go at making it I would love to hear your

feed back on it.

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Ok, if you've read this far you've done well and

now just a couple more things and you'll be on

your way to Lils Blog.

Thanks so much for joining in the fun of our very

first Blog Hop.

Make sure you head to the Belles 'n Whistles shop

tomorrow to place your order.

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Ingredients:

Belles 'n Whistles Little Witch

SU Pumpkin Stamp

Card Stock

Copic Markers

atyou Spica Markers

White Highlighter Pen

3D Dots

Computer Typed Recipe

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Belles 'n Whistles Trivet

Make sure you visit our Belles 'n Whistles blog each day. We will posting projects/creations everyday (Mo-Fr) for your inspiration. You'll also have the chance of winning Belles 'n Whistles stamps, just by leaving a comment! And if that's not enough - here's some more GREAT news - There will be a new release VERY soon. So make sure you drop by the Belles 'n Whistles blog regularly

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After all your awesome ideas last Friday I shouldn't
be stuck for inspiration for a long time.
There were so many great projects to choose from.
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A couple of people suggested some sort of charm/keyring
made with Shrinky Dinks - if you take a look in the
Belles 'n Whistles Gallery
this was one of the first things
I did with Belles 'n Whistles Sisters stamp. It's a fun and
surprisingly easy little project to do and by turning your
charm into a keyring the recipient can take their gift
with them everytime they leave the house.
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Another great suggestion was a candle. I love making
candles, each time I make one I'm continually amazed
peeling off the wax paper to see the image adhered to
the candle.
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Quite a few people had the idea for note paper/note books.
Make sure you keep an out here because with Christmas
fast approaching a few friends will be receiving just that
(shhhhh - it's a meant to be a secret lol)
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Anyway, as you know I decided to use Carrie's idea to
make a Trivet.
As soon as I read this I could almost smell the freshly
baked Apple Pie coming out of the oven and being placed
on the trivet on my kitchen bench - mmmmmm, yum.
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Ingredients:
Belles 'n Whistles Sunshine & Apples Stamp
Plain White Tile
Hand Drawn Checkered Border
Copic Markers
Cork Backing
Gloss Spray
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Belles 'n Whistles Black 'n White Collection

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Finally I finished my first collection of cards from the

gorgeous Belles 'n Whistles Collection.

I'm sure you will agree that Summer and Elisabeth

have worked well together to put together a stunning

set of stamps.

They are so wonderful to work with - lovely big images

that are just so much fun to colour.

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After completing my Sisters project I was a little unsure

of what to do with the other stamps - then I decided to

run with Black 'n White for all of the cards - I thought that

really highlighted the colours I had chosen for the images.

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Teddy Bear Picnic

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Sunshine & Apples

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Lemonade Anyone?

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Belle with Teddy

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Ingredients:

(the same for ALL cards)

Belles 'n Whistles Stamps

Metallic Cardstock

H2o's

Flowers

Diamanties

Pearls

Leone Em Punch

Cuttlebug

White Marker Pen

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Belles 'n Whistles - Sisters

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At last, the wait is over and I can now introduce
to you the newest members of the Belles 'n Whistles
family ~ Sisters.
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I couldn't get the ink on this stamp fast enough, and then
the 2 minute wait for ink to dry before I could start to
colour them was almost un-bearable lol!!!!
And now, I can tell you, the long wait was well worth it.
These stamps are an absolute delight to work with.
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Together with artist, Elisabeth Bell, our very own

Summer ~ from Roses on Paper, has worked tirelessly

to produce the most amazing set of stamps.

The packaging is stunning, as much as I wanted to use

them I also wanted to keep them all wrapped up in their

beautiful packages lol!!!!

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Stamping and colouring these gorgeous Sisters wasn't

enough for me, I had to do something else with them,

so out came the Shrinky Dinks ~ a few minutes in the oven,

some beautiful crystal beads and I have the cutest hat pin

ever. How much fun was that!!!!

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And these special little Sisters also needed

a very special poem.

Whenever I come across a poem or verse that I like

I put in a folder for future use, and this was exactly

the right time for this poem.

The words are beautiful.

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I'll be posting some more images from this fantastic new

Belles 'n Whistles collection over the coming weeks, but

if you can't wait til then to see them take a look at my

fellow Design Team member blogs to see what they have

done with their stamps.

You'll find some stunning creations from:

Iris, Rosette, Lim, Anki, Jodi, Susan and our special guest

Designers: Kathrin, Lynda and Lilian.

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And if all that wasn't enough, the artist herself,

Elisabeth Bell

has the most amazing blog candy up for grabs.

While you're visiting her blog make sure you

take a look at all her beautiful images, who knows,

one or two of them might be turned into rubber

before too long!!!!!!

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Ingredients:

Belles 'n Whistles Stamp ~ Sisters

Cardboard Folder

Spiral Binding

Metallic Cardstock

Shrinky Dinks

Ribbon

Flowers

Pearls

Hand Made Hat Pin

Diamantie Brads

H20's

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"Peek-a-Boo"

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Wow - how did you all go looking for clues -

I hope you all left comments along the way.

So what do you think of the first brand new

Belles 'n Whistles Stamp

pretty darn cute, if you ask me.

How lucky are we to have such a talented artist

as Elisabeth Bell creating these gorgeous stamps

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I'm already forward planning and have my

co-ordinating papers picked out in my head -

now I just need this adorable stamp.

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So moving on, as I was about to do this post I realised that it's my 100th posting, and a monumental number calls for an exciting post - and I think revealing the first piece of the puzzle for our second Belles 'n Whistles stamp is pretty exciting!!!

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Well get your thinking caps on, below is the first reveal. If you've come this far and managed to find this piece be sure to leave a comment as those who do will be automatically entered into a drawing to win the actual rubber stamp. How awesome would that be.

Remember - Only one entry per sneak peek will be allowed so don't worry about having to leave comments for each new piece that is revealed.

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So - any ideas????

Make sure you visit all my fellow DT members

blogs in search of the second piece of the puzzle.
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