Bellarific Friday: Shower!

Hi all,
Happy weekend!  I have a fun weekend planned - I get to go out on the town tonight and stay in a hotel!  I have to say: I LOVE staying in hotels.  It's the best.
I have a nice steak dinner to attend on Sunday as well, so I am ready for some yum!
I hope everyone has some great plans as well...

Welcome to Bellarific Friday!  Our challenge this week was to make a shower card - you could have done a baby shower, bridal shower, or something with rain on it!  Em doesn't mind.

Here's mine:

My card base is Bashful Blue CS.  My papers are from an SU DSP pack - can't remember the name, but it's definitely old.  All the mats are black.  I also added some white machine stitching to one of the layers, along with some green Martha Stewart pearls.  I rounded two of the corners on the bottom layer.  The layer just underneath the image is DSP cut out with Label 18 Nesties.

I stamped the lovely BridalPartyBellas on Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured them mostly with Copics and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils.  I cut them out with Label 4 Nesties and added some Wheat Versamagic sponging inside the stencil.  I also added a bunch of glitter dots all around, and all over the bride's dress.
I totally love these girls - absolutely perfect image!!!

Next week's challenge??? Our 8th sketch challenge for this year!  Make a card using any of the images sold at Stamping Bella and the layout below.  Send it to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night, and you will be entered to win some Bella Bucks (aka, free product), and your card will be published on the Bloggabella!  We love seeing what you come up with!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SFYTT and Lulu

Hi all,
Hope everyone is having a lovely Easter weekend - did you make a bit of craft time in the midst of the cooking and company???

I decided to play along with a sketch out there in blog land.  Have you ever played along with Jen del Muro's Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT)???  She's got some really great layouts, and she has an amazing design team!

Here is the sketch for April:

Here's my take:

My card base is white CS.  My patterned papers are from SU's Nouveau Chic DSP pack, and my mats are all black. 
I also added some Dew Drops to the corners of the smaller panels.

I stamped Clara Lulu onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her with Copics, and added shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut her out with Classic Circle Nesties and added some Wheat Versamagic sponging inside the stencil.  I backed that with a die cut from the Spellbinders Parisien Motifs set - very intricate and lacy, but the circle covers most of it.
I added a bunch of glitter dots all around her and I added some yummy butterflies punched out with my Martha Stewart punch.

Don't forget about our Bellarific Friday challenge this week: showers!  Make a card for a bridal or baby shower, or something with rain on it!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Dandelion

Hi all,
Well, it's Sunday night, and most people's weekends are coming to an end :-(
I still have tomorrow off, so I am planning on getting stuff done in the day time.

I wanted to get crafty today, but I felt like doing something other than my usual colouring.  I'm playing around with heat embossing, and here's what I came up with:

My card base is Chocolate Chip CS.  I used a piece of a rusty coloured cardstock, but I can't remember the name (it was one of the SU In Colors from a couple years ago), and I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers folder.  I sponged around the edges with Walnut Stain Distress ink, and matted it with black and white CS.  I also wrapped some Soft Suede polka dot ribbon around that, and added some white pearls to the corners.
I stamped Dandelion Wisps in Versamark onto the rusty cardstock and embossed it with white embossing powder.  I cut it out with Label 7 Nesties, and sponged that with the Walnut ink as well.  I really like how the white pops out from the coloured paper.  Definitely gonna try that again!

Don't forget about our Bellarific Friday challenge this week, to make a card with our 6th sketch!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!
Happy Monday to all those going back to work :-)

Bellarific Friday: Our 5th Sketch of 2012!

Hi all,
Welcome to another Friday and TGIF!!!  I've had a lot of fun with my Stamping Bella images this week, and I absolutely loved the sketch we got for our Bellarific Friday challenge!  Hopefully you got a chance to play along, and I'm definitely gonna hop over to the Bloggabella and check out the entries!

Here's a last peek at the sketch we had to play with:

Here's mine:

My card base is white CS - I bought a pack of white cards and envelopes on sale at Michael's - it was a 50 pack for about $12 I think.  Pretty good deal for everything being pre-cut, and envelopes included :-)

My patterned papers are from SU's Sarah DSP pack and my mats are black CS.  The vertical strip was punched with my lattice Martha Stewart edge punch.

I stamped Rain-Never-Stopped-Me-abella onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her with Copics, and added shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I punched her out with Curved Rectangle Nesties, and added some Walnut Stain Distress ink to the inside of the stencil.

I stamped the sentiment (that comes with the image) onto white CS, and cut the lines out and stuck them to the image panel.

I topped things off with a yellow Martha Stewart flower in the lower left corner. 

Next week's challenge???  St' Patrick's Day!!!  Either use the colour green on your card, or use a St. Patty's image for the holiday on Saturday!  Send your card to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night, and you will be entered to win some Bella Bucks, and your card will be published on the Bloggabella on Friday!

Also, don't forget you have another chance to win some moolah over on SCS!  Upload your challenge card to your gallery and use the key word BELLARIFFIC0912 so that we can see all the cards in one spot when we do a search!

And you can pop into the Stamping Bella forum and join in the chats too!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Bellarific Polka Dots

Hi all,
I hope you've had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend.  I get a long weekend this week, because I worked on Family Day (new Canadian holiday every February)!  I'm stoked for the extra time off.  Make sure you set aside some time to get crafty this weekend!

And welcome to another Bellarific Friday!  We had an awesome challenge this week - we are definitely a fan of the polka dot!  We were all incorporating polka dots into our creations this week, and I had a blast!  Surprisingly, Em has several images that have dots and spots on them, so they were great, and there are tons of patterned papers that have dots as well!

And don't forget:  If you made a polka dot card for this week, make sure you upload it to your SCS gallery, and use the keyword BELLAIRIFFIC0812!  You will have an extra chance to win some moolah from Emily!

Here's mine:

My card base is Sahara Sand CS, all my patterned papers are from the MME pack called Out of the Blue, and all my mats are black and white.  I added a black strip punched with my Martha Stewart crown edge punch to the middle, and I also wrapped some SU Bermuda Bay grosgrain ribbon (with polka dots) around that base panel.
White Martha Stewart pearls to the corners as well.

I stamped Emma Lulu onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink (cause she has polka dots on her outfit!).  I coloured her with Copics, and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut her out using Curved Rectangle Nesties, and I added some Basic Gray sponging around the outside. 

Next week's challenge???  Our 5th sketch for the year!  Just make any card using the sketch below and any image sold at Stamping Bella, and send to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night.  You'll be entered to win some Bella Bucks (ie. free product), and your card will be published on the Bloggabella for all of us to drool over!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Izzie Under the Umbrella

Hi all,
I'm just playing around with some of my images that I haven't used in a while.  I think I bought this one after Paulabella used it in a colouring class - funny how they can give you that bug to buy an image you used - they make you fall in love with it!

My card base is Sahara Sand CS.  My patterned papers are from the Authentique pack called Blissful, and my mats are black and white CS.  On the bottom layer, I added some So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, and I skewed the second panel on a diagonal.

I stamped Izzie Has A Brelly onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her with Copics, and added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut her out with Label 10 Nesties, and added some Wheat Versamagic sponging to the inside of the stencil.

Don't forget about the Bellarific Friday challenge happening on the Bloggabella for this week.  You have until Thursday night to create a project using polka dots and send it to Emily!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Bellarific Friday: 4th sketch of 2012!

Hi all!
TGIF!  Welcome to your Friday again!  I hope everyone's week has gone smoothly, and you better have something good brewing for this weekend!  Make sure you enjoy it.
Did you have time to get crafty this week?  Either way, you can head over and check out Bellarific Friday to get some inspiration.

This week's challenge is another amazing sketch!  Here's a glimpse:

And here's mine:

I decided to make a baby card, but with a different line of images :-)  And I had to turn the panel on it's side so my image would fit properly.

My card base is Sahara Sand CS.  All my patterned papers are from the Sassafras Wee Bundle collection and my mats are black.  The strip across the middle is Sahara Sand CS and the black mat is punched with my SU scallop edge punch.  I tied some So Saffron grosgrain ribbon around that base layer.

I used the patterned paper and black CS along with my SU Photo Corner punch for the corners, and I added some white Martha Stewart pearls to those.

I stamped the adorable Froggy KETTO stamps onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I coloured them in with Copics and added grass and shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut them out with Label 14 Nesties, and added some sponging with Bashful Blue ink.

I am thinking there is lots of great spacce there for a sentiment, so when it comes time to use the card, I will choose something just right!

Next week's challenge???  Polka Dots!  I love this challenge!  Just make a card showing off some polka dots and use any image sold at Stamping Bella.  Email your card to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night, and your card will be published on the Bloggabella, and you'll be entered to win some Bella Bucks (aka free products from Bellaland)!

AND, if you want another chance at some more moolah, you must post your card over at SplitCoast Stampers!  When you upload your card, make sure you include the keyword BELLARIFFIC0712 so that we can all see it in our gallery!

Also, hop over to the Bella forum and check out the chatter there!

Have an amazing weekend!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Under The Weather

Hi all,
I decided it was high time I made a get well card, and Stamping Bella has the perfect image for that!  And I wanted to use some of my yummy patterned papers as well.

My card base is Sahara Sand CS.  The patterned papers are from the Authentique pack called Blissful, and I used a black mat.  The white square was sponged with Basic Gray ink and embossed with the Cuttlebug Argyle folder.  On top of that, I added a yellow piece of patterned paper, which I cut out with Blossom Nesties.
Around that whole base layer, I wrapped some black grosgrain ribbon, and added a flowery slider to the right side. 

I stamped the cutie Fluey Huggabugg onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her with Copics and added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I sponged around the panel with Wheat Versamagic ink and I added a bunch of glitter dots all around her with my glue pen.  That square was matted with black and white CS.

Don't forget about our Bellarific Friday challenge this week, to use the sketch below!  We always love it when you play along!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Big Wish KETTO

Hi all,
Just playing around today with one of my cute KETTO stamps from Stamping Bella.  I decided I wanted to use a Ketto I haven't used in a while and I wanted to use some of the new patterned papers I bought!

Here she is:

My card base is Pretty In Pink CS.  The patterned papers are from the Pink Paislee pack called Vintage Vogue.  I used white and black mats.  For the strip across the middle, I punched the black piece with my Martha Stewart lattice edge punch.  Across that, I added some black grosgrain ribbon, and I made the bow with my Bow Easy.  I stuck some black Martha Stewart pearls to the corners as well.
I stamped the sentiment Wish Big in black ink onto the patterned paper.

I stamped Kenya KETTO onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her with Copics and cut her out with Labels 18 Nesties, and added some Wheat Versamagic sponging inside the stencil.

Copics used:
*Skin: E0000, E00, E11, R02, YR00
*Dress: YG11, YG63, YG67, C3, C5, C7
*Flowers: R81, R85
*Shirt and stocking stripes: E40
*Shoes: E40, E43

Don't forget about this week's Bellarific Friday challenge: ANYTHING GOES! This is always everyone's favourite!  Hope you can play along.

Have a great week this week - don't let the Monday blues get you down!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Love Martini

Hi all,
With Valentine's Day coming up, they have decided to sell flowers and cards at my work for the employees to take home to their loved ones.  They usually ask me to do the cards for events like these, so I got to working on a sample!

I always have to keep in mind that I may have to make several of them, so I keep the colouring to a minimum, and I don't use a lot of supplies like ribbon and flowers, etc.

So here's what I came up with:

My card base is white CS, then I have a Sahara Sand layer with black and Real Red mats.  On the Sahara Sand layer, I added a bunch of hearts that I cut out of Real Red CS using my SU heart punch.

I stamped Valentini onto Sahara Sand CS with Versamark ink and embossed it with Black EP.  I coloured the hearts in with Real Red and Pretty In Pink markers, and I added some glitter to some of the spots using a glue pen.  I cut it out with Rectangle Nesties, and added some Sahara Sand sponging inside the stencil.
I matted that with a black rectangle, then a Scallop Rectangle Nestie layer in Real Red.  After looking at it, you couldn't really see the scallop layer against all the hearts because they are the same colour, so I added in 1 final white mat.

Don't forget about this week's Bellarific Friday challenge using the below sketch!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Bellarific Friday: Be Mine

Hi all,
Well, if everything has gone according to plan, I just got back from my trip to New York yesterday! I've been there a couple of times before, and it's always a great city!  Does anyone have any favourite places to shop or eat there?  I'd love to know all its secrets :-)

Anywho, it's Friday again, which means we have a brand new Bellarific Friday challenge over on the Bloggabella!  We were challenged to make either a Valentines/love card or make a red/white/pink card.  Ya know, the big day is creeping up on us - only 11 days away!  I hope you are ready to spend some quality time with your special someone!  I have such great memories of Valentines Day just because of my mom.  Even when we were kids, she would always get us a card and a present - it was such a fun holiday!

Here's my card:

The base is Pretty In Pink CS, and the next layer is a piece of Real Red Prints DSP, with black and white mats.  The strip across the bottom is a plain black piece, then a white mat punched with my Martha Stewart crown edge punch. 
Below that, I added some sparkly red letters from Recollections, and a Martha Stewart Gerbera Daisy sticker in the middle.

I stamped Valentina onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with Copics.  I also added some black Sakura Glaze pen to her eyes and some of the spots on the box.
The panel behind her was made using Classic and Scallop Circle Nesties along with black, white, and Real Red CS.  I embossed the red circle with the Cuttlebug Houndstooth folder for some extra texture.

Copics used:
*Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R02, YR00
*Hair: C3, C7, 100
*Box: R81, R85, R89
*Bows: R20, R43, R46

Next week's challenge???  The 3rd Sketch for the year!!!  Just make a project using the below sketch and any of the images sold at Stamping Bella, and submit it to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night.  You'll be entered to win some Bella Bucks and your card will be published on the Bloggabella!

Make sure you have a fantastic weekend!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Bellarific Friday: Our 2nd Sketch For 2012!

Hi all,
TGIF!!!  Welcome to another great Friday!  This Friday is extra special to me because I am on my way to New York City this morning!  YAY
So, this post was scheduled to hit you at the regular time, even though I have already blown town...hehe

This week's Bellarific Friday challenge was an awesome sketch by Ebrubella!  Have one last look at it!

I decided to go waaaaaay simple with this one.  I am a fan of all white cards, so that's what I went with this time :-)

Here's my take:

Guess what - all white cardstock!  Could ya tell?
I embossed the very bottom panel with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, and the strip on the right side was done with the Houndstooth folder.  Just wanted some contrasting textures.
The 2 corners are plain, but I added a bunch of white Martha Stewart pearls to fancy it up.

I stamped Stepsisters by Mo Manning onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I absolutely ADORE this image.  I am the younger sister, so I always see the older girl as the mean, bossy one...anyone else think that?
I coloured them totally with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, and cut them out with Scallop Circle Nesties, then added some Wheat Versamagic sponging.

Next week's challenge???  Either a love/Valentines card or a pink/white/red card!  Your pick, but they are basically following the same theme in the end.  Make a card following that theme using any of the images sold at Stamping Bella and send it to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night, and you'll be entered to win some Bella Bucks.  And of course, we always love seeing all the cards published on Emily's blog!

Have a great weekend!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Bellarific Friday: Your Favourite Stamp!

Hi all,
Wow, what a late post - usually my Friday posts go live at midnight, but last night I had some computer troubles, and I wasn't able to schedule it!
So, I'd still like to share Bellarific Friday with you!

Our Bellarific Friday challenge this week was to use our favourite image from Stamping Bella!  I'm pretty sure the majority of people agree that they can't choose a favourite, so we are all cheaters.  LOL

I have used this image several times, and I think it's definitely one of the best, so that's why I chose it.  Here's my card:

My card base is Basic Gray CS, my patterned papers are from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist collection called Happy Go Lucky, and my mats are black.  The strip across the middle has a black piece punched with a Martha Stewart edge punch, and then I added an Old Olive square on top (embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder).  I topped that off with some black grosgrain ribbon tied in a knot. 

I stamped the always cute and useful AllBoxedUpABella onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her with Copics and used my Prismacolor Pencils for shading.  For the green present, that was paper pieced using the same paper pack.
I punched her out with Classic Square Nesties, and added some sponging with Basic Gray ink. 

Next week's challenge??? A sketch!  Just make a project using the sketch below and any of the images sold at Stamping Bella and send to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night.  You'll be entered to win some Bella Bucks and your card will be published on the Bloggabella!
I don't think anyone could turn away Bella Bucks, especially with the release Emily has out right now!!!  You all need to participate!
Remember to also link your card on SCS (BELLARIFFIC0212)

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Sketch Saturday 190: Sew Awesome

Hi all,

I'm playing along with today's layout over on the Sketch Saturday blog: #190.  Love these sketches!
Here it is:

I decided to use one of Kristy's newer clear releases - a Valentine's image!  The big day is coming, you know.

Here's mine:

My card base is Sahara Sand CS, my patterned papers are from Basic Grey's pack called Olivia, and everything has black mats.  The strip across the middle was punched with an SU scallop edge punch, and I added some Old Olive grosgrain ribbon around that. 
I also added a corner with my SU Photo Corner punch, and I added 3 rhinestones to that, and 3 more to the other corners on the base. 
I stamped the sentiment (which comes with the image) in black ink onto the patterned paper. 

I stamped the thread spool from In Stitches Tia onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memeto Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured it with Copics and cut it out using Classic Circle Nesties.  I added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS and I added some sponging to the inside of the stencil using Wheat Versamagic ink. 
I stamped Tia onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Onyx Versafine ink and embossed her with Clear EP.  I coloured her with Copics, cut her out with a thin white border, and mounted her on top of the spool with foam dots. 
She's adorable!!!

By the way, Kristy is having a 2-year birthday celebration and new releases next week, so keep your eye on the SOG blog for lots of fun stuff!!!  You will love it!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Bellarific Friday: Sketch #1

Hi all,

Welcome to another beautiful Friday!  I hope you've got some great stuff planned for the weekend!  The temperature outside is significantly dropping this weekend in Toronto, and I don't approve...
We had such nice, mild weather this week, and it has to round out with freezing temperatures and snow.  Hmph.

Well, let's get onto brighter topics - it's our first Bellarific Friday of 2012!  Welcome back to all those participants and window shoppers!

Some great things happening already this year!  Stamping Bella is back on SplitCoast Stampers - you can check out the threads HERE.
There are some fun discussions over there, and we have a challenge running as well, using this week's Bellarific Friday Sketch!  The thread is HERE - make sure you check it out for all the rules.  I've already been browsing the entries in the gallery and they are amazing!  For the SCS challenge, you get some extra time to play with the sketch - until Jan. 19!

There is also a thread started for questions...like, if you want to ask any of the Babes any questions, or Emily herself.  The thread is HERE.  Ask away!

Here is the sketch for this week, designed by the awesome Ebrubella:

Here's mine:

My card base is white CS, and the patterned papers are from SU's Simply Scrappin' Kit called Crew Kids Girl, with all black mats.  I added some black stitching to the smaller 2 panels, and some CTMH rhinestones to some of the corners. 

I stamped the ever-inspiring Veronica by Mo Manning onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I coloured her with Copics, and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut her out with Blossom Nesties, and added some Bisque Colorbox Chalk sponging inside the stencil.
The sentiment also comes with the image!

Is this chick anyone else's hero???  She's hilarious.

Anywho....next week's challenge???  To ink up your favourite image!  This one should not only be easy, but so much fun!!!  Go through your binders and find your favourite Bella image - send your card to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night, and you'll be entered to win some Bella Bucks $$$, and your card will be published on the Bloggabella!  Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Have a great weekend!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

A Fairy Tale and a New Development

Hi all,
This week has been so busy - I feel like I haven't had any time for stamping!  So, I decided I had to sit down and create something.
 
Before we get to that, I wanted to let you know of a little development with Stamping Bella: we are back on SCS as a member company!  And we will also be bringing Bellarific Fridays there!  Check out the Bella forum HERE.
Em will also be drawing for a prize for each week's Bellarific Friday from the gallery of submissions, so each week when you upload your Bellarific Friday card to SCS, we will give you a key word to add that will make sure your card goes into that gallery!

OK, so here is my card for today:
Nice and simple - cute image. 

My card base is Sahara Sand CS, the patterned papers are from the Authentique pack called Blissful, and the mats are black.  I punched the edge of the smaller black piece with a Martha Stewart edge punch, and I added some black grosgrain ribbon tied in a knot around the base.  I also threw on some black Martha Stewart pearls in some of the corners. 

I stamped the cutie Posie Pixie onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured her with Copics.  I added some shading and grass with my Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut her out with Label 4 Nesties, and added some sponging inside the stencil with Antique Linen Distress ink. 

So here is the run down for Bellarific Friday, which is starting back up now!  Our first challenge for the year (Jan. 13) is a sketch (see below)!  All you have to do is make a card using that sketch and any image sold at Stamping Bella, and email it to Emily (emily@stampingbella.com) by Thursday night.  You will automatically be entered to win some Bella Bucks to spend at the store, and your card will be published on the Bloggabella on Friday!

Now here is the part about SCS: Upload your card to your SCS gallery.
To play along simply link your card using the keyword BELLARIFFIC0112 (case sensitive) and 1 person will win a 20.00 gift voucher to Stamping Bella!! Now if you also email your card to Em to be included on Bloggabella you will have a chance to win bellabucks there too!  So it's twice the number of chances to win!

The SCS contest closes at 6pm EST on Thursday Jan 19; the winner will be announced on this thread on Jan 20. You have to use a stamping bella image to be eligible to win the prize.

Here is the sketch:

Hope you enjoyed, and don't forget to visit the revivied Stamping Bella Forum on SplitCoastStampers!

Thanks for stopping by!

SOG Challenge: Bling Me!

Hi all,
It's Thursday, which can mean a few good things...firstly, it's almost Friday, which is awesome!  But also, we are posting a brand new challenge over on the Some Odd Girl blog!
Last week was a LOVE inspiration challenge because Kristy just had an amazing release of clear stamps for Valentine's Day.

This week, we are challengeing you to bling up your project.  You are required to use at least 2 types of bling on your project, which includes, but is not limited to, pearls, rhinestones, loose glitter, Stickles, foil, glaze, and mist.  Just make it sparkly and/or shiny!

Here's mine:
For this card, I am actually re-using a sketch that I really liked from THIS post on the Sketch Saturday blog. 

My card base is Sahara Sand CS, the patterned papers are from SU's Cutie Pie DSP pack, and the mats are black.  I added some Certainly Celery polytwill ribbon around all the layers, and I added 2 square rhinestones to 2 corners.

I stamped Romantic Gwen onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Versafine Onyx Black ink, and embossed her with Clear EP.  I like how it seals in the ink.  I coloured her with Copics and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.   I cut her out with Label 4 Nesties, and added some Wheat Versamagic ink inside the stencil.  I also added a bunch of glitter dots with my glue pen and loose glitter around my image.
The sentiment also comes with the image, and I stamped that in black ink onto white CS, outlined the heart with a Rose Red marker, and cut it out.

Don't forget to head over to the SOG blog to link up your own creation with bling!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Knit Happens

Hi all,
Just a quick post for today - I am about to get ready for a night out to ring in the year of 2012!  But, I did have time to put together a cute and easy card.

My base is Sahara Sand CS.  I kept this one very simple.  The next layer is a white piece, embossed with my Cuttlebug Argyle folder.  I added some pink Recollections pearls to the corners, and I wrapped some So Saffron and Pretty In Pink grosgrain ribbons around the base.  I made a bow with the saffron ribbon using my Bow Easy and attached it with a mini glue dot. 

I stamped Knitting Peep onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured it with Copics, and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut that out with Label 1 Nesties, and added some Pretty In Pink sponging inside the stencil.
The sentiment comes with the image, and I stamped that onto white CS with black ink and cut it out with my Label punch.  I cut out a piece with the Modern Label punch as well, and mounted it behind.

Make sure to have a fantastic new year, and look forward to great things!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!