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!

Some Odd Girl Challenge: Not your average card!

Hi,

Well, did you all enjoy our sneak peeks last week??? It was so busy in Odd Land!  But the stamps are now officially in the store!!!   Super exciting, huh?

It's the first Thursday of the month, and we are ready to bring you another challenge!  This week, we want you to make a card that is not a regular 4.25" x 5.5", left-folding card.  So, make an easel card, or a card in a fun shape - just go wild!  Head over to the SOG blog, because the whole ODD team has some really fun samples!

Since warmer weather usually means more weddings......

For my card, I made the shape from my Label 10 Nesties!  It is such a pretty shape, and I got the idea for the card from the lovely Yvonne's blog!  I used the largest die from the set, along with some PTI White CS, some Apricot Appeal Prints DSP, and some Certainly Celery with an SU Leaves die.
I added some sponging  on the front panel with some Distress ink and a jumbo dauber, and I stuck 3 Martha Stewart pearls to the top. 
The ovals were done with Nesties as well, and the middle panel has Wheat Dew Drop ink sponged on it.  The sentiment is from a Verve set called Wishing You, and was stamped in Basic Grey ink.

I printed the lovely Bride Mae onto PTI White CS, coloured her with Copics, cut her out with a thin white border, and mounted her on with foam dots.  I added some Sakura Glaze pen to her pearls for some sparkle. 

We are so looking forward to all the submissions, and since it is the first challenge of the month, you are required to use an SOG image, in order to be eligible to win the free digis!  Submit your card on the SOG blog, and you have 2 weeks to enter!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Bride's Party

Hi all,

I hope everyone's having a great week so far!  I really can't hold off much longer for Spring - it was getting to be t-shirt weather here in Toronto, and WHAM! We get hit with snow!  What is going on???  Not a very smooth transition...my flowers have no idea whether or not to come out.

Well, let's move onto a happier topic - weddings!  I am playing with this adorable image today - BridalPartyBellas - I {heart} this image!  These girls are such a stylin' party - they are probably a blast!

I put this together using Kraft, Basic Gray, and PTI White CS, as well as some Sassafras Wee Bundle Paper (Sweetly Smitten collection) - I am loving those cheerful flowers!
The Basic Gray was punched with an SU Scallop punch, and the pretty embellishments were done using some Spellbinders Shapeabilities (Parisian Accents, I believe), and I topped them off with some miscellaneous pearls. 
The sentiment is from the SU rub-on Chit Chat pack.

I stamped that awesome group of ladies onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured them in with Copics, as well as some Prismacolor Pencils and OMS for shading and grass.

I added some glitter to the bride's dress for some sparkle - here's a slightly better pic of that :-)
Oh, and her dress and tiara have some Sakura glitter pen on them.

Copics used:
*Skin: E0000, E00, E11, R02
*Bridesmaids' dresses: R0000, R00, R81, R85, R89
*Bride's dress: E41, E43, C1, C3
*Flowers: Y32, Y16
*Hair: blond-Y32, Y35, Y38; brown-E71, E79; black-C5, C7, C9; red-YR00, YR15

P.S. Don't forget the Free-form challenge on Blogabella this week! You have until Thursday night to submit your "anything goes" creation to Emily to be entered in for the Bella Bucks!  But either way, your creation will be posted on the blog!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

A Wedding Cake for Lulu

Hi all,

I have ANOTHER card to show you from my colouring classes at Stamping Bella last month. Doesn't it look like I had soooo much fun?  Well, I did!  This card was done from Lindabella's class, and she assigned us one of the Lulu images to work with.  We didn't end up getting to this one in class, so I coloured it after I got home, and put everything together.  Once you have the tools and the knowledge, it's time to go off on your own, and make your way in the world!

We worked with Lulu's Wedding Cake from Stamping Bella - I have a whole pile of the Lulu images, and I love this cake!  It is so whimsical, but is it's classy at the same time!  Lina chose some relly soft patterned papers with some lovely textured cardstock to complement the image. 

The cake was stamped onto Bella's Bestest paper using Memento ink, and coloured in with Copics, and some Prismacolor Pencils for shading.  I also added some white Liquid Applique to the cake, which is what Linda said she did to hers. 

I am definitely in love with this card - where do they come up with these things???

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Purple Wedding

Hi All,

No challenges today - just an elegant card I made for a girl at work - she needed something, as she was attending a wedding this weekend.  It is an SUO card (Stampin' Up! only).  Except fot the edge punch (shhhhh).

She said they were having a Lilac/Purple theme, so I incorporated that colour with black and white.

My card base is Elegant Eggplant.  The next layer is Basic Black, with a Whisper White mat.  The white was punched with the Fleur de Lis EK Success punch.  I think that one is so striking! 
Next, I took a piece of Whisper White, and stamped it with my Bella Toile background stamp using Versamark, then embossed with black EP.  That was matted with an Almost Amethyst piece.  Around that base layer, I tied some white organdy ribbon, and added a hat pin from the Pretties kit with a bunch of beads and pearls.

For the sentiment, I cut a strip of Whisper White, and an Almost Amethyst mat, and I stamped Congratulations on with Basic Black ink.  I added 3 half-back pearls to that panel as well.

Well, that's it for today.  Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Wedding Week: Mylie

Hi All,

It's Wedding Week over at InStyle Stamps, and today's featured stamp is Mylie.  I couldn't decide whether to make an elegant project or a fun one, so I made both!  Head on over to the InStyle Stamps blog to check out what all the Design Team have done...

For my first project, it's a card!  Here she is:

The card base is Whisper White, then there is a layer of Whisper White CS, where I cut around the edges with decorative scissors.  I added 4 Gold Photo Corners onto that piece, and added some pearls to each corner (from Michael's). 

For the main panel, it is also Whisper White, and I used one of the Luxe Label brass templates from the Touch of Grace store (see my sidebar for link) to emboss the cardstock and cut out the pieces between the medallion.  I added some Gold Krylon pen to the outside, and some pearls.  I weaved some White Organdy ribbon through that medallion, and tied it in a bow.

I printed Mylie onto PTI White CS, and I used the same brass template to cut her out in a smaller panel, and added Gold Krylon pen to the outside of that.  I printed Mylie off again, coloured her in with Copics, and cut out her head and dress, and stuck them onto the panel with Dimensionals.

Here is my second project - I thought it could be a gift for bridesmaids, maybe?

I decided to make a 3" x 3" Notecard Box as a little gift.  I made it with Raspberry Tart DSP, Whisper White CS, and Rose Red CS.   

For the top of the box, I used my square Nesties to cut out a Whisper White square, a Rose Red square, and a Whisper White scallop square.  I added some Rose Red sponging to the white square.  I printed Mylie off onto PTI White CS, coloured her in with Copics, cut her out, and mounted her on with Dimensionals.  I printed her off again onto DSP and cut her dress out to paper piece it on.

I printed the sentiment onto white CS and cut it out for the lid of the box.  It says, "My friend got married, and all I got was this stupid dress..."!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stoping by!

Wedding or Anniversary Couple

Hi All,

I really wanted to ink up this set I got from The Greeting Farm called Cake Topper. It is a really cute set for weddings/anniversaries.

Firstly, I used a standard sized white card base, and embossed it with the diamonds Cuttlebug folder with my Big Shot. It is hard to see in this pic, but you can always click on the photo to enlarge it.

Then, I used Basic Black CS, Basic Gray CS, and Basic Gray Prints DSP with my Classic and Scallop Oval Nestabilities (with the Big Shot).

I stamped the images in Black Versafine and embossed them with clear EP. I then coloured them with Copic markers. I cut them out, and mounted them on foam squares.

The sentiment was stamped on white CS and punched out with my Small Oval Punch, and I put a tiny bit of Pacific Point in on the outside just to frame it.

The ribbon is the Gray Taffeta from SU.

Hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by!