SFYTT with Stamping Bella

The June sketch from Jen del Muro (SFYTT) was a fun one, and it is sponsored by Stamping Bella. I had to give it a go. I have so many neglected Bellas, I forget how much fun they are to color.

This stamp is actually a new one from my friend Angela. It came in a card kit with these fun papers, thanks Angela!

I always think Stella calls for a significant amount of glitter. So I've stickled the waves, shoes, wand and crown on her.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:
Stamp: Stamping Bella, Stella in her Dinghy
Ink: Memento
Paper: PTI ssw, Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse, patterns 
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, MFT wave die, PTI ribbon, dimensionals

Causeabella

Another one just in time.  I saw the Tuesday Morning sketch #64 on Tuesday and loved it.  I immediately added it to my to do list.  However with my hubby traveling this week I just didn't get to it til today.  So glad I did though,  it was a fun sketch.  Got it done with only an hour to spare.

I haven't inked up Causeabella in forever, so it was good to use her again.  This is another one I'll be sending in for the HYCCT14, Ribbon, Ribbon, Ribbon challenges on SCS, this one for the ribbon challenge.  I think I've got it doubly covered with her pink ribbon and the added green ribbon.

Thanks for stopping, by!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Card Recipe:
Stamps:  Causabella from Stamping Bella
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  PTI ssw, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, MME Quite Contrary patterned
Embellishments:  copics, stickles, SU Corner Rounder and ribbon, MS border punch, MM rhinestones, PTI button, crochet thread

King of the Wild Things

Can't believe it is Sunday already! We had a great weekend. My dad visited to celebrate his birthday. Had lots of good food (probably too much). He's on his way home now, so I made a cute little Halloween card.

I used the Midnight Madness sketch MMSC71 for this card. I went with the CAS version for this week. Also the Paper Sundaes challenge #36 is Fabulous Fall, to use fall or Halloween colors, so this will work! If you are thinking deja vu on the papers and colors, you are right. They were still out and I'm trying to make a group of Halloween card to send to our soldier, so I used these papers again.

Thanks for stopping by today. Preparing for a busy week. We have a birthday in our house on Thursday, so that is something to look forward to!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: King of the Wild Things from Stamping Bella

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Orange Zest, DCWV polka dot

Embellishments: nesties, copics, stickles, ribbon from Michaels, SU border punch, dimensionals

Stella Takes a Bubble Bath

It's been a week since I've posted, just couldn't seem to get anything done last week. Every time I got into my office I started cleaning and organizing. Finally when I saw this challenge today, Tuesday Morning Sketches #46, to use your favorite color combination and glitter, I got inspired.

My favorite colors are pink, orange and red. I like them together and separately. I actually love most colors and combinations, but this is one of my favorites, so happy and bright. And who could stand up to those colors? Stella! She looks like she is having a fab time in her tub full of sparkly bubbles. She is very glitzy, her bubbles are covered in stickles, and her lipstick and nail polish are sparkled up with a spica glitter pen.

I used Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge (MTSC74) for this layout. I think the panel behind Stella should have been a bit wider, according to the sketch, but it's glued down now, so it's going to have to stay.

Hope to get a bit more crafting time this week! Thanks for dropping by today.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Stamping Bella Stella, sentiment from PTI

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI ssw, Real Red, Only Orange, Pink Passion

Embellishments: SU border punch label punch, American Craft brads, copics, stickles, nesties, spica pen, cuttlebug embossing folder

Addy 'Tude is Sparkling Today

I have had this stamp for a while now, and sadly had never inked it up. She is called Addy 'Tude LOVES to Sparkle from Stamping Bella. Isn't she fabulous? I don't know why I haven't used her! Her name made me feel the need to really sparkle and bling her up. Her outfit and accessories are sparkled with spica pens, then I sprayed the whole white piece and the sentiment liberally with Smooch Spritz, I just love that stuff. The striped paper is super sparkly, too, it is the Home collection from MME.

I think this one will be headed to one of my bffs who really always does sparkle, plus she always wears big sun glasses like these, LOL! Watch your mailbox Meliss.

The sketch for this one is from CPS #158, Stamping Bella is the sponsor this week, so I had to enter. I so love all my Bella stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today. TGIF!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Addy 'Tude LOVES to Sparkle, from Stamping Bella

Ink: Memento Tux. Black, Melon Mambo

Paper: SU Melon Mambo, Kiwi Kiss, PTI ssw, MME Home patterned

Embellishments: copics, spica pens, smooch spritz, K and Co. rhinestones, corner rounder, nesties label die, ribbon

And it's over

Seems like the Olympics just started and they are over for another 4 years already! Well, it was fun, wasn't it? I unfortunately couldn't stay up till midnight most nights, so only saw bits and pieces of the events. Here is my card celebrating the Olympics, unfortunately this looks like a summer card, oh well!

It was for Pinky's twisted Bella challenge on SCS, to use your country's flag colors and five circles. So red, white and blue was the way to go!

Thanks for dropping in today, hope you had a great weekend.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: stamping bella

Ink: Memento Tux. black, Real Red

Paper: Real Red, Brilliant Blue, PTI ssw, DCWV summer stack

Embellishments: copics, stickles, dimensionals, nesties, ribbon, mini brads, PTI button, MS star border punch

Love Me Do Blog Hop

Welcome to the LOVE ME DO Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

For my card I used the wonderful sketch from Midnight Madness sketches (MMSC40) for this week. I thought it worked out perfectly with Topiarybella. One last Valentine for me this year! Now I just need to get them mailed out.

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Friday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day! Now it's time to hop on over to Peggy's blog.

Card Recipe: Topiarybella stamp from Stamping Bella, Memento ink, copics, nesties, stickles, spica pen, border punch from EK success, Kaiser pearls, dimensionals, offray ribbon, button, PTI white, Real Red, Basic Black, Gable Green cardstock, and SCWV patterned paper

Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Bella Birthday Bash Blog Hop. If you just stumbled on my blog, head on over to Stamping Bella to start at the beginning.

Here is my creation to celebrate the third birthday of Stamping Bella. Love my Bella, all of the lines actually. Hope Stamping Bella has a wonderful birthday and many more! I used Predictabella for this blog hop. I wanted to do a birthday card, and sadly, she had never seen ink before! I also used Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge for the sketch, MTSC50.

Thanks for stopping by today, next hop on over to Vicki's blog.

Don't forget to leave comments along the way, there are three $100 Bella Bucks gift certificates hidden along the way!

Card Recipe: Stamps: Predictabella, Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Paper: PTI ssw, Purely Pomagranite, Tangerine Tango, MME patterned, Embellishments: copics, nesties, border punch, SU min brads, crystal effects, stickles

Chichiboulie Blog Hop

Welcome to the Chichiboulie Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

Here is my card for the blog hop. I used this cute little Reading Reverie stamp from the Chichiboulie collection at Stamping Bella. I've had her for a while, but she's never seen ink before. I love to read and think she is just so sweet.

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy the hop!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to my Bella Sistah Em's fabulous blog, inemscloset.

Yoga for Relaxation!

Well, I can't say I really know about yoga for relaxation, but I've heard it works wonders. Maybe one of these days I'll give it a try. It's one of those things I've always wanted to try.

This Bella card was made for the Bella sketch challenge, BSC82 on SCS. I really love doing sketch challenges, it gives you an easy place to start. Especially when time is limited (like during nap time, LOL). I think sketches are the easiest challenges to work with. I have a few more sketch challenge cards to post in the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate each and every one of you taking a minute to visit my blog and all your nice comments.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella Yogabella, MFT sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Creamy Carmel, Rose Red, Basic Grey Bittersweet, PTI ssw
Embellishments: Nesties, SU ribbon and corner rounder, Cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals, foam dots, primas, rhinestone, copics, sakura silver gel pen

Think Pink in October

October is breast cancer awareness month. So I figured it was the perfect time to ink up Causeabella. I love this stamp, she can be used for just about any cause by changing the color of the ribbon. She is just so much fun to color, too.

I used two different challenges for this card. The first one was Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge (MTSC43). Once again, she had another amazing sketch to use! I also just found the JUGS blog. That stands for Just Us Girls. Their challenge this week was to paper piece (JUGS2). I love paper piecing, so I pieced this Bella's dress. They also asked us to use pink this week. I love all these challenge blogs, they really give me great inspiration.

Off to a doctor's appointment this morning. Hopefully things will look good. Only eleven days to go. I probably should be freaking out a bit, but I'm not yet. Thanks for stopping by today!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Causeabella and sentiment by Stamping Bella
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pink Passion
Paper: PTI ssw, Pink Passion, patterned paper from Creating Keepsakes
Embellishments: nesties, copics, spica pens, dimensionals, SU oval punches, Dots and Dashes ribbon, PTI button, embroidery floss, rhinestone

Sweet Dreamers challenge (bugging out)

I combined two challenges for this sweet little card. Our Sweet Dreamer's blog group was challenged to make a card with a bug on it this week. I hope this little moth qualifies! I don't really have many buggy stamps. I also used Aly's 3rd sketch challenge for the layout. I'm sure you remember me mentioning Aly before, she is the talented ten year old girl who started her own sketch blog. She posts a new sketch every other Sunday and makes her own amazing samples. Check her blog out!

The kids are down at a reasonable hour tonight, so I'm making this post quick so I can go stamp a bit more. Thanks for stopping by today!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella Huggabugg and sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gable Green (for sponging)
Paper: PTI ssw, Gable Green, Green Galore, DCWV polka dot patterned paper
Embellishments: Copics, Shimmerz, nesties, SU ribbon, SU corner punch, sponges, Robin's Nest Dew Drops

Congrats on Your Bike-A-Thon!

Happy weekend everyone! Kids are excited, it's a long weekend, no school on Monday for Columbus Day. Tonight we have my husband's high school reunion. I still don't know what I'm going to wear. Nothing like waiting til the last minute, right?

This is my take on the Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge this week (MTSC42). I've been trying to do this challenge each week, since I found out about them about a month ago. They are really fun sketches!

I made this card for my dear friend Megan, who just completed a bike ride to raise money for MS, called Bike to the Bay. She rode 17 miles, holy moly! I'm so proud of her for finishing the bike ride, that's pretty long of a ride, in my opinion. She trained for some time to get ready. Megan, if you are reading this, pretend to be surprised when this arrives in your mailbox, LOL!

I told my husband that I was making a card for her to celebrate this accomplishment. He said, "Do you really have a girl on a bike stamp?" Um, yeah, and I probably have stamps to celebrate almost any occasion anyone could happen upon! A little scary, but it's always better to be prepared!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Stampingbella, I wish I looked so good on a bikeabella, PTI sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Garden Green
Paper: Garden Green, Pixie Pink, PTI ssw, Basic Grey Sultry
Embellishments: copics, spica glitter pens, sakura silver gel pen, Bella's Baubles, scalloped punch, nesties,

Long Lean Witch

I hardly ever make long skinny cards, so this was a real challenge for me. This sketch came from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC41. I flipped the sketch vertically, the original was horizontal. I knew I needed a skinny witch so I went with this Bella image, Witchybella. I've been on a Halloween card kick, lately. Now I have to make sure I actually mail out these Halloween cards, LOL!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you are all having a relaxing weekend!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella, Witchybella
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Basic Black, Green Galore, Almost Amethyst, SU designer Jersey Shore paper
Embellishments: MS border and bat punches, mini orange brads, copics, sakura glitter pen, stickles, crystal effects, foam dimensionals

LuLu Blog Hop

Welcome to the LuLu Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you arrived her from Miche L Designs blog you are in the right place. If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

Here is my project for the blog hop. My sweet Bella sistah Lori just sent me this adorable Harriet LuLu stamp as a back to school RAK. How sweet is that. I thought she just needed bright fun colors, so I colored her to cooridinate with this DCWV citrus paper. Hope you enjoy my creation and all the others along the hop.

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Debi's Crazy Life.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella Harriet LuLu and sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Tempting Turquoise, YoYo Yellow, DCWV Citrus paper pack
Embellishments: copics, Sakura glitter pen, nesties, MM brads, primas, foam dots, grosgrain ribbon

Sweet Dreamers Challenge #7 (Send a Hug)

Made this one for the Sweet Dreamers weekly challenge for my SCS blog group, the Sweet Dreamers. Last Monday's challenge was to make a card and send it to someone who could use a hug. Our challenge hostess, Mary, posted a link to a young lady who had recently lost an arm in a boating accident and is still in the hospital. You can read the story here, and send a card if you like. While I personally know many people who could use a hug, this story really touched me, so I'm mailing this card off to Paige.

I used Wednesday's sketch challenge, SC245.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Stampingbella Cherry Blossom Bittybloom, PTI sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Ripe Avocado
Paper: PTI ssw, Ripe Avocado, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, patterned paper by PTI
Embellishments: nesties, copics, crystal effects, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, American Crafts mini brads, dimensionals, PTI ribbon

A Bella Twisted Challenge

This month's Bella twisted challenge was to use bling. I love all things shiny, sparkly and blingy, so this wasn't much of a challenge for me! This is my first time inking up this stamp. Her name is Queenanne Bittybloom from Stampingbella. I just love how she is laying with her face in her hands, so sweet. All the Bittybloom stamps are adorable! Hope I didn't overdo the bling, I guess I'm not one of those "less is more" people.

My appliances didn't fully get installed today. My new dishwasher had a big scratch, so they didn't install it. A new one should come tomorrow, then I'll reschedule installation. Oh well, no biggie, the microwave and oven are really cool. First time I've used a convection oven. I baked three sheets of cookies at once, without burning one! Pretty cool. This will be majorly helpful when Christmas rolls around. I love holiday baking!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you had a great one!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Stampingbella Queenanne Bittybloom, Verve sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI ssw, Yoyo Yellow, Glorious Green, Gable Green

Embellishments: copics, nestabilities, SU border punch, SU grosgrain ribbon, prima flowers, Rhinestones from Michaels, Stickles

What's the Buzz?

I made this one for SCS sketch challenge #236. I flipped the sketch sideways to fit my image better. I love the face on this little bee, he is so cute! The sentiment from Papertreyink was the perfect fit.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: PTI Honey Bee Sentiments and Little Lady, Stampingbella Buzzy Huggabugg

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic markers

Paper: PTI ssw, SU Basic Black, Summer Sun, MM patterned paper

Embellishments: American Crafts mini brads, stickles, Copic Spica pen, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes embossing folder

Summer is here!

Hope everyone had a happy and safe July 4th. We did the usual grilling, it was delicious! The weather is finally good here. We had sunshine on the weekend and the kids got to play in the sprinkler. This is a favorite summer activity!

Here's a card I made last week for the Bella Birfffday Challenge #2. It was a fun sketch challenge. You may need your sunglasses to look at it. It turned out super bright! Really says summer, in my opinion!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a good one!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Stampingbella, Lizzieanne designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, PTI ssw, Patterned paper by We R Memorykeepers

Embellishments: MM yellow snap eyelets, corner rounder, scallop punch, copic markers, nestabilities, sakura glitter pen

Happy Birthday Emily!

Welcome to the Birthday Blog Skip, Hop & Dance sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

I'm so excited to participate in my first blog hop! Especially in honor of one of the finest stamping ladies around, Emily, the creator/owner of Stampingbella. Emily is kind, generous and funny, such an inspiration to all of us stampers. If you want to find out more about her, check out her blog in the above link, be prepared to laugh, I told you she is funny.

Here is my card for Emily's birthday. I used Leaning Tower of Stella. I love all my Bella stamps, but my Stellas are some of my favorites, they just make me smile. Stella just has such sass about her! I used the Bella sketch challenge, BSC78, for the layout of this card. Fun sketch, I love the circle part!

Emily, hope your birthday is fabulous!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Arlene's blog, Scuba, Scraps & Stamps. Have a great day!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $40 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is...we're not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Leaning Tower of Stella, by Stampingbella

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, sakura glitter pen

Paper: PTI ssw, Basic Black, Sabrina patterned paper by Making Memories

Embellishments: Cotton Candy Stickles, crystal effects, ribbon slot punch, SU pink taffeta ribbon, adhesive rhinestone