Snowy Days....

Happy Friday - as I write this Thurs evening there is snow in our forecast; I'm not thrilled but hubby will be!  At least it fits with this weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme "is there snow at your house?!" 

For my card this week I inked up one of my favourite bella holiday image snowy house.  The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream cs and coloured with copics.  For the windows I used a clear glaze pen and for the lights I used merlot glitter.  The snow on the card is liquid applique with mirco fine glitter.  The ds paper is MME's Signature Collection 6x6 paper layered on soft sky and sage shadow cs.  I added some snowflakes made from the ds paper and the cardstock, which I sprayed with pearl tattered angels.

Next weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme is HOLIDAY CARDS (clearly all us babes need to get our holiday cards done!!)  Email your card to Em by Thursday to be included next week & you can win some bella bucks.

What are your favourite challenges?  We want to hear from you for next years Bellariffic Fridays themes - please leave a comment with your favourite type of challenges!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day

Dana 

November 1st

For this months calendar I went with one of my favourite PI girls from MFT - Snow Day 

The image is coloured with copics and paper pieced onto the calendar.  For the snow balls I used liquid applique and glitter.  

I hope we don't get weather like this all of November!!

Thanks for stopping by

Dana 

Cheers to SSSC141

Happy Sunday - I hope you are having a great weekend! Karen has a fabulous sketch for us this week - no weird sizes of shapes this week! 

SOOO if there aren't any weird shapes that means I can flip the sketch!  

For my card this week I inked up MFT's a la modes Cheers girl. I was drawn to her because I spent Saturday shopping for new shoes that I can wear to a cocktail party.  Last weekend hubby & I went to a fabulous back tie event for a wonderful charity, but twice while walking up the stairs I walked right out of my shoes - very classy no?!  Now I'm about 6' tall and hubby is shorter so it's a wee bit of a challenge to find something flat & dressy but this weekend I had success!  ANYWAYS on with my card.  The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream paper and coloured with copics.  I paper pieced the champagne glass (I prefer prosecco if I'm indulging) and used a clear glaze pen on the glass.  The ds paper is MME's lost & found Market Square.  Around the image I used distress ink and versamark ink.  For the scallop along the bottom I used MFT's small scallops border die namics.

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs to see their creations and if you can play along with us this week don't forget to link your card on Karen's blog

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lynn Put
• Sarah Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Dana 

Holiday Stripes

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for Bellariffic Fridays & this weeks theme is STRIPES.  

For my card I inked up one of the new Uptown Girls that arrived this week - Eve Under the Mistletoe.  

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream paper and coloured with copics.  For her dress I used a piece of paper from MME's 6x6 pad of Be Merry.  After paper piecing her dress on I added the belt with is also paper pieced, and coloured with N8 then I used a clear glaze pen to give it a patent leather look.  For the buckle I used a silver atyou spica pen.  For the trim on her dress, arm decorations and shoes I used white liquid applique sprinkled with glitter and let it dry.  The soft sky cs is embossed with cuttlebugs candy cane stripes.  I added some snowflakes that are cut out from the ds paper and red cs then sprayed with tattered angels glimmer mist in pearl; then added a rhinestone to the centre.  I used only half of the sentiment that comes with the image.  For the shading around the image I used Tim Holtz distress ink in Weathered Wood.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the stripe creations and remember to leave a comment for a chance to win some bella bucks!  Next weeks theme is"Is there Snow at your house" - so all you have to do is used a Stamping Bella image that has snow in it or add some snow (I wouldn't suggest the real stuff) to your card and send it in to Em by Thursday to be included!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana

Happy Holidays

Today I have a card to share with you that is totally NOT my normal style - and I mass produced this one to make 46 of them (that's how much of the base paper I had!!)  

Yesterday I was at my LSS and saw this Sizzix ornament die & embossing folder & really liked the idea of it.  I've been wanting to use some Tim Holtz distress ink on a project because I've noticed Ms Crafty Cath uses it & her cards are amazing so she has been encouraging me to purchase some (yes it was an easy push!!)

So I started with some red cs and ran it through the die; the nice thing is you can cut 4 sheets at a time & emboss 2 at a time.  Then I decided to make the topper for the ornament so I used a piece of kraft cs for that.  I then adhered it to the ornament and then used  Tim Holtz distress ink in vintage photo.  Now I must say I like the effect, but it is a little messy!!  I then decided to add the sentiment so I again ran strips of olive cs through the big shot on the ornament where I wanted it to sit (again I did 4 at a time) and then used the happy holidays sentiment from Stamping Bella and used some gold embossing powder to go with the aged effect.  I then used the distress ink on these strips & adhered them.  I didn't like the plain olive cs layer so I decided to emboss those with cuttlebugs swiss dots and again used the distress ink around the edges.  The base is SU's suede cs.

I t was a lot of fun to step outside my "box" here - I think this will be a perfect die for making gift tags too!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana 

Season's Greetings

Happy Sunday!!  Today Karen has a sketch (SSSC140) that had me a little stumped at first, but it was fun to be challenged with something outside my "normal" box! 

For my card I decided to make a Christmas card, in total I made 8 cards; I had thought about doing more HOWEVER my arm was getting tried from using the Big Shot.  

The DS paper is some old SU designer paper Ski Slope layered on baja breeze.  I used MFT's snowflake die-namics (the smallest one) and sprayed them with tattered angels glimmer mist in pearl.  I layered the snowflakes on a piece of baja breeze cs that was cut with a small nesties square (see why the arm was getting a work out!!)  In the centre of the snowflakes I added a pearl bauble.  The sentiment is from Stamping Bella and I used black embossing powder for it. 

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs to see their take on SSSC140.  I hope you can play along with us this week, and if you do remember to link your card on Karen's blog.  

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lynn Put
• Sarah Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana 

Some Holiday Wishes....

This week we have a new babe in da house!!  Regan has joined us & we are thrilled to have her!

This weeks Bellariffic Fridays was a sketch  to play along with that Ebruabella designed for us, and I must admit I had to take some liberties with this one!  If you stop by regularly you know I'm not a fan of anything tilted so I couldn't make the bottom panel like her sketch.

For my card I decided it was time to get another holiday card done - I inked up Lulu's Ornaments and stamped the image with mementos tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream paper.  I coloured the ornaments with copics, and added used a clear glaze pen and several atyou spica pens on the ornaments.  The ds paper is from echo parks Seasons of Greetings 6x6 paper pack.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes creations and what the sistah did with the sketch.  Next weeks theme is "Bring on the Stripes" use stripes anywhere on your card and email your card to Em by Thursday to be included next week & you can win some bella bucks!!

Thanks for stopping by

Dana

Together we can do SO MUCH....

Well I managed to finish my SSSC139 card this morning, again sorry for being late.  I had planned to work on my card on Friday, although how I don't know since I was out until mid afternoon & we had company for dinner - so where I was going to find the time is beyond me!  Then yesterday the headache was too much to colour!  Today it's better so I figured get it done before it gets worse!!

For my card I used a Stamping Bella image called Friends United.  To make my image work with the sketch I made my card a square card; but I didn't flip it!!

Friends United is stamped with mementos ink onto bella's bestest cream cs and coloured with copics.  I used a black atyou spica pen randomly on the image to give it some bling and depth.  I shaded around the image with Versa Magic wheat, and on the edges I added sponged some sage shadow ink. The ds paper is MME"s Lost & Found Market Square.  Instead of banners I used the smallest spellbinders oval scallop die and added some buttons.

I decorated the inside of my card because I wanted to use the sentiment that comes with the imaged.  I love how decorated insides look, but I must admit I forget to do them!

Remember to link you card on Karen's blog if you play along this week and if you haven't already please stop by the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs to see their creations.

• Jen Tapler
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lynn Put
• Sarah Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana