Holiday Wishes

Happy Friday - this weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme was a sketch.  I decided to pull out one of my older  holiday image; Snowman Circle

I stamped the image with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white cs and coloured with copics.  For the snow I used liquid appliqué and glitter.  I love how this gives the snow dimension and sparkle, just like the snow that's fell in Calgary yesterday; the big fluffy stuff.   I added some rhinestone snowflakes on the one panel; it felt a little bare to me, and some rhinestones by the circle.  I used a green atyou spica pen on the polka dots on the wrapping, and a turquoise one on the outside of the buttons on the snowman.

The ds paper is MME's Winter Wonderland - and it had this super cute design that I knew I would never use on the front of my card so I used it to decorate the inside.  Now I know what to do with all those 6x6 papers that aren't right for the front of the card!!

Please stop by Bloggabella to see all the babes and sistah's creations, and leave a comment on Bloggabella to win some Bella Bucks.  You can also play along with the challenge Elaineabella is hosting on SCS - click here for all the details

Next weeks theme is to create a tag - now if you're not a tag person you could always create a tag on a card and send it in to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana 
copics; R24, R29, B11, BG32, YR14, YR15, YG25

BELLANOV2012....

Happy Wednesday - I hope everyone is having a great week!  Have you seen the BELLANOV2012 challenge over on SCS?  Hosted by our own Elaineabella?!  This is an easy challenge- anything goes & you have a chance to win a 25.00 Stamping Bell a gift voucher!  Challenge closed Dec 10 so you have lots of time to play along.

For my card (anything goes was perfect because it was already partly done) I inked up one of the sweet new releases from October - Ramona Loves to Glide.  How I wish I could glide as effortlessly as she does; I'm more of a weebles wobbles kind of girl!

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white cs and coloured with copics.  For the trim on her coat I used white liquid applique and glitter.  For the polka dots on her coat I used a lipstick red atyou spica pen.  The shading around Ramona is done with pumice stone distress ink (I decided she was skating in the evening) and I added some glitter around her for fresh snow.  The ds paper is Memory Boxes Yuletide, the banner behind Ramona is cut with MFT's fishtail stax die-namics. (there are now 2 layers so it's easy to stax them!)

On the inside of the card I repeated fishtail die in the dp only smaller and stamped the image with versamark ink.

Remember this weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme is a sketch - email Em your card by Thursday to be included and you can also then link it on the SCS challenge for a double the chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana 

copics: E0000, E000, E00, R02; BG10, 11, 13; R81, 83, 85; R37, 39; E44, 47, 49

Warm Winter Wishes

Happy Friday - wow this week flew by - I've been plucking away at my Christmas cards and I'm almost done, I hope to share it with you next week

Todays Bellariffic Fridays theme was to create a holiday card.  For mine I inked up one of Stamping Bella's new images Frostier 

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink and stamped onto bella'a bestest white cs.  I then coloured the image with copics.  On the garland on the hat I used red stickles for the berries.  On the buttons I used glaze to give them some shine.  The shading around the image is done with pencils and gamsol.  I added some glitter.  The ds paper is basic greys aspen mist.  The sentiment is from Stamping Bella which I cut free hand.  I've had these octagon dies forever and I think this was the first time I used them I love them!

Next weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme is a sketch - email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella

We are excited to announce that the Babe family is growing.  Em put out a DT call on Splitcoast and there were so many wonderful entrants that it made it hard for us to choose.  We are happy to announce we have two new babes joining us officially in Dec; although they are both so excited I think they might start sooner!  Please welcome Amanda Reed  and Angela Thomas !!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

Dana 

Sweet Sunday and the CFL....

Happy Sunday!! It's the weekend before Grey Cup here in Canada so I'm looking forward to sitting on my couch watching the Eastern and then the all important Western final - Go Stamps!!

Karen has another Sweet Sunday Sketch for us, and when she first sent it out I that WHAT?!?!  I even sent a note out to the Sweet Sunday stampers expressing my feeling for this sketch BUT after letting it sit on my desk for a few days I had a lightbulb moment and all was good.  Here is the sketch that had me stumped at first:

My lightbulb moment came when I received my new stamps from Stamping Bella - I pulled a stamp and set it aside knowing it would be perfect.

The Reindeer and the Birdie is stamped with versa mark black ink onto watercolour paper and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  I coloured the image with distress markers.  The background shading is done with stormy sky distress ink.  The fluffy snowflakes are made with liquid appliqué and a heat tool.  For the bottom half of the card I embossed white cs with swiss dots.  The dp is basic greys aspen frost.  The banner is MFT's fishtail stax die-namics.  I used olive colour felt for the snowflake then a snowflake with vellum using MFT snowflake die-namics and added a rhinestone.  The sentiment is from Stamping Bella.

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs to see their creations and if you play along with us remember to link your card on Karen's blog for a chance to be our guest Sweet Sunday Stamper

• Dawn Easton
• Jackie Pedro
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Melissa Hubert
• Sarah Jane Kale'
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick
• and this weeks Guest Stamper Carole Burrage 

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day

Dana 

Holiday Wishes

This weeks Bellariffic Fridays challenge was a sketch - you know I love a sketch, and I don't always "stick" exactly to them, use them more as a guideline as you will see today!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card - yep I made a small change.

Uptown Girl Eve under the Mistletoe is stamped with versafine black ink onto water colour paper and coloured with distress markers.  On the trim on her dresses I used crystal stickles.  The ds paper is MME's All is Bright.  I added some crystal rhinestones in the corners and along the oval.  The shading around the image is done with antique linen distress ink.


On the inside of the card I simply used a piece of the ds paper cut with mft fishtail banner and then shaded with bundled sage distress ink.  The sentiment is from Stamping Bella

Next weeks theme is a perfect one for this time of the year - Holiday Wishes!  This is also perfect for all the yummy new stamps I have on my desk; not to pick one!  Email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella  & you could win some bella bucks

NEW BABE starting in Dec! We have a new babe joining us in Dec (although she is playing along this week)  We are so excited that Kim O'Connell aka Paper Perfect Designs is joining us!!  Please stop by her blog to welcome her & see her amazing work!  Oh and if you like candy; blog candy that is,  Kim has some to celebrate the big news!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana 

Ramona share her Hot Chocolate

I'm so excited to show you one of the new images from Stamping Bella - OMG the new rubbah is AMAZING!!  Aside from the gorgeous colour (you know Em can't have plain colours) and can I tell you they stamp BEAUTIFULLY!!!  Can you tell I'm in total LOVE with the new rubbah?!

For my card today I played along with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch 170 since I didn't get to play along with all the Sweet Sunday Stampers.  I inked up Ramona shares her Hot Chocolate with memento tuxedo black ink and stamped the image onto bella's bestest white cs and coloured the image with copics.  For the marshmallows in the hot chocolate I used liquid applique.  The shading around the image is done with iced spruce distress ink.  The ds paper is MME's winter wonderland.

This weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme is this awesome sketch!  Email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and you could win some bella bucks!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana
copics: Y21, Y23, Y25, G24, G28, R14, R17, R24, R27, R29, BG72, BG75, BG10, BG11, E000, E00, E21, R02, T6, T8, T4, E49, Y15, Y38

Snowy Bellariffic

Happy Friday!  Can I tell you how excited I am to be back playing along with Bellariffic Fridays?!  This weeks theme was to add snow to your card, which is fitting because here in Calgary we are getting a TON of snow - started snowing Thursday and is suppose to keep coming until Saturday morning!

I was so hoping my new rubbah would be here to play with for this card, but it arrived too late Thursday so I will have some peeks of the new images next week.  I LOVE the look of the new rubbah and that's it's cling mount although now I have to come up with new storage system - suggestions?!

For my card I inked up one of my favourite Uptown Girls - Quinn in her Boots. 

I stamped the image with versafine ink onto watercolour paper then embossed the image with black embossing powder.  I coloured Quinn with distress markers.  Her jacket is coloured with festive berries reindeer.  I just put a drop on my splat pad then used the water colour pen and it worked perfectly! For the "snow" around her boots I used white liquid applique and glitter. The ds paper is Basic Greys aspen mist.  The border is MFT's Chevron Dies with icicles stickles down the centre of them.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of this weeks challenges cards and remember to leave a comment on Bloggabella for a chance to win some bella bucks.

Next weeks theme is a sketch - email your cards to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana 

Happy to be Back....

It's been awhile since I've been able to stamps.  Had an accident mid month and hurt my neck & arm so no stamping.  Now I have to limit my time at my desk, but at least I can slowly make some cards.  If there are typos in my posts please be gentle - I'm trying with only 1 hand!!

This is the card I had started the week of my accident - it was for Bellariffic Friday Sketch 21 on October 19.  I had inked up BeeDay Huggabugg from Stamping Bella and had it coloured but didn't have the card put together - finally it's all together.

The image is stamped on watercolour paper with black versafine ink then embossed with clear embossing powder.  I coloured the image using distress markers and a watercolour brush.  The present is paper pieced on (good thing it was cut out before the accident - don't think I could do that now!).  I added some glitter to her wings.  Then shading around the image is done with squeezed lemonade distress ink.  The ds paper is EP's Everyday Eclectic.

You still have time to play along with this weeks Bellariffic Fridays challenge which is to add snow to your card.  Email your card to Em by Thurs to be included on Bloggabella on Friday.

I must confess there was a lot of backspacing on this post - I've only been using my Ipad or Iphone for emails and I keep hitting the space bar for the period on the computer- doesn't work!  And after a period it doesn't automatically put in the capital letter.  How quickly we adapt to habits!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana