dana's house of cards: January 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014

I Miss You...

Today's Bellariffic Friday's challenge was a sketch -

For my card I inked up one of favourite Seniorita's - "Wanda"

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream card stock and coloured with copics. The image was cut with MFT's pierced circle stax. The DP is MME's Notable which I sewed around.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes and sistahs creations. To participate in Bellariffic Fridays; and to have a chance to win the monthly 50.00 gift certificate, you simply need to play along with next weeks challenge and email your card to Em by Thursday - you MUST use a current stamp to be included on Bloggabella

Next weeks challenge in an Inspiration challenge, it's always so much fun to see how everyone interprets the photo!

As you know Em has a big release in the works - make sure you check Bloggabella for more details on the release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Monday, January 27, 2014

For my Friends

I started my Bellariffic Friday card last week, but with this head cold I just managed to get it finished. The theme was "for my friends" and I decided to ink up one of the "older" Uptown Girl images - well apparently I wasn't the only one who thought that Angelabella and Sandiebella used the same image!

Uptown Girls Clarissa and Camille with a Cafe is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white card stock and coloured with prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirits. The dp is MME's My Girl.

I kept the colour theme on the inside and added a strip of the dp. The sentiment comes with the stamp.

This weeks Bellariffic Fridays challenge is a sketch email your card (using a current image) to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and to have a chance to win the monthly Bellariffic Friday prize

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Sweet Sunday 204

Here's today's Sweet Sunday Sketch from Karen (SSSC204)

I flipped the sketch to make it work with MFT's a la mode Time to Celebrate

The image is stamped with memento's tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream card stock and coloured with copics. I added some shimmer to the icing using a clear wink of stella pen (love those pens) The dp is MME's Vanity Fair. I added a couple of rhinestone brads to finish it off.

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs to see their creations and if you play along with us this week remember to link your card on Karen's blog

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Friday, January 24, 2014

I'm late.....

For an important Bellariffic Friday date! I must apologize my card is going to be up later today - I've been on my couch this week with a brutal head cold to the point where I can't see to colour because of watering eyes. I'm hoping things turn around soon so I can finish my "for my friend card"!

In the meantime please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes and sistah's creations.

Next week is a sketch week - email your card to Em (using a current stamp from Stamping Bella) to have a chance to be entered to win the monthly bellatiffic friday prize.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Sweet Sunday 203

Happy Sunday - it's a big Football Sunday (Karen I'm pulling for your Bronco's) - we planned ahead and got all the essentials to be on the couch watching the big games.

Karen (SSSC203) has another great sketch for us this week, I sort of stuck to the sketch

For my card I went stamp free - I've been re-organizing my room which means I've found stuff I bought and forgot about! I decided to use the "Thanks" die I have from memory box; always good to have a Thanks card on hand.

The dp is one from my stash - basic grey's luscious. I cut the sentiment onto the dp then added some shimmer using a clear wink of stella pen. The circle is cut with MFT's pierced circle stax die.

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs to see their creations and remember to link your card on Karen's blog if you play along with us this week

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Friday, January 17, 2014

Miss You

Today's Bellariffic Fridays Challenge was our first sketch of 2014. For my card I inked up one of Christine Grove's sweet images from Stamping Bella

Mimi the Chick Misses You is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest paper and coloured with copics and prismacolour pencils. The dp is Jillbean Soup Watermelon Gazpacho. I inked around the image with antique linen distress ink

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes and sistah's creations. Remember to play along with the challenges and once a month everyone who plays along will have a chance to win a gift certificate from Stamping Bella

Next weeks challenge is "For My Friends" Ink up a Stamping Bella image (current to be included for the monthly give away) and send your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Sweet Sunday 202

I'm back today with Karen's SSSC202 and I'm loving that they are back to weekly challenges!

For my card I inked up a stamped I bought this summer from Unity Stamps Itty Bitty line - Completely Insane

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream card stock and coloured with copics. I used a pitch black atyou spica pen on some of the dots around the image
The dp is EP's Everyday Eclectic

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs and if you have a chance to play along with us this week remember to link your card on Karen's blogs

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Friday, January 10, 2014

A Little Inspiration....

It's our first Bellariffic Fridays challenge of 2014 AND it's our first Bellariffic Friday challenge with our new babe Tammy Edgerton!! This weeks challenge was an inspiration challenge - I love seeing how everyone is inspired by the photos

For my card I went with a party, yes the photo definitely looks like a party to me. I inked up one of my Uptown Girls that to my horror hadn't been inked up - Uptown Girl Bianca loves her Big Cake.

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest cream card stock and coloured with copics. I think the big cake intimidated me before. I tried making it "chocolate" cake but it was far too dark so instead it's a vanilla cake with chocolate icing - delicious no?! For the colours in my card I used the colours from the photo, and instead of design paper I embossed the pink card stock with swiss dots to match the dots on her dress.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes creations and the sistahs - this is a year of change at Bloggabella and Stamping Bella so stay tuned to hear all about them!

Next weeks challenge is a sketch. Email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and for a chance to win a prize. This year you have to play along to win a prize so get inky!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana
copics: E00, E000, E0000, E44, E47, E49, RV91, RV93, RV95, YG21, YG23, Y11, Y13, Y38, E42, E43, E31, E55, E57, E59, R27, Pink atyou spica pen

Sunday, January 5, 2014

The first SSSC of 2014!!

Happy New Year! It's time for the first SSSC of 2014 and this year we are back with WEEKLY sketch challenges and some new Sweet Sunday Stampers. Here's this weeks sketch (SSSC201)

For my card I stuck to the sketch (not a new years resolution, just worked out that way this week).

I inked up Em's Lantern Flowers from Stamping Bella. The image is stamped onto bella's bestest white card stock with memento tuxedo black ink, I only inked up 2 of the 3 flowers. I coloured the flowers using pencils blended with gamsol. The flowers are cut out with a circle nestie then layered on a circle cut with MFT's pierced circle stax. The DP is MME's UP & Away. I embossed the green card stock with cuttlebugs modern wallpaper embossing folder.

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs - sadly this is Dawn's last week with us, but you'll see we have a couple of new additions! Remember to link your card to Karen's blog if you play along with us this week

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

stamp- Em's Lantern Flowers (stamping bella)
ink - memento tuxedo black
paper - MME's Up & Away, bella's bestest, bazzil
dies - circle nesties and MFT pieced circle stax