MojoBella 23

Happy Friday and Happy Black Friday shopping to all who ventured out.  If you want to shop from the comfort of you couch Stamping Bella is having a sale!!

For my Bellariffic Friday card I used Stamping Bella's ChickDEER.

The image is stamped onto bella's bestest white card stock and coloured with a mixture of pencils and copics.  I added some glitter with an atyou spica pen.  The DP is from my stash of Holiday paper but I'm sorry I don't remember which one it was!

Please stop by Blogabella to see the rest of the babes and sistah's creations.  Next week's challenge is to use Holiday Colours on your card with a current Stamping Bella image.




Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Christmas Inspiration

Today's Bellariffic Friday challenge was an inspiration photo.  I took the colours from the tree and made a holiday card using Stamping Bella's Valerie has a Snowball by Mo Manning

The image is stamped onto mixed media paper and coloured with water colour paints.  I added some glitter to snowball and the snow.  For the scalloped background I used a snowflake stamp and clear embossing powder.

Make sure you stop by Blogabella to see the rest of the babes and sistah's have created.  Next week's challenge is a sketch to play along use a current Stamping Bella stamp and email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on next weeks Blogabella

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Sweet Sunday Sketch 269

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC269) 

For my card I decided to make a Christmas card using Darcie Stamps sweet penguin set.

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock and coloured with pencils blended with mineral spirits.  The DP is basic greys Nordic Holiday.

Please stop by the Sweet Sunday Sketch blog to see the rest of the girls creations and remember if you play along with us this week link your card on the blog

Here's the sketch

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Holiday Inspiration

This weeks Bellariffic Fridays challenge was an Inspiration Photo.

For my card I took both the colours and the holiday spirit for my card

Seniorita Erma is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink and coloured with copics.  I added some glimmer to the polka dots and strips with a clear wink of stella pen.  I used cuttlebugs snowflake embossing folder the one base layer

I used the same layers on the inside of the card - what a fun sentiment!

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes and sistah's creations.
Next week we have a sketch for you.  To play along just email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella 

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

A Free Form Bellariffic

This is our last Bellariffic Friday Challenge for 2013 - where did the year go?!  I'm excited about the challenges we have next year and Em has something up her sleeve; I've tried to crack her and get the goods but so far I haven't but I'll keep trying!!

When I was going through my Christmas Cards I was SHOCKED to see I didn't have any with one of my favourite Uptown Girls - Quinn in her Boots!

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white card stock  and coloured with copics.  On the buttons I used a silver atyou spica pen.  For the trim on her hat I used white liquid appliqué and glitter and let it dry.  I didn't have any dp to match my purple shade so I took a piece of grey card stock,  embossed it with snowflakes and then distressed it using dusty concord distress ink.  I embossed a piece of bestest white card stock with swiss dots and fussy cut the image and mounted it.  The sentiment is an old stamping bella sentiment - I love the size of the font.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes creations and leave a comment for a chance to win a Stamping Bella gift voucher.

Our next challenge isn't until Jan 10 but we wanted to give you a chance to get inky over the holidays so here's the Inspiration Challenge 1.

Email your card to Em by Jan 9 to be included on Bloggabella and you could win a Stamping Bella gift voucher!




Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

A Sweet Sunday on a COLD Sunday

Actually we are finally starting to warm up - no more -40C nights (which is about -40F) nights for us! Yes this is very good news.   This is a photo of the steam rising off the river as we drove by on Saturday - yes it's warmer then the air outside!!

Karen had a fabulous sketch for us this week (SSSC199), and since it's been awhile since I flipped I sketch I thought this weeks would be perfect flipped

For my card I inked up one of Stamping Bella's images that's retiring - it's on sale now at Stamping Bella but once it's gone its gone.

Santa's birdhouse is stamped with memento's tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white card stock and coloured with copics.  I used a gelly roll pen along the lines of the smoke from the chimney. On the lights I used a red atyou spica pen then a clear glaze pen.  For the tree ornaments I added sparkle with Xmas red stickles.  For the trim on the santa hats I used white liquid appliqué and for the sparkle on the bottom I used Decor arts glistening snow writer.  I stitched around the layers and coloured some clear rhinestones red.  I was going to use brads, but that adds volume on shipping and since I still need to ship some holiday cards I kept it a little flatter.   The DP is basic greys Aspen Frost

If you play along with the sketch this week remember to link your card on Karen's blog and please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers Blogs to see their creations

• Dawn Easton
• Jackie Pedro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Melissa Hubert
• Sarah Jane Kale'
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Winter Wonderland

Todays Bellariffic Fridays challenge was to create a winter wonderland card - not hard to do when we have WINTER here in Calgary- FREEZING winter.  Lots of snow on Monday and now cold temps - today it's suppose to be a balmy -26C (-15F)as our high & with the winds close to -40C (-40F)!!

For my winter wonderland card I inked up an image that is perfect for the snow and cold; although it might be too cold for the kids to play (I did see 2 bundled up outside yesterday - crazy!)  How to Make A Snowman.

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white card stock and coloured with both copics and pencils and mineral spirits.  I added a few flecks of glitter on one side of frosty.  The dp is Bo Bunny Elf Magic Collection.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes and sisah's creations.  Speaking of Babes we have a new one in the house!!!  Leslie (Leslie's Good Impressions) has joined our team.  She's been a great supporter of all things Bella for YEARS and we're so excited that she agreed to join our team!  Sadly when one door opens another closes and Cathabella has stepped down - we will miss her and her gorgeous creations

Next week is our FINAL SKETCH for 2013!!  Email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and you could win some bella bucks

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Christmas in July!!

Happy Bellariffic Friday - this weeks theme was to create a Christmas card; it's never too early to get them started!  For my card I inked up Bunny with a Present by Mo Manning from Stamping Bella

The image is stamped with versafine ink onto watercolour paper then coloured with distress markers.  On the bunny's fur I also used a silver gelato from Faber Castel to give him some shine.  I then shaded around the image with distress inks in tumbled glass and antique linen.  For the fur trim and pom pom on his hat I used liquid applique and glitter.  The cs is co'rdinations which is embossed with a snowflake embossing folder.

Don't forget to stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the Christmas in July creations.  Next week is Sketch week.  Email your card to Emily by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and you could win some bella bucks.

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day

Dana