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I can't believe it's already December - where the heck did this year go? I guess I better start working on a calender for next year of my Mom will be bugging me in January about how she doesn't know what day it is (really why did I ever start making these?!)



This month I chose Wreathabella - she is so festive I hope by the time the holidays are here I am in a festive mood, last year not so much so this will be the year I am all about Christmas!!


Have a great day - only 24 days til Christmas....


Dana

November Grumps....

When I was making my calendar I didn't know what to use for November, I didn't want to use a winter scene because I am being optimistic that we won't be covered in the white stuff - so what to do...

Then I started thinking November means the start of shorter days, functions & Christmas parties so Grumpabella seemed fitting!

Hopefully I am wrong & November will be a fantastic month (fingers crossed!!)

Have a great day

Dana

Leslie Halloween is coming!!!

My friend Leslie is a HUGE Halloween girl - she loves everything halloweenish so this is her month!

I used Witchybella for my calendar - hopefully it's not a scary month for anyone!

thanks for stopping by & have a great day

Dana

Reading & writing....

In honour of school I choose Bookwormabella for my calender this month.


When I was in school (just the other year really) we didn't go back until after the September long weekend but here in Calgary a lot of the kids are already back in school; which means there are a lot of happy moms! The neighbourhood has definately been quiet since mid last week & of course we finally had some nice summer days!

Hope you all had a great summer I am getting excited about my trip to my BFF's and going to Stamping Around Vermont then to Toronto and a trip to Bellaland (Leslie & I will be there on the 17th to all my Toronto area friends!!)

Happy reading

Dana

Beach Baby, Beach Baby

Can you believe it's already August?! The summer days seem to fly by, but those long cold winter days seem to last forever! I can't complain we have had some nice weather here in Calgary - hopefully it will last through the month!

I chose Beachabella this month because everyone loves the beach! When I was growing up we had a cabin (truly a cabin) on the lake just outside my hometown of Nelson BC and it was fantastic we spent all day in or on the water it was simply the best way to spend our summer days! My parents sold it when I graduated high school & it was very traumatic to think of going to a public beach thankfully a year later they had a home on the lake again - so only 1 year of trauma for me :)

Don't forget Em is offering Free Shipping on all orders over $50.00 WORLDWIDE!! I know how brilliant when she had such a fab release on Thursday - my order is very long!!

Monday is a holiday here so we are hoping the weather co-operates but it never seems to on a holiday does it?!

Have a great day

Dana

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

To all the Canadians out there Happy Canada Day - hope you have a great day!!


Here is my July calendar page, I chose CosmoBella in celebration of the day and made my background strictly red & white.

I hope everyone has a chance to relax just like our Cosmobella & I know we will all look as good doing it!

Thanks for stopping by

Dana

Teeriffic June

When I made the calenders (I made a bunch for gifts - always seems like a good idea until you start making 12 of them!) I was optimistic that June would provide perfect weather for golfing; fingers crossed that my instinct was right!

Teeoffabella is stamped on Papertrey white cs and coloured with copics, For the golf club I used a gelly roll pen to give the shaft (really that the technical term...) some shine.

Because of the argyle print on her socks I used Sizzix embossing plate that has the argyle look to it

If you are an avid golfer like me hope you have a tee-riffic season :)

Dana

May flowers....

Ahh May finally - now that I am living back in Calgary I have to again say I hope we get flowers and not snow; yes we have had some heavy snowfalls in Mayand since it snowed a little the end of April I am a little nervous!

Because of Mother's Day and it's suppose to be time to get your gardens planted (later in the month here!) I choose Flowahbella.

The image is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with copics.

For the background I used a Sizzix embossing plate with large flowers on SU's Pink Pirouette and the calender is mounted on Baja Breeze

Don't forget it's Bellariffic Friday - click here to see all the amazing cards and remember on Monday Em will have a new inspiration posted.

AND remember until May 4 Da Bella is offering free shipping on all orders over $50.00 - the code is "happyweek"

Dana

Aprils not for fools...

Happy April - hopefully April Showers will bring May flowers - of course here in Calgary the saying apparently is April Snow brings May flowers?!!

Here is my calender for this month; because it's suppose to be rainy in April I choose Stamping Bella's Billybootabella.

For this card I paper pieced her dress and umbrella and I remembered I had the Sixxiz embossing plates; I went with the dots for the rain (that must go away...) The rest of the image is coloured with copics


Because I made these at Christmas time sorry I don't recall all the stuff I used- short & sweet posts


Don't forget you have until 5pm EST to send Emily your Bellariffic Friday card - all those who submit will be entered in a random draw for Bella Bucks - only requirement is to use Stamping Bella images - Have fun!!

Have a great day


Dana

MARCH Calender

Yep it's March 1st & I am actually posting on time (I hope!!)

For March I natrually had to use Stamping Bella's Goodluckabella - with the luck of the Irish and all! She is stamped on Papertrey white cs and coloured with copics, I used spica on the shamrocks to try and sparkle the image up; with the calendar you can't use too large of an image or too much bling/ accessories or it will be too thick and the actual calender too small to read the dates!!

The rest of the paper is from SU

Thanks for stopping by -

Dana

OPPS......

It was suggested that I schedule my calendar posts for the 1st of each month; but I figured I will remember when I have a post ready right?! WRONG!!! I just sat down at my desk and looked at my calendar DUH!! So I have now taken pictures of the rest and will (hopefully) get it set to post on the 1st of each month, but really I can't make any promises....

For February I used LoveyBella from Stamping Bella. She is stamped with Mementos black on Papertrey white cs and coloured with copics. For the heart I used spicas to give it some bling. The image is mounted on SU's basic black and the calender is on Riding hood red

Thanks for stopping by - sorry I'm after the 1st!

Dana