Paper Pieced Bellariffic Fridays

This weeks Bellariffic Fridays challenge was to paper piece on your card - you know this was not a challenge for me I love paper piecing!

For my card I used Stamping Bella's Little Birdie Jane

The image is stamped with mementos tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest card stock and coloured with copics.  Her dress is paper pieced with Basic Greys Knee High card stock.  For the background I used memory boxes Texture Wave stencil and scattered straw distress ink.  I added some sequins for some bling

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes and sistah's creations.  Next weeks challenge is a sketch - use any current Stamping Bella image and email your card to Emily(ok funny story I once referred to Em as Emily to my Hubby and he had no idea who I was talking about when I clarified he said why would I suddenly call her Emily??!)  by Thursday to be included on Bellariffic Friday and a chance to win the monthly prize

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Ketto LOVE....

Did you see the new Stamping Bella releases on Friday?! They are so cute I am in love with these saucey Kettos!! I honestly don't know how Em keeps outdoing herself with the amazing artist she finds!!

For this card I used fellow Bella Bade Jen's SFYTT from Saturday. Suzette Ketto is stamped with mementos ink and coloured with copics. Her dress was so cute that I had to paper piece it! The DS paper is from Basic Grey; it's an older line called sultry. I added some sparkle to her flowers and lashes with a gelly roll pen.

The image is cut out with nesties ovals and layered on a scallop oval. The DS paper is paper pierced and on the band I added some Bella bon bons in fushia.

Because my card base is dark I decorated the inside of my card mimicking the layering on the front. I do this when I have a dark card base & love the effect; but never think to do it when the base is light.

Don't forget to check out the inspiration for this weeks Bellariffic Fridays, Em will be posting it today and remember everyone who participates gets entered in a draw for Bella Bucks

Have a great Monday; I know I will - I think we will venture out & do a little shopping today eventhough it's FREAKIN' cold here!!!

Dana

MFT AMBASSADOR

I was excited when I was chosen as an Ambassador for MFT's release party last night - then I realized I had to come up with a challenge and the euphoria quickly wore off!! I thought long about what to do and threw several ideas out at by BFF some were good some not so good....what I settled on were 2 of the things I always seem to do - paper piecing and Pumpkin.

MFT e-girl is stamped with mementos ink and the couch is paper pieced with Stephanie Fizer digital paper from MFT, her skirt is paper pieced with Basic Greys Offbeat paper. The rest of the image is coloured with copics.

The base is Gina K's 120lb cs layered with Pumpkin Pie and Pink Pirouette which is sewn on as is the strip of pumpkin DS paper. I added some pumpkin ribbon and some MFT Adornments.

The sentiment was easy because a friend has an blogaversary just around the corner; so now I just have to pop this in the mail (that could be my downfall!!)

Make sure you pop over to SCS and the MFT forum to take part in this challenge & MFT for their new releases from the party last night!!!

Thanks for stopping by

Dana

BELLARIFFIC FRIDAYS ARE BACK!!!

Can you tell I am a little excited about this?! Em and Nicky are doing the challenges and this colour inspiration challenge was defiantly a challenge for me - apparently I am not a purple fan because I don't have ribbon/bling in that colour; strange I guess I now know what I will be shopping for :)

S-T-E-L-L-A having her fix (I always say it that way makes me laugh just like in the movie that now escapes my memory - hmm if you know it can you tell me!) is inked with memento black and coloured with copics, for her crown and wand I added some Atyou Spica Glitter. I paper pieced her dress, shoes, coffee cup and the center of the back of the chair - the center of the chair is done with core'dinations paper while teh dress is ds paper from crate paper. She is cut out with nesties; I love that the Stamping Bella images work so easily with the nesties - they are definitely one of my favourites!

The background is a piece of core'dinations paper that I embossed with a sizzix plate then sanded to get the different shading, it sanded great on a flat surface but you want a piece of scrap paper underneath it because it is messy! The patterned paper is stitched on and because I didn't have any ribbon I used a cuttlebug border embossing folder with the core'dinations paper. I again sanded down the paper then I added some glitter in the center. To finish off the piece I added some prima flower and in the middle are daisy crystal flowers which I put onto the primas using the Kajinker and mounted with pop up glue dots.

This was a fun but very challenging Bella challenge for me - I am excited to see what Em & Nicky come up with next!! Click here to see all the other great cards!

Thanks for stopping by & have a Bellariffic day :)

Dana

Sending you some Valentine lovin'

Happy Valentines Day!!! Yep this is it my last Valentines card! This one is for my in-laws; whenever they actually get it :)

For this card I used Amy R's Friday Sketch58

Sending you love is stamped with Mementos ink & coloured with Copics; I tried to make his hair sandy blond because that's the colour hubby's hair was back in the day. I used Atyou spica pens on the roses and leaves to and used Niji Pearlescent on the mailbox to give it the look of metal. I paper pieced the part of the mailbox that shows if you have mail (sorry have no idea

what it's called since I have either had mail delivered directly to my house or now a super box) I also paper pieced the stamp on the heart.

The paper is all from SU - Not Quite Navy & Real Red in cs and DS paper. I added Stamping Bella Bon Bons in Ruby Red. because you always need bling on a card!

Hope you all have a fantastic Valentines Day - ours will be quiet with a dinner at home, a nice bottle of wine and maybe he will help cook ?! Then of course being us we will be watching Hockey Night in Canada's double header; who says romance is dead?!?!

Thanks for stopping by

Dana

going places...

I found this great challenge on SCS for MFT stamps

(MFTWTG18) if you don't have "ride 'em cowgirl"

you can use any WTG set BUT you had to use Red, white & Blue in honour of the inauguration in the States. Well I don't have "ride 'em cowgirl" SO I called "Going Places" before my BFF could :) Yep you have to be fast when we are on the phone planning cards!

I used the mojo monday week 70 layout for this card - so I managed to do 2 challenges YEAH!!

The image is stamped with Memento black on Gina K Pure Luxury paper and coloured with copics, I did stamp her dress in Riding Hood Red and paper pieced.

The DS paper is SU's Riding Hood Red, and the blue is SU's Pacific Point - I love the bright blue with this red.

I used my nesties for the circle, and the card base is Gina K's 120lb Pure Luxury. I really like it as a base but have found you HAVE to score the fold then gently crease it otherwise you may not have a clean fold.

I did have to add some colour to the land on the map; didn't think it would look right with white or red! The water is coloured with copics then I added blue pearlescent watercolours to give it some shine.

For the labels on the suitcase I stamped the image on Gina K 120lb Pure Luxury and paper pieced them, for small white images this is great to use because it is thick and easy to handle

Thanks for stopping by - have a great Wednesday, we are on our last warm day for awhile; winter temps are back on their way tomorrow

Dana

here's the scoop

I managed to complete an MFT challenge on time!

I had to flip the sketch to fit me image -

I used 2 sets from MFT the first is "here's the scoop" which I stamped on Gina K's pure luxury paper and then coloured the chair and girl with my lyra pencils, mineral spirits and stub. Every time I use them I think of Nicky :)

I decided to paper piece the floor so I used Co'ordinations paper to give it the look of a wood floor then for the wall s I chose stripes from Sassafras (hey isn't that a restaurant in Toronto?!) from their Life is Beautiful line called take a chance - really you would be taking quite the chance putting stripes like that on your wall!!

Naturally I made the ice cream chocolate; is there any other flavour to have?! To give it some glitter I used my pearlescent watercolours then on the ice cream I added some crystal effects. The image is mounted on SU's Very Vanilla and Chocolate chip. I used the distressed stripes folder from cuttlebug to emboss a piece of SU's More Mustard; then sanded down the embossed part.

The sentiment is stamped on a stamp from MFT's Going Places set on SU's very vanilla, I then added chocolate primas with SU's fire rhinestone circle brads.

Because I used SU's Chocolate Chip for the base I decorated the inside of my card. I have to say I really like how it turned out; I might have to start doing it more often! I mounted a piece of SU's Very Vanilla cs on a piece of the same designer paper. I inked the edges of the vanilla cs with chocolate chip ink. The image is from MFT's here's the scoop and the cone is stamped on SU's More Mustard, the ice cream part is naturally chocoalte.

Thanks for stopping by - have a great evening

Dana

Piecing again....

For some crazy reason I started cleaning my stamp room today and re-organizing my stash; maybe it's the spring-like +8ish we hit today with more warm weather on the way or maybe it's because I had no clue what all I had for embellishments!



My goal is to start using stuff I haven't used so on this card I used DaisyBella from stamping bella; yep that's the only "newish" item on this card; maybe I will have more success on the next one!

For this card I used BSC63. DaisyBella is stamped on Gina K Pure Luxury cs with Palette Black ink and coloured with copics. I chose Basic Grey's Urban Prairie paper because I thought it matched the feel of DaisyBella. Yep the daisy is paper pieced, I don't know what has gotten into me with all the cutting!



I used nesties to cut out the image and mounted it on SU's basic black cs also cut with the nesties. The patterned paper is mounted on both SU's basic black and Baja Breeze; the card base is Rose Red. To add a little bling I used Atyou Spica on the stem of the flower and gelly roll pen on the flower on the shirt.

Finally I cut a piece of Baja Breeze with SU's word window punch and added bellas dots from Stamping bella to the it plus to the centre of the flower.

We are suppose to hit +8 to 10 C today so we should have a lot of melting, makes you think of spring here but you know another cold blast is around the corner!

Have a great Friday & thanks for stopping by

Dana

Chillin in the Snow (again...)

When I called my BFF today she asked if I had checked Kristina's colour inspiration yet because I had to do it- naturally I looked while on the phone with her & holy it's my favourite colour PUMPKIN and I LOVE it with Rose Red! So as soon as we finished chatting I had to make a card from Kristina's inspiration!



I picked MFT's Baby It's Cold Outside because I had to shovel again really it can stop snowing here ANY time!

The image is stamped on Gina K's Pure Luxury CS because I planned to colour with my Lyra's and mineral spirits but somewhere along the line I thought it would be great to paper piece her jacket since I had some SU DS paper in Rose Red, then I discovered I had some DS paper in Pretty in Pink and of course
Pumpkin so why not paper piece the whole thing?! Yeah I have to
say this was one of those ideas that sounded really good until it came to cutting each piece of the scarf and gluing them down PLUS I am really not a huge fan of cutting things out; clearly I am getting better at it with all the paper piecing I have been doing lately! I added some bella liquid watercolour glitter to the snowman and snow on the ground.

I decided to have a white background and ran a piece of SU's whisper white cs through my big shot (LOVE THAT THING) with cuttlebugs Swiss Dots for a snowy effect (again it was snowing outside my window while I was making this) The card base is SU's Rose Red and the image is mounted on SU's Pretty in Pink and Pumpkin Pie cs. I added a little Pink ribbon and the sentiment is on Pumpkin pie cs cut with SU's word window punch. I added a stamping bella dot in Bubble gum

Hope you have a great Wednesday; they keep saying it's going to warm up here, but I have noticed it keeps getting put back a day - I am starting to not believe them!

Dana