Manly Thanks

Aside from going to all the final hockey games and the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, hubby also went to the Super Bowl in Miami (he's had a good year for fun trips!!) He needed some thank you cards for that trip, and when I was flipping through my Bella Bindahs I found the perfect stamp (which I forgot I owned!!)

Hanging Sports Block is stamped with mementos ink onto bella's bestest paper & coloured with copics. On the basketball and football I used a paper towel sprayed with blender to give them the textured look. The football has white glaze pen on the stitching.

The ds paper is from Sassafras Life is Beautiful line that I picked up on one of my visits to Stamping Bella.

Did you love the release on the Friday?! I can hardly wait for all my new rubbah to arrive!! Remember Em is offering 10% off orders until March 16th!!

This weeks Bellariffic Friday's theme is Monochromatic - email your card to Em by Thursday to win some Bella Bucks!

Thanks for stopping by

Dana

copics: E42, E43, E44, E47, E57, E59, E31, E34, E37, E08, E01, N0, N1, YG67, colourless blender refill

A Bellariffic Release

Happy Friday!! Today is release day over at Stamping Bella; so make sure you keep stopping by Bloggabella to see "what's new"

I have my final peek for you, it's a sweet Easter image of a girlie in an egg from the Green Bean Baby line (I heart this line!!) I used the sweet Sunday sketch from this week (SSSC59) for my inspiration. The girlie in the egg is on bella's bestest paper and coloured with copics. I paper pieced the egg & her hands so she looks like she is in the egg. I added some clear atyou spica along some of the egg; her hairband is coloured with a gelly roll pen

Make sure you stop by the rest of the babes blogs to see some more peeks & remember Em will be updating Bloggabella throughout the day!

Have a great day - enjoy the release

Dana

Copics: Y000, Y11; BG10, BG13, BG15; E25, E27, E59; R21, R22, R24; E0000, E000, E21, E02, R02, E30, E31

Another Peek...

Today I have my second sneak a peek from Stamping Bella for the release on Friday (I am so excited!) Make sure you pop around the other Bella Babes sites for some more sneak peeks!

The image I am showing you is a new Ketto (Ketto Bud). I started using SC270, but changed from a rectangle image to an oval image. The image is on bella's bestest paper and coloured with copics, I added some orange stickles along the dots on the flower. The DS paper is My Minds Eye Oh La La; I love the spring colours in this line.

Don't forget to email Em your cards for this weeks Bellariffic Friday - "anything goes" by midnight Thursday

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Dana

Copics: R81, R83,M R85, BG10, BG13, BG15, YG13, YG17

An exciting week...

This week is super exciting for me because my BFF Karen is flying in today for a weeks visit AND there is a release at Stamping Bella on Friday!! I have some sneak peeks, and Em said we could show them this week so today I will be showing you the first one I have; the babes have other images so make sure you stop by their blogs through out the week!

The image I am showing is called a heritage tree. When I first saw the image I thought of the tree from Harry Potter that attacked them, but as I was colouring the image I started thinking of the beautiful Magnolia tree that we had at our house in Toronto. That one week a year when it was fully in bloom people would stop to look and take pictures! Now we have little trees because we are in a new area in Calgary & I miss the big old tree (but not raking up the leaves!!)

I used the JUGS sketch from this weekend (JUGS23) but made mine into a square card to fit my image. The tree & leaves are coloured with copics, and I added some sweet pea flowersoft.

The ds paper is Dancing Girl and the card base is chocolate chip with 2 different size ribbons. I paper pierced around the ds paper, so I actually completed the C4C27 challenge of paper piecing - love it when that happens!

Have a great day, I have another sneak peek planned for Wednesday, and then of course for Bellariffic Fridays, which in honour of the release is ANYTHING GOES, email Em (em@stampingbella.com) your card by midnight Thursday to have it showcased on Bloggabella & remember you could win Bellabucks; which I'm sure will come in handy!!

Dana

Copics: E25, E27, E29, E59, YG17

Polka Dots Big & Small...

This weeks Bellariffic Friday's theme was "polka dots big & small we love them all" so I went through my stash of paper to find some polka dots to play with!

I used this week Mojo Monday sketch (MOJO128) as my inspiration and inked up Ketto's Pot o' Flowers, stamped it onto bella's bestest paper and coloured it with copics. I used a clear glaze pen on the pot to make it look ceramic and added some sparkle to the pot with a black atyou spica pen. I added some glamour dust glitter to the flowers, and on the very tips of the pink flowers I added some doddlebug velvet flock. The punch is from EK success.

Make sure you stop by Bloggabella to see all the amazing cards - and leave a comment to win some bella bucks!! Next Friday is release day at Stamping Bella, and I am excited to have a few sneak peeks to share with you next week! For next weeks Bellariffic Friday the theme is ANYTHNG GOES!! Make sure you email your cards to Em by Thursday at midnight - you could win some bella bucks; which will come in handy with the new release!!

Have a great day

Dana

Copics: R0000, RV11, RV10, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, YG67, YG11, YG63, BG000, BG01

Who Wants to Snuggle?!

Yesterday my new stamps arrived from The Greeting Farm & I had to ink one up right away - I love the Hope & Grace series of stamps!

For my inspiration I used Mercy's sketch from this week (MTSC63) and inked up HG Snuggle. The image is stamped with mementos ink and coloured with copics. I added some red stickles to her bow and the dots on her dress. I out lined the hearts on her dress with a black atyou spica pen.

The DS paper is from Pink Paislee cupid collection, as is the brad. The CS is all SU's chocolate chip, certainly celery & blush blossom (a colour I hardly ever used while demonstrating & now I am loving it!!)

I hope you have all recovered from the Olympics; I am trying to get back into a routine (not that I had a very strict one before the games!!)

Thanks for stopping by & have a fantastic day

Dana

copics: E55, E57, E59, E29; E0000, E000, E00, E21, R02; R2, R27; R0000, R11, R20, R21; YG11; BG0000, BG000

Simply Golden

WOW I think I am still recovering from that hockey game last night! I watched it with my BFF and her hubby via Skype which was so much fun but I was a few seconds ahead of them so when the big goal was scored I jumped and screamed then being the true Canadian girl I am I apologized for ruining the surprise for them!

Since Hubby was taken to 6 hockey games (all the medal games); long track speed skating (where our men's pursuit team won gold) and the closing ceremonies he needed some thank you cards. Now I was bummed that he was there & I was here, and really didn't want to make the cards for him; but since he funds my wee stamping addiction I reconsidered!

The stamp is from the $1.50 bin at Michael's, and is stamped with mementos ink and the red is coloured with copics. The gold is a zig pen (man they stink!!) and I used SU warm words thank you with gold embossing powder.

I think he had fun; he never uses a camera but took my small one & told me he took over 300 pictures and he on the front page of the sports section of USA today on Friday cheering!! I can't wait to see all the pictures tonight when he gets home from work. He was smart & booked himself on a 7am flight today so he was out of Vancouver before it got crazy!!

Have a great day - thanks for stopping by

Dana

March Calender

This month I used one of Stamping Bella's sweet Kettos - I love this line!

Madeline Ketto is stamped with mementos ink and coloured with copics. On her wings I added some micro fine glitter and I used a clear glaze pen on her shoes so they woul dhave some shine. The DS paper is from SEI's Mimosa line, I also used some paper from this line to paper piece her dress.

Thanks for stopping by - don't forget about Bellariffic Friday's this week is Polka Dots - big or small we love them all!! Email Em (emily@stampingbella.com) by midnight on Thursday with your cards to win some Bella Bucks!

Dana

copics: YG01, YG23; E000, E00, E21, R02; R83, R85; YR0000, YR00