Blow a Kiss

Last week while at my LSS I was introduced to Mixed Media inks - I was intrigued and with some explanation from Kate I decided to give them a try; so I bought all the shades they had in stock!

I started with a piece of watercolour paper and on about 1/3 of the cardstock I applied some gesso.  Once this dried I then applied several colours of the inks - chiffon, patina and school house.  The gesso gives a different sheen on the paper when dried with the ink.  The inks stay wet for a bit so I could spread the colour around with my finger.  Once the inks dried I then stamped my image from Stamping Bella- Blow a Kiss with black soot distress ink. I coloured in the two hearts with a brick red distress marker.  I wanted the image and back ground to be the focus of my card so I didn't add too much, just a few layers of cardstock matching the shades of ink I used.

Remember this weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme is "Anything Goes" - ink any stamping bella image and email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and you have a chance to win some bella bucks

Thanks so much for stopping by

Dana 

Super Thanks

Today I have a quick card to share with you.  Hubby was invited last weekend to the Super Bowl, so I made him some Thank You Cards.

I kept the card very simple for him.  I bought the paper some time ago because I knew it would come in handy for all the sporting events he gets invited to; it's Fancy Pants Little Sport.  The blue is blue bayou, the green is kiwi kiss that has been distressed with vintage paper distress ink.  The football is from MFT's Have a Ball die-namics.  The sentiment panel is cut using MFT's fishtail flags layers.  The sentiment is stamped with mixed media inx in leather, which I then embossed with clear embossing powder.

Thanks so much for stopping by

Dana 

You Perk Me UP!!

Today's Bellariffic Fridays challenge was a sketch.

For my card I inked up Perk me up PEEPS with memento tuxedo black in and stamped the image onto bella's bestest cream card stock.  I coloured the image with copics.  I paper pieced all the layers on the coffee cup.  The shading around the image is with antique linen distress ink, below is with pencils and gamsol. The pattern paper is MME's Notables.  The base is bella's bestest Kraft - love this kraft paper!

Please stop by Bloggabella to see all the babes creations with this awesome sketch.  Leave a comment on Em's blog for a chance to win Bella Bucks.

There is another challenge on SCS - click here for the details

Next weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme is a super easy one - ANYTHING GOES!!  Just make sure it a bella stamp and you are in.  Email your cards to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and you can win some bucks.

Remember there's lots of stamps on clearance - lots are "retiring" so once they are gone, they're gone

Thanks for stopping by

Dana 

Grow a Little....

I recently ordered some of Tiddly Inks sweet Wryn digi stamps and had to colour one up.

Wryn Grow a little Love is printed onto bella's bestest white card stock then set with a heat tool then coloured with copics.  For the shading of her hair I was inspired by a fabulous tutorial video from Alyce of Kit and Clowder.  On the heart flowers I added some glitter using a red atyou spica pen.  The shading around the image is done with antique linen distress ink.

The layout is Jen's Sketch DS87.  The design paper is MME's My Girl.  For the panels I used MFT's fishtail flags die-namcis.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!!

Dana 
copics: E000, E00, E11 (skin) E11, E13, E15, E18 (hair) RV13, R14 (dress & shoes) R24, R29 (flowers) BG01, Y13 (striped shirt) YR15, YR16 (pot)

Sweet Sunday Zoe

Happy Sunday Karen has another fabulous Sweet Sunday Sketch for us this week on this Super Bowl Sunday

For my card I inked up one of Stamping Bella's sweet Green Bean Babies - Zoe the Hearty Mug Girl.

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white card stock and coloured with copics.  The ds paper is We R Memory's crazy for you.  I used an MFT fishtail flags stax die namics.  I added a scallop border using MFT's die-namics medium scallops.  I added some tiny rhinestones onto the cup.

Please stop by the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers blogs to see their creations.  If you play along with us this week remember to link you card to Karen's blog for a chance to be a guest stamper

• Dawn Easton
• Jackie Pedro (taking this week off) 
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Melissa Hubert
• Sarah Jane Kale'
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick

Stamping Bella's 15% off the entire store (sale and regular priced items) ends at midnight MST Feb 3 just use the code ineedtopurge2013

Thanks so much for stopping by & have yourself a great day - Enjoy the big game!!

Dana
copics: E000, E00, E11, E21, R02 (skin) E11, E13, E15, E18 (hair), RV55, RV66, R81, R83, N0, N2 (mug) 

You're So Sweet!!

It's Bellariffic Friday and da BELLA is having a STORE WIDE SALE!!!  Everything in the store is 15% off from Friday Feb 1 to Sun Feb 1 (midnight MST) and that includes sale items!!  Em's in the mood to Purge (oh how I LOVE to purge!) so the coupon code is ineedtopurge2013.  Happy Shopping!

Ok now onto my Bellariffic Friday card for the theme You're so Sweet.  I inked up one of the Uptown girls - Catherine nibbling Chocolate.

The image is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white cardstock and coloured with copics.  I don't have all the colours because I had 3 different images on the go this week (not my usual way of doing things) so I was mixing the colour piles up.  For the glitter on her dress I left the paper white then added crystal stickles (using a toothpick)  The shading around the image is done with antique linen distress ink.  The dp is We R memory makers Crazy for You.  The sentiment is cut out with a fishtail stax die-namic.  I added some buttons and twine to the corner.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see all the babes and sistah's creations and remember you have until Sunday at midnight to take advantage of the 15% off sale at Stamping Bella

Next week we have a sketch for you - email your card to Em by Thursday to be included and win some bella bucks

Thanks so much for stopping by -

Dana 

A Lettah

When I saw Jen's Deconstructed Sketch 86 on Thursday I wanted to play along and Izzie has a Lettah was perfect

I stamped the image with memento tuxedo black ink onto bella's bestest white cardstock and coloured her with copics.  I used pencils and gamsol for some of the shading. On the polka dots I used a black atyou spica pen.    The design paper We R Memory's Crazy for you.   I added some stitches to the base layers.

On the inside of the card I added some fishtail flag stax die-namics in the pattern paper and stamped Izzie again.  

This weeks Bellariffic Fridays challenge is "You Are so Sweet"  Email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella and you could win some Bella Bucks.  

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by!!

Dana 

copics: RV81, RV83, RV63, RV66, E42, E44, E47, E49, E50, E51, R24, E0000, E000, E00, R20

Flower Garden

Today's Bellariffic Fridays challenge was a fabulous sketch.  I loved how it was a very clean sketch and I stuck to the sketch

For my card I inked up one of my favourite flower image from Stamping Bella - Flower Garden.  The image is stamped with versafine black ink then embossed with black embossing powder on water colour paper.  I then coloured the flowers with a combination of distress markers and tombow markers. In the centre of the flowers I added some glitter.  I shaded around the image with old paper distress ink.  After embossing the base layer I then distressed the paper with spun sugar.  I added some stitching to finish off the card.

Please stop by Bloggabella to see the rest of the babes creations and what the sistah's did with the sketch.  Next weeks challenge is You Are So Sweet.  Email your card to Em by Thursday to be included on Bloggabella for a chance to win some Bella Bucks

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

Dana