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

Lollipop lollipop, oh lolli lolli lolli, Lollipop Lollipop...

Seriously this melody goes through my head every time I look at the sweet Lollipop images from Stamping Bella!!

Presley Lollipop is stamped with mementos ink onto bella's bestest paper and coloured with copics, for her fuzzy slippers I added some pink doodlebug velvet flock. The DS paper is from my stash of basic grey paper called Eva - I wanted a soft girlie card. I actually didn't use a sketch for this card (maybe that's why it took so long for me to finish it?! That & when I looked for the ribbon I started re-organizing my ribbon drawer!!) BUT this does work with the JUGS15 technique challenge this week - stitching!!

This weeks Bellariffic Friday challenge is Lovey Dovey (to go with the release!!) Make sure you email your cards to Em by midnight Thursday.

Thanks for stopping by - have a fantastic day!

Dana

copics: R81, R83, R85; E0000, E000, E00, E21, R02; E55, E57, E59

Feeling APTEE

I am so excited - Bellariffic Fridays are back this week!! This weeks challenge is "back to school" for all you mom's out there I am sure there is some relief when the kids go back to school & no one is complaining that they're bored!! So ink up a bella stamp that reflects how you are feeling and email it to Em by midnight Thursday, remember if you participate you could win bella bucks!!

For my card today I went with a Valentines theme and inked up APTEE 'tude who has been neglected! The image is stamped on bella's bestest paper and coloured with copics. I paper pieced the hearts and added some crystal stickles to make them stand out. On the scissors I used my silver atyou spica pen.

The layout is this weeks JUGS14 sketch challenge, and the ds paper is Basic Grey's bittersweet from last year; can you believe I haven't bought any Valentines paper this year?! I sewed the layers on then added a ghost heart, which I layered on a piece of pink ds paper then added some clear stickles to make it stand out.

Thanks for stopping by - remember to get your card to Em!!

Dana

Copics: E000, E00, E21, R02; E44, E47, E59; YG91, YG93; RV13, RV32; R35, R37, R39

Welcome back bug...

Back in March our favourite restaurant in Calgary suffered damage from a fire in the business next door to them and we have been waiting patiently (and impatiently) for them to re-open and today was the day! As soon as we found out we booked ourselves in tonight & I wanted to make a card to let then know how much we missed - we've been going for years and even when we were living out east it was our first stop in Calgary!

I saw this great sketch from Just us Girls (JUGS6) on Wendy's blog this weekend and knew it was the perfect layout for my card. I stamped Cheffa Huggabugg, but because it's an Italian Restaurant I masked the cake on the plate when I stamped the image so I could draw in pasta. The image is stamped on bella's bestest paper and coloured with copics. The ds paper is from Bo Bunny's Kitchen Sink line (how perfect is that?!) I paper pierced around the edges and added some ribbon and buttons. I didn't have a welcome back stamp so I just printed it off the computer and cut it out with nesties ovals. I added some glamour dust glitter to his wings and smooched it so it was subtle

Dinner was absolutely FANTASTIC; the fire happened when Karen was here in March on the morning we were suppose to go so now she can come back & visit & go to my favourite little spot!

Thanks for stopping by - this weeks bellariffic challenge is "wild card" meaning anything Stamping Bella goes! I thought this was a fantastic idea until I realized now I have to go through my overstuffed bindah(s) and pick an image with no direction; that could take awhile! Remember to email your cards to Em (emily@stampingbella.com) before midnight Thursday

Dana

copics: BG01, BG02, W0, W1, E000, E00, E21, R02, E35, E37, E30, E07, E08, E09, E57, E59