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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY!!!

I am so excited it's my wonderful friend Wendy's birthday today & we are throwing her a little birthday blog hop!!

For my card I inked up my new MFT's Who's That Girl "wrapped in love" and I used last week SCS sketch (SC264). The image is stamped with mementos ink on bella's bestest paper and coloured with copics, I paper pieced the parcel and her dress. The ds paper is Basic Greys boxer and Junebug. I added some clear stickles to the bow which is paper pieced orange prisma cs and sewed around the ds paper

Make sure you hop over to the other girls participating in Wendy's birthday hop!!

Dee Woodland

Regan D'Agostino
Maria Fiscella
Jewels Wells

Charlene Austin
Stephanie Day
Karen Motz

Pam Imholz

Charmaine Ikach

and Jackie Pedro

Happy Birthday Girlfriend - glad I was able to give you the card in person!!

Dana

copics: R24, R27; RV10, RV11, RV32; YR12, YR15; E0000, E000, E21

Chichiboulie blog hop!!

Welcome to the Chichiboulie Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, click here to hop over to Bloggabella, if you came her from Melinda's blog you are on the right path!

For my Chichiboulie (say that 10 times fast!) I chose Francine Flapper, who has been long neglected in my bindah! I inked her up with mementos ink, stamped her on bella's bestest paper and coloured her with copics. I paper pieced her dress because I love the effect of paper piecing and it's the 6x6 version of the basic grey ds paper (lemonade) that I used on the card. The sketch is this weeks card sketch on SCS (SC252) I added some ribbon and needed some sparkle, but it needed to be small so I found some pink rhinestones from heidi swapp in my stash.

Somewhere along the blog there is a hidden prize of a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! So as you make the hop make sure you leave a comment along the way!! If there is a break in the chain here's the link with the master list.

Don't forget Stamping Bella had an AMAZING release yesterday so make sure you stop by and take a look, Em has some great gift with purchase promos going on!

Thanks for stopping by, now you get to hop over to Melody's blog and see her amazing creation!

Dana

copics: E0000, E000, E00, E02, R02, E21, E25, E27, R83, R85, R89

Little Hop

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BFF!!!!!

OK when I mentioned it was Kar's birthday to the girls they were all excited & all had their cards in the mail (except Joanne who can hand deliver hers!) Yep mines not made yet - but if Kar got it on time that would freak her right out - only those who live by me (you know hand delivered) seem to get them on time! SO instead I used a set that totally suits Kar & I - Stamping Bella's Huggybellas and here's why:

Yep we look exactly like the Huggybella - right?!

That and the fact we always give each other big hugs when we are together; the first picture is from when I was visiting her last fall asked someone to take our picture so we are rather conservative for us! The 2nd was so funny we were using Kar's camera on auto to take the picture at their house in Burlington before they moved (wow that would have been about 1 year ago!!) and if you have ever used the auto set you will know how much we were laughing while doing this! And the 3rd is us at da' Bella house when we met there in April :)

I hope you have a wonderful birthday - wish we were closer to celebrate it together! Make sure you hop over to see what Joanne, Miche & Janet have for you -

Leslie sent this message to Karen : "Happy Birthday my friend! Here’s the one time I wish I DID have a blog so I could give you a little virtual birthday party on it, but I don’t so your BFF will do it for me – yippee for Dana!. I hope you have a lovely, lovely day and get spoiled and do fun things and eat cake and get spoiled….as you should on your birthday!!! Sending a virtual hug to you :)"

Thanks for stopping by & make sure you wish Karen a Happy Birthday!!

Dana

supplies: huggybellas, copics, nesties, pink pirouette, ds basic grey "sultry", cotton bella bonbons, SCS232

BFF'S....

Well I am back from Phoenix & we had a great time; 8 rounds of golf in 8 days!! We did hit a bit of a heat wave down there so the last couple of rounds in the low 100's was HOT!!

I had a chance to play with another of Stamping Bella's new releases - the bff'sabugg and it's soooooo cute!! Now if you know me you can tell by the colouring where this card is headed; yep the Boston area....

For this card I used SC225 from a couple of weeks ago. I stamped the image with menentos and coloured the buggs with copics. I added some bella glitter onto the wings and used my atyou spica pen on the hearts

The sentiment is also from Stamping Bella and a added some bella bonbons. Don't forget to stop by Bloggabella to hear what this weeks Bellariffic Friday challenge is; remember you can win bella bucks if you email your card to Em by 5pm EST on Thursday!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Dana

Season's Greetings...

Yep I am back on the Christmas card a week train, hopefully I won't fall off the tracks again BUT again don't hold your breath - hey Joanne a little birdie told me you were gonna start a Christmas card a week how's that going?!

For this card I used SC226. The image is from Stamping Bella, reindeer in a circle.

I stamped the image on shimmer paper and coloured him with my copics. I found the copics feather a little so be careful around the edges of your image! They really soaked into the paper. The image is cut with a marvy circle punch and layered on a nesties circle then a nesties scallop circle which I paper pierced.

I ran the riding hood red paper through my big shot with cuttlebugs snowflake embossing folder. The DS paper is from Best Creations Inc.

The sentiment is from Stamping Bella; there are great fonts & sentiments over there! I added some 7mm ruby red bella bonbons

Thanks for stopping by & Happy Birthday Ryan - that means today is the last day for free shipping on orders over $50.00 at Stamping Bella; click here for the details

Dana

Feeling a little Mischievous....

Yesterday I literally ran home from the mailbox (it's 1 house away so I survived!) because mine & Kar's package arrived from Elzybells!!! We both wanted to order the stamps so decided to order so they woudl arrive when she was here - now are both proud owners of Elyzbells {huge grin!!}

Mischievous Elzybell caught my eye right away because I grew up with brothers so snowball fights were a matter of life in the winter! I also love the little grin on her face; is she really going to throw that snowball?!

For this card I used SC218 from spiltcoast. Mischievous girl is stamped with mementos black ink on Gina K pure luxury cs and coloured with Lyras & mineral spirits.

The card base is papertrey white cs, layered with SU's bashful blue embossed with swiss dots. The DS paper Fancy Pants Sugar Plum. I added stickles for the snowballs and the snow flakes.

This was a fun card to make; and the cold snowy card was easy based on the cold snowy weather we are having here in Calgary; Kar & I stayed in & stamped today so she wouldn't be too sad about being here in March & not at home!!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day

Dana

finally inked...

On Monday Joanne announced the Gina K's challenge this week; ink up a stamp you haven't used and then confess how long it's been waiting to see ink - well this stamp was part of my birthday gift from my Hubby and was birthday was just before Christmas BUT I will use the disclaimer that it had a wee bit of a stay at Canadian customs (really not a very good excuse!!)

For this card I combined a total of 3 challenges on SCS - Gina K's Get Inky; SC216 and CC206. The colour challenge is More Mustard, Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss or Old Olive - I love this colour combo so I had to play along.

The stamp is from Gina K's A Year Of Flowers and it's inked (finally) with memento black and stamped on Gina K's 80lb Pure Luxury cs. I coloured the image with Lyras and Mineral spirits; which I still find really challenging to get the shading but one must practice!! I used lots layers on the card with the base being Gina K's Pure Luxury 120lb cs, layered with more mustard & more mustard DS paper, then the scallops are rose red layered with Kiwi Kiss ds, both cut with nesties. I then added a strip of kiwi kiss and rose red ds paper.

Thanks for all the great challenges & have a great day!

Dana

Rub-a-dub-dub Stella in the Tub

Really how could you NOT love Stella & all her glory???? This is another Valentines Day card; I only have 1 left to show YEAH ME!! So I shall pop them in the mail then I can literally say the cards are in the mail!

For this card I use SC215 from Spiltcoast, loved all the layers! Stella doing a balancing Act is stamped on Gina K's pure luxury paper with Mementos ink and coloured with Copics. To add some shine to the image I washed the tub with Niji Pearlescent watercolor. I added Crystal effects to the heart so they would shine. Stella's crown is coloured with gold Atyou Spica.

The DS paper is Basic Grey "bittersweet" layered on SU Pink Pirouette and Basic Grey. The card base is embossed with Sizzix hearts embossing plate. I finished off the card with Bella dots in Pink Orchard.

Thanks for stopping by

Dana