I can't believe it!

Well, my little baby niece turned 18 last week! (insert sobs here!) Sadly she lives 1,000 miles a way and I haven't seen her since Christmas, but I did make her this card. She loves pink, or at least she did 6 months ago! This card started out very different because the base and the layers were from a card I was supposed to make at card club with my upline, but I didn't really like the stamp set and decided I would use my own, and when I got home I knew I had to use a bella for her card! It's perfect! Stamps are Stamping Bella's ipodabella and Happy Birthday, SU's Brushstroke Numbers and Perfect Fit Stampin' Around Wheel; Cardstock is Confetti White and Pretty in Pink; Ink is Pretty in Pink, Bashfully Blue, Barely Banana, Creamy Carmel and Copic Skin White. I used a Silver Glitter Gel Pen for the Ipod; I used Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds for the "fur" and misc flowers and bling brads. The white cardstock with the Bella is distressed with distressing tool. I just loved this card, almost hated to send it out, but, what am I going to do with a card that says happy birthday and 18? I hope she liked it (and got it!)

Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! We did absolutely nothing on the 4th of July! (Well I worked on more swaps for convention!) It was great (except my hubby was still recovering from an awful cold he had).

JavaBellas

I got some new Bellas! Yay! My SBS2 sis, Alana got a bunch of us together to purchase some bellas. I made this card for Alana for organizing everything and sending us our bellas. I hope she gets it before she sees my blog =-) Purple is my favorite color, so I love this card! I used Perfect Plum for the base and Pale Plum for the main image background and the scallop circle. The ribbon is white taffeta and the friend stamp is from SUs Three For You Punch Box. I was pleased at how it turned out. Hope she likes it! This card makes me want a Carmel Machiato from Starbucks! Those are yummy, but I could buy a whole new stamp set with the moneyI would spend...ha ha!

Bella Birthday

I needed a birthday card for my niece in Florida so I headed over to Splitcoast to find a new technique. And this is what I found: Cami's Tri-Fold Card . It is so easy to do and so very cute! In the tutorial they use a doublesided patterened paper, but I couldn't find any in my stash that I liked for this card so I used Lavendar Lace. The scallop around the window is Pretty in Pink. The happy birthday image is a Bella and stamped in Elegant Eggplant. The ribbon is just some pink ribbon I had, non-SU.

This is what you see when you first open the card. Originally I was going to stamp the butterflies all over the card, then I stopped, I'm glad I did. They are also stamped in Elegant Eggplant and the image is from Time Well Spent. I used my CM cutting system and cut the larger oval in Pretty in Pink and a smaller oval in white and then stamped the Happy Happy Birthday (from one of the All Year Chear sets). Next we have the Bella. She is Ipodabella and you see her face and ipod through the window on the front. I didn't really know what to do with the next page, so I just put some flowers on dimensionals. It looks really cute as you open it up and I think my niece will really like it.

JammyBella!

Isn't she cute?! I decided to do another challenge over at splitcoast

stampers in the Bella forum. It's BSC09, you can find the link

here. Base card is a miscellaneous purple and the four corners are Flowers for You SU designer series paper. Since the paper is double sided I used one side for the two opposing corners and the other side for the other corners! After I was done I felt it was missing something so I added the flower with a pink brad! I colored her in using SU stampin' write markers. I belive it is Pixie Pink and Lavendar Lace. I used So Safron for her hair and Chocolate Chip for the teddy bear. Doesn't she make you want to have a slumber party?

Happy New Year!

Can you believe it is 2008? I hope everyone had a nice New Years! We did! Looking for another great year! I wanted to do a cute Thank you card for my friend and this is what I came up with:

Purple is my favorite color, so I pulled some scraps out of my paper box, none of the paper is Stampin' Up. I don't know that this Bella really applies for a Thank You card, but I really liked it and was dying to use it! I did use SU markers to color her, but I'm sorry, I can't remember which colors I used. I really need to start writing that down, but when I am in the middle of making a card, the last thing I want to do is take notes! I will make that one of my resolutions!

Bubblebella!

I got my first Stamping Bella in the mail a few days ago, yay! These stamps are a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e! I went with the Bubblebella because I wanted something to use for a "take care" card. It was so hard to choose! I also got the saying "take care of yourself". I made this card for my best friend because I think she's kinda stressed right now. I was in a hurry, so I'm not completely satisfied, but I do think its cute. I used some black textured paper that I found and I rounded the corners on the bottom (sorry, cut that off when I scanned) then I used Pretty in Pink (SU) and I distressed the edges and Whisper White (SU). I ticket corner punched the Whisper White and sponged around the edges with Pink Passion (SU) (I grabbed it and started sponging before I realized it was probably too dark for this, but it's not too bad). I colored Miss Bell in with my SU watercolor crayons and used a blender pen to blend a bit. The ribbon at the bottom is just some misc. ribbon I had laying around. I stamped "Take Care of Yourself" on a little piece of Pretty in Pink and glued it inside. I tried to find a place on the outside, but I couldn't come up with anything at the time. For the most part I am pleased with this card. I used a white marker to write a note and it looks kinda funky on the inside, but that's a good funky! I think my friend will really enjoy it! If you have not checked out the Stamping Bella site, please go there and look around! I'd also like to mention that I received my stamp in just over a week and they are located in Canada! I was so surprised to get it so quickly!

On a non-stamping note, we got our first snow of the season here in central Indiana last night! It almost covered the ground, but you can still see the grass popping through. The trees are nice and covered and I love that look.