Happy Birthday Blog Hop

Good morning bloggers !!!  I am so excited to share a very special blog hop to honor the birthday of one of the sweetest, and the very talented  Dana White.  I am honored to be a stop on this birthday blog hop to celebrate this very special day.  If you have arrived from the talented Paula's Blog, then you're on the right track, but if not, then please go back to Karen's Blog,   and hop along from there so you don't miss a single awesome creation !!! 


Dana, here is to you on your special day, I hope your day is one that brings you joy and happiness, and everything your sweet and talented heart desires !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND !!!!


On to the card !! for Dana's birthday card, I chose the stamp called  Abby from Stampingbella.  As with all my cards I use bella's bestest white paper and ink my image with  Memento black ink.  I paper pieced the balloons with some scraps and colored my image with prisma pencil crayons.

Thank you so much for hopping along with us today in celebration of Dana.  Your next stop on this hop will be for a visit with Nancy McKinney. She's always got something wonderful to share, and today I know she will Knock your socks off !!!

I Even Love the Box

Well hello again bloggers, welcome to the last Bellariffic Friday Challenge for 2010.  It has been a blast doing these video tutorials for you and I will be continuing on with them in the new year.  Stick around and check them out cause 2011 will bring new images, papers and products to learn and have fun with.

Lets move along to our challenge for this week which was an awesome sketch done by Paulineabella, and what a superb sketch this was.  Here is how I interpreted it and I used the image I even love the box by Mo.  As always my image was stamped on bellas bestest paper with Memento black ink and the designer paper I used was from Basic Greys Jovial Collection paper pack.

As you know this is our final challenge for this year and we will be back with our next challenge on January 14, 2011.  We will keep you all posted as soon as we know what the challenge will be so make sure to check back.  Know I'm off to check out what the other awesome babes have come up with and leave them some lovin, so be sure to leave comments cause we Love them !!!  Signing off for today.

It feels Like I am living in the Artic cause

the weather is just terribly cold today.  I actually almost fell on my driveway while getting the kiddies into the car.  The actual temperature with the windshield is -22 arrrgggghh how's that for cold. So much for doing the groceries today but I still have to go out cause I gotta visit the doctah.

Lets move on to more fun stuff shall we, here is another Christmas card with Bismarck by Mo Manning and you can get him in Rubbah at Stampingbella.  I had so much fun coloring this little guy cause he is simply gorgeous and I am sure he is going to make a friend very happy when received. I stamped him on Bella's bestest paper used as  usual Memento Black Ink.

So are you guys done your Christmas shopping yet ?  the malls are mayhem here is Toronto during this time of the season, that's why I stay indoors  on the weekend and do most of my shopping during the weekday.  The one thing I am very bad at doing is mailing cards on time or sometimes I completely forget to mail it altogether, isn't that just awful.  My new years resolution is be more organized, yah I have to keep my fingers crossed on that one.  

Speaking of New Years resolutions, what is your going to be ? I wanna know, just drop me a comment. Mine is to long of a list, but my main resolution this year like every year is to shed off the access weight. 

Well bloggers that's all I have for you today, have a safe and wonderful week.

Oh what a Gift it Turned Out to Be

Like I mentioned in my last post, this weeks Bellarific Friday Tutorial is simply filled with amazing techniques and products.  This weeks challenge was to create a gift or a gift card so I simply opted to alter a  wooden box I purchased from the dollar store. I must mentioned this was not a quick and easy project, it took time to construct the idea and of course painting it was not a walk in the park.

The image I decided to use on my box is Theo gives a Prezzie  which is available at Stampingbella. You will notice I have taken out the present portion of the stamp and just used the teddy bear instead.  The designer paper on top of the box is from Tim Holtz Lost and Found Idea-ology pack.  In addition, I used distress inks to color the large flower and added feathers and bling to give it extra pazaaz. The hinges and the hardware used on the box were removed from another dollar store box and used on this one.  I love to improvise and use whatever I can find around the house on my creations.  The feet underneath were purchased from Michaels and they are the 1" candle cups. 

I initially coved the box with white Gesso and then used two shades of acrylic green paint to give it more detail and depth.  Just sit back and enjoy the tutorial and I hope you will enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it.  

Next weeks challenge is an awesome sketch done by our sweet Paulineabella and that will be the last challenge for 2010.  Lets end the year with a bomb of entries so here is the sketch...

Hello Friend with Izzie

Hello bloggers, thanks for dropping by for another fun card I just made.  She is called Izzie has a Daisy from Stampingbella.  The Izzie stamps happen to be one of my favorite cause they are so cute and fun to color.  I stamped her on bellas bestest paper, used memento black ink and brought her to life with my prisma pencil crayons.  Did I tell you I have purchased the 120 set of the Caran D'ache pablo pencil crayons, yes I did and cant wait to get them and play.  If you look at my image you will notice tiny little flowers on her jacket, this is to give the illusion of fabric done with a small flower stamp.

I have an awesome surprise for all of you tomorrow.  Don't miss this weeks Bellariffic tutorial cause it totally rocks and let me give you a small hint, it's not a card !! yep you read it correctly so make sure to tune in.  That's all I have for you for today and see ya tomorrow.

Another Surprise in Bellaland

Hello blogger, I wanted to share with you some awesome news.  There are 3 new bella's that have been released by our sweet Emily. Just head on over to Bellaland to see what the new bella stamps look like.  I know you will not be disappointed cause they are absolutely spectacularly gorgeous !!!

Also don't forget about this weeks Bellariffic Friday which is a Gift. An image with a gift or a 3D Gift box or simply just a gift with a bella stamp image.  Have fun and make sure to email your creation to Emily by tomorrow evening 5:00pm Eastern Central Time.

That's all the news for today, so keep on creating !!!

Let it Snow, let it Snow, let it Snow

Hey bloggers welcome to another Bellarific Friday.  This weeks challenge was to create a card with Snow  and I created my card using the stamp Door with Wreath  from Mo Manning.  You guys are really going to  enjoy watching this weeks tutorial cause I made an Easel card and also used a product called liquid applique and I used the color white to give the 3D snow effect.

Next weeks Bellariffic Fridays theme is  be a GIFTABELLA - make a gift or a gift card with your bella images. Look forward to seeing all your awesome creations. Have a wonderful weekend everyone...