My little Doodle Page

I am totally loving mixed Media Art and have dived in heads first.  Today the kids and went to Currys Art store near my house and caused some major damage and before Curry's I had gone to Stamping Bella to pick up my Faber Castell Pitt Pens which I am in LOVE with. Here is a page of my art journal for your viewing pleasure which I hope you will like as much as I enjoyed making it.

If you are wondering who got me started to create outside the lines, well it's Emily over at Stamping Bella.  I am so grateful for her to show me what I can create using all sorts of different mediums.

The inspiration for this page came from Alisa Burke who I recently discovered and am I ever so glad I found her because her tips and techniques are truly my style. This was created with Caran D'ache water soluables, Sakura Micro Pens, acrylic paint, and Pan Pastells and of course Pitt Pens. 

I hope this page gets your inspirational juices flowing.  Till next time happy crafting !!

Bellarific Friday and My Wedding Anniversary Today

I look back and can't  help but to wonder how fast time really flies.  It just feels like yesterday I got married to my DH and my kiddies are still a baby in my eyes not to mention I still feel like I am in my late 20's. Do you feel like that or is it just me. 

Thanks for dropping by again my dear followers and new comers. This weeks bellarific challenge was to use metal anywhere on your card and here is what I came up with.

She is called Hollyhock BITTYBLOOM from the Bittyblooms By Chichiboulie collection available at Stamping bella. As always I stamped my image with Memento Black ink on bella's bestest white paper and colored her up with my prism pencil crayons. And as for metal, I used four silver brads on corners of my card. I think she turned our pretty Chic.

I wasn't to certain how this colour combination was going to look but I actually really like it.  To be honest with you there is no such thing as a wrong colour combo because in my humble opinion I love all colours and choosing what colour I want to use makes it all the best.

Moving onto next weeks challenge and that is paper pieRcing not paper piecing.  All you have to do is choose your favourite Stampingbella stamp and have fun piercing.  Make sure to email your card to Emily no later then Thursday August 11 so we all can see in the the bella blog. 

Well folks I am off to see what the awesome bella babes have come up with so be sure to visit there blogs and leave them some love.  Have a wonderful weekend all !!! 

Oh What Fun it is to Have Christmas In July

Call me weird or wacky but I actually miss winter.  I am not a summer girl, too much heat and humidity makes me cranky and I look for the shade and AC where ever I go.  Making my card for this challenge was certainly refreshing and made me feel all chilly and festive inside.  If you have been following my blog you will know by now that I am a big fan of Mo Manning images in Rubbah which are available over at Stamping Bella.  For my image, I used  the stamp called I even love the box which has been stamped on bellas bestest white paper with Memento black Ink.

I brought my image to life with my Prisma Pencil crayons and mineral spirits. The colour tones were chosen to complement the designer paper from Basic Greys Jovial collection.

Our next weeks challenge is to add metal to your card. Make sure to stop by the bella blog and check out all the wonderful cards for inspiration !!

A Circle Card for Bellarific Friday

Hello bloggers and welcome to another Bellarific Friday Challenge.  This week we had a choice with our sketch to go with the circle or square and as you can see I went with the circle.

I really enjoy making circle cards cause I find it challenging and unique from a standard A2 card.  With my image this week I decided to use the final pixie that I hadn't used yet in a set of four called the PIXIES set A (4 pixies PARKER, PERSEPHONE, PORTIA, and PRISC. As always my image was stamped on bellas bestest cream paper with Memento black ink and colored her up with copic markers.  To give it the illusion of her flying in the sky I added some cute clouds and coloured them in with prisma pencil crayons. I wanted the Happy Birthday sentiment tucked under her feet so I gently cut around her and glued down my sentiment.

Next weeks challenge is Christmas in July, so get your Stamping Bella Christmas images dusted off and get busy.  I am heading to see what the bella babes have created and later on will be checking out the bella blog to see what the sistah's came up with. 

Next week  is going to be extremely busy week for me and the family.  My husband has taken a week off so we will be doing local activities like the Wild Water Kingdom, African lion Safari, Science centre, Toronto Zoo and so forth.  I will try to share as many photos and posts of our daily activities as I possibly can but bare in mind I will be a tad busy.  If the weather is as hot as it was yesterday then God help me cause I can't stand the heat !!!

That's all the news from me Sistah's, have a wonderful weekend all !!

Hmmm, what did I Choose ...

a Bella or Stella for this weeks Bellarific Challenge.  I am a Bella girl 100 %, don't get me wrong, I love the Stella's too but the Bella's win hands down :-) 

Here is Elizabella and she happens to be one of my favorite bella's because of her cute dress and the shopping bags in her hands.  This stamp is so versatile cause you can paper piece her any way you like or color her up to your hearts content.

As you can see I went with paper piecing.  Normally I don't go with these color tones but my hands and heart took me in this direction. The paper I used for the piecing is from Sassafras Sweet Smitten  collection and as always I stamped my image on bellas bestest white paper with Memento Black ink and colored her hair and shoes with Copic markers.

Next weeks Challenge is a pretty sketch that can go two ways like so,

Not hard ehhh ??? hope you like the sketch and play along with the rest of the bella babes and the sistahs.

I am off to see what the awesome bellas have came up with, so without further ado I like to wish you all a wonderful weekend !!!

Did ya Miss Bellarific Friday...

cause I sure did and there was plenty of time for you peeps to play along so no excuses.  This weeks challenge was Ribbon so I opted with olive green lace ribbon around my favorite Lulu image called Lulu's Morning Fix.

Isn't she a cutie with her gorgus morning bathrobe and a nice cup of coffee or tea.  This is me most mornings with a cup of coffee and the phone at my ear talking up a storm with my mom.  I must say I don't have a bathrobe that cute, all I wear around the house are my comfy house pants and a long t-shirt.

If you look closely at my image you will notice she was colored with prisma pencil crayons.  As always I stamped my image on bellas bestest cream paper with Memento black Ink and added a nice lacey ribbon for the finishing and required touch !!

Next weeks challenge,  dust off your favorite Bella or Stella stamps and get busy creating.  I have a couple of images in mind and I can't seem to decide, hmm I hate when that happens cause I love all my Bellas and Stellas. Well sistah's I am off to see what the awesome bella babes have created, be sure to give them a visit and leave them some lovin !!

Catherine Groden

Dana White

Jeanie Witmer

Jessica Diedrich

Linda Heavens

Paula Williamson

Pauline Godfrey

Robin Mckinley

Tammy Hershberger

Well,  that all from me today everyone.  Have yourselves a wonderful weekend and be sure to check out all the entries at the bella blog.

Hello Dear Friend

It's not Bellarific Friday but I could not resists to post a little something.  I would like to start off by wishing all my Canadian sistahs, bloggers, followers a Happy Canada Day !!! 

It's a lovely day in Toronto today and I have nothing planned, most likely I will just lounge around in the gazebo sipping my coffee and chatting away with my friends on the phone.

For my image I used  Call me Peep from Stampingbella of course.  She was colored with prisma pencil crayons and as always stamped with Memento Black ink on bellas bestest paper.

Next weeks challenge is Ribbon and believe it or not I to have my card finished just like Linda-bella. Well bloggers one more news before I say good-bye, don't forget to stop by the forumabella where our sweet Jessabella is hosting Bellas book club.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by !!