With Hugs and Kisses

It's a lovely Monday morning, I got my cup of Java beside me and in the background music by Michael Buble, life is good :o) not to mention my parents are flying in from Calgary this afternoon.  I gotta pick up the kiddies early from school cause they wanted to come to the airport to pick up grandma and grandpa.  We are having a feast tonight, I was slaving over the stove all day yesterday to prepare for tonight.  Ok, lets move on over to my card for the day, what do you think of her ? isn't she so cute !!!
Her name is Kissy by Mo manning and she is a rubbah stamp from Stampingbella. 

I stamped her on bella's bestest paper with memento black ink and of course colored her with prisma pencil crayons.  I also used green flock on the leaves of the flowers, but you probably can't notice it.  I also used two different colored ribbon to give more detail and interest.  Normally I don't distress the edges of my paper, I like a nice clean card but this time I felt like ruffing up around my paper.  Also what is a card without glittah, gotta have glittah so I gave her some sparkle.

Don't forget about this weeks Bellarific challenge, make a card with Snow !!! and submit it to Emily by Thursday. Can't wait to see what you all have created, I need some inspiration. Have fun creating and thanks again for stopping by...

Digital or Rubber That is the Question

Have you ever been intimated to make a digi purchase of an image ? well for the longest time I was.  I asked the question over and over again as to why I did not want to buy digitial images and the answer I came up with was the image quality when printed.  Well, I had to put my mind at ease and venture into the digi world.  I made my first purchase just to see what it was going to be like and compare stamping vs digital. Here are the pro's and cons for digital printing.


Pro's:
- You can manipulate your image to any desired size. ( I love this feature )
- Storage saver
- Cheaper then a regular rubber or clear stamp

Con's:
- Image is not as intense as a stamped image.  It has a light greyish tint to it.
- if you do not back up your image or save it to a CD, and your computer crashes you will lose everything. So make sure to burn your images to a disk.

I guess the next question is will I continue to purchase digital images and the answer is "Yes".  I like the fact that it's economical and a space saver. But, I will never stop buying my rubbah stamps either cause the stamped image quality does not compare with a print out.  Knowing I have the physical stamp gives me comfort and I don't have to worry if my system goes down.  The bottom line is the choice is yours either way has it's pros and con's.

Here is my first digital card from Maurie J Manning also known as Mo.  The name of the digi is Penelopes Party wagon.

Bellarific Friday Challenge - White Card

Well bloggers, today is that time again and thanks for dropping by.  First off before I go ahead with my bellarific Friday card, I  hope you all had a wonderful Happy Thanksgiving.  Just want to also say that I am so jealous of you guys having the Black Friday, maybe one year I will take a trip just on this day so I can shop till I drop...LOL

Ok, know to our Bellarific Friday challenge for this week.  I must say that I really liked this weeks challenge cause it was just creating a white card and the only thing that had color was your stamped image.
This is where your coloring skills comes to play cause that's what's going to do all the talking.  I used the image from Emily November surprise release of Mommy and Mimi LuLu playing in the snow.

I stamped my image on bella's bestest paper and used Memento Black ink.  The coloring was done with my prisma pencil crayons.  I have some awesome news to share with all of you, I have caved and ordered the 120 Caran D'ache Pablo pencil crayons.  I can't wait to get them so I can play play play and play all day in rich colors... LOL !!!

Know for the video tutorial of my card.  I am playing my all time favorite Christmas song from Nat King Cole Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Filre so I hope you sit through it all and enjoy it.  OK, for next weeks Bellarific Challenge is SNOW, simply use a stamped image that has snow or simply create your own snow.  I hope you will play along with all of us and also you have a chance to win some Bella bucks.

One more awesome news before I sign off for today.  Our sweet Emily is having a Black Friday Sale !!!   for EVERY order OVER $50 you will receive 5 free stamps (we choose) included in your order!!  The retail value can be up to $50!  all for FREEEE!
The sale last until Monday night!!  so head on over to Stamping Bella and dont miss out on the sale.


Have a wonderful weekend all !!

Mavis Wearing Holy

Hi bloggers, I am back with a very cute card of Mavis wearing Holy from stampingbella. 
I used some snowflakes, pearls and oval nestabilities to create her.  The background paper  is from Graphic 45.

Bronte and Louis

I am back with another post and this time I will be sharing with you an image from Mo Manning called Bronte and Louis, and isn't he the cutest evah with his cookie.  You can either get this image as a Digi or as Rubbah, from Stampingbella for those of you who love to stamp and smell that ink !!!


Well,  Mo is having a DT call and given I absolutely love her illustrations I wanted to see if my designs are good enough to make her design team.  I know I will be up against some awesome talents but I guess I will never know if I don't try. 

I colored my image using prisma pencil crayons and used designer paper from Basic Grey called Lime Rickey.  I stamped this image on bella bestest paper and used memento black ink.

I hope you enjoyed todays card and join me again for my next weeks entry. Bye for now...

Not today Maybe tomorrow...

I don't know about all of you out there but this card hits home with me.  I have always struggled with my weight and tried every diet that ever existed, but to be honest with you none of these diets work. It's a life style change and obviously eat in moderation. If you asked me which diet or program I prefer, I would have to say Weight Watcher wins hands down,  it's slow but it's good.

Right now my friend and I are on a downward slump and are pretty depressed and are thinking when we should start watching our food intake and count our points.  I made this card for her as a little motivation to not worry if not today Maybe tomorrow...

I used the stamp Hoping from Mo Manning and used bella's bestest paper and memento black ink.  I also colored her with prisma pencil crayons and used Martha Stewart Designer paper.  Here is my video tutorial hope you enjoy it.  Don't forget to enter next weeks challenge cause it's a good one, it's an all white card, just color your image and layer it on white.



Have a wonderful weekend all and happy crafting !!!

LuLu's Snowman Card

OK I could not resist, the minute I got home with my new goodies from Stampingbella I made this really cute card using the newly released stamp LuLu's Snowman. Doesn't she look adorable, I absolutely love this stamp and I am so happy I got it.  I used Basic Grey Jovial paper as my main background design and the rest is all white with white ribbon and a couple of white snowflakes.

I kept the card very simple cause sometimes simplicity is the best way to go, just let the image do the talking.  I must say I am not too happy with my coloring but you know what they say, practice makes perfect and I have a lot to practice. 

Tomorrow is dedicated to filming my card for the Bellarfic Friday challenge.  My image has been picked and colored and same goes to my designer paper.  All I have to do is layer, sew, glue and Voila. Be sure to check back here on Friday to watch my video tutorial.