Happy Friday Everyone

This week, Stamping Bella was an easy peasy Sketch Challenge and can you believe I had a hard time with this one, how silly is that. The designer paper right behind my image should have been half an inch bigger, it did not quite turn out like the sketch in size.  To top it all off the ribbon is not straight :o(, hello earth to Ebru, I must have lost my mojo.  I will make it up for the next challenge, I promise :o) but let's get back to our card shall we.

This is Tabitha the teacup Girl from the Green Bean Baby Collection. She is such a pretty image and I had to give her some loving with my prisma pencil crayons.  Before I coloured her up, I stamped her on Bellas bestest white paper with Memento Black ink and then went to work with pencil crayons and gambol. For extra added detail I used glitter on her bow and tea cup and finished it off with a ribbon and a button. The designer paper is from a 6 x 6 paper pack from Basic Grey called Hopscotch.

Ok, next weeks challenge is even easier then this week because it's ANYTHING GOES, meaning use any one of Stamping Bella's images with any paper and layout of your choice. Don't forget to email your card to Emily by next Thursday and also you can load it onto SCS  using the keyword BELLARIFFIC0612, good luck everyone and have fun !!

A Day Full Of Sweet Surprises

Normally I don't like to announce my birthday but today is an exception. My first surprise took place at 7:00 in the morning by my wonderful children. They apparently woke up at 6 in the morning to prepare me and dad a lovely breakfast in bed and let me tell you they did an amazing job.  The tray was filled with all the typical foods we eat for breakfast, which was 2 slices of toast, cream cheese, jam, olives, scrambled eggs, coffee for me and tea for dad.  I was woken up by the sound of my kids singing happy birthday to you, they truly are mommies precious angels.

As I sent the kids off to school, I cleaned the house, folded the laundry and met hubby for grocery shopping and later on in the day my DH surprised me with a dozen white roses.

To continue the day with lovely surprises, I received a special delivery of the lovely flowers you see below.  My dear friend Chanda from Calgary made my day complete with her thoughtfulness  and true kindness a friend could ever ask.  Girlfriend you brought tears to my eyes and I am truly blessed to have you as my friend.  Even though we are apart we are kindred spirits, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.  Sending you many hugs and kisses !!!

Here are my husbands Lovely white roses below and let me tell you they smell like heaven.  He normally gets me red roses but this time he said he wanted to get me white ones which I don;t mind at all.

To finish off the day here is the gift  my family and bff got for me. The photo does not do justice at all for the beauty of this watch as it's surrounded by Swarovski Elements, simply gorgeous.

How could I end the day without sharing with you  a card. Here is Uptown girl Posh has a present, she was actually mailed to my dear friend Chanda for her birthday which was 3 days before my own.

Well everyone,  that's all for today, thanks for dropping by and have a terrific day !!

Love is in the Air...

in Bella-land this week with plenty of Valentines / Love theme cards. 

For my card, I used the stamp called BFFABUGGS cause I thought they were perfect for this weeks challenge and that I had never used this stamp yet, so I basically killed two birds with one stone.

As always, I stamped my image on bellas bestest white paper with Memento black ink and coloured up my girls with Prisma pencil crayons.  

For Extra detail I sprinkled some glitter on there wings and surrounding areas. To finish it off I added a pretty Black tulle at the top corner.  The designer paper is from DCWV called Madly in Love collection, and let me tell you this paper stack is one of the best Love theme packs ever, so many designs and colours to choose from !!

Let's move on to next weeks challenge, and once again it is a sketch and let me tell you this sketch is perfect for larger images like the new Uptown Girls for example.  We sure hope you will play along with the rest of us and don't forget to upload in SCS website as well under the key word Bellariffic0512 and email your card to Emily by Thursday.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend everyone !!

Burnt Out and Sick

I am going to have to keep this post short and sweet my friends cause I am not feeling very good.  I promised I was going to share with you a card I made last week but did not have a chance to post it until now.

As you may already know, Emily had a big release on January 17th and Matilda Swinging was on the list of new stamps.  Here is another card I made using this image.

Don't forget this weeks challenge is a Valentines / love/ pink / red/ white card.  Use any one of your Stamping Bella stamps to create this theme and email your card photo to Emily by tomorrow 5:00pm EST  and you can also post it on Split coast stampers under the keyword Bellarific0412.

Thanks for stopping by and see you on Friday !!

What a Crazy Week It Has Been

I so badly wanted to post another card this week but just did not have the time to do so.  My card had been finished and all I had to do was post it for all you to enjoy, oh well I guess it will have to wait for next week.  

I should explain why I had such a busy week.  My sweet dear husband went to Cuba last Sunday for a weeks vacation while I stayed back with the kids.  He had been wanting to visit Cuba for quite sometime now and had the opportunity to do so with a bunch of his soccer buddies.  This trip was originally intended for just the two of us but unfortunately with the kids in school and my daughters High School registrations and IB exams I could not go.  Not to mention planning a surprise birthday party for my son's 8th birthday this weekend.  I was running around like a chicken with his head cut off, preparing for the mini surprise party, cleaning the house, dropping the kids off to school, picking them up, preparing our dinners, laundry, homework and the list goes on.  When my husband gets back from his lovely trip, it's my turn to go on one !!

Ok, enough about me venting, let's move onto this weeks Bellariffic Challenge which was a sketch, and here is my card.

   

I truly missed stamping up a Ketto image, so this week I decided to give some lovin to Agnes Ketto. I wanted her to be citrusy with orange, green and yellow, even though the only yellow are the two things in her hair.  I started off with stamping my image on bellas bestest white paper with Memento Black ink and colouring this weeks image with Copic Markers and some pencil crayons.  To give some dimension to her dress, I added liquid pearls to her skirt and dabbed some extra one's around the image. Once again this week I have forgotten my magic ingredient of glitter :o(

Next weeks challenge is one of my favourite themes and it is to create a Valentine / Love / Pink / Red / White Card. Ohhh I can't wait to see all the Lovely cards next week, and if you are loading it up onto SCS site be sure to use the key word Bellariffic0412.

Well everyone that's it for me for today. Wish me Luck on tomorrows B-day party.  I will try to post some pictures for you guys to see on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend and happy crafting !!

What's Your Favorite Bella Image ?

If you ask me,  I LOVE  them all and choosing just one is truly impossible.  This was the most difficult challenge of all but I had to pick one so I chose Uptown Girls Clarissa and Camille with a cafe.

Here is a little story behind why I picked this particular image as my most favourite.  When Emily first introduced the Uptown Girls back in August, I was blown away with every single one of them but this particular image just struck a cord with me.  One of the most important things I value and treasure in my life (aside from my family) are my friends.  In my experiences, coffee and friendship go hand in hand and they truly are a perfect blend. Best memories are made between friends over a cup of coffee or two, because that's when you talk about anything and everything. There is just something very special about that hot cup of beverage that bring friends together, don't you think so ? 

Let's move onto the details shall we. I stamped this image onto bellas bestest white paper with Memento Black Ink. This time I coloured everything with Caran D'ache pencil crayons and used a Green Metallic Sakura Gelly Roll pen for the centre circles of the cup. To finish off my card I did some sewing around the edges and unfortunately forgot to add glitter for the finishing touch.

Next weeks challenge is another Sketch designed by yours truly and we hope you will join in on the fun.  All you have to do is create a card with this layout using aStamping Bella image of your chose, then you email a photo of your card to Emily by next Thursday 5:00PM EST.  You can also upload your photo on Split Coast Stampers under the keyword Bellariffic0312.

A Sneak Peek in Bella Land

I am so excited to share with you just one of the images that will be released on Tuesday by Miss Bella herself, Emily.

Meet Matilda Swinging. She is such a gorgeous image to colour up and so versatile to suit any occasion.  

I used copic markers and my Caran D'ache pencil crayons to colour up Matilda. The background designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue 6x6 paper pad. To add additional detail to my card I thought a small sun at the top left hand corner would do just fine and in my opinion every card should be finished off with glitter.

If you would like to see more sneak peeks of what's to come, visit our very  talented Bella babes  web sites listed on the left sidebar or you can visit the Stamping Bella gallery over at Split Coast Stampers under the key word SBJANRELEASE.


Quick reminder,  this weeks Bellariffic Friday Challenge is to ink up your favourite Stamping Bella image.  I know this is a very tough challenge as we all have more then one but you have till Thursday 5:00pm EST to submit you cards to Emily and we hope you will participate.

Have a terrific Monday and a start of a wonderful week !!