Bright yellow!

Hello all! Is this yellow bright enough for you?! Yikers! Well I thought, who better to pull off such a bold color than a Ketto? She's so fun and funky that I think she's right at home with these colors. This was another card that the shop just had to have. I wonder how long it will be until someone buys it....

Happy Monday! Can't wait to watch The Voice tonight! So far, Team Blake is looking pretty good. Still totally crush on Adam though!

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella Ketto, PTI Lily of the Valley sentiment
Paper: Basic Grey dp, CTMH cardstock and kraft strip
Other: Copic markers, Basic Grey button, Nestibility die, PTI ribbon, CTMH ink and hemp, Memento ink

Faithful Friends

Greetings all! I'm back today with a Bella card. This was one of the images I've had colored up for awhile. Remember I mentioned a HUGE pile of colored images I had paired with dps all ready to make into cards, but lost my mojo to make them? Well here is one of the many that I finally turned into a card.

I love this Bella image. I think it's "DogwalkaBella" from Stamping Bella. Makes for great cards to send to people that have pets, or maybe lost a pet. The sentiment is from the PTI "With Sympathy--Loss of a Pet" stamp set. I just inked up the part of the sentiment I wanted to use for this card. This was also the very last of some CTMH paper pack that I've had hanging around forever. Can't remember what it was called....

Enjoy your Tuesday! It's been fabulously sunny here in the great Pacific Northwest for the last 5 days!! It's a winter miracle! These are my favorite type of winter days. And NO SNOW! Excited for another New Girl episode too. That show is soooo funny!

Materials
Stamps: DogwalkaBella-Stamping Bella, With Sympathy-Loss of a Pet-PTI, Flourish background stamp is Enjoy Life from CTMH
Paper: DP and cardstock--CTMH
Other: Copic markers, button, covered brad and inks from CTMH, Nestabilities die, foam tape, pearls also CTMH

Bellarific Friday-Summertime!

Welcome back everyone!

I'm back today with a card for today's Bellarific Friday challenge which is to make anything that make you think of summer. Bright colors and flowers make me think of summertime. I even used my cute blossom CB folder and made another handmade flower to keep the flowers comin! Miss Tatiana Ketto suited the overall feel of my card today with her flower and funky outfit. I also used this month's SFYTT.

P.S. Please ignore my INCREDIBLY crooked stitching! Rounding corners still make me a nervous stitcher. Not my finest moment for sure! Lol!

Materials
Stamps: Ketto-Stamping Bella, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Green at Heart dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, EK punches, PTI button, Memento ink, CTMH ink, ribbon, stitching

Bellariffic Friday--sketch time!

Good morning all! I'm back today with another Bellariffic Friday card. This week's challenge was a sketch challenge, and what do ya know?....the sketch was PERFECT for the Rain-never-stopped-me-aBella that I told you I had ready to go. Yay!! I altered the sentiment that came with her to suit my feel of the card. I also added my own "rain" with Liquid Glass:

And speaking of rain.....we finally don't have any!! Yippee!! It's actually been sunny ALL week long and finally warming up to the low 70's. Sun is definately good for the soul! Hope you are all enjoying some sunshine too where you live, and have a fabby weekend!

Materials

Stamps: Stamping Bella Rain-never-stopped-me-aBella

Paper: BG Green at Heart dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, Memento ink, CTMH inks, Liquid Glass, and hemp, skittles, corner rounder

Bellariffic bean

Greetings! I'm back today with a card for this week's Bellariffic Challenge which was an easy one for me: Use kraft! Since I use it on just about every card I make, this was a no-brainer! Latte Bella is still my favorite Bella, but I have yet to make a card with my new Rain-Never-Stopped-Me-a-Bella. I have her in my big stack of already colored images just waiting for me to make her into a card. I also used Sweet Sunday Sketch #115 for this, and modified it just a bit.

Hope you all enjoy your Friday. I'm going to my BFF Katie's house today. Our other BFF, Sara is coming too and she's bringing her 6 month old daughter and her 3 year old nephew to play with Katie's son Tyler in his new bouncy house! This should be a fun, yet tiring evening! We're also getting details lined up for Katie's next baby shower since she's already 7 months with baby #2!

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella Latte Bella, sentiment is A Muse
Paper: BG Hello Lucious dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Coluzzle, Memento ink, CTMH ink, Prima flower, BG brad, rhinestones

Bellariffic Friday

Another Friday, and another Bellariffic Challenge. This time Emily was gracious and left the challenge open to use/do anything! Yippee! My favorite kind of challenge! This is my favorite Bella image, especially living in the Seattle area. I played with my new PTI flower die and some felt to make the fun embellishment. I also used Sweet Sunday Sketch #112.

Girls night out tonight! So glad to get in some good chatting and food!

Materials Stamps: Latte Bella-Stamping Bella, A Muse sentiment
Paper: BG Curio dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, PTI buttons and felt, Nestie die, Memento ink, CTMH ink, EK corner punch

Bellariffic and some CU pics

Hello everyone! Long time no post, eh? I'm finally up to speed after recovering from my AWESOME time at Creative University! Even better than last year. I don't know how Tresa does it, but she's amazing! Can't wait til next year!

Materials

Stamps: Stamping Bella "SellaBella"

Paper: BG Curio dp, PTI kraft and cs, CTMH black cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, Memento ink, CTMH hemp and paper piercer, misc. button, EK punch, scrap lace.

Today's card is for the Bellariffic Friday challenge which asked for you to use a stamp you haven't inked up yet. Well, that was easy since I received my latest Bella order about a week before CU. I colored this image up while at CU, along with quite a few others I hope to share soon. I also used Sweet Sunday sketch #104 for the layout.

Now onto sharing some pics from CU!


First off....the CU Class of 2011 photo! Almost 60 ladies enjoying a crafty weekend! And our fearless leader, Tresa Black, front and center.


Me and my girl, Kendra. I met her at my first CU last year (her 3rd) and we totally hit it off. To bad we live on opposite sides of the state. :( But CU is our once a year treat to catch up. Photo courtesy of Chrissy Dunham


Some of the "twinchie" artwork created by all the attendees. Aren't they just amazing?! You can see part of mine in the top left corner. The naked lady! Haha! It was an old metal charm I'd been hanging onto forever and it finally found the perfect home. Photo courtesy of Chrissy Dunham

These Ladies are soooo fun! I've been "table mates" with them for both years (where we share the same craft room with our craft tables) and they are all a hoot! I'm so grateful to know these beautiful women. Thanks Chrissy for the photo!

And look at our gorgeous backdrop! Beautiful Lake Coure d'Alene. This time we had snow the second night and woke up to this wintry sight. Photo courtesy of Nichole Lewno.

Ahh! Stow-away!! (with a scary, glowing eye!) Good 'ol curious kitty, Simon, had to check out my bag when I got home. Trust me, it was empty since I barely fit all my CU goodies back in to take home!

Well, that's a little bit of my CU experience. Hope to share some of the super cool artwork we made in our classes soon!

Bellariffic Friday

Good morning all. Day two of Creative University! So much crafty fun to be had. You definately should look into joining us next year!

I'm back today to share my card I made for the Bellariffic Friday challenge. This week was a sketch challenge. Even though I have a stack of new Bellas I bought recently, this poor PregaBella has been waiting in my colored pile for a long time. Somehow I'm always in need of a pregnancy card....must be something in the water (good thing I purify mine! Lol!) I love purple and orange together; looks so happy and bright.

Materials

Stamps: Stamping Bella-PregaBella, CTMH Fringed Phrases

Paper: BG Green at Heart dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie, Coluzzle, Prima, AC button, Memento ink, CTMH ink, rhinestones, stitching

Love you, Bella

This card just came together so easy and beautifully. I love using Topiary Bella for a fun Valentine. Though the Shop passed on buying this one, it was quickly snatched up by one of my friends! I used an old Sweet Sunday sketch for the layout (#79).

My second Card Class is tonight, which means I sacrifice Bones. :( Thank goodness for online episodes!

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella-Topiary Bella, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Green at Heart dp, CTMH cs, PTI kraft
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie, PTI ribbon, EK punch, CTMH button, hemp and inks

Bellariffic "Friday"

I know it's not Friday, but this is what I created for this week's Bellariffic Friday which asked for us to use piercing and stitching. I decided to use my CTMH Simple Stitches and skip the sewing machine. I also used last week's challenge with the sketch since I missed out. The flower is made simply with circle cut outs that I distressed and layered.

It's finally the season premier of Glee tonight!! I've been waiting forever!

Materials

Stamps: Stamping Bella PregaBella, CTMH For All Occasions and Simple Stitches

Paper: CC Earth Love dp, A Muse kreaft, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, CTMH inks, paper piercer, rub-ons, and brad, Coluzzle, EK punches

Mojo to help my Mojo

Sorry I've been M.I.A. lately. I had quite the whirlwind birthday weekend and kinda lost my crafty mojo along the way. I seriously just lounged around all day yesterday. I tried to craft, but just ended up staring at my supplies trying to will them to do something! Haha!

So thank you Mojo Monday for helping me get my mojo back! I've had this Bella image colored for awhile now, and thought it fit well with the Mojo #156 sketch. I layered the lace in between the dp and as the "scallop" along the bottom. The ribbon is what through me though. The image was to large to wrap ribbon around like the sketch showed, so I went with just the bow.

Here's what I did on my birthday:

My WONDERFUL little brother bought me these totally awesome (and close!) seats to the Seahawks' season opening game. Now I have to tell you how awesome my brother is....he called me from his Army base in Kandahar, Afghanistan to tell me that he found me tickets to the game for my birthday! He's over there, risking his life everyday, and thought this wonderful gift for my birthday! I love my brother!! I took my good friend Rachel with me, and ended up meeting up with a lot of other friends who were at the game too. It was a perfect day filled with tailgating, a most excellent, and winning game (31-6 win!), and ended at a local brewery near my house.

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella BrideaBella, BG sentiment
Paper: BG Eva dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, CTMH inks and Opaques pearl, Memento ink, Stickles, misc. lace

Another Bella--SSSC #84

This is one of my favorite Bellas. Maybe it's because I never leave for work in the morning without my coffee! I had colored a bunch of images when I hung out with Nona, Sparkle, and Jen a while ago and now I have everything ready to go to actually keep up with challenges this week! Shocker!

This card uses this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch #84. I rotated the sketch to fit my Bella, which made it so I had to put the sentiment on it's side which is something I never really do. It still kinda weirds me out that it's on there like that, but oh well. But hey! Look at how (almost) straight my stitching is! :D

Enjoy your Wednesday. Time for me to catch up on some projects and get ready for one of my card classes tomorrow.

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella LatteaBella
Paper: BG Green at Heart dp, A Muse kraft, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, EK punches, Prima flower, misc. button, stitching

MTSC #89

Good afternoon everyone. Sorry my post is a bit late. Too busy (and tired) last night to get it ready. Today I bring you a fun card I made using Mercy's sketch #89. This was a fun sketch, and TopiaryBella was the perfect image for it. My stitching is starting to be a little straighter! Lol! Looking better.

Enjoy your short work week! It's regular for me since I work retail, but I go on VACATION next week for my birthday!! And speaking of birthdays.....I have the BEST little brother ever. He called me from Afghanistan yesterday to tell me he found me two tickets to the Seahawks season opener next Sunday!! I've been wanting to go soooooo bad since the game is ON my birthday. Yay!! Better rest my vocal chords this week so I can scream for my team! Safeco's the loudest stadium; love it!!

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella TopiaryBella, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Material Girl dp, CTMH cs, A Muse kraft
Other: Copics, foam tape, CTMH inks and hemp, Memento ink, EK punch, Stickles, Prima yellow flower, misc. button and orange flower, stitching

Wish me luck!

Well today's the BIG day! My first ever Farmer's Market. I have been a nervous wreck the last few days trying to get all my last minute things in order, and to crank out some more cards. I even set up my display in my living room last night to see what everything would look like! Haha! That must be the Virgo in me! Man! I have more cards than I thought I did! Thank goodness my Mom found another cards stand for me, and Nona let me borrow one of hers.

So, if you haven't noticed my them of late.... wedding cards. "Tis the season"! I really love this blue/brown combo. I wish I had more of this from my BG Eva. :( Oh well, fun while it lasted. I used this week's sketch from Sketch Saturday #114. This was the perfect layout for this larger Bella image.

Materials

Stamps: Stamping Bella image, sentiment is BG

Paper: BG Eva dp, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, CTMH inks, Irrisistables, and pearls, misc. buttons and ribbon

BrideaBella

I'm back today with a wedding card. I'm setting up a table at my first Farmer's Market tomorrow, and thought stocking up on the wedding cards during wedding season might be a good idea. Especially since when I made some last week, the day after I made them my co-worker asked if I had any wedding cards for sale. Well, good thing I made some! That got me thinking of how I needed to enlarge my stash. BrideaBella makes for a pretty and easy card. I think the layout I used is from some sketch I saw, but I can't remember where I saw it....

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella BrideaBella, sentiment is Basic Grey
Paper: MAMBI dp, scrap dp, pearl paper, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, Nestie, foam tape, MS punch, pearls, CTMH inks, Stazon

TopiaryBella

Another card using a new Bella and some more scraps! Topiary Bella was always one I oogled over everytime I'd see here. You can use this image for just about anything. I also used this week's SFYTT. Great way to use one of my newer Nesties too!

Going to Nona's tonight for some crafty time and some CTMH new product peeks! Can't wait to hang out with my friend and my other CTMH Sistahs! It's been FOREVER!! :D

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella TopiaryBella, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: KI Memories dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, Prima flowers, misc. button, CTMH inks, Memento ink, rhinestones

PregaBella

This is the one that started it all.....I had just a few images that were RAKs from Sparkle, and I used them all up but I wasn't going to buy any of my own Bellas 'cause I thought I could live without. Little did I know that it only took a friend of mine to say "Hey! I totally NEED a prego card for my sister!" And then my last Bella was officially gone....

Then the shopping spree began!! Now 7 Bellas later, I can make more preggers cards, especially with it being "baby season" soon! Lol! I also used this week's Saturday Sketches for my layout.

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella PregaBella, sentiment is Amuse
Paper: Oct. Afternoon Fly a Kite dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, skittles, CTMH inks, Memento ink

Bella Baby SSSC#78

Still having fun with my new Bellas! I think I colored this one a little to crazily. Too much pattern going on, but oh well. Someone will like it. I also used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch #78 for the layout.

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella BabyCarriageaBella, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: Oct. Afternoon Fly a Kite dp, CTMH cs, Amuse kraft
Other: Copics, CTMH hemp and ink, Memento ink, EK punch, Prima flowers, CB folder, misc. button

First Bellariffic Challenge

Now that I own some Bellas, I can actually participate in Stamping Bella's Bellariffic Challenges. Yay! Little did I know though......they post what the challenge was LAST week before the current challenge, so I made this using the sketch from last week's challenge. UGH!! Good thing the challenge THIS week is simple: Use a Bella or Fella. So, TA-DA!! It still qualifies! Now that I know their routine, I'll be able to join in the {right} challenges! Lol!

This is my favorite of my new Bellas, but the name is SO LONG! "I-wish-I-looked-this-good-on-a-bike-aBella". My goodness! I thought Mary Poppins was the only one with crazy-long words!

Enjoy your Tuesday. Today I'm going to introduce my friend to the gut-busting hilarity of "The Hangover". Can you believe he's NEVER seen it?! I thought EVERYone has seen that movie! The funniest ever! Can't wait for "The Hangover 2" to come out!

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella image, TGF sentiment
Paper: Oct. Afternoon dp, CTMH cs, Bazzil
Other: Copics, foam tape, Coluzzle, CTMH inks, brad and paper piercer

P.S. Yes, it's the same paper as yesterday's card. ;)

LatteaBella (SSSC#77)

Little late getting up today and posting, sorry. Finally able to sleep in a bit on one of my days off...in fact it's been a while since I've had 2 days off. It's been nice!

Anyways....back to the reason you're all here! LatteaBella is another of my recent Stamping Bella purchases. This is me this morning, minus the cute outfit. Lol! I always start my day off with coffee. It's kind of a prerequisite living in the Seattle area I think. ;) I also used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch #77.

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella LatteaBella
Paper: October Afternoon Fly a Kite dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, CTMH button and hemp, misc. ribbon, EK punch