Bellarific Friday for Mothers

Hello everyone! Happy Friday! I always love it when Friday rolls around because that means it is time to share another Bellarific creation with you! The challenge this week was to create a card for Mother's Day, which is quickly approaching! Stop over Bloggabella to check out all the creations from the Babes, and the Sistahood!

For my card, I decided to use the new (and aDORable!) Patsy Pixie stamp, illustrated by Christy Croll. With that BIG bouquet of flowers, she is just perfect for a Mother's Day card! My image is colored with Copics on Bella's Bestest Cream cardstock, and some of the flowers are blinged up with some Spica glitter pens, too. The paper I used here is Stella & Rose "Gertie" from My Mind's Eye.

So remember to stop over at Bloggabella to check out the fabulous Mother's Day creations, and leave a comment, too! Remember that one random participant, and one random commenter are chosen to win some Bella Bucks each week! AND if you haven't taken the time to "like" us on our Facebook page or join Forumabella, what are you waiting for? There are some great contests going on there too, so don't miss your chance to win!

And if you'd like to play along with us next week, we'd be really happy to see your creations! The theme for next week is May Flowers! Create anything using stamps from the Stamping Bella store with flowered paper, images and/or embellishments! Let's see your creations BLOOM! Email your creation to Emily by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday to be included in the lineup!

Happy stamping!

There She Goes Blog Hop Challenge-Day 3

Are you ready for another Torico-illustrated character set? I hope so, because we are in LOVE with her latest release that showcases sweet little ladies enjoying the pleasures of Spring along with some of their favorite Spring creatures and blooms. Blossom by Blossom is a 4x8 stamp set that includes a total of 22 stamps and will sell for $18.
For my card, I chose these adorable little girls with their sweet tulips, and paired them with some October Afternoon papers. My layout was inspired by the Card Patterns Sketch challenge #112.

Would you like a chance to WIN the Blossom by Blossom stamp set? Here's what you need to do... go to each of the Trendsetter's blogs and leave a comment on their Blossom Blog Hop Challenge posts. Hopefully you just hopped here to my blog from the Marvelous Melyssa's blog... if not start at the beginning with Angela! After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of the BHC post. A winner will be chosen randomly to receive their very own Confidential/Garden of Life stamp sets. The winner will be announced Saturday, April 30th during the Release Party Chat in the TSG forum. So now, scoot on over to Terrific Tobi's blog for the last stop on the hop!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

There She Goes Blog Hop Challenge-Day 2

Know someone who takes everything too seriously? Or maybe you know someone who needs a little pick-me-up? This set illustrated by our fabulous Torico will "brighten" anyone's day! There are not only a variety of lamp bases and shades, but there are also some heartfelt and humorous sentiments to coordinate perfectly with the images.

Lighten Up is a 4x6 stamp set that includes a total of 20 stamps and will sell for $15.
I used the sketch for TSG104 this week for my card, and some papers from Echo Park! If you'd like to play along with the challenge, we'd love to see your creation! To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that uses the sketch provided and then go to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of the challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (May 2nd). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!
By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)
You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG104 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Would you like a chance to WIN the Lighten Up stamp set? Here's what you need to do... go to each of the Trendsetter's blogs and leave a comment on their Lighten Up! Blog Hop Challenge post. Hopefully you just hopped here to my blog from the Marvelous Melyssa's blog... if not start at the beginning with Angela! After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of the BHC post. A winner will be chosen randomly to receive their very own Confidential/Garden of Life stamp sets. The winner will be announced Saturday, April 30th during the Release Party Chat in the TSG forum. So now, scoot on over to Terrific Tobi's blog for the last stop on the hop!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Color Throwdown #139

Hey Color Throwdown fans! It's time for another challenge and we have a great treat for you this week.... another sponsorship and another chance to WIN by playing along! Our own Kristin Eberline has designed a couple of fabulous stamp sets for My Time Made Easy, and some beautiful papers in our Throwdown colors today and if you play along, YOU could win the papers and stamps! So be sure to stop by the Throwdown blog to check out all the details! Deadline to enter is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. EST.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all the sentiments that are available in the Sentimental Occasions stamp set! There are some in this set that I'll bet you don't have in any of your other stamp sets, and that's what makes this so special! Combine those sentiments with the Occasional Labels set and you can create tons of beautiful designs!
I used some of Kristin's Fresh Cut Expressions paper for my card (the rolled roses are made from the paper, too!)

See what my Throwdown sisters have created for today, too and be inspired...

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Cathy Rulli

Danielle Kennedy

Kisa Peters

Kristin Eberline

Laura Pryor

Carole Burrage, April Guest Designer

I hope you'll play along!!!

Timeless Tuesday #115

It's time for another Timeless Tuesday challenge, and this week Silke is our hostess. She's given us a very interesting sketch to use and it'll really get you outside your box, so give it a try! Stop at the Flourishes blog for all the challenge details!

I pulled out the new Orchids stamp set for my card, and paired it with some new Sparkling Spring papers from Prima. I added a seam binding bow, and some KaiserCraft pearls for embellishment.

Here's a close-up of the sparkle I added to the orchids with some Perfect Pearls misted on.

Here's how I made the back of my card. I like doing this so that I don't have to actually fold the scallops at the top of the card.

See what the other Flourishes Bloggers have created today for more inspiration!

Betty Wright

Cindy Haffner

Dee Jackson

Makiko Jones

Silke Ledlow

Pattie Goldman, April Guest Designer

Many thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your visits and comments!

There She Goes Sneak Peeks Day 1

Have a bad day at the office? Or maybe you have a bad office every day? :) If either of these pertains to your situation, you will definitely enjoy this tongue-in-cheek set illustrated by Jessica... and anyone would be happy to receive a creation using this hilarious set!

Confidential is a 4x6 stamp set that includes a total of 12 stamps and will sell for $15.00.

For my card with this set, I decided to paper piece the dress with some of this Cosmo Cricket "UPcycle" paper, and chose to use the sentiment that I utter hundreds of times a week!

Once again Chris Dark has amazed us with a whimsical and Spring-inspired stamp set! Who wouldn't want to be outside enjoying the scenes of Spring as everything comes to life? This set is a celebration of exactly that!

Garden of Life is a 3x4 stamp set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $7.00.

For my card, I used the large stamp from the set, along with the simple "hello" sentiment so this card can be used for almost any occasion! The papers I used here are Echo Park's "A Walk in the Park." For the layout on this card, I was inspired by Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge #114.

Would you like a chance to win the Confidential and Garden of Life stamp sets? Here's what you need to do... go to each of the Trendsetter's blogs and leave a comment on their Confidential/Garden of Life Blog Hop Challenge post. Hopefully you just hopped here to my blog from the Marvelous Melyssa's blog... if not start at the beginning with Angela! After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of the BHC post. A winner will be chosen randomly to receive their very own Confidential/Garden of Life stamp sets. The winner will be announced Saturday, April 30th during the Release Party Chat in the TSG forum. So now, scoot on over to Terrific Tobi's blog for the last stop on the hop!

Thanks for stopping by!

Confidential card: stamps - Confidential (There She Goes); cardstock - Stampin' Up!; designer paper - Cosmo Cricket "UPcycle"; markers - Copic; Labels 8 Nestabilities - Spellbinders; button; Divine Twine; Sentiment Flag Die - Lil' Inker Designs.

Garden of Life card: stamps - Garden of Life (There She Goes); cardstock - Stampin' Up!; designer paper - Echo Park "A Walk in the Park"; marker - Copic; Labels 1 Nestabilities, tag die - Spellbinders; seam binding; button.

CrAzY for Easter - C4C84

Time for another challenge with the Crazies this week! Our April hostess is Silke Kittman, and for this week the challenge is to create an Easter card! Stop on over at the http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/if you'd like more details, and play along! We'd love to see your creation!

For my card, I had no choice but to pull out Eva Bloom from Stamping Bella! She's the best Easter stamp in my collection, so I got her inky for today along with some yummy new Springtime paper from Echo Park. Oh my wow, I'm so in love with these papers! :)

See what the other Crazies have made today for more inspiration...

Barbara Anders

Cindy Haffner

Frances Byrne

Jessie Rone

Joanne Grzelak

Jocelyn Pelkey

Lynda Benden

Maria Bell

Silke Ledlow

Silke Kittman

Vicki Garrett

Happy Easter, and thanks for visiting my blog today!

CHRIST IS RISEN!

Bellarific Friday "Free for All"

Thank God it's Friday, for a number of reasons! The biggest one is that I am hitting the road with my hubby and my daughter today and going to VIRGINIA where I will be meeting FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME one of my bestest stamping friends EVER! Barbara Anders and I have been online, stamping friends for... omgosh, about 3 years, I think! And WE'VE NEVER MET! Can you believe it!? And FINALLY we're meeting for the first time this weekend! I. CAN'T. WAIT!!! (And yes, all the caps mean I AM EXCITED!) So when you hear screams coming from near the East coast later today, that will be the two of us!

The other reason I am happy that it's Friday is that it's time for another Bellarific Friday challenge with da' Babes! This week is a glorious free-for-all in which we could create anything we wanted using Stamping Bella stamps! So for my card, I decided to use the cute little Arthur here in his fishing gear, since I just picked up this cute Cosmo Cricket "fishy" paper over the weekend in Erie, PA! I just love his lil' towhead hairdo, bagging overalls and big boots! Isn't he the cutest? Arthur is colored with Copic markers on Bella's Bestest White paper, and the layout for my card was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch for this past week.

So take yourself over to Bloggabella and check out all the Bellalicious creations today! Don't forget to leave a comment too, because one lucky commenter will be selected to win some Bella Bucks! And then, get busy creating and play along with us next week because another person who joins in will also win some Bucks! The challenge next week is Mother's Day!

And, if you need something else to do, stop and check out the newly revitalized Forumabella! That's right... we've got our own spot to chat, share ideas, upload creations and everything! Our own Jessabella has been hard at work keeping things organized and active over there and we'd LOVE to see your smiling face! And beginning May 15th we're going to be introducing a Forum Challenge too, that you won't want to miss!

Happy stamping! Thanks for stopping by today!

TSG103 - Monochromatic Magic

Karen Giron is our Trendsetter of the Week on the There She Goes blog, and her challenge for this week is to create a Monochromatic card. In order to do that you would choose one or more shades of one color along with ONE neutral color to use in your creation. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that utilizes monochromatic coloring, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (Apr. 25th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG103 so we can check out your beautiful work!

For my card, I pulled out this sweet new "Springtime" paper from Echo Park and combined it with this cutie-pie from the Under the Weather stamp set. And I used Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch again for the layout, keeping my design on the clean and simple side.

There's still time, so play along with us this week and make some Monochromatic Magic!

Happy stamping!

Mavis in her 'Kini

Hey Cindy! This Mavis is for YOU! :) And I used the colors I told you about on Tuesday!

I got the new Summer Days paper today from Echo Park, so I thought Mavis in her 'kini from Stamping Bella would be a perfect match for these bright, Summer papers! She's colored with Copics on Bella's Bestest White paper, and the "what's mew?" sentiment is also from Stamping Bella. For the layout I used Jen's Sketch for You to Try for April.

And speaking of Stamping Bella, there's still time to participate in this week's Bellarific Friday challenge! The theme this week is a free for all.... create whatever your little heart desires using any stamps from the Stamping Bella store! Email your creation to Emily before Thursday evening to be included in the line-up with the Bella Sistahood!

Here are my Copic colors (just for you, Cindy!)
Happy stamping! Thanks for stoppin' by!

Color Throwdown #138

Time for another Color Throwdown! Are you ready? Can you handle it? :) We have a special twist to the challenge this week! I'm the hostess this time around, and my challenge is for you to use Navy Blue, White and any ONE other color! I think navy and white is such a classic combo, and works well with any other color so this week I'm giving you a little freedom! Let's see what YOU would combine with navy blue and white!

And as an added bonus this week, our challenge is being sponsored by our own Laura Pryor from Lil' Inker Designs! One lucky participant this week will win their choice of either the Sentiment Flag die and matching stamp set, or the brand new Pinwheel die and matching stamp set! So there's more incentive to play along... what're you waiting for?

For my card, I decided to add this bright Spring green to my navy and white combo, using some designer papers from Stampin' Up! I never got time to make my hubby an anniversary card last week, so this might just get tucked into his lunch box tomorrow!
Stop over at the Color Throwdown blog for all the challenge details, and to link up your own creation! And see what my Throwdown sisters have created for more inspiration...

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Cathy Rulli

Danielle Kennedy

Kisa Peters

Kristin Eberline

Laura Pryor

LeAnne Pugliese

Carole Burrage, April Guestie

Happy stamping, and thanks for stopping by!

Timeless Tuesday #114

Hello everyone! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! I spent all day Sunday in Erie, PA at Monkey Business Scrapbook Lounge with a huge bunch of wonderful stampers, all anxious to learn more about Copic markers! It was a great day of coloring and stamping!

It's time for another Timeless Tuesday challenge, and this week Cindy Haffner is our hostess. She's chosen a color challenge... use aqua, yellow and brown on your card! I decided to go bright and Springy with these colors and pulled out my new April Showers stamp set. I love tulips, and especially yellow ones so this was a perfect choice for my card, along with a sentiment from the Tag Lines stamp set, and some Nestabilities dies. The layout is from Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #113. And with my Kraft cardstock base, and scalloped circle, this card also works for Jeanie's "That's Krafty Thursday" challenge #50!

For more colorful inspiration, see what the other Timeless Tuesday designers have created for today...

Betty Wright

Cindy Haffner

Dee Jackson

Makiko Jones

Silke Ledlow

Pattie Goldman, April Guest Designer

We hope you'll join along with the challenge this week! There is always a $10 Flourishes gift certificate up for grabs for one lucky participant, so give it a try!

Happy stamping!

stamps - April Showers, Tag Lines (Flourishes); cardstock - Stampin' Up!; designer papers - Echo Park, SU!; Copic markers; Spellbinders Nestabilities; brads - Doodlebug; ribbon - May Arts; Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

CrAzY for Easter Baskets - C4C83

It's time to get CrAzY again this week! Silke Kittman is our hostess for the month, and for this week our challenge is to create an Easter gift.... a basket, box or other gift-giving idea.

Being the third Saturday of the month, this week's challenge is a sponsored challenge. This month our sponsor is Krisi's Kreations. Krisi's store sells templates which are available in a number of different formats, including PSD, TIFF, PNG, PDF & SVG.

I chose to use the Box It Up: Handle for a quick little Easter treat. I decided to use my Nestabilities oval to cut a window in the front of the box, and picked up some sugared gummi rabbits to put inside. The stamps I used here are an old set from Cornish Heritage Farms.

Stop by the C4C blog for all the challenge details, including plenty of inspiration from the design team!

Happy stamping, happy weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Bellarific Friday

Yeehaw, it's FRIDAY! And that also means it's Bellarific Friday! I hope we've got a LOT of Bella fans that played along this week with Linda's wonderful sketch challenge! Hop on over to Blogabella to see all the entries this week, and don't forget to leave a comment! Each week, Emily awards one lucky participant and one lucky commenter with some Bella Bucks to spend! Easy money, girls!

And before I get to my card, I also want to mention that Forumabella has been revived! Stop by soon and check it out! We'd love to get to chat with Bella fans from around the world! There is also a gallery where you can upload your own creations!

Now, for my card today I just had to use Mavis again! I know... I know... I just LOVE her so! This is Mavis has a Daisy, and I have been just dying to try coloring her with some stripes like Jeaniebella does so perfectly! So I got a mini lesson from her, gave it a try and LOVE how Mavis looks with her kitty stripes! I paired her with some really pretty new Prima "Sweet Fairy" papers.

Now, if you didn't get around to it this week, make it a point to play along with us next Friday! The challenge next week is Free Form.... do whatever you want, but be sure to use a Bella image! Email your creation to Emily by Thursday to be included in the line-up!

Happy stamping!

Bella-liciousness

Hi everyone!

I thought I would let you know about some exciting news! Stamping Bella is revitalizing Forumabella....I know, you forgot there was a forum? Or didn't know there was one? It's our own private watering hole, where we can chit chat, and post cards! Em opened it last year, but then was having some spam problems with it. Well, everything is dusted off now and shined up nice and purty, and ready to go!

AND there's a contest to win some Bella Bucks! You should definitely go to the Facebook page HERE and become a fan. Then, hop on over to THE FORUM and register yourself. Once you are a member, click on the chattering topic called "Off Topic", and you will see a couple of posts about the contest to win the moolah!

There already seem to be a lot of newbies, which is so exciting - don't miss out on the chance! And we will be having more chances in the future as well!

Don't forget to visit the Bloggabella to check out the last Bellarific Friday post. You have until tonight to send Em your creation using Linda's sketch:

Happy stamping!

Color Throwdown #137

Welcome to another week of Color Throwdown! Cathy is our hostess this week with this cool color palette! Stop over at the Throwdown blog to check out the challenge and play along!

For my card, I couldn't resist inking up this new stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas called Wet Puddle. I paired the images with some October Afternoon and Stampin' Up! papers, and die-cut clouds.
My Throwdown sisters have some sweet inspiration for you too, so be sure and stop by their blogs...

...and Kisa played again this week, too!

Happy stamping, and thanks bunches for stopping by!