Now is that a title or what?! Last night was the celebration of Stamping Bella being around for a year already! I still can't believe it has been that long since those wonderful ladies sucked me into their world....ummm...I meant started arriving at my door step! There was Bella reveals, which if you haven't seen stop reading this post and check out the wondrous new Bellas over at
Stamping Bella. There was seven different challenges posted by a great group of hosts, in fact Gina stopped by to give away some Bellas and host a challenge as well! Thank you to everyone who put this wonderful night together, I had a blast! So on to the cards....
The first challenge was to create a tri-fold card, which I haven't done in a while, but I had a blast! I pulled out my Copics (which I used all night!) and started coloring away. This decorative paper I made about a month ago when I first received my
PaperTrey stamps, so I thought I would give it another go, and I think it really works with this Huggybella image.
Next came the first of several sketch challenges, this one was fun to make. A little different...I couldn't decide what color to make her hair so I just didn't color it in....take that. LOL
Another sketch challenge where I decided to go for the purple look. To be honest I don't seem to use the colors purple very often, so it was a bit of a challenge to come up with something, but I think it worked out for the best. I really like my Daintybella, she was the first bella I received which came to my door step from
PaperPretties, that was the beginning of the end....now I have at least 45 Bellas.....
The next one turned out pretty conservative, considering the challenge was to go wild. I used my glitter copic markers which I ado even more than my Copic themselves! I have had this flower sitting on my desk ready to be used for a few weeks, and I thought it would be the perfect touch that this card needed.
About a month ago the wonderful KelliJo sent this cute "non-bella" Bella stamp my way, it was in my cart waiting to be bought, but she thought hers needed a new home. So Christini has come to stay! Last night was the first time I inked it up, and although I have mixed feeling about the final card, I think it was a lot of fun to colors in and explore.
The last card and last challenge...Gina hosted a sketch challenge to end the night and I loved her sketch. It seems that through most of the night I was using diagonals, so what better way to end then with a sketch that comes with it own diagonals! Gina's example was stunning, I wasn't sure if I could come close to living up to her standards, but I think this card speaks for itself. It is fun and I just love it, the colors turned out great together and the sentiment just topped it off. Thank you creating such a wonderful challenge Gina!
I hope you all had as much fun as I did last night, the Bella Ball was a success!
I have also been creating away....okay that isn't that true, but I have been thinking about creating. 
I have been pretty wiped, so the stamping has basically haulted, but I have begun a fun card using my 'Meet Me at the Cafe' set from My Favorite Things. This set is just so much fun to play with. I am creating these cards for a card swap with fellow PaperPretties members, so I am not allowed to show the final product, but I thought you would enjoy the main image colored of course with my Copics!
Please leave a comment on this post to be entered to win this card and all the kit goodies, and there are a lot of goodies! I will randomly select the winner and post it here tomorrow. Also....if you leave a comment you will be entered to win a Bella! That is right a BELLA! Not just any Bella....Partygirlabella! I will keep this post up (towards the top) until New Years....when the next party is! I hope everyone had a wonderful and Merry Christmas!
Please leave a comment on this post to be entered to win this card and the remaining goodies from this kit.
Please leave a comment on this post so Daintybella can make her way to your door. I will randomly select a winner for all the comments and send her on her way!
As always, please leave a comment on this post and one person will be randomly selected to celebrate the season with Wreathabella!
To enter to win this card please leave a comment on this post and I will randomly select one winner to received these cute Bellas and all the left over supplies. Do you recognize the sketch? I browse all sorts of blogs, and today Gina posted this sketch and I just had to try it out. Enjoy!
I promise to post when I create something with these bad boys!
Funky, don't you think? From the ones that I have posted so far, this is my favorite, although are are some better ones to come! Please leave a comment on this post to be entered to win this fun card. I will randomly select a winner and post it tomorrow!
This kit was just too much, and I love how the card came out, I hope you also enjoy it ladies. Please leave a comment on this post to be entered to win this card.
This card I created using a kit that one of the Ladies created, I am actually unsure which one it was, unfortunately this baggie isn't labeled but the contents were too good to pass up. I have Walkabella and I can never decide what to do with her, but this kit came with to 6 x 6 decorative papers for doggies, some organdy ribbon with doggie foot prints, a spiral clip, and two Walkabella images!
Please leave a comment on this post so that this Bella and her cute doggie can walk right over to your doorstep, you know you want her!
To be honest, it was no easy task picking which Bella kits to use from all of the ones that come in, there are way more than 12 ladies who joined in on the fun, otherwise I would showcase one card from each player. My requirements for picking are simple, different stampers who used different Bellas. Today I am showing you a fun card that I created from a kit that KelliJo created using Snowbunnyabella. This Snowbunny came with an already cuttlebugged piece of white card stock, a winter background paper, two silver brads, blue stitched ribbon, sheer blue ribbon and of course Snowbunnyabella herself.
Please leave a comment on this post to be entered to win this snowy card and all the left over supplies from the kit that Kelli sent in for group 5!
This ribbon is what I have left over from the Christmas cards I created for my boyfriend's family to send out this year, I think it went perfectly with this paper pierced creation. I used my Garnet marker from Copics to color over some of the fun decorative paper to give the image the two tone effect. I added white as an accent, and some silver eyelets to brighten things up. Hope you enjoy my Rainy Day creation!
I hope you are all enjoying these cards, because I know that I am having a blast creating away over here. I have also been thinking about possibly adding something towards the end of the days to the card and kits, so don't stop coming, something may be coming.... Today I picked a Fella kit, yes that is right! Several Ladies within the group sent Fellas as their kits and they are just as fun as the Bellas. This kit was created by Inkonmyhands she sent in two wonderful manly 6 x 6 papers, brown grosgrain ribbon, a super cute hammer charm, and of course Mr. Fixafella as well! I added the craft paper to go with him being so 'crafty'.
Please leave a comment on this post to be entered to win Mr.Fixafella yourself, he is very handy around the house, you know you want him! I will randomly pick one of you and then he will be arriving at a home near you soon.
Just leave a comment on this post to be entered to win the card for the day plus the remaining 6 x 6 decorative paper, the large silk flower, the sheer ribbon and a small piece of Certainly Celery. I will randomly pick a winner Sunday morning!
Leave a comment on this post to be entered to receive not only this card, but also the sheet of 6 x 6 of decorative paper left plus the die cuts. I used my copics on this card as well, I have been loving these markers.
For this card I layered my Nestabilities (the scalloped rectangles) with white and red dotted paper. I thought it would offset the dots on the lady bug nicely, and I think it works this time. I layered the Hedgehog image on red card stock and then layered it all on top of the scalloped rectangles. I wanted to add a little something so I layered some ribbon below the paper. Let me know what you think!
Plus, big news! Tomorrow marks the first day of my '12 Days of Bellas!' I will be posting a card that I created from the Bella Kits in the First Bella Kit Swap I hosted here every day for the next 12 days. Each day I will be randomly selecting one lucky lady who comments on the card to receive the card created and the rest of the card kit. I hope you will play along and hopefully I will be able to send some fun cards your way! As a sneak peak....here is a picture I took of all the kits I now have to choose from!
I also dug through all the Bella Card Kits and pulled out this one, this kit was created by Rita Faison and I loved all the goodies included in it. There were several types of ribbon to play with and some great primas. Nicely done Rita!
I love the decorative paper that you sent with this image, it is just perfect together! I added the copper brads to the mini primas to bring out the accents in the paper. I used my Nestabilities Dies, and I love them! This is the first time I tried them, and so far I am having lots of fun!
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For the image I used my brand new Copic Glitter markers that arrived last night from Ellen's store. She had a sale this past weekend, so I had to get a few things. I broke down and bought the full glitter set and five other Copic markers. In fact, one of the colors I used on this card, the entire image is colored in using the glitter markers except the large flowers which were colored in by Frost Blue (B00) from Copic Sketch. You may not be able to see the glitter, but it is wonderful! The shine on the image is great, I can't wait to play with these a bit more.
I made the background for this card with the 'vine' image from the same set, I thought it went nicely with the swirls embossed card stock and added a nice touch. I can't wait to see what everyone else makes. Best of luck girls!
