Daintybella

Here's a card I sent out to a good friend - I actually found it under a pile of mail the other day! The envelope wasn't sealed, yet, so I pulled it out and took a quick picture of it before mailing it out.

I paper pieced Bella's dress and added a small Prima flower to cover the bouquet she was holding. All of the paper was from out of my stash o' scraps - ALL of it! Yes, even the base for the actual card. I'm trying to go there more often when I just want to make a card or two instead of cutting a brand new sheet of paper. Yes, I'm a bit of a hoarder, but I'm pretty sure that's a common thing among us scrappers and stampers, right? Please agree with me here... Puh-lease! ;-)

I meant to use a different stamp down in the corner, but my little monkey boy was stamping with me when I made this card and I accidently grabbed his block instead of mine. Oops!

Anyway, patterned paper is from a Stampin' Up pack - a Simply Scrappin' one I believe... Cardstock is Bazzill Bling, and I can't remember who the ribbon is by - probably just a ribbon I found at Michaels, though.

Golfafella

We were invited to our neighbor's house to celebrate a birthday over the weekend, and didn't want to show up empty handed, so this is what I came up with for a gift.

I used a clear paint container (from Craft Warehouse) and filled it with golf balls and tees. Then I added a few strips of paper and a Golfafella image. I made a matching card, but forgot to take a picture of it before sealing it up in the envelope. Sounds just like something I'd do, right? ;-)

It seemed to be a hit, and I'm glad our neighbor liked it! Now he and DH have an excuse to go golfing!

Papers I used are the same as on my Rockabella cards - I was good and created from scraps! Now I'm off to clean my kitchen and pull some weeds...

Cuppacakeabella and Rockabella

Came out to play this weekend... I have been wanting to try paper piecing with the Bellas, and finally did over the weekend. I had no idea it would be so much fun! I'm almost even delusional enough to think that it was faster to paper piece than it is to color the image in the first place... Almost...

All of the paper for the Cuppacakeabella card is by Stampin' Up! The patterned paper is from one of their holiday minis - From maybe a little more than a year ago...? I actually found the ribbon on sale at Michaels a couple of weeks ago and grabbed it because I thought it would go so well with these papers. You can't really tell (because I covered it w/ the image) but it's a pretty close match! I also used a little bit of Stickles on her dress - I want to say it was the Fruit Punch stickles.













And here's Rockabella. On Card Cafe, there's a swap called "Star Struck" and this is what I came up with for it. The majority of the swaps over there are open to your interpretation, so as long as the card has some sort of star somewhere, I'm good to go... Cardstock is Bazzill, patterned paper is Bo-Bunny (Shabby Princess Collection) Star Struck and Star Struck Stripes, stars were cut with my Cricut (George cartridge), Orange Peel stickles, American Crafts rub ons (superstar) and a little crystal for the guitar...

My Super Talented Friends

Our Bella swap is all over and I believe most of the participants have their cards in hand, so I think I'm safe to post pictures off all the cards so everyone can see what was done. And, so that the participants can see who did which card (for those of us who forgot to sign the backs). I had so much fun with this swap and I can't wait until we do it again! Here are pictures of each group of cards:

Group #1:

(Left to Right, Top to Bottom)

Me, Courtney, Lila, Jamie, Paula and Nej

Group #2:

Nej, Lark, Me, Judi V, Heather J and Kim B

Group #3:

Sherri, Sarah (W), Alex, Judi V, Debbie D, Me and Nej

Group #4:

Nej, Cindy K, Courtney, Jamie, Lila, Sandi and Me

So, there they are! If any of you would like to see a pic of one certain card, I did take individual pics as well, so just email me and I'll get them to you. Thanks so much for playing along - and thanks for the Hostess goodies! I really didn't expect anything, but loved what I got! You girls are the best!!!

More Cards!!!

My cards for the Bella swap my friends and I are doing are all finished! They have actually been finished for a little over a week - I just haven't taken the time to get pics of them up and on the blog... Anyway, here they are:





Card #1: Partygirlabella stamp, Cloud 9 Design patterned paper (Sparkle Chocolate Celebration), Bazzill, Crystal Stickles, Happy Birthday is from Stampin' Up's So Many Scallops, and the scallop punch is Stampin' Up too. I also used a 1/8 circle punch to do the petals on the flower. (Thanks for showing me that little trick, Mom!)


Card #2: Huggybella stamp, American Crafts patterned paper (Spring & Summer line; Flowered paper is Scones and the striped paper is Preserves), cardstock is Bazzill bling, the flower is a Prima, and the friends stamp is by Studio G.


Card #3: Mwahbella stamp, Autumn Leaves patterened paper (Viceroy from the Manhatten line), cardstock is Bazzill.


Card #4: You'll recognize from my first post on the blog. It's pretty much the same as before, but I went and got a Cuttlebug and just had to try it out on something! So, I peeled up the cardstock strips from the card and ran them through the bug. I like it! I think it added just a little something to the card, don't you? The embossing folder I used was Spots and Dots.

Oh, and here's a card for Courtney's Quote swap on Card Cafe.

Stamp is Curly Surpriseabella, all papers are by Stampin' Up, flower is by Prima. Oh, and there's a bauble in the middle of the flower.

Partygirlabella

I made this card for the Bella Babe Challenge on the Bellaholicsannonymous group. On Friday there was a sketch posted and we have until 6:00 tonight (Mountain Time) to submit what we come up with.

I have to say, I love sketches! It makes the whole scrapbooking/card making process so much easier for me when it takes part of the thinking out of it. It's like I'm a step ahead - that's how it goes in my little head anyway... After I pick a stamp and the papers I want to use, I like to be told what to do with them. ;-)

Stamp is by Stamping Bella, Patterned Paper is by American Crafts, Cardstock is Bazzill, Sentiment is by Studio G, and of course, some Crystal Stickles!

Goodluckabella

She went out to my best friend today - she's the bestest friend a girl could have! She needs a little good luck right now, so hopefully this Bella will bring her some!

Love ya James!!!

Image is Goodluckabella by Stamping Bella, all papers and organdy ribbon are by Stampin Up, and then just a little bit of the Crystal Stickles