Bellariffic Friday - A Sketch

Where to start?!! So... remember last week's post where I said I was all ready with books and uniforms and I was so organised that I should really start my own YouTube channel showing y'all how you could be as organised as me??!! Ya.. well take that little nugget, rip it up into a million pieces, throw it on the floor, jump up and down on it, pour gasoline over it and set a match to it! Here we are, 2 days before the little ones head back to school, and less than 24 hours before the teen starts college, and there are no books covered, uniforms are still in packaging, teen hasn't packed for college, we have no food in the house, hubby has been called away for the weekend... and my sanity fled, screaming something about madhouses and not enough money in the world to make it worth it..

Oh, and you know in the movies... when that one person gets left behind on the train, and they are frantically running through the carriages??.. yeah, that was my little ones today.. but that's a whole other story :/

This week our Bellariffic Friday theme was to use this sketch!

and this is my take on it..
I stuck pretty rigidly to the sketch, lack of imagination this week, lol, and I've featured Brittany the Birthday Girl.

Other supplies used:

Card - Papermilldirect

Papers - Simple Stories 

Check out the Stamping Bella blog to see the rest of this week's Design Team creations 

This coming week our challenge is Create your Own Background - eeeeeeks!!!!

Be sure to use a CURRENT Stamping Bella image on a card and if you would like your project featured on the blog next Friday just email your work to Emily by Thursday, Sept 3rd. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

Have a great day!

Sandie

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Java Great Day!

Good afternoon! It's the last week of the summer holidays here and this girl is all ready for the kiddos to head back to school. We have uniforms, books, bags and lunchboxes at the ready. Princess is so looking forward to going back to see her friends, but Li'l Man is all very meh about it, lol. I still can't quite believe this will be his last year in Primary school - yikes!! 

I have a little gift box to share with you today. I cut the majority of it on the silhouette but I also did some by hand as I changed it around a little. 

btw - these things are seriously hard to photo! 

This is the side view. It's a gift card drawer box with an easel card pocket and tag.. how's that for a mouthful?  

This is inside the drawer. There is a gift card holder inside, but you could also remove that and use the drawer for a small gift, or cash ;) 

The stamps and coordinating dies are from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and they're simply called Coffee Set and Coffee Set die set. 

Front view - I cut a tag using Waltzingmouse Stamps Stitched tags dies. This could be used to write your personal message on. 

The papers are "Coffee Break" from Prima Marketing and they are perfect for these stamps. Expect more projects like this in the near future! :P

Well that's it from me, though I will be back with a little something else I'm working on today. Don't you just LOVE rainy days?!! 

Sandie

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Stamping Bella Penguideer

Well what can I say, it's been a pretty manic summer and I have been chasing my tail since last June, lol. The card I'm sharing today should have been on my blog over a week ago, but alas, many bloopers later  and it's only going up today :/ 

I followed this Bellariffic Friday sketch 

and came up with this card, which features the super cute Penguideer. 

Copic Markers used:

Black - C1 through to C9

Yellow - Y13, Y19

Red - R24, E07, E09.

Green - G20, G21, G24

Brown - E42, E43, E44

Ground - W1, E42. Star Dust Stickles

Other Products

Card - Papermilldirect

Papers - Pink Paislee

Dies - La-La Land Crafts

Viva Decor Pearl Pen - Cream & Red

Thanks so much for dropping by today. For more Stamping Bella inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

Have a great day!

Sandie

Stamping Bella - Bellariffic Friday!

I'm back with my 2nd post of the day! If you are looking for my La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday post you can find it HERE or keep on scrolling down. 

This week our Bellariffic Friday theme was to use a photo inspiration

I took the pinks and oranges, and the flowery theme, and make a pop up box card featuring Thank you Hoppy Poppy.

Other supplies used:

Card - Papermilldirect

Papers - My Mind's Eye "Indie Chic" 

Dies - La-La Land Crafts 

Check out the Stamping Bella blog to see the rest of this week's Design Team creations 

This coming week our challenge is a sketch!

Be sure to use a CURRENT Stamping Bella image on a card and if you would like your project featured on the blog next Friday just email your work to Emily by Thursday, August 27th. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

Have a great day!

Sandie

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La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Flags and/or Banners

Hello and TGIF!!! Today I have a card to share which I made for La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday. Our theme this week is Flags and/or Banners. 

My card features Paper Doll Marci {Kimono} and these Dies - Dies - Lanterns Banner, Lanterns, Scroll Corner and the Twig and leaves November 2014 Club Kit. 

I made a stretch card, it's one of Lori Whitlock's SVG files and you can find it HERE. It is only 99c on the Silhouette store, which is where I bought it, but the new beta version of the Silhouette store is HORRENDOUS and their search feature would not pull it up. 

*edited to add 

Finally found it - http://beta.silhouettedesignstore.com/view-shape/42454

Copic Markers used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair - C1, C3, C5, C7, C8

Clothing - R81, R83, R85. C3, C5, C7. Y21, Y26, Y28

Other products:

Card - Papermilldirect

Patterned Papers - Prima Marketing "Princess" collection

Flowers - I am Roses, Wild Orchid Crafts. 

To see all of this week's Inspiration Friday projects over on the LLLC blog. Also, you can join in on all the La-La Land Crafts fun over on our Facebook Page, where you can post your own La-la Land Crafts creations. You can also find us on Pinterest. 

La-La Land Crafts August 2015 New Release Showcase

It's release week over on La-La Land Crafts and today is the last day of our August 2015 New Release Showcase. If you have missed any of this week's showcase pop over to the LLLC blog to see them all. Alternatively, you can see all of the Design Team's projects on our new release Pinterest Board!

To recap -
In this release we have THIRTEEN new stamps and TWELVE new dies(sets). All of the new release products are available to purchase in store HERE...

My card today features Stamp: Kimono Marci with Lantern and these Dies - Lanterns (Set of 2), Lantern Banner. I've also used some older Dies - Cherry Blossom Flowers, Cherry Blossom Branch

Copic Markers:

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E04, R21, R22

Hair - R22, R24, E07, E09

Pants - B00, B12, B14, B16, B18

Shirt - Y00, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19

Balloon/Bow Tie - YG21, YG23, YG25

Shoes - R24, E07, E09. Y13, Y19

Check out the rest of today's new release showcase samples over on the La-La Land Crafts blog!! 

You can join in all the La-La Land Crafts over on our Facebook page, where you can add your own LLLC creations. For more inspiration you can also find us on Pinterest

Happy Stamping
Sandie

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La-La Land Crafts August 2015 New Release Showcase

It's release week over on La-La Land Crafts and today is Day Four of our August 2015 New Release Showcase.

In this release we have THIRTEEN new stamps and TWELVE new dies(sets). 

All of the new release products are available to purchase in store HERE...

My card today features Birthday Clown Luka and these Dies: Lattice Bracket, Stitched Elements,  & Heart Banner

Copic Markers:

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E04, R21, R22

Hair - R22, R24, E07, E09

Pants - B00, B12, B14, B16, B18

Shirt - Y00, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19

Balloon/Bow Tie - YG21, YG23, YG25

Shoes - R24, E07, E09. Y13, Y19

Check out the rest of today's new release showcase samples over on the La-La Land Crafts blog!! 

You can join in all the La-La Land Crafts over on our Facebook page, where you can add your own LLLC creations. For more inspiration you can also find us on Pinterest

Happy Stamping
Sandie

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C.C. Designs - Starla and Henry

This week I got some C.C Designs new release stamps and dies  in the mail so I made a couple of cards just for fun. 

These little superhero stamps are crazy cute! 

On the first card I used Sketch #4 from the CCD sketch challenge, but I went with a circle card instead of the rectangle shape. I cut the circles using Classic Circle Nestabilities. This little guy is Roberto's Rascals Super Hero Henry and his cheeky wink makes me smile. He reminds me of my littlest guy, too cute for his own good and knows when to turn on the charm! 

The challenge also called for a CAS card so I used only a Star die to embellish. 

Other products

Patterned papers - Simple Stories

Cardstock - Papermilldirect 

Dies - Make a Card #7 Superhero & Notebook Edges

My second card features Starla. I absolutely LOVE this one :) I made a shaped card, cut on the Silhouette. It is almost completely made from pink and white cardstock, with just one layer of patterned paper. It's been so long since I made a card with store bought flowers, I have been using die-cuts more and more. 

Other products

Patterned papers - Prima

Cardstock - Papermilldirect 

Dies - Make a Card #7 Superhero

Pearl Pen

Lace & Ribbon

Twine flossed Button

Thanks for visiting today and have a wonderful Sunday

Sandie

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Stamping Bella Bellariffic Friday - A Sketch!

I'm running a little behind with this week's Stamping Bella Bellariffic Friday. My internet has been out and I'm playing catch up now that it's back!

My laptop is also currently downloading Windows 10 so it's being a pain, lol. I haven't heard anything, good or bad, with regards to Windows 10 yet but I'm sure we're all about to find out for ourselves if it's a good thing or not.

My card today features Uptown Girl Betty Loves Books 

Coloured up with Copic Markers:

Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair - E51, E53, E55

Reds - R22, R24, E07, E09

Green - YG21, YG23, YG25

Blues - B02, B05, B07

Other supplies used:

Card - Papermilldirect

Papers - Simple Stories

Dies - La-La Land Crafts 

Cream Pearl Pen

Check out the Stamping Bella blog to see the rest of this week's Design Team creations 

This coming week our challenge is BUTTONS, BOWS and/or SEQUINS

Be sure to use a CURRENT Stamping Bella image on a card and if you would like your project featured on the blog next Friday just email your work to Emily by Thursday, August 6th. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

Have a great day!

Sandie

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La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Monochromatic Image

It's Friday!!! And that means another La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday. 

This week our theme is to use a monochromatic image. 

monochromatic

mɒnə(ʊ)krəˈmatɪk/

adjective

1. containing or using only one colour.

   "monochromatic light"

   • PHYSICS

     (of light or other radiation) of a single wavelength or frequency.

     "it employs diffraction to focus monochromatic light"

My card features Flamenco Marci and these Dies: Heart Fan, Large Lacy Border, Pretty Poinstettia, Strawberry Blossoms (July 2015 Club kit)

Marci is coloured up with Copic Markers

C1, C3, C5, C7, C9

Other products used:

Card - Papermilldirect

Papers - First Edition "The Promise"

Cream Pearl Pen

Check out the rest of Team Friday's creations on our Inspiration & Tutorial blog, and don't forget to join in all the La-La Land Crafts fun by adding your creations to our Facebook page. For more Inspiration we are now on Pinterest

Have a great day!!

Sandie

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