Curvy Girl Birthday | Stamping Bella

Hi all, today is my birthday so I made a birthday card for myself using my favourite colours, techniques, craft supplies and, of course, one of my favourite stamps - Curvy Girl Eats Cake

My favourite colours for cardmaking are pink and teal. 

Dress and shoes  - BG11, BG13, BG45, BG53, BG57

Flowers - R30, R32, R35

Plate: BV11, BV13

Cake: E51, E53, E55, R30, R32, R35

Leaves: G20, G21, G24

Shadow: W00, W1, W3

A favourite technique of mine is to use a scoring board and stylus to create a frame around the image. I do this by turning the image face down and scoring on the 1/8" line on all four sides. 

The teal, mint and pink papers are a mix from various different brands. 

My next favourite thing is to decorate the inside of the card. This does add a lot of weight to the card and is more expensive to mail but I just love the finished look. 

I also added a place to hold a gift card - who doesn't love gift cards?? 

On the card front I stuck down the card and paper layer. 

Then I used strips of contrasting paper and adhered them to the back of the image, before gluing that down onto the paper base layer. 

Finally, my favourite embellishment - enamel dots. I have these in just about every colour there is; you could almost say I have an obsession with them! 

And here is the finished product! All of my favourites on one card. Happy Birthday to me!

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

Where you can find me

GDT Whiff of Joy - Love Letter

Hi everyone, just a very quick post from me today. I'm preparing the house and everything else for my little man's birthday party on Sunday. Have you seen the Valentine release stamps from Whiff of Joy?? Well they are just too cute for words. The cutie I used today is called For My Tweetheart and it goes perfectly with the sentiments from the Happy Mail Collection.

I kept it pretty CAS and added just a pop of lime ribbon. 

I really have no clue what brand my papers are. They are from a matt stack given to me as a gift but there was no cover on them. I used the Martha Stewart vintage lace punch for my border work and machine stitched all my papers.

Challenges: 

AiFactory - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - recipe 1-2-3

Do You Stack Up? - pink

Crafty Creations - birds, polka dots, green

 Fab 'n' Funky - animal magic

Freshly Brewed - love or Valentine's themed

Penny's Paper-Crafty  – anything goes

Stampin' Royalty - anything with wings

Thanks for dropping in. Don't forget there is a guest DT call currently running on Whiff of Joy. You can find all of the details HERE. Good luck! 

Sandie

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Anyone for Anya? - Colour Combo

Hi everyone :) It's Sunday so that means a new challenge on Anyone for Anya?. This week we have a photo inspiration colour combo for you.. 

Purple, White & Grey (Silver)

 We have a wonderful prize, sponsored by our very own Carissa, of a Unity Stamp set and some gorgeous October Afternoon papers for one very lucky entrant.

I struggled with this one, I really did.. I just seemed to have a mental block about the colours, lol. Instead of a card I made a little wall hanging.

I used 80's Anya and coloured her using Copic markers AND Promarkers, then used my nesties to make the circle and scalloped circle and added a sentiment from Waltzing Mouse's new Frame It stamp set.  

I punched the holes and added silver eyelets with my crop-a-dile and threaded some lace through.  To embellish I added some white and 2-tone purple roses, and tiny white pearls. To add a bit of sprarkle I've added some stickles to Anya's skirt and the flowers. 

Hope you like! Please take a minute to visit my teamies' blogs to say hello. 

Have a great Sunday,

Sandie

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Anyone for Anya? - Stitch It!

Good morning! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It's another wet day here, I think a movie and popcorn will be in the plans for this afternoon.

This week's challenge over on Anyone for Anya? is:

Stitch It - you can faux or real stitching on your card.

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

And the prize is a $15.00 gift voucher 

For my card I used one of the fabulous CC Designs images and coloured her using copic markers. The sentiment is also CC Designs. My papers are Kaisercraft Gypsy Sisters and they're been inked with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink. As always I've added plenty of Wild Orchid Flowers and some pearls from my stash.

Be sure to hop over to the Anyone for Anya blog to check out all the wonderful DT creations and don't forget to link up to be in with a chance of winning the prize!

Paper Play Challenges - Wedding Celebrations

Hi!! What a warm day we have today. Of course it's also overcast so very hot and sticky.. ick!! However, I guess it means summer is finally on it's way :)

PaperPlay have a great challenge for you this week - Wedding Celebrations!! With the busiest wedding months here I'm sure we all know of at least one ... (or 10, lol)... couple getting married.

We are thrilled to be sponsored by Waltzing Mouse stamps  and Claire is offering up a pack of stamps - of the winners choice!!  Make sure to check out the wonderful stamp sets she designs herself, including Nestability friendly sets!!

I have doubled this up with the Just Magnolia challenge this week, which is "One for the Girls". 

My beautiful Tilda isn't actually a 'Bride' but I think she definitely works as one. These Fairytale Magnolia's are so pretty!! 

I have coloured my image using copic sketch markers. I am trying to nail the distress ink look using copics.. not sure I'm there yet!! Practice makes perfect though? :)

My flowers are, as always, from Wild Orchid. I have inked them all using Brushed Cordory and then added some Star Dust stickles. The pin is also from WOC. 

The ribbon, heart shaped doily and pearls are from my stash.

Other challenges: 

Pile it On - Photo Inspiration

Papertake Weekly - Say it with Flowers

Thanks so much for visiting me today. 

Happy Crafting

Sandie

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Crafty Angels meets Simon Says Stamp

Morning all :) We're off to the zoo today, naughty parents taking the kiddos out of school for a day of fun, lol. 

Before I set off I would like to share my DT card for Crafty Angels. The theme this week is "Ripping and Tearing". I used the sketch from Simon Says Stamp so am entering into their challenge. 

These hAnglar stamps are sooo running close being my favourite cutsie stamps. I tell ya, they are giving my Maggies a run for their money.... of course I don't have any of the fairytale Maggies yet so I'll hold off on judgment for now, haha!!

I have coloured using Copic sketch markers and gave her an outline to make her 'pop'. The papers have been ripped and inked with vintage photo.

I've used Star Dust Stickles on all of my flowers, the butterfly and the wings on my image. I've also inked the flowers with Victorian Velvet distress inks. I made the photo corners using the co-ordinating cardstock and have also inked & stickled them. The ribbon and white ric rac is from my stash.

Image: hAnglar and stAngler kit 4
Papers: PM Rose Garden & Coredinations cardstock
Tools: TH distress inks, copic markers, x-Cut 3D butterly punch, oval & scallop oval
nestabilities, cuttlebug

Thanks for visiting, have a great day
Sandie
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Stamp Something - Layered Somethings

Good morning and happy Friday!! It's another sunny morning here so I'll be going for a walk when I get the kids off to school. 

On Stamp something this week we would like to see some LAYERS!! We are being sponsored by Karen's Doodles and she has the most amazing digi images. My image is called Love at First Sight and I've coloured her using copic markers. My papers are from the Paper Dolls collection by Crate Paper Inc. The flowers are Prima & Wild Orchid Crafts and my sentiment was a freebie on a magazine.

Thanks for popping by. Please do check out my teamies' blog to see what wonderful creations they have made. 

Have a wonderful weekend

Sandie

xXx

Stampin' for the Weekend / Stamp Something

Good morning all. Can you believe we are into March already. The months are just flying by!! It's still pretty cold here, not much sign of Spring at all :S

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As I'm nearing 20,000 hits on my blog (woot woot!!) watch out for a little celebration candy in the coming week -  as a big THANK YOU to all you wonderful bloggers who take time out of your day to come visit me. I love reading your comments and visiting all your fabulous blogs too. 

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Today I have 2 DT cards to share. This is quite a long post so grab a coffee and pull up a chair, lol.

First up is Stampin' for the Weekend and the challenge for this forthnight is to make a momochromatic project. 

At this stage I think we all know what Monochromatic means but just in case.. 

"Monochromatic colors are all the colors (tints, tones and shades) of a single hue" 

So basically it's one colour but different shades of that colour. These are the colours I used :)

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

and the prize up for grabs is a $25 coupon for the store. (You can click on the blinkie to be taken to the store)

We have a fabulous new guest DT member, Heather from Rica's Haven, and she will be joining us for the month of March. Please do pop over to leave her some love :)

I am entering this card into a couple of challenges
Stamp with Fun as I used their Sketch
Papertake Weekly with their challenge "Brads, Buttons, Bows & Bling"

Papers: Papermania Nostalgia Warm, Coredinations cardstock
Image: Mo Manning "Rae with Journal"
Tools: Distress inks, circle & scalloped circle nesties, cuttlebug, swirls embossing folder, star dust stickles.
Ribbon, brads and button from my stash. 

Next up is Stamp Something, and our challege this week is Girly Somethings.

We are sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs and the team are showcasing these wonderful digi images so please do visit the blog to see the other samples.

My image is coloured with copic markers and I've added some stickles to the bubbles. I inked the edges of the flowers and dirstress the papers with Victorian Velvet.

I will be entering this also into Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is Mother's Day or Girly. 

Paper: Daisy D's - Maybe Baby Collection & PM cardstock

Image: Sassy Studio - Bubble Bath

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Tools: Distress inks, MS 2Dot scallop punch, stickles

Thanks for visiting me today and have a wonderful weekend!!
xXx

A combo of challenges....

Good morning and happy Tuesday. Today I have 2 cards I'd like to share with you all. The first is one I made for my Crafty Angels DT project - a sketch by Laura.

I am also entering into Anyone for Anya challenge whose theme is Anything Goes, and Cute Card Thursday with their challenge, Swirly Girly.

I used one of the sweet Anyas from the Miss Anya Dressy collection by The Greeting Farm. These are just wonderful images to work with.

I coloured my image with copic markers and distressed my papers with distress inks, then I edged them with vintage photo. The papers are from MME Christmas Glitter Stack. The sentiment is SeeD's.

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My next card is for both Basic Grey and Just Magnolia challenges. I followed the sketch on BG and worked to Just Magnolia criteria which was to create a card for someone special. My papers are Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses and the image is Tilda with Gift. Again, I used copic markers to colour my image and distress inks on my papers. I applied some Star Dust stickles to the trim on Tilda's hat and coat.. and to the flower on the gift. The sentiment is from a wonderful 'secret' set by Waltzing Mouse. You can see it HERE (password is

 ibelieveinsantaclaus )

I am having my chimney cleaned this morning so I will be spending my afternoon washing down the sitting room.. then we are FINALLY putting up our christmas tree and decorations. I can't wait!! :D

Have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Just Magnolia Challenge - Sketch

It's another wet day here so I just might get to catch up on some challenges. I made this card for the Just Magnolia challenge - Week 21, which is a fabulous sketch by Mina.

For my card I used one of the Tilda images from the Fall Kit and coloured her with copic markers. Then for the necklace and bracelet I added tiny little black gems. The sentiment is also from Magnolia.


I followed through to the inside and used a gorgeous little Studio G flourish stamp with distress ink. I just love how these 2 products work together.



Ingredients:
Image: Magnolia (Tilda) from Fall Kit 09
Sentiment: Magnolia
Papers: Basic Grey Porcelain & PM Cardstock
Ribbon, adhesive pears, button & scrappers floss from my stash
Copic markers, Distress Inks, Studio G flourish