Christmas Came Early This Year...

YAH ME!!!

Look what I got for christmas this year, just a little early :-) I am so happy, I finally got my new laptop and can get back to all my fun blogging and blog stalking.

I just came home from my first craft show of the season, which was a bust. I know it's pretty late for people to be buying christmas cards, I'm sure most people have already sent theres out. Oh well, craft show is done, company has come and gone. Now I only have to focus on wrapping all my christmas presents and get packed up for our family christmas is Barrie. Then I can play with all my new stamps. And maybe even catalogue them.

This year has gone by so fast and I'm heading back to work at the end of January, boooo! Oh well maybe next year I'll be more prepared for all the christmas craft shows.

Here's a bella Teacher card that I made for the craft show, didn't sell any, but I know what cards Madison can use for her teachers :-) Love this teacherbella, she is super cute, thanks to my bella sister Jacqueline for sending her to me.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Back to our Regularly Programmed Schedule

Woohoo, I got two cards done today. It felt really good getting some cards done. After I took a huge nap to try and get rid of this darn headache. I think the weather change is getting to me. It's been really cold today and then tonight I am just sitting here listening to the rain, yuck!!

The first card I have for you is a great ExpectaFellaBella card. I absolutely love the way this card turned out. I had coloured the image ahead of time with no idea what the card would look like. The background paper is from my recent trip to Hobby Lobby, my mom and I bought 4 12x12 paper stacks that were all awesome glitter paper (unfortunately I can't remember the brand and my mom got the packaging that gives the deets). The turquoise and green stripes are full of glitter and it looks so awesome. The pink swirl on the side is from making memories and is an acetate accent, on top of that is a prima flower and a rhinestone brad. The saying is from SU.

Next is this super cute Pirate card from High Hopes. The only thing I have to say is that I really need some pirate-y sayings. The images were coloured in with my prismacolour markers and the sails and shirt of the pirate are masked and sponged with SU inks. Oh and the water too!

I can't wait til my little guy gets bigger and I get to make birthday invites and such for him and his little friends :-)

Have a great night everybody.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Wow, what a lotta bella's!

Want to see what 1,320 Bella's looks like?

Sorry there was no post yesterday, I was until 1am sorting out Bella's for an image swap that I am hosting on SCS. There were 6 groups of 10 ladies, and each person had to stamp 22 of their chosen image. So all together there were 1,320 Bella's to organize, repackage and send out in the mail :-)PS - Bella loves the Bellas - the ladies in my swap were very lucky to get them back, I had to fight with the wild cat to get mine back, lol.

So with that all sorted I jumped in the car at 8am this morning (let Madison play hooky from school) and headed on over to the border to send out the packages, and go shopping of course! Well only 13 hours later and I'm finally home. Can you believe that Hobby Lobby had 50% off all scrapbooking paper and selected stamps. Yah me!! I have a couple photos to show you a few of my little dollar purchases. Finally found those ever wanted Studio G stamps.

Well back to business tomorrow, have a great night.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Bella Goes Biking

I picked up these scallop cards and jumbo scallops from my local stamp store. I fell in love and wanted to give it a try. So the base of the card is a jumbo purple scallop and then a black scallop card glued on.

Of course Bella has been coloured in with Prismacolour Markers and matted with DCWV glitter cardstock. I accented the card with a metal ribbon slide (from the dollar store) and some Michaels ribbon.

Don't you all want I-Wish-I-Could-Look-so-Good-on-a-Bikeabella!!

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

A Bad Attempt

I got some little address books that I thought I would cover and fix them up. Well I think I need to take a class on book covering...cause mine sucks!


And not a good idea to take pictures of black on black. It doesn't really help you show up your project...today is just one of those days :-)

The book actually has an elastic that comes around from the back cover to hold the book closed, that's great cause my cover is so tight the book just pops open. Like I said one of those days :-)


You can see the little white spot in the bottom left hand corner, that would be where the paper is torn, lol. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have something much nicer to show you.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Whiff of Joy Stamps - Guest Designer Call

I decided to take the plunge and try out for a Guest Designer position with Whiff of Joy Stamps. I absolutely love their stamps, unfortunately I don't own any yet. I have a little phobia of buying online, that and my husband won't let me :-( I'm going to have to figure out how to get past that.


Well anyways, they are looking for a guest designer for two months so I thought I'd give it a try. I'd really like to become a designer, so this would be a great trial.


This card is for my girlfriend at work that just found out she is expecting, surprise!! She is actually due March 4th which will be a year and a day from when my little Jonathan was born. Too bad that she will be leaving work just when I will be going back, poohy.


I chose Sketch #22 from Katharina's blog as I've always wanted to make a card with a layer that is a circle (in this case scallop). I had purchased these large scallops from my local stamp store and didn't know what to do with them, just really liked them. Usually how most of my supplies end up in my craft room, lol. I decided to accent the card with my fav irridescent flowers from Creative Impressions. And of course the image is coloured with my Prismacolour markers, I'd have to say that they are my number one colouring tool :-)

I really hope Katharina likes it!



If you're interested and want to give it a try...check out Katharina's blog.









Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella - Teddybella, She's Expecting - Studio G
Paper: Blue Cardstock by Bazzil, Glitter Cardstock by DCWV (Nana's Nursery), Yellow DS Scrapbook Paper by SU
Others: Prismacolour Markers, Jo-Ann Essentials Ribbon, Creative Impressions Flowers, SU Rhinestone Brad, SU Round Punches and Small Scallop Punch, Large Scallop was purchased that way at local stamp store - unsure of brand.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Get Wella Bella

I have to make a get well card so I decided what better than getwellabella from Stamping Bella. I've only played around with her so this is going to be my first fully coloured image. The card hasn't been put together yet but the colouring and matting is all done.

Jonathan is still sick today but looks like he might sleep in his crib tonight. Yah me, no couch :-)
Happy Stamping!
Sarah

My First "Sarah Kay" and A Halloween Bella

I got these awesome Sarah Kay images from a stamping sister, Jhet and had to colour one in right away. Isn't she beautiful. I was a little messy on my colouring cause I was in such a hurry but I think it still turned out okay. I think I have a special person that would love this card ;-)

I love my prismacolour markers, I think that is my most fav colouring tool. I added some rhinestones to her shirt (where the buttons were), and some sequin flowers with rhinestone centers. The black scallop is popped with pop dots. Can't remember the brand for the patterned paper, it was one of the paper packs from Costco that came in an awesome storage box.

Now this halloween card is an entry for my Bellaholics group. Unfortunately I do not own any Bella Halloween stamps, so I took Cuddlycat and popped a pumpkin (SU) over her body. Don't you just love it. I think she is so cute, she doesn't have any arms but that's okay :-)

The background is made with patterned paper run through the Cuttlebug with the Halloween Spots embossing folder. And then I rubbed black ink directly onto the paper to show the embossing. The ribbon is one that I picked up at Michaels some time ago. I was going to add a "happy halloween" but I didn't think it needed it.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Went Shopping, Again!

Surprise, surprise. I had been waiting to go to Scrappin' Great Deals to get some of the new Cuttlebug embossing folders and finally got a chance to go today. It was awesome, they just moved into a larger home to have more room for the business....my dream.

So of course I didn't have any time to make anything cause I was too busy building up my supplies, yeah me! And it was so hard to hold back when there is so much really cool stuff. Have you seen the new My Little Yellow Bicycle papers...ooh I love them. So much so that I bought a set and a couple of extras. The glitter on them is amazing, I took some pictures for you.

We got all the embossing folders we wanted..hehe..and all three of the new border embossing folder sets - awesome! And of course the new Penny Black stamps. (Now I say WE because I do have a partner in crime here. My mother, she is totally supports me in my creative endeavours and loves to do a little herself. And when I say support, I mean $upport, lol.) Thanks mom, I love you!!!

Now I did do a little work today, I am working on a little surprise for my Sistahs (don't tell them), it's taking me a little longer than I thought it would. Hopefully I can get them done this weekend. Here's a little sneak peak...

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Bella Birthday Card

So here is the card that I made for the Splitcoast Stampers Wednesday sketch challenge. I wanted to show you the close ups and the special fold of the card. I really enjoyed this one.

The sketch suited a square card, so I made a 3.5" tri-fold. The first section was folded down to show the double sided paper. The SU Scallop in the bottom corner has been popped up and helps hold the card closed.

Here is the full view of the card.

The inside and a shot of how the front folds into eachother. And of course I added some bling with a little stickles on the icing of the cupcake!

Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella - Is That A Cupcake on Your Head
Paper: Imaginesce - Pink Frosting with Sprinkles & Party Poppers
Others: Prismacolour Pencils & Blender Pen, American Crafts Flower Brads, SU Scallop Punch, Giga Scallop Punch

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Completed 5 Challenges with 4 Cards, Yah Me!!

I had so much fun today. The kids spent the day with their Nana so that I could finish an order, which I got done super early so I had the rest of the day to play :-) I had been making notes all week on different sketches that I wanted to do and was finally able to make them. I made 4 cards which met 5 challenges and 2 of them are being sent out to some of my new stamping friends...don't tell them. It was fun being challenged and getting my work done.



2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch #7
I decided to make a letter size card, my first one. I had this SU image from Farm Fever that I had water coloured to test out the SU water colour pencils. The base of the card is Core-dinations cardstock, layered with HOTP pattered paper and then a layer of SU designer paper. The little chipboard label is from K&Company, I have a ton lying around :-) It's not my normal card size but I do like it. Simple and sweet.























2 Sketches 4 You - Bonus Sketch AND Trina's Blog Candy Sketch
Now this card ended up covering two different sketches. I took 2S4U's Bonus Sketch and flipped it, which just happened to make up with Trina's Blog Candy Sketch. I also had this Rachelle Anne Miller image lying around (was coloured with Prismacolour Pencils and baby oil) and thought it fit the anniversary theme.






















Spoon Full of Sugar Sketch 13

This is my first time doing a Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge. Check out their site...
I decided to do a boy's birthday card for this one with some awesome chocolate brown and blue colours. I love putting brown with another colour, very classy. The image is Penny Black and the little tag is stamped with SU. This one has some super cute teeny tiny brads on the tag. It was really fun to do.























Now for my last challenge, and my favorite.


SCS190 Wednesdays Sketch Challenge
This one is super cute and I absolutely love it. I decided to do a 3.5" square tri-fold card with my new Bella stamp...Is that a cupcake on your head? I just got this paper too, can't remember where it was from...I'll post the details tomorrow.








Sorry for such a long post, but I'm sure you'll appreciate all the cards. I'll post more pic's tomorrow with all the details and recipes.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Balloonabella and a Cute Little Mouse

Today I had my good friend Lisa ;-) over to play, while the kids where playing. And this time I actually finished something. I put together this really cute Balloonabella card using my Cuttlebug and some Black Magic paper...love this stuff! And I added some bling, lol. I need to get a new sanding block, but the black magic paper still worked pretty good. (My inspiration for this came from one of my SBS22 sisters Spike, thanks Spike!)

And then I had the opportunity to colour one of my Rachelle Anne Miller stamps, using my new coloured pencils and blending pen (bought them at Michaels the other day). I added in some glossy accents on the ears and nose of the mouse and on the hands and feet of the little bear. Hope you like it.

Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping Bella and Rachelle Anne Miller
Paper: Stampin' Up! Regal Rose and Core-dinations Black Magic paper
Others: Coloured Pensils, blending pen, Ribbon and yarn - various, ribbon slide - unknown.

Fabby-lous Birthday

I put together these two birthday cards with the gorgeous "Fabby" from Stamping Bella. I actually coloured them first and was lucky enough to find the papers to match. I just love them. Fabby is Fabulous!!

The close up shows the bling, I added a rinestone to her belt and stickles to her outfit...










I can't wait to make more...
Happy Stamping!
Sarah















Recipe:
Stamps: "Fabby" from stamping bella, Happy Birthday from Studio G
Paper: Bazzil Cardstock
Others: Prismacolour Markers, Stickles, Flowers unknown

Guess Where I Went...

Well on the way home from Barrie today I got to stop at STAMPING BELLA !!! And woohoo!!!


Went a little crazy :-) like that's a surprise. Hope you're looking forward to seeing some new and exciting cards with some awesome Bellas. Here's some pics of the new stamps I got...




















And here's some of the ones that my mom bought on her way to Barrie and I played around with while we were there...





I was playing around with tons of stuff. Most of these are coloured with my Prismacolor Markers. But I also got the Peerless Watercolours from Stamping Bella and the liquid glitter from Stamping Bella. I still need to play around with the colours but I'm sure I'll work it out. I coloured Fifi with the watercolours and added the glitter to the bubbles on Bubblebathabella.


Hope you enjoyed the pictures.
Happy Stamping!
Sarah