It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Oh yes it is! We have at least an inch and a half of snow right now and supposed to get between 2-6 inches total....and it's coming between now and 7AM tomorrow morning! Ick! Just makes it nice and messy to drive to school! Good thing I car pool, having a buddy along makes it a little bit easier to drive in nasty weather!

Now that I know my gift has arrived, I can share it with all of you! For the past 3 months I have been "sistahs" with Tiffaney through the Bella Yahoo Group. I had so much fun getting to know Tiff, she is fabulous! For her final gift I made her a Bella ornament! I got the ornament idea from HERE.

Here is the front of the ornament with Snowbunnybella from Stamping Bella! I used liquid applique around the hood of Bella (which I got from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap)! This liquid applique is so much fun to play with! I will be having a HUGE post about it this week on the Wish blog...so keep your eyes peeled for that! Bella was colored with my Copics!

On the back I put a fun glitter snowflake that I punched out with my Martha punch! Added some glitter to the inside for a colored effect....and because I love bling....so I needed to add it for sparkles! :)

Then I needed a safe home for this ornament for shipping. I found this container laying around so I decorated it up to match my ornament attire.

And it did keep my ornament safe so that is good!

OK....have to get to bed, because I have to be up earlier than usual due to the snow storm! Since I love Christmas so much.....I am going to have some Christmas Blog Candy coming up soon, so be on the look out!

Anything Goes Bella Challenge!

My friend, Lynn, celebrated her 40th birthday last week....HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY LYNN! Lynn is also a Bella Queen and her challenge this past week was the Anything Goes Bella Challenge! That means a 3-D project with lots of bling and of course a Bella! Woo-Hoo....I love paper crafting and making everything so I got my mind going....and this is what I came up with: Oh yes....it's a hot cocoa packet mug holder! Isn't Lattebella so cute with her hot cocoa! I prefer chai...but I am going to be selling hot cocoa holders like this at the craft show on Sunday....so I guess we will go with hot cocoa today! Hee hee! In real life this is actually VERY sparkly! I love bling and sparkles! There is star dust stickles on Bellas flower in her hair, on her mug, and her shoes....but the picture doesn't show that real well! There is pink taffy glitter mist all over the chocolate colored mug too! It sparkles all over the place! Papers for this creation are from my Wish On A Scrap October kit....man I love these papers!

Wish me luck with Lynn's Challenge!

**Sorry I can't remember who's blog I saw the mug on...or I would definitely give credit where credit is due! If it's you....please let me know, and I will add your name in here! :) ***

Bellaholics Sketch Challenge Entry

This week at Bellaholics Yahoo group Queen Sarah put together a fun sketch for us to do! Here is Sarah's sketch:

I used my BRAND NEW October Wish On A Scrap kit to make this fabulous card! These Bo Bunny papers are to die for! You have to go to Wish On A Scrap and check out this kit! It is by far my favorite kit that I have gotten! Loreen out does herself each month! I used my Weightwatchabella to make this card...I have a friend who is working very hard to lose some weight and she's doing a fabulous job so I am going to send this to her as a congratulations card!
And of course I had to decorate the inside a little. This didn't turn out as good as I wanted it to...but it works. I used my Versamark stamp pad and perfect pearls to decorate the little flowers inside.

Papers:

BoBunny from Oct. Wish On A Scrap Kit

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:

Copics

Momento Tuxedo Black

Tim Holtz Clear Embossing Powder

Versamark

Adhesives:

Glue Dots

Scotch Quick Dry

Stamps:

Weightwatchabella by Stamping Bella

Baroque Motif by Stampin' Up

Embellishments:

Petaloo Flowers
Rhinestone and Ribbon from my stash

Stickles (Platinum)

Perfect Pearls

Tools:

Creative Memories Personal Trimmer

Fiskars Treading Water Punch

EK Sucess Flourish Punch

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Bellaholics Embella-ishment Challenge

I am a member of the Yahoo Group Bellaholics Annoymous! They just developed a group of Queens who are going to be in charge of challenges and fun stuff to do every month. Leanne is the first Queen to kick off the fun! She is in charge of the Embellishment Challenge...or as I call it...the EmBELLA-ishment Challenge...hee hee! In order to play you needed to create something with at least 5 buttons and a bow, and of course a bella stamp!

I made a cute card holder. I used Flowahbella and colored her with my Copics. The flowers are my buttons with rhinestone jewels on top, and the bow holds the card file holder closed.

Papers:

Stampin' Up (Kiwi Kiss)

Creative Memories (other colors & DP)

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:

Copics

Momento (Tuxedo Black)

Tim Holtz Clear Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Distress (Walnut Stain)

Adhesives:

Glue Dots
Scotch Quick Dry

Stamps:

Flowahbella by Stamping Bella

Flower Flourish by Great Impressions

Swirl from Clear Stamps

Embellishments:

Doodle Bug Buttons
Rhinestones

Satin Ribbon (Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla)

Stickles (Gold and Star Dust)

Tools:

Creative Memories Personal Trimmer

Scor Pal

Circle Nestabilities

Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch

Fiskars Corner Punch

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look! I look forward to your comments, as they always make my day brighter! Tomorrow I have stamp club so I am very excited for it to hurry up and be friday afternoon!

A Baby on the way!

This summer I made a Dipolma bella card for my mom to give to her freind's daughter for her high school graduation, and my mom's friend fell in love with the card! Now, that same friend has a baby shower coming up this month and she asked my mom if I would be willing to make her a cute baby shower card! OF COURSE, was my answer! Seeing how she liked the Bellas so much I had to use Teddybella! The mom-to-be is having a baby girl so of course I had to use lots of pink on the card! The theme for the shower was ladybugs, patchwork quilt, and pink! I used the patchwork quilt and pink ideas and ran with them! This is what I came up with: My mom's friend absolutely loved the card too....so that made me happy! I loved how I came up with the envelope decoration...it compliments the card so good!

Papers:
DCWV - Baby Girl Stack

Bazill Bling

Pigments, Inks, & Powders:
Prisma Pencils & OMS
Brillance (Graphite Black)

Adhesives:
Glue Dots

Stamps:
Teddybella by Stamping Bella

Embellishments:
Prima Flowers

Pink Bauble
Ribbon from my stash
Stickles (Diamond)

Tools:
Creative Memories Personal Trimmer
Creative Memoris Square Punch

Stampin' Up Ticket Porner Punch

Martha Stewart Floral Lace Punch

More Bellas

Today I finished my Bella calendar pages! Woo-Hoo! I am so excited they are done...and ahead of schedule....YAY...I am usually a big time procrastinator so this is VERY good for me!!!

For my July pages I used the 4th of July theme and Happy Birthday America! So to celebrate I decided on Cuppacakeabella. I of course tweeked this bella a little bit by adding a custom drawn arm with a sparkler which I thought added a special touch. Then I paper pieced (for the VERY 1st time) the bottom of the cupcake, and of course added some diamond stickles for the frosting! I thought my paper piecing turned out very good...and I couldn't believe how easy it was....why the heck didn't I try this sooner! Ha ha! I can't wait to get my Glossy Accents from Wish On A Scrap b/c that would have looked so darling on the cherry on top! Of course I colored with my Copics.

Then my next project of the day was to work on my Inchies! My friend Kimmie from Crafting for Sanity is hosting an inchie swap on the Yahoo Group Rock Bottom Scrapbooking Supplies. I was VERY nervous about joining this swap b/c I had NO CLUE what you can put in a 1 inch by 1 inch square piece of paper! I wanted to make them pink and brown b/c we all know those are my FAVORITE colors. After cutting my pink squares and incorporating some pretty flourishes (b/c those are my favorite designs these days) I had to think of something to go in the middle of the square. I pulled out my Bellas and was going to use a Bella head when I found my cardbackabella and thought she would be PERFECT b/c of her small size! Then I topped them off with micro mini beads....which I still don't know if I am crazy about the beads being on them...but the tacky tape was already on the squares so there was no turning back!

Today ended up being a pretty productive day! Woo-Hoo!

Sunday Crafting!

Sorry I have been MIA this past week! It was a SUPER busy week here...and one that involved no crafting. Boo! :( My hubby and his Dad bought a car so hubby and I took a trip in the middle of this week to Chicago to pick that up. Then Friday and yesterday I helped my friend with her rummage sale (and sold a bunch of my left over inventory of my Creative Memories products). Today I got to play in my craft corner so I was a VERY happy girl! I worked on my calendar pages for the Bellaholics Yahoo Group. I got 2 of my months done! YAY! Here are my pages:

First is my August page! I love summer and to me kinibella is a perfect representation of summer! I got to use my new tropical scene stamp and used my Copics to color. I love how the background picture turned out!!! I think I am finally getting the hang of coloring with my Copics! Then I used pop dots to make kinibella pop off of the page!

Here is a close up of my scenic picture!
Recipe for the August page include: Copics, stickles, Doodlebug paper frills, Kinibella (from Stamping Bella), and ScenicEscapes. Most of my products are purchased from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap. Make sure to check out her store...she has the BEST customer service and prices!

Next, is my June page. Since a lot of the weddings we attend are in June, I thought I would use Hitchedafellabella for this page. I got to play with my new circle Nesties and my Queen & Co. Felt Fusion. I thought this turned out very elegant....and exactly the look I was going for!

Recipe for June page includes: Copics, stickles, Queen & Co. Felt Fusion, Primas, Hitchedafellabella, sentiment, and baubles from Stamping Bella, Fiskar punch, misc. ribbon.

Hope you like my pages! I can't wait to see the final calendar!

Some Bellas

Here are a few on my recently created Bella cards! The Bridalpartybellas was a shower card for our friend's....my hubby is standing up in their wedding in June! The Causabella card is for a friend off of the Cricut MB who has a friend (Shawna) with ovarian cancer, and wasn't given a good prognosis, so my Cricut MB sistah put together a awesome idea! We all donated created blank scrapbook pages for Shawna and her family, so all Shawna had to do was add her photos to the pages! It felt so good being able to help out someone in need!