happy holidays!

it's that time of year again!  I hope everyone had a great Christmas with friends and family and lots of TURKEY! 

 X-mas has to be my favorite holiday and i LOVE making X-Mas cards, i think they're my favorite to create.  Here are the cards i sent out this year.  ENJOY!

i totally stole the idea for this card from here

stamps used: Lawn Fawn: Yeti Set Go, Let it Snow, Gnome Sweet Gnome, Hats Off to You, Milo's ABC,

A birdie Told Me

I got inspired by this card for this one

stamps used: Lawn Fawn: Sweet Christmas, Say Cheese, Milo's ABC, Woodgrain backdrops

stamps used: Lawn Fawn:  Let it Snow

Purple Onion Design: Willard sipping, campfire, Hugo Toasting Marshmallows

stamps used: Lawn Fawn: Let it Snow, Winter bunny

stamps used: Lawn Fawn: Making Frosty Friends

stamps used: Lawn Fawn: Winter Sparrows

stamps used: Lawn Fawn: Milo's ABC

i used the DYlusions watercolor technique i learned from this video

and the last card i made last year but i don't think i had shared it so i thought i would since i like it a lot for it's simplicity

thanks for stopping by! 

Bella

design team application

One of my FAVORITE stamp companies, Purple Onion Design, is having a holiday design team call!  I am SO thrilled, i've been wanting to get on their DT for the longest time!  I'm posting some things you might or might not have seen before.  wish me luck!!!

getting back in the game!

So i realized that i was missing being a part of a design team so over the last few months i've been on the look out and this week I applied to 3 different DT posts.  With that i started looking over my blog, knowing full well that I hadn't done a good upkeep and realized there were some layouts that (i don't think) i'd ever published. So here they are most recent to oldest.

a quick valentine's day tag that will probably be added to a card in the futur

this year's Santa layout (i'm not really liking it that much, but hey what are you gonna do about it) and yes i just noticed that i forgot the "I" in the title.  For real this is all my boys had on their list for Santa.

this is one of my favorite layouts lately.  I used one of the pictures the photographer took of my boys at my sister's wedding this summer.  photo by Joi Photography

thanks for dropping by, 

i've got something (i think) pretty cool coming up so tune back in. 

Bella

Lucky 7 Factory crop

Hello,

i have layouts to share!!!!  yay!
yesterday i spent the day cropping with my buddies Claude, Erin, JJ and Eliane at the all-day crop organized by Lucky 7 Factory.  For those who don't know who they are well they are a Quebec scrapbook papers and embellishments company.  We all received lots of goodies, they do a lot of embellies by hand which is nice.  The crop was extreamly well organized and the food was good too!

unfortunately i arrived late due to a family emergency but i still managed to make 4 layouts and 1 card.  I think it helped that there was a 30 min challenge and a "musical page" challenge.  That last one was interesting enough, we each started a page and after 5 min we'd pass it to the person to our left, we were 5 at our table so all 5 did something on all 5 layouts - not 1 came out looking similar.  Mine ended up very eccletic, i had just arrived and hadn't unpacked yet so i just grabbed a stencil and some ink, i did some ink drop on the too but used a paper towel to absorb it and it smeared, looks a bit like a nose bleed but other that that i like it.

 this is the "musical page" layout. see what i mean by nose bleed...

K-time

here's what i know was used...

washi tape, dylusionals, Balzer design stencil, Ranger distress ink, AC thickers

the 30 min challenge - i'm finding this one a little too plain so i think i'm gonna be adding something; maybe some clouds using a texture medium - i'll repost it when i'm done with it

One fine day

cs: Bazzill

pp: Authentique

letters: AC thickers

mushroom: L7F 

other: Dylusional inks (blue, teal and yellow), Fiskars border punch(upper crest)

ok now onto my better stuff:

back 2 school 

pp: Authentique, BoBunny

letters: AC Thickers

other: washi tape, MR robot, L7F embellishments, Jillibean Soup ribbon, Dylusional (red), number stencil, real library card and pocket from my mom (she works in a library), EK success border punch (notebook page)

Here's my card, i just love the Taylored Expression cuppie images

Bonjour card

cs: bazzill

pp: L7F

ink: memento, copics (E13,E31,E35,E50,C1,C3,C5,C7,YG0000,YG95,G0000,G20,G85,G99,BG0000,BG11,BG13,BG45,BG49,B0000,B00,R20,R32,R35,RV32,W00,W3,W5,W7)

image: Taylored Expression

other: twinery (licorice twine), washi tape, spellbinder die, pop dots

and my FAVORITE layout of the day

1er jour d'ecole

pp: L7F, Authentique

letters: doodlebug

ink: Ranger distress, memento

image: Octopode factory

other: washi tape, L7F embellishements, Studio Calico kraft star stickers (colored in black), Silhouette 

Thanks for stopping by,
Bella

Saturated Canary

Do you know Saturated Canary?  If not you have to go check out Krista's Etsy shop.  She's a great artist and she designs the cutest digi stamps.  i bought a few (ok...i bought 9) and i spent a good part of the day coloring.  Boy had i missed coloring! 
Since moving back into the house i've been busy unpacking and getting back into a regular routine but my mojo is probably still in a box somewhere!  i've had troubles slowly getting back into crafting.  In comes these cute images.  I haven't made the cards but i was so excited after coloring them that i wanted to share them right away. 

PWCO release blog hop!!!

Hi Everyone and welcome to this month's release blog hop.  You're in luck, PWCO is releasing 2 brand new stamp set this month.

Here is the blog hop list if you just popped into my blog and would like to start from the beginning:

• PWCO Blog (kick off) - www.paperworksco.com/blog
• Corinne - www.rinnesbliss.blogspot.com
• Tanya - www.trudd.blogspot.com
• Janet - www.sonnetdesigns.blogspot.com
• Danielle - www.craftangeldanielle.blogspot.com
• Alice - www.aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.co
• Steph - www.pinkstarcreations.blogspot.com
• Bella - www.isabelle1976.blogspot.com
• Peggy - www.peggysmessydesk.blogspot.com
• PWCO Blog (Wheelin' & Dealin') - www.paperworksco.com/blog

Don't forget to comment on everyone's blog for your chance to win some awesome prizes. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments for the following prizes:

- the barnyard buddies & sentiments sets

- the forest critters & sentiments sets

AND everyone will have a special letter on their blog post, collect all the letters and you will spell a secret 10% discount code that will be valid until october 5th 11:59PM MST for an entire order including clearance items.  

ok now onto my projects.

Forest Critters Collection

"fox card"

cs: Bazzill, Copic

stamp: PWCO - forest critters - Foxy the Fox

ink: memento, zig pen

Copic: 0-E08-E15-E18-E19-E21-E93

other: Silhouette, foam tape

"bunny card"

cs: Martha Stewart

pp: Martha Stewart
stamp: PWCO-Forest critters-Becky the Bunny

ink: Memento

copic: 0-C00-C1-V91

other: EKsuccess border punch, nestabilities

Barnyard Buddies collection

"pig card"
cs: BoBunny, autumn Leaves, copic Xpress
pp: October Afternoon
stamp: PWCO-Branyard buddies - Patti the Pig 
ink: Memento
Copic: RV10-RV21-RV23-RV32-C3-C7
other: Silhouette machine, foam tape

"sheep card"
cs: Autumn Leaves, Copic Xpress
pp and journaling die cut: October afternoon
stamp: PWCO-Branyard Buddies-Shelley the sheep
ink: Memento
copic: C00-C1-C3-C5-C9-RV10-0
other: stickles, twine

I need to apologize, my camera is giving me a hard time and i keep getting blurry pictures.  i think i need to send it for a major tune-up and cleaning!

My letter for the secret discount code is"S"

now off you go to Peggy's blog!

Here comes the Bride!

HELLO!!!!! welcome to the hop! 

If you've arrived here from Alice's blog then your on the right track if not, you might want to go and start the hop from the beginning on the PWCO blog.  I've given you the order of the hop below to help you out.   

PaperWorks Co. Blog (kickoff) – www.paperworksco.com/blog

Alice - http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com/

Bella - http://isabelle1976.blogspot.com/

Corinne - http://rinnesbliss.blogspot.com/

Danielle - http://craftangeldanielle.blogspot.com/

Janet – http://sonnetdesigns.blogspot.com/

Kerri –  http://www.cardsbykerri.blogspot.com/

Peggy – http://peggysmessydesk.blogspot.com/

Steph – http://pinkstarcreations.blogspot.com/

Tanya – http://trudd.blogspot.com/

New to this release is a color challenge- Each DT member will have a color challenge on their blog – the way we picked our colors, well that's simple they're our wedding colors! Now for me this little bit was a bit harder since i did not have a traditional wedding like most of the other girls.  My hubby and I got married, bare foot in the sand in Negril, Jamaica.  I guess you could say we eloped but it wasn't a secret from our families, we did however throw a really great Jamaican themed BBQ 1.5 months later.  I had invites and a wedding cake, i even put my dress back on to show those who hadn't seen it.   So here is my color challenge, sand and sea colors!  Aquamarine and Ivory (the color of my dress and the sand in Negril)

You will have 48 hours to enter as many of the colour challenges from the DT blogs as you'd like (one entry per colour challenge), So that means you can get up to 9 entries to win a prize package that will consist of the entire release AND a July PaperCard Kit.  You need to enter by linking up your post(s) through the InLinkz provided on the PWCO Blog - you'll need to create a new post to link up for each entry.

ok enough waiting.... here are my two cards for the release.  We are so lucky to have these great designs by Rachelle Anne Miller, if you like what you see here, don't forget to check out the other RAM stamps in the PWCO store 

 

materials: 

cs: Copic Xpress, Doodlebug

pp: Tim Holtz

ink: memento, Distress (broken china, tumbled glass, pumice stone)

stamp: PWCO/RAM - the first kiss

Copics: BG0000-BG10-BG15-E0000-E000-E00-E02-E33-E35-E37-YR31-Y26-R02-R22-C5-C7

other: Nestabilities

 materials: 

cs: Copic Xpress

pp: Prima

ink: memento, distress ink (pumice stone, tumbled glass)

stamp: PWCO/RAM - pronounced

Copics: BG0000-BG10-BG15-E0000-E000-E00-E02-E33-E35-E37-YR31-Y26-YG11-R02-R22-C5-C7

other: Nestabilities, Prima sticker accents, Doodlebug pre-made card base

Please head on over to Corrine's blog to continue the hop.  Have Fun!!!

Paperworks Co. march release!

Hello! and welcome to the second release from the "A day in the life of Abigail C" stamp collection from Paperworks Co.

a few important information before we start:


we are giving out 6 stamps (one of each style) for random commenters through out the blog hop. You have 1 week to comment before Peggy draws the winners.

Here's the blog hop list in case you get lost - if you just arrived here on your regular visits go back to see Peggy and start the hop at the beginning and don't forget to comment - gives you more chances to win!

Peggy
Kerri
Carisa
Bella -------> you are here
Nicole
Alice
Danielle
Cabio
Steph J
Paperworks Co.

"Congratulations"

my friend Claude just had her baby so i made her this congratulation card using the "Get Well Soon" stamp

"feel better soon"

Your next person to visit is NICOLE!

Enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget to comment for your chance to win a stamp from the release!

Thanks for dropping by,
Bella

materials

"congratulations"
cs: bazzill, BoBunny
pp: Echo Park - little girl collection
stamp: PWCO/ADITLAC - get well soon
ink: memento, sharpie, copic (E0000-E000-E00-E21-E25-E27-R37-R59-R85-RV19-BG01-BG10-C3-C5-C7-Y17)
other: fiskars small circle punch, fiskars corner rounder punch

"feel better soon"
cs: bazzill, BoBunny
pp: Prima
stamp: PWCO/ADITLAC - sick in bed
ink: memento, copic ( E0000-E000-E21-E25-E27-E43-E49-E51-RV0000-RV11-BG10-BG72)



PWCO SS#69

Here's this week' sketch for Paperworks Co. 

and here's my card!  oh yes! i had time to make one!!! 

i combined Paperworks Co Peppy Tinheart stamp with one of my new Papertrey Ink stamps (i had been wanting Papertrey stamps for a long time...)

A day in the life of Abigail C - release

a few important information before we start:

we are giving out 6 stamps (one of each style) for random commenters through out the blog hop. You have 1 week to comment before Peggy draws the winners.

Here's the blog hop list in case you get lost - if you just arrived here on your regular visits go back to see Peggy and start the hop at the beginning and don't forget to comment - gives you more chances to win!

Peggy
Bella ----- you are here!
Kerri
Alice
Danielle
Cabio
Nicole
Carisa
Steph J
PaperWorks Co. Blog

Weather Forecaster

Spring Card

Your next person to visit is KERRI!

 Enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget to comment for your chance to win a stamp from the release!

Weather forcaster
materials:
pp: MME
cs: Bazzill, Copic Xpress

ink: memento, Rangers distress

stamp: PWCO - ADITLAC - Puddle jumping - "Singing in the Rain "
Markers: multiliner, atyou spica glitter pens, Copics (E000-E00-E21-E31-E33-E35-R02-R35-R39-YR65-Y17-Y21-BG10-BG15-BG72-BG75)
other: Martha Stewart border punch, Nestabilities, IKEA frame


Spring card
materials
pp: Echo Park - little girl collection
cs: Bazzill, Copic Xpress
ink: memento, Ranger distress
stamp: PWCO - ADITLAC - Carrots - "Garden Fresh"
markers: multiliner, Atyou spica glitter pen, Copics (100-W1-W3-W5-C3-C5-C7-E000-E00-E02-E21-E33-E35-E37-R02-R39-RV11-RV19-YR07-YR20-B60-B93-B97)
other: Echo Park-little boy collection sticker elements, nestabilities, fiskars corner squeeze punch

New Paperworks Co stamps!

i'm so thrilled, this month we have more Rachelle Anne Miller goodies.  these winter/holiday images are SO cute, it really is hard to pick a favorite!  here are some projects i made with three of the six stamps.

materials: 

cs: prism

pp: Basic Grey 

ink: memento, copic(E0000-E000-E00-E21-E25-E29-BG10-Y21-Y26-Y28-YG91-B0000-B00-B02)

other: nestabilities, snowflake punch, fiskars border punch

i decided to make a 2011 calendar, here are the 2 first months, i'm planning to use only RAM stamps for this calendar.  

 materials: 

cs: prism

pp: Basic Grey 

ink: memento, copic(E000-E00-E13-E15-E18-E25-E29-E43-E47-R02-BG11-BG72-BG75-G85-G94-G99)

materials: 

cs: prism

pp: Basic Grey 

ink: memento, copic(G85-G94-G99-BG0000-BG11-BG72-BG75- BG93-R29-R59-W1-W5-W7-C00-C1-C3-RV0000-RV11-Y17-Y38)

October PWCO release sneak peek!

it seems like we just had a stamp release at PWCO, but i guess it's been a month already.  Don't miss it!  all new RAM stamps are being released on friday October 15th during a chat that will be starting at 7MST (i think) check here for more details

this is all you'll get to see for now....

now head on over to Danielle's blog for another sneak peek!

Ciao! 

Bella 

October PWCO papercard kit

This month i get to play with the card kit over at Paperworks Co. it's all new yummy Basic Grey!

what's in it?

cs: Prism

pp: Basic Grey

stamp: PWCO/RAM - pumpkin patch

ink: memento, copic (E000-E00-E13-E15-E21-E31-YR65-YR68-R02-Y17-Y38-YG11-YG23-YG95-W1-W3-W5-BG0000-BG10-BG93)

other: Bazzill borders, scallop scissors, nestabilities, bakers twine

fridge magnets

this is a cute little project i like to make, they're great to give as gifts too.

i stamped and colored my image on paper as usual but then i backed with with a piece of magnet.  i usually stamp (with Staz-On) or print on my magnet sheet but these stamps are so detailed that my copics were making the ink bleed so i went the paper route.
I hope you try this project, they would be great for teachers gift too.
what's in it?
cs: prism
stamp: PWCO/RAM - Autumn leaves and Side by Side
ink: memento, copics (sorry i was in such a rush that i forgot to write down my colors)
other: magnet sheet, fiskars circle punch, EK success scallop circle punch