rainbow "merci" card

So i'm really loving using the watercolor technique on cards.  3 weeks ago i went away for a week-end with a friend of mine.  My husband's friend was really gracious in lending us his cottage for the week-end .  it's a really cute little cottage by a lake.  we made fires at night and roasted marshmallows, saw some deer, went to Mont Tremblant for an afternoon (it's about 40 min away) and got bit by ALOT of mosquitoes! 

We also did a lot of sketching, brush work for words and brainstorming that week-end.  This is the Thank You card i made to thank him, we left it on the counter along with 2 bottles of wine.  I loved making this card so much that i made 2 more for the kids teachers this week, i stuck in a gift card on the inside along with a nice message of course. (i find it so hard to think of teachers gift for year end, they get so much!)

This card is SO simple to make.  it is a bit long though because of the drying time for the masking liquid and then again for the watercolor but i just do stuff (like prepare supper) in between.  Simply stamp your sentiment, paint it carefully with masking liquid - wait for it to dry, do your watercolor - wait for it to dry, glue some sequins and your done!  see: easy peasy :)

watercolor paper, gelatos, Lawn Fawn (Quinn's ABC), masking liquid, sequins

thanks for stopping by!

Bella

ps: apparently he thought the cards was store bought!  that makes me feel quite good :)

watercolor card using a stamped image

Here's a card i made to say THANKS to student teacher who worked very closely with Brady this year.  She finished her practicum.

I stamped the image using a light Distress ink color (antique linen, i think) then i painted it using other distress inks.  i finished it by adding some sparkle with my new Stella Wink pen and a banner that i created and cut on my Silhouette.

my first video!

So i've wanted to do a video this for a while and in my fashion never got around to it.  i'm gonna try and make this a regular thing (not sure how regular but it won't be my last)

so here's my first video.  Enjoy!

the resolution when you watch it full screen isn't great... i'll have to work on that. and yes i know, i really should've taken off my nailpolish :) Also, i apologize for the shushing sound in the background...i had an portable electric heater on and didn't realize it was making so much noise.  it's been so cold here, the house can't seem to stay warm let alone the basement where my scraproom is!

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!!!

missing in action! Photo bombing!

well ok, it's not as dramatic as my title sounds!  everyone is fine :)
however, my cards and layouts have been missing from my blog.  I have been creating, just not updating my blog.  shame on me!  Here are a few things i've created that have never been posted.

sorry for the bad picture on this one...

 thanks for stopping by!
Bella

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

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!

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)



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

birthday invite

for this week's free for all over at paperworks co. i made a quick and simple birthday party invitation.


what's in it:
cs: bazzill, prism
pp: doodlebug
stamp: PWCO/RAM - birthday parade
ink: memento, colorbox fluid chalk, copic (BG01-BG15-R20-R27-R29-R39-RV91-RV95-RV99-Y17-YR04)
other: nestabilities, Carolee's creations letter stickers

thanks for dropping by,
Bella

new PWCO RAM release!

When i saw this new stamps from Rachelle Anne Miller, available now at PWCO

it made me think of my mom's apple pie, so i decided to create a little booklet with her apple pie recipe, the pie dough recipe and my favorite; her raisin pie recipe (i'm the only one who eats this in my house so i only make it at Christmas time)

correction: third instruction: Put in pie shell, toP with another crust and make vents

if anybody is interested let me know and i'll translate the dough and raisin pie recipes. 

what's in it?

cs: Bazzill, prism

pp: Echo Park

stamp: PWCO/RAM - Sugar and Spice

ink: Memento, Copics (R00-R02-R17-R22-R29RBG10-BG72-BG75-YG03-YR31-C1-C3-W1-W3-W5-W7-E13-E33-E43-E47-E49-E50-E51), Spica glitter pen

other: nestabilities, fiskars border punch and corner rounder squeeze punch, ribbon (offray), crop-o-dile, distress ink

this card is using the Pumpkin Patch stamp (PWCO/RAM)

cs: Bazzill, prism

pp: Graphic 45 - halloween collection

stamp: PWCO/RAM - The perfect pumpkin

ink: memento, distress (walnut stain)

i tried my hand at Prismacolor and blending liquid for this card.  i think i'm gonna stick with my copics for coloring and prismacolors for shading and backrounds. 

other: glimmer mist (irridescent gold), nestabilities

and an extra project: I had time to throw in another project.  I took the tutorial from the 3D tuesday group on PCP; project 3d79

this project is quite simple, my 3yr old made one right along with me

what's in it?

cs: Core'dinations, bazzill, prism, Craft n' Craftin glitter cs

stamp: PWCO/RAM - Happy Owl-O-Ween

ink: memento, copic (0-E31-E35-E37-E47-C3-C7-YR20-YR65-YR68-RV91-RV93-RV95-RV99)

also used: Prismacolor (#301, #322), cuttlebug embossing folder, brown paper lunch bag

thanks for stopping by, 

Bella